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- Trump vents fury over Russia stories and again threatens national emergency
- Rahaf al-Qunun lands in Toronto after long journey to safety
- Theresa May: rejecting Brexit deal would be 'unforgivable breach of trust'
- Labour set to call vote to topple Theresa May’s government
- Poland calls for 'joint' EU-Nato stance on Huawei after spying arrest
- The Rock says Daily Star fabricated 'snowflake' criticism
- 'Ridiculous': report Ivanka Trump could lead World Bank meets scorn
- 'A death sentence': migrant caravan member killed in Honduras after US sent him back
- Five dead on midwest roads as huge snowstorm heads for Washington DC
- Australia heatwave: temperatures to soar in every state and territory
- Brexit brings surprise boost for Bulgarian resorts
- Taking back control? Brexit seems to offer exactly the opposite
- Motorist arrested after boy, 11, killed in hit and run in Manchester
- UK manufacturers can afford to wait on an EU deal, but not to crash out
- Supercoppa controversy rages over Saudi Arabia’s treatment of women
- Why Africa’s ageing leaders are keeping a close watch on DRC power struggle
- The Great Boston Molasses Flood: why the strange disaster matters today
- In China, they’re closing churches, jailing pastors – and even rewriting scripture
- Fomo festival death: teenager's family beg Berejiklian to introduce pill-testing
- Ninth weekend of gilets jaunes protests sees police use water cannon in Paris – video
- Footage shows moments after Paris bakery explosion – video
| Trump vents fury over Russia stories and again threatens national emergency Posted: 12 Jan 2019 07:03 PM PST
Donald Trump has strongly denied the stunning claim that he was secretly working on behalf of Russia and again threatened to declare a national emergency to fund a border wall. In 20-minute live phone interview with Fox News on Saturday night, he described as an "insult" the New York Times story that alleged the FBI launched an investigation into whether the he was acting as a Russian asset, against his own country's interests. Continue reading... |
| Rahaf al-Qunun lands in Toronto after long journey to safety Posted: 12 Jan 2019 08:42 AM PST Saudi teen was granted asylum by Canada after flying to Thailand to escape her family The Saudi woman who barricaded herself in a Thai hotel room in a desperate attempt to flee abuse landed in Canada on Saturday, capping a tumultuous and uncertain journey towards safety. Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun arrived in Toronto, the country's largest city. As she entered the airport's arrivals area, she was accompanied by Canada's minister of foreign affairs, Chrystia Freeland, who has been a vocal critic of Saudi Arabia's jailing of female dissidents. Continue reading... |
| Theresa May: rejecting Brexit deal would be 'unforgivable breach of trust' Posted: 13 Jan 2019 12:14 AM PST Writing in the Sunday Express, prime minister urges MPs to do 'what is right for our country' Theresa May has warned of a "catastrophic and unforgivable breach of trust" in democracy if MPs reject her Brexit deal on Tuesday and the UK remains in the European Union. With just two days to go before the House of Commons vote on her withdrawal agreement, the prime minister, writing in the Sunday Express, pleaded with parliamentarians to "do what is right for our country" and back the controversial exit plan. Continue reading... |
| Labour set to call vote to topple Theresa May’s government Posted: 12 Jan 2019 01:00 PM PST MPs told to get ready for a no-confidence vote as Tories say PM's Brexit deal has no hope Labour MPs have been told to prepare for Jeremy Corbyn to table a dramatic and immediate vote of no confidence in Theresa May's government as early as Tuesday evening in an attempt to force a general election if – as expected – she suffers a heavy defeat this week on her Brexit deal. Messages have been sent to Labour MPs, even those who are unwell, to ensure their presence both for the "meaningful vote" on the prime minister's Brexit blueprint on Tuesday and the following day. Labour whips have told MPs the no-confidence vote is likely to be tabled within hours of a government loss, with the actual vote taking place on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Poland calls for 'joint' EU-Nato stance on Huawei after spying arrest Posted: 12 Jan 2019 11:23 PM PST Country's foreign minister says both entities need to decide whether to exclude telecom giant from their markets Poland's internal affairs minister has called for the EU and Nato to take a "joint stance" on Huawei after an employee of the Chinese telecommunications equipment maker was arrested on spying charges. Huawei on Saturday sacked the Chinese employee, Wang Weijing, following his arrest and that of a former Polish security official on Friday. The two men could be held for three months. Continue reading... |
| The Rock says Daily Star fabricated 'snowflake' criticism Posted: 12 Jan 2019 03:24 AM PST Tabloid quoted actor Dwayne Johnson as saying millennials are 'putting us backwards' Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson has claimed the Daily Star fabricated a front-page story in which the film star appeared to criticise millennials as "snowflakes". The story, which appeared on Friday's front page under the headline "The Rock Smacks Down Snowflakes" and was billed as an exclusive, was picked up by news outlets around the world. Continue reading... |
