Friday, August 6, 2021

Ethiopian region vows offensive after Tigray forces enter territory, take UNESCO site

Ethiopia Tigray Crisis War Turn

Ethiopia's spreading Tigray conflict faced a dangerous escalation Friday as an Amhara regional official said Amhara forces will launch an offensive on Saturday against Tigray forces who have entered the region and taken control of a town hosting a UNESCO World Heritage Site.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tigray-conflict-new-offensive-threat-1.6133220?cmp=rss

St. Vincent PM hurt after being hit by rock during anti-vaccine protest

St. Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Ralph Gonsalves being helped away from protest

Ralph Gonsalves, the prime minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, was hospitalized after a demonstrator threw a rock at his head during an anti-vaccine protest led by nurses and other workers in the eastern Caribbean island, officials said late Thursday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ralph-gonsalves-st-vincent-grenadines-hospitalized-rock-1.6133087?cmp=rss

Norwegian fights Florida law barring cruise companies from demanding vaccination proof

Cruise ship Norwegian Gem in the Port of Miami in August 2021

Norwegian Cruise Line asked a U.S. federal judge Friday to block a Florida law prohibiting cruise companies from demanding that passengers show written proof of coronavirus vaccination before they board a ship.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/norwegian-cruises-florida-law-vaccination-proof-court-1.6132594?cmp=rss

N.J. gym owner pleads guilty to assaulting police officer in Jan. 6 riot

APTOPIX Electoral College Protests

Scott Kevin Fairlamb, 44, a former mixed martial arts fighter whose brother is a U.S. Secret Service agent, was one of the very first rioters to breach the Capitol after other rioters smashed windows using riot shields and kicked out a locked door, according to federal prosecutors



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gym-owner-pleads-guilty-assaulting-police-officer-jan-6-1.6132631?cmp=rss

Aide who accused Cuomo of groping her files criminal complaint, sheriff's office says

Virus Outbreak New York

A woman who accused New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo of groping her breast at the governor's state residence filed a criminal complaint against him, the Albany County Sheriff's office said Friday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/govenor-cuomo-criminal-complaint-1.6132411?cmp=rss