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- Airstrike on MSF-backed Aleppo hospital kills patients and doctors
- Obama administration urges states to curb use of solitary confinement
- Billionaire investor Carl Icahn sells entire stake in Apple
- Rights concerns put EU-Turkey deal in peril as MPs brawl in Ankara
- Amazon has most profitable quarter ever, but operating costs also rose
- Britons attacked in Thai resort leave hospital
- China passes law imposing security controls on foreign NGOs
- Israeli prime minister rejects French peace conference initiative
- Protest artist Petr Pavlensky in court after setting fire to Lubyanka
- Dilma Rousseff admits she may miss out on Olympic Games role
- Costa Concordia captain begins appeal against conviction
- Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein says WikiLeaks was reckless
- Free after six years, but what now for Basque separatist leader Arnaldo Otegi?
- China will 'never allow war or chaos' on Korean peninsula, says Xi Jinping
- Story of cities #33: how Santiago tackled its housing crisis with 'Operation Chalk'
- 'They are falling apart': the fate of lone children in Calais' refugee camp
- Ask a North Korean: what are you taught about safe sex?
- Schoolchildren attacked by nationalist protesters in Moscow
- Why so many Iranians have come to hate the hijab
- Former fashion executive to face no further action over fatal altercation
- RBS reveals Swiss inquiry into Coutts subsidiary
- Fears grow in Burundi as executions and desertions undermine army
- Ted Cruz is 'Lucifer in the flesh', says former speaker John Boehner
- Nauru rape victim's health not 'exceptional' enough to fly to Australia for abortion, court told
- NSW doctor charged with murder after death of his elderly mother
- North Korea jails US citizen for 10 years on spying charge
- It's time to end juvenile solitary confinement, once and for all | Cory Booker
- 'No point talking to Iraqi PM': Qatar in secret talks with Shia tribes to free hunters
- French police and protesters clash during rioting over labour reforms – video
- Britons beaten up in Thailand will never go back to country, says son
- Borrower returns library book 67 years late – but escapes $24,000 fine
- France labour law protests turn violent
- Father, 91, pleads for return of aid worker daughter abducted in Afghanistan
- India seeks Briton's extradition in AgustaWestland bribe case
- Silence earns mobster Whitey Bulger's girlfriend 21 more months in prison
- Man caught on tape attacking pregnant, endangered seal on Hawaii beach
- Philip Hammond arrives in Cuba to help 'forge new links'
- For black voters, gun violence a more serious problem than police misconduct
- Syria's truce is over as airstrikes destroy Aleppo hospital
- Brawl breaks out in Turkey's parliament – video
- Obama declares disaster as Marshall Islands suffers worst-ever drought
- Labrador receives world’s first kevlar jacket for dogs – video
- Little girl pulled from rubble after airstrike on Aleppo – video
- Syria’s peace talks begin to look like a cover for more war
- Refugees stranded on UK military bases in Cyprus given fresh hope
- Motorists warned of heavy traffic over bank holiday weekend
- Turkish security forces open fire on Kurds – video
- Putin hails first rocket launch from new cosmodrome
- Aftermath of airstrike on Aleppo hospital – video
- Utrecht's cycling lessons for migrants: 'Riding a bike makes me feel more Dutch'
- Ebola leaves a painful legacy for survivors in Sierra Leone | Olivia Acland
- US pledges $90m to South Sudan but warns of sanctions should peace fail
- Donald Trump's lack of female support may ruin his campaign – and the GOP
- 'Mad as hell' middle class independents shape presidential race on their terms
- Ted Cruz reacts to John Boehner calling him ‘Lucifer in the flesh’ – video
- Trump mocks Cruz-Fiorina partnership – video
- Putin watches first rocket launch from new Vostochny cosmodrome – video
| Airstrike on MSF-backed Aleppo hospital kills patients and doctors Posted: 28 Apr 2016 08:13 AM PDT One of last paediatricians in rebel-held area of Syrian city among the dead, as UN envoy says ceasefire is now 'barely alive' A Syrian hospital backed by Médecins Sans Frontières and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been destroyed in an airstrike in Aleppo, killing patients and doctors including one of the last paediatricians remaining in the rebel-held part of the city. Related: European MPs urge governments to make airdrops to Syrian civilians Continue reading... |
| Obama administration urges states to curb use of solitary confinement Posted: 28 Apr 2016 04:00 AM PDT US president has introduced federal-level reforms, but without getting states to do likewise their impact will be minimal The Obama administration is pressing individual states to join its mission to cut back on the use of solitary confinement in US prisons, in the hope of reining in a practice that is still widespread despite having been denounced as potentially amounting to torture. Continue reading... |
