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- FBI reportedly opened inquiry into whether Trump was working for Russia
- Paris bakery 'gas explosion' causes multiple injuries
- 'People's vote': backers bide their time to force Labour's hand
- Tulsi Gabbard: Democrat says she will run for president in 2020
- Oil tanker explosion kills Nigerians collecting leaking fuel
- Air pollution 'as bad as smoking in increasing risk of miscarriage'
- 'Real risk' of refugees freezing to death in Syria after rains destroy shelters
- Monster snowstorm to blanket more than half of United States
- Facebook staff discussed cashing in on user data, reports say
- On a wing and a player: hopes webcam can save endangered albatross
- How Fyre festival went up in flames
- Woman killed in suspected hit-and-run in Brixton
- Ministers smoking in parliament? Jordan must clean up its act | Yousef Shawarbeh
- 'I just want to do my job': federal workers reveal pressure of living without pay
- Miranda wins multiple ovations for Hamilton opening in Puerto Rico
- Australia too slow in considering Saudi teen's asylum bid, rights group says
- Safe birth of baby born to Ebola survivor hailed as a medical miracle
- Guantánamo Bay branded a 'stain on US human rights record'
- Will the radical right consolidate power in the heart of the EU this year? | Cas Mudde
- 'He needs an out': Trump's demand for a wall has left him backed into a corner
- Parts of Europe blanketed by heavy snowfall – video
- The far side of the moon gets its first earthly visitor – video
- 'A torrent of ghastly revelations': what military service taught me about America – podcast
| FBI reportedly opened inquiry into whether Trump was working for Russia Posted: 11 Jan 2019 06:47 PM PST Firing of James Comey prompted investigation into whether Trump was working against American interests, the New York Times reports The FBI in May 2017 opened an inquiry into whether Donald Trump was working on behalf of Russia, the New York Times reports. Citing unnamed former law enforcement officials, the paper reported Friday that in the days after the president fired the former FBI director James Comey, law enforcement officials were so worried about Trump's behavior that they began investigating whether the president was working against American interests and on behalf of Russia. Continue reading... |
| Paris bakery 'gas explosion' causes multiple injuries Posted: 12 Jan 2019 01:04 AM PST Gas leak thought to have caused explosion and fire in 9th arrondissement on morning of gilets jaunes rally Several people have been injured in Paris after an explosion and fire at a bakery in Paris, police have said. The blast on Saturday morning was believed to have been caused by a gas leak and firefighters were at the scene on Rue Trevise in the 9th arrondissement of north-central Paris, a police spokeswoman said. Several injuries had been reported to police but no deaths. Continue reading... |
| 'People's vote': backers bide their time to force Labour's hand Posted: 11 Jan 2019 10:41 AM PST Campaigners believe best moment to win over Corbyn will come after Commons vote Backing for a second Brexit referendum in parliament is unlikely to be tested until after next week's meaningful vote, as campaigners weigh up the best moment to try to win over the Labour leadership. The Conservative MP Sarah Wollaston has scrapped plans to table a "doctors' amendment" calling for the public to be allowed to exercise "informed consent" about Theresa May's deal. Continue reading... |
| Tulsi Gabbard: Democrat says she will run for president in 2020 Posted: 11 Jan 2019 04:55 PM PST The Iraq war veteran and US representative for Hawaii made announcement in a CNN interview scheduled to air Saturday Tulsi Gabbard, the Democratic US representative from Hawaii, said she will run for president in 2020, CNN reported on Friday. "I have decided to run and will be making a formal announcement within the next week," she said in an interview with CNN that is scheduled to air on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| Oil tanker explosion kills Nigerians collecting leaking fuel Posted: 12 Jan 2019 02:11 AM PST At least 12 dead and many seriously burned after crashed tanker explodes in Odukpani At least 12 people have died in Nigeria after an overturned oil tanker exploded while they and others were gathering its leaking fuel, police and witnesses said. "We have recovered 12 corpses and taken 22 persons with serious burns to hospital," the police spokeswoman Irene Ugbo said. She said the blast occurred on Friday evening in Odukpani, Cross River state, in the south-east of the country. However, some residents put the death toll closer to 60. Continue reading... |
| Air pollution 'as bad as smoking in increasing risk of miscarriage' Posted: 11 Jan 2019 11:00 AM PST Scientists called study's findings upsetting and said toxic air must be cut Air pollution is as bad for pregnant women as smoking in raising the risk of miscarriage, according to a scientific study. They said the finding was upsetting and that toxic air must be cut to protect the health of the next generation. Air pollution is already known to harm foetuses by increasing the risk of premature birth and low birth weight. Recent research has also found pollution particles in placentas. Continue reading... |
