Young Somali woman sets herself alight in Australian detention
The woman, named by refugee advocates as Hodan Yasin, is currently in a critical condition, according to Australian Immigration Minister Peter Dutton. She has been transferred to Australia for medical treatment.On Sunday, another refugee, named as Omid, died in an Australian hospital after setting himself alight on Nauru two days earlier in the presence of United Nations officials.Critics say the self-immolations reflect the desperation of refugees living under Australia's controversial immigrat..>> view originalTalks on Syria Seek to Extend Fragile Truce to Aleppo
Video Aftermath of Airstrikes in Aleppo Video shows the Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood of Aleppo after airstrikes that hit a medical facility. Fighting in the city the past week has killed over 200 civilians. By YARA BISHARA on Publish Date May 2, 2016. Photo by Ameer Alhalbi/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images. ..>> view originalWorld|Before Invictus Games, a Queen, a President and a Prime Minister Compete for Laughs
Video Prince Harry Promotes Invictus Games Prince Harry chatted with Queen Elizabeth II and the Obama family in a video for this year’s Invictus Games, a sports contest for wounded and sick service personnel. He also promoted the 2017 games, to be held in Toronto, with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. By REUTERS on Publish Date May 2, 2016. ..>> view originalObama on the future of terrorism after bin Laden raid
"The kinds of Special Forces and intelligence-gathering that we saw in the bin Laden raid is going to be, more often than not, the tool of choice for a president in dealing with that kind of threat," he said."The ideology has not been extinguished," Obama acknowledged in an exclusive interview with CNN's Peter Bergen on Monday night. "The world is still dangerous. In many ways, the Middle East is in a more chaotic situation."But -- without directly referring to President George W. Bush's decisio..>> view originalBrazil prosecutor asks for probe of opposition leader Neves
SAO PAULO Brazil's top prosecutor asked the Supreme Court to open an investigation on opposition Senator Aecio Neves on Monday as a vast corruption probe ensnares more politicians.Neves, who narrowly lost the 2014 election to President Dilma Rousseff, was previously included in a list of some 50 politicians thought to have taken bribes originating from state-run companies.Brazil's Prosecutor-General Rodrigo Janot had stopped the investigation of Neves last year but is now asking to reopen it b..>> view originalMedia Monitors Report Decline in Global Press Freedom
When journalists and media rights activists gather in Helsinki to mark World Press Freedom day Tuesday, there will be a notable absence: Journalist Khadija Ismayilova, recipient of this year’s UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize, is currently serving a 7.5-year sentence in Azerbaijan for her work exposing government corruption. The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) says some 200 journalists like Khadija are currently jailed across the world. And prison isn’t the only way that g..>> view originalMigrant crisis: EU 'to back' visa-free travel for Turkey
Image copyright AFP Image caption Many refugees who have arrived in Europe are now blocked on the Greece-Macedonia border The European Commission will give conditional approval for Turks to travel without visas to Europe's passport-free Schengen area, sources have told the BBC.The move is part of a deal in which Turkey is taking back migrants who have crossed over the Aegean Sea to Greece.But Turkey must still meet EU criteria, and the deal must be ap..>> view originalWreckage of Captain Cook's HMS Endeavour discovered
Cook commanded the ship from 1768 to 1771 on his famous voyage mapping the uncharted waters of the south Pacific Ocean, but for years its whereabouts have remained a mystery.After exploring far-flung lands the boat passed through a number of different hands before it was renamed the Lord Sandwich and used in America's revolutionary war."Lord Sandwich was the first lord of the admiralty at the time so the name makes sense -- a nod by its private owner," Dr Kathy Abbass, the executive director of ..>> view originalA for Aleppo
If you're reading this it means you're somewhere safe where there aren't airstrikes going on in the background or drone attacks -- or maybe there are shots fired and there is still a secure wifi connection -- either way I am thankful for the internet. It's easy to often lose sight of that first letter in the alphabet. Because we often forget the first things we learn as we proceed to move on to learn greater and more complex things. But every word in the alphabet matters, and words can only be..>> view original
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
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