Hot News Mix: Santa Brought Nikki Haley a Gun for Christmas and the Best of #BuzzfeedPakistan

Screenshot of Gov. Nikki Haley target shooting earlier this year.
Screenshot of Gov. Nikki Haley target shooting earlier this year. (YouTube)

Santa brought Gov. Nikki Haley a Beretta for Christmas: “Our family had a wonderful Christmas together! I must have been good Santa gave me a Beretta PX4 Storm,” wrote the Governor on her Instagram page.

http://instagram.com/p/iY1Af8yuwQ/#

And Justin Bieber gets a new puppy. According to Bieber’s father, the bulldog was named Karma by a fan who won a contest. Let’s hope Karma has good karma, as Buzzfeed notes that past Bieber pets have not fared particularly well. (Buzzfeed)

Iran’s President hearts the Parsis: Hassan Rouhani’s English language Twitter account sent this message to India’s Parsi community on Friday:

A look at how other diplomats treat their domestic workers: The Associated Press reports that “there have been at least 20 cases” over the last 10 years of workers who say that they have been mistreated by foreign diplomats from around the world.

What it’s like to be a Mipster: Amarra Ghani writes about the now-viral #Mipsterz video and the discussions it’s continuing to spark. (NPR Code Switch)

8 ways to protect children from preventable deaths: Pakistani doctor Anita Zaidi is among the finalists for the inaugural Caplow Children’s Prize. Her plan to combat malnutrition involves “pre- and post-birth home visits from community health workers, vaccinations, and supplies of nutritional supplements to mothers and children.” (FastCo Exist)

#BuzzfeedPakistan lights up Twitter. Social media users may have noticed that the hastag #buzzfeedpakistan took off on Sunday. A small sampling of the tweets we particularly enjoyed:

https://twitter.com/joshgreenman/status/417368995528847360

https://twitter.com/SophiaSheikh/status/417414462606696448

(Hat tip: @BuzzfeedBen, Buzzfeed)

…and #BuzzfeedIndia was trending on Friday:

https://twitter.com/ghaatidancer/status/416597656866021377

https://twitter.com/bhavicka/status/416591465624514560

Lakshmi Gandhi is an editor at The Aerogram. Follow her on Twitter @LakshmiGandhi and follow The Aerogram at @theaerogram.

 

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