Friday, October 18, 2024

After Hamas leader's death, Israel's attacks on northern Gaza intensify, hospitals close to collapse

Young boys holding pots and bowls reach their arms for food.

For more than two weeks, Israeli forces have been carrying out an offensive in northern Gaza — a move the United Nations human rights office said appears to be cutting off the region completely from the rest of the Gaza Strip.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/northern-gaza-israel-1.7354543?cmp=rss

Defence minister announces nearly $65 million in aid for Ukraine

A man in a suit with Grey Hair holds his hand up as he speaks to reporters from the foyer of the House of Commons.

National Defence Minister Bill Blair says Canada is sending $64.8 million in military aid to Ukraine.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/military-aid-ukraine-1.7356287?cmp=rss

Thursday, October 17, 2024

'He is God's problem now': Texan pays tribute to funny, foul-mouthed father in obituary 

Two men, one elderly and one middle-aged, stand outside with their arms around each other's shoulders. The younger man is smiling and the older man is waving with a cigarette between his fingertips.

When Robert Adolph Boehm died on Oct. 6 at age 74, his son decided to honour his memory by writing an obituary as chaotic, irreverent and expletive-laden as his father was in life. 



source https://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/robert-boehm-obituary-1.7355078?cmp=rss

Ex-Canadian Olympic snowboarder wanted for murder, running transnational drug ring, U.S. officials say

A man takes a tight turn on a snowboard.

A former Canadian Olympic snowboarder and 15 others are facing criminal charges for allegedly running a drug-trafficking ring that shipped hundreds of kilograms of cocaine to Canada and used violence — including murder — to achieve its goals, the the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ryan-james-wedding-fbi-investigation-1.7355177?cmp=rss

India denies working with mobsters to target Sikh separatists on Canadian soil

A poster with a man's face is pictured behind a woman walking down a street.

India's government on Thursday denied it was working with mobsters to target Sikh separatists in Canada as alleged publicly this week by Canadian officials in an escalating diplomatic dispute.



source https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/india-denies-canadas-allegation-it-has-worked-with-mobsters-1.7354861?cmp=rss