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- South Africa’s April floods made twice as likely by climate crisis, scientists say
- Suspect held in Netherlands over 1994 Rwandan genocide
- Female student in Nigeria beaten to death over ‘blasphemy’
- Twenty-year search for Rwanda genocide suspect ends in Zimbabwe grave
- Hunger crisis grips Horn of Africa – but 80% of Britons unaware, poll shows
- Threat of being sent to Rwanda ‘harming health of UK asylum seekers’
- Intoxication can be violent crime defense, Canada supreme court rules
- Seven more survivors of capsized boat rescued near Puerto Rico
- ‘Incredible cruelty’: gang battles leave 150 dead in Haitian capital
- Boat capsizes near Puerto Rico, killing 11 as a ‘mass rescue effort’ is under way
- Chilean journalist dies after being shot while covering Workers’ Day marches
- Canadian town in Northwest Territories told to evacuate as flooding worsens
- North Korea: Kim Jong-un declares Covid outbreak a ‘great disaster’
- ‘Lost’ Picasso spotted in Imelda Marcos’s home after son’s election win
- It’s unprecedented for Dutton to label a Chinese spy ship sailing outside Australia’s territory an ‘act of aggression’ | Daniel Hurst
- North Korea says six dead after admitting Covid outbreak for first time
- New Zealand’s presbyterian church will offer future land sales to Māori iwi first
- Chinese-speaking voters critical of Coalition’s ‘militaristic’ stance on China in lead-up to 2022 election, WeChat study shows
- Australian federal election 2022: Morrison promises ‘gear change’ if reelected; Labor pledges $970m for Medicare
- Man dies from gunshot wounds in second shooting in Sydney in a week
- Marist Brothers appointed known child abuser as principal of Melbourne school in 1980, court told
- ‘Sick of it’: why so many Australians are voting early this election
- Election preferences: do you need to think strategically before voting in the lower house?
- Queensland shows what happens when liberals desert the Liberal party
- Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 80 of the invasion
- Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy ‘ready to speak to Putin’; Russia to cut electricity supply to Finland after Nato decision – live
- US defence chief urges Ukraine ceasefire in call with Russian counterpart – as it happened
- Breakaway region of Georgia to hold referendum on joining Russia
- Ukraine has repelled Russia’s attempt to cross Donbas river, UK confirms
- Trial by fire: Ukraine war becomes gruelling artillery duel
- Israeli police attack funeral procession for shot journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh
- UAE ruler Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan dies aged 73
- Iran arrests French couple and threatens to execute Swedish-Iranian
- Shireen Abu Aqleh: thousands attend state memorial in West Bank
- Saudi Aramco overtakes Apple as world’s most valuable company
- Israel approves 2,700 housing units in illegal West Bank settlements
- Global hit Pasoori opens doors for Pakistani pop
- Give us a grandchild or $650,000, say Indian couple suing son
- Sri Lanka president brings back five-time former PM in effort to ease crisis
- Sri Lanka president to name new PM as unrest simmers amid economic crisis
- Sri Lanka unrest: shoot on sight order issued as troops deployed in Colombo
- Older UK renters forced to cut back on spending as living costs soar
- Promote safety benefits of low-traffic schemes, Boardman tells councils
- Platinum jubilee Queen Barbie sells out in three seconds
- Prince William presents damehood to Deborah James as cancer fundraiser raises £5m
- UK government suspends engagement with NUS over antisemitism allegations
- Archie Battersbee: judge backs test to establish if 12-year-old boy is dead
- Manhunt under way in Texas after convicted murderer escapes prison bus
- Protesters rally outside US supreme court justices’ homes ahead of pro-choice marches
- ‘Everything was orange’: US wildfires burning at furious pace early this year
- Ariana Grande and other stars support Roe v Wade in New York Times ad
- Subpoenas of Trump allies by January 6 panel set up high-stakes showdown
- ‘We saved a giraffe’s life’: calf fitted with braces to correct bent legs
| South Africa’s April floods made twice as likely by climate crisis, scientists say Posted: 13 May 2022 04:01 AM PDT Brutal heatwave in India and Pakistan also certain to have been exacerbated by global heating, scientists say The massive and deadly floods that struck South Africa in April were made twice as likely and more intense by global heating, scientists have calculated. The research demonstrates that the climate emergency is resulting in devastation. Catastrophic floods and landslides hit the South African provinces of KwaZulu-Natal and Eastern Cape on 11 April following exceptionally heavy rainfall. Continue reading... |
| Suspect held in Netherlands over 1994 Rwandan genocide Posted: 13 May 2022 02:56 AM PDT Dutch prosecutors say 64-year-old man accused of role in massacres arrested after extradition request A Rwandan man has been arrested in the Netherlands based on an extradition request from Rwanda on suspicion that he was involved in the central African country's 1994 genocide, Dutch prosecutors have said. The 65-year-old man, who was not identified, has been living in the Netherlands since he was granted asylum there in 1999. He was arrested on Wednesday in the town of Ermelo, 44 miles east of Amsterdam. Continue reading... |
