News Headlines - 02 September 2019
▽Hong Kong Students Boycott Class on First Day of School Year | Time
Local media estimated that as many as 10,000 students from some 200 secondary and tertiary institutions were joining the class boycott, which was co-organized with two student groups. As the morning got underway, pupils from both elite private colleges and government secondary schools braved the stormy weather to join hands in human chains around their campuses.
▽Argentina Restricts Access to Foreign Currency to Stave Off Financial Crisis - The New York Times
Trying to put the brakes on a financial crisis that has engulfed Argentina in recent weeks, President Mauricio Macri imposed new restrictions on access to foreign currency.
The restrictions, which took effect Monday, are a remarkable about-face for Mr. Macri, who came into office promising to open up the economy but is instead putting in place the types of measures he has long criticized as he heads into October’s presidential election.
▽Starbucks employee writes 'ISIS' for 'Aziz' in Philadelphia - The Washington Post
Niquel Johnson paid for three drinks in Philadelphia on Sunday, and in typical Starbucks fashion, an employee asked for his name. Johnson, 40, told them “Aziz,” his Islamic name pronounced ah-zeez. He has used it for 25 years - and “countless” times at that particular store... the employee wrote his name as “ISIS” - the acronym for the Islamic terror group - in the printout attached to all three drinks.
A trainee pilot at the centre of a dramatic mid-air emergency has credited the countless hours spent reading text books and manuals with saving his life.
Perth’s Max Sylvester was on his first flight in a Cessna 152 when his instructor passed out mid-flight just before 6pm on Saturday.
The 29-year-old raised the alarm with air traffic control at Jandakot Airport, who, over the next hour, helped him guide the plane safely back to earth.
▽Boris Johnson's new rescue puppy moves into Downing Street - BBC News
A puppy from an animal rescue charity in south Wales has moved into Downing Street with Prime Minister Boris Johnson... It has moved from Friends of Animals Wales in Rhondda, into the flat above No 11 Downing Street where Mr Johnson and his partner Carrie Symonds live.
They were keen to promote Lucy's Law - a crackdown on puppy farms.
