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Tuesday, June 7, 2016

#South Africa - Britain and Australian govt warns citizens in SA after US terror alert: SABC Digital News

Published on 7 Jun 2016

Britain and Australia have urged their citizens to exercise high levels of caution while visiting South Africa.
Both countries updated their travel advisories for South Africa Monday.

It follows a warning by the US government over the weekend.

US embassies said it had received information that terrorists were planning attacks on places frequented by foreigners visiting Johannesburg and Cape Town, such as shopping malls.

The British embassy in Pretoria says the revised advisory should not be seen as a terror alert.
Earlier, the ministry of State Security, confirmed that they view the US government's warning in a serious light.

The department added that terrorism is a concern globally.

Meanwhile South Africans are unsure of weather or not to take the United States terror alert seriously.
We spoke to the Director of the Afro Middle East Centre, Na'eem Jeenah.

Ukraine - Rehab For Wild Ones: Helping an eagle fly again: UKRAINE TODAY

Published on 7 Jun 2016

A new treatment and recovery facility is now open in western Ukraine. But... its patients aren't whom you would think of right away. Getting healthy again is the priority for these wild animals, most of whom are listed in the Red Book of Endangered Species.

Halych National Nature Park located in western Ukraine is set to become the new home of two eagles and buzzards.

The birds all have a reason to come here. All of them fell victim to street photographers seeking quick cash from unsuspecting tourists. In an unprecedented court case launched by the Halych National Nature Park staff, the judge ruled against the photographers ordering the birds to be immediately confiscated and sent to the rehabilitation facility.

#UK - How would Brexit affect you? | Guardian Explainers: The Guardian

Published on 7 Jun 2016

Membership of the European Union may come with certain strings attached, but there is a wealth of benefits to its citizens.

GrooveMe’s market “much larger” than a year ago, says Chair: ProactiveInvestors Stocktube

Published on 7 Jun 2016

Alex Worrall, chairman of 3D hologram maker GrooveMe, tells Proactive Investors that the company has “come a long way” in a year, with 27 artists and 72 songs recorded.

The technology has a wide range of potential uses, and Worrall says the company has been in talks in India with members of Bollywood, but also with politicians, yoga instructors and other high profile individuals who might use the technology to reach all 1.5bn people in the country.

“Although we still look at our model as being basically and fundamentally the core is musicians,” he says, “…the thing [market] has spread very much larger than [when] we started”.

Joining Worrall is director Edwin Philpott, who adds “the brand opportunities here, not only to work with exciting brands within the music industry itself but activate relationships with potential sponsors and people who are interested to use what Alex said is a new media is very exciting”.

“Trade what you see, not what you think” says BlackCabbieTrader: ProactiveInvestors Stocktube

Published on 7 Jun 2016

John Walsh, better-known as the BlackCabbieTrader, says the key for investors is to “trade what you see, not what you think”.

He says he invests for “weeks and months”, rather than a traditional day trader, and offers investors the opportunity to see his trades and replicate the trades themselves should they wish.

Walsh won a trading competition in 2011 by trading on technical data and charts, and he admits that he focuses on this so much that “I don’t even know what the companies do sometimes”.
To find out more about his trading style, investors can visit blackcabbietrader.com

#Afghanistan - broken promise: Amnesty International

Published on 31 May 2016

“My children will die this winter” – Afghanistan’s growing displacement crisis and the failed promise of a national IDP policy.

The intensifying conflict in Afghanistan has taken a devastating toll on ordinary Afghans, hundreds of thousands of whom have been forced to flee their home. In the space of little more than four years, the number of those internally displaced by conflict has more than doubled in the country and today stands at more than one million. With levels of violence showing no sign of abating, there is every reason to believe that this trend will only continue in the near future.

Amnesty International recognises that the Afghan government is facing enormous challenges in terms of the worsening security situation and the flagging economy. Endorsing the IDP Policy was a significant and welcome step, and the implementation of such a comprehensive policy was never going to be a fast or straightforward process. The lack of progress to date is, however, alarming, in particular at a time when the number of internally displaced has exploded. The Afghan government and its international allies must act now to respond to the growing displacement crisis.

#Malawi - Hunted For Their Body Parts: Amnesty International

Published on 6 Jun 2016

A surge in killings of people with albinism, whose body parts are used in ritual practices, has exposed a systematic failure of policing in Malawi and left this vulnerable group living in fear, Amnesty International has revealed in a new report.

The report, “We are not animals to be hunted or sold”: Violence and discrimination against people with albinism in Malawi”, reveals how the wave of violent attacks against people with albinism has increased sharply over the last two years, with four people, including a baby, murdered in April 2016 alone.

#Turkey - 11 killed, 36 injured in Istanbul bomb attack: PressTV News Videos

Published on 7 Jun 2016

At least 11 people have lost their lives in an explosion that ripped through the Turkish business and tourist hub of Istanbul on Tuesday.

According to Istanbul’s governor, seven of the victims were police officers who were killed when a remote-controlled bomb was detonated near their bus in the city’s historic quarter. Thirty-six others have been injured. The explosion damaged nearby buildings and some vehicles. There've been reports of shooting following the blast. There’s no immediate word about who is behind the attack. Several Turkish cities, including Istanbul and the capital Ankara, have been the scene of explosions by Daesh terrorists as well as PKK militants in recent months.