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Gurn Posted April 8 Share Posted April 8 https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/at-least-94-dead-after-over-crowded-makeshift-ferry-sinks/ar-BB1lfNjk?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=15f2f17b2429415bb02fb51f133adea6&ei=33 ' Close to a hundred people, many of them children, have died after an overcrowded ferry sank off Mozambique’s northern coast. The makeshift boat was carrying 130 people, according to TV Diario Nampula, a local online news outlet. Those on board had been trying to get to the Island of Mozambique, the historic capital of Portuguese East Africa, some fearing they would contract cholera on the mainland. Rescue efforts were continuing today, as 26 people were still reportedly missing as well as the 94 who died. Mozambique and neighbouring southern African countries Zimbabwe and Malawi have in recent months been affected by a deadly cholera outbreak that authorities are battling to contain. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/a-man-stabbed-to-death-5-people-in-a-sydney-shopping-center-and-was-fatally-shot-by-police/ar-BB1lygOu?bncnt=BroadcastNews_TopStories&ocid=UCPNC2&FORM=BNC001&pc=U531&cvid=b6e7ab62f8d343c887c6032e9515f0f4&ei=60 " SYDNEY (AP) — A man stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center Saturday before he was fatally shot, police said, with hundreds fleeing the chaotic scene, many weeping as they carried their children. Eight people, including a 9-month-old, were injured. The 40-year-old was stopped in the knifing attack at the Westfield Shopping Centre in Bondi Junction, which is in the city’s eastern suburbs, when a police inspector shot him after he turned and raised a knife, New South Wales Assistant Police Commissioner Anthony Cooke told reporters. -------------------------------- mal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/30-years-later-we-re-just-in-the-middle-of-the-same-scenario-of-mass-atrocities-roméo-dallaire/vi-BB1lpQRK?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=b6e7ab62f8d343c887c6032e9515f0f4&ei=46 Retired Lt.-Gen. Roméo Dallaire, who led the UN's peacekeeping mission in Rwanda in 1994, reflects on the genocide that claimed the lives of over 800,000 Rwandans — mostly Tutsis and moderate Hutus. Thirty years later, Dallaire says he feels rage that the world is still experiencing ''massive abuses of human rights'' and a ''genocide that seems to be evolving in the Middle East,'' criticizing Canada's lack of leadership in other parts of the world. See less -------------------- 6 minute vid at link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurn Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 This would be terrifying: https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/rescuers-help-stranded-people-to-safety-after-a-deadly-cable-car-accident-in-turkey/vi-BB1lz2vU?ocid=msedgdhp&pc=U531&cvid=52dc5d2b1d9d457cab1fdfe3a06ea4f7&ei=27 "Search and rescue work to save victims of horrific cable car accident in Turkey. At least one was killed and 10 injured when a cable car slammed into a pole and crashed to the ground near Antalya. -------------------------- vid at link Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertKBD Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 Oh FFS! https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/world/new-york-appeals-court-overturns-harvey-weinstein-s-2020-rape-conviction-from-landmark-metoo-trial/ar-AA1nExnV?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=e8ec5ed523364a11ab6b2098da94df2b&ei=15 Quote New York’s highest court on Thursday overturned Harvey Weinstein’s 2020 rape conviction, finding the judge at the landmark #MeToo trial prejudiced the ex-movie mogul with “egregious” improper rulings, including a decision to let women testify about allegations that weren’t part of the case. “We conclude that the trial court erroneously admitted testimony of uncharged, alleged prior sexual acts against persons other than the complainants of the underlying crimes," the court's 4-3 decision said. “The remedy for these egregious errors is a new trial.” The state Court of Appeals ruling reopens a painful chapter in America’s reckoning with sexual misconduct by powerful figures — an era that began in 2017 with a flood of allegations against Weinstein. His accusers could again be forced to relive their traumas on the witness stand. The court's majority said “it is an abuse of judicial discretion to permit untested allegations of nothing more than bad behavior that destroys a defendant’s character but sheds no light on their credibility as related to the criminal charges lodged against them.” In a stinging dissent, Judge Madeline Singas wrote that the majority was “whitewashing the facts to conform to a he-said/she-said narrative,” and said the Court of Appeals was continuing a “disturbing trend of overturning juries’ guilty verdicts in cases involving sexual violence.” Once again, the legal system tells women they're better off staying silent about scumbags like Weinstein.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 On 4/5/2024 at 8:00 AM, bishopshodan said: The one that jumps out to me is Michael Jordan. It's 2024 and he is still making soo much cake. I once read a book called 'No Logo' that talked about how he changed the game, he became a brand of himself. He set the standard for, as another dude on the list once said..."I'm not a businessman. I'm a business, man." The World’s Celebrity Billionaires 2024 https://www.forbes.com/sites/devinseanmartin/2024/04/02/the-worlds-celebrity-billionaires-2024-taylor-swift-kim-kardashian-oprah/?sh=57a0b254276b I don't know what it says about the world when all you need to become a billionaire are big fake ass implants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bishopshodan Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 4 minutes ago, Bob Long said: I don't know what it says about the world when all you need to become a billionaire are big fake ass implants. Well, and a sex tape and a mom that acts like a pimp. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Long Posted April 25 Share Posted April 25 2 minutes ago, bishopshodan said: Well, and a sex tape and a mom that acts like a pimp. That's the secret sauce right there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
