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- Neither George HW nor George W Bush will endorse Donald Trump
- Researchers break record for keeping lab-grown human embryos alive
- Woman who defied 300 neo-Nazis at Swedish rally speaks of anger
- Hacker collects 272m email addresses and passwords, some from Gmail
- Ahmet Davutoğlu's future as Turkish prime minister in balance
- State of emergency in Alberta as wildfire forces Fort McMurray evacuation
- Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff could face criminal charge
- Body of newborn baby girl found in recycling plant in Ireland
- Spain issues arrest warrants for Russian officials close to Putin
- Canada wildfires: worst of blazes 'still to come' after Fort McMurray evacuated
- €500 'Bin Laden' banknotes to be axed
- Egypt political activist Sanaa Seif jailed for 'insulting judiciary'
- Prince's team sought addiction doctor's help over painkillers day before he died
- Bitcoin: Craig Wright promises new evidence to prove identity
- Video shows Navy Seal's death was result of intense combat with Isis
- Clashes in Paris as police try to remove migrants occupying empty school
- Poverty driving Syrian men and boys into the arms of Isis
- European commission faces challenge to grant visa-free travel to Turks
- Apple loses 'iphone' leather goods case in Chinese court
- Delhi schools ordered to close early for summer as temperatures soar
- Captain Cook's Endeavour: from the Great Barrier Reef to Rhode Island?
- Italy seeks to reassure Asian tourists with imported Chinese police
- US ceases efforts to end global trade of polar bear parts
- Celebrity ape selfies harming efforts to curb wildlife trafficking, UN body warns
- Knotted gun sculptor Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd dies at 81
- A history of North Korea's party congresses – what should we expect?
- Homesick, lonely, sleepless – and these are the lucky child refugees
- First laughs since Syria: the clowns getting refugee children smiling
- Quarter of child refugees arriving in EU travelled without parents
- Radiohead's Burn the Witch may be critique of refugee crisis, says animator
- The Obamas dance with Star Wars characters – video
- South Africa's topless protesters are fighting shame on their own terms
- 'We'll cut off your head': open season for LGBT attacks in Kyrgyzstan
- India's long wait for justice: 27 million court cases trapped in a legal logjam
- Vauxhall station fire disrupts London rail services
- How do we make life better for people living as refugees for generations? | Laurie Lee
- Donald Trump: blame game begins among fellow Republicans
- How Mexican journalists are reporting in secret on drug cartels
- Scott Morrison names Philip Lowe as next Reserve Bank governor
- Israeli military chief backtracks from 1930s Germany comparison
- More than 30 injured as turbulence hits Etihad Airways flight to Indonesia
- Holocaust survivors 'dying in poverty while awaiting compensation'
- Argentina 'dirty war' suspect Omar Graffigna goes on trial aged 90
- Justice department says North Carolina anti-LGBT law violates Civil Rights Act
- Muslim women kicked out of California restaurant sue for discrimination
- Wildfires in Canada force evacuation of Fort McMurray – in pictures
- Alaska plane struck bald eagle before crash in first ever fatal collision
- Cameron to propose global anti-corruption agency at summit
- Biologist tries to stop US from sending chimpanzees to private facilities abroad
- El Salvador arrests negotiators of gang truce in new get-tough policy
- Eyewitness: Yamalo-Nenets, Russia
- Government U-turn on unaccompanied refugee children welcomed by MPs
- Noshir Wadia obituary
- David Cameron announces concessions on child refugees
- Woman faces 300 neo-Nazis in Sweden – video
- Child refugees: Cameron retreat avoids Tory revolt and numbers game
- David Cameron: UK may take in unaccompanied child refugees – video
- Story of cities #36: how Copenhagen rejected 1960s modernist 'utopia'
- How Jane Jacobs changed the way we look at cities | Saskia Sassen
- Animals die as Cambodia is gripped by worst drought in decades
- Flowers and femidoms: Nepal wedding website offers contraception advice
- French aid transparency among the worst in the world
- Why Trump v Clinton will be an unpopularity contest
- Who will be Donald Trump's running mate? Here are five options
- Indiana smashes Republican delegate math but changes little for Democrats
- What is Sanders’ route to the Democratic nomination?
