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The startling gap between the rich and poor was highlighted in Oxfam's Public Good or Private Wealth? study.
It showed that billionaires saw their wealth rocket by £700bn in 2018 while 3.8 billion people were forced to survive on less £4.27 a day each.
The world's richest man, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, could fund Ethiopia's health budget with 1% of his estimated £108.7billion fortune.
The increased fortunes of the wealthy is underlined by the fact in 2017 the world's richest 43 earned the same amount as the poorest half - it is now just 26.
In the UK the study added that the poorest 10% of people in Britain now pay a higher proportion of their income in tax than the richest 10%.
Investigators in the southern province of Guangdong determined Dr. He Jiankui organized and handled funding for the experiment without outside assistance in violation of national guidelines, the Xinhua News Agency said.
Along with the birth of the twins, another embryo yet to be born reportedly resulted from He's experiment. All three will remain under medical observation with regular visits supervised by government health departments, Xinhua said.
It didn't say which laws He might have violated but said he had fabricated an ethical review by others.
The Good Place actor blasted the company for "shaming women about age, gravity, and cellulite. They're inevitable, completely normal things."
The 32-year-old TV presenter-turned-actress decried Avon's apparent hijacking of the so-called 'body positivity' movement with a call to arms addressing women directly, saying: "You are constantly being manipulated to self-hate."
The Chinatown street vendor told the 'monk' that the necklaces were lucky amulets to protect the wearer from harm when the latter suddenly pulled a huge knife from his robes and stabbed him, according to witnesses.
A fast-acting passerby who witnessed the horrific January 18 attack rushed to the street seller's aid and helped to stem the flow of blood from his gruesome injuries. The tourist who jumped into action to assist the wounded man stayed by his side until paramedics arrived.
According to the Kurdish Hawar News Agency, the explosives were hidden in a Hyundai car, which detonated at a checkpoint set at the entrance to the town near a bridge over the Khabur River.
The explosion was set off by a suicide driver, who was told to stop by the militia fighters manning the checkpoint.
There are conflicting reports on whether the attack resulted in causalities. The Kurdish agency says it did not, but some Turkish sources state as many as five people were killed by the explosion. Some reports say the checkpoint was attacked while a joint US-Kurdish patrol was passing by and that some US service members may have been hurt.
Tzipi Livni, a leader in the liberal opposition party Hatnua, was edited out of a billboard in densely populated Bnei Brak, while her male-colleagues remained. Livni posted a video of her standing in front of the sign to her Twitter account Saturday, offering criticism and worry.
"You understand, it's not my face they want to remove, but the faces of you the women of Israel, over 50% of the population," she told her online audience.
A local Israeli news station reported on the situation last Thursday, pointing out that another ad had been selectively edited to remove Knesset member Tamar Zandberg. Municipal authorities have refused comment so far.
Video footage of the 40-year-old principal, Zhang Pengfei - dressed in black and with a microphone in hand - leading his pupils through an energetic shuffle dance routine has been widely circulated online. One clip on Facebook was viewed seven million times in one day.
Along with beaming children, teachers are also seen in the video taking part in the dance workout in front of Xi Guan Primary School in Linyi county, Shanxi province.
Behind them, one of the slogans on the two-storey school building reads: "Enjoy happy education".
Mohamed Al-Gheiti was sentenced to one year in prison and fined 3,000 Egyptian pounds ($176) by the Misdemeanors Court in Giza, after he was charged with a litany of crimes including the promotion of homosexuality, incitement to debauchery, and immorality and contempt of religion, the Egypt Independent reported on Sunday.
Once released, he will be placed under surveillance for another year.
He was sentenced for a controversial interview last August, when Gheiti spoke to a gay man about his life, which included his job as a sex worker as well as his relationship with another man.
Statement of Nick Sandmann, infamous 'smirking teenager', regarding incident at the Lincoln Memorial
I am the student in the video who was confronted by the Native American protestor. I arrived at the Lincoln Memorial at 4:30 p.m. I was told to be there by 5:30 p.m., when our busses were due to leave Washington for the trip back to Kentucky. We had been attending the March for Life rally, and then had split up into small groups to do sightseeing.
When we arrived, we noticed four African American protestors who were also on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. I am not sure what they were protesting, and I did not interact with them. I did hear them direct derogatory insults at our school group.
Comment: This is a good illustration of how the outrage mob will fly off the handle about a perceived social injustice without having the whole story (or even the better part of it). Face it, if these kids weren't mostly white and wearing MAGA hats, this 'incident' would not have made the news.

The Duke of Edinburgh, 97, who was left "very shocked" and shaken when the Land Rover Discovery was involved in a collision near the Queen's Sandringham estate on Thursday afternoon.
Prince Philip was left "shocked and shaken" but unhurt following the collision on the A149 near Sandringham, Norfolk, yesterday afternoon.
Motorist Roy Warne witnesses the crash and has told how he helped the 97-year-old get out of his wrecked Land Rover through the sunroof.
He said the Range Rover collided with another vehicle before rolling all the way over and coming to a rest on its side.
Mr Warne, 75, told BBC Radio 4's Today programme: "I was driving home and I saw a car - a black Range Rover - come out from a side road and it rolled and ended up on the other side of the road and there was a huge collision with another car.
