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- Huge hunt for wreckage of EgyptAir MS804 in Mediterranean
- Taiwan's new president Tsai Ing-wen vows to reduce dependence on Beijing
- Second Chibok schoolgirl 'rescued' from Boko Haram, Nigerian army says
- Israel's defence minister quits over rift with Binyamin Netanyahu
- San Francisco police chief resigns in wake of fatal shootings and scandals
- Chinese officials create 488m bogus social media posts a year, study finds
- Norbert Hofer: is Austria's presidential hopeful a 'wolf in sheep's clothing'?
- Justin Trudeau apologises again as 'elbowgate' darkens 'sunny ways' image
- Oklahoma officials backed use of wrong drug in botched execution – grand jury
- Israeli PM asks Avigdor Lieberman to be defence minister in shock move
- Canada joins anti-Brexit sentiment and urges Britain to stay in the EU
- Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro accused of being 'as mad as a goat'
- Singapore reprieves Malaysian murderer hours before execution
- Poland detains pro-Kremlin party leader for 'spying'
- Robbers armed with pump-action shotguns raid Paris Chanel store
- UK's ‘chaotic system’ leaves refugees on the street, says charity
- Up to 200,000 students could miss vote on EU referendum, poll shows
- Story of cities #47: Myanmar rising – how democracy is changing Yangon's skyline
- Meet the woman taking on a century of patriarchy in Fifa
- Eastern promises: why migrant workers are turning their backs on Russia
- Reopening of Alexandra Palace and park - archive, 20 May 1901
- 'He's not eating Oreos any more': Donald Trump weighs in for Chris Christie
- Argentine lawyer Alberto Nisman 'may have been forced to kill himself'
- Campaign catchup: daggers drawn over federal police NBN raid
- India records its hottest day ever as temperature hits 51C (that's 123.8F)
- Japan 'outraged' after US air base worker arrested in murder case
- Canada's Trans Mountain oil pipeline clears hurdle despite fears for seaway
- Give refugee children an education in the UK | Letters
- Terrorism 'most likely' cause of EgyptAir flight MS804 crash
- Alberta wildfire spreads out from Fort McMurray to Saskatchewan
- Sole Briton on flight MS804 had just become father for second time
- China demands US military 'stop spying' over South China Sea
- Muhammadu Buhari vows to fund education of Boko Haram victim
- Britain’s suffragettes don’t need another statue | Letters
- Fears over flying to Egypt only increase after crash of flight MS804
- Passengers' families await news of missing EgyptAir flight MS804
- Romania calls on citizens to help buy Brâncuși sculpture
- What do we know about why EgyptAir flight MS804 crashed?
- Three out of four Syrians believe a political solution can end the war
- Loss of EgyptAir flight MS804 is another blow to Egyptian tourism industry
- Global life expectancy increases to 71.4 years
- Bull spearing outlawed by Spanish regional government
- President says Venezuela won't be next to fall, but he may not have a choice
- Proposed EU trade treaty threatens progressive laws, say campaigners
- Auschwitz mug reveals jewellery hidden 70 years ago
- For Russia, Brexit would be an opportunity not a tragedy
- Odd ones out: share your photos of the most out of place city buildings
- More than just a flood defence: how Vejle built a blueprint for resilience
- Silence far from golden for child labourers in the mines of Uganda
- Why are so many children around the world out of school? – podcast
- Everything you need to know about the world humanitarian summit
- Will 'Trumpism' replace conservatism?
