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While you were sleeping: 29 November 2016
Ohio shooter identified, Aleppo siege seizes the north, and self-driving cars hit Canada.
Tuesday, 29th November
“Nature does not tell stories, we do. We find ourselves in them, make ourselves in them, choose ourselves in them.”
James Orbinski
STORY OF THE DAY
Reality Check: How ‘rogue unit’ allegations weakened SARS and undermined its authority
By MARIANNE THAMM
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WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING
The attacker at Ohio State University has been identified as a Somali man. Abdul Razak Ali Artan rammed students with his vehicle, before getting out and injuring 11 with a butcher’s knife. He was fatally wounded by police thereafter. Officials have cautioned against jumping to conclusions about
Samsung considers splitting in two
Embattled electronics giant Samsung has announced it is considering splitting the company into two. Shareholders have placed increasing pressure on the organisation to create a holding company to drive up dividends. Having an exploding device in their catalogue has clearly thrown the business into a panic.
Syrian regime forces, backed by Russia, have taken control of all northern neighbourhoods in Aleppo. If they lose the area they’ve held since 2012, the defeat would signal a major setback for the rebels, who have steadily lost ground since Russia entered the fray. Aleppo, meanwhile, has been reduced to rubble.
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The percentage of Normandy’s beach that consists of metal particles from the landings.
FACT OF THE DAY
Today in 1890 saw the beginning of the Meiji Constitution in
Because the Catholic Church classified them as a type of fish, beavers are allowed to be eaten on Good Friday and through Lent.
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