| Female student in Nigeria beaten to death over ‘blasphemy’ Posted: 12 May 2022 12:53 PM PDT Witnesses say police failed to disperse mob of fellow students in Sokoto who set victim on fire following WhatsApp comments A female student in Nigeria was beaten to death and set on fire by fellow students who accused her of posting "blasphemous" statements in a WhatsApp group, two witnesses have said. The school, located in Nigeria's northwestern state of Sokoto, was immediately closed down following the attack. Continue reading... |
| Twenty-year search for Rwanda genocide suspect ends in Zimbabwe grave Posted: 12 May 2022 06:00 AM PDT Exclusive: inside the manhunt for Protais Mpiranya, accused of Rwandan mass killings and the world's most wanted war crimes fugitive The 20-year manhunt for one of the world's most brutal killers has come to a decisive end in an overgrown cemetery outside Harare. The body of Protais Mpiranya, the former commander of the Rwandan presidential guard indicted for genocide, lay buried under a stone slab bearing a false name, which UN investigators tracked down and identified with the help of a critical lead found on a confiscated computer: the hand-drawn design for Mpiranya's tombstone. Continue reading... |
| Hunger crisis grips Horn of Africa – but 80% of Britons unaware, poll shows Posted: 11 May 2022 11:30 PM PDT UK government urged to act as worst drought in 40 years threatens region while aid efforts and global attention remain focused on Ukraine war The UK government has been urged to give the hunger crisis gripping the Horn of Africa "proper attention", as new polling showed just two in 10 people in Britain are aware that the worst drought in 40 years is even taking place, let alone threatening famine. As the war in Ukraine rages, the combined effect of three failed rainy seasons has pushed parts of Kenya, Somalia and Ethiopia to the brink, killing livestock, forcing people to leave their homes and increasing levels of child malnutrition. The Russian invasion has exacerbated the situation, pushing up the price of staples such as wheat and sunflower oil, as well as fuel. Continue reading... |
| Threat of being sent to Rwanda ‘harming health of UK asylum seekers’ Posted: 10 May 2022 04:01 PM PDT Rights organisations say refugees going into hiding as Home Office admits LGBTQ+ people could face persecution in African country Ministers' threats to send unauthorised migrants to Rwanda are having a detrimental impact on the physical and psychological health of people seeking asylum, according to two major refugee charities. The British Red Cross and the Refugee Council, which worked with nearly 44,000 people in the asylum process, warn that they are disappearing from hotels and are reluctant to claim support for fear of deportation, detention and other harsh measures. A Rwandan asylum seeker who contacted the Red Cross in south-east England fearing he could be sent back to the country. He disclosed that he would be in hiding and refraining from accessing support so he is not identified by the authorities. An Afghan man living in temporary accommodation in the east Midlands who disclosed that he had gone into hiding, fearing that he would be detained and sent to Rwanda. He said that many of his friends were in the same situation and planned to go underground. An asylum seeker from Ethiopia based in the West Midlands said that he feels anxious about the passing of the Nationality and Borders Act and disclosed he had left his accommodation out of fear that he will be sent to Rwanda. An Afghan asylum seeker also based in the West Midlands who said he feels he is a second-class refugee as he is not eligible for recent schemes designed to support Ukrainians. Continue reading... |
| Intoxication can be violent crime defense, Canada supreme court rules Posted: 13 May 2022 11:42 AM PDT People accused of violent crimes such as homicide and sexual assault can use self-induced extreme intoxication as a defense Canada's supreme court has ruled that defendants accused of violent crimes such as homicide and sexual assault can use self-induced extreme intoxication as a defense, striking down a federal law supported by women's advocacy groups. The supreme court said on Friday a law passed by parliament in 1995 that prohibits the defense was unconstitutional and violates the country's Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Continue reading... |
| Seven more survivors of capsized boat rescued near Puerto Rico Posted: 13 May 2022 08:51 AM PDT The number of survivors – most of them migrants from Haiti – is now 38, with a death toll of 11 The US coast guard has found an additional seven survivors from the capsizing of a vessel carrying Haitian migrants near Puerto Rico, a coast guard spokesperson said on Friday, taking the total number of survivors to 38 with the death toll unchanged at 11. The vessel, which was first spotted on Thursday north of Desecheo Island, an uninhabited island in the archipelago of Puerto Rico, the US territory, was carrying mostly Haitian migrants as well as two citizens of the Dominican Republic, a spokesman said. Continue reading... |