| 'Ridiculous': report Ivanka Trump could lead World Bank meets scorn Posted: 12 Jan 2019 12:11 PM PST First daughter's name said to be 'floating around Washington' but it wouldn't be her first unconventional role The Financial Times reported on Friday that the name of Ivanka Trump is "floating around Washington" regarding the need for a new president of the World Bank. The role will soon be open due to the surprise departure of the current president, Jim Yong Kim. But on politics Twitter, at least, the idea that his replacement might be the first daughter met with widespread derision. Continue reading... |
| 'A death sentence': migrant caravan member killed in Honduras after US sent him back Posted: 13 Jan 2019 12:00 AM PST Fleeing threats, Nelson Espinal traveled to the US. One week after he was deported, he was shot dead Several days after Nelson Espinal slipped across the US southern border, he called his family back in Honduras from inside a US detention center. "Tell Mom not to worry – I'm applying for asylum," Espinal, 28, told his sister Patricia, who recounted the December phone call with tears streaming down her sun-scarred cheeks. "We must pray to God that they give it to me. I told them I can't go back to Honduras because if I go back, they're going to kill me." Continue reading... |
| Five dead on midwest roads as huge snowstorm heads for Washington DC Posted: 12 Jan 2019 07:17 PM PST
A massive winter snowstorm making its way across the midwest and into the US mid-Atlantic region dumped more than a foot of snow in parts of Missouri and contributed to at least five deaths, authorities said on Saturday. The storm moved into Kansas and Nebraska from the Rockies on Friday, then east into Missouri, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana, covering roads and making driving dangerous. Continue reading... |
| Australia heatwave: temperatures to soar in every state and territory Posted: 12 Jan 2019 10:09 PM PST Much of Australia will bake this week with meteorologists forecasting the hot conditions will last for days in some parts Every state and territory will bake through a heatwave on Monday with meteorologists saying soaring temperatures will last for days in some parts. The Bureau of Meteorology said hot days were expected in January but multiple days in a row of temperatures above 40C were unusual. Continue reading... |
| Brexit brings surprise boost for Bulgarian resorts Posted: 12 Jan 2019 11:00 PM PST Fearing the prospect of a plunging pound, travellers are turning to an unlikely destination to make their money go further As the wrangling over how Britain should leave the EU reaches fever pitch, one country is already experiencing a Brexit dividend: Bulgaria. Resorts in the south-eastern European country have seen a surge in bookings from British holidaymakers as families seek out alternative summer destinations. Continue reading... |
| Taking back control? Brexit seems to offer exactly the opposite Posted: 12 Jan 2019 10:01 PM PST Parliament is trapped in gridlock and as deeply divided as the country over Brexit, while on the streets and in the House the rancour is getting ever louder Towards the end of the Channel 4 drama Brexit: The Uncivil War which was broadcast last Monday evening, the leaders of the rival Remain and Leave campaigns meet in a central London bar. By coincidence Craig Oliver, David Cameron's then director of communications, and Dominic Cummings, director of Vote Leave and inventor of the slogan "take back control", spot one another across platforms at Moorgate tube station. They had regular rows when they worked as Tory advisers before the campaign began and have been at daggers drawn throughout it. But both are physically and emotionally exhausted as voting day approaches and – in an encounter Oliver has insisted was fictional – they agree to talk over a pint. It is shortly after the murder of Labour MP Jo Cox by a right-wing extremist in her West Yorkshire constituency. Oliver clearly feels things are slipping away from Remain. Sitting opposite his foe, the look on his face betrays his grim and growing realisation that Cummings is winning the war and heading for a stunning victory with unimaginable consequences for the country – albeit, he feels, by employing the basest of campaigning methods. Continue reading... |
| Motorist arrested after boy, 11, killed in hit and run in Manchester Posted: 12 Jan 2019 02:07 PM PST Police have detained a 31-year-old man on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving
The child was treated by paramedics at the scene of the incident in Beswick, Manchester, but died of his injuries in hospital. Continue reading... |
| UK manufacturers can afford to wait on an EU deal, but not to crash out Posted: 13 Jan 2019 01:00 AM PST Theresa May says any delay to article 50 will force companies out of Britain. But the alternative – a bad Brexit – is worse One of Downing Street's many arguments in favour of Theresa May's Brexit deal is that further delay will persuade many of the UK's biggest companies to stop procrastinating about their investment plans and move some or all of their activities abroad. Bosses have spent long enough watching and waiting to see what kind of Brexit unfolds. Another six months, while parliament moves in the direction of a general election or a referendum on the current deal with the European Union, would break their resolve, say May's supporters. Continue reading... |
