This news article covers a variety of international events, including the sentencing of a Chinese filmmaker for his documentary on COVID protests, a mass execution in Congo, an ambitious malnutrition program in Indonesia, a rising death toll from a Christmas market attack in Germany, and legal proceedings against a man aiding a convicted British spy.
A Chinese filmmaker has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison for his documentary about China's nationwide protests against COVID lockdowns in late 2022, as Beijing seeks to erase public memories of stunning scenes of dissent against its handling of the pandemic.More than 170 inmates on death row were flown from Congo 's capital to a high-security prison in the north where they will be executed, Congo lese authorities said.
Indonesia's new government started an ambitious project on Monday to fight malnutrition by feeding nearly 90 million children and pregnant women that is expected to cost US$28 billion through 2029, although critics question whether the program is affordable.The death toll in the attack on a Christmas market in the German city of Magdeburg last month has risen to six as a woman succumbed to her injuries, prosecutors said Monday.A man has been charged with assisting a former British soldier later convicted of spying for Iran in his escape from a London prison, police said Monday.A trial of France's former president Nicolas Sarkozy and 11 co-defendants started Monday over alleged illegal financing of his 2007 presidential campaign by the government of then-Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.As an announcement from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about his political future looms, CTV News has confirmed that staffers in the Prime Minister's Office will meet Monday.Mark Carney, the former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor, is actively considering running in a potential Liberal party leadership race should Justin Trudeau resign, sources tell CTV News.Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre gave a lengthy interview to psychologist and media personality Jordan Peterson, touching on his vision for Canada and how he plans to implement i
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