Saturday, December 9, 2023

University of Pennsylvania president resigns amid backlash over Congress antisemitism testimony

A person is seen listening while seated with a microphone.

Liz Magill was one of three presidents of top universities who were criticized after they testified at a congressional hearing about a rise in antisemitism on college campuses following the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/university-of-pennsylvania-president-resigns-antisemitism-1.7054633?cmp=rss

U.S. 'beginning' internal discussions about renewing North American trade pact

Profile shot of man in suit speaking at podium

For anyone with lingering night terrors from the last renegotiation of NAFTA, the notion of reopening the pact might evoke that classic line from a horror sequel: It's baaaaa-aaaack. But this time is different, says the U.S. envoy to Canada. On his second anniversary in Ottawa, David Cohen says he's heartened by the constructive mood.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ambassador-cohen-anniversary-interview-1.7053976?cmp=rss

Friday, December 8, 2023

Palestinians mourn Refaat Alareer, poet reportedly killed during airstrike on Gaza

Photo of Refaat Alareer, which appeared as his profile photo on the social media platform known as X, the former Twitter.

Palestinians on Friday paid tribute to Refaat Alareer, a prominent poet and scholar who sought to tell the stories behind the headlines in the blockaded enclave of Gaza. He was killed in an Israeli airstrike, his friends said.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/refaat-alareer-killed-airstrike-1.7054274?cmp=rss

French juvenile court convicts 6 over roles in teacher's beheading

A person holding flowers also holds up a sign featuring a person's picture.

A French juvenile court on Friday convicted six teenagers for their roles in the beheading of a teacher by an Islamist extremist that shocked the country.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/france-teacher-beheading-convictions-teens-1.7053693?cmp=rss

Hundreds of thousands wounded and dead in Ukraine as war grinds on, intelligence suggests

A woman stands in cemetery with many Ukrainian flags flying in the breeze.

With no end in sight after more than 21 months of war, the number of people killed or wounded in the Russian invasion of Ukraine is in the hundreds of thousands, intelligence estimates suggest.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-ukraine-1.7053035?cmp=rss