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http://ift.tt/eA8V8J Two teenage girls, one of them a Muslim wearing a Hijab, and the other, an African-American were rescued in a rather gory incident which saw their saviours’ throats slit open by a United state citizen who howled hate speeches at the girls.  The two men died from the cut. Their names were Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche and Ricky John Best. One was a recent college graduate. The other was an army veteran and father of four. A third man, 21-year-old Micah David-Cole Fletcher, was wounded and hospitalized. The attacker, identified as 35-year-old Jeremy Joseph Christian, had been hurling abuse at the teenagers when the men intervened. The Portland Mercury newspaper said Christian — who has been charged on two counts of murder and one count of attempted murder — was a known white supremacist and right-wing extremist. One of the young women who was targeted in the verbal assault by Christian thanked the two men who lost their lives helping her. “I just want ...

http://ift.tt/2rexZdY South Sudanese refugees take reading lessons at the UNHCR camp of al-Algaya in Sudan's White Nile state, south of Khartoum, on May 17, 2017. AFP PHOTO / ASHRAF SHAZLY As the United Nations shops for $1.4 billion needed to feed about two million people in South Sudan, a country ravaged by sectarian violence and famine, Archbishop Tutu Fellows of the African Leadership Institute have urged key African nations to assist the world’s youngest country. The Archbishop Tutu Fellows, of the African Leadership Institute, are a diverse group of leading professionals from 34 African countries working at the forefront of positive change on the African continent. The Fellows said, in a letter sent to a few African presidents, that it was important for South Sudan’s neighbours and “key members of regional blocs” to leverage their “relationships with political and military leaders on all sides of the conflict in South Sudan to revive a political process and chart a way ...

http://ift.tt/2rGLIXh Real Madrid's Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldo scores during the Spanish league football match Malaga CF vs Real Madrid CF at La Rosaleda stadium in Malaga on May 21, 2017. JOSE JORDAN / AFP Real Madrid won their 33rd La Liga title and first for five years as Cristiano Ronaldo’s 40th goal of the season helped seal a 2-0 victory at Malaga on Sunday. Ronaldo got Madrid off to the perfect start after just two minutes before Karim Benzema’s close-range finish sealed the title 10 minutes into the second half. Madrid beat out Barcelona at the top of the table by three points as the Catalans’ come-from-behind 4-2 victory over Eibar in outgoing coach Luis Enrique’s last home game in charge wasn’t enough for a third straight title. Real needed just a point to be assured of the title and any lingering nerves were dispelled within seconds. Isco latched upon a poor clearance from Luis Hernandez and his sumptuous through ball freed Ronaldo to round Carlos ...