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- Venezuela president Nicolás Maduro declares state of emergency
- Ted Cruz shuns mention of Donald Trump in return to Republican stage
- Ukraine wins Eurovision song contest with politically charged 1944
- Pfizer death penalty drug decision welcomed by activists but states fight on
- Packed beaches and gridlock loom large as tourists swap terrorism hotspots for Spain
- Fifa’s independent audit committee president resigns in protest at reforms
- Melbourne men charged over alleged plot to sail tinnie to Indonesia
- At least three killed in Moscow cemetery brawl
- Topshop protesters stage demonstration in London against Philip Green
- World's smallest porpoise 'at edge of extinction' as illegal gillnets take toll
- Trump fever in Appalachia raises warnings for Clinton in coal country
- David Miliband: close the world's refugee camps
- Obama's 'Hope' poster artist says president has been too quiet
- 'Desperate': Boris Johnson criticised for likening EU to Nazi superstate
- Mustang review – teen tension in Anatolia
- Dami Im reveals ambitions to crack Europe after close finish at Eurovision
- Ukraine wins as Eurovision dials back the kitsch …well, a little bit
- A move to the country will hit your wallet
- Moody's downgrades Saudi Arabia credit rating over oil price slump
- Down to the last three: can science save northern white rhino from extinction?
- Election 2016: week two opens with low-key policies and top gear Abbott
- Eyewitness: London, UK
- Suspected Islamist militant arrested over Bangladesh gay activist murders
- Daniel Andrews says he won't take advice 'from bigots' on Safe Schools
- Pig’s head found outside German chancellor Angela Merkel’s office
- Fertility doctor arrested over claims woman's eggs taken without consent
- London priest arrested in Kosovo
- Up All Night: France’s young target Hollande over labour reforms
- Mexican court absolves three soldiers accused of killing suspects
- Pfizer’s lethal injection drug ban raises fears of alternative execution methods in US
- Will Canada become America's cannabis capital?
- New RSPCA chief promises less adversarial approach
- Global crises overwhelming aid system, says migration chief
| Venezuela president Nicolás Maduro declares state of emergency Posted: 14 May 2016 12:17 PM PDT Beleaguered leader invokes power to 'confront threats' as US officials warn country could disintegrate Venezuela's president, Nicolás Maduro, has declared a state of emergency, hours after US intelligence officials warned that the South American country could be on the brink of disintegration. The powers Maduro obtains after Friday night's declaration allow him "to stabilise our country, and confront all the international and national threats against our fatherland in this moment", the president said, but he did not detail how he intends to use them. Continue reading... |
| Ted Cruz shuns mention of Donald Trump in return to Republican stage Posted: 14 May 2016 01:31 PM PDT
Ted Cruz dared not speak the name of the man who defeated him for the Republican nomination for president on Saturday, avoiding mention of the candidate he once called both "terrific" and a "buffoon" and instead telling Texans he would fight on in the vanguard of a far-right conservative movement. Continue reading... |
| Ukraine wins Eurovision song contest with politically charged 1944 Posted: 14 May 2016 04:33 PM PDT Singer Jamala calls for 'peace and love' after beating rivals with ballad about deportation of Crimean Tatars, seen as criticism of Russia's actions in 2014 Ukraine has won the 2016 Eurovision song contest with an entry whose politically charged lyrics have caused tensions with neighbouring Russia. Singer-songwriter Jamala was crowned the winner for her haunting rendition of the ballad 1944, which evoked the deportation of Crimean Tatars by Josef Stalin and has been interpreted as a criticism of Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014. As she collected her trophy, she pleaded for "peace and love". Before the final, which was held in Stockholm on Saturday evening and seen by many as the most politicised edition of the competition to date, Jamala had said her victory would show that Europeans were "ready to hear about the pain of other people". Continue reading... |
| Pfizer death penalty drug decision welcomed by activists but states fight on Posted: 14 May 2016 12:43 PM PDT
"You got your justice right here," the convicted child-killer Pablo Vasquez said as the lethal injection took effect. He grew dizzy, snorted, dropped his head to the pillow on the gurney and took his last breaths. Related: Pfizer blocks its drugs from being used in lethal injections in prisons Continue reading... |
