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Name : RIANA TRI SEPTIANI
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1. Tuesday, Title : Asteroid with Rings Chariklo, which people can consider either a giant asteroid or a
18th April minor planet, had a surprise in store for scientists when they discovered
2017 that it had Saturn-like rings. As it is around 250 kilometres wide, it is the
smallest known object to have such rings. People thought that they
Source : could only form around much bigger planets, such as Saturn or Neptune.
www.dailysun.co.za/News The astronomers only noticed the rings when the asteroid moved in
front of a star, casting a shadow the size of South America, which
inspired them to take a closer look. They do not yet know how the rings
formed, although one theory suggests, that they are made up of
ice, pebbles and other debris from a massive collision in space.

2. Wednesday, Title : Leopard Eats Too A snow leopard broke into a sheep pen in China and ate so much
19th April Much that he could not make the jump back over the fence to escape. He
2017 eventually gave up and lay down for a little post-dinner snooze.
Herdsmen later captured the big cat. Snow leopards are extremely rare,
even more so than giant pandas, and are one of the highly-protected
Source : animals in China. They are listed on the International Union for the
www.philly.com/philly/news/ Conservation of Natures Red List of Threatened Species. People found
the leopard just under 1.5 metres in length and weighing around 100
kilograms, but they can get much bigger than that. Once officers
managed to get him moving again, they released him back into the wild.

3. Thursday, Title : Car Drives Into a A lorry drove into a department store in the centre of Stockholm.
20th April Department Store in Sweden Someone hijacked the lorry before the attack. According to the police,
2017 there are at least two dead in this awful terrorist attack. Police
evacuated the city centre and main central station. They have not
arrested anyone yet, but they are working on it. The Swedish Prime
Source : Minister said that the government is doing everything in its power to
https://www.reddit.com/r/new find out what happened. He also advised the public to be careful and to
s/ listen to police broadcasts. The attack came after other terrorist
incidents in France, Germany and the United Kingdom.

4. Friday, Title : Rubbish Cruses a In Colombo, Sri Lanka, a massive mound of rubbish sat next to a
21th April Neighbourhood poor neighbourhood called Meetotamulla. The residents, who lived
2017 in tiny homes, protested against the health hazards of the situation, but
then the worst happened. The garbage collapsed onto the homes, killing
17 people and injuring 13 more. Soldiers were looking for any other
Source : people that might be trapped under the rubble. Over 600 people had
https://www.uscis.gov/news to flee their neighbourhood. One man said that when they would
protest to the police about the trash dumping, those police would beat
and arrest them. He asked that though those same police were there to
help in rescues, what could they do now?

5. Saturday, Title : The US Attacks In Syria, US air-strikes were for the first time directed at one of
22th April Syria President Assads military bases. This was a reaction to a chemical
2017 weapons attack, which killed innocent civilians. However, Donald
Trumps intervention has divided Syrian Americans. In New York people
protested against Americas reaction. The protesters were disappointed
with Donald Trumps intervention. They voted for him because he
Source : promised not to be a policeman for the world. He promised to stay
www.express.co.uk/news within America. One of the protesters said that this was one more war
based on a total lie.

However, a lot of Syrians welcomed what President Trump has

done. Other Syrian Americans expressed a sense of hope that this action
will get Syria rid of the murderous Assad regime. One person said that
he thinks that the United States finally made a move for humanity and
to help the Syrian people.