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Nickelodeon axes Palawan resort plan after outcry

(Agence France Presse) — American children’s television network Nickelodeon said Wednesday it had abandoned plans for a themed resort on Palawan, an island known as the Philippines’ last ecological frontier, following a backlash from environmentalists. Nickelodeon said in January that it would build an “undersea attraction and resort” on the island that would let fans “interact with the brand and the iconic characters they love,” including SpongeBob SquarePants and Dora the Explorer. The announcement triggered fierce […]

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Al Qaeda-linked group claims deadly attack at Mali resort

BAMAKO, Mali (Reuters) – A new alliance of Islamist militant groups linked to al Qaeda on Monday (June 19) claimed responsibility for an attack that killed at least five people at a Mali luxury resort popular with Western expatriates just outside the capital Bamako. The militants’ al-Zallaqa Media Foundation posted a statement on its Telegram channel saying that al-Qaeda’s affiliate in Mali, Nusrat al-Islam wal Muslimeen, had said the attack bears a message to the […]

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