Joshua Baker on the life of Shamima Begum and ISIS
NPR’s Michel Martin talks to Joshua Baker, writer and reporter of I’m Not a Monster, which details the life of Shamima Begum, a London schoolgirl who ran away to Syria to join ISIS in 2015.
Day: February 13, 2023
What it’s like to survive an earthquake building collapse
Cheslie Mesidor tells NPR about surviving the 2010 Haiti earthquake after being trapped for 16 hours.
Turkey detains those suspected of violating construction codes
Authorities in Turkey have detained more than 130 people who were allegedly involved in the construction of buildings that collapsed in last week’s earthquake.
A Syrian doctor on earthquake rescue efforts
NPR’s Michel Martin speaks with Dr. Mohamed Al-Abrash, a surgeon at Idlib Central Hospital, about what it’s been like to treat patients in northwestern Syria after last Monday’s deadly earthquake.
Sanctions against Russian nuclear industry should become part of global sanctions – Zelenskyy
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IDC: Pico, owned by ByteDance, gained ~15% of the global VR market share by Q3 2022, a 3x gain YoY; Meta’s market share fell from 90% to ~75% in the same period (Wall Street Journal)
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IDC: Pico, owned by ByteDance, gained ~15% of the global VR market share by Q3 2022, a 3x gain YoY; Meta’s market share fell from 90% to ~75% in the same period — Pico, owned by ByteDance, has increased shipment…
From a Super Bowl boycott to Johnny Depp: What are Rihanna’s politics?
From tangling with the NFL over racial injustice to backing farmers’ protests in India, the Barbadian pop icon has expressed solidarity with marginalised people around the world, Io Dodds writes
‘Unidentified Object’ Downed Over Lake Huron, 3rd This Week
Pentagon officials don’t know when the last shootdown of an unknown or unauthorized object over U.S. territory occurred.
Babies and children pulled from earthquake rubble after nearly a week
A seven-month-old was rescued on Sunday (Turkish time). A 13-year-old and a 10-day-old were also pulled from rubble by rescuers over the weekend.