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- Mozambique confirms first wild poliovirus case in 30 years
- Widow of man killed in Libya accuses South Africa of ‘silence’ in hunt for his body
- ‘Huge spike’ in global conflict caused record number of displacements in 2021
- ‘History repeating’: Amazon base in Cape Town splits Indigenous groups
- UN confirms death of one of last Rwandan genocide fugitives
- ‘I thought the UK was a good country’: Sudan massacre refugee faces removal to Rwanda
- Canadian premier abruptly quits amid surge in far-right influences
- Japanese university told to compensate 13 women after exam discrimination
- Poorest New Zealanders lose out to ‘squeezed middle’ in budget, inequality experts say
- Jacinda Ardern loses sense of taste after Covid, can’t enjoy cheese roll
- New Zealand budget 2022: Ardern offers $1bn in sweeteners to tackle cost of living ‘storm’
- North Korea promotes traditional medicines in bid to fight Covid outbreak
- White House braced for North Korean nuclear test during Biden’s Asia trip
- Labor to set up independent environmental protection agency and restore ‘trust and confidence’
- Australia’s greenhouse pollution from coal higher per person than any other developed country, data shows
- Chinese Australians say Coalition’s rhetoric on Beijing could see voters ‘switch from Liberal to Labor’
- Funding delays keep NDIS participants in hospital months longer than necessary, report finds
- The federal election questions soon to be resolved in Queensland
- Labor would deport visa holders convicted of crimes but tweak rules to ease New Zealand tensions
- Russia-Ukraine war: Russia ‘will only open ports if sanctions reviewed’; Nato chief ‘confident’ in quick decision for Finland and Sweden – live
- ‘Help is on the way’: US Senate approves $40bn Ukraine package
- Joe Biden gives support to Sweden and Finland as members of ‘revived Nato’
- Russia says 771 more Ukrainian troops ‘surrender’ at Mariupol steelworks
- Zelenskiy compares Russian laser threat to nonexistent Nazi ‘wonder weapon’
- Vangelis, composer of Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner soundtracks, dies aged 79
- Israel will not hold criminal inquiry into killing of journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh
- Why has Erdoğan doubled down on threat to veto Nordic Nato bids?
- Sri Lanka defaults on debts for first time
- Taliban orders female Afghan TV presenters to cover faces on air
- Baloch women fear crackdown after Karachi suicide attack
- US withdrawal triggered catastrophic defeat of Afghan forces, damning watchdog report finds
- MI5 agent ‘abused and threatened’ ex-partner, BBC investigation reveals
- Property tycoon Nick Candy considering bid to take over THG
- Civil servants and No 10 advisers furious over single fine for Boris Johnson
- MP Claudia Webbe’s appeal hearing over harassment conviction opens
- Cornish pub receives framed apology from Vogue publisher after name row
- Rebekah Vardy subjected to ridicule on a massive scale, libel trial told
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gets engaged to longtime partner Riley Roberts
- Oklahoma Republican-led legislature passes nation’s strictest abortion ban
- US Senate passes $40bn aid package for Ukraine – as it happened
- Congress members led ‘reconnaissance tours’ of Capitol before attack, evidence suggests
- Fyre festival creator plans new entertainment ventures after prison
- ‘She got mad’: 911 dispatcher allegedly hung up during Buffalo shooting call
| Mozambique confirms first wild poliovirus case in 30 years Posted: 19 May 2022 06:54 AM PDT Case in child in Tete province follows detection of similar strain in Malawi in February, officials say Mozambique has identified its first case of wild polio in three decades following the genetic sequencing of a similar strain of the childhood disease in Malawi earlier this year. Dr Matshidiso Moeti, the World Health Organization's regional director for Africa, said the detection of the new case was "greatly concerning" and that it demonstrated "how dangerous this virus is and how quickly it can spread". Continue reading... |
| Widow of man killed in Libya accuses South Africa of ‘silence’ in hunt for his body Posted: 19 May 2022 05:11 AM PDT The South African government sent Anton Hammerl's passport to his widow in 2016 but has refused to say how it came to have it The widow of a British-based photographer who was murdered by Col Gaddafi's forces in Libya in 2011 has accused South Africa of withholding crucial information about her husband's death that could help in efforts to locate his body. Anton Hammerl was killed in an incident in May 2011 that saw other journalists, including James Foley – who was later kidnapped and beheaded by Islamic State in Syria – taken prisoner. Continue reading... |
