Today's World News
To start off in France,
Charlie Hebdo cover targets fanatics in attacks anniversary issue - French Satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo is preparing one million copies of a special edition to mark the anniversary of the deadly Islamist attack on its offices with a cover featuring a bearded man with a gun, representing God.
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Saudi Arabia breaks off ties with Iran after al-Nimr execution - Saudi Arabia says it has broken off diplomatic ties with Iran, amid a row over the Saudi execution of a prominent Shia Muslim cleric. Source
A virus linked to shrinking newborns’ brains is spreading rapidly beyond Brazil - Until 2014, Brazil had no more than 200 cases of microcephaly, a debilitating neurological disorder where newborns have an abnormally small brain. In 2015, the country recorded nearly 3,000 cases. Some of the worst affected areas have declared a state of emergency.
Exclusive: UK Government urged to reveal its role in getting Saudi Arabia onto UN Human Rights Council - Liberal Democrat and Green Party leaders call on David Cameron to reveal whether British government supported Saudi bid
The world's second-largest stock market began the year on a down note after data showed manufacturing contracted for a fifth straight month and investors speculated that the end of a ban on share sales by major stakeholders may come as soon as this week.
Individual investors in China, who drive more than 80 percent of trading, may have rushed to sell after the first circuit breaker took effect to avoid getting stuck in positions by the 7 percent suspension, according to Andrew Sullivan, managing director for sales trading at Haitong International Securities Group in Hong Kong. Source
Tens of thousands of people are petitioning for the president to pardon Steven Avery, the subject of Netflix's documentary series Making a Murderer, who is serving life in prison after a 2005 murder arrest.
But unlike Serial, in which Sarah Koenig couldn't come to a conclusion about Adnan Syed's guilt, and The Jinx, which the filmmakers ended with Robert Durst's seeming confession, reviewers say Making a Murderer comes down on the side of Avery's innocence. Source
But unlike Serial, in which Sarah Koenig couldn't come to a conclusion about Adnan Syed's guilt, and The Jinx, which the filmmakers ended with Robert Durst's seeming confession, reviewers say Making a Murderer comes down on the side of Avery's innocence. Source
New photos of SpaceX booster show sooty but undamaged rocket - Engineers will now test the rocket to see how ready it is to refly. Source
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