| ‘Incredible cruelty’: gang battles leave 150 dead in Haitian capital Posted: 13 May 2022 03:30 AM PDT Scores wounded as violence paralyses Port-au-Prince forcing thousands to flee their homes Nearly 150 people have been killed and scores wounded during gunfights between warring gangs in Haiti, as the latest surge of violence has paralysed much of the sprawling capital, Port-au-Prince. Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) said on Thursday that it had treated more than 96 people with gunshot wounds in its medical facilities in Port-au-Prince since 24 April. Continue reading... |
| Boat capsizes near Puerto Rico, killing 11 as a ‘mass rescue effort’ is under way Posted: 12 May 2022 06:01 PM PDT The total number of those aboard remains unclear although 31 have been rescued; the incident is the latest in a string across the region Eleven people were killed and dozens were rescued after a boat capsized near Puerto Rico on Thursday, authorities said. It was not immediately clear how many people were onboard the boat when it turned over, said a US coast guard spokesman, Ricardo Castrodad. He said a "mass rescue effort" was still under way. Continue reading... |
| Chilean journalist dies after being shot while covering Workers’ Day marches Posted: 12 May 2022 12:37 PM PDT Francisca Sandoval, 29, is the first journalist to be killed in the line of duty in Chile since the Pinochet dictatorship A Chilean journalist who was shot in the head by a street trader while covering Workers' Day marches on 1 May has died of her injuries. Francisca Sandoval, 29, was reporting in Barrio Meiggs, a ramshackle market district in the centre of the capital, Santiago, when a group of men opened fire after a standoff with the marchers. Continue reading... |
| Canadian town in Northwest Territories told to evacuate as flooding worsens Posted: 12 May 2022 11:47 AM PDT Breakaway ice waters caused floodwaters to surge near Hay River, with 4,000 residents at risk All 4,000 inhabitants of a small town in Canada's Northwest Territories have been ordered to evacuate as parts of the country struggle with some of the worst flooding in decades. Chief April Martel of the Kátł'odeeche First Nation ordered her entire community to leave Hay River after breakaway ice sent floodwaters surging into the centre of the town on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| North Korea: Kim Jong-un declares Covid outbreak a ‘great disaster’ Posted: 13 May 2022 05:22 PM PDT Pyongyang reports 21 more deaths as it scrambles to slow spread of the virus across unvaccinated population North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-un, has declared the country's first Covid-19 outbreak a "great disaster" as it reported 21 more deaths. State media said 174,440 people were newly found with fever symptoms on Friday alone as the country scrambles to slow the spread of Covid-19 across its unvaccinated population. Continue reading... |
| ‘Lost’ Picasso spotted in Imelda Marcos’s home after son’s election win Posted: 13 May 2022 06:37 AM PDT Artwork's appearance fuels fears family will use return to power to further stifle efforts to recover ill-gotten wealth The glimpse of a possible Picasso in the home of Imelda Marcos seen during a visit by her son, Ferdinand "Bongbong" Marcos Jr, after his election win has set off a flurry of speculation in the Philippines, where the family that once plundered billions is set to return to power. Marcos Jr, the son and namesake of the late dictator, won a landslide victory in Monday's presidential election, an outcome that has appalled those who survived his father's regime. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 13 May 2022 05:19 AM PDT International law experts say 'this is not an act of aggression and is in fact fairly standard activity for navies' The defence minister, Peter Dutton, has called the presence of a Chinese spy ship off the coast of Western Australia "an aggressive act" but his department was far more sober in its assessment and international law experts have poured cold water on the claim. It is not the first time such Chinese vessels have been in Australia's exclusive economic zone. So, given we are a week out from an election and the Coalition wants the narrative refocused through a "we live in uncertain times" lens, let's put the politics aside and step through the facts. Continue reading... |
| North Korea says six dead after admitting Covid outbreak for first time Posted: 12 May 2022 06:54 PM PDT Regime has said it is imposing 'maximum emergency measures' and 187,800 people are being 'isolated and treated' after showing signs of fever North Korea has announced its first Covid-19 death amid an "explosive" outbreak of fever, state media said on Friday, one day after the regime admitted for the first time that it was tackling a coronavirus outbreak. Experts believe none - or very few - of the country's 26 million people have been vaccinated, and there are growing fears that a significant outbreak would quickly overwhelm the country's poorly equipped health services Continue reading... |