- Republican candidate John Kasich drops out of presidential race – video
- Obama drinks Flint water to show residents that it's safe – video
- Iraq firefight in which US navy seal died reveals intensity of battle – video
- Donald Trump: 'We are going to win bigly. Believe me’ – video
- Miners search for gold nuggets and YouTube fame in California – video
- Siberia's Nenets reindeer herders – in pictures
| Neither George HW nor George W Bush will endorse Donald Trump Posted: 04 May 2016 11:41 PM PDT Non-endorsements come as Trump has become presumptive nominee and many have tried to come to terms with fact that he will be party's standard-bearer Neither George HW nor George W Bush, the only two living former Republican presidents of the United States, will endorse Donald Trump. In statements released to the Guardian on Wednesday evening, spokesmen for both former presidents said they would be sitting out the 2016 election. Freddy Ford, a spokesman for George W Bush, told the Guardian: "President George W Bush does not plan to participate in or comment on the presidential campaign." Continue reading... |
| Researchers break record for keeping lab-grown human embryos alive Posted: 04 May 2016 11:11 PM PDT Research gives glimpse of critical period of human development, sparking calls for debate on current 14-day legal limit for embryo experimentation Researchers have broken the record for growing human embryos in the lab, keeping them alive and active beyond the stage when they would naturally implant in a mother's womb. The feat has been hailed as a milestone in the field, but the work by two teams of researchers in the US and the UK puts scientists into direct conflict with a decades-old law that prohibits donated embryos from being grown in the lab for more than 14 days. Continue reading... |
| Woman who defied 300 neo-Nazis at Swedish rally speaks of anger Posted: 04 May 2016 05:36 AM PDT Tess Asplund, who was photographed with fist raised in lone protest against far-right activists, says she acted on impulse The lone protest of a woman defying a march of 300 uniformed neo-Nazis is set to become an iconic image of resistance to the rise of the far-right in Scandinavia. A photograph of Tess Asplund, 42, with fist raised against the leadership of the Nordic Resistance Movement (NRM) in Borlänge, central Sweden, on Sunday has gone viral in the country. Continue reading... |
| Hacker collects 272m email addresses and passwords, some from Gmail Posted: 04 May 2016 02:41 PM PDT Security firm announces it has persuaded fraudster to give up database of email addresses along with passwords users use to log in to websites The internet on Wednesday gave you another reminder that everyone has been hacked. Hold Security, a Wisconsin-based security firm famous for obtaining troves of stolen data from the hacking underworld, announced that it had persuaded a fraudster to give them a database of 272m unique email addresses along with the passwords consumers use to log in to websites. The escapade was detailed in a Reuters article. Continue reading... |
| Ahmet Davutoğlu's future as Turkish prime minister in balance Posted: 04 May 2016 04:13 PM PDT Critics of the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, say Davutoğlu's departure would allow a further consolidation of Erdoğan's power The future of Turkey's prime minister, Ahmet Davutoğlu, was hanging in the balance on Wednesday as the ruling justice and development party (AKP) prepared to hold an extraordinary congress that could signal his exit. Related: European commission faces challenge to grant visa-free travel to Turks Continue reading... |
| State of emergency in Alberta as wildfire forces Fort McMurray evacuation Posted: 04 May 2016 11:08 PM PDT More than 80,000 residents ordered to leave city and at least 1,600 buildings destroyed as 'nasty, ugly' inferno rages in hub of Canadian oil sands industry The Canadian province of Alberta has declared a state of emergency after a raging wildfire destroyed dozens of homes, engulfed several neighbourhoods and forced the hurried evacuation of the entire city of Fort McMurray. More than 80,000 residents were ordered to leave the northern Alberta city after shifting winds saw the blaze go from being largely controlled to a "nasty, ugly" inferno as described by the local fire chief. By Wednesday more than 250 firefighters were fighting the fire, assisted by helicopters and air tankers. Officials estimated that 1,600 structures had been damaged or destroyed by Wednesday night. Continue reading... |
| Brazil's president Dilma Rousseff could face criminal charge Posted: 04 May 2016 03:20 PM PDT
In what are expected to be her last days as president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff has reportedly been accused by the country's prosecutor general of obstructing justice. The criminal allegation – which she denies – adds the risk of prison to the woes of the Workers party leader, who is likely to be forced to step aside next week while the senate debates a separate impeachment motion against her. Continue reading... |
| Body of newborn baby girl found in recycling plant in Ireland Posted: 04 May 2016 04:08 PM PDT Police appeal for help in tracing mother of baby whose body was found at Greenstar plant near Bray, County Wicklow Police have appealed for help in tracing the mother of a newborn baby girl whose body was discovered in a recycling plant in Ireland. The body of the infant was discovered by a worker at the Greenstar plant just outside Bray, County Wicklow, at about 11 o'clock on Wednesday morning. Continue reading... |
| Spain issues arrest warrants for Russian officials close to Putin Posted: 04 May 2016 09:59 AM PDT Move by Spanish national court judge follows decade-long investigation into the activities of the Russian mafia Spain has issued arrest warrants for senior Russian government officials close to Vladimir Putin following a decade-long investigation into the activities of the Russian mafia. A Spanish national court judge is seeking to arrest 12 people allegedly linked to Russian gangsters operating in Spain. They include Vladislav Reznik, a prominent MP for Putin's ruling United Russia party, and Reznik's wife Diana Gindin. Continue reading... |
