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- Ex-CIA spy admits tip led to Nelson Mandela's long imprisonment
- White House says Isis 'shrinking' as group launches new attacks in Iraq
- Beppe Grillo provokes outrage with Sadiq Khan ‘bomb’ joke
- Protesters call for near-total ban on abortions in Poland
- Netanyahu lashes out at Iran for 'mocking' Holocaust in cartoon contest
- 'Let the cultural relics talk': collector marks China’s Cultural Revolution
- Obama delivers commencement speech at Rutgers: 'Ignorance is not a virtue'
- Two escaped tigers recaptured in Netherlands
- Egyptians jailed after Red Sea island protests
- GOP leaders: 'People don't care' about Trump's woman problem
- Susan Sarandon blasts Woody Allen and Donald Trump at Cannes
- Google faces €3bn fine over shopping service
- Anger in Moscow, joy in Kiev, after Ukraine's Eurovision triumph
- Suicide bombers launch attack on Iraqi gas plant near Baghdad
- UK judges to rule on death penalties for 'intellectually disabled'
- Hillary Clinton's UFO investigation plans unlikely to achieve liftoff, experts say
- French former ministers launch attack on sexism in politics
- Rare whale found on Australian beach believed to be evolutionary throwback
- Deadly Texas bus crash investigated as federal authorities step in
- Reince Priebus: 'People don't care' about Trump's treatment of women – as it happened
- Donald Trump warns he may not have good relationship with David Cameron
- Stockpile near-death experiences and look anguished: a guide to expat etiquette
- Hazara people march on Kabul in power line protest
- Story of cities #43: how Dubai's World Trade Centre sold the city to the world
- Yanis Varoufakis to join tour urging leftwingers to vote to stay in EU
- Why do women still die in childbirth, asks Emily Watson – video
- The brutal economics of Zambia's illegal wildlife trade - in pictures
- Boris Johnson's Hitler analogy gains little newspaper backing
- US man shoots himself in foot while adjusting sock
- 'I need help': Sophie Trudeau's plea sparks anger in Canada
- Men charged over alleged terrorism boat plot to be extradited to Melbourne
- Election 2016: Turnbull and Shorten launch counter bids on manufacturing – politics live
- Foreign ministers hold Vienna talks as Isis threat to Libya grows
- Realpolitik hinders hunt for killer of Italian researcher in Egypt
- China marks 50 years since Cultural Revolution with silence
- Manus Island asylum seekers protest continuing detention
- Duterte vows to kill criminals and reintroduce hanging in Philippines
- UK could do more to defeat modern slavery | Letters
- Property and the cancer of corruption | Letters
- Suicide bombing in Yemen kills 25 people
- Canada wildfire: why a sleeping giant awoke in Alberta and became relentless
- 'Clergy must be retrained to deal with sex abuse disclosures'
- Fears that maternal health funding cuts could put lives at risk
| Ex-CIA spy admits tip led to Nelson Mandela's long imprisonment Posted: 15 May 2016 01:17 PM PDT Former operative says Americans believed the leader was 'completely under the control of the Soviet Union', report reveals A tip from a CIA spy to authorities in apartheid-era South Africa led to Nelson Mandela's arrest, beginning the leader's 27 years behind bars, a report said on Sunday. Donald Rickard, a former US vice-consul in Durban and CIA operative, told British film director John Irvin that he had been involved in Mandela's arrest in 1962, which was seen as necessary because the Americans believed he was "completely under the control of the Soviet Union", according to a report in the Sunday Times newspaper. Continue reading... |
| White House says Isis 'shrinking' as group launches new attacks in Iraq Posted: 15 May 2016 09:21 AM PDT Diplomat says militants losing territory as assault on natural gas plant kills 14 and bombings around Baghdad leave another 15 dead The Obama administration's diplomatic point man in the international fight against Islamic State has said the extremists have been losing control over territory, adding: "This perverse caliphate is shrinking." In Iraq, however, Isis launched a coordinated assault on a natural gas plant north of Baghdad that killed at least 14 people, while a string of other bomb attacks in or close to the capital killed 15 others, Iraqi officials said. Continue reading... |