| Billionaire investor Carl Icahn sells entire stake in Apple Posted: 28 Apr 2016 05:13 PM PDT Icahn has sold his shares in the company over concerns at China's influence on its stock price Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn says he had sold his entire stake in Apple Inc, citing the risk of China's influence on the stock. In an interview with US cable television network CNBC on Thursday, Icahn also said he was "still very cautious" on the US stock market and there would be a "day of reckoning" unless there was some sort of fiscal stimulus. Continue reading... |
| Rights concerns put EU-Turkey deal in peril as MPs brawl in Ankara Posted: 28 Apr 2016 08:14 AM PDT Suspension of Turkish parliament halts passage of laws needed to win European support for visa-free travel for Turks
Brawling between ruling party and pro-Kurdish MPs late on Wednesday resulted in Turkey's parliament being suspended until Monday, halting work on laws the country needs to pass if the European commission is to recommend the controversial visa-waiver scheme to member states in a decision due next Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Amazon has most profitable quarter ever, but operating costs also rose Posted: 28 Apr 2016 04:30 PM PDT The e-commerce giant saw a 28% rise in sales on same point last year, and 64% sales boost for Amazon Web Services, but costs remain a key factor for its future Amazon.com traditionally has only faced one obstacle in its quest to infiltrate every aspect of consumers' lives: it often lost money. For a straight year now, that's no longer the case. Continue reading... |
| Britons attacked in Thai resort leave hospital Posted: 28 Apr 2016 09:51 AM PDT Lewis and Rosemary Owen are expected to return to Wales soon, and their son is said to be back in Singapore Three members of a British family who were attacked at a Thai beachside resort have been allowed to leave hospital. Lewis and Rosemary Owen, aged 68 and 65, were with their son, also Lewis, in his 40s, when several men attacked them this month during Thai new year celebrations in Hua Hin, a coastal town south of Bangkok. |
| China passes law imposing security controls on foreign NGOs Posted: 28 Apr 2016 02:56 AM PDT Campaigners say law deals severe blow to non-profit groups in latest phase of Xi Jinping's clampdown on civil society A Chinese government offensive against civil society that campaigners describe as the worst in nearly three decades has intensified with Beijing's approval on Thursday of a controversial new law that gives security forces control over foreign NGOs operating in the country. Campaigners attacked the move as the latest phase of President Xi Jinping's bid to rein in opposition to the Communist party. They said it represented a severe blow to non-profit groups involved in issues such as the environment, public health and education, as well as human rights. Continue reading... |
| Israeli prime minister rejects French peace conference initiative Posted: 28 Apr 2016 07:38 AM PDT Office of Binyamin Netanyahu says best way to resolve conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is direct, bilateral negotiations Israel's prime minister has rejected a French peace initiative to break the impasse in negotiations between Israelis and Palestinians. In a short statement issued a few hours before the start of the second Passover holiday in Israel, Binyamin Netanyahu's office insisted formally that it saw no benefit to a proposed French peace conference mooted for later this year. The announcement comes ahead of a summit of foreign ministers at the end of May in Paris where participants had been expected to try and hammer out a "political horizon" to bring the two sides together later in the summer. Continue reading... |
| Protest artist Petr Pavlensky in court after setting fire to Lubyanka Posted: 28 Apr 2016 06:10 AM PDT Activist intends trial to be seen as performance and asks that charges against him be elevated to terrorist offences The Russian performance artist Petr Pavlensky has appeared in court in Moscow for preliminary hearings in a case that could see him jailed for three years. In November, Pavlensky set fire to the doors of the headquarters of the FSB, Russia's security service and the successor agency to the KGB. The artist had his actions recorded on video and then posed for photographs in front of the burning doors of the imposing Lubyanka building. He has been held in pre-trial detention since. Continue reading... |
| Dilma Rousseff admits she may miss out on Olympic Games role Posted: 28 Apr 2016 03:27 AM PDT Brazilian president admits possibility that she will play no part in Rio Games if senate passes impeachment motion Dilma Rousseff, the embattled president Brazilian president, has acknowledged the possibility that she may not play any official role during the Olympic Games if the senate passes an impeachment motion against her. The Brazilian parliament's lower house last week overwhelmingly approved a motion for her impeachment. If the senate follows suit in the next few weeks, Rousseff may have to step down as early as May – three months before the Games start in Rio de Janeiro. She will be at least temporarily replaced by a centre-right administration led by vice-president Michel Temer. Continue reading... |
