World

Feb

Twitter Blocks 125,000 Accounts In 'Terrorist Content' Crackdown

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Twitter said Friday it suspended more than 125,000 accounts, most of them linked to the Islamic State group, as part of increased efforts to eradicate "terrorist content" on the popular messaging platform.

Feb

Obama Hails Unemployment Rate Falling Below 5%

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US President Barack Obama on Friday hailed the new drop in the country's unemployment rate to an eight-year low of 4.9 percent, saying Americans are working.

Feb

Quake Rescue To Center On Trapped Residents In Damaged Buildings

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Rescuers will focus on evacuating residents still trapped in damaged or collapsed buildings after a 6.7-magnitude earthquake jolted southern Taiwan on Saturday morning, said Tainan City mayor Lai Ching-te.

Feb

Turkish PM Says 15,000 Fleeing Syria's Aleppo Arrive At Turkish Border

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Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said on Friday that 15,000 people fleeing the northern Syrian city of Aleppo, where Russian-backed Syrian government forces are pressing a military assault, had arrived at the Turkish border, and there may be thousands on the way.

Feb

Mainland Offers Taiwan Quake Help

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The Chinese mainland has offered to help Taiwan following the deadly 6.7-magnitude earthquake that jolted the south of the island early on Saturday morning.

Feb

Land Of Hope

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Visual artist and activist Yoko Ono tackles violence in her exhibition Tierra de Esperanza (Land of Hope) inaugurated in Mexico City.

Feb

Legendary Shoe Designer

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Legendary shoe designer Manolo Blahnik, said that he could work with retailers such as H&M and Topshop but only if they give him the creative freedom he needs.

Feb

Russia Spacewalk Experiment

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Two Russian astronauts Sergey Volkov and Yuri Malenchenko began a spacewalk to install experiments on the outside of the International Space Station, 3rd February.

Feb

Coffee Diet

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The cornerstone of Asprey's diet is a drink called Bulletproof Coffee, a modified version of the caffeinated beverage which uses beans stripped of mycotoxins.

Feb

Swedish Doctor On Trial

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A Swedish doctor went on trial on 1st February for allegedly drugging, raping and detaining a young woman in a bunker he had built with the idea of keeping her hidden for years.