6of1_halfdozenofother Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 A bit closer to home: Quote Orca calf kʷiisaḥiʔis leaves B.C. lagoon A two-year-old female orca calf, named Kwiisahi, or Brave Little Hunter, by the Ehattesaht First Nation, is spotted at the Little Espinosa Inlet near Zeballos, B.C., Friday, April 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito By Hana Mae Nassar Posted April 26, 2024 8:57 am. Last Updated April 26, 2024 9:25 am. After over a month of being stuck in a lagoon on Vancouver Island, an orca calf is now back in the open water. According to the Ehattesaht Nation, kʷiisaḥiʔis “swam past the sand bar her mother passed away on, under the bridge, down Little Espinosa Inlet and onto Esperanza all on her own” around 2:30 a.m. Friday, at high tide. Mass efforts to free the calf, named Brave Little Hunter, from the lagoon near Zabellos had been ongoing, though unsuccessful. An orca calf swims alongside a boat in a lagoon near Zabellos. Two-year-old kʷiisaḥiʔis had been trapped in the area for about a month since her mother died in March 2024. (Ehattesaht First Nation/Jared Towers, Bay Cetology) kʷiisaḥiʔis’ big escape came after an evening of feeding, swimming, and playing, the Nation says. “And after most everyone had left to get some sleep the small group who remained stood as witnesses to watch her swim under the bridge and down the inlet,” the Ehattesaht said in a release Friday morning. The Nation says members will now encourage the calf “out toward the open ocean,” with the hopes her family will hear her calls and that they can be reunited. While she’s no longer caught in the lagoon, the Ehattesaht says the work is not done. “We are now in a new phase and while the Team is ecstatic there will be increased patrols and protective measures taken to ensure that she has no contact with boats or people. The Nations and DFO will be asking everyone to keep well clear of the area and kʷiisaḥiʔis in particular,” Ehattesaht leadership explained. “With this part of the challenged solved by kʷiisaḥiʔis herself, every opportunity needs to be afforded to have her back with her family with as little human interaction as possible.” kʷiisaḥiʔis and her mom got into the lagoon by swimming through a narrow and fast-moving channel connecting it to the ocean. According to Ehattesaht Chief Simon John, a community member came knocking for support, to try and get the mother “upright and out of danger.” “We started organizing, basically immediately, to get people out there,” he recalled in an update at the end of March. “By the time it all happened, I think the tide was at its lowest point and I think it had already been over six hours,” John continued. “The whale … tried to move and get back into the water as the tide came in, but when the tide came in, the whale actually started to suffocate.” A mother orca died after the killer whale got stuck on a beach near Zeballos on Vancouver Island in March 2024. (Courtesy Facebook/Marine Education and Research Society) John explained even through the night, the mother whale had aspirated the contents in her stomach, contributing to her condition. The whale was pregnant at the time of her death, with officials saying that likely played a role in her inability to stay upright . “Ehattesaht and Indigenous people across Canada are writing new stories in these modern times reinforcing the presence of a deep connection between the spirit world, the animal world and the people who have remained on the land and waters for all time. Events like these have a deeper meaning and the timing of her departure will be thought about, talked about and felt for generations to come,” the Nation said Friday, following kʷiisaḥiʔis’ departure. https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/04/26/bc-orca-calf-free/ 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertKBD Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 53 minutes ago, 6of1_halfdozenofother said: A bit closer to home: https://vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/04/26/bc-orca-calf-free/ I think this might be my first "Huggy" reaction ever.... Hope the little one finds her pod.....and Kudos to the Ehattesaht Nation for all their efforts. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UnkNuk Posted May 6 Share Posted May 6 Madonna's free Brazil concert at Rio's Copacabana beach attracts more than 1.6 million fans https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-68961409 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickenspear Posted Wednesday at 04:14 PM Share Posted Wednesday at 04:14 PM (edited) Slovak PM Robert Fico in life-threatening condition after shooting, police detain suspect Fico was flown by helicopter to hospital after the shooting in Handlova in central Slovakia https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/slovakia-pm-fico-shooting-1.7204751 Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has been hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after being shot Wednesday in what his office described as an attempted assassination. Fico, 59, was shot "multiple times" after an off-site government meeting in the town of Handlova, according to an emailed statement. Edited Wednesday at 04:15 PM by Chickenspear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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