| New Zealand’s presbyterian church will offer future land sales to Māori iwi first Posted: 12 May 2022 05:29 PM PDT The major landowner says it has been on the 'other side of history' and wants to honour treaty New Zealand's presbyterian church will offer any future land sales to Māori iwi first, as the institution reckons with its role in colonisation and land confiscations in Aotearoa. The institution is a significant landowner across the country, with more than $1.5bn in land assets and 400 properties. Their decision comes at a time of increasing scrutiny on the church and its role in the colonisation of New Zealand, including as a beneficiary of confiscated or stolen land. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 12 May 2022 10:30 AM PDT Labor also faces criticism, but Albanese is gaining ground in news coverage on Chinese social media platform, research finds
The Coalition's muscular position toward China is not going down well with Chinese-speaking voters, while Labor is facing criticism over its more generous approach to humanitarian immigration, an analysis of WeChat audience comments reveals. The study of more than 3,000 political news stories and associated comments appearing on the Chinese social media platform, WeChat, has been undertaken by researchers at Monash and Deakin Universities over the past 11 months, including during the election campaign. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 13 May 2022 05:46 PM PDT Anthony Albanese reveals plan to boost primary healthcare as Trent Zimmerman says he would be 'happy' for Scott Morrison to campaign with him but is focused on grassroots' and NSW reports 10,954 Covid cases and 19 deaths. Follow the day's news, live
Morrison has unfurled his famous boomer dad vibes, snorting at young people using "devices": I still remember the mates are used to play with when I was a kid, when I used to go play sport, I used to look forward to it every Saturday and be there with mum and dad, come and be on the sidelines, it is those great And by investing in a healthy lifestyles of our children, and doing that with the highly successful sporting schools program, this means we can get more and more about into healthy lifestyles, we need to get them off those phones and get them on the field. I hear some noise from parents who know exactly what I am talking about. And sure, they can have fun with their devices, that has to be on the timing at all the rest of it, you guys struggle without as much as I am sure we all do, but we want them out there running around, we want them living healthy lifestyles. We have had to come through and toughed it out and push through as hard as we possibly can, and as a Prime Minister and as a government we have had to do that as well. But as we go into this time of opportunity, and that is exactly what it is, and the kids reminded me of that again this morning, as we go into that time of opportunity, as a government, we change gears, as a Prime Minister, I change gears, and we go and secure those opportunities ahead. Continue reading... |
| Man dies from gunshot wounds in second shooting in Sydney in a week Posted: 13 May 2022 03:25 PM PDT Police say a man aged in his 20s has been shot dead in Belmore in Sydney's south west A man has been killed in Sydney's second deadly shooting this week. Police arrived in Knox Street, Belmore, in the city's south west early on Saturday to find a man with gunshot wounds to his torso. Continue reading... |
| Marist Brothers appointed known child abuser as principal of Melbourne school in 1980, court told Posted: 13 May 2022 01:00 PM PDT In lawsuit brought by victims, Catholic order disputes extent of its knowledge of Gregory Vincent Coffey prior to his appointment A Catholic order made the "unthinkable" decision to appoint a known child abuser as the principal of one of its Melbourne schools, allowing him to molest boys in his office unchecked on a "regular basis", a court has heard. The Marist Brothers are being sued over the abuse of a series of boys at the Immaculate Heart College in Preston in the 1980s by Gregory Vincent Coffey, the school's first lay principal and a former Catholic brother. Continue reading... |
| ‘Sick of it’: why so many Australians are voting early this election Posted: 13 May 2022 01:00 PM PDT A drawn-out campaign and potential Covid risks are leading a record number of voters to cast their ballots before 21 May
A record number of Australians are voting early in the 2022 federal election, with many saying they're "sick" of the drawn-out election campaign and want to avoid expected queues on 21 May. Some 314,095 Australians cast their ballots on the first day of early voting this year, almost three times the 120,000 people that voted on day one of pre-poll in 2019. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Election preferences: do you need to think strategically before voting in the lower house? Posted: 13 May 2022 01:00 PM PDT With prominent independents creating unusual contests in some seats, voters may be confused about how to allocate preferences. But there is a simple solution