- The world's longest pizza – in pictures
- Missing EgyptAir flight: what we know so far – video
- Aftermath of B-52 bomber crash on Guam – video
- Ebola survivor Pauline Cafferkey: I feared I'd die a horrible death – video
| Huge hunt for wreckage of EgyptAir MS804 in Mediterranean Posted: 19 May 2016 09:39 PM PDT France, Greece and Turkey join Egypt's navy scanning the sea, while US deploys surveillance aircraft A huge hunt is under way in the Mediterranean for debris from the EgyptAir jet that swerved abruptly and disappeared from radar while carrying 66 people from Paris to Cairo. EgyptAir initially claimed it had found part of the wreckage and life jackets belonging to MS804 near the island of Karpathos, east of Crete, but the airline's vice-president, Ahmed Adel, later said: "We stand corrected". Continue reading... |
| Taiwan's new president Tsai Ing-wen vows to reduce dependence on Beijing Posted: 19 May 2016 11:26 PM PDT As the new leader is sworn in, she refuses to embrace the idea that Taiwan and mainland China are part of 'one China' Taiwan's first female president has been sworn into office, vowing to use her position as the most powerful woman in the Chinese-speaking world to promote democracy and freedom in a speech likely to incur the wrath of Beijing. Four months after winning a historic landslide election, Tsai Ing-wen, from the Democratic Progressive party (DPP), formally took up her post on Friday morning. Continue reading... |
| Second Chibok schoolgirl 'rescued' from Boko Haram, Nigerian army says Posted: 19 May 2016 03:12 PM PDT Another schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram in 2014 was released Thursday, two days after Amina Ali Darsha Nkeki was found by vigilante militant group A second schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram from the north-eastern Nigerian town of Chibok in 2014 has been freed, according to the Nigerian military. An army spokesman said that Serah Luka had been "rescued" on Thursday morning, along with 96 other women and children held captive by Boko Haram. The spokesman, Sani Kukasheka Usman, said that 35 Boko Haram fighters had also been killed in "clearance operations". Continue reading... |
| Israel's defence minister quits over rift with Binyamin Netanyahu Posted: 19 May 2016 11:39 PM PDT Moshe Yaalon resigns in wake of prime minister's move to replace him as part of bid to shore up coalition government Israel's defence minister has announced his resignation, citing poor faith in the prime minister after Binyamin Netanyahu proposed replacing him as part of a move to expand the coalition government. Moshe Yaalon said on Twitter: "I informed the PM that after his conduct and recent developments, and given the lack of faith in him, I am resigning from the government and parliament and taking a break from political life." Continue reading... |
| San Francisco police chief resigns in wake of fatal shootings and scandals Posted: 19 May 2016 07:20 PM PDT SFPD boss Greg Suhr resigns just hours after officers fatally shot a 27-year-old black woman and as the police department faces a bigotry scandal San Francisco police chief Greg Suhr resigned on Thursday, at the request of mayor Ed Lee and just hours after police officers shot and killed a black woman in the city's Bayview neighborhood. Suhr is one of a growing number of police chiefs to lose their jobs in the wake of widespread protest of fatal police shootings, especially of blacks and Latinos, and a national debate about excessive use of force. Continue reading... |
| Chinese officials create 488m bogus social media posts a year, study finds Posted: 20 May 2016 12:44 AM PDT Harvard researchers say leaked documents show bureaucrats fabricate positive posts to distract from criticism of government The Chinese government is fabricating almost 490m social media posts a year as part of a "massive secretive operation" designed to distract the public from criticising or questioning its rule, according to a study. China's "Fifty Cent Party" – a legion of freelance online trolls so-named because they are believed to be paid 50 cents a post – has long been blamed for flooding the Chinese internet with pro-regime messages designed to defend and promote the ruling Communist party. Continue reading... |
| Norbert Hofer: is Austria's presidential hopeful a 'wolf in sheep's clothing'? Posted: 19 May 2016 05:33 AM PDT Rightwing candidate has presented himself as centrist but some commentators warn his charm masks extreme right background The man who could on Sunday become Austria's first rightwing populist president likes to present himself as a centrist. The Austrian Freedom party (FPÖ), Norbert Hofer argued in a recent interview, was far from rightwing but "to the left of the US Democrats". Austria, he said, was "blessed" not to have an extremist party like Greece's Golden Dawn. Last month, Hofer's pitch as a consensus-building reformer of Austria's static political system helped him defy the polls and gain a 35% victory in the first round of the presidential elections, leaving the candidates of the centre-left Social Democratic party (SPÖ) and centre-right People's party (ÖVP), who have shared the post between themselves since 1945, floundering in his wake. Continue reading... |
