Category: WORLD

Palestinian Teacher Wins $1m Global Teacher Prize

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A Palestinian primary school teacher who encourages students to renounce violence has won a $1 million prize for teaching excellence, beating out 8,000 applicants from around the world. Hanan al-Hroub, who teaches in the West Bank, was awarded the second annual Global Teacher Prize during a ceremony Sunday evening in the Middle Eastern city of Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Many in the audience erupted with chants of “Palestine” when her name was announced. Ahead of the prize being awarded, Pope Francis talked about the importance of education in a video…

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Terrorists Hit Ivory Coast As Al Quaeda Claims Responsibility

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Al Qaeda’s North African affiliate claimed Sunday’s deadly attack by heavily armed gunmen on the Ivory Coast resort of Grand-Bassam, in which at least 16 people were killed, US-based monitors said. In a message posted on its Telegram channels, al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) said three of its “heroes” had stormed the Grand-Bassam resort, according to US-based SITE Intelligence Group. President Alassane Ouattara said six gunmen had been “neutralised”. The strike, which targeted three hotels in the former French colonial capital that is popular with Western expatriates, also…

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27 Dead, 75 Wounded In Turkey Explosion

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An explosion killed at least 27 people and wounded 75 others on Sunday in the Turkish capital of Ankara, according to the Associated Press, which cited the Ankara governor’s office. The blast came after a car exploded near a bus stop, according to Turkish broadcaster TRT, and a security official told Reuter the cause of the explosion appeared to be a suicide car bombing. No one had claimed responsibility for the attacks. Gunfire was heard after the explosion, officials told Reuters. Ambulances rushed to the area and smoke could be…

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Bangladesh Bank Says Hackers Tried To Steal $951m

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Bangladesh’s central bank confirmed on Sunday that cyber criminals tried to withdraw $951 million from its U.S. bank account, as the country’s finance minister said he first got to know of one of the biggest bank heists in history through the media. Unknown hackers breached the computer systems of Bangladesh Bank, and transferred $81 million from its account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to casinos in the Philippines between Feb. 4 and Feb. 5. Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith said the central bank did not inform…

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US Okay GMO Mosquito To Fight Zika Virus

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)The U.S. came one step closer today to getting its first genetically modified mosquito to fight the Zika virus. The Food and Drug Administration has released a draft of its environmental impact study of OX513A, a male Aedes aegypti mosquito genetically modified to pass on a lethal gene to his offspring. According to the FDA, the release of this GMO male in a Key West suburb as part of a field trial will have “no significant impact” on the health of the local environment or the people who live in…

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US Election: Ben Carson Endorses Donald Trump

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Ben Carson has decided to endorse Republican frontrunner Donald Trump and will officially do so on Friday morning in an appearance with Trump in Palm Beach, Fla., Yahoo News has learned. The endorsement may come as a surprise to many of Carson’s supporters, since the mild-mannered, deeply religious Carson is a vivid contrast to Trump in terms of style and values. But a Carson adviser said that the retired neurosurgeon — who for a short time last fall led the field of Republican presidential candidates — sees Trump as the…

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Suu Kyi Aide Confirmed As President Nominee As Army Picks Hardliner

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An aide of Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi was a step closer to becoming the country’s first civilian leader in generations Friday after sailing through a parliamentary vote, while the military put forward a hardline retired general as its vice president nominee. Htin Kyaw, a respected writer who helps run Suu Kyi’s charitable foundation, was seen as the top choice to act as a proxy for the democracy veteran who is barred from the office by a junta-scripted charter. One further vote of approval is needed in the combined houses…

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Obama Blasts David Cameron Over UK’s Role In Libya

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President Barack Obama made biting remarks about U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron, blaming him for Libya’s descent into chaos after the ouster of long-serving autocrat Muammar Gaddafi in 2011. In a long interview about his foreign policy with the magazine The Atlantic, Obama said that Cameron was distracted by priorities at home as Libya descended into what he characterized as “a mess” (and privately referred to as a “s*** show,” according to the magazine). “There’s room for criticism,” Obama said in a long interview about his foreign policy. “I had more…

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The World’s Most Expensive City In 2016 Is …

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Singapore has been named the world’s most expensive city in 2016 — topping the Economist Intelligence Unit‘s Worldwide Cost of Living survey for the third year in a row. The gap is closing between Singapore and the next two cities in the rankings, however. Zurich and Hong Kong are hot on its heels in joint second place, with Hong Kong leaping seven places up the ranking in the last twelve months. London, New York and Los Angeles moved up to sixth, seventh and eight place, with New York in its…

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Myanmar Names Presidential Candidates, Disqualifies Suu Kyi

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Myanmar’s National League for Democracy (NLD) has nominated two candidates for the presidency, as the country starts the process of selecting a new leader. The party has named Htin Kyaw as its Lower House nominee for vice president and a lawmaker from the Chin Ethnic minority, Henry Vantriu, as its Upper House nominee. Both houses would separately choose between the NLD’s candidates and those from other parties. The winner from each House would go on to a second vote which would also feature a military nominated candidate, to decide the…

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