The World This Hour - The World This Hour for 2025/05/22 at 16:00 EDT

Episode Date: May 22, 2025

The World This Hour for 2025/05/22 at 16:00 EDT

How did the internet go from this? You could actually find what you were looking for right away, bound to this. I feel like I'm in hell. Spoiler alert, it was not an accident. I'm Cory Doctorow, host of Who Broke the Internet from CBC's Understood. In this four-part series, I'm going to tell you

why the internet sucks now, whose fault it is, and my plan to fix it. Find who broke the internet on whatever terrible app you get your podcasts. From CBC News, the world this hour, I'm Julie-Ann Hazelwood. With no deal between Canada Post and its workers and no new talk scheduled, we're less than eight hours away now from a potential postal strike. Nisha Patel reports. The union representing about 55,000 Canada Post workers says it is reviewing the latest

proposal from the Postal Service and is working on counteroffers. The union is looking for a 19 percent pay bump over four years to catch up after years of steep inflation. Canada Post has offered more than 13 percent. It also wants to hire more part-time staff. They do see it as a slippery slope to a much smaller Canada Post and a much smaller union as a consequence. Business professor Ian Lee says the Crown Corporation has to make some changes. It's under serious financial strain and has lost at least $3 billion since 2018. Every parcel post that they deliver, every parcel, every courier, every letter they deliver is at a loss.

So they're out of runway. Without an agreement, postal workers are set to return to the picket line at midnight eastern. Nisha Patel, CBC News, Toronto. US officials say they believe the alleged gunman in last night's DC shooting acted alone. Two staffers at the Israeli embassy were shot dead outside the Capital Jewish Museum. Aaron Collins reports. We heard between 10 to 15 gunshots, roughly. Witnesses say the shooting started just after 9.

The attack left Yaron Lashinsky and Sarah Milgram, a young couple, dead. Washington DC Police Chief Pamela Smith says the alleged shooter was quickly detained. The suspect chanted, free, free Palestine while in custody. The suspect has been tentatively identified as 30-year-old Elias Rodriguez of Chicago, Illinois. The attack quickly condemned as an example of rising anti-Semitism around the world. Near Bar-Kat is Israel's Minister of Economy and Industry. The terror is not just an Israeli challenge, it's a global challenge.

And if it happens here in Washington, it can happen anywhere around the world. The killings come as Israel ramps up its military attacks in the Gaza Strip, an offensive condemned global challenge. And if it happens here in Washington, it can happen anywhere around the world. The killings come as Israel ramps up its military attacks in the Gaza Strip, an offensive condemned earlier this week by the U.K., France and Canada. Erin Collins, CBC News, Washington. The United Nations says about 90 truckloads of aid were delivered across Gaza today. The shipments include baby food, flour and medical supplies. Israel has resisted easing its 11-week blockade further over concerns Hamas would steal the aid.

UN spokesperson Stefan Dujaric says a small number of those trucks have been intercepted, not by militants but by residents. As far as I know, this was not a criminal act with armed men. It was what I'd been referring sometimes as self-distribution, which I think only reflects the very high level of anxiety that people in Gaza are feeling, not knowing when the next humanitarian delivery will take place. Deuzerique once again stressed the aid currently flowing in is not sufficient to meet the needs of more than two million people facing the threat of famine. The Manitoba Museum has

issued a formal apology to First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities. It acknowledged that it held ancestral remains and related belongings from those communities within its collections. The museum says by doing so, it contributed to and played a role in colonization. Canadian basketball legend Steve Nash is congratulating Shay Gilgis Alexander on his new title. The Oklahoma City Thunder Point Guard was named the NBA's MVP yesterday. Gilgis Alexander is only the second Canadian

to win the title after Nash did it 20 years ago. Nash says it signals the growth of the sport in Canada, and he is proud of what Gilgis Alexander has accomplished. It's amazing. This is a very special moment for me. I genuinely get super excited to see his success. And it's really probably my favorite player to watch. Giltis Alexander led the league in regular season scoring. And that is your World This Hour. For CBC News, I'm Julianne Hazelwood.