The 10 Most Important Things In The World Right Now
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Hello! Here's what you need to know for Friday.
1. Hong Kong's leader Leung Chu-ying has refused to step down, despite protests for his resignation by midnight Thursday, but has agreed to talks with student demonstrators.
2. The UN's Ebola chief, Anthony Banbury, has warned that the Ebola virus could mutate and go airborne.
4. British prime minister David Cameron will be the first world leader to meet with new Afghan president Ashraf Ghani during a surprise visit to Kabul on Friday.
7. An American cameraman for NBC News has been diagnosed with Ebola and is being flown back to the US for treatment.
9. Adam Sandler has signed an exclusive four-movie deal with Netflix, another move by the streaming service to shake up the entertainment industry.
And finally ...
- We bought a house in Japan for $30,000. We'll have more land than we could afford in the US, and our kids will be more independent.
- Rumors Prince William is having an affair with Rose Hanbury are flooding social media again after Stephen Colbert waded into 'Katespiracy'
- CEO says he tried to hire an AI researcher from Meta, and was told to 'come back to me when you have 10,000 H100 GPUs'
- India can sustain 8% growth, even higher: RBI bulletin
- Zomato launches 'Pure Veg Mode' with vegetarian riders from eateries that don't serve meat
- Dalal Street investors become poorer by ₹4.86 lakh cr as markets tumble
- Housing markets remain strong in 2024, sales rise 20% across six metro cities in Q1
- Meet RCB’s WPL 2024 star Ellyse Perry, who played both football and cricket World Cups