Monday, December 7, 2020

Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97

Chuck Yeager

Chuck Yeager, the steely 'Right Stuff' test pilot who took aviation to the doorstep of space by  becoming the first person to break the sound barrier, died on  Monday at the age of 97.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/chuch-yeager-pilot-dies-1.5832252?cmp=rss

Report into New Zealand mosque shootings explains how gunman eluded suspicion

NEWZEALAND-SHOOTING/IMMIGRATION

A comprehensive report into the 2019 Christchurch mosque shootings in which 51 Muslim worshippers were slaughtered sheds new light on how the gunman was able to elude detection by authorities as he planned out his attack.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/christchurch-new-zealand-mosque-shooting-report-1.5832171?cmp=rss

Trump administration restores DACA immigration program following court order

US Election 2020 DACA Recipients

The Trump administration has fully restored the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program for immigrants brought to the U.S. as youth, complying with a federal judge's order.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-daca-immigration-youth-deferral-1.5832094?cmp=rss

British PM and EU leader plan in-person meeting in hopes of reaching post-Brexit deal

BRITAIN-EU/

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen plan to meet in person to see whether a last minute trade deal can be hammered out, official said Monday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/brexit-trade-talks-johnson-brussels-1.5831462?cmp=rss

Mystery illness in India has killed 1, hospitalized hundreds

India Mystery Illness

At least one person has died and 200 others have been hospitalized due to an unidentified illness in the southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Patients have tested negative for COVID-19 and other viral diseases.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/india-unidentified-illness-hundreds-hospitalized-1.5831203?cmp=rss