| Justin Trudeau apologises again as 'elbowgate' darkens 'sunny ways' image Posted: 19 May 2016 10:28 AM PDT Canadians criticise and attempt to make sense of prime minister's 'manhandling' of MPs and the unprecedented melee in parliament Justin Trudeau apologised for a third time on Thursday over accusations that he "manhandled" a member of parliament and elbowed another, as Canadians wondered what to make of an unprecedented physical fracas in parliament involving the prime minister. Canada's normally staid House of Commons erupted into chaos on Wednesday, after the visibly annoyed Trudeau marched into a group of MPs, grabbed Conservative Gordon Brown by the arm and led him out of the group. Continue reading... |
| Oklahoma officials backed use of wrong drug in botched execution – grand jury Posted: 19 May 2016 04:24 PM PDT Governor's top counsel urged prison to go forward with planned death despite receiving the wrong drug, telling deputy attorney general to 'Google it' The top lawyer for Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin urged prison officials to go forward with a planned execution even though they received the wrong drug, telling a deputy attorney general to "Google it" to confirm it could be used, a grand jury said in a report Thursday. The grand jury faulted many officials for three botched execution attempts but issued no indictments after its months-long investigation. But the panel noted that Fallin's general counsel, Steve Mullins, advocated for the use of potassium acetate in the 30 September execution of Richard Glossip, even though the state's lethal injection protocol calls for potassium chloride, which stops the heart. Fallin later issued a last-minute stay for Glossip, who remains on death row. Continue reading... |
| Israeli PM asks Avigdor Lieberman to be defence minister in shock move Posted: 19 May 2016 05:08 AM PDT Binyamin Netanyahu makes U-turn to offer hard-right politician key cabinet job after first pursuing deal with centrists One of Israel's most outspokenly hawkish and divisive political figures, the ultranationalist politician Avigdor Lieberman, has been offered the post of defence minister. Lieberman, a former nightclub bouncer from Moldova with little military experience, has advocated for policies including the bombing of Egypt's Aswan dam, the toppling of the Palestinian Authority, the introduction of the death penalty for terrorism as well as the transfer of Israeli Arabs into the Palestinian territories. Continue reading... |
| Canada joins anti-Brexit sentiment and urges Britain to stay in the EU Posted: 19 May 2016 03:20 PM PDT Justin Trudeau echoes EU officials and Barack Obama in request for Britain to stay and proclaims 'more unity is a path toward greater prosperity' Canada does not want Britain to leave the European Union, Justin Trudeau told Reuters on Thursday, and said there would be "nothing easy or automatic" about negotiating new trade deals between the two countries. Canada's Liberal government, citing a wish not to meddle in the EU's internal affairs, has until now kept quiet on the question of how Britain should vote on 23 June in a referendum on the so-called Brexit question. Continue reading... |
| Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro accused of being 'as mad as a goat' Posted: 19 May 2016 02:46 PM PDT
Venezuela's embattled president Nicolás Maduro is "mad as a goat", according to Uruguay's former leader José "Pepe" Mujica. Mujica's comments came after Maduro accused the head of the Organization of American States (OAS) of being a "traitor" and CIA agent. Continue reading... |
| Singapore reprieves Malaysian murderer hours before execution Posted: 19 May 2016 10:54 AM PDT Kho Jabing, 31, was scheduled to be hanged at dawn on Friday, but wins stay of execution for second time due to appeal A Singaporean court has stopped the planned execution of a convicted murderer for a second time, hours before he was scheduled to be hanged. Kho Jabing, 31, was expected by his family and rights groups to be executed at dawn on Friday but was granted a stay of execution following a last-minute application by his lawyer on Thursday evening exploiting a legal loophole. Continue reading... |
| Poland detains pro-Kremlin party leader for 'spying' Posted: 19 May 2016 10:39 AM PDT Mateusz Piskorski, Zmiana leader, is suspected of spying for Russia and possibly China, according to reports Polish prosecutors have detained the leader of a small, pro-Kremlin political party on suspicion of spying, the latest in a string of espionage cases on Nato's eastern flank. The Zmiana (Change) party claimed Wednesday's move against Mateusz Piskorski and other police actions against the organisation were politically motivated and accused Poland's rightwing government of intimidation. Continue reading... |
| Robbers armed with pump-action shotguns raid Paris Chanel store Posted: 19 May 2016 10:48 AM PDT Three masked raiders escape with haul of luxury goods estimated at 'several hundreds of thousands of euros' Three robbers with pump-action shotguns have raided a Chanel boutique in central Paris, fleeing with a large haul of luxury goods, a police source said. The source said the stolen goods were valued at "several hundreds of thousands of euros". Continue reading... |