| Canada wildfires: worst of blazes 'still to come' after Fort McMurray evacuated Posted: 04 May 2016 10:06 AM PDT More than 80,000 residents fled Alberta city on Tuesday, as dry, windy weather expected to fuel fire that destroyed 80% of homes in one neighborhood After a raging wildfire destroyed dozens of homes, engulfed a neighbourhood in flames, and forced the hurried evacuation of an entire city, authorities in Canada warned that the worst was probably still to come. More than 80,000 residents were ordered to leave the city of Fort McMurray in northern Alberta on Tuesday, after shifting winds saw the blaze go from being largely in control to a "nasty, ugly" inferno, as described by the local fire chief. |
| €500 'Bin Laden' banknotes to be axed Posted: 04 May 2016 11:16 AM PDT ECB's governing council votes to stop issuing the notes on the grounds that they are too often used to finance crime The European Central Bank has phased out the €500 (£400) note, nicknamed the "Bin Laden" because of its association with money-laundering and terror financing – and because while many people know what it looks like, few have ever seen one. The ECB announced on Wednesday that the fuchsia-coloured bills, the highest denomination of the eurozone's seven banknotes, would no longer be printed or distributed from 2018, on the grounds that they are too often used to finance crime. Continue reading... |
| Egypt political activist Sanaa Seif jailed for 'insulting judiciary' Posted: 04 May 2016 10:34 AM PDT Seif sentenced to six months in jail, shortly after being freed by presidential pardon in a different case An Egyptian court sentenced the prominent activist Sanaa Seif to six months in prison on Wednesday, months after she was freed by a presidential pardon in another case. Related: Egyptian journalists protest against arrests after 'raid' on union Continue reading... |
| Prince's team sought addiction doctor's help over painkillers day before he died Posted: 04 May 2016 11:02 AM PDT
A Minneapolis lawyer for a California addiction doctor said on Wednesday neither the doctor nor the doctor's son met or spoke with Prince before the music legend's death last month. Related: Prince's final days: few clues pointed to secret behind star's untimely death Continue reading... |
| Bitcoin: Craig Wright promises new evidence to prove identity Posted: 04 May 2016 08:08 AM PDT Proof of identity may not be enough to win round high-profile backer Gavin Andresen, who has now questioned Wright's claim of being Satoshi Nakamoto Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist who claims to have created the cryptocurrency bitcoin in 2008 under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, has promised to provide fresh evidence to back up his claim. In a blogpost on his website, Wright says "over the coming days, I will be hosting a series of pieces that will lay the foundations for this extraordinary claim", including transferring bitcoin from "an early block" and posting "independently verifiable documents". Continue reading... |
| Video shows Navy Seal's death was result of intense combat with Isis Posted: 04 May 2016 12:38 PM PDT Exclusive footage obtained by the Guardian shows firefight between US special forces, Kurdish commandoes and Isis fighters, in which Charles Keating IV died Video footage obtained by the Guardian shows the grueling firefight between US special forces, Kurdish commandoes and Islamic State fighters this week, in which a US Navy Seal was killed. The footage – filmed on a cellphone during the battle, which lasted more than half a day – reveals the extent to which the US military is once again engaged in intense combat in Iraq. Continue reading... |
| Clashes in Paris as police try to remove migrants occupying empty school Posted: 04 May 2016 04:01 AM PDT Police use teargas to disperse protesters who formed human chain around the Jean-Jaurès high school to stop evacuation Police in Paris have used teargas to disperse protesters attempting to block the removal of migrants from a school that they have been occupying for two weeks. Protesters had formed a human chain around the Jean-Jaurès high school in the north of the French capital to prevent police entering on Wednesday. Some of the demonstrators chanted "everyone hates the police" and pelted them with objects. Continue reading... |
| Poverty driving Syrian men and boys into the arms of Isis Posted: 04 May 2016 07:10 AM PDT Poverty, desperation and the desire for revenge – more than religious motivation – are pushing Syrians to join extremist groups, according to International Alert Poverty, desperation and the desire for revenge are the key factors pushing young Syrians to join Isis and other extremist groups – and are more significant than ideological or religious motivation, according to research by a peace-building group. Adolescent boys and young men between the ages of 12 and 24 were found to be most at risk, along with children and young adults not in education, internally displaced people and refugees without supportive family structures. |
| European commission faces challenge to grant visa-free travel to Turks Posted: 04 May 2016 10:11 AM PDT EU executive gives provisional blessing to key scheme in deal with Ankara, as asylum rules overhaul also hits trouble The European commission faces an uphill battle to grant Turkish citizens visa-free travel through most of Europe by the end of June, a crucial element of the EU's deal with Ankara to curb refugee arrivals. A related plan to overhaul asylum rules was also running into trouble just hours after it was unveiled on Wednesday, as central European countries denounced the measures as ridiculous and tantamount to blackmail. |
| Apple loses 'iphone' leather goods case in Chinese court Posted: 04 May 2016 02:42 AM PDT Smartphone-maker loses appeal over use of 'iphone' branding on leather goods in China allowing handbags, phone cases and wallets to continue to be sold A Chinese court has ruled against Apple in a case over the use of its iPhone trademark, permitting a small maker of 'iphone'-branded leather handbags to continue selling goods, state media reports. Iphone was registered as a trademark for use on leather goods in 2007 by manufacturer Xintong Tiandi, which has been producing iphone-branded wallets, phone cases and handbags ever since. Continue reading... |
| Delhi schools ordered to close early for summer as temperatures soar Posted: 04 May 2016 03:49 AM PDT All schools in the Indian capital have been told to take 'mandatory summer vacation' as heatwave continues All schools in Delhi have been ordered to take a "mandatory summer vacation" from 11 May amid a heatwave that has swept the city. Officials say temperatures will continue to rise in the coming weeks, after reaching 44C (111F) on Monday – the hottest day of the year so far. Continue reading... |
