Maria Kartasheva was told to step aside in the middle of her Canadian citizenship ceremony after the officiant asked if anyone has been charged with a crime in another country. She had been — specifically, under a law passed in Russia shortly after the invasion of Ukraine. CBC | World News
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Woman in her 90s found alive in collapsed home, 5 days after deadly Japan quake
A woman in her 90s was pulled alive from a collapsed house in western Japan late Saturday, 124 hours after a major quake slammed the region, killing at least 126 people, toppling buildings and setting off landslides. CBC | World News
Read More »Teen pilot flies solo around Australia to make a point about what women can do
The Sydney, Australia, pilot was 17 when she started planning a solo flight around her home country. She aimed to raise money for charity and inspire young women to join the field of aviation. CBC | World News
Read More »You didn’t just Give A Book, you Gave A Library!
Generous Daily Express readers raised thousands of pounds last Christmas to help turn a former cloakroom at a Midlands school into a book-filled paradise. As it opens its doors to pupils, Jane Warren pulls up a squashy toadstool to join the celebrations Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Israel and Hezbollah are on the brink of wider war after a week of threats and attacks
As the slaughter continues in Gaza from Israel’s unrelenting attacks, there are fears along the northern border about how Hezbollah may retaliate against a presumed Israeli strike this week on Beirut. CBC | World News
Read More »Jeffrey Epstein victim makes bombshell ‘lying’ claim as Prince Andrew transcript released
The claim follows the release of a transcript from disgraced British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell that contradicts comments made by Prince Andrew in his car-crash BBC interview. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »Alaska Airlines grounds aircraft, apologizes after window blows out midair
Alaska Airlines grounded all of its Boeing 737-9 aircraft late Friday, just hours after a window and piece of fuselage on one such plane blew out in midair and forced an emergency landing in Portland, Oregon. No one was seriously hurt. CBC | World News
Read More »‘People realized there really is a war going on’: Russian city shaken by Ukraine’s attacks
Scenes long familiar to Ukrainians from 22 months of war are now playing out in one of Russia’s own cities, following a deadly strike on the centre of Belgorod. In a war that has seen few Russian civilian casualties, the attack has come as a shock to residents. CBC | World News
Read More »Pistorius parole release ‘isn’t justice,’ Reeva Steenkamp’s mother says
The mother of Reeva Steenkamp said she is still “serving a life sentence” after her daughter’s killer Oscar Pistorius was released from prison yesterday after less than 10 years. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »M6 closed after lorry ‘strikes bridge’ spilling load over carriageway
National Highways says a “lengthy clean-up” is expected after a lorry shed its load Daily Express :: News Feed
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