What's hot in real world news? - Thread 11.0

[Kevin Pacey]

cnbc.com/2022/12/09/Judge does not hold Trump office in contempt of court despite DOJ request:

https://www.cnbc.com/2022/12/09/trum...t-hearing.html

reuters.com/world/Detained American Whelan says he's disappointed more not done to free him - 2022-12-08 [Biden admin facing bipartisan criticism over failure to secure release of ex-Marine from Russia]:

https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-...se-2022-12-08/

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/news/national/SO, WHAT’S $32 BILLION?: Feds in no hurry to recover COVID overpayments:

https://torontosun.com/news/national...d-overpayments

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/LILLEY: Trudeau's soft on China view led to RCMP contract with Chinese firm:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/colum...ese-owned-firm

torontosun.com/opinion/editorials/EDITORIAL: New alarms about foreign interference:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/edito...n-interference

nationalpost.com/opinion/Ivison: Justin Trudeau, China and the death of free trade [Why Canada has been obliged to reverse course on 'Justin Trudeau's dream of integrating the Canadian and Chinese economies']:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/ivi...-of-free-trade

nationalpost.com/opinion/John Ivison: When it comes to guns, Canadian common sense and pragmatism likely will prevail [Trudeau Liberals tried the U.S.-style base strategy to ram through Bill C-21 and are coming up short]:

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/joh...y-will-prevail

[Kevin Pacey]

nationalpost.com/news/politics/Quebec passes law making oath to King optional for elected members [Constitutional scholars differ on whether the Quebec legislature can allow members to participate in legislative debates and votes without taking the oath {that's nice}]:

https://nationalpost.com/news/politi...lected-members

[Kevin Pacey]

torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/LILLEY: If private clinics are allowed inside public system for abortion, why not other surgical procedures?:

https://torontosun.com/opinion/colum...cal-procedures

[Kevin Pacey]

ottawacitizen.com/opinion/Denley: Ottawa city hall's harsh message control is the real scandal [The LRT {fiasco} report isn't the biggest problem; the fact that the mayor, council and staff make it hard for the public to get meaningful information is.]:

https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/de...e-real-scandal

[Kevin Pacey]

telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2022/12/09/ukraine-russia-news/Putin admits Russia can't supply clothes to front line troops:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-ne...test-missiles/

theguardian.com/world/2022/dec/09/Putin suggests possibility of settlement to end war in Ukraine:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/20...infrastructure

On the other hand...
globalnews.ca/news/Putin says Ukraine war may be ‘a long process,’ but no need for further mobilization:

https://globalnews.ca/news/9334090/u...utin-long-war/

aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2022/12/9/Russia-Ukraine updates: US warns of expanding Iran, Russia ties:

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveb...-ukraine-putin

[Kevin Pacey]

bbc.com/news/Remarkable space blast identified as black hole collision:

https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-...shire-63887870

[Kevin Pacey]

reuters.com/investigates/section/taiwan-china:

https://www.reuters.com/investigates.../taiwan-china/

[Kevin Pacey]

theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/09/Two-thirds of 15,400 extra Australian deaths in 2022 caused by covid, study finds:

https://www.theguardian.com/australi...id-study-finds

[Kevin Pacey]

cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeypox/response/2022/updated9dec2022/world-map:

https://www.cdc.gov/poxvirus/monkeyp...world-map.html

reuters.com/world/africa/Uganda receives 1,200 doses of Ebola vaccine candidates for trials - 2022-12-08:

https://www.reuters.com/world/africa...ls-2022-12-08/