| Packed beaches and gridlock loom large as tourists swap terrorism hotspots for Spain Posted: 14 May 2016 12:48 PM PDT Record numbers of cruise ships, airport capacity pushed to the limit and on the roads. But the Balearics find welcome cash also brings headaches The beaches are not yet packed on a windy weekend in the Balearic islands and few have ventured into the brusque waves. But even though the summer season is just under way, the bars, restaurants and roads of Mallorca are thronged with people and traffic. Related: Barcelona's tourist hordes are target for radical new mayor Ada Colau Continue reading... |
| Fifa’s independent audit committee president resigns in protest at reforms Posted: 14 May 2016 05:24 AM PDT • Scala believes new Fifa council has taken away ability to audit independently • 'New rule undermines a central pillar of the good governance of Fifa' Gianni Infantino's supposed new era of transparency and reform at Fifa is facing its first major challenge after the head of the president's audit and compliance committee resigned over fears new rules would compromise independence and impede investigations into corruption at football's troubled world body. Domenico Scala who helped draw up the reforms Infantino is banking on to help rebuild the governing body's battered reputation, quit after Fifa members passed rules giving the new Fifa council the power to appoint and dismiss members of independent committees until next year's congress in Kuala Lumpur. Continue reading... |
| Melbourne men charged over alleged plot to sail tinnie to Indonesia Posted: 14 May 2016 07:09 PM PDT Charges laid of making preparations for incursions into foreign countries to engage in hostile activities, which carries life sentence Five Melbourne men who allegedly wanted to use a small fishing boat to reach Indonesia and join Islamic State in Syria have been charged with terrorism-related offences. The men were arrested near Cairns on Tuesday towing a seven-metre "tinnie", or dinghy, en route to Cape York in far North Queensland. |
| At least three killed in Moscow cemetery brawl Posted: 14 May 2016 11:01 AM PDT Apparent fight over right to work in Khovanskoye cemetery leads to 23 being hospitalised in serious condition and more than 90 arrests At least three people were killed on Saturday when a mass brawl involving hundreds of people erupted at a Moscow cemetery, officials have said. At least 23 have been taken to hospital, according to a spokesman for Moscow's health department, four of them severely. Police have made more than 90 arrests. Two of those killed were hit by a car driven by someone leaving the scene, according to a Moscow police spokeswoman, Sofia Khotina. She said the three people in the car, who were armed with guns, were among those detained by police. Continue reading... |
| Topshop protesters stage demonstration in London against Philip Green Posted: 14 May 2016 12:54 PM PDT Protesters demonstrated outside Topshop in Oxford Circus as part of a campaign for a real living wage for cleaners at the fashion retailer Protesters in central London have blocked traffic in a demonstration against Topshop and Sir Philip Green, the chairman of the Arcadia group that owns the store. After congregating outside the company's flagship store in Oxford Circus, between 150 and 200 protesters from a number of organisations stood in the road stopping buses and cars and chanting, "Topshop, shame on you". The demonstration was organised as part of a campaign for a real living wage for cleaners at the fashion retailer. Teresa Grey, of the United Voices of the World trade union, said the group took to the streets to "make their voices heard". She said: "Two Topshop cleaners joined our union. For that, one was sacked, the other suspended." Asked where they were marching to, she said: "No idea. We're just marching." Continue reading... |
| World's smallest porpoise 'at edge of extinction' as illegal gillnets take toll Posted: 13 May 2016 09:48 PM PDT Now only 60 of Mexico's vaquita marina left despite the navy enforcing a ban on the fishing net, latest study shows Environmentalists warned on Friday that Mexico's vaquita marina, the world's smallest porpoise, was close to extinction as the government reported that only 60 were now left. Related: Mexico to employ drones in tracking endangered porpoise species Continue reading... |
| Trump fever in Appalachia raises warnings for Clinton in coal country Posted: 14 May 2016 09:44 AM PDT Hillary Clinton may not be able to count on support in mountain and mining states in the same way Barack Obama and her husband did Bill Clinton returned to Appalachia this week with a familiar song ringing in his ears. Fleetwood Mac's Don't Stop (Thinking About Tomorrow) was a campaign anthem that helped the "Big Dog" win two presidential elections in the 1990s in this mountain region. |
