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Olympic weightlifter sells his gold medal to raise money for Iran earthquake victims Iran's Olympic weightlifting champion Kianoush Rostami has put his gold medal up for auction to raise money for the victims of Sunday's earthquake that left at least 452 people dead in Iran and Iraq. The 7.3-magnitude quake that struck in the remote border area between Iran and Iraq on Sunday left thousands of people injured hundreds of villages destroyed. The earthquake, the deadliest of the year, was felt as far away as Turkey and Pakistan. Rostami, who won gold at the Rio de Janeiro games in 2016, says the disaster has left him desperate to help those affected. He says, 'I consider it my duty to take a step, however small, to help my beloved fellow countrymen who have suffered as a result of the quake. I am returning the gold medal, which is theirs by right, to my people. I will auction off the medal and use the proceeds to help the quake victims."

Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" becomes the most expensive painting to ever sell at auction for $450.3 million Leonardo da Vinci's "Salvator Mundi" has become the most expensive artwork to ever sell at auction, going for $450.3 million at Christie's in New York. Dating back to around 1500, the rare painting is one of fewer than 20 authenticated works by the Italian in existence. Original estimates had predicted bids of over $100 million for the piece. But the new record was set after approximately 20 minutes of telephone bidding, far surpassing the previous auction record held by Picasso's "Les Femmes d'Alger," which sold for $179.4 million in 2015. Now, "Salvator Mundi" is set to be the biggest lot at this yeaar's fall auction season, during whichp Christie's and Sotheby's can expect to achieve total sales of more than $

Google Doodle is a special, temporary alteration of the logo on Google's homepage that is intended to celebrate holidays, events, achievements and people. Late Nigerian author Chinua Achebe has now been honoured by tech giant, Google as an important figure of 20th century literature. The doodle is marking what would have been Achebe's 87th birthday today, November 16. He died in March of 2013 at the age of 82, having collected accolades that included the Man Booker International Prize, St. Louis Literary Award and the Peace Prize of the German Book Trade.

former Kano State High Court Judge, Hon. Justice Kabiru Mamman Auta has been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, ICPC, on allegations bordering on criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery. Auta was arrested by operatives of the Commission on Tuesday 14th November, 2017 when he was invited for interrogation on allegations that he had conspired with some other persons to defraud a Kano businessman, Alhaji Bashir Sani Kwangila Yakasai (SKY) of the sum of Two Hundred and Twenty Million Naira (N220,000,000). The matter was referred to the Commission after it had been reported to the National Judicial Council which had constituted a committee to investigate the allegations. The amount involved had been fraudulently obtained from Alhaji Yakasai by Hon. Justice Auta and his accomplice Bashir Sufi, on the pretext that they were acting on behalf of the former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Hon. Justice Aloma Mukhtar. Justice Auta in his statement to t...

APC National Legal Adviser Muiz Banire Accuses Lagos State Gov. Ambode Of Vendetta National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Muiz Banire (SAN), has alleged that he and his family are being persecuted by the Lagos State government. BY SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORKNOV 15, 2017 National Legal Adviser of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Muiz Banire (SAN), has alleged that he and his family are being persecuted by the Lagos State government. He made the allegation in a statement issued on Wednesday. According to Mr. Banire, his only offense is that he insisted on the need to observe the rule of law. Mr. Banire, who is on lesser Hajj in Saudi Arabi, said he was informed on Tuesday of a contravention notice served on the residence of his 90-year old mother, Mrs. Sarat Banire, at 24A, Remi Fani-Kayode Street, GRA, Ikeja, Lagos by officials of the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development. The notice, he said, contained a demand that his ...

Harare, Zimbabwe - The capital of Zimbabwe finds itself torn between excitement and uncertainty as it dawns on residents that President Robert Mugabe may be, just may be, leaving office after 37 tumultuous years. The mood is a major shift from the typical way of life in Harare: people here avoid discussing sensitive political matters in public due to a history of repression by the government of critical voices. But amid rising discontent in recent years, the military's surprise takeover appeared to give a new impetus to the dissatisfied voices on the streets. "If this pulls through, we will regard this in future as a 'second Independence Day', after that of April 18, 1980," Tineyi Chimwanda, who identified himself as a local businessman, said. Advertisement "This is how it feels." 'Pleasing development' In power since 1980, Mugabe led Zimbabwe's fight for independence in the 1970s. Yet, the 93-year-old's rule has often been criticised for...

