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42 Journalists killed worldwide in 2017

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At least 42 journalists were killed from around the world in 2017, between February 3- November 21, while doing their jobs, according to a report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). "> The figures show that Iraq and Syria were the most dangerous countries for journalists this year. Eight journalists were killed in Iraq in 2017. Iraq followed by Syria, where seven journalists were killed. Mexico and India were also among the deadliest countries for journalists. The CPJ said 17 of the journalists killed in 2017 died in crossfire while covering war in Syria, Iraq and Yemen. Other 17 were murdered in countries including Mexico, Malta, Russia and the Philippines.  A Syrian journalist Qays al-Qadi, who worked for AI-Jist, an Istanbul-based TV channel, is among them. Al-Qadi, who was in his twenties, was killed in a shelling by Syrian regime forces on October 29 in Damascus Province. His colleague, cameraman Omar Damashky, was injured and taken t...

Mining politicians' tweets with R: Theresa May vs Jeremy Corbyn

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The twitter stream of any person contains rick social data that can unveil a lot about that person. In this analysis we will look at Prime Minister Theresa May and Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn's Twitter profiles. Which words do they use most? What does the sentiment analysis show? Here is an analysis of May and Corbyn's Twitter profiles... 1. Word analysis Theresa May mostly tweets about 'Brexit', and 'Britain', while Corbyn's top words are 'labour', 'people', and 'government. The most common words that Theresa May tweets are Brexit, people, country and Britain.  Most common words that Jeremy Corbyn uses in his tweets are; labour, government, people and forthemany  2. Positive and negative words Theresa May's top negative word is 'hard, and positive word is 'support'. Jeremy Corbyn uses negative word 'crisis' the most as well as the positive word 'supportive'....

More than 300,000 people in Britain are homeless

One in every 200 people in Britain is homeless, according to recent analysis by UK homelessness charity Shelter. Researchers used government data and information from social services obtained by freedom of information requests, and calculated that there are almost 307,000 people with no permanent home across the country. The figures include people sleeping rough or living in hostels or temporary accommodation. The analysis shows homelessness is at its highest rate in London, where 158,097 people have no permanent home - equivalent to one in every 59. Shelter said that one in 25 people are homeless in the London borough of Newham, making it England’s “top” homeless borough.  13, 566 people live in temporary accommodation and 41 are sleeping rough in Newham. Newham is   followed by Haringey, where one in 29 people are homeless. In Westminster the figure is one in 39. The report also shows homelessness figures in Luton, Birmingham and Manchester. In Manchester, on...

Online hate crime: digging into London Mayor’s mentions

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--> Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has spoken out about racist and Islamophobic messages he has received through social media, calling for social media companies to address the issue of hate speech online. Speaking on 12 March at the South by Soutwest festival in Texas, Khan revealed that he was called a ‘ terrorist ’ and faced death threats on Twitter. Khan also released a video, in which he read out some of the abusive tweets he has received since becoming mayor. Social media users have been quick to react to his message and he has received thousands of tweets related to his speech. An analysis of about 18,000 tweets he received between 14-23 March revealed that the most common words used in the tweets sent to him were related to his speech, such as hate, crime, speech and Muslim. Although ‘ frequent word ’ analysis doesn ’ t say much about the content of the tweets, a word network visualization with R studio clearly shows how the words relate to one a...