Saturday, April 5, 2025

Zelenskyy condemns 'weak' reaction of U.S. ambassador after deadly Russian missile strike

Bouquets of flowers and stuffed animals lie on a bench in front of a badly damaged apartment building.

The death toll from a Russian missile strike in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih has risen to 18, including nine children, regional governor Serhii Lysak said Saturday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-ukraine-kryvyi-rih-missile-strike-1.7502959?cmp=rss

Top American scientists just lost their jobs. Canada is rolling out the welcome mat

A Tesla passes by as people protesting personnel cuts at the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) hold signs outside the organization's main headquarters on March 12, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. A sign reads 'CDC + NIH save lives, maybe yours?'

What would it take to bring American scientists north? Increasing research funding — as well as costs for things that make research possible — would be a good start, say experts. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/us-scientists-canada-1.7502527?cmp=rss

Friday, April 4, 2025

'Tariff the seagulls?' These are the remote islands on Trump's tariff list, and what they export

Penguins on a remote snowy island

To many observers, the most puzzling aspect of Donald Trump's tariffs was that his list included some of the most remote and smallest territories and islands in the world. Places that, in some cases, have more penguins than people.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-tariffs-islands-1.7501898?cmp=rss

Deadline for TikTok sale extended by 75 days, as Trump vows to work with China

A silhouetted hand holds a phone where the screen is black with the Tiktok music note logo lit up in the middle of it.

U.S. President Donald Trump extended a deadline by 75 days for Chinese technology company ByteDance to sell U.S. assets of popular short video app TikTok to a non-Chinese buyer or face a ban that was supposed to have taken effect in January under a 2024 law.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tiktok-deadline-extended-1.7502361?cmp=rss

Panama Papers leak has led to nearly $2B in recouped taxes for governments

People in shadow are shown against a backdrop of images of global currencies

Almost exactly nine years after the Panama Papers were revealed, two dozen countries' tax agencies say they've recovered nearly $2 billion combined in tax arrears thanks to information in the leak about hidden bank accounts and offshore shell companies.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/panama-papers-taxes-recovered-1.7501312?cmp=rss