Federal protection restored to grizzlies

PINEDALE: A US federal judge has ordered Endangered Species Act protections restored to grizzlies in and around Yellowstone National Park, halting plans for the first licensed trophy hunts of the bears in the region in more than 40 years. US District Judge Dana Christensen in Missoula, Montana, sided with environmentalists and native American groups by overruling the US Fish and Wildlife Service decision to strip the grizzlies of their status as a threatened species. Reuters

Now, Instagram co-founders resign

Rockville: Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom (left) and Mike Krieger have resigned as chief executive officer and chief technical officer of the photo-sharing app owned by Facebook Inc. The departures at Facebook’s fastest-growing revenue generator come just months after the exit of Jan Koum, co-founder of Facebook-owned messaging app WhatsApp, leaving the social network without the developers behind two of its biggest services. Reuters

South Sudan doctor wins UN refugee prize

Geneva: A South Sudanese doctor who runs an overcrowded hospital with a dimly-lit surgical theatre and no regular supply of general anaesthesia on Tuesday won the UN refugee agency’s prestigious Nansen award. Evan Atar Adaha’s Maban hospital in the South Sudanese town of Bunj serves more than 144,000 refugees from Blue Nile state in neighbouring Sudan, UNHCR said. AFP