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Security heightened in Kenya after killing of al-Qaeda leader

2Aug

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Security heightened in Kenya after killing of al-Qaeda leader

Security was heightened at various places in Kenya following reports one of the masterminds of the 1998 terrorist attack on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania and Osama bin Laden’s successor Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed. Kenyan security officials said they feared the al-Shabaab militant group might try to retaliate following the killing. This is because in a joint video released in February 2012, then al-Shabaab leader Ahmed Abdi Godane said he "pledged obedience" to al-Qaeda head Ayman al-Zawahiri. Al-Shabaab has been attacking several parts of the country in attacks that have led to deaths and property destruction. Officials aware of the developments said they “changed the gear” after the reports came out on the killing of Zawahiri. “We know some remnants may try to r...

21Jul

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The UK just hit 40℃ for the first time

A severe heatwave in Western Europe is shattering temperature records – including in the United Kingdom, where temperatures on Tuesday for the first time on record. The village of Coningsby in eastern England 40.3 degrees – provisionally the hottest temperature in UK history. The record was previously held by Cambridge, which reached 38.7℃ in 2019. I’m a scientist interested in climate change and extreme weather. I grew up in the UK and remember major heatwaves in 2003 and 2006 during my school holidays. Traditionally, temperatures above 30℃ in the UK are considered hot. But to see temperatures already exceeding 40℃ is shocking. Summer heat may be far from people’s minds here in Australia. But Europe’s ordeal is yet another sign that changes in Earth’s climate have alread...

6Jul

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R. Kelly Removed From Suicide Watch

R Kelly just won a mini legal battle against the feds, who just did an about-face and took the disgraced singer off suicide after he filed a lawsuit against the prison, TMZ has learned. In newly filed court docs obtained by TMZ, Metropolitan Detention Center Warden who was also named in the suit -- says he made the decision today to remove Kelly from suicide watch following a "clinical assessment." No further details on the assessment were provided. In the suit, Kelly alleged that he wasn't even thinking of killing himself and told prison officials just that. Kelly also claimed he was placed in these harsh conditions because of his celebrity. The feds initially filed a motion opposing the suit, saying they would clinically assess Kelly for the duration of his suicide...

One Billion People In China Had Their Personal Data Leaked

6Jul

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One Billion People In China Had Their Personal Data Leaked

A massive online database apparently containing the personal information of up to one billion Chinese citizens was left unsecured and publicly accessible for more than a year -- until an anonymous user in a hacker forum offered to sell the data and brought it to wider attention last week. The leak could be one of the biggest ever recorded in history, cybersecurity experts say, highlighting the risks of collecting and storing vast amounts of sensitive personal data online -- especially in a country where authorities have broad and unchecked access to such data. The vast trove of Chinese personal data had been publicly accessible via what appeared to be an unsecured backdoor link -- a shortcut web address that offers unrestricted access to anyone with knowledge of it -- since at l...

U.N Investigator Warns Of Increased Violence In Myanmar

1Jul

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U.N Investigator Warns Of Increased Violence In Myanmar

U.N. investigator Thomas Andrews is warning that Myanmar’s military junta is increasing its brutal campaign of violence, resorting to massacres, and widespread human rights violations to maintain its iron grip. The report has been submitted to the U.N. human rights council. The United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Myanmar, Thomas Andrews, is calling on the outside world to act to bring Myanmar’s military leaders to account. He warns failure to take needed action will cause irreparable harm to the population and be a death sentence for untold numbers of people. He said conditions in the country have worsened since he last reported to the council three months ago. Andrews said the ruling generals have accelerated their bloody campaign against...

Gas Leak May Have Killed 21 Youths In South Africa

30Jun

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Gas Leak May Have Killed 21 Youths In South Africa

Twenty-one young people found dead in a tavern on South Africa's east coast over the weekend may have died from poisoning from a gas leak, a source close to the investigation said on Wednesday. The deaths of the youths in a popular nightspot outside the city of East London unleashed an outpouring of grief in a poor community, while some relatives of the victims have expressed anger that weeks of calls to shut down the tavern went unheeded. All were teenagers, the youngest a 13-year-old girl. There were also several survivors, some of whom were taken to hospital, and others unharmed. A spokesperson for the forensic team declined to comment on any aspect of the investigation until the final report is out. Eastern Cape's provincial government said in a statement "autopsies ha...

Bodies Of 20 Migrants Found In Libyan Desert Two Weeks After Last Contact

30Jun

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Bodies Of 20 Migrants Found In Libyan Desert Two Weeks After Last Contact

The bodies of 20 migrants who got lost in the Libyan desert near Chad have been found, the ambulance service said on Wednesday, showing pictures of them lying around a black pickup truck on the sand. The bodies were discovered by a truck driver travelling through the desert and were recovered on Tuesday about 320 km southwest of Kufra and 120 km from the border with Chad. "The driver got lost ... and we believe the group died in the desert about 14 days ago since the last call on a mobile phone there was on June 13," Kufra ambulance chief Ibrahim Belhasan said by phone. Two of the bodies were Libyans and the others were believed to be migrants from Chad crossing illegally into Libya, Belhasan said. Libya has become a major launching point for migrants seeking to reach Euro...

At Least 16 Killed In Missile Strike On Crowded Ukrainian Mall

28Jun

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At Least 16 Killed In Missile Strike On Crowded Ukrainian Mall

A Russian missile strike on a crowded mall in the central Ukrainian city of Kremenchuk killed at least 16 people, the head of emergency services said early Tuesday, sparking international outrage. "The Russian strike today on the shopping centre in Kremenchuk is one of the most brazen terrorist acts in European history," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his evening broadcast posted on Telegram. Emergency services chief Sergiy Kruk said the main tasks were "rescue work, debris removal and the elimination of fires" following Monday's strike on the shopping centre. "As of now, we know of 16 dead and 59 wounded, 25 of them hospitalised. The information is being updated," Kruk said on Telegram. "All response groups are working in intense mode," he said. "The work ...

Iran Train Derails After Excavator Collision, Kills 13

8Jun

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Iran Train Derails After Excavator Collision, Kills 13

Thirteen people died when a passenger train derailed in eastern Iran on Wednesday, the semi-official Fars news agency said, while 60 passengers were seriously injured. The train travelling to the city of Yazd collided with an excavator before going off the rails 50 km (30 miles) from the city of Tabas, where it began its journey, a railway official told state news agency IRNA. "Five ambulances are at the accident scene and another 12 are on their way," the crisis management chief of the province of South Khorasan told the agency.

North Korea fires missiles hours after Biden leaves Asia

25May

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North Korea fires missiles hours after Biden leaves Asia

North Korea has fired three ballistic missiles early Wednesday morning, South Korea's military has said. Authorities in Seoul said the missiles were fired in the space of less than an hour from the Sunan area in Pyongyang. It comes just a day after US President Joe Biden left the region, following a trip that saw him vowing to bolster measures to deter North Korea. North Korea has been test-firing a flurry of ballistic missiles since the beginning of this year. Japan confirmed at least two launches happened on Wednesday but acknowledged there may have been more. Japan's Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi said first missile flew about 300km (186 miles) with a maximum altitude of around 550 km, while the second, reaching as high as 50 km, travelled around 750 km. Mr Kishi cr...