Saturday, September 16, 2023

News roundup, 16 Sept 2023

- The flood disaster in Libya just continues to get worse. There are now concerns about the possibility of a cholera outbreak.

- Closer to home, Lee has been downgraded to a post-tropical storm but is still doing damage

- The Republicans' attempt to impeach Biden is proceeding; some think it could backfire on them.

- Besides matters of race and gender, climate science is high on the far right's list of things to purge from classrooms.

- In Belgium, a rash of arson attacks on schools is being linked to extremists opposed to a new sex education program.

- The Manitoba NDP intends to streamline the process for the employment of foreign-trained doctors and nurses, something that's sorely needed for many reasons.

- Nearly a quarter of Manitoba's personal care homes don't have fire sprinklers.

- A cyberattack is being blamed for the outage at provincial government websites in several provinces.

- The UAW strike in the US is expected to have an impact on the broader economy, though the severity of this remains to be seen.

- Prosecutors in DC are trying to get a gag order against Trump. One hopes the authorities are willing to do what's necessary to enforce such an order.

- Police investigating a homicide in Winnipeg found a bomb.

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