Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Biden to use tonight's address to Congress to focus on turning 'peril into possibility'

USA-CONGRESS/

U.S. President Joe Biden will use his first joint address to Congress on Wednesday night to declare the nation is "turning peril into possibility, crisis into opportunity."



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/biden-address-to-congress-1.6006342?cmp=rss

3 men indicted on hate crime charges in death of Ahmaud Arbery

Wanda Cooper-Jones, standing next to a painting of her son Ahmaud Arbery

The U.S. Justice Department announced federal hate crime charges Wednesday in the death of the Georgia man who was killed while out for a run last year.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hate-crime-charges-ahmaud-arbery-death-1.6006187?cmp=rss

Columbus mayor requests federal investigation of police force after Ma'Khia Bryant shooting, other deaths

Teen Killed By Police

The mayor of Columbus, Ohio, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice Wednesday asking for an investigation into the city's police department following several police killings of Black people, including the fatal shooting of 16-year-old Ma'Khia Bryant last week.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/columbus-makhia-bryant-police-shooting-investigation-1.6005908?cmp=rss

EU report says Russia, China taking aim at trust in Western vaccines

Medical staff members prepares a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine dose

Russian and Chinese media are systematically seeking to sow mistrust in Western COVID-19 vaccines in their latest disinformation campaigns aimed at dividing the West, a European Union report said Wednesday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/european-union-report-russia-china-fake-news-mistrust-western-vaccine-1.6005864?cmp=rss

The world's glaciers are melting way faster than before, study says

Klinaklini glacier

A new study is using millions of satellite images to generate a clearer picture of the fate of the world's glaciers than ever before.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/glacier-loss-1.6005403?cmp=rss