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Baby dolphin death: Bulgarian dolphinarium being criticised

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A baby dolphin has died at a dolphinarium in the city of Varna in Bulgaria during a live performance at the aquatic zoo earlier this month, reports BTV Novinite.

The dolphinarium is being immensely over this issue as five baby dolphins and a sea lion have died here in the past five years.

Regarding the incident, Bisser Lyubenov said, “There was a disturbance, the dolphins stopped playing and performing tricks”. After the dismay, the show has been cut short and the visitors were asked to leave.

The dolphinarium also allowed the body of the baby to be seen by visitors in the park’s the cafe, according to another distressing account.

The death of this baby dolphin during the live show and in front of children, has been denied by the dolphinarium authorities.

A biologist named Tsvetan Stanev has been reportedly said that after the birth of the baby dolphin, the baby and its mother had been separated from the other dolphins.

Stanev said, “You can’t have a mother leaving its child in order to take part in the show. This can happen about six months after the birth. A baby dolphin taking part in performances nine days after it was born – this has never happened in this dolphinarium!”

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Gang attack on video set of French rapper Booba

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An attack occurred at the video set of the controversial French rapper Booba in the northern suburbs of Paris.

Reports said that three people got injured as shots were fired when a gang armed with guns, iron bars and baseball bats attacked a team during the video filming.

It is being reported that the attack took place just before midnight (2200 GMT) in the northeastern Paris suburb of Aulnay-sous-Bois. It is said that around twenty people were included in the attackers’ gang.

The incident has been reported first by Europe 1 radio. The reports said that Booba was not present at the set at the time of assault. He had already left the set shortly before midnight on Tuesday.

The radio station said that three people were hurt including the video director. The video director suffered serious head injuries and the other crew members also got head injuries.

The motive of the attack is not yet clear, said the team of investigators.

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Greenland is not for sale !! Trump cancels Denmark visit

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The US president Donald Trump has recently cancelled his visit to Denmark as Mette Frederiksen, the president of Denmark said Greenland was not for sale to the US.

The country is rich in its natural resources, like coal and uranium and Trump had an interest in buying Greenland.

Trump’s visit has been scheduled on on 2 September, after being invited by Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II.

He was expected to attend a series of bilateral meetings and meet with business leaders, and Ms. Frederiksen had underscored the importance of the session, calling the United States “Denmark’s most important and strongest ally in NATO.”

After this Trump has shown his interest in buying Greenland, which is an autonomous Danish territory.

Expressing his interest in buying Greenland, Trump said on Sunday, “Well, a lot of things can be done. Essentially, it’s a large real estate deal.”

In his Twitter, president Trump wrote that as Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen, “would have no interest in discussing the purchase of Greenland,” they would meet “another time.”

The cancellation of Trump’s visit to Denmark has been officially confirmed by a White House spokesman.

The Danish Broadcasting Corporation, DR, reported that the Danish royal house also confirmed it had been informed of the cancellation.

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French-Canadian Composer Julien Gauthier Killed in Wild Bear Attack

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The French-Canadian composer Julien Gauthier’s life has been tragically came to an end in a wild bear attack.

His travelling partner reported to medias that Gauthier was exploring the Canadian wilderness to record nature sounds for a musical project. He was killed by a grizzly bear while his sleep, Northwestern Territory of Canada.

Julien Gauthier (44) had served as Composer-In-Residence with the Brittany Symphony Orchestra, in Rennes, France since 2017.

Julien Gauthier

Marc Feldman, a close friend of Gauthier said, “I am deeply saddened to announce the passing of our road companion, the composer and associate artist of the symphonic orchestra of Brittany, Julien Gauthier”.

The conservation officers said that an unprovoked attack from grizzly bears are very rare.

The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), on 15 August, at approximately 07:45 local time, has been alerted by the launch of a distress beacon in the Tulita area on the Mackenzie River in the Northwest Territories. This is a largely isolated area accessible only by sea or air.

Alert has been raised by Gauthier’s co-traveller, Camille Toscani, a biologist. He said that Gauthier had been dragged away by a grizzly bear in the middle of the night.

A helicopter has been sent to the area by the RCMP due to the bad weather condition, to look for Mr Gauthier and evacuate the travelers. Reports said that Gauthier’s body has been found on the next day.

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Gran Canaria: Wildfires on holiday island

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A severe wildfire has rip through Gran Canaria in the Canary Islands. More than 9000 people have been evacuated from the place.

The fire started on Friday and is taking control over two fronts in a mountainous area of the island. The incident was “an unprecedented environmental tragedy”, said the authorities to the media.

Authorities said that the attempts to control the fire is being very difficult due to the high temperatures, strong winds and low humidity.

For this, around 14 planes and helicopters, as well as about 700 firefighters on the ground including 200 from the military have been deployed to the area.

Angel Victor Torres, the Canary Islands regional president said, “The fire is not contained nor stabilised or controlled”. 

The residential areas and tourist spots have not been affected by the flood till now. But, Tamadaba natural park of the island and some of the island’s oldest pine forests have been affected. 

