Thursday, April 30, 2020

More than 2,000 Colombian turtles rescued from traffickers

More than 2,000 Colombian turtles rescued from traffickers

Officials seized the newly hatched Matamata turtles from traffickers that were bound for Peru and returned them to their original habitat.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/more-than-2-000-colombian-turtles-rescued-from-traffickers-1.5551689?cmp=rss

Armed people in Michigan's legislature protest proposed coronavirus restrictions extension

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/USA-MICHIGAN

Hundreds of protesters, some armed, gathered at Michigan's state capitol in Lansing on Thursday objecting to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's request to extend emergency powers to combat COVID-19, an appeal Republican lawmakers ignored.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/protesters-michigan-whitmer-coronavirus-covid-19-1.5551373?cmp=rss

Denis Goldberg, tried alongside Mandela and imprisoned for 22 years, dead at 87

South Africa Obit Goldberg

South African anti-apartheid activist Denis Goldberg, who stood trial alongside Nelson Mandela in the 1963-64 Rivonia Trial and was imprisoned for 22 years by the regime, has died at the age of 87 at his home in Cape Town.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/denis-goldberg-obit-1.5551033?cmp=rss

Italian nonna finds inventive way to get pasta lessons out to the world

Italian nonna finds inventive way to get pasta lessons out to the world

Nerina Tamanti loves to teach people to cook, but the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted a big change in how she shares her family recipes.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/italian-nonna-finds-inventive-way-to-get-pasta-lessons-out-to-the-world-1.5551080?cmp=rss

NASA selects SpaceX among 3 companies to build next moon landers

NASA Artemis program moon

NASA has selected space firms SpaceX, Blue Origin and Dynetics to build lunar landing systems that can carry astronauts to the moon by 2024, the White House's accelerated deadline under the space agency's moon-to-Mars campaign.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/artemis-landers-moon-1.5551016?cmp=rss