News Headlines - 01 September 2014
China’s parliament decided Sunday against letting Hong Kong voters nominate candidates for the 2017 election, despite growing agitation for democratic reform.
The move is likely to spark long-promised protests in Hong Kong’s business district, as activists began planning and mobilizing within hours of the announcement.
▽U.N. Rights Council to Investigate ISIS Abuses in Iraq - NYTimes.com
The United Nations Human Rights Council decided Monday to send a fact-finding team to Iraq to investigate possible war crimes by Islamic extremists after hearing senior human rights officials detail mass killings and other atrocities committed “on an unimaginable scale.”
▽NATO to Create a Rapid-Response Force for Eastern Europe, Officials Say - NYTimes.com
As Ukrainian leaders warned on Monday of “a great war” with Russia, NATO leaders meeting in Wales this week were expected to endorse their most concrete response yet to increased Russian military intervention in Ukraine: establishing a rapid-reaction force capable of deploying quickly to Eastern Europe, officials of the alliance said.
▽Video: First look at Apple's new 'spaceship' HQ - drone view - Telegraph
This aerial footage captured by drone gives a sneak peek at Apple's new spaceship-shaped "Campus 2" headquarters being built in Cupertino
▽Jennifer Lawrence and Rihanna among celebrity victims of hacked nude photos | The Guardian
A series of high-profile stars including Jennifer Lawrence, Rihanna and Jenny McCarthy have fallen victim to one of the biggest celebrity privacy breaches in history, resulting in photographs and videos apparently showing them in the nude being widely circulated on the internet.
The photographs of mainly female celebrities were shared online after an anonymous hacker using the name Tristan posted what was claimed were authentic images on the 4chan website, an online message board used for sharing pictures.