| Captain Cook's Endeavour: from the Great Barrier Reef to Rhode Island? Posted: 04 May 2016 02:00 AM PDT The ship in which the explorer charted New Zealand, Australia and the Pacific ended its life sold, renamed and scuttled in the war to keep America British Captain James Cook observed the transit of Venus from the shores of Tahiti, ran aground on the Great Barrier Reef and claimed Australia for the British crown. He fought the French in the Americas, circumnavigated the world and died trying to kidnap a king of Hawaii. Related: Wreckage of Captain James Cook's ship Endeavour found, researchers say Continue reading... |
| Italy seeks to reassure Asian tourists with imported Chinese police Posted: 04 May 2016 08:55 AM PDT Government hopes patrols by Chinese officers in Rome and Milan will help wealthy visitors feel 'more protected' On Rome's glamorous Via Condotti, deep-pocketed Chinese tourists have long been seen as the lifeblood of one of Europe's most vaunted shopping destinations, outspending Russians, Britons and Italians on luxury goods. Now, following the terror attacks in Paris and Brussels and amid signs that Chinese visitors are feeling slightly less at ease in Europe, Italy has become the first European capital to take an extra step to try to accommodate these wealthy patrons. |
| US ceases efforts to end global trade of polar bear parts Posted: 04 May 2016 09:17 AM PDT
The US government has quietly dropped its campaign for an international ban in the trade of polar bear parts, which would have given the practice the same outlaw status as the elephant ivory market. The US Fish and Wildlife Service has spent several years attempting to ban the overseas trade of polar bear skins, teeth, paws and other parts from Canada, which permits the hunting of the Arctic predators. Continue reading... |
| Celebrity ape selfies harming efforts to curb wildlife trafficking, UN body warns Posted: 03 May 2016 11:00 PM PDT Instagram snaps of celebs such as Paris Hilton and James Rodriguez posing with orangutans and chimpanzees is endangering the survival of the great apes Instagram snaps of celebrities including Paris Hilton and James Rodriguez posing with apes in the Gulf are damaging efforts to clamp down on wildlife trafficking and endangering the survival of some species, a UN body has warned. New research by the UN's great apes survival partnership (Grasp) points to an alarming rise in trafficking of orangutans, chimpanzees, gorillas and bonobos stolen from the wild, mostly to feed demand from a boom in macabre Chinese circuses. Continue reading... |
| Knotted gun sculptor Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd dies at 81 Posted: 04 May 2016 08:41 AM PDT Swedish artist behind iconic Non-Violence artwork died on Tuesday evening at a hospital in Helsingborg Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd, one of Sweden's best-known modern artists and the creator of the iconic knotted revolver sculpture, has died at 81. The sculptor died in a hospital in Helsingborg, south-western Sweden, on Tuesday evening, said Thomas Millroth from the Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd Art Foundation. No cause of death was given. Continue reading... |
| A history of North Korea's party congresses – what should we expect? Posted: 05 May 2016 01:19 AM PDT As Kim Jong-un convenes the ruling elite for the first time in 36-years, NK News looks back at past purges and personalities Tomorrow North Korea will host the seventh congress of the Workers' Party – the first full meeting of the country's ruling elite for 36 years. An event copied from the Soviet Union, congresses were originally convened every few years in the USSR, with each one hailed as a major historical and ideological event. Continue reading... |
| Homesick, lonely, sleepless – and these are the lucky child refugees Posted: 05 May 2016 01:05 AM PDT The scale of the struggle faced by young arrivals trying to adapt to a new country is revealed, as Britain prepares to accept more unaccompanied youngsters Kawkeb Hassan has started sucking her thumb again. It's a comfort thing. The nine-year-old wakes in the night crying and misses school a lot. Her brother Rassim, who helped her escape the perils of Damascus for the uncertainties of a future in Vogtei, central Germany, is worried. "She watches cartoons, but if there's a scene where children are having meals with their parents she bursts into tears and switches off the TV," he says. She eats little. "She keeps asking me to take her back to her parents in Lebanon." Continue reading... |
| First laughs since Syria: the clowns getting refugee children smiling Posted: 05 May 2016 01:05 AM PDT Volunteers in Europe and Turkey are helping young people uprooted from their homes with everything from entertainment to education Unexpected sounds echo over Piraeus port in Athens: a saxophone, a violin, an accordion. It would be a little cheesy if the situation wasn't so tragic. Hundreds of tents are grouped together between trees and bushes. Litter is piling up in corners and a strong smell of urine wafts over from the blue portable toilets. About 4,000 people have been stuck here for weeks, with access to three cold showers between them. Some refugees call it Hotel Europe. They may have lost much, but their sense of irony is undimmed. Continue reading... |
| Quarter of child refugees arriving in EU travelled without parents Posted: 05 May 2016 01:05 AM PDT Almost 368,000 minors sought asylum in Europe last year, the majority Syrian, Afghan or Iraqi A quarter of all child refugees who arrived in Europe last year – almost 100,000 under-18s – travelled without parents or guardians and are now "geographically orphaned", presenting a huge challenge to authorities in their adopted countries. A total of 1.2 million people sought asylum in the EU in 2015, 30% of whom – almost 368,000 – were minors. The number of children arriving in Europe last year was two-and-half times that recorded a year earlier, and almost five times as many as in 2012. Continue reading... |
