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9 things happening in the world that you need to know about
Words: India Gladstone
These are the most important stories happening in the world right now…
Uber’s rape claims
(Photo: Victor Blue)
An investigation conducted by Buzzfeed into reported sexual assaults by Uber drivers concludes that, over the last three years, the company has had five claims of rape and 170 cases of sexual assault. Uber released an official document yesterday after the report by Buzzfeed, stating that they would rather their customers hear the facts from them.
Nancy Reagan has died
One of America’s most influential first ladies has died. Nancy Reagan was the wife of America’s 40th American president, Ronal Reagan. Nancy was claimed time and time again to have been the reason why Reagan made it to president and was an incredibly fierce guardian of his image.
BBC chief has quit over Brexit
The director general of the BCC, John Longworth, resigned late last night after he breached the group’s neutral stance on Brexit. He said that the EU was incapable of meaningful reform and that he believed that Britain could easily have a bright economic future outside of the EU – and accused David Cameron of hyperbole.
Fresh warnings from North Korea
(Photo: KCNA via KNS/AFP/File – a undated photo shows new large-caliber rocket at an undisclosed location in North Korea)
South Korea and the US have today kicked off their biggest ever joint military drills which have, for obvious reasons, prompted new warnings from North Korea of “indiscriminate” nuclear strikes against Seoul and the US mainland.
The man credited with inventing email has died
Ray Tomlinson is the man largely credited with inventing email, and adding the ‘@’ element into every email address. Tomlinson invented the email in 1971 and was since recognised as the grandfather of the internet. He died on Saturday.
Apple users hacked
Apple customers were targeted by hackers over the weekend in the first known ransomware attack on Mackintosh computers. Ransomware is one of the fastest-growing types of cyber threats and is dangerous because it encrypts data and then asks users to pay ransoms in hard-to-trace digital currencies.
The second piece of flight MH370
A resident on the French Indian Ocean island of Reunion, who found a wing fragment from missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 last year, came forward on Sunday stating that he had found what could possibly be a second piece from the missing aircraft. The Boeing 777 carrying 239 passengers and crew vanished on March 8th 2o14 on an overnight flight from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing.
New abnormalities from Zika
29% of pregnant womem with the Zika virus infection were found to have a range of severe abnormalities – more so than expected – according to the first results from a small study that raised new concerns about the link between Zika and serious birth defects.
The pay gap continues
(Photo: Matthew Mawson/Alamy)
New analysis has found a gender pay gap of £5,732 or 24% in average annual salaries in the UK, prompting for more to be done to stop the gap being there at all. The fresh analysis states that women are likely to earn £300,000 less than men over their entire working lives, working on an average career of 52 years.
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