| ‘Huge spike’ in global conflict caused record number of displacements in 2021 Posted: 18 May 2022 11:00 PM PDT Those fleeing combat were internally displaced 14.4m times, with biggest toll in sub-Saharan Africa, report reveals Conflict and violence forced people from their homes a record number of times last year, a report has found, with sub-Saharan Africa bearing the brunt of mass internal displacement caused by "huge spikes" in fighting. People fleeing violence were internally displaced 14.4m times in 2021, an increase of 4.6m on 2020, according to figures published by the Norwegian Refugee Council's Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre (IDMC). Continue reading... |
| ‘History repeating’: Amazon base in Cape Town splits Indigenous groups Posted: 18 May 2022 09:00 PM PDT Building work is quiet, for now, on £200m project that pits different visions of South Africa's future against one another Smoke curls into the air, a drum beats, the dance begins, a chant is raised. Ten metres away, cars howl past on a busy road, drivers unaware of the sacred ritual taking place in the centre of a bustling South African city. Francisco Mackenzie, a chief of the Cochoqua community of the Khoi people, talks of ancient beliefs and battles five centuries ago, against invaders from overseas. He points to the iconic skyline of Table Mountain, and then to a nearby building site. Continue reading... |
| UN confirms death of one of last Rwandan genocide fugitives Posted: 18 May 2022 12:01 PM PDT Phénéas Munyarugarama is second person wanted for their involvement in 1994 mass killings to die One of the last five fugitives wanted for his role in the 1994 genocide in Rwanda, Phénéas Munyarugarama, died in the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2002, UN prosecutors have announced. Munyarugarama, a local army commander, "died of natural causes" and was buried in Kankwala, in the eastern DRC, the Mechanism for International Criminal Tribunals (MICT) announced in The Hague. Continue reading... |
| ‘I thought the UK was a good country’: Sudan massacre refugee faces removal to Rwanda Posted: 18 May 2022 08:37 AM PDT Mohammed is among first asylum seekers to face removal under Home Office's controversial scheme It took Mohammed more than three years and a journey of more than 5,000 miles to reach the UK after fleeing a massacre in his village in Sudan. Now, just over a week after arriving by kayak across the Channel, he is among the first tranche of asylum seekers facing forced removal to Rwanda, on the continent where his journey began. Continue reading... |
| Canadian premier abruptly quits amid surge in far-right influences Posted: 19 May 2022 01:19 PM PDT Conservative Jason Kenney, Alberta premier, leaves province's top job after barely surviving a leadership review The abrupt resignation of Alberta's premier has shocked the western province and raised questions about the ideological direction of Canada's conservative movement amid a surge in far-right and populist influences. Jason Kenney announced late on Wednesday that he was leaving the province's top job after barely surviving a leadership review. A slim majority of party members had voted in favour of keeping him in power – 51.4% – but Kenney said that support wasn't enough to justify remaining head of the governing United Conservatives. Continue reading... |
| Japanese university told to compensate 13 women after exam discrimination Posted: 19 May 2022 08:48 AM PDT Juntendo University medical school made it harder for females to pass entrance exams A medical school in Tokyo that made it harder for female students to pass entrance exams has been ordered to pay compensation to 13 women for gender discrimination. Juntendo University said in 2018 that it had raised the bar for women in the exams to "narrow the gap with male students", as a scandal over medical school admissions uncovered improper practices at several institutions. Continue reading... |
| Poorest New Zealanders lose out to ‘squeezed middle’ in budget, inequality experts say Posted: 18 May 2022 09:39 PM PDT Government says child poverty is easing in all areas but those on the ground say the dial has barely shifted in the past five years
The budget neglects poor New Zealanders in favour of the "squeezed middle", inequality experts have said, despite promises by Jacinda Ardern's government to combat child poverty. Budget 2022 offered up a swathe of short-term sweeteners to soften the rising costs of living, including a $350 payment for people earning less than $70,000 but not on other benefits. Continue reading... |