| David Miliband: close the world's refugee camps Posted: 14 May 2016 02:21 AM PDT Former UK foreign secretary calls for wealthy nations to accept nearly two million of the most vulnerable refugees David Miliband, the former UK foreign secretary, has called for an end to the refugee camp system and the reform of humanitarian institutions "that were designed for yesterday's problems, not tomorrow's". Wealthy nations should accept the most vulnerable 10% of the world's 19.5 million refugees, Miliband said, and provide economic support to less wealthy countries to integrate new arrivals as full-time residents. Continue reading... |
| Obama's 'Hope' poster artist says president has been too quiet Posted: 15 May 2016 12:37 AM PDT Shepard Fairey, creator of image that defined Democrat's 2008 campaign, says Obama could have done more The artist behind Barack Obama's famous Hope campaign poster has accused the US president of failing to live up to expectations by being too quiet on controversial issues. Shepard Fairey, who created the image for the 2008 presidential election campaign, said Obama had "gone quiet on a lot of things" during his two terms in the White House. Continue reading... |
| 'Desperate': Boris Johnson criticised for likening EU to Nazi superstate Posted: 15 May 2016 12:15 AM PDT Leave campaigner's incendiary comparison comes as Nigel Farage says he could imagine working with former mayor Boris Johnson has been attacked for losing his "moral compass" by making "offensive and desperate" comments that compared European Union efforts to build a superstate to Hitler's attempt to dominate the continent. The former mayor of London drew criticism overnight on Saturday after making the link between the EU and the Nazi dictator in a newspaper interview. While he acknowledged that the EU was using "different methods" to the Nazis, his incendiary comparison quickly enraged Remain campaigners. Continue reading... |
| Mustang review – teen tension in Anatolia Posted: 15 May 2016 12:00 AM PDT Deniz Gamze Ergüven's debut is an accomplished study of what it means to be young and female in Turkey Deep in rural Anatolia, five teenage sisters start to test out their sexuality, like foals taking their tentative first steps on unsteady legs. And the conservative community around them responds with panic, in this terrific, Oscar-nominated first feature. Their collective beauty automatically makes them morally suspect. And in a culture in which a woman's worth is still measured by her marriageability, this is a serious blow to their prospects. The grandmother who has raised them since they were orphaned bows to pressure from the men in the family and locks down the girls' freedom. After subjecting the three oldest to medical inspections to check their purity, the windows are barred and the house turned into a "wife factory". One by one, the sisters are brokered for marriage like stock animals; meanwhile, the youngest, Lale (Güneş Şensoy), who narrates the film, dreams of taking charge of her own life and escaping to Istanbul. Continue reading... |
| Dami Im reveals ambitions to crack Europe after close finish at Eurovision Posted: 14 May 2016 10:14 PM PDT Australian singer's entry, Sound of Silence, earned the most jury votes but fell short on the public vote Dami Im has revealed her ambitions to crack the European market after narrowly missing out on winning the Eurovision song contest for Australia in Stockholm on Saturday night. The 27-year-old Brisbane-based singer said she gave 150% at Eurovision and had no regrets after coming second. Her entry, Sound of Silence, earned the most jury votes but fell short on the public vote, which gave the contest to Ukraine's Jamala and her song 1944. Continue reading... |
| Ukraine wins as Eurovision dials back the kitsch …well, a little bit Posted: 14 May 2016 04:46 PM PDT A bit of politics, a bit of schmaltz, and a silly costume secured the prize Eurovision ground down a tiny notch back to relative sanity last night, which is only to say it was still as sweetly mad as a fish in a sporran. In Stockholm's Globe arena, and in a remarkable break from recent tradition, some of the music wasn't bad. None of it was actually good. But Sweden put on a terrific show, at one stage featuring the hosts, the remarkably funny Petra Mede and Måns Zelmerlöw, doing such a horribly knowing song-and-dance about the whole thing that you began to fear that this was the very moment irony began to eat itself. But there was still gentle, old-fashioned irony to be had. Chiefly of course, for viewers, courtesy of Graham Norton. "Over the past few years, via the semi-finals, a lot of the dross has been filtered out. Not tonight, ladies and gentlemen! A couple of corkers have made it through the net…" His inheritance of the Wogan mantle is complete, but there are fresher thorns here, as should be the way. Continue reading... |
