Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Prosecutors charge 2 men with murder in Kansas City Super Bowl parade shooting

People duck for cover on the ground.

Missouri prosecutors said Tuesday that two men have been charged with murder in last week's shooting that killed one person and injured 22 others after the Kansas City Super Bowl parade.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/nfl/super-bowl-parade-shooting-murder-1.7120347?cmp=rss

Congo's PM resigns, government dissolves amid escalating violence in country's east

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Jean-Michel Sama Lukonde, the prime minister of Democratic Republic of Congo, resigned on Tuesday, triggering the dissolution of his government, the presidency said in a statement.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/congo-government-dissolves-pm-resigns-1.7120128?cmp=rss

Navalny's mother to Putin: 'Let me finally see my son'

A woman in winter clothes stands in front of razor wire.

Lyudmila Navalnaya, the mother of dead Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, demanded on Tuesday that President Vladimir Putin hand over her son's body so she could bury him.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/navalny-body-1.7119801?cmp=rss

Monday, February 19, 2024

Former Haitian president's wife, police chief among those indicted in his assassination: report

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A judge investigating the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse issued a final report on Monday that indicts his widow, Martine Moïse, ex-prime minister Claude Joseph and the former chief of Haiti's National Police, Léon Charles, among others.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/moise-assassination-haiti-report-wife-1.7119678?cmp=rss

LockBit digital gang disrupted by international law enforcement in 'Operation Cronos'

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LockBit, a notorious cybercrime gang that holds its victims' data to ransom, has been disrupted in a rare international law enforcement operation, according to a post on the gang's extortion website on Monday. Canada played a role in the operation.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/lockbit-hackers-fbi-ransomware-cronos-1.7119651?cmp=rss