Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Rescued: How Indian miners escaped a collapsed tunnel

After 17 days, Indian rescuers have pulled out all 41 construction workers trapped inside a collapsed tunnel in the Himalayas. Andrew Chang goes through a step-by-step breakdown of the dangerous rescue efforts and the limited space in which they had to work.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/rescued-how-indian-miners-escaped-a-collapsed-tunnel-1.7042956?cmp=rss

Virgin Atlantic jet making 1st transatlantic flight on low-carbon fuel

A red and white jetliner takes off from an airport.

A Virgin Atlantic passenger jet flying from London to New York powered by 100 per cent sustainable aviation fuel took off Tuesday morning, as the aviation world seeks to showcase the potential of low-carbon options to secure its future.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/virgin-atlantic-sustainable-aviation-fuel-1.7041976?cmp=rss

The fossil fuel phrases that countries will fight over at the upcoming COP28

A tangle of pipes, with some white tanks on the left and some smoke or vapour coming out one of them.

Getting the world off greenhouse gas-spewing fossil fuels is a key part of global climate negotiations. But whether those fossil fuels are "unabated," and where we need to phase them "down" or phase them "out," are expected to cause fierce debate at the upcoming United Nations climate summit, COP28.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/unabated-phase-down-out-cop28-1.7041210?cmp=rss

Monday, November 27, 2023

'Authentic' named Merriam-Webster's 2023 word of the year

A red Merriam-Webster dictionary sits on top of a drawer in a file cabinet.

In an age of deepfakes and post-truth, as artificial intelligence rose and Elon Musk turned Twitter into X, the Merriam-Webster word of the year for 2023 is "authentic."



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/merriam-webster-word-year-2023-authentic-1.7040829?cmp=rss

Arrest made in U.S. shooting of 3 college students of Palestinian descent

Four armed police offices stand on a home's porch at the front door.

Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting of three young men of Palestinian descent who were attending a Thanksgiving holiday gathering near the University of Vermont campus. The 48-year-old suspect is scheduled to be arraigned on Monday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/palestinians-students-shot-vermont-1.7040774?cmp=rss