Florida brewery faces backlash for its 'Epi Pen' peanut-flavoured beer

A brewery in Florida is facing backlash over its peanut-flavoured beer. Not because of the ingredients, but because of its name: Epi Pen Peanut Butter Ale.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/peanut-allergy-beer-1.7161997?cmp=rss

Trump accuses Biden of 'bloodbath' of migrant-led crime, makes disputed claim about murder victim

Donald Trump accused President Joe Biden of unleashing a "bloodbath" at the U.S.-Mexico border Tuesday, escalating his inflammatory rhetoric as he campaigned in two Midwestern swing states likely to be critical to the outcome of the 2024 election.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-migrant-crime-claims-1.7161976?cmp=rss

'We are losing the Amazon rainforest': Record number of wildfires in parts of Brazil

Wildfires in the normally humid, tropical Amazon rainforest have been supercharged by a disastrous combination of elevated temperatures, historic drought and deforestation. In Roraima State, in northern Brazil, the number of fires in February were more than five times the average.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/amazon-wildfires-brazil-1.7161712?cmp=rss

Major earthquake strikes off Taiwan, Japan issues tsunami alert for Okinawa islands

A strong earthquake of magnitude 7.5 struck off Taiwan. Japan issued a tsunami alert for the southern Japanese island group of Okinawa.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/taiwan-earthquake-japan-tsunami-warning-1.7161831?cmp=rss

Desperate to escape the war, Palestinians pay a private company thousands to leave Gaza

In the face of war, famine and homelessness, desperate Gazans are paying a private company in Cairo exorbitant “travel co-ordination fees” to help them escape into Egypt through the Rafah border. One international affairs expert says the system is war profiteering “at its worst.”

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gaza-war-egypt-bribes-1.7152653?cmp=rss