| Radiohead's Burn the Witch may be critique of refugee crisis, says animator Posted: 05 May 2016 12:41 AM PDT Virpi Kettu suggests the band's latest video and title could allude to the 'blaming of different people' The animator of Radiohead's Camberwick-Green-meets-The-Wicker-Man video for Burn the Witch has suggested the clip might have been a commentary on Europe's refugee crisis. In an interview with Billboard, Virpi Kettu said the band may have wanted to increase awareness of the issue, especially "the blaming of different people … the blaming of Muslims" that leads people to want to metaphorically "burn the witch". Continue reading... |
| The Obamas dance with Star Wars characters – video Posted: 05 May 2016 12:31 AM PDT The President and the First Lady celebrate Star Wars Day with a dance-off! Barack and Michelle Obama boogie with R2-D2 and some stormtroopers to the song Uptown Funk, in footage posted to the White House Twitter account on Wednesday. May 4th is known as Star Wars Day thanks to the saying 'May the 4th be with you' Continue reading... |
| South Africa's topless protesters are fighting shame on their own terms Posted: 04 May 2016 11:00 PM PDT Bare-chested women are using iconography from the past while campaigning against misogyny in exciting new ways On a cold and wet morning, a large group of protesters – many of them bare- breasted – gathered to protest on the Rhodes university campus in Grahamstown, South Africa. Clad in jeans and head-wraps, some had written "Enough!" across their chests. They marched defiantly, having just published a controversial list naming alleged campus rapists in order to highlight their concerns that the university was too slow in addressing the complaints of survivors. |
| 'We'll cut off your head': open season for LGBT attacks in Kyrgyzstan Posted: 04 May 2016 02:16 AM PDT Closer ties with Russia and strict new laws mean gay people live in fear as violence goes unpunished. Coda Story reports From behind two heavy metal doors, Nika, a gay man who recently set up a small LGBT support group in Kyrgyzstan's capital, gingerly opens the door. "This is how we live now," he says. Two years ago, the Kyrgyz parliament followed the lead of its powerful neighbour Russia and introduced a series of amendments outlawing the promotion of same-sex relationships. Popularly known as the "anti-gay propaganda law" it has unleashed a campaign of violence and intimidation against the LGBT community, with a near 300% increase in reported attacks since the legislation was announced. Continue reading... |
| India's long wait for justice: 27 million court cases trapped in a legal logjam Posted: 04 May 2016 05:47 PM PDT Calls for wholesale reform of legal system with delays costing the country billions of rupees every year Ashish Kumar last saw his brother Vinod when he was being driven away by a senior police officer in Ludhiana, in northern India. Vinod's body was never found but the CBI, India's intelligence agency believes that the officer, Sumedh Singh Saini, was responsible for his death. |
| Vauxhall station fire disrupts London rail services Posted: 05 May 2016 01:10 AM PDT South West trains urges passengers to travel only if absolutely necessary after fire on tracks causes severe delays A fire on the tracks at Vauxhall railway station in south London has caused severe disruption to travel. Trains in and out of Vauxhall and Waterloo stations were disrupted as firefighters tackled the blaze, which broke out shortly after 2.30am. |
| How do we make life better for people living as refugees for generations? | Laurie Lee Posted: 04 May 2016 11:00 PM PDT Humanitarian funding increasingly has to be about meeting long-term needs. How do we make sure lives are not put on hold? It was once just a remote, semi-arid area of north-eastern Kenya, a nowhere land where droughts were frequent and visitors rare. But a quarter of a century after the first refugee camps were constructed in Dadaab, it has become the third largest population centre in the country and the largest refugee camp in the world. The camp was set up to receive people escaping the civil war in Somalia. Thousands more people arrived following severe drought in Somalia in 2011. Twenty-five years on, Dadaab – which now consists of five camps and hosts nearly 330,000 people – is a glaring example of the trend towards protracted refugee situations. Related: Dadaab refugee camps in Kenya, 20 years on – in pictures Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump: blame game begins among fellow Republicans Posted: 05 May 2016 12:03 AM PDT Eleven months ago, the businessman's candidacy seemed like a sideshow; now, he's the likely GOP presidential nominee. How did the country get here? As the news sinks in, a palpable sense of shock is settling over much of America of the sort normally reserved for the day after major natural disasters. Donald Trump, the real estate tycoon once known primarily for his mop of orange hair, perma-tan and catchphrase "You're fired!", has become the presumptive presidential nominee of the Republican party. The country, including many top figures within the GOP itself, is struggling to come to terms with the unthinkable, the unconscionable, the downright preposterous: in theory, Trump is now one short hop away from the White House. To say that the news has unsettled the party of which he is now the nominal head would be a gross understatement – thunderstruck, flabbergasted or devastated would be closer to the mark. |
| How Mexican journalists are reporting in secret on drug cartels Posted: 04 May 2016 11:54 PM PDT Reporters use cross-border outlet to break the news gag imposed by gangs How is it possible to report in a country regarded as one of the most dangerous places for a journalist to operate? Answer: do it secretly; do it online; and do it remotely. According to a Christian Science Monitor article, a Mexican reporter called AJ Espinoza worked out this safe way of working some two years ago. Continue reading... |
| Scott Morrison names Philip Lowe as next Reserve Bank governor Posted: 05 May 2016 01:14 AM PDT Lowe announced as Glenn Stevens' replacement for seven-year term in final hours of 44th parliament Australia will have a new Reserve Bank governor in four months. The treasurer, Scott Morrison, has announced the deputy governor, Philip Lowe, will replace Glenn Stevens, whose term expires on 17 September. Continue reading... |
