Stabilitas Flashpoints - News for 27 Dec 2016
Stabilitas Flashpoints
December 27, 2016
Stabilitas uses artificial intelligence to ingest and analyze news reporting from around the world. Flashpoints is an automated collection of notable events that have been identified by our machine learning logic and labeled as significant.
Gloomy start to year of rooster as bird flu hits South Korea
ctvnews.ca and 17 other sources
About 26 million head of poultry will be culled by Wednesday in South Korea, including about one-third of the country's egg-laying hens, after the H5N6 strain of avian influenza was found in farms and parks.
First Istanbul trial begins of Turkey coup suspects
alaraby.co.uk and 15 other sources
The trial in Istanbul - which is to take place in a gigantic courthouse in the Silivri prison in Istanbul - is to be the most significant to date and the first in the Turkish metropolis.
Chinese carrier enters South China Sea amid renewed tension
abc.net.au and 12 other sources
"Staying vigilant and flexible has always been the normal method of maintaining airspace security," said ministry spokesman Chen Chung-chi, declining to say whether Taiwan fighter jets were scrambled or if submarines had been deployed.
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