One person dies and at least 31 are injured when students and staff at
Strathmore University in
Nairobi,
Kenya, frantically try to escape after hearing nearby gunshots during an “approved safety and security simulation drill.” The Strathmore campus did not hear, before or during the test, that this was a drill. Tensions have been high at Kenyan schools since April when 139 were killed during a terrorist attack at
Garissa University College. Many Kenyan universities have held security drills; six were hospitalized at the latest at
Kenyatta University.
(The Washington Post),
(BBC)
Health and medicine
The capitals of the world’s two most populous nations,
China and
India, are blanketed in hazardous, choking
smog.
Beijing, on the second-highest pollution alert, is closing highways, halting or suspending construction while warning residents to stay indoors. The
U.S.New Delhiembassy’s monitoring station recorded an air quality index of 372, putting air pollution levels into “hazardous” territory. No action by the New Delhi government.
(The Hindustan Times)
Russia bans two
George Soros-run foundations, including the
Open Society Foundations, for posing a threat to "Russian national security". The Open Society Foundation and the Open Society Institute’s Assistance Foundation, both financed by business magnate Soros, are the latest additions to a list of “undesirable organizations”, a list the
Russian government says is necessary to stop foreign governments from interfering in Russia’s internal affairs.
(The Guardian)
Jury selection begins for the trial of William Porter, a
Baltimore,
Maryland police officer charged with
manslaughter and other charges surrounding the April 19 death of
Freddie Gray. Porter is the first of six officers to be tried.
(CNN)
Former
prime ministerRoch Marc Kaboré appears on course for a commanding victory in
Burkina Faso's election, one large enough to eliminate the need for a run-off. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, with results from about 72 percent of the country counted, Kaboré has 54 percent of the vote with his closest challenger, former finance minister
Zéphirin Diabré, getting 29 percent.
(The Globe and Mail)
For the first time in the country's history,
Saudi Arabian women are allowed to vote and to stand for office in the December 12, 2015, elections. Candidacy filings opened yesterday. In two days, more than 900 women have signed up to run for various local government positions in the
Arab nation.
(UPI)
One person dies and at least 31 are injured when students and staff at
Strathmore University in
Nairobi,
Kenya, frantically try to escape after hearing nearby gunshots during an “approved safety and security simulation drill.” The Strathmore campus did not hear, before or during the test, that this was a drill. Tensions have been high at Kenyan schools since April when 139 were killed during a terrorist attack at
Garissa University College. Many Kenyan universities have held security drills; six were hospitalized at the latest at
Kenyatta University.
(The Washington Post),
(BBC)
Health and medicine
The capitals of the world’s two most populous nations,
China and
India, are blanketed in hazardous, choking
smog.
Beijing, on the second-highest pollution alert, is closing highways, halting or suspending construction while warning residents to stay indoors. The
U.S.New Delhiembassy’s monitoring station recorded an air quality index of 372, putting air pollution levels into “hazardous” territory. No action by the New Delhi government.
(The Hindustan Times)
Russia bans two
George Soros-run foundations, including the
Open Society Foundations, for posing a threat to "Russian national security". The Open Society Foundation and the Open Society Institute’s Assistance Foundation, both financed by business magnate Soros, are the latest additions to a list of “undesirable organizations”, a list the
Russian government says is necessary to stop foreign governments from interfering in Russia’s internal affairs.
(The Guardian)
Jury selection begins for the trial of William Porter, a
Baltimore,
Maryland police officer charged with
manslaughter and other charges surrounding the April 19 death of
Freddie Gray. Porter is the first of six officers to be tried.
(CNN)
Former
prime ministerRoch Marc Kaboré appears on course for a commanding victory in
Burkina Faso's election, one large enough to eliminate the need for a run-off. According to the Independent National Electoral Commission, with results from about 72 percent of the country counted, Kaboré has 54 percent of the vote with his closest challenger, former finance minister
Zéphirin Diabré, getting 29 percent.
(The Globe and Mail)
For the first time in the country's history,
Saudi Arabian women are allowed to vote and to stand for office in the December 12, 2015, elections. Candidacy filings opened yesterday. In two days, more than 900 women have signed up to run for various local government positions in the
Arab nation.
(UPI)