| Costa Concordia captain begins appeal against conviction Posted: 28 Apr 2016 09:24 AM PDT Francesco Schettino claims he has been made the scapegoat for 2012 cruise ship disaster that claimed 32 lives The captain of the Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino, has begun his battle to avoid prison for causing the 2012 cruise ship disaster off the Italian coast in which 32 people died. Schettino was sentenced in February 2015 to 16 years and one month in jail after a judge ruled his recklessness caused the accident that ensued after the Costa Concordia struck underwater rocks off the Tuscan island of Giglio. Continue reading... |
| Watergate reporter Carl Bernstein says WikiLeaks was reckless Posted: 29 Apr 2016 12:37 AM PDT Ex-Washington Post journalist says whistleblowing group should have protected intelligence officials' identity when it released military files WikiLeaks has been "reckless" by releasing classified information without trying to protect intelligence officials, according to one of the reporters who broke the Watergate scandal. Carl Bernstein said the whistleblowing organisation, which has released millions of confidential documents including military operation records, had "done some very useful things" but also acted in a "careless" way. Continue reading... |
| Free after six years, but what now for Basque separatist leader Arnaldo Otegi? Posted: 29 Apr 2016 12:00 AM PDT The former Eta figure has been in London and Brussels with a new political message, but to many he still has blood on his hands When Arnaldo Otegi finished his latest prison sentence two months ago, 10,000 people crowded San Sebastián's velodrome to welcome the veteran Basque separatist leader home and listen to a speech he had prepared over six and a half years. Its contents were neither unfamiliar nor unexpected. "Onwards!" Otegi exhorted them. "We're going to win! We won't stop until we have independence and socialism!" Continue reading... |
| China will 'never allow war or chaos' on Korean peninsula, says Xi Jinping Posted: 28 Apr 2016 11:30 PM PDT Chinese president's remarks on North Korea come as UN security council prepares to respond to latest round of banned missile launches by regime Beijing showed its impatience over North Korea's continued illegal missile launches as the United Nations security council threatened more sanctions against Kim Jong-un's regime, which is believed to be preparing for a further nuclear test. Related: Strong sign of North Korean nuclear test as regime calls 6 May party congress Continue reading... |
| Story of cities #33: how Santiago tackled its housing crisis with 'Operation Chalk' Posted: 28 Apr 2016 11:30 PM PDT In 1965, Chile launched a bold new policy which became infamous for officials' use of white chalk to mark out plots of land for Santiago's poorest families. Half a century on, did it really help those in need – or simply deepen social divisions? Castor Castro was 14 years old when his family moved to La Faena, a residential project in east Santiago, in 1967. "There was nothing here, just bare earth," Castro recalls, sitting in the house his parents built back then. "Each family was given a plot, and they had to get on with it and build. There was no electricity supply and no plumbing – just land." Despite this rudimentary introduction to La Faena, Castor and his family were, in many ways, lucky. They were beneficiaries of "Operación Sitio" (Operation Site), a bold housing policy rolled out by the Chilean state in the late 1960s. Continue reading... |
| 'They are falling apart': the fate of lone children in Calais' refugee camp Posted: 28 Apr 2016 11:00 PM PDT As the UK vacillates over admitting unaccompanied minors, boys as young as 10 make their own nightly efforts to get in A typical day for the group of 10- to 13-year-olds who live in the Calais refugee camp without their parents begins sometime around four o'clock in the afternoon, when they wake up. There is nowhere on site to take a shower, and the wooden shacks and caravans where they live in groups of two or three have no water, so they make their way to a small wooden hut that serves free rice and beans. Continue reading... |
| Ask a North Korean: what are you taught about safe sex? Posted: 28 Apr 2016 11:00 PM PDT In an ongoing series, NK News poses a reader's question to a defector. This week: why the country is a contraception 'black hole' Growing up in Pyongyang I never heard the word condom. I didn't know what one was. Even in the early days after my defection to South Korea I didn't know why they existed, how to use one or where to buy them. Continue reading... |