| Beppe Grillo provokes outrage with Sadiq Khan ‘bomb’ joke Posted: 15 May 2016 03:11 PM PDT Opponents criticise leader of Italy's Five Star Movement after he makes suicide bomber jibe about new London major One of Italy's most popular politicians, the comedian Beppe Grillo, took a swipe at Sadiq Khan, saying London's first Muslim mayor would "blow himself up in front of Westminster". Racist and misogynist humour is not uncommon within extreme parties in Italian politics, but the remark by the head of the Five Star Movement (M5S), an anti-establishment party founded by Grillo in 2009, came as his own party's candidate, Virginia Raggi, is the leading contender to become the next mayor of Rome. Continue reading... |
| Protesters call for near-total ban on abortions in Poland Posted: 15 May 2016 11:21 AM PDT Activists backed by Catholic church want parliament to allow terminations only when needed to save a woman's life Anti-abortion groups have held marches across Poland in support of calls for a near-total ban on terminations in the staunchly Catholic country, where abortions are already heavily restricted. The current law adopted in 1993 bans all terminations except in pregnancies that result from rape or incest, pose a health risk to the mother, or where the foetus is severely deformed. Continue reading... |
| Netanyahu lashes out at Iran for 'mocking' Holocaust in cartoon contest Posted: 15 May 2016 06:12 AM PDT
Israeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu lashed out at Iran Sunday for staging a Holocaust-themed cartoon contest that mocked the Nazi genocide of 6 million Jews during the second world war. The Islamic Republic was busy planning for another one, he said. A State Department spokesman, traveling with secretary of state John Kerry in Saudi Arabia, expressed US concern about the contest, saying it should be "condemned by the authorities and civil society leaders rather than encouraged". Continue reading... |
| 'Let the cultural relics talk': collector marks China’s Cultural Revolution Posted: 15 May 2016 03:24 PM PDT Official records whitewash the details of the period, but admit that Mao Zedong made major mistakes Tucked away in south-western China's Sichuan province, a private collector stands virtually alone in exhibiting relics from the 1966-1976 Cultural Revolution. Monday marks the 50th anniversary of the start of the political movement, with no official commemorations planned. Official records whitewash the details of the period, but admit that Mao Zedong made major mistakes. Continue reading... |
| Obama delivers commencement speech at Rutgers: 'Ignorance is not a virtue' Posted: 15 May 2016 12:32 PM PDT President's wide-ranging graduation address defends factual knowledge and attacks isolationism as he targets Trump's border wall plan Barack Obama delivered a stinging rebuke to a culture of isolationism and falsehood, and an adamant defense of facts and science, in his commencement address to the Rutgers University graduating class of 2016 on Sunday. In a wide-ranging address, Obama singled out the issue of income inequality and proposed closing tax loopholes on hedge fund managers, highlighted the importance of voting and accountability, and commented on the problems of money in politics and climate change. Continue reading... |
| Two escaped tigers recaptured in Netherlands Posted: 15 May 2016 03:48 PM PDT Bengal tigers tranquillised after escaping from their shelter 90 miles north of Amsterdam Two Bengal tigers that escaped from a big cat shelter 90 miles north of Amsterdam have been recaptured, Dutch authorities said on Sunday. The tigers – Radja and Delhi – were free for four hours and were found in the woods surrounding the Felida refuge near the village of Oldeberkoop. After several botched attempts to capture them, the animals were eventually anaesthetised. Continue reading... |
| Egyptians jailed after Red Sea island protests Posted: 15 May 2016 09:12 AM PDT Protesters sentenced to five years in prison for attending peaceful anti-government demonstrations last month Two Cairo courts have convicted and sentenced to five years in jail more than 100 protesters for taking part in peaceful, anti-government demonstrations last month, officials said on Sunday. They said the 101 were convicted of breaking a disputed 2013 law that effectively bans street protests. Seventy-nine of them were fined 100,000 Egyptian pounds (£8,000) each and 54 were convicted and sentenced in absentia. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorised to speak to the media. Continue reading... |
| GOP leaders: 'People don't care' about Trump's woman problem Posted: 15 May 2016 02:59 PM PDT
After a week of make-up meetings with Donald Trump, Republican party leaders have arrived at a new strategy to accommodate their presumptive presidential nominee: ignore his problematic attitude to women, his tax issues and his fluctuating positions on trade, immigration, foreign relations and a host of other topics, and instead embrace the will of Republican voters. |