| Supercoppa controversy rages over Saudi Arabia’s treatment of women Posted: 13 Jan 2019 01:00 AM PST Protests over the decision to hold the Italian Super Cup in Jeddah have grown since murder of Jamal Khashoggi in October When, early last June, the Italian football league agreed a €20m deal to play three of the next five Italian super cups in Saudi Arabia, it provoked very little controversy. This is, after all, a trophy that has frequently been decided on foreign soil, sometimes in quite unlikely locations. In 2002, the year that Colonel Muammar Gaddafi bought 6.4m shares in Juventus, the Supercoppa brought the Turin side to play Parma in Tripoli. Since then the match has been hosted once by the United States, twice by Qatar and four times by China. Wednesday's game between Milan and Juve in Jeddah will be the sixth time in 10 years that the Supercoppa has been decided outside Europe. Continue reading... |
| Why Africa’s ageing leaders are keeping a close watch on DRC power struggle Posted: 12 Jan 2019 11:59 PM PST The long-awaited and controversial election in the Democratic Republic of the Congo could set the tone for the rest of the continent, with fears that democracy may be the loser After a tumultous week, the streets of the cities of the Democratic Republic of the Congo are likely to be quiet on Sunday as congregations file into churches to hear priests and preachers call for the Lord's blessing on a troubled land. Few doubt that the DRC is at a critical moment. The long-delayed elections that were finally held on 30 December could still be a turning point, leading the resource-rich nation to a better future. Or they could send the vast central African country, which has not known a peaceful transfer of power since it gained independence from Belgium in 1960, back into anarchy. Continue reading... |
| The Great Boston Molasses Flood: why the strange disaster matters today Posted: 13 Jan 2019 12:00 AM PST An obscure accident led to the first class action lawsuit against a major company, paving the way for modern regulation For bystanders, the first clue something was wrong was a sound different from the usual thrum of the overhead train. The Boston Evening Transcript later described it as "a deep rumble." Related: Study reveals why so many met a sticky end in Boston's Great Molasses Flood Continue reading... |
| In China, they’re closing churches, jailing pastors – and even rewriting scripture Posted: 13 Jan 2019 12:00 AM PST China's Communist party is intensifying religious persecution as Christianity's popularity grows. A new state translation of the Bible will establish a 'correct understanding' of the text In late October, the pastor of one of China's best-known underground churches asked this of his congregation: had they successfully spread the gospel throughout their city? "If tomorrow morning the Early Rain Covenant Church suddenly disappeared from the city of Chengdu, if each of us vanished into thin air, would this city be any different? Would anyone miss us?" said Wang Yi, leaning over his pulpit and pausing to let the question weigh on his audience. "I don't know." Almost three months later, Wang's hypothetical scenario is being put to the test. The church in south-west China has been shuttered and Wang and his wife, Jiang Rong, remain in detention after police arrested more than 100 Early Rain church members in December. Many of those who haven't been detained are in hiding. Others have been sent away from Chengdu and barred from returning. Some, including Wang's mother and his young son, are under close surveillance. Wang and his wife are being charged for "inciting subversion", a crime that carries a penalty of up to 15 years in prison. Continue reading... |
| Fomo festival death: teenager's family beg Berejiklian to introduce pill-testing Posted: 13 Jan 2019 12:00 AM PST Central coast teenager Alex Ross-King was rushed to Westmead hospital, where she subsequently died Relatives of a New South Wales teenager who died of a suspected overdose after taking drugs at a music festival have pleaded with the premier to introduce pill-testing to save lives. Central coast teenager Alex Ross-King, 19, on Saturday evening was rushed from the Fomo festival at Parramatta park to Westmead hospital, where she subsequently died. Continue reading... |
| Ninth weekend of gilets jaunes protests sees police use water cannon in Paris – video Posted: 12 Jan 2019 08:55 AM PST Police in Paris fired water cannon and teargas at gilet jaunes (yellow vest) protesters on the ninth consecutive weekend of demonstrations. The protests began as a protest against a new eco-tax on petrol and diesel, but has grown to encompass a wide range of demands including giving people a greater say in policy via citizens' referenda. |
| Footage shows moments after Paris bakery explosion – video Posted: 12 Jan 2019 05:50 AM PST Two firefighters have died and 47 people have been injured after an explosion at a bakery in Paris. Ten of them are in a critical condition. Authorities said the cause of the blast and fire in the 9th arrondissement on Saturday morning was 'a pocket of gas' Continue reading... |
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