| Schoolchildren attacked by nationalist protesters in Moscow Posted: 28 Apr 2016 08:41 AM PDT Picketers accused of dousing students in ammonia and disinfectant as they arrived at an awards ceremony Guests at an event organised by Russia's leading human rights group, Memorial, have been attacked by nationalist activists, the organisation's executive director has said. Participants arriving at the award ceremony for young history students were pelted with green disinfectant and ammonia, said Yelena Zhemkova. Continue reading... |
| Why so many Iranians have come to hate the hijab Posted: 28 Apr 2016 01:00 AM PDT Over the years the state crackdown on women's dress has become more of a show to placate the country's hardline base. Our correspondent shares stories from her personal repertoire illustrating the point As summer approaches, police in Tehran have once again begun to crack down on Iranians who fail to comply with the country's Islamic dress code. This year, besides the customary uniformed morality police, 7,000 undercover agents are reportedly also on the case. I was spared the early years of the Islamic Republic, but my mother recalls how diligent she had to be to avoid giving the morality police – or anyone else with the authority to judge appearances – any pretext to find fault with her, as jail sentences for "protesting" were all too common for dress-code transgressors. It was a hot day in the early 1980s and my parents were going to an international exhibition in Tehran. As my older sister, then a baby, lay in her carriage, my mom wheeled her into the room filled with female agents who were in charge of checking the women's compliance. They would ask some to fix their hijab, passing tissues to others to wipe off their makeup. As one agent finished scrutinizing my mother, she looked at my sister in the carriage. Continue reading... |
| Former fashion executive to face no further action over fatal altercation Posted: 28 Apr 2016 04:03 PM PDT Richard Glanville, 60, a former chief financial officer of Oasis and Karen Millen, was arrested at his Essex home in August 2015 after death of Ricci Gallagher A former fashion executive will face no further action after a neighbour who allegedly trespassed at his home was fatally wounded last year. Richard Glanville, 60, a former chief financial officer at Oasis and Karen Millen, was arrested at his Essex home in August 2015 after Ricci Gallagher suffered head injuries there on 30 July. Continue reading... |
| RBS reveals Swiss inquiry into Coutts subsidiary Posted: 29 Apr 2016 12:00 AM PDT Bailed-out bank says regulator has started 'enforcement proceedings' against Swiss arm over certain client account Royal Bank of Scotland has revealed that Swiss authorities are scrutinising its Coutts subsidiary as the bailed-out bank reported a loss for the first three months of 2016. RBS said the Swiss regulator, the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority, had "opened enforcement proceedings against Coutts & Co Ltd (Coutts), a member of the RBS Group incorporated in Switzerland, with regard to certain client accounts held with Coutts". |
| Fears grow in Burundi as executions and desertions undermine army Posted: 28 Apr 2016 11:00 PM PDT Murder of senior officers and secret defections weaken security forces that once symbolised national unity, heightening prospect of civil conflict Assassinations of senior officers and secret defections are crippling Burundi's army, one year into a crisis that has created hundreds of thousands of refugees and led to the revival of hate speech previously used to fuel genocidal massacres. The military was once a symbol and defender of the country's reconciliation, with quotas for majority Hutus and minority Tutsis that prevented it becoming the fiefdom of either group. But it is now being ripped apart by fear, suspicion and the destruction of its top ranks. Continue reading... |
| Ted Cruz is 'Lucifer in the flesh', says former speaker John Boehner Posted: 28 Apr 2016 09:02 PM PDT 'Never worked with a more miserable son of a bitch,' says Boehner, but presidential hopeful Cruz counters: 'I don't even know the man' John Boehner, the former House speaker, has called presidential candidate Ted Cruz "Lucifer in the flesh" in remarks that expose the depth of discontent within the Republican party. Related: Do the math: Indiana win would help Trump reach magic number of delegates Continue reading... |
| Nauru rape victim's health not 'exceptional' enough to fly to Australia for abortion, court told Posted: 29 Apr 2016 12:09 AM PDT Senior border protection official says despite advice from five medical experts, he stood by his judgment that she could be treated in Papua New Guinea The serious neurological, physiological and psychological conditions of an African refugee who became pregnant after being raped on Nauru were not exceptional enough to warrant her being brought to Australia for medical treatment, a senior official within the Department of Immigration and Border Protection has told the federal court. IHMS, the company contracted by the Australian government to provide medical services to asylum seekers in offshore processing centres, wrote to the official, David Nockels, to say the woman required an urgent abortion. Continue reading... |
