Tuesday, May 24, 2016

#USA - Americans hitting the road this Memorial Day weekend

Published on 24 May 2016
GasBuddy.com senior consumer analyst Vera Gibbons on low gas prices and terrorism concerns leading consumers to take road trips for their family vacations.

#UK - The company that gave every woman a pay rise - BBC News

Published on 24 May 2016
The London company that says they have found a way to tackle the gender pay problem. They call it the "Pay Gap Tax".

#Ukraine - Eurovision winner's parents respond to controversy

Published on 23 May 2016
Jamala's parents say they're upset with Crimea residents' negative reaction to their daughter's Eurovision song about the Crimean Tatars deportation. Sara Hemrajani reports.

#Greece - Riot police begin clearing Idomeni refugee camp - Tweets

Published on 24 May 2016
Greek authorities have began an operation to clear the country's largest refugee camp of Idomeni - on the Macedonian border - after sending in more than 400 riot police.

The camp, which sprung up at an informal pedestrian border crossing for refugees heading north to Europe, is home to an at least 8,400 people - including hundreds of children - mostly from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq.

Al Jazeera's Rob Matheson reports.

Netflix Exclusivity Deal With Disney Kicks Off in September - IGN News

Published on 23 May 2016
Netflix has announced its exclusive partnership with Disney will go into effect later this year.

Read more here:
http://www.ign.com/articles/2016/05/2...

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#China - The forgotten children of China's prisoners | Guardian Docs

Published on 24 May 2016
In a government building in Nanzhao, the Zhang children’s father awaits his fate.

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He accidentally killed a child and will probably be executed. The Chinese state makes no provision for prisoners’ children. The Sun Village orphanage takes in sisters Wei and Yan and their brother Won, but without their father they cannot verify their legal status. Will the children ever be able to study and work?

#Iraq - Battle for Falluja intesifies with ISIS and Iraqi forces

Published on 23 May 2016
Feisal Istrabadi, a professor at Indiana University, looks at Iraq's battle to retake the city of Falluja from ISIS