| Jacinda Ardern loses sense of taste after Covid, can’t enjoy cheese roll Posted: 18 May 2022 08:55 PM PDT New Zealand PM remains in isolation but tried to uphold budget breakfast tradition with finance minister via Instagram New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern says she has lost her sense of taste after testing positive for Covid-19 on Saturday. Thursday was budget day in New Zealand, when traditionally the prime minister has an early morning breakfast with finance minister Grant Robertson. Typically, the two share cheese rolls – a South Island New Zealand delicacy involving cheddar cheese and powdered soup rolled inside a piece of toasted white bread. This year, the breakfast took place via Instagram live stream – and the prime minister said the cheese rolls were missing their usual flavour notes. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand budget 2022: Ardern offers $1bn in sweeteners to tackle cost of living ‘storm’ Posted: 18 May 2022 07:23 PM PDT PM says budget, which includes major spending on climate and health care reform, aims to ensure long term 'economic and social security' Weekly $27 cash payments, fuel discounts and half-price public transport are among the short-term sweeteners offered up by New Zealand's government in its latest budget, as it tries to juggle the cost-of-living crisis with big-ticket spending commitments, including $11.1bn of healthcare system reform and $2.9bn responding to the climate crisis. "While we know the current storm will pass, it is important we take the hard edges off," prime minister Jacinda Ardern said in remarks accompanying the budget's release. Continue reading... |
| North Korea promotes traditional medicines in bid to fight Covid outbreak Posted: 18 May 2022 06:42 PM PDT State media have told patients to use painkillers as well as unverified home remedies such as willow leaf tea North Korea is ramping up production of drugs and medical supplies including sterilisers and thermometers as well as encouraging the use of traditional Korean medicines said to reduce fever and pain as it battles an unprecedented coronavirus outbreak. Traditional medicines were "effective in prevention and cure of the malicious disease," state-run news agency KCNA said, although no medical evidence exists for those claims. Continue reading... |
| White House braced for North Korean nuclear test during Biden’s Asia trip Posted: 18 May 2022 01:10 PM PDT National security adviser says intelligence reflects 'long-range missile test or a nuclear test, or frankly both' The White House is braced for a North Korean missile or nuclear test while Joe Biden is on a trip to South Korea and Japan, which begins on Friday. The national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, told reporters on Wednesday: "Our intelligence does reflect the genuine possibility that there will be either a further missile test, including long-range missile test, or a nuclear test, or frankly both in the days leading into, on or after the president's trip to the region. Continue reading... |
| Labor to set up independent environmental protection agency and restore ‘trust and confidence’ Posted: 19 May 2022 10:30 AM PDT Proposed EPA to collect data on the plight of the country's wildlife as Labor commits to global biodiversity targets
Labor will establish an independent environment protection agency to enforce national conservation laws and collect data on the plight of the country's wildlife if it wins the election. An Albanese government would also promise to give an annual ministerial statement on Australia's role in international negotiations on environmental issues, suggesting it would look to play a leadership role at global biodiversity talks and on issues such as whale protection. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Posted: 19 May 2022 10:30 AM PDT Despite the growth of renewable energy, Australia's per capita coal emissions of 4.04 tonnes a year is nearly four times the global average Australia had the highest levels of greenhouse gas pollution from coal per person than any other developed country in 2021, according to new data. But the data shows per capita greenhouse gas emissions from coal fell sharply last year, with a surge in solar and wind energy seeing per capita rates drop well below the average of the previous five years. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 19 May 2022 10:30 AM PDT Community leaders – including Liberal party members – say tough language from Peter Dutton and others could hurt the government, particularly in Bennelong
Chinese Australian community leaders are warning the Coalition's use of hardline rhetoric against China is turning voters off – and that it could potentially cost the government in Bennelong. The electorate in Sydney's north-west has a sizeable Chinese Australian population and internal Labor polling suggests it could be winnable even though it's held by the retiring MP John Alexander with a 6.9% margin. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Funding delays keep NDIS participants in hospital months longer than necessary, report finds Posted: 19 May 2022 10:30 AM PDT Government data shows 1,140 participants are stuck in hospital waiting for housing funding or other support before they can be released
