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Emmanuel Macron becomes President of France in inauguration at Élysée Palace

Emmanuel Macron has been inaugurated the new President of France at the Elysee Palace, becoming the youngest president in the country’s history at the age of 39.

Around 300 guests, officials, and family members gathered in the reception hall. In his inauguration speech, Macron said that he will fight terrorism and authoritarianism. Following the ceremony, he greeted spectators at Paris’s Arc de Triomphe.

Words: gather (come).

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/emmanuel-macron-sworn-in-as-president-of-france-elysee-palace-brigitte-macron-francois-hollande-a7734931.html

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Scientists race against time as Yemen's deadly cholera outbreak spiral

War Yemen declared ‘a state of emergency’ after a deadly cholera outbreak. The capital’s health office reported over 9,000 cases of the diarrhoea-causing disease which are seriously stretching resources.

Despite help from UNICEF, Yemen is unable to deal with the crisis and hospitalise all the patients. The United Nations is urging the 200 donor countries to provide over 1 billion dollars that they pledged in Geneva.

Words:  outbreak (when something suddenly happens, such as a disease), stretch(require a lot of), donor (someone who gives money or resources)

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2017/may/24/scientists-race-against-time-yemen-deadly-cholera-outbreak-spirals

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Three Suns in the Sky

A rare celestial phenomen appeared in Mongolia, and it looked like there were three suns in the sky. The middle sun was the one we usually see every day, but the one on either side were the sun’s smaller reflections.

A local meteorological centre explained that the optical phenomen is known as an anthelion, which means that the reflection is caused by sunshine high in the sky and light passing through snow crystals in the air.

An anthelion can appear when the temperature is lower than -30°C, and the air is fill with clouds, vapour and ice crystals.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4004664/Move-Tatooine-Incredible-video-shows-THREE-SUNS-appearing-St-Petersburg-rare-phenomenon.html

The Robot Zoo

The Horniman Museum in London is hosting an exhibition that allows children to understand how the natural world works through robotic models of animals.

The robotic platypus, for example, has large flashing red lights on its bill which represent the animal electroreceptors, which electrical pulses given off by anything alive. Visitors can also catch bugs, use bat sonar and interact with creatures. Velcro is used to demonstrate how a housefly can stay on the wall, and it sucks up its food like a vacuum cleaner.

http://www.horniman.ac.uk/visit/upcoming-exhibitions/the-robot-zoo-101#image-1

Words: platypus, bill

The most entertaining interview on impeachment (starring a kid)

Professor Robert Kelly is an expert on South Korea and appeared on the BBC on Friday to discuss the impeachment of South Korean President Park Geun-hye. 
Suddenly, a litle girl dances in his room but Robert continues talking. Instead, he summons another, like a horseman in a baby bouncer. After a few amusing moments, a woman comes in and desperately herds them away. It concludes the most entertaining interview ever to be broadcast on the subject of South Korean impeachment.

Earthquake strikes south of Turkey

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit a south estern town in Turkey in the Adiyaman Province on Thursday, damaging buildings and injuring five with more people likely to follow.

Four teams of 35 rescuers were sent to the area where four more tremors followed the main earthquake. Earthquakes are usually in Turkey because the country is on active fault lines, but the US Geological Survey said that the recent earthquake was very shallow, at only around 9 kilometres deep.

http://edition.cnn.com/2013/12/28/world/europe/turkey-earthquake/

Words: tremors, fault line