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- Kazakhstan crash: 12 killed as Bek Air flight crashes near Almaty airport
- Israel: Netanyahu wins landslide in battle for Likud party leadership
- Brexit talks: EU chief questions feasibility of Johnson's time limit
- Italy creates Europe's first plastic-free ski resort
- Hot blob: vast patch of warm water off New Zealand coast puzzles scientists
- Suicides linked to acne drug Roaccutane as regulator reopens inquiry
- Father of British YPG volunteer in Syria charged with terrorism offences
- Australia's environment minister says up to 30% of koalas killed in NSW mid-north coast fires
- Home Alone 2: Donald Trump scene cut in Canada, angering supporters
- Sriracha hot chilli sauce recall over fears of 'exploding' bottles
- Netflix, Marvel, Brexit – and Weinstein: how this decade radically reshaped cinema’s heroes and villains
- 2019: the year US foreign policy fell apart
- From kiosks to concrete jungle: why urban growth isn't always good – a cartoon
- Bernie Sanders resurgence has Democrats asking: could he actually win?
- Mural mocking Scott Morrison for Hawaii holiday during bushfires painted over
- 'Everybody is talking about it': women's rights to take centre stage in 2020
- Coke, crisps, convenience: how ads created a global junk food generation
- Benjamin Netanyahu hustled off stage at election rally after rocket launched from Gaza – video
| Kazakhstan crash: 12 killed as Bek Air flight crashes near Almaty airport Posted: 27 Dec 2019 01:58 AM PST Sixty-six injured on plane carrying 100 as emergency services look for survivors A plane carrying almost 100 people has crashed near Almaty airport in Kazakhstan, killing at least 12. Almaty airport said on Friday morning that survivors and emergency workers were on the scene in Almerek village, just beyond the end of the runway. Footage from the site, which was cordoned off, appeared to show the Fokker 100 plane had hit a building. Continue reading... |
| Israel: Netanyahu wins landslide in battle for Likud party leadership Posted: 26 Dec 2019 03:58 PM PST Prime minister gets backing of 72% of members despite corruption indictments Benjamin Netanyahu has won a landslide victory in a primary election for leadership of the ruling Likud party in Israel. Official results announced early on Friday showed Netanyahu capturing 72% of the votes, compared with 28% for challenger Gideon Saar. Earlier, Netanyahu had declared a huge victory following an exit poll that put him on course for more than 70% of the vote. Continue reading... |
| Brexit talks: EU chief questions feasibility of Johnson's time limit Posted: 27 Dec 2019 01:55 AM PST Ursula von der Leyen airs concerns about PM's refusal to extend negotiations past 2020 Boris Johnson should reconsider his refusal to extend the 11-month timeframe available for agreeing a deal on the future relationship with the EU after Brexit, Ursula von der Leyen has suggested. The European commission president said she had "serious concern" over the limited time available for the negotiations and emphasised the need to keep all options open. Continue reading... |
| Italy creates Europe's first plastic-free ski resort Posted: 26 Dec 2019 10:00 PM PST Pejo 3000 in Trentino cuts use after discovering nearby glacier contained microplastics An Italian ski resort is endeavouring to become the first in Europe to ban plastic after discovering that a nearby glacier contained a significant amount of microplastics. The use of plastic bottles, bags, cutlery, plates, straws, cups and condiment sachets was banned when the slopes opened at Pejo 3000, a small resort in Val di Sole, Trentino, in early December, and other measures will be enacted over the season. Continue reading... |
| Hot blob: vast patch of warm water off New Zealand coast puzzles scientists Posted: 26 Dec 2019 07:29 PM PST Area of water in the Pacific Ocean off NZ is 6C hotter than normal, possibly due to a lack of wind in the region A spike in water temperature of up to 6C above average across a massive patch of ocean east of New Zealand is likely to have been caused by an "anti-cyclone" weather system, a leading scientist says. Appearing on heat maps as a deep red blob, the patch spans at least a million square kilometres – an area nearly 1.5 times the size of Texas, or four times larger than New Zealand – in the Pacific Ocean. Continue reading... |
| Suicides linked to acne drug Roaccutane as regulator reopens inquiry Posted: 27 Dec 2019 12:00 AM PST Expert working group to re-examine safety of drug used by about 30,000 people a year Ten suicides this year have been linked to a powerful acne drug as the medicines regulator reopens an inquiry into it after being contacted by patients. Twelve deaths were recorded in 2019, 10 by suicide, by people who had been prescribed Roaccutane, according to data from the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA). Continue reading... |
| Father of British YPG volunteer in Syria charged with terrorism offences Posted: 26 Dec 2019 09:00 PM PST Exclusive: Paul Newey is first Briton to face terror charges related to family member joining Kurdish-led group The father of a British man volunteering with the Kurdish-led YPG forces in Syria fighting Islamic State has been arrested and charged with terrorism offences in the first such case in the UK. Police arrived at the Solihull home of Paul Newey, 49, on 11 December with a warrant and proceeded to search his flat and seize laptops and mobile phones. Newey was arrested and taken to a police station for questioning, along with his 18-year-old son Sam, who was also threatened with arrest. |
| Australia's environment minister says up to 30% of koalas killed in NSW mid-north coast fires Posted: 26 Dec 2019 04:52 PM PST Sussan Ley's estimate suggests up to 8,400 koalas may have perished in the bushfires Australia's environment minister has said up to 30% of koalas on the New South Wales mid-north coast may have been killed in the country's ongoing bushfire crisis. Nationally, more than 5m hectares have been burned in an unprecedented bushfire season that has also killed nine people. Some 3.4m hectares have been burnt in NSW alone. Continue reading... |