| 'Real risk' of refugees freezing to death in Syria after rains destroy shelters Posted: 11 Jan 2019 11:00 PM PST As temperatures fall, aid workers warn of danger to at least 11,000 people across Idlib, with storms also battering camps in Lebanon At least 11,000 child refugees and their families are facing a weekend of freezing temperatures with no shelter, after torrential rains across Syria's Idlib province swept away tents and belongings. Aid workers warn there is a real risk people will simply freeze to death as temperatures have already dropped to -1C, amid a shortage of blankets and heating fuel. Continue reading... |
| Monster snowstorm to blanket more than half of United States Posted: 11 Jan 2019 07:19 PM PST Winter storm 'expected to create havoc' as it moves from western US across the middle of the country A massive winter storm hit the US Rockies and plains on Friday then punched east, with snow set to assault a 1,800-mile (1,609 km) corridor through the weekend, creating transportation "havoc" in the middle of the country. The system started as rain from Mexico and turned to snow as it met icy air. Up to 18in (45cm) of snow were expected in the Sangre de Cristo mountains south of Denver, according to the National Weather Service. Continue reading... |
| Facebook staff discussed cashing in on user data, reports say Posted: 11 Jan 2019 04:01 PM PST Proposals to charge firms for data said to have been revealed by badly redacted court papers Facebook staff discussed charging companies for access to user data, before ultimately deciding against such a policy, according to reports. The internal discussions were revealed due to improperly redacted court documents, released as part of Facebook's lawsuit against American software developer Six4Three last year. According to Ars Technica and the Wall Street Journal, an 18-page court filing contains three pages that were supposed to be blacked out because they contain "sensitive discussion of Facebook's internal strategic analysis of third-party applications", Facebook said in other court filings. Continue reading... |
| On a wing and a player: hopes webcam can save endangered albatross Posted: 11 Jan 2019 05:00 PM PST Footage of tiny colony of birds on the southern tip of New Zealand captivates millions around the globe Millions of amateur naturalists around the world have been tuning in to the secret lives of albatrosses as New Zealand rangers employ YouTube in a bid to save the mysterious giant sea birds. New Zealand conservation teams set up a 24-hour live-stream of an albatross nest at Taiaroa Head on the Otago peninsula in 2016. Three years on, the feed has become an unexpected global hit, with 2.3 million people from 190 countries tuning in to watch the endangered birds rear their chicks on a frigid peninsula at the bottom of the world. Continue reading... |
| How Fyre festival went up in flames Posted: 12 Jan 2019 02:00 AM PST How did 2017's Ja Rule-backed, Bella Hadid-endorsed festival go so spectacularly wrong? A new Netflix documentary chases some unanswered questions "Just take it away and let me start a new beginning … it really pains me when I have to talk about it." MaryAnn Rolle sits outside her restaurant on Great Exuma in the Bahamas, holding back the tears as she looks towards the camera. Like many other Bahamians, she believed that a new luxury music festival organised by rapper Ja Rule and serial entrepreneur Billy McFarland would bring money and attention to the island. Instead, Fyre – which had been promoted by top models including Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner, and promised acts including Migos, Drake and Major Lazer – became one of the most talked-about flops of the decade. In place of an opulent beach party, attendees at the April 2017 event were greeted with a barren, unfinished site, leftover hurricane tents and conditions that lawyers would later describe as "closer to The Hunger Games … than Coachella", with ticket holders stranded on the island without food or water. Meanwhile, workers such as Rolle – who had spent $50,000 drafting in extra staff – were left high and dry. Although the event was swiftly cancelled, its dystopian scenes became a source of entertainment on social media, with umpteen jokes about its supposed rich-kid clientele. However, the dark side of the festival quickly emerged, with a fraud case brought against McFarland, who was sentenced to six years in prison last October. Continue reading... |
| Woman killed in suspected hit-and-run in Brixton Posted: 12 Jan 2019 01:40 AM PST Police search for car and driver alleged to have been speeding when young woman hit A woman has been killed in a hit-and-run in south London. The victim, in her early 20s, was struck by a speeding car on Brixton Hill in the early hours of Saturday, police said. Continue reading... |
| Ministers smoking in parliament? Jordan must clean up its act | Yousef Shawarbeh Posted: 12 Jan 2019 02:00 AM PST As mayor of Amman, I am committed to driving down tobacco use, in a country where more than half of all men are smokers The growth of Amman, the capital of Jordan, is visible everywhere. It is now an international business and financial hub, an arts and culture destination, and a tourism hotspot with thriving nightlife. But what we want it to be known as most of all is a model for how to clear the air of tobacco smoke. Tobacco in Jordan starts with cigarettes. Smoking rates among men with low incomes are soaring. About 57% of men earning 100-250 Jordanian dinars a month (£110-£275) smoke regularly, and these men spend up to half of their income on cigarettes. Overall, more than half of all men in Jordan smoke cigarettes habitually, the worst rate in the Middle East. Continue reading... |
