Story of the Day

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Second Chibok girl found

Serah Luka was found late on Thursday in the Damboa area of Borno State. Nigerian soldiers discoverd Luka after a group of 97 women and children were rescued in Boko Haram territory. Read more

Massive hunt for EgyptAir plane

Egyptian and Greek air and naval forces are leading the hunt for any and every sign of EgyptAir flight MS804. Egyptian authorities remain convinced the cause of the flight’s crash was most likely to have been terrorism. The terrorists, whichever group they may be, have refrained from claiming responsibility thus far. Read more

MSF worker killed in CAR

A driver in a two-car convoy for Doctors Without Borders (MSF) has been killed in an ambush. Passengers and drivers were pulled from their cars, robbed, and the driver shot by unknown gunmen in Kouki, 400km north of Bangui, on Thursday. Read more

Canada allows GMO salmon

Canada has allowed the sale and consumption of genetically modified salmon. The AquAdvantage Salmon has been designed to grow in half the time of normal wild salmon. Moreover, the type of fish is reproductively sterile, meaning it cannot threaten wild stocks should any escape. Whether it will threaten awfully sensitive views on GMO food is another matter entirely. Read more

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Facts of the Day

Today in 1983 a bomb outside the Nedbank Square building in Pretoriakilled 16 South Africans.

Fact of the day: The Starbucks at the CIA cannot take your name for orders.

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