| UK's ‘chaotic system’ leaves refugees on the street, says charity Posted: 20 May 2016 12:36 AM PDT Refugees risk becoming homeless because of strict four-week limit to find work and accommodation, says Refugee Council Up to 10,000 newly recognised refugees are being left at risk of becoming homeless and destitute each year because of the chaotic system of government support, the Refugee Council has said. The charity's research reveals that the strict four-week limit in which new refugees have to secure an income and find somewhere to live before they are evicted from their asylum accommodation is leaving them on the streets. Continue reading... |
| Up to 200,000 students could miss vote on EU referendum, poll shows Posted: 20 May 2016 12:28 AM PDT One in five students are only registered to vote where they study, but many will be away or are unaware of date of the vote Up to 200,000 students face missing out on a vote in the EU referendum because they do not know it is taking place in the holidays and are registered to vote in the wrong place, a survey has found. University chiefs issued the findings as they promoted a push to ensure young voters are able to have their say on 23 June by registering at home addresses or requesting postal votes. Continue reading... |
| Story of cities #47: Myanmar rising – how democracy is changing Yangon's skyline Posted: 19 May 2016 11:30 PM PDT The arrival of democracy has opened up the old capital to foreign investment and put the city's historic fabric under pressure. Will its people be able to keep up? "Premium life for your dream," announces a billboard beneath a new tower of serviced apartments in the heavy, traffic-choked city of Yangon. "Play in infinite luxury," says another featuring a couple lolling in a pool on their balcony, with a badly photoshopped pagoda twinkling in the background. Along with the arrival of democracy and the first civilian government since 1962, Myanmar is also embracing the novelty of unbridled speculative development. Six months on from the election that swept the Nobel prize-winning campaigner Aung San Suu Kyi's party to power, the skyline of Yangon is bristling with cranes and concrete frames as a clutch of new towers rises above the mouldering rooftops of the old colonial centre. With the city's population set to double to 10 million over the next two decades, flocks of foreign investors are circling, eager to reap the spoils of Asia's "final frontier market". The fragile historic fabric, along with the people it houses, has never been under such pressure. |
| Meet the woman taking on a century of patriarchy in Fifa Posted: 19 May 2016 11:00 PM PDT Fatma Samoura is the first female and non-European on organisation's executive. How did the sport get away with this for so long? When Fatma Samba Diouf Samoura was announced as the new secretary-general of Fifa last week, the organisation was widely praised for appointing a woman to its second-most powerful post. But since then questions have been raised about how Fifa can have taken more than 100 years to put a single female or non-European on its executive – and whether giving someone without any sporting experience such a senior role could be setting her up to fail. Continue reading... |
| Eastern promises: why migrant workers are turning their backs on Russia Posted: 19 May 2016 01:00 AM PDT Central Asian workers look further east as crime and complex migration rules make Moscow an unattractive destination, Eurasianet.org reports As spring arrives, countless working-age men and women in Uzbekistan traditionally move abroad in search of work. But this year, the annual migration is taking place against the backdrop of economic stagnation in the main regional labour market, Russia, and grumbles among officials in Moscow about an apparent migrant-driven spike in crime. Continue reading... |
| Reopening of Alexandra Palace and park - archive, 20 May 1901 Posted: 19 May 2016 09:00 PM PDT 20 May 1901: For the opening ceremony on Saturday afternoon train after train emptied crowds of visitors from town On Saturday afternoon London acquired a new "lung" by the reopening of the Alexandra Palace and Park to the public free and for ever. The Palace itself has passed through many vicissitudes, most of them the reverse of prosperous. |
| 'He's not eating Oreos any more': Donald Trump weighs in for Chris Christie Posted: 19 May 2016 08:02 PM PDT Republican presumptive nominee helps New Jersey governor pay down debt from his own failed presidential bid at fundraiser mixing jibes with jingo Chris Christie's pained facial expressions standing behind Donald Trump during the presumptive nominee's Super Tuesday victory speech made the New Jersey governor a national laughing stock. On Thursday Christie got reimbursed up to $400,000 for his dignity. In a campaign fundraiser at a National Guard armory in a bucolic Trenton suburb, Trump gave a speech to a crowd of hundreds, many of whom had paid up to $200 to attend. Trump stuck to familiar themes about immigration and trade, adding a new wrinkle by saying: "Who the hell cares if there's a trade war [with China]?" |
| Argentine lawyer Alberto Nisman 'may have been forced to kill himself' Posted: 19 May 2016 07:26 PM PDT The mysterious death of the man who investigated Argentina's worst terrorist attack could been induced suicide, says former prosecutor Alberto Nisman, who investigated Argentina's worst terrorist attack before he was found dead in his home last year, may have been forced to kill himself, a prosecutor who was formerly in charge of his case has said. Viviana Fein, who in December was removed from the investigation into Nisman's mysterious death, had said before that it was likely suicide. Continue reading... |
