News Headlines - 02 March 2017
▽Malaysia prepares to deport North Korean linked to murder; condemns attack | Reuters
Malaysia released on Friday a North Korean suspect in the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korea's leader and prepared to deport him, while police issued an arrest warrant for another North Korean wanted in connection with the killing.
Venezuela’s economic crisis has hit a new low, with the country’s foreign currency reserves plunging to just $10bn (￡8.1bn)... Under President Nicolás Maduro, who became President in 2013, the county’s foreign currency reserves have dropped significantly.
▽Rio carnival marred by fresh accident as float collapses - BBC News
At least 12 people were injured when a float collapsed in Rio de Janeiro's Sambadrome, the venue where the samba schools hold their annual carnival parade... The incident came a day after 20 people were injured at the Sambadrome when a float crushed them against a fence.
▽Antarctica hits record high temperature at balmy 63.5°F | Reuters
An Argentine research base near the northern tip of the Antarctic peninsula has set a heat record at a balmy 63.5° Fahrenheit (17.5 degrees Celsius), the U.N. weather agency said on Wednesday.
▽Record-breaking auction for Obamas’ book deal tops $65m
Penguin Random House will pay more than $65m for the global rights to two books to be written separately by Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle, after a blockbuster auction that set a record for US presidential memoirs.
