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Apr 23 2019
Six In The Morning Tuesday 23 April 2019
Sri Lanka attacks: Mass funerals on day of mourning Sri Lanka has held its first mass funeral as the country marks a day of mourning for the victims of Sunday’s bomb blasts. The death toll of the attacks on churches and hotels has increased to 310, police said on Tuesday. The country has observed three …
Jan 19 2016
Six In The Morning Tuesday January 19
Apple, Samsung and Sony face child labour claims By Jane Wakefield Technology reporter Human rights organisation Amnesty has accused Apple, Samsung and Sony, among others, of failing to do basic checks to ensure minerals used in their products are not mined by children. In a report into cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the …
Jan 18 2016
Six In The Morning Monday January 18
Islands of the missing: Micronesia’s emptying atolls By Mark Stratton, for CNN Updated 0137 GMT (0937 HKT) January 18, 2016 Our ship’s crew brings ashore a barrel of iced drinks. The atoll’s children don’t care about the refreshments. They scoop out the barrel’s ice cubes and cradle them with wonderment like diamonds. The youngest shovel …
Jan 12 2016
Six In The Morning Tuesday January 12
Sick must be evacuated from besieged Syrian town of Madaya, says UN After trucks delivered food to the starving population, UN humanitarian chief Stephen O’Brien said 400 people in Madaya’s hospital were in ‘grave peril’ Kareem Shaheen in Beirut and agencies Tuesday 12 January 2016 06.46 GMT The United Nations humanitarian affairs chief has called for …
Jan 11 2016
Six In The Morning Monday January 11
Nearly 400,000 Syrians starving in besieged areas Deaths from malnutrition reported as three towns wait desperately for promised food aid to arrive from Damascus. Patrick Strickland | 11 Jan 2016 06:16 GMT | Humanitarian crises, War & Conflict, Middle East, Syria As aid agencies prepare to deliver food to Madaya, on the outskirts of Damascus …
Jan 10 2016
Six In The Morning Sunday January 10
‘El Chapo’: Sean Penn interviewed Guzman before recapture The interview, conducted in October in the Mexican jungle, is published in Saturday’s edition of Rolling Stone. Guzman escaped from the maximum security Altiplano jail in July and was recaptured on Friday. Unnamed Mexican officials say Penn’s secret meeting helped lead them to the fugitive who is …