| Campaign catchup: daggers drawn over federal police NBN raid Posted: 20 May 2016 12:39 AM PDT Election 2016: Labor and Coalition swap barbs after raid on office of Stephen Conroy, while Fremantle loses another candidate, writes Elle Hunt How much can change between catchups: today's campaigning has been derailed by questions over last night's raid of Labor MP Stephen Conroy's office, as well as the home of at least one staffer, by Australian federal police. The decision to investigate the opposition during an election campaign has sparked a political storm, with how much the government knew of the AFP's activities – if anything – a particular sticking point. The AFP is now examining and analysing material collected in the raids. Continue reading... |
| India records its hottest day ever as temperature hits 51C (that's 123.8F) Posted: 19 May 2016 10:18 PM PDT The previous record of 50.6C stood since 1956 but wilted in the latest summer heatwave to hit the country A city in northern India has shattered the national heat record, registering a searing 51C – the highest since records began – amid a nationwide heatwave. The new record was set in Phalodi, a city in the desert state of Rajasthan, and is the equivalent of 123.8F. Continue reading... |
| Japan 'outraged' after US air base worker arrested in murder case Posted: 19 May 2016 08:05 PM PDT Kenneth Franklin Shinzato suspected of murdering and disposing body of Rina Shimabukuro on Okinawa where US air force's Kadena military base is located Japan's prime minister, Shinzo Abe, will confront Barack Obama over crimes committed by US military personnel after a worker on a US air force base admitted killing a woman on Okinawa. As the US president prepares to visit Japan for the G7 next week he faces tough questions from Abe over a case that could fuel opposition to the presence of US troops on the southern Japanese island. Continue reading... |
| Canada's Trans Mountain oil pipeline clears hurdle despite fears for seaway Posted: 19 May 2016 06:14 PM PDT Regulator admits risks but recommends Trudeau government approve project to ramp up shipping of tar sands crude via Salish Sea tribal fishing grounds Canada's energy regulators have recommended the approval of the Trans Mountain oil sands pipeline, which has drawn environmental and tribal protests over the dramatic increase it would mean to the number of oil tankers moving through the waters between the US and Canada. The National Energy Board recommended the federal government conditionally approve Kinder Morgan Canada's plan to nearly triple pipeline capacity from 300,000 to 890,000 barrels of crude oil a day. The $5.4bn Trans Mountain project would carry oil from Alberta 's oil sands to near Vancouver, British Columbia, to be loaded on to tankers for export to Asian and US markets. It would mean a sevenfold increase to shipping through the Salish Sea. Continue reading... |
| Give refugee children an education in the UK | Letters Posted: 19 May 2016 04:00 PM PDT When we arrived in Britain, fleeing the Nazi occupation of Europe, one of the most precious gifts given to us was to be able to continue our education. Many Kindertransport survivors went on to achieve success in their fields; there were four Nobel prize winners, mathematicians, composers and doctors. The education we were provided with enabled us to give something back to Britain, and we were proud to do so. This week we travelled to Calais to meet unaccompanied children whom Citizens UK are helping reunite with their families in the UK. We delivered school books and dictionaries with the humanitarian organisation Help Refugees. On average, the children we met had been stuck in the "Jungle" refugee camp for up to seven months and had been out of education for three years. Much longer than we ever were. Continue reading... |
| Terrorism 'most likely' cause of EgyptAir flight MS804 crash Posted: 19 May 2016 01:39 PM PDT EgyptAir withdraws claims that wreckage has been found as official admits it 'is not our aircraft' Egypt has said terrorism was more likely than a technical fault to have caused EgyptAir flight MS804 to swerve abruptly and fall out of the night sky on Thursday, plunging into the Mediterranean with 66 people onboard. Continue reading... |
| Alberta wildfire spreads out from Fort McMurray to Saskatchewan Posted: 19 May 2016 01:05 PM PDT
A massive wildfire raging in Canada's oil sands capital has moved into Alberta's neighboring province of Saskatchewan, but officials said hope cooler temperatures and rain forecast for the coming days will help mitigate its spread. Alberta senior wildlife manager Chad Morrison said on Thursday the fire, which has grown to 1,930 square miles (5,000 square km), has burned nearly three square miles (eight square km) into Saskatchewan. However, it is still about 18 miles (30km) away from La Loche, the nearest Saskatchewan community. Continue reading... |
| Sole Briton on flight MS804 had just become father for second time Posted: 19 May 2016 12:56 PM PDT Richard Osman's French-born wife gave birth less than a month ago to second daughter The sole British citizen on flight MS804 had become a father for the second time less than a month ago. Richard Osman's French-born wife, Aurelie, 36, gave birth to Olympe on 27 April. The couple already had a 14-month-old daughter, Victios. The two infants are with their mother at the family's Paris home, although their main home was in Jersey. |
