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Stephen Hawking celebrates 75th birthday

Stephen Hawking celebrates 75th birthday

Stephen Hawking is turning 75 on 8 January. In 1959, he began studying physics at University College, Oxford, aged 17.Hawking was diagnosed with ALS at the age of 21. He was married to Jane Hawking for 25 years, before splitting in 1995. After the divorce, he married his nurse, Elaine Mason, until they divorced in 2006.Hawking has 12 honorary degrees. His 1998 book A Brief History of Time has sold 10 million copies. Jan 8, 2017
US embassy official wounded by gunman in Mexico, official says

US embassy official wounded by gunman in Mexico, official says

A gunman has wounded a US official in Mexico. The US consulate released CCTV footage of the incident and is offering a $20,000 reward for information about the shooter.The US State Department has issued a travel warning to Americans for the state of Jalisco where the shooting took place because of “continued instability”. Jan 7, 2017
Car bomb in Syrias Azaz border town kills at least 43, say monitors

Car bomb in Syrias Azaz border town kills at least 43, say monitors

A fuel truck bomb has killed at least 43 people in the rebel-held Syrian town of Azaz. The explosion, outside an Islamic courthouse, also injured dozens more. Azaz is just 4 miles from the Turkish border and 20 miles north-west of Aleppo. 23 victims of the blast were brought to Turkish hospitals for treatment. No group has yet claimed responsibility for the attack but Azaz has recently been targeted by militants from Islamic State. Jan 7, 2017
Director of Acute Care denies NHS faces humanitarian crisis

Director of Acute Care denies NHS faces humanitarian crisis

The National Health Service (NHS) is facing a humanitarian crisis in England, the British Red Cross has warned, because of overcrowding in hospital accident and emergency units. Keith Willett, NHS Englands Director for Acute Care has denied these claims. Jan 7, 2017
Heroic slackliner in death-defying chairlift rescue on Rocky Mountains to save unconscious friend

Heroic slackliner in death-defying chairlift rescue on Rocky Mountains to save unconscious friend

A professional slackliner saved his friends life in a skiing incident. The friend’s backpack had been caught in the ski lift. It dragged him down the hill and wrapped around his neck. Realising his friend was being hung, Mickey Wilson climbed along the lift cable. He managed to reach the lift chair and cut his friend free. Ski patrol performed CPR. The man is expected to make a full recovery. Jan 7, 2017
Christians around the world celebrate Eastern Orthodox Christmas

Christians around the world celebrate Eastern Orthodox Christmas

Christians around the world are celebrating Christmas on 7 January. Russian Orthodox, Georgian Orthodox, Serbian and Jerusalem churches celebrate Christmas 13 days after Roman Catholic Christmas.This shift was caused in the early 20th century, when the Russian Orthodox Church decided to stay on the Julian calendar instead of moving to the Gregorian calendar, like most other Christians.Russian Orthodox Christians mark the beginning of Christmas festivities with a special midnight mass. President Vladimir Putin attended a service in a monastery in Novgorod. Jan 7, 2017
Fort Lauderdale shooting: Suspect in custody for killing 5, wounding 8

Fort Lauderdale shooting: Suspect in custody for killing 5, wounding 8

Police officials in Florida, US, are questioning the suspect, thought to be a mentally disturbed man, after he fired shots at a baggage claim area at Fort Lauderdale international airport. The attacker, Esteban Santiago, will make his first appearance in court on 9 January and is expected to face federal charges for the crime committed. Jan 7, 2017
Tube strike: How will you be affected?

Tube strike: How will you be affected?

Following the breakdown of talks between London Underground unions and Transport for London Tube strikes will go ahead for 24 hours from 6pm on 8 January. Jan 6, 2017
Chief Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt launches passionate bid for EU presidency

Chief Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt launches passionate bid for EU presidency

Former Belgium Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, who is also president of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE) group, declared that it is “time for change” on Friday (6 January). The politicians will need a majority of 376 votes to win the presidency. Verhofstadt’s ALDE have just 69 MEPs, while the S and Ds have 189 seats and the EPP have 216 MEPs.The first round of voting will commence on 17 January, with just months before Theresa May plans to invoke Article 50 – the mechanism to split from the EU – and start Brexit talks. Jan 6, 2017
Joe Biden tells Donald Trump to grow up

Joe Biden tells Donald Trump to grow up

US Vice President Joe Biden slammed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump and said it was time for him to grow up during an interview with PBS NewsHour conducted at the White House on 5 January.Show host Judy Woodruff was asking Biden about Trumps use of Twitter in recent days in which he called Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer the head clown for his work in defending the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare. Jan 6, 2017
Brave labradoodle dog rescued by firefighters from icy river in Iowa

Brave labradoodle dog rescued by firefighters from icy river in Iowa

Firefighters in Madison County, Iowa managed to rescue a dog from a frozen river on 2 January. Dog walker Jerry Romine spotted the mutt, later identified as 13-year-old labradoodle Sam, and called the fire brigade. From a boat, they managed to pull the dog to safety and took it to a veterinary centre where it made a full recovery. Jan 6, 2017
Teen repeatedly stabbed and whipped in Brixton takeaway

Teen repeatedly stabbed and whipped in Brixton takeaway

A teenager who was repeatedly stabbed by masked men, who appeared to film the attack, has had to have surgery for his injuries. This CCTV has been released by the Metropolitan police in a bid to find the 18-year-olds attackers. The teen suffered four stab wounds in his leg and one to his abdomen and one to his arm. The victim has been discharged, but requires further surgery to the wound on his arm. Jan 6, 2017
CCTV footage captures moment of Izmir blast

CCTV footage captures moment of Izmir blast

This video shows the moment suspected Kurdish separatists detonated a car bomb in the coastal city of Izmir after being stopped at a checkpoint.The blast killed a police officer and a courthouse employee, and wounded 10 others. Police shot dead two attackers, and are looking for a third.Turkish Deputy Prime Minister Veysi Kaynak said a much larger attack was apparently being planned based on the weapons found at the scene. He also said the attack would not stop Turkeys military involvement in Syria and Iraq.Authorities have already been conducting raids across the city earlier this week in a hunt for suspects related to the new year attack on an Istanbul nightclub that left 39 dead. Jan 6, 2017
Donald Trump: The Twitter president

Donald Trump: The Twitter president

Boasting over 18.6m followers, US President-elect Donald Trump is one of the most popular politicians on Twitter. No stranger to online controversy, the Republican has hit the headlines a number of times for his remarks on social media since he first tweeted back in May 2009. Ahead of his inauguration on 20 January, IBTimes UK takes a deeper look into the Twitter account of the soon-to-be leader of the free world. Jan 6, 2017
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