Athens, Greece - Flash floods have killed at least 11 people in the western outskirts of the Greek capital, Athens, as rescue teams are still searching for missing individuals. The deaths on Wednesday took place in the Mandra, Nea Peramos and Magoula areas, while authorities in the town of Megara said they were searching for several missing residents. "We have had hundreds of calls for help," Stavros Fotiou, the vice mayor of Megara, "We are trying to access some areas and open the roads, but the rain still hasn't stopped," he added Fotiou could not yet confirm the number of damaged houses and vehicles, but said local municipal authorities were working with the fire department to help people who were displaced. Storm clouds are seen over a flooded street in Mandra Mandra [Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuter

Manila, Philippines - After two days of ceremonious meetings, Southeast Asian leaders missed the bullseye in talks about two major human rights issues affecting their region: Myanmar's handling of the Rohingya crisis and the Philippines' bloody campaign against illegal drug traffickers. Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte, this year's Chairman of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), managed to fend off criticism of his "war on drugs", which has left thousands of people dead. "I think Duterte was very smart in using this event to legitimise himself and push back against criticism of his drug war," said Richard Heydarian, a geopolitical analyst from De La Salle University in Manila. "We saw no major country raising the drug war issue or if ever they raised it, it was very low-key."

Bert Bayou counts himself among the lucky ones. He had completed his undergraduate studies in politics and international relations and was working for the United Nations' World Food Programme in Ethiopia when his mother pestered him into applying for the Diversity Visa Lottery Programme . In 2000, after entering for the first time, he "won". Then 23-year-old Bayou, seeing it as his best opportunity to pursue his graduate studies, decided to take the next step and apply for the visa to come to the United States. "I was young,I didn't want to stay doing the same thing that I was doing. "I really wanted to continue working on development projects and addressing poverty, and most of the international professionals that I knew working these jobs at a higher level had graduate degrees," Bayou continued. Created by the 1990 Immigration Reform Act, the Diversity Visa Programme (DVP) selects 100,000 applicants in a lottery who are then eligible to apply for a U...

Osama bin Laden's secret personal diary, seized during the US Navy Seals raid on his house in Abbottabad on May 2, 2011, that ended with his killing, offers an insight into the mind of someone who was once one of the world's most wanted men. In the al-Qaeda documents, bin Laden comes across as an engaged commentator reacting to current events, not a strategic thinker taking part in shaping and influencing those events from his hideout. In the tranche of documents released by the US Central Intelligence Agency on November 1, bin Laden shows no global vision or strategy. The dominant theme of the secret journal is its dissection of the revolts of the so-called Arab Spring in 2011, with bin Laden offering little more than commentaries and analyses. Advertisement On Libya, for example, he discussed the decision of the longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi of attacking the rebels who were trying to topple his government. Bin Laden expressed apprehension that Gaddafi might be able to defeat...

A 50-year-old mother-of-two who lost her job earlier this month for sticking a middle finger up at Donald Trump's motorcade has been showered with donations of over $70,000 after a GoFundMe account was created to support her. Julie Briskman went viral when newsmen captured her on a bike giving the President's motorcade the middle finger on October 28 as the president left Trump National Golf Course in Sterling, Virginia. Three days later, the marketing executive was fired by her company, government contractor Akima. After she was fired, Rob Mello, who was inspired by what Juli did, set up a GoFundMe account to raise money for her. “Thank you, Juli Briskman,” wrote Rob Mello. The description for the campaign reads: “Juli Briskman is an inspiration to us all. This week we learned that she was fired from her employer for exercising her first amendment rights.” The account was set up on November 6 and only days after, over $70, 000 has been raised with thousands of people donating ...

The Super Eagles of Nigeria have just thrashed Argentina 4-2 in the International friendly match which took place in Krasnodar, Russia this evening. A brace from Arsenal starlet, Alex Iwobi and a goal from Kelechi Ihenacho and Brian Idowu were enough to seal the comfortable win for Super Eagles ahead of preparations for the 2018 World Cup in Russia. Argentina opened the scoring in the 28th minute of the game through a free kick from Ever Banega before Sergio Aguero doubled it in the 36th minute. Ihenacho scored an incredible free-kick in the 44 minutes of the first half to end it 2- 1. Back in the second half, Iwobi equalised in the 52nd minute to make it 2-2 before Brian Idowu made it 3-2 for Nigeria in the 54th minute of the game. To officially seal the win for the night Iwobi got his name on the scoresheet again as he scored his second goal of the game to make it 4-2 in the 73 mins.