| Home Alone 2: Donald Trump scene cut in Canada, angering supporters Posted: 26 Dec 2019 11:46 PM PST CBC removed president's cameo in 2014 to save time, but Trump's son says move is 'pathetic' Canada's national broadcaster has riled Donald Trump's conservative base by airing Christmas movie favourite Home Alone 2 without a scene involving the president. The Canadian Broadcasting Company (CBC) says it removed Trump's brief cameo – and eight minutes of the film in total – in 2014 to make room for commercials. Continue reading... |
| Sriracha hot chilli sauce recall over fears of 'exploding' bottles Posted: 26 Dec 2019 08:57 PM PST Bottles of the sauce, sometimes called the 'hipster tabasco' due to its popularity, may explode due to lactic acid build-up A good hot sauce might be described as explosive but food safety authorities have warned one cult product might literally explode on its users. Food Safety Australia New Zealand has announced the popular Sriracha Hot Chilli Sauce is being recalled in both countries over fears that it could splatter when opened. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 27 Dec 2019 01:00 AM PST Hollywood's monsters were exposed, streaming services embraced auteurs and 'motion smoothing' made the movies look like daytime TV The long decade closes with no consensus on what we were supposed to call it (the "teens"?) nor about what ground has been gained or lost in the big cinema debates of the past 10 years. Steven Spielberg warned of a colossal evolutionary crisis in theatrical distribution, whereby the film business becomes over reliant annually on three or four big "tentpole" movies that will then crash, leaving us with the movie equivalent of 2008 or even 1929. And the tentpoles that everyone is betting on are the superhero films, which Spielberg warned will go the way of the western. Well, this hasn't happened yet. So a new hero/villain has arisen: Marvel Studios, which has enjoyed a staggering explosion of box-office popularity, blessed by cinema chains for providing surefire hits, but increasingly loathed by cinephiles for dumbing down the movies. Martin Scorsese, in his widely shared New York Times article, expanded his personal view that superhero films are just glorified theme-park rides without the individual artistry and humanity of real cinema. Continue reading... |
| 2019: the year US foreign policy fell apart Posted: 26 Dec 2019 09:30 PM PST Donald Trump's approach to the world is little more than a tangle of personal interests, narcissism and Twitter outbursts The new decade is about to start under many shadows, but none is more ominous than North Korea's threat to return to nuclear and long-range missile tests after a two-year lull. Pyongyang's pendulum swing from enthusiastic summit diplomacy back to name-calling and threats comes as Donald Trump is increasingly focused on his re-election campaign. Continue reading... |
| From kiosks to concrete jungle: why urban growth isn't always good – a cartoon Posted: 27 Dec 2019 01:00 AM PST Addis Ababa-based artist Yemsrach Yetneberk on how the radical spread of the Ethiopian capital is changing neighbourhoods Continue reading... |
| Bernie Sanders resurgence has Democrats asking: could he actually win? Posted: 27 Dec 2019 01:30 AM PST Two months ago the Vermont senator had a heart attack and trailed Warren in the polls – now he's bearing down on Biden Bernie Sanders addressed a crowd of thousands at a beachside rally in Los Angeles last Saturday, capping a six-day swing through the most populous US state. "Our campaign is not only about defeating [Donald] Trump, our campaign is about a political revolution," Sanders said. "It is about transforming this country, it is about creating a government and an economy that works for all people and not just the 1%." Continue reading... |
| Mural mocking Scott Morrison for Hawaii holiday during bushfires painted over Posted: 26 Dec 2019 08:09 PM PST Artist Scott Marsh says he finished the mural in the Sydney suburb of Chippendale on Tuesday, but by Friday it was gone A mural of Prime Minister Scott Morrison in Hawaiian garb with flames around him which popped up on an inner Sydney wall has been painted over just three days after it appeared. Artist Scott Marsh on Tuesday posted a photo of the Chippendale artwork – with Mr Morrison saying "Merry Crisis!!" via a speech bubble – on Instagram. Continue reading... |
| 'Everybody is talking about it': women's rights to take centre stage in 2020 Posted: 26 Dec 2019 11:00 PM PST Campaigners hail year of key global gatherings and events as vital opportunity to secure 'bold, accountable commitments and action' World leaders, civil society and the private sector are preparing to make 2020 the biggest year yet for the advancement of women's rights. Over the course of the year, thousands of people are expected to attend high-level UN events and forums in Mexico City and Paris to mark the 25th anniversary of the Beijing platform for action, a landmark agreement to end gender inequality. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Coke, crisps, convenience: how ads created a global junk food generation Posted: 25 Dec 2019 11:00 PM PST From Bangladesh to Britain, blanket exposure to promotional material for unhealthy foods is encouraging children to eat badly, new research claims Nepalese schoolgirl Prasiddhika Shrestha is holding up a video camera at her aunt's house, filming her cousins as they devour crisps, corn puffs, soda and dalmoth, a traditional lentil-based snack. "What is it that you like eating most?" she asks them. "Lay's chips and Coke," says Diwani, who drinks between one and two litres of soft drink every day. Rihana includes a pack of Kurkure corn puffs in her daily diet. Continue reading... |
| Benjamin Netanyahu hustled off stage at election rally after rocket launched from Gaza – video Posted: 26 Dec 2019 05:55 AM PST Israel's prime minister was bundled off the stage at an election rally on Wednesday after sirens rang out, warning of a rocket attack from the Gaza Strip. The incident happened in the southern town of Ashkelon, a few miles from Gaza. Israeli authorities said their Iron Dome missile defence system intercepted the rocket. Netanyahu was campaigning hours before an internal Likud party leadership ballot
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