Sunday, November 17, 2024

In major reversal, Biden reportedly OKs use of U.S. arms by Ukraine to strike inside Russia

A taller grey-haired man in a suit, puts his hand on the shoulder of a shorter, bearded man in a green button-up shirt.

The move, widely reported in the U.S. but not confirmed by the White House or State Department, follows months of pleas by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to allow Ukraine's military to use U.S. weapons to hit Russian military targets far from its border.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-russia-us-arms-approval-1.7385817?cmp=rss

Bureaucratic mishap brings happy ending to ban on controversial Salman Rushdie book in India

A balding grey-haired man, wearing glasses and a dark suit jacket, is shown outside.

An Indian court has overturned a 36-year-old order banning the import of copies of Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses because nobody could find the original order.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/salman-rushdie-book-ban-court-1.7384820?cmp=rss

Saturday, November 16, 2024

Bela Karolyi, gymnastics coach who mentored several Olympic champions and courted controversy, dead at 82

Former male gymnastics coach.

Bela Karolyi, the charismatic if polarizing gymnastics coach who turned young women into champions and the United States into an international power, has died. He was 82.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/summer/gymnastics/bela-karolyi-gymnastics-coach-dead-at-82-1.7385642?cmp=rss

Trump's return to the White House: his cabinet choices so far

A dark haired woman raises her arms above her head while an older clean shaven man in a suit and tie stands nearby. Both are on a stage.

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump is quickly announcing plans for an emboldened new administration. Some choices are already raising eyebrows, but it's unclear if any of the choices will face pushback in the Senate.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-cabinet-picks-1.7382012?cmp=rss

WATCH | South Africa agrees to rescue illegal miners sealed for weeks underground

people stare down into a mine shaft

Three months after South Africa sealed most exits at a disused mine near Johannesburg in a crackdown on illegal miners, it has now agreed to rescue hundreds trapped underground — many now believed too weak to come out on their own.



source https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6566848?cmp=rss