History of America in hole punched. During the Great Depression that started from 1929, the US government decided to launch a project to portray the country's reality. The project, the largest government- sponsored photography project, involved sending photographers across the country to document social problems in the US, and live on the farms. More than 150,000 photos were captured by photographers such as Dorothea Lange, Arthur Rothstein, Ben Shahn, Jack Delano, Gordon Parks, John Collier, Carl Mydans, Walker Evans and Marion Post Wolcott. Advertisement Roy Stryker, the director of the Farm Security Administration (FSA) documentary photograph programme, was the editor who was responsible for this project. Stryker was considered by many a ruthless photo editor who used to hole- punch images that he considered were not good enough or unnecessary. The decision to discard images was quick and troublesome for many. "Roy was a little bit dictatorial in his editing and he ruined q...

Four-time world champions Italy have failed to qualify for the football World Cup for the first time in 60 years after drawing 0-0 against Sweden in Milan. A solid Sweden side held firm at the San Siro stadium on Monday night to qualify for next summer's tournament in Russia with a 1-0 aggregate win in a hard-fought play-off. Italy, a football-crazy country, has taken part in every World Cup since failing to qualify for the sport's most prestigious event in 1958. The last major competitions it missed were the 1984 and 1992 European Championships. Advertisement Having successfully defended Jakob Johansson's winner from the home leg in Stockholm, Sweden are now set to take part in their 12th World Cup. Unsuprusingly, Monday night's match became the top trending topic on Twitter in Italy, with thousands of fans expressing their shock and sadness at the Azzurri's failure. This is the end #ItaliaSvezia 11:05 PM - Nov 13, 2017 1 Luciano Vecchio @luciolimbajop How every I...

Colin Kaepernick, an American football player who last year started protesting police brutality against African Americans by kneeling during the US national anthem, has been named "Citizen of the Year" by GQ magazine. The public stand of the former San Francisco 49ers quarterback, who is currently without a team, has sparked a wave of similar protests across the National Football League and other athletic events. Announcing its decision on Monday, GQ likened Kaepernick to American sports icons, including boxer Muhammad Ali, who opposed the Vietnam War. "He's been vilified by millions and locked out of the NFL - all because he took a knee to protest police brutality," the magazine said of Kaepernick's protest. "It cost him his job. It also transformed Colin Kaepernick into a lightning rod and a powerful symbol of activism and resistance. "Kaepernick's determined stand puts him in rare company in sports history: Muhammad Ali, Jackie Robinson - a...

Thousands of tonnes of aid meant for Yemen is stranded in Djibouti. Aid groups are working around the clock to send much-needed supplies to Yemen, frantically loading larger ships to try to tackle the shortages once Saudi Arabia comes through on its promise to reopen some of the country's ports and airports. Saudi placed the current blockade on Yemen a week ago, after Houthi rebels fired a missile at Riyadh. The severe shortages of food, medicines, and vital vaccines mean that Yemen is facing a large-scale humanitarian disaster in which the UN warns millions of people could die. The UN is calling for a complete lifting of the embargo measures in order to avert what they are warning will be the world's worst famine in decades.

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Some psychologists think values are impossible to teach, and it is certainly true that telling kids to be more honest, or diligent, or considerate, doesn’t work any better than telling adults to be. But if values are impossible to teach, they are too important to leave to chance. In recent years, some schools have tried to add moral development to their curriculum. But schools have a tough time teaching kids values because they intervene too late, not to mention in too much isolation from the rest of the child’s life. Worse yet, they are often at odds with what the child is learning at home about values. Because the truth, of course, is that we do teach values to kids, daily, every minute of their lives. The question isn’t whether to teach values, only WHAT we are teaching. "But how do kids learn values, then?" The way children learn values, simply put, is by observing what you do, and drawing conclusions about what you think is important in life. Regardless of what you consc...