Monday, June 19, 2023

Antony Blinken scores meeting with Xi Jinping as U.S. China look to ease tensions

CHINA-USA/BLINKEN

The United States and China have pledged to stabilize their badly deteriorated ties during a critical visit to Beijing by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, who met Monday with Chinese President Xi Jinping.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/blinken-xi-beijing-1.6880988?cmp=rss

Sunday, June 18, 2023

School targeted in Uganda massacre was built with help from Canadian non-profit

Uganda Rebel Attack Students Killed

The Ugandan school where attackers killed dozens of students Friday was built with the help of a B.C.-based non-profit, the group's co-founder and former vice-president Peter Hunt confirmed to CBC News.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/uganda-school-massacre-canadian-organization-1.6880835?cmp=rss

Austrian police say they foiled a planned attack on Vienna's Pride parade

GAY-PRIDE/AUSTRIA

The head of Austria's domestic intelligence service told reporters that the suspects, aged 14, 17 and 20, were arrested before the start of Saturday's Pride parade, which was attended by around 300,000 people, public broadcaster ORF reported.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/austrian-pride-parade-plot-1.6880766?cmp=rss

Antony Blinken holds 'candid' and 'constructive' talks with China's foreign minister in Beijing

China US Blinken

Chinese Foreign Affairs Minister Qin Gang told U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken that China is committed to building a "stable, predictable and constructive" relationship with the United States, state media reported after the two met in Beijing on Sunday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/blinken-qin-beijing-talks-1.6880684?cmp=rss

Rebuilding Ukraine's ruined Nova Kakhovka dam pits history against economic reality

Dried-up Kakhovka reservoir

Amid the spoiled farmland and destroyed crops, the waterlogged homes and ruined lives, the now slow-motion tragedy that is the draining of the Kakhovka reservoir is also peeling back time on an almost forgotten aspect of Ukrainian history.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-kakhovka-dam-rebuilding-1.6880319?cmp=rss