Friday, April 24, 2015
Thursday, April 23, 2015
Kim Kardashian is flawless for Variety magazine
Kim Kardashian has been named as one of Variety’s Power of Women New York honorees. This is based on her work with the Children’s Hospital Los Angeles seven years ago, after a friend’s child got sick. She not only donates proceeds from her eBay auction store to the nonprofit, but she also carves out time to regularly visit patients and their parents, especially during the holidays..She says
My father passed away from cancer,“I remember what it was like when my dad was going through it. You see the kids that are so strong. They feel so helpless. You want to do anything to help them.”
Children’s Hospital L.A. a senior vice president, DeAnn Marshall,says that Kardashian West’s visits are meaningful to the children and staff.
“Her involvement has always been laser-focused,“Her positive spirit and genuine concern for their situations has lifted up many families during unimaginable times.”
US admits 2 hostages were accidentally killed in al-Qaeda raid
One of the Hostages |
The White House has said that a US counterterrorism operation in January killed two hostages who were being held by al-Qaeda. Dr Warren Weinstein, an American held by the militants since 2011, was one of those killed in the raid in the border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan. The other hostage was Giovanni Lo Porto, an Italian held since 2012.
President Barack Obama described it as a painful loss that he profoundly regretted. He said that the US had launched the operation in the belief that the target was an al-Qaeda compound with no civilians present, but that the militants had been hiding the hostages there.
Nigerian troops pull back from Sambisa forest
Nigerian troops have pulled back from their ongoing operations in Sambisa forest after 3 members of a government approved vigilante were killed by landmines setup by Boko Haram in the deadly forest today April 23rd.
The soldiers and the vigilante group members made an entry into the deadly forest on Sunday April 20th to destroy the sect members camps in the forest and if possible liberate the missing Chibok girls.
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