| Susan Sarandon blasts Woody Allen and Donald Trump at Cannes Posted: 15 May 2016 10:55 AM PDT Oscar winner also makes thoughts known on media's handling of US election, during panel to celebrate the 25th anniversary of Thelma and Louise Susan Sarandon did not hold back from airing her negative thoughts on Woody Allen, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton on Sunday, during a lively chat at the Cannes film festival. Related: Comparing Woody Allen to Polanski and Cosby is lazy and dangerous | Catherine Shoard Continue reading... |
| Google faces €3bn fine over shopping service Posted: 15 May 2016 10:27 AM PDT European Union believes Google has promoted its own shopping service at the expense of rivals Google faces a record antitrust fine of about €3bn euros (£2.4bn) from the European commission in the coming weeks, the Sunday Telegraph has said. The European Union has accused Google of promoting its shopping service in internet searches at the expense of rival offerings in a case that has dragged on since late 2010. Continue reading... |
| Anger in Moscow, joy in Kiev, after Ukraine's Eurovision triumph Posted: 15 May 2016 10:56 AM PDT Russian politicians call for boycott of next year's contest in protest at the political content of Jamala's winning song, 1944 Russia's political establishment reacted with howls of indignation on Sunday to Ukraine's victory at the Eurovision song contest, demanding an inquiry into how a politicised song was allowed to be included in the event and threatening to boycott next year's contest. Victory for Jamala, the Crimean Tatar jazz singer who won with a distinctly un-Eurovision ballad about the 1944 deportation of the Crimean Tatars, caused as much joy in Kiev as it did anger in Moscow, with Ukraine's president, Petro Poroshenko, thanking the singer on behalf of the whole country. Continue reading... |
| Suicide bombers launch attack on Iraqi gas plant near Baghdad Posted: 15 May 2016 02:26 AM PDT At least seven people killed in assault that echoes those carried out by Isis Suicide attackers have broken into a gas plant north of Baghdad, killing at least seven people and setting fire to gas tanks, officials have said. The attack on the Taji plant, about 12 miles (20km) north of the capital, happened at about 6am local time on Sunday. Continue reading... |
| UK judges to rule on death penalties for 'intellectually disabled' Posted: 15 May 2016 05:08 AM PDT Case of two Trinidadians on death row may set global precedent that could prevent the execution of people with extremely low IQs
The two-day hearing at the judicial committee of the privy council (JCPC) in London may set an international precedent that could prevent the execution of people on death row who have been diagnosed as "intellectually disabled". Continue reading... |
| Hillary Clinton's UFO investigation plans unlikely to achieve liftoff, experts say Posted: 15 May 2016 04:30 AM PDT The Democratic frontrunner has said she would look into alleged spottings as president – but there may not be much to investigate Hillary Clinton is entering uncharted territory in this presidential election. If she wins the White House, she would become the first female president, the first spouse of a former president to hold the office herself, and, possibly, the first president to have devoted time on the campaign trail to discussing UFOs. Continue reading... |
| French former ministers launch attack on sexism in politics Posted: 15 May 2016 05:33 AM PDT Seventeen high-profile women, including the IMF's Christine Lagarde, make public vow to expose abuse and harassment Seventeen female former government ministers including the International Monetary Fund chief, Christine Lagarde, have attacked the sexism and sexual harassment in the corridors of French power. Vowing to "no longer be silenced", the women pledged to make public "all sexist remarks, inappropriate gestures and behaviour". |
| Rare whale found on Australian beach believed to be evolutionary throwback Posted: 14 May 2016 08:08 PM PDT South Australian Museum researchers confounded by mysterious teeth previously unseen in beaked whales Scientists believe they have an uncovered an evolutionary throwback in a rare deep ocean whale that washed ashore on a South Australian beach. The beaked whale, found dead on Waitpinga beach in February, confounded examiners from the South Australian Museum who discovered two mysterious teeth previously unseen in that family of deep diving mammals. Continue reading... |
