Mary Kay Letourneau, teacher jailed for raping student, dies at 58

Mary Kay Letourneau, who married her former sixth-grade student after she was convicted for raping him, has died.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/letourneau-teacher-jailed-rape-1.5641550?cmp=rss

Netherlands police arrest 6 after makeshift 'torture chamber' uncovered

Dutch police arrested six men after discovering sea containers that had been converted into a makeshift prison and sound-proofed "torture chamber" complete with a dentist's chair, tools including pliers and scalpels and handcuffs, a high-ranking officer announced Tuesday.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/netherlands-torture-chamber-arrests-1.5641236?cmp=rss

UN-backed experts point to new war crimes in Syria conflict

Investigators commissioned by the UN's top human rights body say Syrian government forces and their Russian allies bombarded civilian sites in Idlib province indiscriminately, while rebels tortured and executed civilians in recent months, acts amounting to war crimes on both sides.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/syria-war-crime-un-idlib-1.5640817?cmp=rss

France's Rodin Museum sells bronzes to weather coronavirus crisis

Unlike other museums thumped by the coronavirus pandemic, Paris' Rodin Museum might have an ace up its sleeve to help see it through the crisis: It can sell limited-edition versions of the French sculptor's masterpieces.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/rodin-museum-bronzes-sale-1.5640730?cmp=rss

U.S. Supreme Court deals blow to Keystone XL pipeline project

The Keystone XL pipeline — which the Alberta government has backed to the tune of billions as a crucial project to help get oilsands' crude to Gulf Coast refineries — has been handed another setback by the U.S. Supreme Court.

source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/u-s-supreme-court-keystone-xl-oil-pipeline-tc-energy-alberta-1.5640227?cmp=rss