| Israeli military chief backtracks from 1930s Germany comparison Posted: 05 May 2016 12:10 AM PDT IDF deputy chief says he did not intend to compare Israel to Nazi Germany in Holocaust memorial day speech citing 'nauseating trends' The deputy head of the Israeli military has been forced to backtrack after appearing to compare some attitudes in present-day Israel to "nauseating trends" in 1930s Germany. In a hard-hitting Holocaust memorial day speech on Wednesday evening, the Israel Defence Forces (IDF) deputy chief of staff, Maj Gen Yair Golan, made remarks that he felt compelled to clarify overnight on Thursday, insisting he had not "intended to compare Israel to Nazi Germany". Continue reading... |
| More than 30 injured as turbulence hits Etihad Airways flight to Indonesia Posted: 04 May 2016 08:59 PM PDT Nine said to have serious injuries, including broken bones, after 'severe and unexpected' turbulence hits flight EY474 from Abu Dhabi to Jakarta Thirty-one passengers and crew were injured, nine seriously, after an Etihad Airways flight experienced "severe and unexpected turbulence" on its journey to Indonesia. The Airbus A330-200, flying from the Emirati capital of Abu Dhabi, encountered the sudden turbulence 45 minutes prior to its arrival at Jakarta's Soekarno Hatta international airport on Wednesday, the airline said. Continue reading... |
| Holocaust survivors 'dying in poverty while awaiting compensation' Posted: 04 May 2016 08:00 PM PDT Campaigners call on 47 countries to honour pledge made seven years ago to ensure restitution for theft of property Tens of thousands of Holocaust survivors are spending the final years of their lives in financial hardship while waiting for governments across Europe to compensate them for property stolen during the Nazi era. Despite a declaration by 47 countries seven years ago to ensure restitution for the theft of Jewish property during the Holocaust, many of the 500,000 survivors still alive are yet to be compensated, according to the World Jewish Restitution Organisation (WJRO). |
| Argentina 'dirty war' suspect Omar Graffigna goes on trial aged 90 Posted: 04 May 2016 06:14 PM PDT Former head of Argentina's air force and two ex-subordinates charged over disappearance of activist couple during 1976-1983 dictatorship The former head of Argentina's air force and two ex-subordinates are on trial for alleged abduction and disappearance of activists during the Latin American nation's 1976-1983 dictatorship. Related: Junta takes over in Argentina: archive, 25 March 1976 Continue reading... |
| Justice department says North Carolina anti-LGBT law violates Civil Rights Act Posted: 04 May 2016 03:20 PM PDT Letter to Republican governor Pat McGrory said HB2, which limits protections to LGBT people, violates the landmark 1964 act and cannot be enforced North Carolina's law limiting protections to LGBT people violates the US Civil Rights Act and cannot be enforced, the US Justice Department said on Wednesday. Meanwhile, in Alabama, the town of Oxford buckled under public pressure and repealed a recently enacted bathroom ordinance that threatened six months in jail for anyone found using a toilet not in line with his or her biological sex. Continue reading... |
| Muslim women kicked out of California restaurant sue for discrimination Posted: 04 May 2016 01:41 PM PDT Seven women allege they were told to leave Urth Caffe in Laguna Beach for wearing headscarves but business claims they violated limited seating policy Seven Muslim women who were kicked out of a southern California restaurant are suing the business for discrimination, alleging that they were singled out for wearing headscarves in an area that advocates say has seen an increase in hate crimes. The women, six of whom were wearing hijabs, say they were ordered to leave Urth Caffe in Laguna Beach on 22 April, ostensibly because they were violating a policy limiting seating to 45 minutes – even though video they took as they were exiting shows that there were open tables throughout the restaurant. Continue reading... |
| Wildfires in Canada force evacuation of Fort McMurray – in pictures Posted: 04 May 2016 01:33 PM PDT Thousands of residents were ordered to flee the oil sands city in Alberta as a wildfire swept through, destroying entire neighbourhoods Continue reading... |
| Alaska plane struck bald eagle before crash in first ever fatal collision Posted: 04 May 2016 12:17 PM PDT Investigators say the small plane hit the eagle just before crash that killed four people north of Anchorage late last month A small plane hit a bald eagle before it crashed just north of Anchorage, Alaska, last month, killing all four people on board. An investigator said it is the nation's first civilian plane crash to result in deaths after an impact with a bald eagle. Continue reading... |
| Cameron to propose global anti-corruption agency at summit Posted: 04 May 2016 11:24 AM PDT PM hopes body that would help investigators track down tax evasion will be summit's legacy in wake of Panama Papers revelations An international anti-corruption body to help law enforcement agencies and investigators track down money laundering and tax evasion is to be one of the central proposals of next week's anti-corruption summit hosted by David Cameron. The new international agency is likely to involve broadening the remit of the the Paris-based OECD, which is already undertaking work on bribery and international tax rules, Sir Eric Pickles, Cameron's anti-corruption adviser, said. Continue reading... |
| Biologist tries to stop US from sending chimpanzees to private facilities abroad Posted: 04 May 2016 10:56 AM PDT Plaintiffs say the transfer to a zoo across the Atlantic will be detrimental to the animals' health and won't improve the chances of their species' survival When Jen Feuerstein last saw Tara, she was only three. Feuerstein, a biologist, remembers the chimpanzee as "very playful and active". Her aunt, Georgia, was "a beautiful, slender, dark female … who radiated intelligence and was very close to her family". Continue reading... |
| El Salvador arrests negotiators of gang truce in new get-tough policy Posted: 04 May 2016 10:29 AM PDT Psychologists, teachers, senior police officers and prison wardens are among 16 held for role in brokering a 2012 deal that led to sharp drop in homicides It was heralded as a bold attempt to curb decades of violence and credited with slashing El Salvador's murder rate by half. But four years after a truce was declared between the country's two main gang factions, the controversial ceasefire has been recast as a criminal conspiracy – and its protagonists arrested as gang sympathisers. Sixteen people have been detained in a series of high-profile raids, as authorities used new legislation outlawing dialogue with gang members to justify the arrests. Continue reading... |
