The 10 most important things in the world right now
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Good morning! Here's what you need to know on Thursday.
2. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was named Time magazine's 2015 Person of the Year. Merkel beat out challenges from the likes of Donald Trump and the leader of ISIS Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.
3. Tim Cook has spoken out in defence of the new iPhone case that many people have complained about. Apple's CEO said the company went for usability over design.
5. It has emerged that Yahoo is paying Editor-in-Chief Martha Nelson $5 million a year. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer personally recruited her to join the company, declaring that she was Nelson's "biggest fan."
6. Donald Trump told CNN's Don Lemon on Wednesday that he's the complete opposite of a racist. "I am the least racist person that you have ever met," Trump said. "I am the least racist person."
And finally ... A startup CEO has been recruiting chefs over Tinder - and she says it beats LinkedIn.
- Colon cancer rates are rising in young people. If you have two symptoms you should get a colonoscopy, a GI oncologist says.
- I spent $2,000 for 7 nights in a 179-square-foot room on one of the world's largest cruise ships. Take a look inside my cabin.
- An Ambani disruption in OTT: At just ₹1 per day, you can now enjoy ad-free content on JioCinema
- In second consecutive week of decline, forex kitty drops $2.28 bn to $640.33 bn
- SBI Life Q4 profit rises 4% to ₹811 crore
- IMD predicts severe heatwave conditions over East, South Peninsular India for next five days
- COVID lockdown-related school disruptions will continue to worsen students’ exam results into the 2030s: study
- India legend Yuvraj Singh named ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 ambassador