Redmond Shannon

Europe Correspondent

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• Powering an e-bike using disposable vapes is about more than engineering

  "It's an unbelievable source of e-waste and I'm really glad that I have been able to harvest all these and build some really interesting battery packs," says Chris Doel

  Environment

  Nov 23
• Does Iran want war? After latest Israel attack, here’s what may come next

  Iran has said any response from Israel would be met with "stronger and more powerful" retaliation in kind, raising questions about where the tit-for-tat leads.

  World

  Oct 2
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• ‘Hiroshima-level casualties’ feared in final battle for North Darfur

  The capital of North Darfur could be about to fall to the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces as they fight the Sudanese Armed Forces in the country's year-long civil war.

  World

  Apr 26
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• Canadian soldier explains why he’s returning to Ukraine’s eastern trenches

  'In the nine months I was in Ukraine I probably went to seven or eight funerals, and those were just the funerals I could go to,' Dave Smith said.

  World

  Jan 5
• Meet the English soccer fans putting community before glory

  Around The Old Spotted Dog Ground are signs telling fans of the club's zero-tolerance policy on sexism, racism, harassment, homophobia and transphobia.

  Sports

  Nov 16, 2023
• Hamas tunnels in Gaza a ‘huge complication’ for any Israeli offensive: experts

  The vast network of tunnels under Gaza are used to hide out or move around covertly, but the tunnels are now mostly likely a place to hold hostages.

  World

  Oct 14, 2023
• Sub survivor recalls record-breaking Atlantic rescue mission 50 years later

  Almost exactly 50 years after his small submersible plummeted to the Atlantic Ocean floor, the 85-year-old English man is now being confronted with those memories again.

  World

  Jun 22, 2023
• RBC helped arrange US$5.4B of ‘sustainability-linked’ financing for coal mine operator

  Data showing RBC’s involvement in the credit lines for Germany-based RWE in 2022 raises complicated questions about how banks reach promised climate goals.

  Environment

  Apr 4, 2023
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• Colour Crusader: How the ‘Robin Hood’ of the art world is liberating colour for everyone

  Artist Stuart Semple from Bournemouth, England, is on a mission to free colour from corporate control.

  Canada

  Apr 1, 2023
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• Reseachers training ‘hero rats’ to locate earthquake survivors

  "The positive reinforcement is kind of like a rat smoothie. So it's avocado and banana mixed with ground-up rat pellets."

  Science

  Jun 20, 2022
• Afghan family bound for Canada makes it out of Ukraine on 5th attempt

  'Thousands of them cross the border without being asked to stop, but me as an Afghan, they stopped me and they say my daughter does not have papers,' Mir Safi said.

  Canada

  Mar 3, 2022
• Bukele and the volcano: El Salvador doubles-down on Bitcoin

  'I think there's a lot that's left to be explained about how Bitcoin City is going to work,' said Canadian author Alex Tapscott of El Salvador's offer of 'volcano bonds.'

  World

  Nov 23, 2021
• Century-old letter reveals story of family’s WWI grief and pride

  "They told me to leave him, as they didn't want me to see him die, so I kissed him and he said 'Yes, goodbye,'" wrote Thyrza Moore, Aug. 21, 1919, when her brother died in England.

  Features

  Nov 10, 2021
• Afghan interpreter in Pakistan pleads with Ottawa to speed up visa processing

  'They are asking me, 'Please, what will happen to us? Please contact with IRCC,'' said a former Canadian Forces interpreter who escaped to Pakistan.

  World

  Oct 1, 2021
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• Beamed-up bridesmaid was ‘cherry on top’ for Ontario newlyweds

  "You're speaking to this vision of your best friend, but it's really just particles. It felt like we were in in the future."

  Tech

  Aug 19, 2021
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• The privilege of pandemic private jets. How wealthy Canadians travelled during COVID-19

  Despite advisories to avoid travel, many Canadians with the means to do so have been able to leave the country, particularly those with access to private aircraft.

  Investigations

  Jul 6, 2021
• Over 270K Canadians got the Covishield vaccine. They may not be eligible for EU travel

  'So what we've got is a bureaucratic situation here that could well indeed stand in the way of people's freedom of travel,' said one Canadian bioethicist of COVID-19 passports.

  Canada

  Jun 30, 2021
• Wall of hearts highlights bereaved U.K. families’ push for COVID-19 inquiry

  "It's the least I've cried in three months" - Sophie Rawlings, daughter of two COVID-19 victims.

  World

  Apr 4, 2021
• Bitcoin’s carbon footprint could be offset by blockchain’s green applications, experts say

  'What we need is not just these taxes or labels. What we need is impact. What we need is measurable action,' said Pedro Baiz of the Blockchain & Climate Institute.

  Tech

  Mar 27, 2021
• Wave of online racism toward soccer stars forces U.K. government to listen

  'Too many of the social media companies base their worth, their profitability, who they are, on just the raw numbers,' said Shaka Hislop founder of an anti-racism education charity

  Tech

  Mar 7, 2021
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• Canada lags far behind pioneering Norway in phasing-out gasoline vehicles

  Data from the Norwegian Road Federation shows that 54.3% of all new cars sold in Norway last year were electric-only, up from 42.4% in 2019.

  Environment

  Jan 10, 2021
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• COVID-19 in Africa — pandemic could be far more deadly than thought

  One report estimates that as much as 38 per cent of the population of Khartoum was infected.

  Health

  Dec 6, 2020
• For Canadians living abroad, a COVID-19 Christmas means difficult decisions

  "I've been in tears several times over the past month or two about not being able to go," said Meghan Larin, a Canadian living in Wales.

  World

  Nov 24, 2020
• A father’s love in a pandemic: the Canadian WWI veteran who died of flu searching for son’s grave

  "I think the fact that he went over, because his sons were there, I think that might have just been a little icing on the cake," Eunice Robinson said.

  Canada

  Nov 9, 2020
• Belarus opposition leader praises friendship of Canada’s Champagne

  Speaking from exile in Vilnius, Lithuania, Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya said François-Philippe Champagne reached out to her just after she arrived from Belarus.

  World

  Oct 19, 2020