Comment: 20th January 2019
AP reported yesterday, that the UK police have spoken with Prince Philip about the crash after being photographed driving without a seatbelt:
British police have spoken with Prince Philip after the husband of Queen Elizabeth II was photographed apparently driving without wearing a seatbelt - just two days after he was involved in a serious car crash.The Mirror provides more details on the crash itself and the testimony of the other driver:
British media on Saturday published a photograph showing the 97-year-old royal driving a new Land Rover near the royal residence at Sandringham in eastern England.
Norfolk Police said "suitable words of advice have been given to the driver."
Police said the advice given to Philip was "in line with our standard response when being made aware of such images showing this type of offense."
You can be sure that Prince Philip was not treated like just another citizen...
Buckingham Palace didn't comment on the images.
Philip was driving another Land Rover when he was involved in a violent collision on Thursday in which two women in a Kia car were injured. A 9-month-old baby boy in the Kia was unhurt. Philip had to be helped out of his overturned vehicle but wasn't injured.
The palace said Friday that Philip and the queen had privately contacted the other people in the crash and exchanged good wishes.
But Emma Fairweather, who broke her wrist in the collision, told the Sunday Mirror newspaper that she had not heard from the palace.
"I still haven't had any contact from the royal household," she said. "Maybe he should prioritize that over test driving his new car."
The 46-year-old said "it would mean the world to me" if Philip offered an apology.
Police haven't disclosed who was at fault for the crash, which happened after Philip drove onto a main road from a side road near the royal family's Sandringham estate, 100 miles (160 kilometers) north of London.
The queen and Philip have been on an extended Christmas break in Sandringham, their holiday tradition for many years.
Philip has been in generally good health and was photographed in December driving a horse-drawn carriage. He has largely retired from public life but still is occasionally seen at family occasions with the queen.
The accident - and Philip's subsequent driving apparently without using a seatbelt - is raising questions about his continued use of public roadways.
Buckingham Palace says Philip has a valid driver's license. There is no upper age limit for licensing drivers in Britain, although drivers over 70 are required to renew their licenses every three years and tell authorities about any medical conditions that might raise safety issues.
Philip passed a vision test Saturday as part of the investigation into the accident.
She tells the Sunday Mirror: "I'm lucky to be alive and he hasn't even said sorry.
"It has been such a traumatic and painful time and I would have expected more of the Royal Family.
"It could have been so much worse. Prince Philip apparently said to a witness that it was the sun that dazzled him but I can't see how that could be true when it was overcast."
The accident happened on Thursday near Sandringham - where Emma often visits on Christmas Day to catch a glimpse of the royals.
With her arm in plaster, the shaken mum went on: "I love the royals but I've been ignored and rejected and I'm in a lot of pain.
"It would mean the world to me if Prince Philip said sorry but I have no idea if he's sorry at all.
"What would it have taken for him and the Queen to send me a card and a bunch of flowers?"
Emma claims she received a phone call from police but had heard nothing from the royals or their household.
She says: "I was just advised not to speak to anyone and told to expect a call from the Palace yesterday.
"I know the Queen is a busy lady but I was really excited at the idea she might phone me.
"Instead, I got a call from a police family liaison officer.
"The message he passed on didn't even make sense. He said, 'The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh would like to be remembered to you.' That's not an apology or even a well-wish."
That was all about to change. They set off for home at around 2.30pm and horror struck just 30 minutes later.
Emma recalls: "We could see the Land Rover about 150 yards away from us at a junction, then it started to move.
"The speed limit was 60mph but my friend was doing no more than 50mph. I kept thinking he was going to stop but he didn't.
"It all went into slow motion as I watched the other car. As we approached I could make out that it was an elderly driver.
"My friend was braking and seemed so in control but I was terrified.
"But then we crashed. I don't think the vehicle spun, it just pushed straight across the road.
"Then it was just disbelief. I was in shock."
In the aftermath of the accident, terrified Emma tells how she repeatedly screamed from the front seat: "Get the baby out!"
He went to hospital later for precautionary checks and the Palace said he had "no injuries of concern".
Emma claims other onlookers told her that the prince had been advised by those around him not to apologise to her in person at the scene.
She says: "Someone told me Prince Philip had been keen to talk to me but a number of people advised him against it, but I can't be sure as I was very confused."
Emma then faced an agonising wait for an ambulance, before finally being taken to hospital two hours later.
She says: "I was pacing up and down because the pain was so bad. I feel like the impact of what has happened has been minimised because my injuries aren't as minor as they are being made out to be. I kept asking, 'Why is the pain getting worse'?"
As Emma waited to be treated in A&E, hospital TV was already showing footage from the crash scene. Emma, meanwhile, is still hoping the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will reach out to her.
And she says she would forgive Philip if he got in touch. She adds: "I still love him and the Queen. No one can change my views on that."
A Buckingham Palace spokesperson said: "A full message of support was sent to both the driver and the passenger."















Comment: The US Coalition confirmed its convoy was involved in the blast, but stressed that no US troops were injured, contrary to the Turkish report.
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