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- Thai navy Seal dies of infection from cave rescue
- Weinstein accusers' lawyers could get 10 times more than clients, sources say
- Submarine to explore why Antarctic glacier is melting so quickly
- Trump condemned for tweets pointing to name of Ukraine whistleblower
- George Michael’s sister found dead on Christmas Day
- Truck bomb kills scores in Mogadishu
- Russia deploys first hypersonic missiles
- Elton John wins highest accolade in new year honours list
- Mexican police chief arrested in connection to Mormon family killings
- Navy Seal pardoned of war crimes by Trump described by colleagues as 'freaking evil'
- 'A blessed initiative': secular Israel rejoices over Sabbath buses
- Overload and isolation: the decade that warped popular culture
- Disability rights campaigner Jack Marshall honoured
- Trump fights to keep evangelicals on his side ahead of 2020
- Another Mother review: Jamaica memoir skips island's darker history
- How Japan has fared in 30 years since the stock market bubble burst
- What happened? The policies Scott Morrison's government appears to have abandoned
- Israel: leadership win gives Netanyahu boost before tough election
- 'We're helpless': thousands of koalas probably dead after wildfires – video
- Ancient Mayan palace unearthed in south-east Mexico – video
| Thai navy Seal dies of infection from cave rescue Posted: 27 Dec 2019 08:43 PM PST Beiret Bureerak was having treatment for illness contracted while taking part in mission to free 12 boys and their football coach A Thai navy Seal has died from a blood infection he caught while rescuing 12 boys and their football coach from a flooded cave in northern Thailand. Petty Officer Beiret Bureerak died while receiving treatment for the illness, the Royal Thai Navy said. Another rescuer, navy diver Lieutenant Commander Saman Kuman, died during the mission. Continue reading... |
| Weinstein accusers' lawyers could get 10 times more than clients, sources say Posted: 28 Dec 2019 01:00 AM PST Lead attorney for women could receive 25% of payout in settlement which would end most civil lawsuits Lawyers representing alleged victims of Harvey Weinstein could get as much as 10 times more than some of the accusers themselves if a controversial settlement deal goes ahead, legal sources have told the Guardian. Last week it was reported that more than 30 women accusing the disgraced Hollywood mogul of sexual misconduct had reached a tentative settlement deal. If approved in court, the settlement will bring to an end most of the civil lawsuits pending against him. Continue reading... |
| Submarine to explore why Antarctic glacier is melting so quickly Posted: 27 Dec 2019 11:00 PM PST Scientists reach remote Thwaites glacier, vanishing at increasing rate, for mission An international team of scientists has reached the Thwaites glacier in Antarctica and is preparing to drill through more than half a kilometre of ice into the dark waters beneath. The 600-metre deep borehole will allow researchers to lower down a torpedo-shaped robotic submarine that will explore the underside of the ice shelf to better understand why it is melting so fast. Continue reading... |
| Trump condemned for tweets pointing to name of Ukraine whistleblower Posted: 27 Dec 2019 09:10 PM PST President posted link to article that identifies official – then sent a further tweet containing the name Donald Trump has retweeted material that publicly names the purported whistleblower whose complaint about the US president's dealings with Ukraine led to his impeachment. The president on Friday night sent a retweet from one of his supporters containing the alleged name of the individual. Trump drew the attention of his 68 million Twitter followers to the post which, along with publicising the name, inaccurately claimed that the whistleblower "committed perjury by making false statements" and is being protected by Adam Schiff, chairman of the House intelligence committee. There is no evidence to support these assertions. |
| George Michael’s sister found dead on Christmas Day Posted: 27 Dec 2019 07:26 AM PST Death of Melanie Panayiotou not being treated as suspicious, say police George Michael's sister Melanie Panayiotou was found dead at her home on Christmas Day, police have said, three years to the day since the singer's death. The 55-year-old hairdresser was found by her older sister, Yioda, on the evening of 25 December. The Metropolitan police said they were called by the London ambulance service shortly after 7.30pm on Wednesday to reports of the sudden death of a woman. Her death is not being treated as suspicious. Continue reading... |
