Tuesday, May 7, 2024

Ukraine says it foiled alleged Russian plot to kill Zelenskyy and intelligence officials as gift for Putin

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is seen speaking during a visit to Lithuania in April 2024.

Ukraine's state security service said it caught two agents for Russia plotting the assassination of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and other top officials as "a gift" for Russian President Vladimir Putin as he was sworn in for a new term in the Kremlin on Tuesday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/ukraine-foiled-assassination-plot-zelenskyy-1.7196815?cmp=rss

TikTok is suing the U.S. over 'obviously unconstitutional' law that would ban it

A phone open to the tiktok logo

TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance are suing the U.S. over a law that would ban the popular video-sharing app unless it's sold to another company.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/tiktok-sues-us-1.7196614?cmp=rss

At least 11 people still alive under building collapse rubble, South African officials say

From a distance, several workers wearing helmets and protective clothing are shown at a site filled with large and small pieces of concrete debris.

Rescue teams trying to find dozens of construction workers missing since a multi-storey apartment complex collapsed in a coastal city in South Africa have made contact with 11 people buried alive beneath the mangled wreckage, authorities said Tuesday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/south-africa-building-rescue-1.7196206?cmp=rss

Monday, May 6, 2024

Jailing Trump for contempt of court could backfire, says national security analyst

Donald Trump, frowning and hunched over in a courtroom, looking up at the camera

As a judge threatens Donald Trump with jail time for repeatedly violating a gag order during his hush money trial, a national security analyst worries about the implications of putting a presidential candidate behind bars.



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/trump-trial-contempt-1.7195446?cmp=rss

2-time European weightlifting champion Pielieshenko killed in Ukraine war

A weightlifter competes at the Olympics.

Two-time European weightlifting champion Oleksandr Pielieshenko died on the front line in the war in Ukraine, the Ukrainian Olympic Committee said on Monday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/sports/olympics/olympics-ukraine-weightlifter-killed-1.7195644?cmp=rss