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Daily Global Issues Brief - April 20, 2016 (headlines)


Good afternoon, here are my top 5 news on global issues for today - Iraq, Ecuador, Yemen, Kenya, and the United States.

-KENYA: Sell the ivory & rhino horns to fund conservation efforts VS. burn them to discourage poaching. That is the annual question. Kenya is vehemently against ivory trade and therefore chooses the path of burning all endangered materials seized from poachers. What are your thoughts?

-US: Ms. Harriet Tubman, a woman of profound merit, the leader of the Underground Railroad, an abolitionist herself born a slave, will be featured on the face of the $20 bill. She'll be the first African American on US paper currency & the first woman depicted on money in 100 years. She'll replace the 7th US President, Andrew Jackson, a slave owner. He'll go to the back of the bill...

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