| Eyewitness: Yamalo-Nenets, Russia Posted: 04 May 2016 10:04 AM PDT Children play on the snow as people watch a reindeer race on Reindeer Herders Day yesterday in the Yamalo-Nenets region of Russia Continue reading... |
| Government U-turn on unaccompanied refugee children welcomed by MPs Posted: 04 May 2016 09:48 AM PDT MPs visiting migrant camp in Athens are 'delighted' at government's decision to allow more refugee children travelling alone in Europe to come to the UK Conservative MP Stephen Phillips and Labour MP Yvette Cooper welcomed the government's U-turn on offering sanctuary to unaccompanied refugee children, after meeting young refugee children in camps in Athens. As the government folded, in the face of mounting pressure, to accept more of the estimated 90,000 refugee children who are travelling through Europe alone, Cooper and Phillips spent the day meeting some of the most vulnerable migrants in Europe. |
| Posted: 04 May 2016 09:24 AM PDT Our former teacher Noshir Wadia, known to us as "Prof", who has died aged 91, was a pioneering figure in Indian neurology. He was born in Surat, Gujarat, one of five children of Hormusji, a timber merchant, and his wife, Dinamai. He attended St Xavier's school and obtained his medical qualification from the Grant Medical College in Mumbai (then Bombay). In 1951, after completing an MD, he travelled to the UK to train in neurology, spending four formative years as registrar to the pioneering neurologist Lord (Russell) Brain at the London hospital. Continue reading... |
| David Cameron announces concessions on child refugees Posted: 04 May 2016 08:47 AM PDT PM climbs down, saying he will not stand in way of amendment for UK to take in unaccompanied children already in Europe Councils will be contacted next week and told they should be prepared to accept unaccompanied refugee children from Greece, Italy and France, after David Cameron climbed down on the issue in parliament. Related: Syrian refugee children deserve the same welcome I was given in 1939 | Alf Dubs Continue reading... |
| Woman faces 300 neo-Nazis in Sweden – video Posted: 04 May 2016 08:41 AM PDT A lady in Sweden defies 300 neo-Nazi marchers in the the town of Borlänge on Sunday. Tess Asplund can be seen in a video, published on the party's Youtube channel, raising a fist in front of the far-right marchers before she is pushed aside. A man, the group identify as Swedish actor Rasmus Acking is also forcefully shoved aside Continue reading... |
| Child refugees: Cameron retreat avoids Tory revolt and numbers game Posted: 04 May 2016 08:41 AM PDT By signing up to Lord Dubs' plan, the PM may help deter traffickers and recharge a UK fostering scheme David Cameron has for the first time conceded the principle that lone child refugees who have travelled to Europe but who do not have any direct family connection to the UK should be given sanctuary in Britain. The prime minister has been willing to pay that price to avoid the risk of rebellious Conservative MPs – who may have included former cabinet ministers such as Sir Eric Pickles – rejecting the government's refusal to let child refugees already in Europe into Britain. Continue reading... |
| David Cameron: UK may take in unaccompanied child refugees – video Posted: 04 May 2016 05:42 AM PDT David Cameron says on Wednesday his government will not stand in the way of an amendment by Lord Dubs which would allow unaccompanied refugee children into the UK. Cameron says he will not take steps that encourage refugees to make the 'dangerous journey' to the UK
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| Story of cities #36: how Copenhagen rejected 1960s modernist 'utopia' Posted: 04 May 2016 11:30 PM PDT While concrete was being poured across Europe's cities, Denmark's capital found itself at a crossroads: would it follow the car-centric vision of grand boulevards and streets in the sky – or keep its citizen-focused design? "In the 60s and 70s, we thought that if you built huge blocks with apartments and efficient traffic systems, everyone would be happy … But quality of life is more than square metres, concrete, lifts, motorways and subways." From his house on the outskirts of Copenhagen, veteran planner Søren Elle is reliving his 42 years with the city's transport department. "The question was, should we rebuild Copenhagen into a modern American city, or should we keep Copenhagen as Copenhagen and just make small adjustments in a pragmatic, Danish way?" Continue reading... |
| How Jane Jacobs changed the way we look at cities | Saskia Sassen Posted: 04 May 2016 07:15 AM PDT When I first encountered this doyenne of urban activism, she offered one of the sharpest critiques I'd ever heard. Jane Jacobs was relentless, and stood up to anyone in her quest to understand what really makes a city I first met Jane Jacobs in the early 90s. She was sitting in the front row of a large Toronto auditorium as I delivered a one-hour lecture. I did not know who she was. When I was done, the first hand up – sharply so – belonged to this elderly person. How wonderful, I thought, a citizen who has never stopped being engaged. What came out of her mouth, though, was one of the sharpest critiques of my way of analysing the city that I'd ever heard – and probably ever will. Continue reading... |
| Animals die as Cambodia is gripped by worst drought in decades Posted: 04 May 2016 07:34 PM PDT Schools face water shortages and government says entire nation is affected as rainy season is forecast to be delayed by months Behind a clutch of huts that hug the major route between Cambodia's capital and its famed Angkor temples, rice farmers Phem Phean and Sok Khoert peer into a cement hollow. Related: Armed guards at India's dams as drought grips country Continue reading... |
| Flowers and femidoms: Nepal wedding website offers contraception advice Posted: 04 May 2016 04:07 AM PDT Marie Stopes connects couples with wedding services and provides family planning advice in attempt to increase contraceptive use A website offering wedding services while providing advice on family planning and reproductive health was launched in Nepal last week in an attempt to increase low rates of contraceptive use. The Newlywed website, launched by Marie Stopes International on Thursday, lists local companies that provide bridal wear, caterers, flowers, honeymoon ideas and other services for the big day. A mobile app allows people to book appointments with vendors. Continue reading... |
