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- Syria accused of airstrike on refugee camp as Assad pushes for 'final victory'
- 'Absolutely apocalyptic': Fort McMurray evacuees describe terror of Alberta wildfires
- Craig Wright U-turns on pledge to provide evidence he invented bitcoin
- Palmyra hosts Russian concert after recapture by Syrian forces
- Pile-up on French road after 'people smugglers' shot at in police chase
- Cupertino's mayor urges Apple to pay more tax: 'where's the fairness?'
- Speaker of Brazil's lower house Eduardo Cunha suspended
- The man who helped save Afghanistan's treasures from ravages of war
- Federal authorities officially assisting Prince investigation
- Britain remaining in EU is 'better for the world', says Japanese prime minister
- Running the 35-mile Two Oceans: distance running South African-style
- A ride-along into the heart of Cape Town’s ganglands – in pictures
- Playwright Young Jean Lee: what do we really want from straight white men?
- Story of cities #37: how radical ideas turned Curitiba into Brazil's 'green capital'
- The refugee children choosing between work and war – video
- Number of trafficked children rose 46% last year, crime agency says
- Propaganda and the party congress: how to report from North Korea
- Suspected gunman on run after fatal shooting in Somerset
- A truth we hate to admit – we are one people in Europe | Natalie Nougayrède
- Barack Obama meets with eight-year-old campaigner 'Little Miss Flint' – video
- Asylum seekers who reached Cocos Islands could be back in Sri Lanka
- Indigenous suicide rates climb as governments 'drag the chain' on handing over control
- From war in Syria to a Turkish sweatshop for child refugees
- Nyaru the orangutan is off to 'jungle school' to prepare to live in the wild
- Officials plan mass road convoy as Canada's wildfires grow tenfold
- French police hit back at 'anti-cop hatred' after protest violence
- Algeria builds giant mosque with world's tallest minaret
- North Korea prepares Kim’s ‘coronation’ at once-in-generation congress
- Jeremy Corbyn on West Papua: UK Labour leader calls for independence vote
- Millions of GM mosquitoes to fight Zika virus in Caymans
- Flight of the Navigator star charged with bank robbery in Canada
- Firefighters battle flames refugee camp following airstrike – video
- Nigeria calls on anti-corruption summit to back registers of ownership
- Baby Boxes: pro-life campaigners bring the 'abortion alternative' to America
- British arms are fuelling Yemen’s cruel war | Letters
- Any apology won’t do for offensive remarks
- Saintly succour for Italy’s hungry thief | Letters
- Former Venezuela assembly head accuses Wall Street Journal of libel
- More than 30 people ill after visiting petting farm in Leeds
- Immune 'signature' unique to Ebola fatalities identified by scientists
- Four people pulled alive from rubble of Nairobi building
- Russian orchestra performs concert in Palmyra's Roman theatre – video
- A conversation with Martha Plimpton: 'Trump, president? Not a chance in hell'
- Briton dead after fight in Tenerife, say emergency services
- Woman rescued after six days under rubble in Nairobi - video
- With Rousseff on the ropes, Brazil's far right sees an opening
- Israel finds Hamas tunnel under border with Gaza
- IAG boss calls for register of drones after near misses with aircraft
- Alberta driver's dashcam footage of wildfire – video
- No vacancies: life in Mozambique's abandoned Grande Hotel – in pictures
- Gambian migrants who risk death find life less than sweet in Italy | Louise Hunt
- Access to the life-saving services of a midwife is a gender rights issue | Isabella Lövin
- MSF brands humanitarian summit 'a fig-leaf of good intentions' as it pulls out
- Heartbreak and hardship for women in Brazil as Zika crisis casts deep shadow | Sarah Boseley
- Obama's Flint visit boosted morale – but it doesn't make the water safe to drink
- Turkey-EU refugees deal may be biggest casualty of Erdoğan supremacy
- We all feel sorry for child refugees but how will we pay for their needs | Michael White
- On board Etihad Airways' turbulence-hit flight EY474 – video
| Syria accused of airstrike on refugee camp as Assad pushes for 'final victory' Posted: 05 May 2016 04:46 PM PDT UK-based monitor says dozens have died after attack near border with Turkey while US condemns Assad's 'unacceptable statement' The government of Bashar al-Assad has been accused of bombing a Syrian refugee camp near the Turkish border, in an attack that activists and officials said left dozens of civilians dead and wounded. The airstrikes on Thursday afternoon near Sarmada, a town in Idlib province just 20km away from Reyhanli, left the camp in ruins, with one witness describing a scene of horror, with tents on fire and body parts strewn around the area. |
| 'Absolutely apocalyptic': Fort McMurray evacuees describe terror of Alberta wildfires Posted: 05 May 2016 12:09 PM PDT Resident who made it to Edmonton tells of fleeing her home as flames reached her front lawn like 'something out of movie' When she spotted a small circle of orange flames flickering in the trees outside, Erica Decker knew she had just minutes left in the house she had always described as her dream home. With little more than their cats and the clothes on their backs, she and her family jumped in the car to flee the rapidly advancing wildfire. "As we pulled out of the driveway, we could see the flames reaching our front lawn," said Decker, her voice shaking as she fought back tears. "We knew we wouldn't have anything to go back to." Continue reading... |
