Friday, April 8, 2022

Record amount of methane added to atmosphere last year

Congress Budget Methane

Global atmospheric levels of the potent but short-lived greenhouse gas methane increased by a record amount last year, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday, worrying scientists because of the large role methane has in climate change.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/methane-record-1.6413037?cmp=rss

Israeli forces shoot dead Palestinian after Tel Aviv bar attack

APTOPIX Israel Shooting

Israeli security forces on Friday shot dead a Palestinian man suspected of killing two people in a Tel Aviv bar after an hours-long manhunt through the city.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-shooting-palestian-bar-attack-1.6412996?cmp=rss

Could Will Smith be stripped of his Oscar? The academy meets to decide

APTOPIX 94th Academy Awards

Nearly two weeks after ‘the slap that was heard around the world’, actor Will Smith awaits a disciplinary decision from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/will-smith-awaits-academy-decision-1.6412422?cmp=rss

Thursday, April 7, 2022

Microsoft reports disrupting hacking attempts on Ukrainian, EU and U.S. targets

Microsoft logo on display at Mobile World Congress event in Barcelona in March 2022

Microsoft Corp. said on Thursday it had disrupted hacking attempts by Russian military spies aimed at breaking into Ukrainian, European Union, and American targets.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/microsoft-russia-hack-attempts-ukraine-eu-us-1.6412697?cmp=rss

N.Y. attorney general wants Trump held in contempt for not handing over documents

Former U.S. president Donald Trump at rally in Michigan in April 2022

New York's attorney general on Thursday asked a state judge to hold Donald Trump in contempt of court for not turning over documents she subpoenaed for her civil probe into the former U.S. president's business practices.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-documents-contempt-ny-attorney-general-1.6411906?cmp=rss