More than $42000 raised for 'absolute legend' father-to-be who died after his leg was bitten off by a shark
More than $42,000 has been raised for the family of 29-year-old Perth man Ben Gerring, who lost his leg in a shark attack and died in hospital on Friday.The GoFundMe page, set up by Garrett Meyn when Mr Gerring was in an induced coma, was to help him and his fiancee Jasmine Boyer.But since his death, friends, surfers and strangers have continued to donate money to the grieving family, with more than 590 donations received so far. Scroll down for video Perth shark attack victim Ben Gerring has b..>> view originalSyrian troops reach edge of Raqqa, Islamic State fighting on 4 fronts
BEIRUT – Syrian troops reached the edge of the northern province of Raqqa on Saturday, home to the de facto capital of the Islamic State group's self-styled caliphate, in a push that leaves the extremists fighting fierce battles on four fronts in Syria and neighboring Iraq. IS, which controls large swaths of territory in both countries, is fighting Syrian troops, U.S.-backed fighters and opposition militants in northern Syria and is facing an offensive by Iraqi government forces on their stron..>> view originalPhilippines Clamps Down on Money Changers, Boosts Cyber Security
Philippine central bank will tighten rules and strengthen its online security unit to combat money laundering and cyber crimes, Governor Nestor Espenilla said Saturday.Rules governing foreign-exchange dealers and remittance companies will be revised in the next two to three months, Espenilla told a forum in Mactan City, Cebu.The Philippines has been in the spotlight after one of the largest bank heists in modern history, where thieves hacked into Bangladesh Bank’s account at the U.S. Federal Re..>> view originalPeru votes in tightening race shaped by ex-leader's legacy
A woman walks past a mural promoting presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori in the Villa el Salvador district of Lima, Peru, Saturday, June 4, 2016. The South American country is gearing up for a tight June 5th runoff between Keiko Fujimori, the daughter of jailed former President Alberto Fujimori, and former World Bank economist Pedro Kuczynski. (Rodrigo Abd/Associated Press) By Joshua Goodman and Franklin Briceno | AP June 5 at 12:07 AM LIMA, Peru — Peruvians will choose Sunday between ..>> view originalItalians vote in local races that test Renzi's party
By Associated Press June 5 at 4:42 AM MILAN — An anti-establishment movement is the favorite as voters head to the polls to pick a new mayor in Rome, among a handful of city hall contests in urban centers across Italy Sunday that will test the prime minister’s governing Democratic Party. A broad corruption scandal and deteriorating public services have soured many voters on traditional parties in Rome, driving support to the grassroots, populist 5-Star movement. Local elections will also be ..>> view originalAll tigers removed from Thailand 'Tiger Temple'
About 100 tigers were removed from the grounds earlier this week, and the remaining animals were taken off the site Saturday.The "tigers looked fairly healthy," said Adisorn Noochdumrong, deputy director general of the Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP). His team will be performing "thorough check-ups on every tiger, to see if they are indeed in good condition."The operation to move the tigers from the Buddhist temple took almost a week, authorities told CNN. The..>> view original'Soft power' not enough to serve India's foreign policy goal in Afghanistan
Yet another dimension of Indian “soft power” in Afghanistan was reflected well when Prime Minister Narendra Modi along with Afghan President Ashraf Ghani on 3 June jointly inaugurated the Afghan-India Friendship Dam, earlier known as Salma Dam. The dam was built at an approximate cost of Rs 1,700 crore by 1,500 Indian and Afghan engineers, technocrats and other professionals.This was the second time that Modi visited Afghanistan in the last six months. The Prime Minister was in Afghan capital Ka..>> view originalPope issues plan for removing bishops who fail to act on sex abuse
ROME—Never one to slow down on the weekend, Pope Francis on Saturday signed two documents designed to reflect progress on two battle fronts: The Catholic Church’s response to clerical sexual abuse, particularly bishops’ accountability, and reform of the Roman Curia, the global Church’s governing body. The first document is a motu proprio, meaning a legal text, titled “As a loving mother,” which talks specifically about the causes that could merit removing a bishop or an eparch from his post. In..>> view originalHong Kong students split from Tiananmen anniversary vigil
HONG KONG — While Hong Kongers crammed into a park Saturday to remember the victims of China’s bloody crackdown on protesters in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square 27 years ago, many student groups held rival events in a sign of the widening rift in the city’s pro-democracy movement. The annual evening vigil at Victoria Park is the only large-scale public commemoration on Chinese soil of Beijing’s brutal crackdown. About the only sign in Beijing that it was the anniversary of the event was the tightene..>> view originalNigeria Says It Has Recovered $9.1 Billion In Stolen Money And Assets
ABUJA, June 4 (Reuters) - Nigeria's government has recovered $9.1 billion in stolen money and assets, its information and culture minister said on Saturday, as its corruption crackdown continues against the backdrop of the country's worst economic crisis in years. President Muhammadu Buhari, elected last year largely on his vow to fight corruption, has vowed to recover "mind-boggling" sums of money stolen from the oil sector and said public coffers were "virtually empty" when he took office las..>> view original
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