| Craig Wright U-turns on pledge to provide evidence he invented bitcoin Posted: 05 May 2016 05:55 AM PDT Wright, who claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, bitcoin's creator, says he is 'sorry' and 'does not have the courage' to proceed further with his claims Craig Wright, the Australian computer scientist who claimed to be Satoshi Nakamoto, the creator of bitcoin, has backtracked on a pledge to provide proof of his earlier claims. Despite promising on Tuesday that he would be offering "extraordinary evidence" to verify his claim that he is really Satoshi Nakamoto, Wright wiped his blog on Thursday, replacing it only with a message headlined: "I'm Sorry." Continue reading... |
| Palmyra hosts Russian concert after recapture by Syrian forces Posted: 05 May 2016 08:53 AM PDT Kremlin favourite Valery Gergiev conducts triumphal concert after Russia-backed forces recaptured site from Isis The Kremlin's favourite conductor, Valery Gergiev, has performed a triumphal concert in the theatre of Palmyra in Syria, following the complex's recapture in March by Russia-backed Syrian forces. Gergiev took to the stage on Thursday, at 5pm Moscow time, with musicians from St Petersburg's Mariinsky orchestra. The concert was titled With a Prayer from Palmyra: Music Revives the Ancient Walls. Continue reading... |
| Pile-up on French road after 'people smugglers' shot at in police chase Posted: 05 May 2016 06:33 AM PDT Belgian police open fire on British-registered car during chase from Belgium into northern France Belgian police opened fire during a cross-border chase with suspected people smugglers driving a car with a British number plate, resulting in a pile-up on a motorway in northern France. At about 5am on Thursday, a lorry driver in Belgium called local police saying that smugglers had tried to get 17 people into his truck and that he and other drivers had been threatened with a knife, the French paper La Voix du Nord reported. Continue reading... |
| Cupertino's mayor urges Apple to pay more tax: 'where's the fairness?' Posted: 05 May 2016 03:07 PM PDT Barry Chang is stuck between Apple on one side not paying for his infrastructure proposal and frustrated citizens on the other who see their roads too crowded The last time the mayor of Cupertino walked into Apple – the largest company in his small Californian town and, it so happens, the most valuable company in the world – he hoped to have a meeting to talk about traffic congestion. Barry Chang barely made it into the lobby when Apple's security team asked him to leave, he said. |
| Speaker of Brazil's lower house Eduardo Cunha suspended Posted: 05 May 2016 05:20 AM PDT Powerful rival of President Dilma Rousseff accused of trying to intimidate congress and obstruct investigations against him Brazil's supreme court have voted unanimously to suspend the speaker of the lower house, Eduardo Cunha, while he is investigated for alleged corruption, intimidation of lawmakers, obstruction of justice and abuse of power. The decision adds to the political turmoil in Latin America's biggest country, following last month's lower house impeachment vote against president Dilma Rousseff, who will probably be forced to step aside next week for up to 180 days while the senate examines the charges against her. Continue reading... |
| The man who helped save Afghanistan's treasures from ravages of war Posted: 05 May 2016 02:38 AM PDT Najibullah Popal squirrelled away priceless gold from Kabul's National Museum – and kept the secret for 11 years Afghanistan usually celebrates its national heroes with pomp and fanfare. But Najibullah Popal is not remembered with the celebratory gunfire that welcomes home a victorious cricket team, or the presidential speeches bestowed on assassinated rebel leaders. His feat – preserving some of the country's most valuable heritage from the ravages of war – was possible only because it was kept secret. Continue reading... |
| Federal authorities officially assisting Prince investigation Posted: 05 May 2016 01:30 AM PDT Minnesota police confirm the DEA and US attorney are involved after artist's team sought help for possible addiction issues Minnesota police have confirmed the US attorney's office and the Drug Enforcement Administration are helping them in their investigation into Prince's death. Jason Kamerud of the Carver County sheriff's office told the Hollywood Reporter on Wednesday: "They have agreed to provide federal resources and expertise in our investigation." Continue reading... |
| Britain remaining in EU is 'better for the world', says Japanese prime minister Posted: 05 May 2016 06:35 AM PDT Shinzo Abe says Brexit could lead to withdrawal of Japanese companies from UK, as they often see UK as gateway to European markets Japan's prime minister has warned British voters that leaving the European Union could threaten investment by his country and put more than 100,000 jobs at risk. Speaking in Downing Street after a meeting with David Cameron, aimed at laying the groundwork for a G7 summit in Japan later this month, Shinzo Abe said more than a thousand companies from his nation invest in Britain — and they do so because it is the gateway to the EU. Continue reading... |