| French aid transparency among the worst in the world Posted: 04 May 2016 03:22 AM PDT Despite a drive for greater transparency in its official development assistance, France is still among Europe's worst performers Frequently criticised for the lack of transparency in its foreign aid – known as official development assistance (ODA) – programmes, France took steps in 2014 to bring its activities into line with international standards. So far, the results have not been convincing. The government launched the French aid to priority countries website in an attempt to improve the traceability of its ODA. The site was supposed to provide information on all financial aid packages of more than €100,000 (£80,000) to 16 priority African countries: Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros Islands, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ghana, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Togo. Continue reading... |
| Why Trump v Clinton will be an unpopularity contest Posted: 04 May 2016 09:34 AM PDT A Clinton-Trump face-off in November looks more likely than ever. With both candidates having high disapproval ratings, victory may go to the least disliked After Tuesday's Indiana primary, it seems inevitable that in the presidential election in November, Americans will choose between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. Related: Donald Trump's path to Republican nomination clear as Ted Cruz quits Continue reading... |
| Who will be Donald Trump's running mate? Here are five options Posted: 04 May 2016 09:08 AM PDT Chris Christie and Newt Gingrich would bring considerable political experience, but a surprise pick such as Joni Ernst may be a more ideal veep With Donald Trump as the Republican party's presumptive nominee, it's time for him to start contemplating a running mate. Here are five options for the veep stakes for the outsider who has often said he would look for a number two with political experience: Related: John Kasich to make statement in home state of Ohio – campaign live Continue reading... |
| Indiana smashes Republican delegate math but changes little for Democrats Posted: 04 May 2016 07:21 AM PDT With Ted Cruz out, Donald Trump has all but sewn up the nomination – and despite Bernie Sanders' win he is likely too far adrift to catch Hillary Clinton On Tuesday, voters in Indiana selected Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders to lead them in November's general election. Indiana was the last major state to vote before California chooses its presidential nominees on 7 June, so its primary was predicted to be pivotal. And boy, was it. Trump is now almost certain to be the Republican presidential nominee – not least because his nearest rival, Ted Cruz, suspended his campaign after the results were announced. And despite Sanders' win, Hillary Clinton is still on course to be the Democratic nominee. With 98% of the results in for Indiana, here's a look at how the delegate math is now in favour of Trump and Clinton. Continue reading... |
| What is Sanders’ route to the Democratic nomination? Posted: 04 May 2016 06:45 AM PDT To topple Hillary Clinton, Bernie Sanders must win every remaining Democratic primary. Polls suggest he may not win any Despite Bernie Sanders' surprise victory in Indiana, the Democratic race is fundamentally unchanged – Hillary Clinton looks near-certain to be the nominee. To reverse his fortunes, Sanders has to prove the polls wrong. A lot wrong. Related: Bernie Sanders pulls off shock victory over Hillary Clinton in Indiana Continue reading... |
| Republican candidate John Kasich drops out of presidential race – video Posted: 04 May 2016 11:42 PM PDT John Kasich announces he is ending his campaign, leaving the way clear for Donald Trump to take the nomination. The Ohio governor said his unsuccessful presidential bid had reaffirmed has faith and declared: 'The Lord will show me the way forward and fulfil the purpose of my life' Continue reading... |
| Obama drinks Flint water to show residents that it's safe – video Posted: 04 May 2016 03:25 PM PDT President Barack Obama sipped filtered water in Flint, Michigan, on Wednesday and assured parents that anyone older than six could do the same during a visit to a city still reeling from a scandal over lead-tainted drinking water. Obama made the trip to the mostly African American community to reassure residents that the water was safe even as he predicted it would take more than two years to replace the city's aging pipes, which leached lead into the drinking water Continue reading... |
| Iraq firefight in which US navy seal died reveals intensity of battle – video Posted: 04 May 2016 12:38 PM PDT The Guardian has obtained footage from the firefight in northern Iraq between US elite forces and the Islamic State in which a Navy Seal was killed on Tuesday. The footage shows US and Kurdish forces firing on militants near the town of Tel Osqof. US Navy Seal Charles Keating IV was killed in the fighting, becoming the third US casualty of the latest war in Iraq Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump: 'We are going to win bigly. Believe me’ – video Posted: 04 May 2016 02:44 AM PDT Donald Trump addresses supporters from Trump Tower in New York on Tuesday night. The path is now clear for him to become the Republican nominee after Ted Cruz suspended his US presidential campaign following a crushing defeat in Indiana's primary Continue reading... |
| Miners search for gold nuggets and YouTube fame in California – video Posted: 04 May 2016 02:00 AM PDT Robert Ferguson pans for gold in California's San Gabriel mountains more than 150 years after prospectors from around the world arrived during the state's original gold rush. Ferguson searches for gold along a river with a dedicated group that shares videos of their exploits on YouTube. But few, if any prospectors, strike it rich Continue reading... |
| Siberia's Nenets reindeer herders – in pictures Posted: 04 May 2016 01:30 AM PDT A day in life of Nenets reindeer herders in the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug in Russia. The Nenets are an indigenous nomadic people of Arctic Russia. They live off reindeer herding and fishing. Continue reading... |
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