Billionaire hedge fund managers have called on Puerto Rico to lay off teachers and close schools so that the island can pay them back the billions it owes. It accused the island, where 56% of children live in poverty, of spending too much on education (theguardian.com)
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Prime Minister John Key has admitted that New Zealand will have to pay more for medicines if it signs up to the Trans Pacific Partnership but he says this was unlikely to affect consumers. (nzherald.co.nz)
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Canadian Conservative MPs block their own Finance Minister from presenting a report about the Canadian economy. (cbc.ca)
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Swiss officials have issued a formal apology after it emerged army helicopters had crossed the border with France on Thursday in an unexpected incursion to draw water for thirsty Swiss cows. (france24.com)
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Iran has completely cut off its financial aid to the Palestinian militant group Hamas (europe.newsweek.com)
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Senior London Shia scholar declares jihad against extremism, against the forces misusing the name of Islam; against ISIS (en.abna24.com)
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Anonymous releases hacked CSIS document after member’s death, threaten to leak ‘stunning secrets (news.nationalpost.com)
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Saudi millionaire blocks traffic on one of London's busiest roads to get his £1m Porsche washed and polished for supercar season (dailymail.co.uk)
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North Korean authorities going house-to-house in search to destroy 'banned' music CDs and tapes (theguardian.com)
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The UK government spent 13 times more bombing Libya than securing peace in the years afterwards - €450m versus €35m (snp.org)
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Some 2,000 migrants tried to enter the Channel Tunnel terminal in Calais on Monday night in an attempt to reach the UK, operator Eurotunnel has said (bbc.co.uk)
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