A group of York students has won the opportunity to have their very own I-phone application developed after winning The App Challenge final, held at the Ron Cooke Hub on Wednesday, January 18.
YUSU Welfare officer Bob Hughes has warned students to be vigilant after a student loans phishing scam has been revealed.
Her Majesty the Queen will be visiting York on Maundy Thursday, 5th April, as part of the 800th anniversary of York’s Charter for the traditional “Royal Maundy” ceremony.
A flood caused by a heating system “failure” forced the university IT services to shut down many essential systems on Sunday night, causing problems for many students on the eve of their exams and assignment due-dates.
Jamaica is currently in turmoil, with gunfire erupting in Kingston as the security forces attempt to attack the stronghold of alleged drugs lord Christopher “Dudus” Coke. The mission, which started midday on Monday, May 24th in Tivoli Gardens, has already seen casualties, with two officers reported dead and many civilians also killed, including a young girl, according to local news stations.
The operation was aimed to extradite and detain Coke on gang murders, drugs and international smuggling charges. He faces a life sentence if convicted for the charges against him in New York. However, the police and security forces are facing resistance from Coke’s mass of supporters in Tivoli Gardens, as the locals view him as a community leader.
Nigerian opposition parties have criticised the Consultative Council’s proposal to only allow those with university degrees to run for President. According to the council, this would help bring Niger “into the world of international business and aid the development” of the country. The opposition parties, however, argue that it was “pure discrimination” as only about 20% of the population could read and write in French.
The Nigerian Consultative Council was set up by the military after ex-President Mamadou Tandja was removed from office in February.
Following a report that suggested that North Korea was responsible for the sinking of a South Korean ship that resulted in the death of 46 sailors, the United States have agreed to start joint naval exercises with South Korea. South Korea has frozen trade with North Korea, and has also referred North Korea to the United Nations Security Council. North Korea, however, still denies any involvement in the March attack.
The United States, true to form, is keeping busy in other parts of the world as well. In South East Asia, Afghanistan now has a stunning 94,000 US troops on their soil, which, according to the BBC, is more than Iraq for the first time since 2003. All US troops are supposed to be withdrawn from Iraq by the end of August. Instead, additional soldiers will be sent to Afghanistan to deal with the Taliban insurgency currently plaguing the country. An estimated 100,000 US troops and another 47,000 from NATO allies will be in Afghanistan later this year.
As usual, to end on a lighter note, and as I mentioned at the beginning of the article, Facebook is literally, well almost literally, taking over the world, or rather, the Middle East. According to a survey by Dubai agency Spot On Public Relations, there are more Facebook users in the Arab world than there are newspaper readers. The survey reported over 15 million subscribers to Facebook, and just fewer than 14 million newspaper copies sold in the Middle East.
It seems social media is conquering even, or rather especially the most politically repressed societies. In countries where freedom of speech is heavily regulated by the government, their societies have resorted to mediums such as Facebook to voice their opinions.
Since its inception in 2004, Facebook has conquered the West, the South East, and now it seems, even the Middle East, and you know they’re one tough cookie to crack!
As I said, Facebook is literally taking over the world.
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