| Deadly Texas bus crash investigated as federal authorities step in Posted: 15 May 2016 07:27 AM PDT The crash that killed eight people was one of the deadliest bus accidents in the state's history – it was raining and no other vehicles were in the area at the time Federal authorities are investigating a charter bus crash in far-south Texas that killed eight people and injured 44 more in a single-vehicle rollover, officials said. Seven people died at the scene on Saturday morning on US Highway 83, about 46 miles north of Laredo, and another died at a hospital, Texas department of public safety trooper Conrad Hein said. Continue reading... |
| Reince Priebus: 'People don't care' about Trump's treatment of women – as it happened Posted: 15 May 2016 10:35 AM PDT
Nevada's Democratic party is holding its convention this weekend – one part of a multi-stage affair, following the state's close caucus results – and it has not gone calmly. The Hill reports: "Tensions were high at the Democratic convention in Nevada Saturday, with supporters of Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders demanding delegate recounts, booing Senator Barbara Boxer and causing other disruptions." @SenSanders Demanding a recount! NV convention getting ugly pic.twitter.com/24Fg0t8V0Z Calif Sen Barbara Boxer: If you boo me you're booing Bernie Sanders pic.twitter.com/mAAu6YNugZ NV DEMS get kicked out of Paris hotel after convention chaos. pic.twitter.com/YqIRg6vivB Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump warns he may not have good relationship with David Cameron Posted: 16 May 2016 01:02 AM PDT US presidential candidate also attacks London mayor Sadiq Khan calling him 'ignorant' and warning of consequences for criticism Donald Trump has warned that he may not have a "very good relationship" with David Cameron after the prime minister branded his proposal to ban Muslims from the US as "stupid". The US presidential hopeful also sniped at the new London mayor, Sadiq Khan, calling him "ignorant" for comments he made after being elected and warning him: "I will remember those statements." Continue reading... |
| Stockpile near-death experiences and look anguished: a guide to expat etiquette Posted: 16 May 2016 01:00 AM PDT Are you a foreign aid worker who only talks to other aid workers? Here's how to survive – and maybe one day escape – the trap There are two unmistakable signs that you live in an expat bubble. First, the only time that you talk to non-expats is at work. Second, you look around at any social gathering and realise that no one is actually from the country where said gathering is taking place. As always, you have choices. You can strike out on your own, boast of your friendships with local shopkeepers and street children, and tell everyone that you didn't travel overseas to spend your time drinking with Americans and Europeans. This is an honourable path, but might leave you lonely. Continue reading... |
| Hazara people march on Kabul in power line protest Posted: 16 May 2016 12:46 AM PDT Persecuted minority want changes to the route of transmission line bringing electricity from Turkmenistan Thousands of demonstrators from Afghanistan's Hazara minority have marched through Kabul to protest against the planned route of a multi-million dollar power transmission line, posing a major challenge to the government of Ashraf Ghani. Some protesters threw stones and tried to climb over shipping containers stacked up to block the streets into Kabul's government and diplomatic areas but no significant violence was reported by mid-morning on Monday. Continue reading... |
| Story of cities #43: how Dubai's World Trade Centre sold the city to the world Posted: 15 May 2016 11:30 PM PDT In the 1970s, the World Trade Centre stood beyond the edge of the city and convinced the world that oil-rich Dubai was open for business There is a story told about Dubai's World Trade Centre. It is about a businessman who came to the city in the early 1970s. He entered the court of Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed al Maktoum and asked for a piece of land on which to build. The sheikh consented, and sent a surveyor to show the businessman the site. The following day, the businessman returned to court and declined the offer saying, as politely as he could, that he had expected a site much closer to the city centre. Months later, upon seeing how quickly Dubai had sprawled outwards, he returned to court and grovelled. He had failed to see the sheikh's magnanimity, he said, and wished to have the lot after all. The sheikh informed him that the original site was now already spoken for, but offered another in its place. Once again, the businessman was taken to the site, this one much further out than the original offer. He turned his face in disgust and never returned. The second piece of land was the site of the World Trade Centre. Continue reading... |