| A move to the country will hit your wallet Posted: 14 May 2016 04:05 PM PDT People who grow up in rural areas earn less than peers and face 'pay penalty' later Living the good life can seriously damage your wealth. Research suggests that anyone aspiring to live in the countryside, but wanting to climb the earnings ladder, should do so only after a lengthy spell of urban dwelling. The first analysis of its kind, published by the British Sociological Association in the journal Work, Employment and Society, has found that people who grow up in rural areas earn less than their urban equivalents even after they move to cities for work. Continue reading... |
| Moody's downgrades Saudi Arabia credit rating over oil price slump Posted: 14 May 2016 05:48 PM PDT Ratings agency also downgrades Gulf oil producers Bahrain and Oman, but leaves Kuwait and Qatar unchanged Saudi Arabia's credit rating has been downgraded by Moody's because of the long and deep slump in oil prices. Moody's Investors Service said it also downgraded Gulf oil producers Bahrain and Oman. It left ratings unchanged for other Gulf states including Kuwait and Qatar. |
| Down to the last three: can science save northern white rhino from extinction? Posted: 14 May 2016 04:05 PM PDT International project will use IVF and stem-cell technology in an attempt to resurrect the species Under the watchful eyes of a group of heavily armed guards, three rhinos graze on the grassland of the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. Most of the world knows that the rhinoceros is threatened, but the status of these animals is in another league. They are the planet's last three northern white rhinos. None is capable of breeding. The northern white, which once roamed Africa in its thousands, is in effect extinct. The three – named Sudan, Najin and Fatu – are the last of their kind. In a few months, however, a group of scientists from the US, Germany, Italy and Japan will attempt the seemingly impossible: to rescue the northern white rhino – smaller and hairier than its southern cousin – from the jaws of extinction. In October, they plan to remove the last eggs from the two female northern whites and by using advanced reproductive techniques, including stem cell technology and IVF, create embryos that could be carried to term by surrogate rhino mothers. The northern white could then be restored to its former glory. The procedure would be a world first. Continue reading... |
| Election 2016: week two opens with low-key policies and top gear Abbott Posted: 14 May 2016 11:26 PM PDT Malcolm Turnbull's campaign tries to stay positive amid doctors' revolt while Tony Abbott lists his achievements Malcolm Turnbull has announced a $54m program for diabetic children, on a day his campaign sought to stay positive in the face of a doctors' revolt over a Medicare funding freeze and a triumphalist campaign launch from Tony Abbott. On Sunday the New South Wales premier, Mike Baird, helped launch Abbott's re-election bid for his north Sydney seat of Warringah at the Queenscliff surf life saving club. Continue reading... |
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| Suspected Islamist militant arrested over Bangladesh gay activist murders Posted: 14 May 2016 11:50 PM PDT Magazine editor Xulhaz Mannan and fellow activist Mahbub Tonoy were hacked to death in Dhaka by at least six men carrying machetes and guns Bangladesh police have arrested a suspected Islamic militant over the hacking to death of two gay rights activists, part of a spate of murders of intellectuals, writers and religious minorities, an officer said on Sunday. Xulhaz Mannan, editor of a magazine for Bangladesh's gay and lesbian community, and fellow activist Mahbub Tonoy were murdered in a Dhaka apartment last month by at least six men carrying machetes and guns. Continue reading... |
| Daniel Andrews says he won't take advice 'from bigots' on Safe Schools Posted: 14 May 2016 11:00 PM PDT Victorian premier defends launch of web page containing original material on sexual diversity removed by federal government Victoria won't take advice from bigots about changing the Safe Schools anti-bullying program so it no longer includes controversial information on gender and sexuality issues, its premier says. The Victorian education department on Sunday launched a web page containing the original material used to teach students about sexual diversity that has been removed from the federal government's amended version. Continue reading... |
| Pig’s head found outside German chancellor Angela Merkel’s office Posted: 14 May 2016 09:38 PM PDT Police patrol discovered the animal's head outside Merkel's constituency office in the Baltic sea town of Stralsund German police said on Saturday they found a pig's head bearing an "insulting inscription" outside Chancellor Angela Merkel's constituency office in the country's northeast. A police patrol discovered the animal's head outside the office in the Baltic sea town of Stralsund in the early hours of Saturday. Continue reading... |
