Monday, January 10, 2022

How the American health system is holding up compared with ours

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/NEW YORK

How is the American health system is holding up compared with ours? The Omicron wave is revealing flaws everywhere, overwhelming weaknesses in every country. It's also providing lessons on what might be fixed.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/health-systems-canada-us-omicron-1.6308357?cmp=rss

Sunday, January 9, 2022

9 children among 19 killed in New York City apartment fire

NEW YORK-FIRE/BRONX

Nineteen people, including nine children, have been killed in apartment fire in New York City's Bronx borough, officials say.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/new-york-city-apartment-fire-bronx-1.6309064?cmp=rss

Woodstock music festival co-creator Michael Lang dead at 77

Music-Woodstock 50

Michael Lang, a co-creator and promoter of the 1969 Woodstock music festival that served as a touchstone for generations of music fans, has died.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/woodstock-co-creator-michael-lang-obituary-1.6308988?cmp=rss

Baby lost at Kabul airport during chaotic U.S. airlift reunited with relatives

AFGHANISTAN-CONFLICT/USA-BABY

An infant boy handed in desperation to a soldier across an airport wall in the chaos of the American evacuation of Afghanistan has been found and was reunited with his relatives in Kabul on Saturday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/afghanistan-airport-baby-returned-family-1.6308952?cmp=rss

Kazakhstan says 164 killed in week of protests over sharp jump in fuel prices, other grievances

Kazakhstan Protests

Kazakhstan's Health Ministry said Sunday that 164 people have been killed in protests that have rocked the country over the past week.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/kazakhstan-protests-arrest-security-chief-1.6308896?cmp=rss