| Yanis Varoufakis to join tour urging leftwingers to vote to stay in EU Posted: 15 May 2016 11:00 PM PDT Ex-Greek finance minister will help launch nationwide campaign alongside John McDonnell and Caroline Lucas
The senior figures from the political left are teaming up as part of the Another Europe is Possible campaign, in which they will make a progressive case for the UK to stay in. Continue reading... |
| Why do women still die in childbirth, asks Emily Watson – video Posted: 15 May 2016 11:00 PM PDT Imagine having a baby with no midwives, doctors or medicines nearby. Each year, more than 300,000 women die after complications in pregnancy and childbirth. Most of these deaths are preventable. Actor Emily Watson tells us why Continue reading... |
| The brutal economics of Zambia's illegal wildlife trade - in pictures Posted: 15 May 2016 11:00 PM PDT Frustrated by simplistic portrayals of poaching, photographer Benjamin Rutherford has documented the complex and violent trade in his new project, Nyama Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson's Hitler analogy gains little newspaper backing Posted: 16 May 2016 01:04 AM PDT National press reaction to his hyperbolic Nazi argument is largely hostile, and even the Brexit titles offer him only muted support What is it with former London mayors and Hitler? Ken Livingstone got himself suspended from the Labour party for his references to Adolf. Now Boris Johnson has talked himself into controversy by likening the European Union's supposed intention to create a superstate to Hitler's political ambitions. |
| US man shoots himself in foot while adjusting sock Posted: 15 May 2016 10:08 PM PDT Two hospitalised after pistol concealed inside sock goes off at a high school graduation ceremony in Kansas Two people have been wounded at a high school graduation ceremony in Kansas after a man shot himself in the foot and wounded another person after he fiddled with a gun which he had concealed in his sock. Tyler Brewer, the Augusta police chief, said the shooting was accidental and described it as a "knucklehead situation". Continue reading... |
| 'I need help': Sophie Trudeau's plea sparks anger in Canada Posted: 15 May 2016 07:19 PM PDT Criticism levelled at wife of prime minister Justin Trudeau dismissed as 'sexist and spiteful' after she says she needs more staff The wife of Canada's prime minister has sparked a fierce national debate after saying she needs more help to expand her official role and take on more public duties. Sophie Grégoire Trudeau last week told a French-language newspaper that she wanted to do more, but struggled with just one staff member. Continue reading... |
| Men charged over alleged terrorism boat plot to be extradited to Melbourne Posted: 15 May 2016 10:16 PM PDT Police allege the five Melbourne men were planning to sail a vessel from Queensland to Indonesia to travel on to Syria to join Isis Five men charged with terrorism-related offences over their alleged plan to leave Australia in a fishing boat and join Islamic State in Syria will be extradited from Cairns to Melbourne. The five, who are all from Melbourne and include Islamic preacher Musa Cerantonio, were arrested near Cairns last Tuesday towing the seven-metre vessel en route to the tip of Cape York. Continue reading... |
| Election 2016: Turnbull and Shorten launch counter bids on manufacturing – politics live Posted: 16 May 2016 12:24 AM PDT Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten begin the second week of the campaign on opposite sides of the country. Follow all the announcements and latest news here
James Massola from Fairfax Media has been pursuing the penalty rates issue over the afternoon. From his news report it seems he's rung ten unions for comment about Bill Shorten not signing up to the Greens position, which is legislating to protect penalty rates. Eight are saying nothing. Two, the AMWU and the ETU, are saying penalty rates need to be protected by any means necessary. Just worth mentioning I think, the ETU has in recent times supported the Greens and made donations to the party. The CFMEU has also made donations to the Greens. I'm not sure whether the AMWU has or not. Obviously trade unions kick in to Labor's campaigns as well.
