'Living here is expensive. Dying here is extremely cheap': Kashmiri voters speak out
Updated 0751 GMT (1551 HKT) April 13, 2019
Kashmir resident Gulam Rasul has seen it all: Two wars between India and Pakistan which were sparked by the disputed region as well as dozens of other armed conflicts.
Over the years, he's given up dreaming for peace. "If you can't give us peace, give us the bunkers at least," says the 76-year-old, who lives in the town of Uri in Indian-controlled Kashmir.
Uri sits perilously close to the Line of Control, the de facto border that divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan. As a result, locals say, the town and surrounding villages are frequently caught in the crossfire when the two sides fire shells at each other -- a common problem that's worsened in the aftermath of an aerial dogfight in late February.
Protesters jubilant as Sudan coup leader steps down after a day
Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf quits after helping remove ousted president Omar al-Bashir
The protest movement in Sudan won a new victory on Friday night when the military moved to replace the country’s controversial transitional leader after a single day, following street rallies against him.
Thousands of jubilant protesters celebrated in the streets after the defence minister, Ahmed Awad Ibn Auf, who was named de facto leader after overthrowing Omar al-Bashir on Thursday, announced he was stepping down as transitional leader. He named another, less controversial army general as his successor at the head of a military-led council.
This may not be enough to satisfy pro-democracy campaigners who have called for civilian government and widespread reforms but is being taken as a positive sign that statements by their new rulers indicating they wanted a “dialogue” with protesters were sincere.
How to make the world affordably carbon-free
If the world is to quit coal and gas for renewable energy souces, they have to be reliable and affordable. Is that realistic? Researchers have crunched the numbers and come up with some surprising answers.
How much sun and wind is available in different areas of the world? How high is the energy demand? How do we set about cutting costs for renewable energies and their storage?
These are just some of the questions put forward by researchers from the Lappeenranta University of Technology (LUT) in Finland and experts from the Energy Watch Group (EWG). They have used their answers to compile the first detailed global energy scenario.
Where the investigations related to President Trump stand
Associated Press
Where investigations related to President Donald Trump stand and what may lie ahead for him:
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW:
President Donald Trump seemed gratified Thursday that his attorney general has endorsed a key talking point of the president's supporters: that there was spying on Trump's 2016 campaign. But Trump went a step beyond Attorney General William Barr, accusing the government of committing an illegal, unprecedented act.
The president's comments came a day after Barr testified at a congressional hearing that he believes "spying did occur" on the campaign, suggesting the origins of the Russia investigation that shadowed Trump's presidency for nearly two years may have been mishandled.
The cheap and shady business of taking selfies with tigers
You can take a selfie with a tiger for a couple bucks in some zoos around the US and the world. That doesn’t mean you should.
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Tinder realized it had a tiger problem in the summer of 2017. Too many of its users were featuring photos of themselves crouched next to big cats like tigers and lions, animals that, had a random Tinder user approached them under normal circumstances, would probably try to eat them.
That is what tigers and lions do when they are living in the wild and going about their business. But the tigers “posing” with Tinder users weren’t roaming free; their handlers at zoos and entertainment venues had made them available for pics through sedation or other harmful practices. Over the course of the 2010s, taking a selfie cuddling a tiger became easier and cheaper than ever.
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