| 'I just want to do my job': federal workers reveal pressure of living without pay Posted: 11 Jan 2019 10:00 PM PST Four federal employees and a daughter of a furloughed worker discuss the shutdown's impact on their lives as the first paychecks fail to be posted Continue reading... |
| Miranda wins multiple ovations for Hamilton opening in Puerto Rico Posted: 12 Jan 2019 01:19 AM PST Creator and star says he will never forget reception of musical in parents' homeland Lin-Manuel Miranda's return to the stage in his musical, Hamilton, was brought to a dramatic standstill on Friday night – not by protests in his parents' homeland of Puerto Rico, as some had feared, but by a spontaneous eruption of cheers, whoops and applause. The brightest spotlight shone on Miranda as, reprising the title role for the first time since Broadway in July 2016, he sang his introductory line: "Alexander Hamilton". He got no further. The audience of nearly 2,000 rose to its feet and generated a wall of joyous noise for half a minute. The music stopped and Miranda remained motionless, keeping his eyes fixed straight ahead, then finally allowing them to dart about the stage. Continue reading... |
| Australia too slow in considering Saudi teen's asylum bid, rights group says Posted: 11 Jan 2019 08:10 PM PST Human Rights Watch says government should have acted with more urgency to help Rahaf al-Qunun Human Rights Watch Australia has criticised the government's handling of a Saudi teenager's bid for asylum, after the 18-year-old was granted safe haven in Canada. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun fled from Kuwait to Thailand, saying she had been abused by her family and feared for her life if deported back home. Continue reading... |
| Safe birth of baby born to Ebola survivor hailed as a medical miracle Posted: 11 Jan 2019 07:28 AM PST Daughter of Congolese woman treated for Ebola in December becomes only second healthy child born in such circumstances The daughter of a pregnant woman who was cured of Ebola has survived and tested negative for the virus, in a case that has been described as a medical miracle. Sylvana, born on 6 January and weighing 3.7kg, is the second baby in the world known to have survived after being born to a woman who had Ebola. It is the first case in which both mother and baby have survived. Continue reading... |
| Guantánamo Bay branded a 'stain on US human rights record' Posted: 11 Jan 2019 06:18 AM PST Amnesty International calls US naval prison a symbol of Islamophobia and xenophobia Guantánamo Bay remains a "stain on the human rights record" of the US and the scene of ongoing human rights violations, said Amnesty International in advance of a rally in Washington to mark the 17th anniversary of its opening. The US naval prison at Guantánamo in Cuba – opened on 11 January 2002 – still holds 40 Muslim men, many of whom have been tortured. Many of the detainees have been cleared for transfer for years. Continue reading... |
| Will the radical right consolidate power in the heart of the EU this year? | Cas Mudde Posted: 11 Jan 2019 08:32 AM PST May's European elections offer a chance for the resurgent far right to collaborate, consolidate – and bend the EU to its will Every five years, millions of Europeans across the continent go to the polls to elect their national members of the European parliament. This May we'll be doing so again, in what could be a watershed election for rightwing populists. Although radical right parties won pretty big in the past two European elections, their influence within the various umbrella groups that make up the European parliament's power blocs remained limited. This year, most rightwing populist parties may make only modest seat gains. But they also have the opportunity to create, for the first time, a serious rival to the centrist political groups that until now have dominated the EU's governing body. Continue reading... |
| 'He needs an out': Trump's demand for a wall has left him backed into a corner Posted: 11 Jan 2019 03:00 AM PST The president's position is a non-starter with Democrats, making an end to the shutdown far from imminent Wednesday's dramatic showdown between Donald Trump and Democratic leaders and the president's defiant PR trip to the border the following day seemed to confirm observers' fears: a breakthrough in negotiations to end one of the longest shutdowns in US history is far from imminent. As key government operations remained shuttered for a 21st day and roughly 800,000 federal workers remained without pay, both the president and the Democrats have retreated into their own corners. Continue reading... |
| Parts of Europe blanketed by heavy snowfall – video Posted: 11 Jan 2019 10:53 AM PST Heavy snowfall has caused chaos in Germany and Austria, as both countries remain on high alert. Several people have died in weather-related incidents. Troops have been deployed to help residents and helicopters are clearing snow from trees to stop it from falling on cars. Continue reading... |
| The far side of the moon gets its first earthly visitor – video Posted: 11 Jan 2019 09:00 AM PST China's space agency has released a video of its Chang'e 4 spacecraft landing on the side of the moon permanently hidden from Earth's view. On Friday, the National Space Administration released images from the lunar surface. |
| 'A torrent of ghastly revelations': what military service taught me about America – podcast Posted: 11 Jan 2019 04:00 AM PST Training on a base in California, and later serving in Afghanistan, made me confront the reality of American empire, and the injustice that pervades society at home Continue reading... |
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