I've enjoyed a brief dive down into the thread. Looks like everyone had a good rest over the weekend. Continue reading... |
| Foreign ministers hold Vienna talks as Isis threat to Libya grows Posted: 15 May 2016 10:00 PM PDT Tripoli is likely to submit requests for western partners to assist it with arms, training and intelligence at Vienna meeting Leading foreign ministers from Europe and the Middle East are to meet in Vienna on Monday under the joint chairmanship of the US and Italy to discuss how to bolster support for the UN-backed Libyan government in the face of deepening splits in the country over political legitimacy, oil resources and Islamic State. Elaborate plans to send thousands of Italian-led troops to the area are either on hold, or have been abandoned. But the west is still desperate to find ways to strengthen the political authority of the Tripoli-based government since it will help create a single military Libyan force able both to defeat Isis and tighten the control of refugees leaving the lawless coastland for Italy. Continue reading... |
| Realpolitik hinders hunt for killer of Italian researcher in Egypt Posted: 15 May 2016 10:00 PM PDT Tensions are high between Rome and Cairo after the death of Giulio Regeni, but a desire for Egypt's cooperation over Libya means diplomacy is needed Italy's attempts to put pressure on Egypt over the brutal killing of researcher Giulio Regeni are being hampered by a competing national security concern: getting Cairo's cooperation on Libya. Regeni's murder early this year, which many experts believe was committed by agents of the Egyptian state, has created intense diplomatic tensions between Rome and Cairo, culminating in the recall of Italy's ambassador to Egypt last month. Egypt has insisted it was not involved in Regeni's death. Continue reading... |
| China marks 50 years since Cultural Revolution with silence Posted: 15 May 2016 09:10 PM PDT Beijing shuts down any mention of the mayhem unleashed by Mao's declaration of war against the 'dictatorship of the bourgeoisie' Beijing has marked the 50th anniversary of one of the most devastating and defining events of 20th century China with silence. Chairman Mao's Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution – a decade-long period of political and social turmoil – began exactly 50 years ago on Monday. Continue reading... |
| Manus Island asylum seekers protest continuing detention Posted: 15 May 2016 05:46 PM PDT Detainees express anger over what they say is Australia's refusal to accept Papua New Guinea supreme court decision to close the detention centre Asylum seekers and refugees on Manus Island, detained under Australia's offshore processing regime, held protests over the weekend calling for an end to their detention after last month's supreme court ruling that the Papua New Guinea centre was illegal. Similar protests have been held on Nauru every day for almost two months. Continue reading... |
| Duterte vows to kill criminals and reintroduce hanging in Philippines Posted: 15 May 2016 05:26 PM PDT Tough-talking president-elect says he bring back capital punishment, which was banned in 2006 Philippines' president-elect Rodrigo Duterte has vowed to reintroduce capital punishment and give security forces the power to "shoot-to-kill" criminals. In his first press conference since winning the 9 May elections in a landslide, Duterte, the tough-talking mayor of the southern of Davao, warned his campaign threats to kill were not rhetoric. Continue reading... |
| UK could do more to defeat modern slavery | Letters Posted: 15 May 2016 11:29 AM PDT Felicity Lawrence has done her usual incisive and powerful piece on the growth of modern slavery in the UK (The gangmasters on our doorstep, 11 May). It raises three questions about which many of us working in the area are concerned. One is, that at a time when the remit of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority is to be extended, its resources are completely inadequate to deal effectively with the number of likely cases which may be identified. Second, and related, for the first year, data from the National Crime Agency shows that cases of trafficking for labour exploitation exceed those of trafficking for sexual exploitation, the form of modern slavery most people assume to be more significant. This means that a much wider range of organisations will need to develop the skills to identify and respond to it. And third, it is clear that much of the judiciary have yet