News Headlines - 14 May 2018
▽Israeli forces kill 55 in Gaza clashes as US opens Jerusalem embassy | AFP.com
Israeli forces killed 55 Palestinians on the Gaza border in the conflict's bloodiest day in years on Monday as clashes and protests coincided with the deeply controversial opening of the US embassy in Jerusalem.
As volcanic eruptions spew toxic gas into the air, some residents of Hawaii's Big Island are frantically searching for masks for protection.
But the Hawaii Department of Health says "no commercial mask sold in stores" would actually do residents any good.
▽Facebook suspends 200 apps as part of investigation into data misuse | The Guardian
Facebook said it had suspended roughly 200 apps as part of its investigation into the potential misuse of personal data on the social network, the latest fallout from the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal.
In an announcement on Monday, the company also said that it had investigated thousands of apps two months after reporting by the Observer and the Guardian revealed that millions of Americans’ personal data was harvested from Facebook and improperly shared with Cambridge Analytica, a political consultancy.
▽Nintendo is making a special edition Famicom Mini loaded with manga games - The Verge
Nintendo is releasing a gold and red Famicom Mini in Japan that comes preloaded with 20 games that are based on manga... The special edition of the Family Computer will celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Weekly Shonen Jump magazine, which prints beloved serial manga titles like One Piece and Boruto, the sequel to Naruto. Some of the preloaded games include Dragon Ball, Saint Seiya, and Fist of the North Star. Most of these are very old school, from the late 1980s and early 1990s. The console is set to cost \7,980 ($72.80).
▽Univ. football player accused of dangerous act - NHK WORLD - English
The head of the Japan Sports Agency has accused a university player of American football of carrying out a dangerous tackle and is calling for measures to prevent a recurrence.
The incident occurred during a match between Nihon University and Kwansei Gakuin University held in Tokyo on May 6th.