National disability insurance scheme participants are spending months longer than needed in hospital as they await funding packages from the agency that runs the scheme, a new report shows. The report, from the Summer Foundation and La Trobe University, suggested that, while for many people this period was between one and three months, there was "substantial variation with some people spending months (up to two years) unnecessarily in hospital". Continue reading... |
| The federal election questions soon to be resolved in Queensland Posted: 19 May 2022 10:30 AM PDT Analysis: the state that has a history of favouring incumbents is facing a rightwing battle for the Senate and a potential Green wave in the city
"How good is Queensland?" The sunshine state delivered the Coalition a "miracle" in 2019, prompting Scott Morrison's rhetorical praise. It also left progressive voters in other states plotting to excise Queensland from the commonwealth. Continue reading... |
| Labor would deport visa holders convicted of crimes but tweak rules to ease New Zealand tensions Posted: 19 May 2022 10:30 AM PDT The Guardian understands a Labor government would ensure decisions better take into account the time a person has been in Australia
A Labor government will make use of Australia's existing laws to deport visa holders who are convicted of crimes, but is expected to tweak the rules to ease strain on the relationship with New Zealand. Labor has been ambiguous about whether it would reintroduce a stalled Coalition bill to "strengthen" the character test – legislation that the opposition had regarded as a political wedge by the Morrison government. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 19 May 2022 01:34 PM PDT Russian minister says access to Ukrainian Black Sea ports linked to sanctions; Stoltenberg says alliance 'addressing concerns Turkey has expressed'
The UK's ministry of defence has issued its daily public intelligence briefing on the situation with Russia and Ukraine, and this morning it is concentrating on the situation within Russia's military. The ministry claims that Lieutenant General Serhiy Kisel has been suspended for failing to capture Kharkiv and Vice Admiral Igor Osipov has been suspended from commanding the Black Sea Fleet. It says: A culture of cover-ups and scapegoating is probably prevalent within the Russian military and security system. Many officials involved in the invasion of Ukraine will likely be increasingly distracted by efforts to avoid personal culpability for Russia's operational set-backs. Continue reading... |
| ‘Help is on the way’: US Senate approves $40bn Ukraine package Posted: 19 May 2022 12:03 PM PDT Biden to sign mix of military and economic aid for Ukraine and its allies after 86-11 vote in Senate on Thursday The Senate overwhelmingly approved a $40bn infusion of military and economic aid for Ukraine and its allies on Thursday as both parties rallied behind America's latest, and quite possibly not last, financial salvo against Russia's invasion. The 86-11 vote gave final congressional approval to the package, three weeks after Joe Biden requested a smaller $33bn version and after a lone Republican opponent delayed Senate passage for a week. Every voting Democrat and all but 11 Republicans – including many of the chamber's supporters of Donald Trump's isolationist agenda – backed the measure. Continue reading... |
| Joe Biden gives support to Sweden and Finland as members of ‘revived Nato’ Posted: 19 May 2022 11:05 AM PDT The countries' leaders meet the US president at the White House as they seek a resolution with Turkey The US president, Joe Biden, has welcomed the Finnish and Swedish leaders to the White House promising full support for their membership applications to what he called a "revived Nato" in the wake of the Ukraine invasion. In their remarks in the Rose Garden, the Finnish president, Sauli Niinistö, and the Swedish prime minister, Magdalena Andersson, addressed the only major barrier to their countries' accession to the alliance: the objections of the Turkish leader, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, who restated on Thursday his resolve to veto their membership. Continue reading... |
| Russia says 771 more Ukrainian troops ‘surrender’ at Mariupol steelworks Posted: 19 May 2022 10:14 AM PDT Injured soldiers being treated in hospital while 900 held in former prison colony, according to Moscow Russia has said a further 771 Ukrainian troops have "surrendered" at Mariupol's besieged Azovstal steelworks, bringing the total number to 1,730 this week, while the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it had started registering the Ukrainian prisoners of war who left the plant. The Russian defence ministry said on Thursday that 80 soldiers who surrendered in the past day were being treated for injuries in hospitals in the Russian-held cities of Novoazovsk and Donetsk. Russia's foreign ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, said on Wednesday that more than 900 troops from Azovstal had been sent to a former prison colony in the town of Olenivka, but it was not immediately clear where the latest group to surrender had gone. Continue reading... |
