Friday, January 28, 2022

Sales soar for Maus after school district in U.S. banned the Holocaust graphic novel

USA-EDUCATION/MAUS

Just days after the banning of Maus by a Tennessee school district made national news, two editions of Art Spiegelman's Pulitzer Prize-winning graphic novel about the Holocaust have reached the top 20 on Amazon.com and are in limited supply.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/maus-sales-graphic-novel-holocaust-tennessee-1.6332181?cmp=rss

Omicron now driving more COVID-19 deaths in U.S. than during Delta wave

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/USA

Omicron, the highly contagious coronavirus variant sweeping across the U.S., is driving the daily American death toll higher than during last fall's Delta wave, with deaths likely to keep rising for days or even weeks.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/omicron-now-driving-more-covid-19-deaths-in-u-s-than-during-delta-wave-1.6331871?cmp=rss

Residents, soldiers in Eastern Ukraine village watch and wait to see what comes next

Two men seen taking part in operation of an armoured personnel carrier in eastern Ukraine

A visit to a village near the rebel-held part of Eastern Ukraine provides a glimpse of what daily life is like for civilians and soldiers as Russian troops amass along the border.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-village-zolote-war-1.6332028?cmp=rss

London police seek to limit mentions of Downing Street parties in Gray report

BRITAIN-POLITICS/JOHNSON

An inquiry into COVID-19 lockdown-breaking gatherings in Downing Street that might determine British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's future could be further delayed after the police asked for the report to make only "minimal reference" to those events.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/partygate-london-police-report-downing-street-gray-report-1.6331573?cmp=rss

Nearly 4 in 10 people in Ethiopia's Tigray region struggling to eat: World Food Program

Ethiopia Tigray Crisis City Under Siege

Although the ability of aid workers to enter Tigray improved during the summer months and "kept starvation at bay" for people there, no aid convoy has reached Tigray since mid-December, the United Nations agency said in an assessment.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tigray-hunger-ethiopia-wfp-sudan-1.6331558?cmp=rss