| Fertility doctor arrested over claims woman's eggs taken without consent Posted: 14 May 2016 06:36 PM PDT Italian doctor Severino Antinori detained in Italy after nurse alleged she was held, anaesthetised and had eggs removed A fertility doctor has been put under house arrest in Italy after a nurse alleged some of her eggs were surgically removed without her consent at his clinic. Related: Indian doctors raise IVF concerns after woman in her 70s gives birth Continue reading... |
| London priest arrested in Kosovo Posted: 14 May 2016 02:56 PM PDT Laurence Soper is the former abbot of Ealing Abbey and is wanted in connection with child sex abuse allegations A priest wanted in connection with child sex abuse allegations at a school where he taught for 12 years has been arrested in Kosovo five years after he failed to respond to police bail. Laurence Soper, the former abbot of the Benedictine monastery of Ealing Abbey in west London, failed to respond to bail in March 2011 and was thought to have been in Rome when a European arrest warrant was put out for him months later. He had been arrested and released on police bail the previous year. Continue reading... |
| Up All Night: France’s young target Hollande over labour reforms Posted: 14 May 2016 12:35 PM PDT The youth-led movement occupying Place de la République is angry with France's political elite, particularly the Socialists In Paris's Place de la République, in the shadow of Marianne – the allegorical symbol of liberté, egalité, fraternité – all the talk is of defiance, despite the many baton-wielding riot police. After an extraordinary week in which France's Socialist government resorted to emergency constitutional powers to force through deeply divisive reforms to employment law – avoiding a parliamentary vote it would almost certainly have lost – the youthful movement whose protests have spread across France is debating its response. Continue reading... |
| Mexican court absolves three soldiers accused of killing suspects Posted: 14 May 2016 10:58 AM PDT Soldiers are freed after federal attorney general's office acquits men of charges of homicide and finds lack of evidence of a coverup A Mexican civilian court has freed the last three soldiers accused of homicide in a 2014 incident in which at least a dozen suspects were allegedly executed after they surrendered. The federal attorney general's office released a statement at 11pm on Friday, saying the three were absolved of charges of homicide, cover-up and alteration of evidence for lack of evidence. Continue reading... |
| Pfizer’s lethal injection drug ban raises fears of alternative execution methods in US Posted: 14 May 2016 07:40 AM PDT Human rights campaigners warn action is needed to stop use of unlicensed drugs or other legally unsatisfactory methods Human rights groups have welcomed news that pharmaceutical firm Pfizer is to block the sale of its drugs in the US to perform executions, but warned that legally dubious alternatives could take their place. All companies licensed by the US government to manufacture drugs for state executions have now blocked their use in lethal injections. Continue reading... |
| Will Canada become America's cannabis capital? Posted: 14 May 2016 03:00 AM PDT Plans to legalise recreational marijuana in Canada have those south of the border worried they'll lose their lead in the emerging pot industry He may be the chief executive of Denver's largest marijuana dispensary, ground zero for America's fastest growing industry, but Andy Williams struggles with a lot of financial hurdles. The First Bank of Colorado closed the accounts of everyone in the family business, Medicine Man Technologies, including children who have no part in the industry. Williams can't take on any investment and needs to fund expansion through personal loans from friends and family. |
| New RSPCA chief promises less adversarial approach Posted: 14 May 2016 01:08 AM PDT Jeremy Cooper says group made mistakes in past and often drifted into political activism rather than supportive, animal welfare society Failed prosecutions in the name of animal rights, politicised campaigns and adversarial leadership at the RSPCA have damaged the organisation, its new head has said. Jeremy Cooper said his arrival heralds a new direction for the charity that will in future try to "make friends and influence people" and depart from the fiery rhetoric deployed in the past. Continue reading... |
| Global crises overwhelming aid system, says migration chief Posted: 14 May 2016 12:06 PM PDT Istanbul summit to tackle growing demands on aid agencies struggling to cope with competing emergencies The world's top official managing migration flows has warned that the global aid system is crumbling under an overwhelming number of crises, from wars across the Middle East and Asia to natural disasters and earthquakes. Related: Why is the cost of hosting refugees falling on the world's poorest states? Continue reading... |
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