Wednesday, June 26, 2024

Brewing up some fun at Euro 2024 with beverage balancing act

A Euro 2024 volunteer in a bright green shirt poses with nine pins of beer balanced in an upside down triangle on his head as a crowd watches.

Mohammed Mohammed Albarnawe, a volunteer at the Euro 2024 soccer tournament in Cologne, Germany, has established himself as one of the top sights to see at the event, because of his ability to stack nine pints of beer atop his head as he bobs and weaves without spilling a drop.



source https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6433759?cmp=rss

U.S. journalist's closed trial for espionage set to begin in Russia

A man in a blue shirt stands with his arms folded inside a glass enclosure.

A shaven-headed Evan Gershkovich appeared briefly before journalists in a Russian court on Wednesday at the start of a trial on charges of espionage that the U.S. reporter denies.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/journalist-american-trial-russia-1.7246872?cmp=rss

Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Fugitive wanted by U.S. Marshals for 11 years arrested in N.L.

A mugshot of a man with thinning grey hair.

A man convicted of sexual offences involving a minor in Arizona has been arrested in Newfoundland, after being on the run for more than a decade.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/fugitive-robert-andrew-land-1.7246191?cmp=rss

How to watch the CNN Presidential Debate on CBC

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the verdict in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial and on the Middle East, from the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, May 31, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event at 180 Church, Saturday, June 15, 2024, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

CBC News is carrying a simulcast, as well as our own pre- and post-debate analysis, of the first campaign debate between U.S. President Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump on Thursday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/cnn-presidential-debate-how-to-watch-cbc-1.7244896?cmp=rss

Israelis displaced by fighting with Hezbollah want to go home as conflict edges closer to full-scale war

A man wearing firefighting gear uses a hose to spray water on a pile of burning, smoking rubble in a field.

Tens of thousands of people in both Israel and Lebanon have been displaced by the volley of cross-border missiles launched by Iran-backed Hezbollah in Lebanon and by the Israeli Defence Forces in Israel in a conflict that observers say has long been threatening to escalate into a full-blown war.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-lebanon-border-conflict-1.7245119?cmp=rss