In the past, author and NYU professor, Clay Shirky's predictions haven't always come true, but it appears he was on the money in 2011. Foreign Policy Magazine named Shirky one of their "Top 100 Global Thinkers," for his musings on social media's impact on revolutions, which we saw come to full fruition in the Arab Spring. Thousands of South Asian labourers working on the expansion of Muscat methimazole airport downed tools on Tuesday in a rare strike to demand better safety conditions after a worker died in an accident, a company official and workers said. Imperial Oil on Tuesday said 50 birds died after landing on tailings ponds near its Kearl Lake oilsands site in Alberta. Mark Wright put funnyman and TV host Joel Dommett through his paces on Wednesday morning's Training Wright session on Instagram. Alexandra Yudina (pictured) started choking after emptying her plate at a Moscow bar in an eating competition with two other contestants. Trump's nominee to lead US intelligence,Rep. John Ratcliffe ,said that if confirmed, he would focus on the virus' impact, questions about its origins in China and U.S. competition with Beijing.