| China demands US military 'stop spying' over South China Sea Posted: 19 May 2016 12:11 PM PDT China says US allegation that fighter jets intercepted a US navy plane at an unsafe distance Tuesday are 'not true', and that the navy should cease all missions there China has rejected US claims that its fighter jets maneuvered unsafely when they intercepted an American navy reconnaissance plane over the South China Sea, and demanded that the US end such missions close to Chinese territory. The Chinese jets monitored the US plane from an acceptable distance and operated in a safe and professional manner, foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told journalists at a regularly scheduled news briefing. Continue reading... |
| Muhammadu Buhari vows to fund education of Boko Haram victim Posted: 19 May 2016 11:24 AM PDT Amina Ali Darsha Nkeki, one of 276 girls abducted in 2014, meets with Nigerian president after escaping the militant group The Nigerian president has promised a girl who was kidnapped from her dormitory by Boko Haram two years ago that he will put her back in school. Amina Ali Darsha Nkeki, one of the 276 girls abducted by the militant group in April 2014 from a secondary school in the north-eastern town of Chibok, was found by members of a vigilante group on Tuesday on the edge of a Boko Haram stronghold after fleeing during an attack on the militants' camp. Continue reading... |
| Britain’s suffragettes don’t need another statue | Letters Posted: 19 May 2016 11:05 AM PDT I read with interest Jonathan Jones' article on commemorative statues (So many causes, so many heroes – why defame them with a statue?, 11 May). Apropos the suggestion that a statue of "a suffragette" should be placed in Parliament Square, London, I wonder if many readers know that there is already a memorial to the foot-soldiers of the women's suffrage campaign just a few hundred metres from the square? Not Mrs Pankhurst's statue in Victoria Tower Gardens, but the Suffragette Fellowship memorial in Victoria Street. It was funded by surviving campaigners and their supporters, unveiled in 1970 by the Speaker of the House of Commons, and is sited in Christchurch Gardens, open on to Victoria Street and in front of Caxton Hall, scene of so much suffrage activity. Continue reading... |
| Fears over flying to Egypt only increase after crash of flight MS804 Posted: 19 May 2016 10:52 AM PDT Britain stopped flights to Sharm el-Sheikh after the downing of a Russian airliner in October and latest incident raises further concerns The crash of flight MS804 with 66 people on board on Thursday once again raises fears over the safety of passengers flying to Egypt – and over levels of airport security there and elsewhere. No theory, technical or terror-related, has been ruled out for the disappearance of the Airbus A320, a modern plane with a good safety record, from its cruising altitude over the Mediterranean. But the flight between Paris and Cairo links two of the more obvious recent targets for Isis extremists. Continue reading... |
| Passengers' families await news of missing EgyptAir flight MS804 Posted: 19 May 2016 10:47 AM PDT 30 Egyptians, 15 French nationals, two Iraqis and one Briton were among the 66 people onboard missing plane Families of the people who were onboard EgyptAir flight MS804 face an anxious wait for information as the first details of the crash's victims emerge. France and Egypt have said no theory can be ruled out over the fate of the aircraft, which is believed to have plunged into the Mediterranean on Thursday morning with 66 people on board. Continue reading... |
| Romania calls on citizens to help buy Brâncuși sculpture Posted: 19 May 2016 10:15 AM PDT Romanians can collectively own work by Constantin Brâncuși by donating to multimillion-euro fundraising campaign Romanians are being asked to pitch in to help their government buy a work by the country's greatest artist, Constantin Brâncuși. Related: Sculpture at heart of Romanian identity waits to hear her fate Continue reading... |
| What do we know about why EgyptAir flight MS804 crashed? Posted: 19 May 2016 09:58 AM PDT The Airbus A320 is believed to have crashed while en route from Paris to Cairo with the loss of 66 passengers and crew. French president, François Hollande, said 'no hypothesis should be ruled out' Continue reading... |
| Three out of four Syrians believe a political solution can end the war Posted: 19 May 2016 09:24 AM PDT Rare polling shows that 60% believe the influence of the jihadis of Islamic State has decreased in the last six months Five years into the war that is tearing their country apart, 75% of Syrians believe a political solution stands the best chance of ending the crisis - while 25% say that military action is the way forward - according to a new poll. In other fragments of good news from the world's worst humanitarian crisis, 60% of Syrians feel the influence of Isis (Islamic State) in the country has decreased over the last six months. But there has also been a drop in the numbers who think Syrians can put their differences aside and live side by side, down to 61% from 69% in July 2015. |
