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Credit: Share Top of The World our morning news roundup written by editors at The World. Subscribe here. On inauguration eve, President-elect Joe Biden’s top national security cabinet picks are set for Senate approval hearings Tuesday. Biden tapped recently retired Army Gen. Lloyd Austin to be his secretary of defense, ruffling feathers by asking Congress to waive the rule against picking a military officer who has served in the Pentagon within the last seven years. Also up for confirmation is Alejandro Mayorkas, Biden’s Homeland Security top choice, along with longtime career diplomat Antony Blinken to lead the State Department. Blinken says he’ll rebuild the department after it was essentially gutted under the Trump administration. If confirmed, Avril Haines will be the first woman in the role of director of national intelligence, and Janet Yellen will also make history as the first woman to serve as treasury secretary. ....
Search Yamen Bai came to Canada with a wish to play hockey. Now, just 12 months later, he’s excelling on the ice. (Image credit: Ryan Cooke/CBC) From Syria to Canada: How one boy found a home on the ice CBC Kids News • Published 2021-01-05 07:00 Yamen Bai hopes to one day be a coach When Yamen Bai came to Canada as a Syrian refugee one year ago, he had one wish: to play hockey with his friends. But there was something standing in his way. His family didn’t have enough money to buy him the equipment he needed. ....