| Truck bomb kills scores in Mogadishu Posted: 28 Dec 2019 01:15 AM PST More than 60 dead and dozens injured after morning rush hour blast in Somali capital A truck bomb has exploded at a busy security checkpoint in Mogadishu, killing at least 61 people, officials said. The attack during rush hour on Saturday morning was one of the deadliest attacks in the Somali capital in recent memory. Continue reading... |
| Russia deploys first hypersonic missiles Posted: 27 Dec 2019 08:01 AM PST Avangard capable of carrying 2-megaton nuclear weapon at 27 times the speed of sound Russia has deployed its first hypersonic nuclear-capable missiles, with Vladimir Putin boasting that it puts his country in a class of its own. The president described the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicle, which can fly at 27 times the speed of sound, as a technological breakthrough comparable to the 1957 Soviet launch of the first satellite. Continue reading... |
| Elton John wins highest accolade in new year honours list Posted: 27 Dec 2019 02:30 PM PST Musician recognised alongside stars of sport, politicians and hundreds of ordinary people Sir Elton John has received the highest acknowledgement in a new year honours list in which hundreds of ordinary people were recognised alongside household names from sport, the arts, entertainment and politics. The singer and songwriter was awarded the Companion of Honour for a remarkable career spanning more than five decades, in which he has sold more than 300m records worldwide, and used his fame to promote the work of 23 charities, including his own Aids foundation. He becomes one of only 64 people apart from the monarch who can hold the honour at any one time. Continue reading... |
| Mexican police chief arrested in connection to Mormon family killings Posted: 27 Dec 2019 01:20 PM PST Nine women and children of US-Mexican origin were shot dead by suspected drug cartel hitmen last month Mexican authorities have arrested a municipal police chief for his suspected links to the killing of three women and six children of US-Mexican origin in northern Mexico last month, local media and an official said on Friday. Suspected drug cartel hitmen shot dead the nine women and children from families of Mormon origin in Sonora state on 4 November, sparking outrage in Mexico and the United States. Continue reading... |
| Navy Seal pardoned of war crimes by Trump described by colleagues as 'freaking evil' Posted: 27 Dec 2019 08:03 AM PST Eddie Gallagher 'OK with killing anything that moved', Iraq veterans told investigators in testimony obtained by New York Times A Navy Seal platoon leader controversially cleared of war crimes by Donald Trump was a "toxic" character who was "OK with killing anything that moved", according to fellow Iraq veterans who reported his conduct to military investigators. Related: 2019: the year US foreign policy fell apart Continue reading... |
| 'A blessed initiative': secular Israel rejoices over Sabbath buses Posted: 27 Dec 2019 09:00 PM PST Minibuses that run on Friday evenings and Saturdays buck state's religious restrictions Tel Aviv is one of Israel's most dynamic cities, but the latest local craze could appear fairly humdrum to outsiders – a bus service that runs at weekends. Packed 19-seat minibuses fill up fast with passengers, who excitedly gossip about the new routes. People patiently queue at bus stops, knowing they might have to wait for two or three buses to pass before there is a space. Still, they are upbeat. "It's a pleasure," said Ben Uzan, a 30-year-old electronic engineer. "It's a blessed initiative." Continue reading... |
| Overload and isolation: the decade that warped popular culture Posted: 27 Dec 2019 11:00 PM PST We forget 'seminal' albums and TV shows months after consuming them, and the mega-famous have to resort to ruses to get our attention – has streaming destroyed the mainstream? It's that time in the decade when people like me – professional monitors of mass culture – look back at the preceding 10 years and try to make sense of it. Give it a shape. Problem is, I'm finding that it all feels a bit foggy and formless. The chronology of the 2010s is jumbled and indistinct, its peaks and landmarks hard to pinpoint. Without consulting end-of-year lists, I'm not even sure I could tell you what came out in the 2010s and in what sequence. All that remains are faint after-images of things that were utterly absorbing at the time of listening or watching, but seemed swiftly to vanish into the void of the recent past. I binged my way avidly through shows such as Sex Education or BoJack Horseman or Atlanta, then promptly forgot their very existence, until the startling reminder of a new season being announced. There is always something new to watch, after all: an endless, relentless wave of pleasures lined up in the infinite Netflix queue. Continue reading... |
