Thursday, March 31, 2022

7 months after Kabul's fall, Canada has yet to bring in 30,000 Afghans

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Multiple Afghan interpreters and their families have told CBC News about being stuck in Islamabad, Pakistan, while the Canadian government has just brought over a 10,000 Afghans fleeing the Taliban.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/afghans-stranded-canada-1.6403399?cmp=rss

South Korea just upheld a law that makes tattooing a crime

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The Constitutional Court in Seoul upheld a ban on tattooing on Thursday, confirming South Korea as the only developed country that permits no one but medical professionals to perform the procedure.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/south-korea-court-tattoo-ruling-1.6403665?cmp=rss

Israeli forces kill 2 in West Bank clash, Palestinian stabs bus passenger

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Israeli forces raided a refugee camp in the occupied West Bank early Thursday, setting off a gun battle in which two Palestinians were killed and 15 were wounded, the Palestinian Health Ministry said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-west-bank-jenin-palestinian-1.6403467?cmp=rss

USA Basketball teammates break silence on Brittney Griner's imprisonment in Russia

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Two of Brittney Griner's USA Basketball teammates have broken their silence on the star player's imprisonment in Russia.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/usa-basketball-teammates-break-silence-on-brittney-griner-1.6403294?cmp=rss

First Nations delegates to call on Pope Francis to revoke church doctrine used to justify colonialism

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source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/assembly-of-first-nations-meets-pope-francis-vatican-1.6402798?cmp=rss