properly to understand the appalling nature of forced labour and apply appropriate sentences. Legally, judges can apply up to life sentences, but many convictions are still met with derisory fines or periods of imprisonment. This makes many agencies, police included, reluctant to waste time and resources on achieving what might be marginal gains. • In March 2015, the Modern Slavery Act became law in the UK. This requires any business with a global turnover of £36m operating in any part of the UK to publish a slavery and human trafficking statement for each financial year from 31 March 2016. This statement must disclose the steps the business has taken during the financial year to ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in its own operations or in its supply chain. Given Felicity Lawrence's excellent article, it will be interesting to learn what each of the supermarkets are doing either to avoid sourcing suspect produce from East Anglia or, preferably, how they are using their collective influence to change the business practices there. Continue reading... |
| Property and the cancer of corruption | Letters Posted: 15 May 2016 11:14 AM PDT Campaign groups branded the anti-corruption summit in London a missed opportunity (Report, 13 May). David Cameron failed to force any concessions from the British Virgin Islands, while John Kerry said transparency in US states such as Delaware was "a matter for Congress". Surely this shouldn't surprise us? Tax havens are at the heart of a corrupt financial trade now worth at least $1trn worldwide and every country is involved. So how can this problem be solved? Gordon Brown is right to put emphasis on the EU as the only body that could apply real pressure on the US to increase transparency (Report, 12 May). But even an alliance between the US and Europe might simply push secret banking to other offshore territories in east Asia. The answer must be to campaign in the short term for greater EU-US cooperation, but at the same time work to construct a global economic community, capable of regulating all financial transactions. Continue reading... |
| Suicide bombing in Yemen kills 25 people Posted: 15 May 2016 06:28 AM PDT Islamic State claims responsibility for attack that appears to have targeted new police recruits at a security compound A suicide bombing in Yemen that apparently sought to target police recruits at a security compound has killed 25 people. The attack, which Islamic State has claimed responsibility for, happened on Sunday in the coastal city of Mukalla. Continue reading... |
| Canada wildfire: why a sleeping giant awoke in Alberta and became relentless Posted: 15 May 2016 03:00 AM PDT Those on the front lines ask what made this fire of 'unprecedented speed' different from the hundreds of other blazes that ignite yearly in the region A multi-headed monster. An animal of fire. The Beast. As it raged out of control across northern Alberta and burst into Fort McMurray with unparalleled ferocity, the wildfire began racking up a list of colourful nicknames. Continue reading... |
| 'Clergy must be retrained to deal with sex abuse disclosures' Posted: 15 May 2016 02:08 AM PDT Sarah Mullally's plan follows inquiry into Church of England's handling of case of 'Joe', whose disclosures were not acted on Senior Church of England clergy must undergo systematic retraining to deal properly with disclosures of sexual abuse amid continuing concern that survivors are being ignored, sidelined or intimidated, bishops are to be told next week. An action plan drawn up by Sarah Mullally, the bishop of Crediton, is also expected to propose that local autonomy on safeguarding issues be reduced in favour of a consistent response which meets nationally determined standards. |
| Fears that maternal health funding cuts could put lives at risk Posted: 15 May 2016 11:00 PM PDT As the Women Deliver conference starts in Copenhagen, the UN agency responsible for reducing global maternal mortality faces a £98m shortfall The UN agency responsible for ending deaths in childbirth is facing a $140m (£98m) shortfall in its budget this year, putting the lives of tens of thousands of women at risk. The UN population fund, UNFPA, had been expecting about $482m (£335m) from member states this year for its core budget, which funds operational costs. But huge cuts from some of the agency's largest donors means it will now receive around $340m (£237m). Continue reading... |
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