| Loss of EgyptAir flight MS804 is another blow to Egyptian tourism industry Posted: 19 May 2016 09:20 AM PDT Egyptian tourism officials had expressed hope that sector might be on brink of recovery after Metrojet disaster The loss of EgyptAir flight MS804 over the Mediterranean early on Thursday morning is another devastating blow to Egypt's already decimated travel industry, which has shown no signs of recovery since last November's bombing of a Russian tourist jet flying from Sharm el-Sheikh. Even before the latest incident, many European and Russian operators had not resumed flights to Sinai resorts after the Russian Metrojet attack, which was claimed by Isis. Continue reading... |
| Global life expectancy increases to 71.4 years Posted: 19 May 2016 08:40 AM PDT Life is getting longer, reports World Health Organisation, at the fastest rate since the 1960s Life expectancy across the globe has increased by five years since 2000, the fastest rise in lifespans since the 1960s, according to the World Health Organisation (WHO). Babies born in 2015 can expect to live to 71.4 years (73.8 years for females; 69.1 years for males). The longest lifespans are in Japan, where last year's newborns are expected to live to almost 84, followed by Switzerland, Singapore, Australia and Spain. Continue reading... |
| Bull spearing outlawed by Spanish regional government Posted: 19 May 2016 08:32 AM PDT Decision by Castile and León authorities could end killing of bulls by horsemen at annual Toro de la Vega festival A regional government in Spain has outlawed the killing of bulls at town festivals in a measure that could stop the animals being speared to death at one of the country's goriest summer events. Though the ruling will not affect bullfights, the decision by the Castile and León government is likely to end the killing of bulls at the annual Toro de la Vega festival in Tordesillas, where horsemen chase a bull and spear it in front of onlookers. Continue reading... |
| President says Venezuela won't be next to fall, but he may not have a choice Posted: 19 May 2016 08:00 AM PDT This is not the first time that Nicolás Maduro has faced unrest but this time he may find it hard to put a lid on it Another day, another protest in Caracas. President Nicolás Maduro remains defiant that Venezuela will not be the next leftwing domino to fall in Latin America, but he may not have a choice. Although the opposition's campaign for a recall referendum ran up against a wall of riot police and teargas on Wednesday, the president's chances of completing his mandate look more remote with each piece of dire economic, social and regional news. Continue reading... |
| Proposed EU trade treaty threatens progressive laws, say campaigners Posted: 19 May 2016 07:54 AM PDT Intra-EU trade treaty would create TTIP-style secret investors court in The Hague with jurisdiction over investment flows between all 28 EU countries A proposed new trade treaty governing investment flows within the EU could lead to many more lawsuits against progressive environmental, social and health legislation, sustainability campaigners have warned. The massive intra-EU trade treaty would create a TTIP-style secret investors court in The Hague, with jurisdiction over investment flows between all 28 EU countries, according to leaked documents seen by the Guardian. Continue reading... |
| Auschwitz mug reveals jewellery hidden 70 years ago Posted: 19 May 2016 06:55 AM PDT Staff at museum in Poland discover gold ring and necklace hidden by death camp prisoner in false-bottom mug For more than 70 years, the rusting enamel cup held its secret: a gold ring and necklace wrapped in a scrap of canvas, hidden beneath a false bottom. Now the pieces of jewellery have come to light at Auschwitz, the Nazi camp in Poland where more than a million Jews were sent to their deaths. But the story behind their concealment remains lost. |
| For Russia, Brexit would be an opportunity not a tragedy Posted: 19 May 2016 06:43 AM PDT While there is little sign Moscow is trying to influence the vote, the foreign policy opportunities will not have gone unnoticed When it comes to international views on next month's Brexit referendum, there has been a loud chorus of foreign leaders, including the US president, Barack Obama, calling on Britain to remain in the EU. But there is one notable exception: in Moscow, analysts say, Brexit would be seen not as a tragedy but a major opportunity. Continue reading... |
| Odd ones out: share your photos of the most out of place city buildings Posted: 19 May 2016 06:45 AM PDT Leftover heritage or new developments in cities can sometimes stick out like sore thumbs. Share your photos of incongruous city buildings with GuardianWitness As cities develop and change, so their streetscapes often become a mix of different architectural styles and eras. But some buildings, either daring new additions or leftovers from a previous time, stick out like a sore thumb (perhaps a beautiful sore thumb, but still). One of my favourite examples of this, though admittedly on the silver screen, comes at the end of Batteries Not Included (a brilliant film which although technically about flying alien robots made of scrap metal is essentially about resisting corporate-led urban development and the destruction of built heritage) when we see a small, historic, stand-alone Manhattan apartment block surrounded by a sea of monolithic slick skyscrapers. I was always reminded of this vision when driving past the Albert Tavern in Westminster, London, which is a Grade II-listed Victorian four-storey brick building surrounded by glassy modern high-rise offices (pictured above). Continue reading... |
