Monday, November 6, 2023

Smoggy New Delhi to restrict vehicles to reduce air pollution

Smog obscures the Kartavya Path in New Delhi, India.

New Delhi will restrict use of vehicles next week to curb rising pollution as air quality in the Indian capital remained dangerously unsafe for a third consecutive day despite mitigation efforts.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/india-new-delhi-cars-pollution-1.7019669?cmp=rss

Climate protestors target Diego Velazquez painting at London's National Gallery

Two activists hit the glass protecting a painting.

Two climate change protesters were arrested Monday after they smashed a protective glass panel covering a famous Diego Velazquez oil painting at London's National Gallery, police said Monday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/climate-protest-just-stop-oil-diego-velazquez-1.7019631?cmp=rss

2 killed, 2 hospitalized after explosion, fire at Canadian High Commission in Nigeria

Black plumes of smoke emitting from a white building.

An explosion at the The Canadian High Commission in Nigeria’s capital of Abuja killed two people and sent another two to hospital, according to the FCT Fire Service that responded to the call. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/two-killed-canadian-high-commisison-nigeria-1.7019572?cmp=rss

Donald Trump to take the stand to defend his business empire at New York civil trial

A man in a suit is shown looking downward in a closeup.

Donald Trump returns to a New York courtroom on Monday, where he is expected to take the witness stand in a civil fraud trial that threatens to diminish the real-estate empire that built his reputation before he entered politics.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-testimony-ny-civil-trial-1.7019520?cmp=rss

Sunday, November 5, 2023

'No ceasefire, no votes': Biden gets stern warning from thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters

A protester holds up a sign that read, 'Tell Biden to stop funding the Israeli massacre; save Gaza,' as demonstrators gather in front of the White House.

Tens of thousands of people who marched through U.S. cities Saturday had a simple message for U.S. President Joe Biden: Keep supporting the Israeli military mission in Gazaand and it could cost you the 2024 election.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/biden-protests-analysis-1.7019077?cmp=rss