| NSW doctor charged with murder after death of his elderly mother Posted: 29 Apr 2016 12:53 AM PDT Stephen Edwards, 61, who has a special interest in geriatrics, dementia and palliative care, faces extradition to Tasmania A general practitioner working in NSW with a special interest in palliative care has been charged with murder and is facing extradition to Tasmania, where police want to question him in relation to the death of his elderly mother. The 61-year-old doctor, Stephen Edwards, has also been suspended from practising as a doctor by the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (AHPRA). NSW police raided his home in Umina on the central coast and allegedly found prescription sedatives under his father's name as well as under the names of patients. Continue reading... |
| North Korea jails US citizen for 10 years on spying charge Posted: 28 Apr 2016 11:06 PM PDT The imprisonment of Kim Dong Chul, who is of Korean origin, follows a 15-year sentence for American student Otto Warmbier North Korea has sentenced an American of Korean origin to 10 years in prison for spying and stealing state secrets. Related: Who else has North Korea locked up for 'crimes against the state'? Continue reading... |
| It's time to end juvenile solitary confinement, once and for all | Cory Booker Posted: 28 Apr 2016 11:00 PM PDT There are thousands of young prison inmates in the US in isolation. Its effects work against the rehabilitation we supposedly want for them Experts, editorial boards, doctors, Democrats and Republicans alike have all come to the same conclusion: it's time to end the practice of juvenile solitary confinement in America. Continue reading... |
| 'No point talking to Iraqi PM': Qatar in secret talks with Shia tribes to free hunters Posted: 28 Apr 2016 11:00 PM PDT Doha negotiates for release of group that includes royal family members as irritation grows over Haider al-Abadi's lack of power For the past four months, the fate of a Qatari hunting party including members of the royal family held hostage in Iraq has been secretly negotiated between officials in Doha and tribes in Basra. The Iraqi government in Baghdad has not been a part of the process, and, according to Gulf officials, it has no capacity to deliver an outcome, even if it wanted to. Qatar and other Gulf states, including Kuwait, who are leading efforts to rescue the group are feeling increasingly frustrated at the lack of ways to resolve the situation. Continue reading... |
| French police and protesters clash during rioting over labour reforms – video Posted: 28 Apr 2016 10:30 PM PDT Riot police have used tear gas to disperse protesters throwing projectiles in Paris, where authorities estimated 15,000 people took to the streets on a night of demonstrations nationwide against planned changes to labour laws. Police said they arrested 124 people across France, bringing the total to 382 arrests since protests began in March Continue reading... |
| Britons beaten up in Thailand will never go back to country, says son Posted: 28 Apr 2016 09:52 PM PDT Lewis Owen says he and his parents did not realise how badly they had been hurt until they saw CCTV footage of the incident A British man who, alongside his mother and father, was beaten unconscious in a Thai beachside resort has said his family will never return to the country after the "out of the blue" attack. Lewis Owen, a graphic designer who lives in Singapore, was on holiday with his parents Lewis and Rosemary Owen, aged 68 and 65, when several men attacked them this month during Thai new year celebrations in Hua Hin. Continue reading... |
| Borrower returns library book 67 years late – but escapes $24,000 fine Posted: 28 Apr 2016 09:31 PM PDT Woman checked out Myths and Legends of Maoriland from Auckland library in 1948 and had been 'meaning to return it for years' A woman has brought back a book to a New Zealand library 67 years after it was due to be returned. Myths and Legends of Maoriland by AW Reed was checked out by a girl in 1948 and not seen again. But on Thursday a woman returned the book to a startled librarian at Auckland library and asked how much her late fines would be for returning the book 24,605 days past its due date. Continue reading... |
| France labour law protests turn violent Posted: 28 Apr 2016 08:32 PM PDT Two dozen police injured and more than 120 arrests during night of demonstrations nationwide against watering-down of worker rights Two dozen French police officers have been injured, three of them seriously, as violence flared in mass protests across the country against a hotly contested labour reform bill. Related: François Hollande labour reforms protests Continue reading... |
| Father, 91, pleads for return of aid worker daughter abducted in Afghanistan Posted: 28 Apr 2016 07:28 PM PDT Brian Wilson says he is extremely worried for daughter, named as Katherine Jane Wilson, who was reportedly kidnapped by armed men in Jalalabad The Perth father of an Australian humanitarian worker kidnapped in Afghanistan has made an emotional plea for her return. Brian Wilson, 91, said he was extremely worried for his daughter, named by the ABC as 60-year-old Katherine Jane Wilson, also known as Kerry. Continue reading... |