| More than just a flood defence: how Vejle built a blueprint for resilience Posted: 19 May 2016 03:26 AM PDT As Rotterdam becomes the latest city to unveil its resilience strategy, Athlyn Cathcart-Keays looks at how the port of Vejle – the 'Manchester of Denmark' – came to create its own roadmap for future survival and growth "When we started the process, everyone thought 'resilience' was just about climate adaptation and fighting flooding," says Jonas Kroustrup, chief resilience officer (CRO) for Vejle, a city of just over 100,000 people in southern Denmark. "But when we started to unfold the topic and ask people what it meant to them, it came to the point where social resilience became the main heart of the strategy." Earlier this year, Vejle launched Europe's first urban resilience strategy, which will see more than 100 city-wide initiatives – from cycle highways to flood-adapted neighbourhoods – rolled out over the next four years, in order to develop the city's adaptability to future challenges. Continue reading... |
| Silence far from golden for child labourers in the mines of Uganda Posted: 19 May 2016 11:00 PM PDT Official records deny its very existence, but the grim reality is that gold unearthed by children working in Ugandan mines is flowing freely into the global market Agaba has no sense of a future beyond the mercury-laced waters of the gold mining pit he calls home in Mubende, central Uganda. Last year, after his mother died, the 15-year-old fled his home and became one of the 15,000 children reportedly working in artisanal gold mining in the country. One of the oldest children working at this mine – some of those he works alongside are as young as eight – Agaba is engaged in what the International Labour Organisation (ILO) describes as the worst form of child labour. He spends up to 11 hours a day bending over makeshift gold pans, sluicing gold ore while standing ankle-deep in ponds of mercury and water. Continue reading... |
| Why are so many children around the world out of school? – podcast Posted: 19 May 2016 07:29 AM PDT As the world humanitarian summit approaches, Lucy Lamble looks at why 65 million children can't access adequate education This month's podcast looks at why we still have so many children out of school globally. According to the Overseas Development Institute, 65 million children aged 3-18 years, living in 35 crisis-affected countries, are not getting adequate schooling. At the world humanitarian summit in Istanbul, a new initiative is to be formally launched to raise funds to deliver education for all children, especially those whose learning is being disrupted by emergencies. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Everything you need to know about the world humanitarian summit Posted: 19 May 2016 04:18 AM PDT Politicians will meet in Istanbul on 23-24 May to debate how to deal with global crises that have been exacerbated by war, climate change and natural disasters In 2012, as the UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, set out his five-year action agenda, he announced a summit intended "to help share knowledge and establish common best practices". Continue reading... |
| Will 'Trumpism' replace conservatism? Posted: 19 May 2016 07:26 AM PDT Trump has already inspired a handful of Republicans facing primaries, and his campaign may have a generational impact on the party and its ideology What has Donald Trump done to the Republican party? The New York real estate developer has only been his party's presumptive nominee for two weeks but his role as the GOP standard-bearer could have a generational impact on his party and on conservative ideology. Continue reading... |
| The world's longest pizza – in pictures Posted: 19 May 2016 05:55 AM PDT The world's longest pizza was made in Naples and is 1.8km long. It took 250 pizza makers six hours and 11 minutes. They used 2,000kg of flour, 1,600kg of tomato sauce, 2,000kg of mozzarella cheese, 200 litres of oil and 30kg of basil. The pizza made it into the Guinness World Records, and was donated to the needy Continue reading... |
| Missing EgyptAir flight: what we know so far – video Posted: 19 May 2016 04:50 AM PDT The French president François Hollande has confirmed that an EgyptAir flight that went missing over the Mediterranean has crashed. The plane had been carrying 66 people – 56 passengers and 10 crew – and lost contact with air traffic control about 10 miles inside Egyptian airspace. Continue reading... |
| Aftermath of B-52 bomber crash on Guam – video Posted: 19 May 2016 04:38 AM PDT A B-52H Stratofortress bomber crashed in the US territory of Guam on Wednesday shortly after taking off from Anderson air force base. The seven crew members are said to have been unhurt and were able to get safely away from the wreckage. Footage from local news channel Kuam News showed dark smoke billowing from the crash site Continue reading... |
| Ebola survivor Pauline Cafferkey: I feared I'd die a horrible death – video Posted: 19 May 2016 02:29 AM PDT Scottish nurse Pauline Cafferkey discusses the horror of being diagnosed with Ebola not once, but twice, after travelling to Sierra Leone. 'I just knew that I had to stay strong and I just had to try and keep it together,' she says. Cafferkey speaks to Julie Etchingham for ITV's Tonight programme, broadcast on Thursday |
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