3-time cop killer released on parole
Convicted cop killer Herman Bell has been released from prison after 45 years, but many are outraged at the New York Board of Parole's decision. Source: Latest CNN News
Girl power shines in robotics competition in Seychelles
School girls from the three main islands of Seychelles – Mahe, Praslin and La Digue – benefitted from a three-day long robotics orientated competition, to celebrate ‘International Girls in ICT’ Day. To mark the day, the SIDS Youth Aims Hub (SYAH)-Seychelles in partnership with the Mauritius Commercial Bank hosted a ‘Robot Building and Programming’ competition [...]
Trump 'just asking' if border best for summit
President Donald Trump on Monday morning suggested that he'd like to hold his potential meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un near the border of North and South Korea. Source: Latest CNN News
Heavy rains, landslides kill at least 100 in Kenya: Red Cross
MOMBASA (Reuters) - Hiribae Mame stood waist-deep in water outside her wrecked house in eastern Kenya, one of around 200,000 people forced to flee by weeks of floods, landslides and heavy rains. Source: Reuters World News
Who is Meghan Markle's future husband?
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Israel's Netanyahu to make 'significant' announcement on Iran
JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will make a televised announcement Monday evening (1700 GMT) in what his office said would be a "significant development regarding the nuclear agreement with Iran". Source: Reuters World News
Iran says it can produce higher enriched uranium if U.S. exits nuclear deal
ANKARA (Reuters) - Iran has the technical capability to enrich uranium to a higher level than it could before a multinational nuclear deal was reached to curb its nuclear program, state TV quoted the head of Iran's Atomic Energy organization Ali Akbar Salehi as saying. Source: Reuters World News
ICRC says 10 aid workers freed after going missing in South Sudan
GENEVA (Reuters) - Ten aid workers who went missing in South Sudan last week have been freed from an armed group that detained them in the Yei region southwest of the capital, the International Committee of the Red Cross said in a statement on Monday. Source: Reuters World News
Thousands call for aid access for villagers trapped by fighting in Myanmar
YANGON (Reuters) - Thousands of people rallied on Monday in Myanmar's war-torn Kachin State to demand humanitarian access for villagers trapped by fighting between government forces and ethnic minority insurgents that has displaced more than 5,000 people. Source: Reuters World News
Australia pledges half a billion to restore Great Barrier Reef
Australia pledged half a billion dollars to restore and protect the Great Barrier Reef Sunday in what it said would be a game-changer for the embattled natural wonder, but conservationists were not convinced. The World Heritage-listed site, which attracts millions of tourists, is reeling from significant bouts of coral bleaching due to warming sea temperatures [...]