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U.S. appeals court upholds hate crime convictions over 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery
A U.S. federal appeals court on Friday upheld the hate crime convictions of three white men who chased Ahmaud Arbery, a Black jogger, through their Georgia subdivision with pickup trucks before one of them killed him with a shotgun in February 2020. Source link
Iran’s 'water bankruptcy problem' is nothing new, says UN expert
The country of more than 90 million is facing an unprecedented water and energy crisis as reservoirs shrink to record lows, endangering drinking water and power supplies. Source link
Bob Rae, on his last day at the UN, says: ‘I think I helped make a difference’
On his very last day as Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, Bob Rae spoke to As It Happens host Nil Kӧksal. Source link
2025 CBC Massey Lectures: Alex Neve on renewing human rights in a fractured world
Universality was supposed to be the promise of human rights. Yet it’s been broken countless times. So how can we still fulfill it? Canadian human rights lawyer Alex Neve explores that question in this year’s Massey Lectures. Source link
Some Starbucks workers in the U.S. are on strike. Here's why
Unionized baristas from 65 Starbucks locations across the U.S. launched a strike on Thursday. Source link
Indigenous protesters block entrance to Brazil climate summit
Dozens of Indigenous protesters blocked the front of the COP30 summit venue in Belem, Brazil, on Friday morning, staging a sit-in that forced delegates to use a side entrance to resume their negotiations on tackling climate change. Source link
Florida carries out record 16th execution of the year, for child murderer sentenced to death in 1980
A man convicted of the 1979 killing of a six-year-old girl who was abducted from her bedroom has been put to death in a record 16th execution in Florida this year. Source link
4 killed, dozens injured in Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv overnight
Russian forces launched a massive drone and missile attack on Kyiv early on Friday, striking residential buildings and triggering explosions and fires in districts throughout the capital, officials said. Source link
Donald Trump’s 50-year mortgage plan is being panned. It also wouldn’t fly in Canada
Many industry observers have been cool to Donald Trump’s proposal to allow 50-year mortgages in the United States. And it’s very unlikely such an idea would gain traction anytime soon in Canada, where amortization periods have been shortened over the last two decades. Source link
Blue Origin launches New Glenn rocket, with 2 Mars-bound satellites aboard
The giant New Glenn rocket from Jeff Bezos’ space company Blue Origin launched from Florida on its debut mission for paying customers on Thursday, sending two NASA satellites toward Mars while also nailing the landing of its reusable booster for the first time. Source link