Good morning. This is Hanna Lee.
Canada is still monitoring the U.S. strikes in the Caribbean that have killed at least 87 people since September. It's put the country in an impossible situation, one expert says. We'll also look at China's continued dominance in clean energy and what it means for the rest of the world.
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New pictures show changes in fugitive Ryan Wedding’s appearance
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U.S. authorities have released two new photos of Canadian fugitive Ryan Wedding, as the FBI intensifies its search for the alleged drug kingpin.
One image, which the FBI said it had “newly obtained,” shows Wedding, 44, shirtless in bed, revealing a large tattoo of a lion on his chest. The picture is believed to have been taken in Mexico this past summer, the agency’s Los Angeles field office said in a social media post Monday evening.
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Canada 'continues to monitor' U.S. boat strikes in Caribbean as questions swirl and allies squirm
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(U.S. Department of War)
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At least 87 people have been killed in nearly two dozen U.S. strikes in the Caribbean since September. It's a drastic change in U.S. policy on drug trafficking in the area — one that Canada is also monitoring.
What's happening: Previous U.S. efforts to intervene in drug trafficking focused on stopping and arresting suspects at sea and sending them to the U.S. to face prosecution. Meanwhile, Canada has partnered with the U.S. Coast Guard on Operation Caribbe, an anti-drug trafficking mission, since 2006. These recent actions have nothing to do with that mission, the Department of National Defence says.
What it means: Canada and other allies have been left in an impossible position, says Rob Huebert of the University of Calgary. The U.K. and Colombia have suspended intelligence-sharing with the U.S., while France has condemned its use of force. Canada, on the other hand, has remained mum on the issue, as it tries to ensure Canadians aren't caught up in illegal activity, but also to maintain its working relationship with the U.S., Huebert says.
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The rise of the electrostate: By dominating clean energy, China is leading on climate action
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(Florence Lo/Reuters)
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China's massive lead in clean technologies has shifted the global climate fight, experts say. What once consisted of big pledges and international diplomacy has shifted to a tech revolution in cheaper energy.
What's happening: Beijing's quick adoption of technologies like electric vehicles and solar power has challenged long-held assumptions about the importance of fossil fuels. It's also laid bare which countries may be left behind in the race for the energy sources of the future. That includes the U.S., now the world's largest oil producer, which under President Donald Trump has doubled down on fossil fuels.
Why it matters: China has reached a critical juncture where it can now supply the whole world's needs for clean energy, per an analysis by energy think-tank Ember. Two-thirds of emerging countries have overtaken the U.S. in how much solar energy makes up their total power generation, including Vietnam, Pakistan and South Africa. For Canada, that means the country can't "avoid the China question," said Li Shuo of the Asia Society Policy Institute. “No one, in my view, could afford an ideologically driven approach," he said.
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IN LIGHTER NEWS
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Why Jeff Kinney draws from his childhood to create the smash Wimpy Kid series
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(Amulet Books, CBC)
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If you were a kid in the 2000s, the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series likely made an outsized impact on your developing brain. The powers of the Cheese Touch remain vivid in my own mind.
Its 20th instalment, Partypooper, just came out, and author Jeff Kinney recently spoke on our radio show The Next Chapter about the story behind the series. It turns out the misadventures of Greg Heffley and his friends and family are rooted in Kinney's long-held dream of being a newspaper cartoonist — and how he adjusted as the industry began to contract.
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