| Zelenskiy compares Russian laser threat to nonexistent Nazi ‘wonder weapon’ Posted: 19 May 2022 10:11 AM PDT Russia says weapon destroyed drone in five seconds in a test, but there is scepticism that it could be used in war Russia's promise to use lasers to shoot down drones in Ukraine has prompted widespread scepticism that the novel and possibly nuclear-powered weaponry could be deployed on the battlefield or have any significant impact on the war. Yuri Borisov, Russia's deputy prime minister, told the country's Channel One television station that the new Zadira directed-energy weapon could destroy targets up to 5km away, and had incinerated a drone in five seconds in a test. Continue reading... |
| Vangelis, composer of Chariots of Fire and Blade Runner soundtracks, dies aged 79 Posted: 19 May 2022 09:44 AM PDT Greek composer topped US charts and won an Oscar with Chariots of Fire's uplifting piano-led theme Vangelis, the Greek composer and musician whose synth-driven work brought huge drama to film soundtracks including Blade Runner and Chariots of Fire, has died aged 79. His representatives said he died in hospital in France where he was being treated. Born Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou in 1943, Vangelis won an Oscar for his 1981 Chariots of Fire soundtrack. Its uplifting piano motif became world-renowned, and reached No 1 in the US charts, as did the accompanying soundtrack album. Continue reading... |
| Israel will not hold criminal inquiry into killing of journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh Posted: 19 May 2022 07:16 AM PDT Military police say they are satisfied with assurances of Israeli troops over death of US-Palestinian despite international demands Israel will not launch a criminal investigation into the killing of the US-Palestinian journalist Shireen Abu Aqleh, which Palestinian officials and witnesses have blamed on Israeli soldiers. In a statement released on Thursday, the Israel Defense Forces claimed that because Abu Aqleh was killed in an "active combat situation", an immediate criminal investigation would not be launched, although an "operational inquiry" would continue. Continue reading... |
| Why has Erdoğan doubled down on threat to veto Nordic Nato bids? Posted: 18 May 2022 10:14 AM PDT Analysis: By demanding extradition of alleged PKK members, Turkish president could have one eye on elections After initial hesitation about the seriousness of Turkey's objections, its president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has doubled down on his threat to veto Finland's and Sweden's applications for membership of Nato, saying there is no point in either country sending delegations to Ankara to persuade him otherwise. On Wednesday, he also extended his demands from the two he outlined on Monday to 10, leading to claims that he is using blackmail. Continue reading... |
| Sri Lanka defaults on debts for first time Posted: 19 May 2022 08:48 AM PDT Economists fear Sri Lanka could be first of several, with IMF in talks with Egypt, Tunisia and Pakistan Sri Lanka has defaulted on its debts for the first time in its history as it struggles with an economic and political crisis triggered by global shock waves from the pandemic and the war in Ukraine. An inflation rate spiralling towards 40%, shortages of food, fuel and medicines and rolling power blackouts have led to nationwide protests and a plunging currency, with the government short of the foreign currency reserves it needed to pay for imports. Continue reading... |
| Taliban orders female Afghan TV presenters to cover faces on air Posted: 19 May 2022 07:20 AM PDT Female anchors post pictures of themselves being 'erased' on orders of virtue and vice ministry Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have ordered all female TV presenters to cover their faces on air, the country's biggest media outlet has said. The order came in a statement from the Taliban's virtue and vice ministry, tasked with enforcing the group's rulings, as well as from the information and culture ministry, the Tolo news channel tweeted on Thursday. The statement called the order "final and non-negotiable", the channel said. Continue reading... |
| Baloch women fear crackdown after Karachi suicide attack Posted: 19 May 2022 05:45 AM PDT Pakistan's first female suicide bombing marks shift in nature of Baloch militancy On 26 April, Pakistan's first female suicide bomber killed three Chinese teachers and the driver of the minibus they were travelling in as she blew herself up in front of the Confucius Institute at the University of Karachi. The impacts have been felt far and wide. Chinese teachers working at the cultural and educational institutions have now left Pakistan, and in the restive province of Balochistan female activists are facing greater pressures, with three reported abductions this week. Continue reading... |