The increasing number of credible campaigns from independents in the federal election is making for some intriguing contests, and in some seats may raise questions for voters about where to place their preferences, as well as their primary vote. The role of preferences in Australia's election may at times seem complicated, but what voters need to consider is really quite simple (in the lower house, at least). Continue reading... |
| Queensland shows what happens when liberals desert the Liberal party Posted: 13 May 2022 01:00 PM PDT The state Liberal National party's pursuit of conservative causes has contributed to it being all but banished from Brisbane
The New South Wales treasurer Matt Kean's warning that the loss of moderate MPs would leave the Liberal party at risk of a Trump-like lurch to the right was not exactly a compelling election pitch for the federal Coalition. But Kean is right about what happens to conservative politics when true moderate voices are crowded out. He doesn't need to look all the way to the US for a case study – just north of the border. Continue reading... |
| Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 80 of the invasion Posted: 13 May 2022 05:49 PM PDT Ukraine appears to have successfully driven back Russian forces from Kharkiv; Russia to suspend electricity to Finland after Helsinki announces Nato bid Continue reading... |
| Posted: 13 May 2022 05:18 PM PDT Ukraine president ready to speak to Putin 'but only to him'; electricity supplier RAO Nordic says decision to suspend Finnish supply is 'exceptional'
Here are some of the latest images we have been sent over the newswires showing the impact of the conflict in Ukraine and beyond. British foreign secretary Liz Truss said it was vital to keep up the pressure on Russia by supplying more weapons to Ukraine and imposing further sanctions. |
| US defence chief urges Ukraine ceasefire in call with Russian counterpart – as it happened Posted: 13 May 2022 01:15 PM PDT
Psaki's final White House briefing continues. "I promised myself I wouldn't get emotional," she says. She succeeds. Continue reading... |
| Breakaway region of Georgia to hold referendum on joining Russia Posted: 13 May 2022 12:16 PM PDT South Ossetia, focal point of Russia-Georgia war of 2008, will decide whether to subsume itself into larger neighbour in July Georgia's breakaway region of South Ossetia will hold a referendum on joining Russia on 17 July, the region's leader announced on Friday. "Anatoly Bibilov signed a decree on holding a referendum in the Republic of South Ossetia," his office said in a statement, citing his people's "historic aspiration" to join Russia. Continue reading... |
| Ukraine has repelled Russia’s attempt to cross Donbas river, UK confirms Posted: 13 May 2022 10:04 AM PDT Russia incurred heavy losses during Siverskyi Donets River attempt, according to defence intelligence Ukrainians have repelled multiple attempts by the Russians to cross a strategically significant river in the Donbas, inflicting heavy losses in the process, according to local officials and British intelligence. Serhiy Haidai, the governor of the Luhansk region, said Russian forces had been repulsed three times as they tried to cross the Siverskyi Donets River, 12 miles (20km) west of Severodonetsk, losing armour and bridging equipment. Continue reading... |
| Trial by fire: Ukraine war becomes gruelling artillery duel Posted: 13 May 2022 09:21 AM PDT As troops in mazes of trenches pound each other with shells, the terror of war draws closer to the city of Sloviansk The call came at about midday on Wednesday. There had been "chemical poisoning" after a blast and patients needed collecting. Fears of a Russian chemical weapons attack have haunted Ukraine almost since the war began, and as the volunteer medics in Sloviansk pulled on the ageing gas masks and plastic overalls that were their only protection, they wondered if this was it. Continue reading... |
| Israeli police attack funeral procession for shot journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh Posted: 13 May 2022 06:31 AM PDT TV images show Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqleh's coffin falling as police grab Palestinian flags from crowd Israeli forces have attacked a funeral procession for a Palestinian American journalist shot dead this week, kicking and hitting people with batons and causing mourners carrying her coffin to lose balance and drop it to the ground. Palestinian flags – which are rarely seen – were openly waved by many of the thousands of people who circumvented roadblocks in occupied East Jerusalem to join the funeral procession on Friday for Al Jazeera reporter Shireen Abu Aqleh. Mourners sang the Palestinian national anthem and chanted "Palestine! Palestine!". Continue reading... |
| UAE ruler Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan dies aged 73 Posted: 13 May 2022 04:54 AM PDT Ministry of presidential affairs announces 40-day mourning period for ruler who succeeded father in 2004 The United Arab Emirates' long-ailing ruler, Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, has died aged 73, the government's state-run news agency has announced Khalifa, the president of the UAE, oversaw much of the country's blistering economic growth and his name was immortalised on the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa, after bailing out debt-crippled Dubai during its financial crisis more than a decade ago. Continue reading... |
