News Headlines - 17 August 2014
▽Missouri Shooting: Tear Gas Fired At Crowd
Police have fired smoke bombs and tear gas at protesters defying a curfew imposed in a suburb where a black teenager was shot dead by an officer.
▽2 UN peacekeepers killed in latest Mali attack - CNN.com
In fresh evidence the threat of violence in Mali -- and, specifically, attacks directed at international forces -- hasn't gone away, two U.N. peacekeepers died and nine others were hurt in a suicide attack Saturday, the U.N. mission there said.
▽How the U.S.-favored Kurds Abandoned the Yazidis when ISIS Attacked - The Daily Beast
Interviews with witnesses show the Kurds who are now getting weapons and air support from Washington left the Yazidis defenseless earlier this month.
a BBC reporter was alerted to the case. Fearing the investigation would be made public, police agreed to an unprecedented deal with the broadcaster whereby the BBC would be given exclusive information ‘in return for delaying publication’ of their story... When police arrived to raid the home last week, BBC cameras were already in position to film the entire thing.
▽UK economy more than halfway to full recovery, says Bank governor | theguardian.com
Britain is "more than halfway towards the finish line" as the economy continues on the road to full recovery from the global financial crisis, the Bank of England governor has said.
Mark Carney signalled that better-than-expected growth over successive quarters had built up momentum going forward, with expectation that the economy would grow by 3.5% this year.