| US withdrawal triggered catastrophic defeat of Afghan forces, damning watchdog report finds Posted: 18 May 2022 12:58 PM PDT Report by special inspector general blames Trump and Biden administrations, as well as the Afghan government of Ashraf Ghani Afghan armed forces collapsed last year because they had been made dependent on US support that was abruptly withdrawn in the face of a Taliban offensive, according to a scathing assessment by a US government watchdog. A report by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (Sigar) on the catastrophic defeat that led to the fall of Kabul on 15 August, blamed the administrations of Donald Trump and Joe Biden as well as the Afghan government of Ashraf Ghani. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| MI5 agent ‘abused and threatened’ ex-partner, BBC investigation reveals Posted: 19 May 2022 01:34 PM PDT Story made public after an attempt by the attorney general to gain an injunction to prevent broadcast An agent working for MI5 with a background in rightwing extremism abused his former partner and used his connection with the domestic intelligence agency to threaten her further, according to an investigation by the BBC. The man – known only as X for legal reasons – is said to have terrorised the woman and at one point attacked her with a machete and threatened to kill her, as shown in a video captured on her mobile phone. "There was so much psychological terror from him to me, that ultimately culminated in me having a breakdown," the woman said. Continue reading... |
| Property tycoon Nick Candy considering bid to take over THG Posted: 19 May 2022 12:41 PM PDT UK online shopping group runs beauty and nutrition sites and could be target of Candy Ventures Property tycoon Nick Candy is considering making an offer to buy the £1.4bn online shopping group THG, formerly known as The Hut Group, which recently said it had rejected numerous "unacceptable" takeover approaches that undervalue the company. Candy, a donor to the Conservative party with a fortune estimated at £1.5bn who is married to former Neighbours actor Holly Vallance, now has until 16 June to make a formal bid or walk away under UK takeover rules. Continue reading... |
| Civil servants and No 10 advisers furious over single fine for Boris Johnson Posted: 19 May 2022 12:28 PM PDT PM received only one of 126 fixed-penalty notices relating to law-breaking parties, prompting claims Met police bungled inquiry Civil servants and special advisers have reacted with fury and disbelief after Scotland Yard confirmed Boris Johnson got only one of 126 fines levied for law-breaking parties at the heart of Downing Street and Whitehall. The Metropolitan police came under intense pressure to explain how it reached its conclusions after Downing Street said officers confirmed no further action would be taken against the prime minister despite him attending gatherings for which others were fined. Continue reading... |
| MP Claudia Webbe’s appeal hearing over harassment conviction opens Posted: 19 May 2022 12:08 PM PDT Court hears of 'obsession' of Leicester East MP, who was given suspended 10-week jail term in November The MP Claudia Webbe, who was found to have harassed a woman because she was jealous of her relationship with her partner, has begun her attempt to overturn her conviction. Webbe, 57, the independent MP for Leicester East, was handed a 10-week jail term, suspended for two years, at Westminster magistrates court in November after she was found guilty of harassing Michelle Merritt. Continue reading... |
| Cornish pub receives framed apology from Vogue publisher after name row Posted: 19 May 2022 11:22 AM PDT Condé Nast had threatened the Star Inn at Vogue with legal action if the pub was not renamed A country pub has received a framed apology from a fashion publishing giant after being threatened with legal action unless the landlords changed its name. The Star Inn at Vogue was sent a cease-and-desist letter by Vogue's publisher, Condé Nast, which claimed a link between the two businesses was "likely to be inferred". Continue reading... |
| Rebekah Vardy subjected to ridicule on a massive scale, libel trial told Posted: 19 May 2022 11:22 AM PDT Footballer's wife seeking substantial damages from Coleen Rooney at end of two weeks of high court hearings Rebekah Vardy has demanded "substantial" damages from Coleen Rooney after enduring "public abuse and ridicule on a massive scale", as the "Wagatha Christie" libel trial drew to a close at the high court after two weeks of headline-grabbing and occasionally excruciating hearings. Vardy said her life had been made hell as a result of the allegation in 2019 that she was leaking stories from Rooney's private Instagram account to journalists at the Sun. Continue reading... |
| Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez gets engaged to longtime partner Riley Roberts Posted: 19 May 2022 01:37 PM PDT Democratic congresswoman confirms engagement to Roberts, whom she met as a student at Boston University Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez took a break between visiting Amazon union workers and endorsing progressive candidates to get engaged to her longtime partner Riley Roberts. Ocasio-Cortez, 32, confirmed to Insider on Thursday that she and Roberts, who met while both were at Boston University, got engaged last month while visiting her parents' home town in Puerto Rico. Continue reading... |
| Oklahoma Republican-led legislature passes nation’s strictest abortion ban Posted: 19 May 2022 01:20 PM PDT Bill bans abortion at conception and if signed into law it would allow citizens to sue anyone who 'aids or abets' a patient Oklahoma's Republican-led legislature passed the nation's strictest abortion ban on Thursday. The bill, if signed into law, would allows citizens to sue anyone, anywhere who "aids or abets" a patient in terminating a pregnancy. The bill bans abortion from conception, even before an egg implants in the uterus, and would go into effect immediately if signed by Republican governor Kevin Stitt. Abortion providers expect he will do so before the coming week. Continue reading... |
| US Senate passes $40bn aid package for Ukraine – as it happened Posted: 19 May 2022 01:03 PM PDT
As Nancy Pelosi and Democratic lawmakers prepare to speak to the media about rising gun crime and domestic terrorism in the wake of the Buffalo massacre comes news of another multiple shooting: at a high school graduation in Tennessee. According to the Associated Press, one person was killed and another injured in the incident Wednesday night at Middle Tennessee state university, where graduating seniors at Murfreesboro's Riverdale high school were being honored. The masks have fallen and we see only the cold faces of war. Russia's war in Ukraine has changed Europe's and our security environment. The situation in Ukraine reminds us of the darkest days in European history. [But] over these past months we have shown transatlantic unity and strength at its best and have responded forcefully to Russia's aggression by providing unprecedent support for Ukraine. After 200 years of military non-alignment, Sweden has chosen a new path. Russia's full-scale aggression against a sovereign and democratic neighbor was a watershed moment for Sweden. Continue reading... |
| Congress members led ‘reconnaissance tours’ of Capitol before attack, evidence suggests Posted: 19 May 2022 12:23 PM PDT The revelation resurrects a line of inquiry into the involvement of House Republicans in the insurrection The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack revealed on Thursday that it had evidence to suggest certain "reconnaissance tours" took place in the days before 6 January, potentially providing some rioters with a layout of the complex. The panel said in a letter requesting cooperation from Georgia Republican congressman Barry Loudermilk that he gave a tour the day before the Capitol attack. The startling disclosure resurrects a contentious line of inquiry that connects House Republicans to the insurrection. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Fyre festival creator plans new entertainment ventures after prison Posted: 19 May 2022 12:14 PM PDT Billy McFarland 'put together a team' to generate income, likely for the $26m he was ordered to pay investors back The lead organizer of the infamous failed 2017 Fyre festival will immediately begin new ventures in the entertainment industry after being released early from federal prison on Wednesday, according to his attorney. Billy McFarland, 30, "has put together a team of professionals to brainstorm and come up with ideas in entertainment and other avenues to generate income", ostensibly to pay back the $26m he was ordered to reimburse his Fyre festival investors after pleading guilty to defrauding them, said his lawyer, Jason Russo. Continue reading... |
| ‘She got mad’: 911 dispatcher allegedly hung up during Buffalo shooting call Posted: 19 May 2022 11:52 AM PDT Dispatcher could lose her job after Tops employee says dispatcher took on a nasty tone and asked her why she was whispering A 911 dispatcher has been placed on administrative leave and will probably be fired after allegedly hanging up on a Tops supermarket employee during Saturday's shooting rampage in Buffalo, New York, where a white supremacist allegedly killed 10 people. Latisha Rogers, an assistant office manager at the Tops supermarket, said she called 911 and whispered quietly into the phone about the shooter, who was already in the store. Continue reading... |
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