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February 11, 2016
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2016-02-11
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Armed conflicts and attacks
Northern Mali conflict
Suspected
Islamist
militants attack a customs post in the town of
Mopti
, central
Mali
, killing two civilians and a customs officer.
(Reuters)
Terrorism in Saudi Arabia
A man
shoots six people dead
at an education centre in
Jizan Province
,
Saudi Arabia
.
(BBC)
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
Four
policemen
are killed and another seven wounded when one of their colleagues opened fire on them in
Kandahar
,
Afghanistan
.
(Appeal Democrat)
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Business and economics
Uber
, in
San Francisco
,
California
(U.S.),
federal court
, says it will pay $28.5 million to settle two lawsuits over misleading
background check
information. Prosecutors settled a similar lawsuit with competitor
Lyft
in 2014.
(AP via ABC News)
Disasters and accidents
2016 Taiwan earthquake
The death toll from the earthquake rises to 59 with 76 missing.
(AAP via News Limited)
Aliso Canyon gas leak
Southern California Gas Company
caps, at least temporarily, the
natural gas
leak that started last October and has forced thousands to flee their homes.
(UPI)
(
Los Angeles Times
)
A
Hellenic Navy
helicopter crashes while taking part in a military exercise in the
Aegean Sea
, near the
Greek
island of
Kinaros
, three Greek naval airmen are feared dead.
(Reuters)
Health
A
yellow fever
outbreak has killed 37 people in
Angola
since December 2015.
(AAP via News Limited)
International relations
North Korea–South Korea relations
South Korea
starts withdrawing its nationals from the
Kaesong Industrial Region
in protest to recent actions by
North Korea
.
(Yonhap)
North Korea
says it will freeze all
South Korean
assets and equipment at the jointly run
Kaesong Industrial Park
.
(AP)
South Korea shuts off the supply of electricity and water to the
Kaesong Industrial Region
.
(Reuters)
Law and crime
Occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge
All four remaining occupiers leave the refuge and surrender.
(CNN)
Topo Chico prison riot
At least 52 inmates are killed in a riot and fire at
Topo Chico prison
in
Monterrey
, Mexico.
(FOX News)
(CNN)
Politics and elections
Charlot Salwai
is elected
Prime Minister of Vanuatu
following the
January snap election
. Salwai takes office the same day.
(ABC News)
José Ignacio Peralta is sworn in as
Governor
of
Colima
.
(
El Diario de Coahuila
)
Warren Truss
, the
Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
, announces his resignation as the leader of the
National Party of Australia
.
Barnaby Joyce
is elected as the new leader with
Fiona Nash
elected as the new deputy leader.
(ABC News Australia)
(ABC News)
The French president
François Hollande
reshuffles his cabinet, bringing in three ministers from two green parties,
Europe Ecology – The Greens
and
Écologistes !
; former
Prime Minister of France
Jean-Marc Ayrault
is named as the new Foreign Minister replacing
Laurent Fabius
who resigned earlier in the week.
(
The Guardian
)
(BBC)
2016 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums
Protesters demanding a $15
minimum wage
stormed the venue in front of local and national
media
prior to the start of the
sixth debate
, this one between
Hillary Clinton
and
Bernie Sanders
in
Milwaukee
,
Wisconsin
.
(UPI)
(Fox 6 News)
Science
The
LIGO Scientific Collaboration
experiment announces the
first direct observation
of
gravitational waves
.
(
Nature
)
(
The Guardian
)
(
The New York Times
)
(
APS Journals
)
Sports
Sunderland A.F.C.
terminate the contract of
England international
footballer
Adam Johnson
after he pleads guilty to two charges relating to child sexual abuse.
(BBC)
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