| Iran arrests French couple and threatens to execute Swedish-Iranian Posted: 12 May 2022 09:59 AM PDT Cécile Kohler and her husband held after holiday, while threat to kill scientist seen as reprisal for Swedish war crimes trial Iranian authorities have arrested a French teaching union official and her husband and threatened to execute a Swedish-Iranian man who has been held in jail for six years by 21 May, in fresh moves against foreign and dual nationals. The threat to execute Ahmadreza Djalali, a scientist, is widely seen as a reprisal for Sweden starting the trial in Stockholm of Hamid Nouri, who is accused of war crimes and murder committed during and after the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. Continue reading... |
| Shireen Abu Aqleh: thousands attend state memorial in West Bank Posted: 12 May 2022 09:03 AM PDT Palestinians line streets in Ramallah as journalist's coffin travels through, after shooting in Jenin on Wednesday Shireen Abu Aqleh, the Palestinian American journalist shot dead during an Israeli army operation, has been honoured with a full state memorial in the West Bank city of Ramallah. At least 5,000 people lined the streets on Thursday as her coffin, draped in the Palestinian flag, was driven through the city and the Qalandia checkpoint en route to St Joseph hospital nearer her home in occupied East Jerusalem. Her funeral will be held in the holy city on Friday. Continue reading... |
| Saudi Aramco overtakes Apple as world’s most valuable company Posted: 12 May 2022 07:04 AM PDT Soaring commodity prices swell oil giant's profits as tech stock slide pegs back iPhone maker Apple has lost its crown as the world's most valuable company to the oil giant Saudi Aramco, as soaring commodity prices swell profits at energy companies and technology stocks continue to slide. In a sign that the old economy is reasserting itself over the new this year, Aramco eclipsed Apple on Wednesday night amid the ongoing rout on Wall Street. Continue reading... |
| Israel approves 2,700 housing units in illegal West Bank settlements Posted: 12 May 2022 06:50 AM PDT Slew of approvals for construction in occupied areas comes weeks before planned visit by US president Israel has approved 2,700 housing units in illegal settlements in the occupied West Bank, and advanced plans for another 1,600, a military body has said, a move likely to displease Washington before an expected visit to the region next month by the US president, Joe Biden. An Israeli Civil Administration subcommittee meeting on Thursday approved the building plans and retroactively "legalised" two outposts in Area C, the 60% of the West Bank under full Israeli control. The news came a day after the Israeli military demolished Palestinian homes in an area where about 1,000 people face the threat of eviction to make way for a military training zone. Continue reading... |
| Global hit Pasoori opens doors for Pakistani pop Posted: 13 May 2022 06:13 AM PDT Song has more than 111m views on YouTube and has been heralded for transcending boundaries From radio stations in Islamabad to the nightclubs of Delhi and house parties in Kathmandu, it is a song that in recent months has been impossible to avoid. As soon as the distinctive opening claps of Pasoori, by the Pakistani singer Ali Sethi and his collaborator Shae Gill, are heard, it is often greeted with a roar of approval. And it is not just in south Asia: since it was released in February, the song, which draws on traditional and modern musical influences, has gone on to become a global phenomenon and one of Pakistan's most popular musical exports for years. It has more than 111m views on YouTube, it was the first Pakistani song to top Spotify's global viral charts, and the first Pakistani song to enter its official global songs chart. Continue reading... |
| Give us a grandchild or $650,000, say Indian couple suing son Posted: 12 May 2022 07:05 PM PDT Parents lament pilot son 'still not planning a baby' after six years of marriage and demand compensation for exhausting their savings on him An Indian couple are taking their son to court demanding that he and his wife either produce a grandchild within a year or cough up almost $650,000. Sanjeev and Sadhana Prasad say that they exhausted their savings raising and educating their pilot son and paying for a lavish wedding. Continue reading... |
| Sri Lanka president brings back five-time former PM in effort to ease crisis Posted: 12 May 2022 09:21 AM PDT Ranil Wickremesinghe appointed to lead 'unity government' after days of deadly violence Sri Lanka's beleaguered president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, has sworn in a new prime minister to replace his brother as the country reels from days of violence. The new PM, Ranil Wickremesinghe, who has held the post five times before, will head up a "unity government" tasked with finding a way out of Sri Lanka's worst economic crisis since independence, with severe shortages of food, fuel and medicines and long power cuts. Continue reading... |
