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Al Jazeera's 100 Faces of Rohingya wins Drum Online Media Award

Photojournalist Showkat Shafi wins prize for powerful curation highlighting the portraits of 100 Rohingya refugees. Producer and photojournalist Showkat Shafi, of Al Jazeera English Online, won a prestigious prize for his photography on Tuesday at the Drum Online Media Awards in London. The prize, in the category of Best Use of Photography, was for Showkat’s […]

Jurassic dinosaur crawled on FOUR limbs before walking on two – just like HUMANS

A groundbreaking discovery has revealed that an early species of dinosaur, Mussaurus patagonicus, grew up the same way humans did. Exerts found the species started life crawling on its arms and legs, before switching to two legs as it grew up. They also found the Mussaurus patagonicus, which existed 200 million years ago, would have […]

11 people reported killed in gun attack at Brazil bar

State officials confirm ‘a massacre occurred’ as media reports say gunmen kill six women and five men in Belem bar. A group of masked gunmen has entered a bar in Belem city, in northern Brazil, and opened fire, killing at least 11 patrons and leaving one wounded, according to local media reports. The attackers on […]

Trump, Saudi Arabia warn Iraq against Middle East conflict

RIYADH (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump issued a new threat to Tehran on Sunday, tweeting that a conflict would be the “official end” of Iran, as Saudi Arabia warned it stood ready to respond with “all strength” and said it was up to Iran to avoid war. The heightened rhetoric follows last week’s attacks […]

While You Were Sleeping: 5 stories you might have missed, May 20

Deutsche Bank staff saw suspicious activity in Trump and Kushner accounts  Anti-money laundering specialists at Deutsche Bank recommended in 2016 and 2017 that multiple transactions involving legal entities controlled by Donald Trump and his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, be reported to a federal financial-crimes watchdog. The transactions, some of which involved Trump’s now-defunct foundation, set off […]

Venezuelan soldiers oversee fuel rationing in some towns amid shortages

MARACAIBO/PUNTO FIJO (Reuters) – Soldiers oversaw rationing of gasoline at service stations in several parts of Venezuela on Sunday as worsening fuel shortages forced angry drivers to wait for hours to fill their tanks, prompting protests in some areas. Venezuela, whose economy is reeling from a five-year recession amid a prolonged political crisis, saw long […]

Rabbi claims 4.4-magnitude earthquake in Israel is sign of impeding doomsday

Just this week, evangelical preacher Paul Begley claimed NASA’s confirmation that the moon is steadily shrinking is a sign of Judgement Day coming. He said: “There was a report out yesterday the Moon is shrinking.” “Inside the Moon is like a raisin – they’re saying that the Moon is starting to shrink like a raisin […]

Saudi Arabia says it seeks to avert war, ball in Iran's court

RIYADH (Reuters) – Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it wanted to avert war in the region but stood ready to respond with “all strength” following last week’s attacks on Saudi oil assets, telling Iran that the ball was now in its court. Riyadh has accused Tehran of ordering Tuesday’s drone strikes on two oil pumping […]

Alberta RCMP looking for 2 suspects after carjacking in Crossfield

Alberta RCMP are on the hunt for two suspects and a vehicle after a carjacking at gunpoint on Saturday. Police responded to Crossfield just before noon after a 16-year-old boy reported his car stolen. He was approached by two males, one of which pulled out a handgun, RCMP said. The suspects took the boy’s phone […]