Friday, April 12, 2024

Ottawa says avoid all travel to Israel as the country braces for potential Iranian attack

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The federal government is recommending that Canadians avoid all travel to Israel, stating that the country faces a "heightened risk" of an attack on its territory.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/avoid-travel-israel-canadian-government-says-1.7172822?cmp=rss

Poland has a near-total abortion ban. Lawmakers have taken 1st steps to possibly lifting it

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Polish lawmakers voted Friday to move forward with several bills aimed at reforming the Catholic country's abortion laws, including two that would lift the near-total ban on abortion that currently exists in the EU country.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/poland-abortion-law-1.7172015?cmp=rss

Can the Goldmans, Browns collect money from O.J. Simpson's estate?

A man with a mustache wearing a suit and tie is embraced by a cleanshaven man on one side, and a woman on the other.

O.J. Simpson was found civilly liable for the killing of Nicole Brown Simpson and her acquaintance Ronald Goldman. The Goldman family may have a less difficult time in collecting money from that judgment after Simpson's death, but it will still be complicated.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/oj-simpson-estate-victims-explainer-1.7171644?cmp=rss

Thursday, April 11, 2024

Ukraine's new mobilization bill offers no reprieve for weary troops 

A helmeted soldier wearing head-to-toe camo sits next to a large, wheeled artillery weapon, holding one hand to his ear as smoke billows out from the barrel behind him.

Ukrainian MP Inna Sovsun knows that Ukraine is in desperate need of soldiers. Still, she says she could not support the country’s new mobilization bill, which offers no rest for weary soldiers who have been on the front lines for more than two years — including her own partner.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/ukraine-mobilization-bill-mp-1.7171064?cmp=rss

Why Arizona revived an abortion ban from 1864 | About That

Arizona just revived a Civil War-era law — written before it became a state — banning abortion with virtually no exceptions, causing chaos and confusion across the state. About That producer Lauren Bird examines how Arizona's Supreme Court decided the law is still enforceable, and what the ruling could mean at the 2024 ballot box.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/why-arizona-revived-an-abortion-ban-from-1864-about-that-1.7170764?cmp=rss