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Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. U.S. President Donald Trump won’t be getting his wish. ABC said Monday it has signed late-night comic Jimmy Kimmel to a one-year contract extension. Kimmel’s previous, multi-year …
Read More »The U.S. has put military pressure on Venezuela for months. What’s the endgame?
For months, U.S. pressure on Venezuela has included a buildup of military force in the region, threats of military action, along with strikes on alleged drug boats off its coast. Yet it remains ambiguous and unclear as to what, exactly, the Trump administration’s strategy is for Venezuela, or its plans …
Read More »Lost for 5 months in the Northern Rockies, this cat is heading home to Oklahoma for Christmas
Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. After nearly five months lost in northeastern B.C, a beloved family cat is heading home for the holidays. Since July, Shadow the cat has been surviving in …
Read More »Flu vaccines take months to make. Here’s what could speed it up
This story is part of CBC Health’s Second Opinion, a weekly analysis of health and medical science news emailed to subscribers on Saturday mornings. If you haven’t subscribed yet, you can do that by clicking here. For decades, the flu virus in the shots you’re offered every fall has been grown …
Read More »This moss survived 9 months outside the International Space Station in the harshness of space
Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Space is a harsh environment: it’s a vacuum with freezing temperatures, super high ultraviolet radiation and, of course, almost no oxygen. But Japanese researchers have found a type …
Read More »899 farmers committed suicide in Maharashtra-Marathwada in 10 months | महाराष्ट्र-मराठवाड़ा में 10 महीने में 899 किसानों ने आत्महत्या की: बाढ़-बारिश से नुकसान के चलते मई-अक्टूबर के बीच 537 ने अपनी जान ली
मराठवाड़ा1 घंटे पहले कॉपी लिंक महाराष्ट्र के मराठवाड़ा में इस साल जनवरी से अक्टूबर के बीच 899 किसानों ने आत्महत्या की। इनमें से 537 किसानों ने सिर्फ छह महीनों में (1 मई से 31 अक्टूबर) अपनी जान दी, जब बाढ़ और भारी बारिश से फसलों को भारी नुकसान हुआ। इसपर …
Read More »Nova Scotia Power hasn’t paid some contractors in months
Multiple contractors that have done recent jobs for Nova Scotia Power haven’t been paid in months — some with outstanding bills in the hundreds of thousands, CBC has learned. “We’re being told it was the data breach,” said Tim Houtsma, CEO of Marid Industries. Marid is owed in the range …
Read More »Colombian Sen. Miguel Uribe dies 2 months after being shot at rally
Miguel Uribe, the Colombian senator who had been hospitalized since he was shot in the head in June during a campaign event, has died, his family said Monday. He was 39. Uribe, a father and stepfather, was shot in the head while giving a campaign speech in Bogota on June 7 and …
Read More »Pukatawagan residents yearn for return home after nearly 2 months of evacuation
Thousands of residents forced out of Mathias Colomb Cree Nation by wildfires are growing anxious to return home while they try to stay connected, safe and busy, as the evacuation of their northern Manitoba community continues to drag out. The remote, fly-in First Nation, which is about 700 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg and is …
Read More »Ex-police officer sentenced to 33 months for violating Breonna Taylor’s rights
Former Louisville, Ky., police officer Brett Hankison was sentenced on Monday to 33 months in prison for violating Breonna Taylor’s rights during the raid in which she was shot and killed. The sentencing came after U.S. President Donald Trump’s Justice Department asked the judge to imprison him for a single day. …
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