The US government is planning to use $7bn (£5.16bn) in frozen Afghan assets to compensate victims of the 9/11 attacks and for relief efforts. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60312232
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Is Trudeau losing his fight against truckers?
As anti-vaccine mandate protests drag on in Ottawa and spread to border crossings across the country, threatening trade, the Canadian prime minister is facing growing pressure to step in. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60311988
Freedom Convoy: Canada court orders end to trucks’ bridge blockade
A Canadian judge has granted a court order to end a truckers’ blockade of a vital trade link with the US. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60356461
Right whales giving birth a cause for excitement, but not enough to save endangered species
Sherri McConnell rushed to the balcony of her oceanfront condo in Daytona Beach, Florida, last week after a neighbor texted that she’d spotted a North Atlantic right whale mother and calf. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2022/02/07/climate-change-right-whales/9314741002/?gnt-cfr=1
Freedom Convoy: Ottawa declares emergency over trucker Covid rules protests
The mayor of Canada’s capital Ottawa has declared a state of emergency in response to more than a week of truckers’ protests against Covid restrictions. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-60281088