| Sri Lanka president to name new PM as unrest simmers amid economic crisis Posted: 11 May 2022 10:41 PM PDT Mahinda Rajapaksa resigned this week after his supporters attacked anti-government protesters and ran riot in Colombo, unleashing days of violence Beleaguered president Gotabaya Rajapaksa was set to name a new prime minister on Thursday to try to steer Sri Lanka out of its dire economic crisis after days of violence, officials said. Respected five-time former premier Ranil Wickremesinghe was the frontrunner to head a "unity government" with cross-party support in the 225-member parliament and replace Rajapaksa's elder brother Mahinda who stepped down on Monday. Continue reading... |
| Sri Lanka unrest: shoot on sight order issued as troops deployed in Colombo Posted: 11 May 2022 09:06 AM PDT Fears grow path is being laid for a military takeover, although this was denied by top defence official Troops and armoured vehicles have been deployed across the city of Colombo and security officials given orders to shoot on sight anyone deemed to be participating in violence as anti-government protests continued to rock Sri Lanka. The crisis turned volatile earlier this week after pro-government supporters began attacking a camp of peaceful demonstrators who had been protesting against the government and the devastating economic crisis that has engulfed the island of 22 million people. Continue reading... |
| Older UK renters forced to cut back on spending as living costs soar Posted: 13 May 2022 04:01 PM PDT Exclusive: Many tenants aged over 65 are already struggling, Independent Age research finds Almost two-thirds of tenants over 65 have cut back on their general spending as a result of the cost of living crisis, and campaigners are warning that older people who do not own their homes are particularly vulnerable to rising bills. Research shared with Guardian Money by the charity Independent Age puts the spotlight on the struggles of older tenants who are battling to keep up with rising household costs. Continue reading... |
| Promote safety benefits of low-traffic schemes, Boardman tells councils Posted: 13 May 2022 04:01 PM PDT Head of Active Travel England says aim is to give neighbourhoods back what has been taken away Councils should face down rows over low-traffic neighbourhoods by reframing the debate in terms of livable streets that children can use safely, the head of England's walking and cycling watchdog has argued as it unveiled its first raft of projects. Chris Boardman, the former Olympic cyclist who heads Active Travel England (ATE), has promised his organisation will help local authorities navigate culture wars and media controversies over traffic schemes, along with carrying out its core role of ensuring good design. Continue reading... |
| Platinum jubilee Queen Barbie sells out in three seconds Posted: 13 May 2022 02:59 PM PDT Now online traders are asking for at least twice the original £95 asking price of the special commemorative doll The Queen and Barbie are both icons, so the combination was sure to be hot property – now a special platinum jubilee doll has sold out and become the subject of fierce bidding on eBay. John Lewis said its stock of the £95 doll sold out in three seconds, and most eBay sellers are now hoping to sell the sought-after collectible for at least double that. Continue reading... |
| Prince William presents damehood to Deborah James as cancer fundraiser raises £5m Posted: 13 May 2022 02:43 PM PDT Duke of Cambridge makes personal visit after 'Bowelbabe' told supporters she was receiving end-of-life care for her condition The Duke of Cambridge has presented podcast host Deborah James with a damehood at her family home after her Cancer Research fundraising initiative passed the £5m mark in just five days. James, 40, known online as Bowelbabe after campaigning to raise awareness of bowel cancer, launched the JustGiving page on Monday after revealing she was receiving end-of-life care for the condition. Continue reading... |
| UK government suspends engagement with NUS over antisemitism allegations Posted: 13 May 2022 02:02 PM PDT The education secretary, Nadhim Zahawi, said he was 'seriously concerned' by reports of alleged antisemitism within the organisation Ministers have banned official contact with the National Union of Students over long-running allegations of antisemitism within the organisation, despite the NUS's pledge to work with Jewish students in an internal investigation. The allegations have become a focus for the government since the election of Shaima Dallali as the next NUS president, with groups including the Union of Jewish Students (UJS) raising concerns after alleged historic comments resurfaced. Continue reading... |