| India seeks Briton's extradition in AgustaWestland bribe case Posted: 28 Apr 2016 06:00 PM PDT Christian Michel James wanted by Delhi over alleged inducements paid to secure deal worth hundreds of millions for 12 VIP helicopters India's government says it has asked Britain to extradite consultant Christian Michel James over a scandal-hit deal to supply AgustaWestland helicopters. Related: India pulls out of £466m AgustaWestland helicopter deal Continue reading... |
| Silence earns mobster Whitey Bulger's girlfriend 21 more months in prison Posted: 28 Apr 2016 04:34 PM PDT
In the end, the former dental hygienist who ran away with Boston mob boss James "Whitey" Bulger and helped keep him hidden for 16 years was more loyal to the mob than any man. A federal judge ordered Catherine Greig, 65, to spend another 21 months in prison for refusing to tell a grand jury if anyone helped the couple while on the run. Continue reading... |
| Man caught on tape attacking pregnant, endangered seal on Hawaii beach Posted: 28 Apr 2016 04:02 PM PDT Footage taken on the island of Kauai shows an unidentified man repeatedly hitting the seal, who officials say was disturbed by the assault but not injured A man was caught on tape attacking a pregnant, endangered monk seal on a beach in Hawaii, sparking widespread outrage and prompting federal authorities to launch a search for the suspect. The alarming footage taken Tuesday night at Salt Pond Beach on the island of Kauai shows an unidentified man repeatedly hitting the seal, who officials say was disturbed by the assault but not injured. Continue reading... |
| Philip Hammond arrives in Cuba to help 'forge new links' Posted: 28 Apr 2016 03:32 PM PDT Minister becomes first British foreign secretary to visit Caribbean island since the 1959 communist revolution Philip Hammond has become the first British foreign secretary to visit Cuba since before the communist revolution of 1959. Arriving in Havana, Hammond said that Britain was keen to forge "new links" with the Caribbean nation. Continue reading... |
| For black voters, gun violence a more serious problem than police misconduct Posted: 28 Apr 2016 12:17 PM PDT Polls find that African American voters think violence within the black community is a bigger problem than racial prejudice in criminal justice system Black voters think most Americans simply do not care about urban gun violence, according to a new phone survey by a prominent Democratic polling firm. But for them, it's an crucial issue – and a more serious one than police misconduct. In a February poll, 80% of the registered black voters surveyed described gun violence in communities of color as an "extremely serious" problem, compared with only 50% who called police misconduct an "extremely serious" problem, and 69% who called the incarceration rate an "extremely serious" problem. Continue reading... |
| Syria's truce is over as airstrikes destroy Aleppo hospital Posted: 28 Apr 2016 11:17 AM PDT With at least 27 patients and staff reported dead, UN says urgent aid is needed amid multiple breaches of ceasefire Syria's eight-week truce was dead in all but name on Thursday after airstrikes destroyed an Aleppo hospital backed by Médecins Sans Frontières and the International Committee of the Red Cross, killing patients and doctors. Staffan de Mistura, the UN envoy for Syria, declared the cessation of hostilities agreement brokered by the US and Russia "barely alive". Jan Egeland, the UN's humanitarian coordinator, warned of a "catastrophic deterioration" in Aleppo in the past 24 to 48 hours. Continue reading... |
| Brawl breaks out in Turkey's parliament – video Posted: 28 Apr 2016 10:51 AM PDT Skirmishes between lawmakers from AK Party and the pro-Kurdish opposition break out on Wednesday causing a delay on government's efforts to pass legislation on a migration deal. The parliament has now been suspended until the following week |
| Obama declares disaster as Marshall Islands suffers worst-ever drought Posted: 28 Apr 2016 10:30 AM PDT The declaration will allow Fema to provide emergency relief to the archipelago, which received just a quarter of its usual rainfall during November to February Barack Obama has declared the severe drought in the Marshall Islands a disaster, opening the way for emergency US funding for the Pacific island nation. The disaster declaration, which follows a request from Marshallese president Hilda Heine on 1 April, will allow Fema to provide emergency relief to the archipelago, which is suffering one of its worst-ever droughts. Fema is able to provide federal assistance to overseas territories such as the Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, American Samoa and the Marshall Islands, as well as US states. Continue reading... |