| Disability rights campaigner Jack Marshall honoured Posted: 27 Dec 2019 10:00 PM PST British Empire Medal for 21-year-old who climbed Three Peaks and did Great North Run He has climbed the Three Peaks, skydived from 15,000 feet and fulfilled his dream of studying law at university. At 21, Jack Marshall's advocacy for disabled people is carried out by leading from the front. Now he has been recognised in the new year honours for his energetic campaigning for disability rights, in a list which sees a sharp increase in the number of disabled people receiving awards, from 5.9% last year to 11% – 120 out of 1,097 recipients. Continue reading... |
| Trump fights to keep evangelicals on his side ahead of 2020 Posted: 28 Dec 2019 12:30 AM PST Recent, high-profile defections have left the president and his campaign spooked about losing a key component of his base The US president going to church on Christmas Eve should not have attracted much attention. But it was the specific church Donald Trump chose to attend on Tuesday that raised eyebrows. Instead of attending his usual service at the liberal church in Palm Beach, Florida, where he married his third wife, Trump instead went to a conservative Baptist-affiliated church in West Palm Beach. Continue reading... |
| Another Mother review: Jamaica memoir skips island's darker history Posted: 27 Dec 2019 10:00 PM PST A story of a nanny who came to Princeton from Pisgah would have benefited from engagement with unpleasant realities Unlike most Jewish boys from New Jersey, I have a Jamaican accent," Ross Kenneth Urken writes in his debut, an affectionate memoir. While this may have the ring of a conversation overheard at a hipster Brooklyn bar, Urken claims it's "the honest-to-goodness truth, and it all started with Dezna". Related: Silver, Sword and Stone review: much blood shed, little improvement Continue reading... |
| How Japan has fared in 30 years since the stock market bubble burst Posted: 27 Dec 2019 10:00 PM PST Nostalgia for the good times has been a coping mechanism for the world's third largest economy On 29 December 1989, Japan's Nikkei stock market index hit a high of 38,916, a milestone that proved to be the last hurrah of the country's asset-inflated bubble economy – a period of ostentatious consumption and overconfidence in the infallibility of Japan, Inc. What followed was a spectacular fall from the heights of the mid- to late 1980s. The stock market plummeted, losing more than $2tn (£1.5tn) in value by December 1990. In the years that followed, the Japanese surveyed an alien landscape of "restructuring" – code for cost-cutting – deflation and stagnation. When the bubble party ended, its hosts appeared to have no idea how to clean up the mess left by absurdly high share and property prices. Continue reading... |
| What happened? The policies Scott Morrison's government appears to have abandoned Posted: 27 Dec 2019 09:42 PM PST Action to protect LGBT students, a payday lending crackdown and an integrity commission are among the Coalition's lost causes Governments should be judged not just on what they do with their time in office but also on what they don't do. There are only so many hours in a day, and so many parliamentary sitting weeks in a year (there were just 10 since the May election). Nevertheless it's important to know not just what the top priorities are but also what's been pushed to the backburner. Continue reading... |
| Israel: leadership win gives Netanyahu boost before tough election Posted: 27 Dec 2019 03:14 AM PST Prime minister to enter March election campaign while under indictments for corruption Triumphant after quashing a mini-revolt within his party, Benjamin Netanyahu faces what is likely to be a gruelling campaign to win Israel's third national election in a year with damning corruption indictments still hanging over him. Israel's longest-serving prime minister, famed for his political acumen in escaping seemingly impossible situations, won a primary leadership contest held on Thursday by a landslide. Continue reading... |
| 'We're helpless': thousands of koalas probably dead after wildfires – video Posted: 27 Dec 2019 01:52 PM PST Up to 30% of koalas on New South Wales's mid-north coast may have been killed and many more may be endangered in South Australia in the country's ongoing bushfire crisis after experts warned fires are the biggest threat Australian wildlife faces Nationally, more than 5m hectares have been burned in an unprecedented bushfire season that has also killed nine people Continue reading... |
| Ancient Mayan palace unearthed in south-east Mexico – video Posted: 27 Dec 2019 05:24 AM PST Archaeologists have discovered a Mayan palace in Kulubá in Yucatán state. The remains of the building, six metres tall, 55 metres long and 15 metres wide, suggest it was inhabited for two long periods between AD600 and AD1050 Continue reading... |
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