Monday, March 25, 2024

What the U.S. Supreme Court hearing on abortion medication is about

A basket container with several small boxes with the label Mifeprex (Mifepristone) is shown.

Nearly two years after a momentous ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court helped restrict abortion access, the top court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in a case involving access to the abortion medication mifepristone. Tens of thousands currently get the pills by mail in order to terminate a pregnancy.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/supreme-court-medication-1.7154354?cmp=rss

Colours abound during Hindu festival of Holi

Two people wearing sunglasses with their faces smeared with coloured powder.

Millions of people observed the Hindu festival of Holi on Monday by dancing, sharing food and drink and showering each other with coloured powders. The festival marks the arrival of spring in India, Nepal, different South Asian countries and other parts of the world.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/holi-colour-festival-1.7154355?cmp=rss

Ohtani to address media for 1st time since illegal gambling, theft allegations against interpreter

A male baseball player walks onto a field alongside a man wearing street clothes.

Shohei Ohtani plans to speak to the media Monday for the first time since the illegal gambling and theft allegations involving the Los Angeles Dodgers star and his interpreter emerged during the team's trip to South Korea.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/shohei-ohtani-speaks-illegal-gambling-theft-1.7154216?cmp=rss

Sunday, March 24, 2024

Two hospitals in southern Gaza under attack by Israeli forces, Palestinian health officials say

Smoke billows in a city following bombardment.

Israeli forces besieged two more Gaza hospitals on Sunday, pinning down medical teams under heavy gunfire, the Palestinian Red Crescent said, while Israel said it had captured 480 militants in continued clashes at Gaza's main Al-Shifa Hospital.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel-hamas-war-gaza-hospital-al-shifa-amal-nasser-1.7154065?cmp=rss

Christine Blasey Ford's testimony against Kavanaugh made her a target. But she would do it again

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Christine Blasey Ford was propelled into the public sphere in 2018 when she testified in front of the U.S. Senate judiciary committee that Brett Kavanaugh, then a U.S. Supreme Court nominee, sexually assaulted her when they were both teenagers. Now she's revisiting those dark days in her new memoir.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday/christine-blasey-ford-memoir-one-way-back-1.7152943?cmp=rss