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French ‘Spiderman’ urged for peace by scaling a Hong Kong skyscraper with banner

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A French climber Alain Robert, who is known as ‘Spiderman’ has scaled a Hong Kong skyscraper and put up a banner urging peace in the city amid protests.

The 57 year old Robert is known for climbing tall buildings worldwide

The climber, on Friday, had unrolled a banner showing a handshake and the flags of Hong Kong and China.

Hong Kong has been facing with anti-government protests, since a few months that have sometimes led to violent clashes with police.

Robert said that his stunt was an “urgent appeal for peace”. In a statement given to the medias, he said, “Perhaps what I do can lower the temperature and maybe raise a smile. That’s my hope anyway”.

Last August, Robert was banned from climbing buildings in the former British colony for a year. His ban ended two weeks ago.

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Russian Plane crash landed due to bird strike

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A passenger plane of Russia has met with an emergency landing due to bird strike. The plane crash landed in a cornfield near Moscow after striking the flock of birds.

It is been reported that at least 74 people got injured in the incident. The emergency officials said that the plane has landed with its engines off and landing gear retracted.

The plane – Ural Airlines Airbus 321 was on its travel to Simferopol in Crimea when it hit the flock of gulls shortly after take-off, disrupting its engines.

The pilot and crew have done a tremendous job in saving the passengers.

It was reported that the jet was carrying 226 passengers and a crew of seven. All the passengers and crew were able to be evacuated using inflatable ramps.

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‘Mc’ trademark case – McDonald’s loses again

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The food chain masters McDonald’s had claimed to the “Mc” trademark on some of its food products within the European Union after having with a clash with an Irish fast food chain named Supermac’s.

The decision of EUIPO (European Union Intellectual Property Office) said that McDonald’s has lost the right to exclusively use the “Mc” prefix for a whole swathe of food areas.

It is reported that the EUIPO supported McDonald’s to have their right to own the “Mc” trademark on chicken nuggets and some of its sandwich products.

The ruling also said that since both these firms had won in some parts of the case and failed on others, each of them must pay its own costs.

A compliant has been given against McDonald’s to the EUIPO by Supermac’s.

Supermac’s had a long-running case against McDonald’s earlier this year to have the use of the Big Mac trademark cancelled. The Supermac’s had won this case against McDonald’s.

Pat McDonagh, the founder and Managing Director of Supermac’s said, “McDonald’s tried to argue that because they had some products that started with Mc that the term Mc was so synonymous with them that they had the right to own and trademark Mc”.

“We are delighted that the EUIPO found in our favour”, he added.

McDonald’s Corporation, the American fast food company was founded in 1940 as a restaurant operated by Richard and Maurice McDonald, in San Bernardino, California, United States.

Supermac’s, theIrish fast food restaurant chain first opened in 1978. The first restaurant was located in Ballinasloe, a small town in County Galway in the West of Ireland.

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Facebook asked to close down the groups that seeks fake Amazon reviews

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The tech giant Facebook is facing a problem in closing down the groups on its site where fake Amazon reviews are sold, claims ‘Which?’ the consumer group.

Facebook, in June was urged by CMA (Competition and Markets Authority) to tackle sale of fake reviews.

Certain uncovered active groups are recruiting people to write fake testimonies, claims Which?.

The social media giant claimed that the reported groups are being removed. They said that investigations are still going on regarding this issue.

CMA, previously had found some evidence that there is a thriving marketplace for fake and misleading online reviews. CMA reportedly said that during the period of November 2018 to June 2019, they had found about 26 Facebook groups in total, where people offered to write fake reviews or businesses recruited people to write fake and misleading reviews on popular shopping and review sites.

Which? said that for the investigations regarding this issue, it joined 10 separate Facebook groups looking for recruits.

In a short period of 30 days, the recruiters added more than 55,000 posts to the groups that offered free products to people who wrote highly-rated reviews on Amazon, said Which?.

Natalie Hitchins, the head of products at Which? said, “It is deeply concerning that [Facebook] continues to leave customers exposed to poor quality or unsafe products boosted by misleading and disingenuous reviews”.

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The new assisted dying laws: An Australian women Cancer patient uses law for the first time

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Kerry Robertson (61), an Australian women with terminal cancer, has been reportedly ended her life under the new assisted dying laws.

She was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2010. The cancer, then spread into her bones, lung, brain, and liver.


Kerry Robertson

Ms Robertson’s death occurred at a nursing home in the state of Victoria in July.

The permission to use the the controversial legislation has been granted to Kerry Robertson. Although this exists only in Victoria, it is being considered in other states also. An approval process of 26 days is required for this.

The law has been passed by the state of Victoria in 2017 to legalise the practice, which went into effect this June.

A charity said that Ms Robertson took the decision to end her life in March, after the side effects of chemotherapy became severe. Reports said that she took medication to end her life after a 26-day approval process.

In a statement, her doctor said, “It was quick, she was ready to go. Her body was failing her and she was in incredible pain. She’d been in pain for a long time”.

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