Sunday, June 9, 2024

Americans split over Trump verdict? So are New York's criminal law professors

Donald Trump speaks into a microphone while pointing his finger

The landmark criminal conviction of Donald Trump hasn't just divided U.S. voters, or the partisan political pundits. There are real disagreements in law faculties about this case. These were the reactions when CBC News reached out to two-dozen criminal-law professors in New York State.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-trial-legal-reactions-profs-1.7228866?cmp=rss

Saturday, June 8, 2024

Basketball star Caitlin Clark left off U.S. Olympic roster: reports

Indiana Fever female player celebrates after a 85-83 victory against the Washington Mystics at Capital One Arena on June 07, 2024 in Washington,

Caitlin Clark won't be headed to the Paris Olympics, according to media reports. The person, who provided the full roster to The Associated Press, spoke on condition of anonymity Saturday because no official announcement has been made.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/basketball/caitlin-clark-left-off-usa-basketball-roster-reports-1.7229383?cmp=rss

WATCH | Biden apologizes to Zelenskyy for delayed U.S. aid package

two men sitting in chairs shake hands

At a meeting in Paris, U.S. President Joe Biden publicly apologized to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the months-long congressional hold-up of a huge U.S. military aid package. Biden said America still fully backs Ukraine in its war against Russia.



source https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6417344?cmp=rss

Friday, June 7, 2024

Danish PM assaulted in Copenhagen, suspect arrested

A woman

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was assaulted by a man on a square in the capital of Copenhagen, the state news agency Ritzau reported Friday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/denmark-prime-minister-mette-frederiksen-copenhagen-assault-1.7228889?cmp=rss

Mexico says patient died of chronic disease, not H5N2 bird flu

A drone view shows the Institute of Epidemiological Diagnosis and Reference after the World Health Organization said a person's death was caused by the first laboratory-confirmed human case of infection with the A(H5N2) subtype of bird flu reported globally, and the first human infection with the H5 strain of the virus reported in Mexico, in Mexico City, June 5, 2024.

A man who contracted bird flu in Mexico died due to chronic diseases and not the virus, Mexico's health ministry says.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/bird-flu-h5n2-mexico-1.7228579?cmp=rss