| Archie Battersbee: judge backs test to establish if 12-year-old boy is dead Posted: 13 May 2022 01:13 PM PDT Parents want life support to continue for Archie, who has been unconscious since he suffered 'catastrophic' brain damage Specialists should use a brain-stem test to try to establish whether a 12-year-old boy who has not regained consciousness since suffering "catastrophic" brain damage is dead, a high court judge has ruled. Mrs Justice Arbuthnot concluded that the test would be in Archie Battersbee's best interests at a hearing in the family division of the high court in London on Friday. Continue reading... |
| Manhunt under way in Texas after convicted murderer escapes prison bus Posted: 13 May 2022 03:05 PM PDT Gonzalo Lopez stabbed the driver and fled on Thursday as inmates were bussed through a rural area between Houston and Dallas A convicted murderer serving a life prison sentence in Texas stabbed a transport bus driver and escaped Thursday, setting off a frantic manhunt that was ongoing more than a day later. The getaway happened as officers bussed Gonzalo Lopez, 46, and other inmates through a rural area between Houston and Dallas about 1.20pm. Lopez somehow slipped out of his shackles, used an unspecified sharp object to stab the driver in the hand and lunged for the wounded officer's service pistol, Robert Hurst of the Texas department of criminal justice told reporters. Continue reading... |
| Protesters rally outside US supreme court justices’ homes ahead of pro-choice marches Posted: 13 May 2022 01:03 PM PDT Protests have been occurring since the leak as organizations prepare for a nationwide day of marches on Saturday Pro-choice demonstrators continue to turn up outside the homes of supreme court justices, with the latest target being conservative Amy Coney Barrett, who signed on to a majority draft opinion that was leaked to reveal an intention to overturn the constitutional right to seek an abortion in the US. "The right to your own body – to do what you want with your own body – is the most personal freedom you can have," one protester said from among a group wearing long red "handmaid" capes and white bonnets earlier this week to symbolize forced childbearing, as members of the Virginia state police watched nearby. Continue reading... |
| ‘Everything was orange’: US wildfires burning at furious pace early this year Posted: 13 May 2022 11:53 AM PDT Wind-driven flames tearing through dry vegetation exacerbated by the climate crisis in California and New Mexico Extreme conditions have fueled an explosive start to what's expected to be yet another intense season of big blazes, with months to go before wildfire threats typically peak across the west. Wildfires have charred close to 1.3m acres nationwide this year, according to the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC), outpacing the 10-year average for this time of year by more than 71%. Predictions for the rest of the spring do not bode well for the west, with the drought and warmer weather brought on by the climate crisis worsening wildfire danger. Continue reading... |
| Ariana Grande and other stars support Roe v Wade in New York Times ad Posted: 13 May 2022 11:11 AM PDT Billie Eilish and Megan Thee Stallion denounce likely overturning of abortion rights: 'We will not go back – and we will not back down' Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Megan Thee Stallion, Olivia Rodrigo and Selena Gomez joined a slew of fellow music stars and other celebrities to take out a full-page advertisement in Friday's New York Times decrying the looming fall of nationwide abortion rights. "The supreme court is planning to overturn Roe v Wade," read the ad, referring to the landmark 1973 ruling that in effect legalized abortion across the US. "Our power to plan our own futures and control our own bodies depends on our ability to access sexual and reproductive health care, including abortion." Continue reading... |
| Subpoenas of Trump allies by January 6 panel set up high-stakes showdown Posted: 13 May 2022 10:13 AM PDT Before taking its decision, the select committee gamed out scenarios: what happens if Republicans defy the subpoenas? The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack made a political and legal gambit when it issued unprecedented subpoenas that compelled five Republican members of Congress to reveal inside information about Donald Trump's effort to overturn the 2020 election. The move sets into motion an extraordinary high-stakes showdown of response and counter-response for both the subpoenaed House Republicans – the House minority leader, Kevin McCarthy, Jim Jordan, Scott Perry, Andy Biggs and Mo Brooks – and the panel itself. Continue reading... |
| ‘We saved a giraffe’s life’: calf fitted with braces to correct bent legs Posted: 13 May 2022 09:10 AM PDT Msituni was born with her front limb bending the wrong way, and her other front limb started to hyperextend Over the past three decades Ara Mirzaian has fitted braces for everyone from Paralympians to children with scoliosis. But Msituni was a patient like none other: a newborn giraffe. The calf was born 1 February at the San Diego zoo safari park in Escondido, north of San Diego, with her front limb bending the wrong way. Safari park staff feared she could die if they didn't immediately correct the condition, which could prevent her from nursing and walking around the habitat. Continue reading... |
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