Sunday, September 22, 2024

Princess of Wales makes a low-key return to work after a rare high-profile glimpse into family life

A family of five is seen in a photo.

When Catherine, Princess of Wales, made a low-key return to work this past week, it was in marked contrast to an unprecedented royal public display a week earlier by the 42-year-old, who was front and centre in a personal and polished video revealing her great relief that she had completed her chemotherapy.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/princess-of-wales-work-video-king-charles-australia-call-trudeau-1.7326698?cmp=rss

Trump's key to victory in the U.S. election? Men who hate politics

Trump watching a fight through a cage

Why is Donald Trump devoting valuable campaign time to talking with podcast hosts about cocaine benders, golf swings and boxing legends? It's because men who hate politics could win him the election. Step one is reaching them.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-male-voters-1.7329153?cmp=rss

Saturday, September 21, 2024

Trump rejects Harris challenge for 2nd U.S. presidential debate before Nov. 5 election

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Donald Trump stuck to his previous position that there would not be another debate with Kamala Harris before voters go to the polls in the Nov. 5 election.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-harris-presidential-debate-challenge-1.7330604?cmp=rss

Toddlers wounded in Israeli airstrike hours after getting polio vaccine in Gaza, aunt says

Two young girls with amputated legs and feet.

Mere hours after getting their polio vaccinations in Deir Al-Balah in the central Gaza Strip — as part of a children's immunization campaign — sisters Hanan Al-Daqqi and Misk Al-Daqqi were wounded in an Israeli airstrike on their home minutes after a humanitarian pause ended, leaving them as amputees.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/polio-gaza-girls-amputees-1.7329535?cmp=rss

The U.S. needs a few good allies. Does it still need Canada?

Trudeau gestures while visiting NATO troops at Adazi Military Base in Latvia, in 2018, where Canadian soldiers were stationed.

Eight decades after the United States extended its security umbrella to cover Canada, the alliance is being undermined by Washington's growing exasperation with Ottawa's attitude toward defence spending.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-united-states-nato-defence-spending-1.7329925?cmp=rss