| Labrador receives world’s first kevlar jacket for dogs – video Posted: 28 Apr 2016 10:23 AM PDT A motorcycling dog has been given the world's first Kevlar bike suit, designed especially for four-legged hairy bikers. Labrador Renee wears the tough suit to protect her when she travels in the sidecar of her owner's old Royal Enfield motorcycle. She also sports sunglasses on her journeys Continue reading... |
| Little girl pulled from rubble after airstrike on Aleppo – video Posted: 28 Apr 2016 10:18 AM PDT Video uploaded to social media, later verified by Reuters, purports to show a girl being pulled from rubble after an air-strike in Aleppo. Fighting has broken out in Syria recently as a fragile cease-fire struggles to suppress hostilities. Talks continue in Geneva but questions over the future of Assad is inhibiting progress Continue reading... |
| Syria’s peace talks begin to look like a cover for more war Posted: 28 Apr 2016 09:49 AM PDT Parties are paying lip-service to a 'political solution' even as a dysfunctional truce collapses around them Bombs hitting hospitals, doctors and rescue workers killed, civilians starving, scores of dead and injured every day – the raw, bleeding statistics of Syria's unending war are making a nonsense of an already fragile truce and destroying the slim hopes that peace talks can even carry on. Staffan de Mistura, the UN envoy for Syria, is a consummate diplomat, but this week he has struggled to mask a sense of rising panic – appealing to the US and Russia to come together to stave off what his humanitarian coordinator warned on Thursday would be a new "catastrophe" if violence did not stop. Continue reading... |
| Refugees stranded on UK military bases in Cyprus given fresh hope Posted: 28 Apr 2016 09:31 AM PDT High court orders Theresa May to reconsider refusal to allow six families entry into Britain More than 30 refugees who have been stranded in UK sovereign military bases in Cyprus since 1998 have been given fresh hope of finding a permanent home in Britain. The high court in London has ordered the home secretary, Theresa May, to reconsider her refusal to allow the six families entry on grounds she did not consider all the relevant circumstances. Continue reading... |
| Motorists warned of heavy traffic over bank holiday weekend Posted: 28 Apr 2016 09:04 AM PDT Traffic set to surge on Friday and reach peak on Saturday, with drivers told to expect 90-minute delays on popular routes Motorists have been warned to expect a particularly heavy dose of pre-bank holiday traffic on Friday, with the number of leisure trips by car expected to be 30% higher than in the May Day getaway last year. Forecasts of miserable weather may dampen the rush, but the AA said traffic would be around 25% busier than a normal Friday, and advised drivers to either set out early in the morning or wait till evening to miss the worst of the traffic. Continue reading... |
| Turkish security forces open fire on Kurds – video Posted: 28 Apr 2016 08:21 AM PDT Award-winning photographer and video journalist Refik Tekin captures the moment Turkish security forces open fire on Kurds without warning. The footage was shot in the Kurish city of Cizre, south-east Turkey, in January this year. Tekin was with a group of Kurds who wanted to evacuate bodies and injured people from the street Continue reading... |
| Putin hails first rocket launch from new cosmodrome Posted: 28 Apr 2016 08:03 AM PDT Launch of Soyuz 2.1a marks milestone for Russia's beleaguered space industry after series of embarrassments Russia has launched the first rocket from its new Vostochny cosmodrome, with President Vladimir Putin praising the event after dressing down officials over a delay caused by a technical glitch. The launch marks a milestone for Russia's beleaguered space sector, with the new spaceport in the far east of the country touted to signal a rebirth of an industry plagued by a string of embarrassments in recent years. Continue reading... |
| Aftermath of airstrike on Aleppo hospital – video Posted: 28 Apr 2016 04:30 AM PDT Footage uploaded to social media purports to show chaos after an airstrike targeted an MSF-supported hospital in a rebel-held area of Aleppo on Wednesday. MSF said doctors and patients were killed, including the last paediatrician in the Syrian city Continue reading... |
| Utrecht's cycling lessons for migrants: 'Riding a bike makes me feel more Dutch' Posted: 28 Apr 2016 02:00 AM PDT Refuge cities In a city where more than 60% of journeys are made by bike, a local community group is using cycling as a tool to integrate people from immigrant backgrounds into their new nation. Peter Walker pays a visit Naima gingerly pedals her bike round a corner of the car park and comes to a slightly wobbly halt. Feet safely back on tarmac she explains why, 27 years after coming to the Netherlands from Morocco, she has finally begun to learn that most Dutch of skills. "Being able to ride a bike means I can go cycling with my children – they cycle everywhere," the 47-year-old says. "I can do the shopping on it, and go and see friends. But also, being able to ride a bike makes me feel more Dutch, more part of the community." Continue reading... |
