Sunday, August 22, 2021

Gangs in Haiti offer to help aid efforts; earthquake death toll rises to 2,207

Haiti Earthquake Funeral

The new toll comes at a time when relief operations are expanding — the U.S.-based aid agency Samaritan's Purse opened a field hospital Saturday — but authorities are struggling with security at distribution points.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/haiti-earthquake-gangs-death-toll-1.6149451?cmp=rss

Tennessee flooding kills at least 22 in wake of record-breaking rain

Tennessee Flooding

At least 22 people were killed, and rescue crews searched desperately Sunday amid shattered homes and tangled debris for dozens of people still missing after record-breaking rain sent floodwaters surging through Middle Tennessee.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tennessee-flooding-killed-record-rain-1.6149636?cmp=rss

Black lynching memorial in Tennessee teaches a lesson about the past — and the present

Ed Johnson Memorial in Chattanooga

The Ed Johnson Project is part of a quiet but determined U.S.-wide effort to remind everyone of the horror of the estimated 4,400 lynchings in this country in the late-19th and early-20th centuries, writes Paul Hunter.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/chattanooga-black-lynching-ed-johnson-1.6142616?cmp=rss

Rev. Jesse Jackson and wife hospitalized for COVID-19

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Rev. Jesse Jackson, 79, and his wife Jacqueline, 77, have been hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19, according to a statement Saturday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jesse-jackson-wife-jacqueline-hospitalized-covid-19-1.6149142?cmp=rss

7 Afghans killed in chaos at Kabul airport, British military says

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A panicked crush of people trying to enter Kabul's international airport killed seven Afghan civilians in the crowds, the British military says.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/afghanistan-kabul-1.6149230?cmp=rss