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Syrian White Helmets wins 2016 Right Livelihood Award

Sep 22, 2016

The Syria Civil Defence, a volunteer rescue service also known as the White Helmets, has won this year's Right Livelihood Award.The award is worth €315,000 (£271,184) split between four recipients.The White Helmets were…

Fitness trackers “have nothing to do with weight loss”, research suggests

Sep 22, 2016

Wearing an activity device that counts how many steps you have taken does not appear to improve the chances of losing weight, research suggests.The two-year long study in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)…

Yahoo says hackers stole info from 500 million users in 2014

Sep 22, 2016

Hackers stole information from about 500 million users from Yahoo, the company has confirmed.The breach occurred in late 2014 and included swathes of personal identifiable information, as well as “unencrypted security questions and…

Civil Registry shuts all bureaus across Libya over kidnap acts in Tripoli

Sep 22, 2016

The Civil Registry Authority has announced shutting off all of its bureaus in Libya over the abduction of two engineers from its staff in Sooq Al-Jomoa, Tripoli.On Facebook Thursday, the authority said two engineers were kidnapped…

UK Ambassador to Libya: HoR is the only legislative authority in Libya

Sep 22, 2016

The British Ambassador to Libya, Peter Millett, said Thursday that the House of Representatives (HoR) is the only legislative authority in Libya."The Libyan Political Agreement (LPA) is very clear in separating the authorities…

Dignity Operation’s warplanes strike Derna, no casualties reported

Sep 22, 2016

The warplanes of the Khalifa Haftar-led Dignity Operation forces have carried out airstrikes on Thursday targeting the sports compound and the residential area known as Korean Buildings in Derna city.Sources from Derna Shura…

Russian airstrikes set eastern Aleppo on fire

Sep 22, 2016

Rebel-held areas of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo saw the heaviest air strikes in months overnight, activists say, as a week-old truce collapsed.An AFP news agency journalist reported that his entire street in the Bustan…

State of emergency declared in North Carolina, US

Sep 22, 2016

North Carolina's governor has declared a state of emergency in the city of Charlotte, after violence erupted during a second night of protests over the police killing of a black man.Keith Lamont Scott was shot dead by a black…

Messi to be out of La Liga for three weeks over groin strain

Sep 22, 2016

Lionel Messi will be out for three weeks after suffering a groin strain in Barcelona's draw with Atletico Madrid.The striker went off on 59 minutes on Wednesday after a Diego Godin tackle.He was forced to miss Argentina's World…

Six-year-old American boy sends letter to Obama offering Syrian boy Omar Daqneesh a home

Sep 22, 2016

A six-year-old American boy's letter to Barack Obama, offering a place in his family to a Syrian refugee, has gone viral.Alex, from New York, wrote the letter after seeing the photograph of bloodied and dazed Omran Daqneesh, which…

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