| Ebola leaves a painful legacy for survivors in Sierra Leone | Olivia Acland Posted: 28 Apr 2016 05:00 AM PDT Ebola survivors enduring social stigma and painful side-effects say Sierra Leone's government has failed to deliver on promises of free healthcare and support Take a flight of stone steps to the third floor of a narrow building in downtown Freetown and you'll arrive at a small room with billowing purple curtains, where a group of men and women are chatting over the background noise of television news. The peaceful atmosphere belies the suffering that has brought them together. Each of them has survived Ebola, which means they bear a double burden of social stigma coupled with painful side-effects. For those who lost loved ones in the epidemic, grief is laced with survivors' guilt. Continue reading... |
| US pledges $90m to South Sudan but warns of sanctions should peace fail Posted: 28 Apr 2016 04:28 AM PDT Arms embargo also a possibility if transitional government fails to deliver, says US envoy, as funds are promised for safe water, healthcare, food and shelter The US has promised almost $90m (£60m) of extra aid to South Sudan but warned its newly reconciled leaders that failure to engage properly with the peace process could result in sanctions or an arms embargo. Hopes that the country's two-year-long civil war may finally be drawing to an end rose this week after the former vice-president, Riek Machar, returned to the capital, Juba, to resume his role in a transitional government of national unity led by his opponent, President Salva Kiir. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump's lack of female support may ruin his campaign – and the GOP Posted: 28 Apr 2016 11:00 AM PDT With a poll showing nearly half of Republican female voters don't plan to support Trump, his nomination looks disastrous for a party trying to reinvent itself For the Republican women who have spent the past few years working to broaden the appeal of the Grand Old Party, Donald Trump arrived on the scene like a wrecking ball, tearing down the foundations they had laid over the past few years to try to create a more diverse and open party. With his penchant for bluster and disdain for political correctness, there are few slices of the American electorate the billionaire businessman has yet to offend. But one group in particular poses a real problem for Trump, should he become the nominee, and for the party, should it win the presidency and keep control of Congress in November – and that group happens to make up 51% of the population. Continue reading... |
| 'Mad as hell' middle class independents shape presidential race on their terms Posted: 28 Apr 2016 10:11 AM PDT In Rhode Island, where half of the voters don't pick a party preference, Sanders and Trump got independents to vote in primary – and both picked up wins Without traffic, it takes less than an hour to drive from the southern tip of Rhode Island, near the beachfront town of Watch Hill that Taylor Swift calls home part of the year, to the former mill town of Pawtucket in the north, where the Pawtucket Red Sox, the AAA affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, play ball at McCoy stadium. But historically, Rhode Island hasn't offered many attractions for presidential candidates during the primary season. A Republican needs 1,237 delegates to clinch the nomination; the state can offer him only 19. To win the Democratic nomination, a candidate requires commitments from 2,383 delegates. Rhode Island can deliver 33, seven of them superdelegates. Continue reading... |
| Ted Cruz reacts to John Boehner calling him ‘Lucifer in the flesh’ – video Posted: 28 Apr 2016 11:28 AM PDT Cruz fired back Thursday at the former House speaker for comments comparing the Republican presidential candidate to 'Lucifer' after his announcement of Carly Fiorina as his running mate. Cruz said he was surprised and claims to have never worked with the speaker. Boehner also called Cruz a 'miserable SOB' Continue reading... |
| Trump mocks Cruz-Fiorina partnership – video Posted: 28 Apr 2016 08:47 AM PDT On Wednesday, Donald Trump questioned why Ted Cruz would announce a running mate when he is supposedly 'mathematically eliminated' from the presidential race. Trump was speaking at a rally in Indianapolis after Cruz announced earlier in the day that former technology executive Carly Fiorina was his pick for vice-president Continue reading... |
| Putin watches first rocket launch from new Vostochny cosmodrome – video Posted: 28 Apr 2016 02:11 AM PDT Russian president Vladimir Putin watches the first rocket launch from the new Vostochny cosmodrome in the country's far east on Thursday. The unmanned Soyuz spacecraft was launched a day after a technical glitch thwarted a much-publicised event in a sign of continued crisis in the nation's space industry Continue reading... |
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