Sunday, December 4, 2016

UK teenager wins battle to have body cryogenically frozen and other top stories.

  • UK teenager wins battle to have body cryogenically frozen

    UK teenager wins battle to have body cryogenically frozen
    The girl -- who can't be identified and is referred to only as 'JS' -- suffered from a rare form of cancer and expressed a hope to be brought back to life and cured in the future.She died on October 17 but details of the case were not allowed to be made public until now. In his judgment, obtained by CNN, Mr Justice Peter Jackson said the girl had expressed her desire to be cryogenically frozen.She wrote: "I have been asked to explain why I want this unusual thing done. I'm only 14 years old an..
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  • Obama Gathers Key Europe Leaders Amid Questions About Trump

    Obama Gathers Key Europe Leaders Amid Questions About Trump
    BERLIN — President Barack Obama joined the leaders of key European countries in Germany on Friday to discuss an array of security and economic challenges facing the trans-Atlantic partners as the U.S. prepares for President-elect Donald Trump to take office in January.Obama's meeting with the leaders of Germany, Britain, France, Italy and Spain was likely his last in such a setting before he leaves office. The session expands on lengthy talks he held the day before with German Chancellor Angel..
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  • Korean students demand President Park's resignation - Johns Hopkins News

    Korean students demand President Park's resignation - Johns Hopkins News
    COURTESY OF SHERRY KIMKorean students and allies demonstrate against President Park. Members of the Hopkins Korean community gathered in front of Shriver Hall on Wednesday afternoon to protest the recent political scandal involving South Korean President Park Geun-hye and Choi Soon-sil. The scandal has been nicknamed ‘Choi Soon-silgate’ by the press. At the protest, students read aloud their Declaration of the State of Affairs, drafted and written by the Hopkins Committee for Democracy in Korea...
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  • Anger at hero's burial for Philippines dictator Marcos

    Anger at hero's burial for Philippines dictator Marcos
    Image copyright AP Image caption Ferdinand Marcos ruled the Philippines for 20 years before he was ousted The burial of former Philippines dictator Ferdinand Marcos in the country's Heroes' Cemetery has prompted outrage from opponents.Ousted and exiled in 1986, he died in the US in 1989. His body was brought back in 1993 and later put on display in his home city of Batac.He is accused of torturing, abducting and killing thousands of opponents, as well..
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  • Trump and Japan's Abe meet for 'very candid discussion' in New York

    Trump and Japan's Abe meet for 'very candid discussion' in New York
    The pair met in New York in an "unofficial" capacity, Abe told reporters, as Trump has not yet assumed the presidency. Abe stressed that he emerged feeling that the US and Japan will be able to maintain a "relationship of trust" with Trump as president. The sit-down with Abe was Trump's first in-person meeting with a foreign head of state since he clinched the presidency last week. It comes after Trump's repeated suggestions during the campaign that Japan should shoulder a bigger financial burde..
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  • Malaysia Braces for More Anti-Government Protests

    Malaysia Braces for More Anti-Government Protests
    It’s difficult to say just how many Malaysians flooded the streets of Kuala Lumpur during the last weekend of August 2015 — by some estimates, 200,000, most of them dressed in the shade of canary yellow that has become the de facto hue of the global pro-democracy movement. They were there to demand the resignation of Prime Minister Najib Razak, who had allegedly embezzled nearly $700 million in cash from a suffering state-development fund called 1Malaysia Development Berhad, or 1MDB. (Najib h..
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  • News Analysis: Peru APEC is opportunity to fight against protectionism

    News Analysis: Peru APEC is opportunity to fight against protectionism
    By Matt Burgess SYDNEY, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- The global economy is crying out for leadership to stem the opposition to free-trade, yet the stagnant economic recovery post-Global Financial Crisis is having countries implementing inward looking policies. The dynamics of European Union post the United Kingdom's referendum to leave the single market (Brexit) has created a global and regional integration challenge that's filtering throughout the developed world. Increasing protectionist rhetoric by ..
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  • Talk radio station broadcasts emotional voices of Iraqis trapped by ISIS in Mosul

    Talk radio station broadcasts emotional voices of Iraqis trapped by ISIS in Mosul
    The underground broadcaster Radio Alghad includes public-service messages warning listeners to shelter inside interior rooms during bombardment and to open windows to relieve the pressure so the glass doesn’t implode. This is an excerpt of one of the calls. (William Booth,Jason Aldag,Jennifer Amur/The Washington Post) IRBIL, Iraq — The listeners who call in to Radio Alghad are typical of talk-radio audiences around the world. It’s complain, complain. Except the callers to “Radio Tomorrow..
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  • Scores killed in Mozambique fuel tanker explosion

    Scores killed in Mozambique fuel tanker explosion
    1 Share This Story!Let friends in your social network know what you are reading aboutScores killed in Mozambique fuel tanker explosion Authorities said at least 73 people died and 110 were injured in the incident Thursday.Sent!A link has been sent to your friend's email address.Posted!A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. Scores killed in Mozambique fuel tanker explosion A badly burned child arrives at the Provincial Hospital in Tete o..
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