Sunday, March 21, 2021

Canadian Michael Kovrig, accused by China of spying, goes on trial in Beijing

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The trial of Michael Kovrig, the second of two Canadians detained in China for more than two years, is underway in Beijing in a closed courtroom, a senior Canadian diplomat said Monday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trial-michael-kovrig-china-1.5958648?cmp=rss

Jews in Russian city scarred by WWII massacre watch Canada's decision on Nazi interpreter

Natalia Yefimushkina

As Canadian immigration officials decide the fate of an interpreter who worked for the Nazis, the Jewish community of a Russian city, decimated by the unit he worked for, is watching.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/russia-jews-rostov-oberlander-1.5954699?cmp=rss

Saturday, March 20, 2021

'We are not the virus': Hundreds rally against anti-Asian racism in Atlanta

CRIME-GEORGIA/SPAS

Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta on Saturday in support of the Asian American community after a shooting at three local day spas this week left eight people dead, six of them Asian women.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/stop-asian-hate-racism-rally-atlanta-spa-shooting-1.5958081?cmp=rss

LeBron James leaves game due to right ankle injury

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Los Angeles Lakers star LeBron James injured his right ankle during the team's game against the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday, leaving the court in visible frustration after attempting to play through the injury.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/basketball/nba/nba-lebron-james-ankle-leaves-games-march-20-1.5958044?cmp=rss

Prince Harry pens message for grieving children who lost parents to COVID-19 pandemic

Prince Harry at a roundtable discussion in Britain

Britain's Prince Harry has written the foreward for a new book aimed at the children of front-line workers who died in the COVID-19 pandemic, sharing the pain he suffered as a boy after the death of his mother, Princess Diana.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/prince-harry-grieving-children-covid-19-1.5957939?cmp=rss