| Running the 35-mile Two Oceans: distance running South African-style Posted: 06 May 2016 12:30 AM PDT The Two Oceans – billed as the world's most beautiful marathon – takes in spectacular views of the Atlantic and Indian oceans on a circuit of Cape Town's Table Mountain. Nick Mead experiences an ultra with a big city feel "You're running the Two Oceans? That's 35 miles isn't it? Lekker. What are you training for? Comrades?" I forget how many times I had that conversation in the run-up to the Old Mutual Two Oceans Marathon in Cape Town last month – but it happened a lot more than you'd imagine if, like me, you come from a country where completing a regular marathon is seen by most as an end in itself. Continue reading... |
| A ride-along into the heart of Cape Town’s ganglands – in pictures Posted: 06 May 2016 12:00 AM PDT Daily Maverick Chronicle has been granted unprecedented access to a new gang task force charged with fighting crime in one of the world's most dangerous cities Continue reading... |
| Playwright Young Jean Lee: what do we really want from straight white men? Posted: 05 May 2016 11:35 PM PDT The American playwright says the rest of us may claim to want straight white men to take a back seat, but then we deem them duds when they do "Destroy the audience" is the motto powering one of America's most exciting theatre companies, named after its artistic director, Young Jean Lee. While perhaps stopping short of outright annihilation, she's certainly not afraid of making them squirm. In her latest acerbic comedy, Straight White Men, Lee blasts the audience with uncomfortably loud hip-hop music, and has triggered some of the more genteel audience members to blow their top. Continue reading... |
| Story of cities #37: how radical ideas turned Curitiba into Brazil's 'green capital' Posted: 05 May 2016 11:30 PM PDT As an architect and mayor, Jaime Lerner led the movement that transformed Curitiba into an environmentally friendly 'laboratory for urban planning'. The secret? 'We had to work fast to avoid our own bureaucracy' In the late 1960s, Brasilia cast a long shadow across Brazil. Built from scratch in just four years, the city was a symbol of modern, rational, functional planning. "President Kubitschek wanted to build a new capital," architect Oscar Niemeyer said in a BBC interview. "He wanted a city that would represent Brazil. So I dedicated myself to finding a new solution, something that would attract attention." Niemeyer designed the city to look like a bird in flight – a network of highways in the wings, and the administrative offices in its head. Among political elites, if not all architecture critics, Brasilia was viewed as a triumph over Brazil's urban chaos. Continue reading... |
| The refugee children choosing between work and war – video Posted: 05 May 2016 11:03 PM PDT 13-year-old Hamza is a Syrian refugee in southern Turkey. He and his brothers have no school to go to and no father. So they work 12-hour days, six days a week, to support their family, or risk becoming desperate enough to return home to join the civil war Continue reading... |
| Number of trafficked children rose 46% last year, crime agency says Posted: 05 May 2016 11:00 PM PDT NCA identified 982 cases of children trafficked for labour or sexual exploitation, many arriving unaccompanied The number of children identified as being trafficked, chiefly for labour but also for sexual exploitation, increased by 46% last year, according to data published by the National Crime Agency. Barnardo's, which runs projects in London and Hampshire to support trafficked children and young people, said the youngest child among 200 in its care last year was aged five. The charity said the majority of the children had arrived unaccompanied from Europe, and many had come from the camp at Calais. Continue reading... |
| Propaganda and the party congress: how to report from North Korea Posted: 05 May 2016 03:30 AM PDT News teams have poured into Pyongyang for the event of a generation – but how much of the country will they really see? North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is preparing for the biggest political event of his career – a once-in-a-generation coming together of the Korean Workers' Party, an institution described as the "backbone of the state". As with other events of great national pride – like the annual Pyongyang marathon, or any basketball game associated with Dennis Rodman – 130 international journalists have been invited to report on the spectacle otherwise know as the seventh party congress. Continue reading... |
| Suspected gunman on run after fatal shooting in Somerset Posted: 05 May 2016 10:27 PM PDT Police say Charlie Broadway is potentially armed after shooting leaves one man dead and another injured
Charlie Broadway, 23, posed a risk to the public and should not be approached, following the incident on Thursday night, Avon and Somerset police said. Continue reading... |
| A truth we hate to admit – we are one people in Europe | Natalie Nougayrède Posted: 05 May 2016 11:00 PM PDT It's telling that it took Obama, an outsider, to remind us how much the European people have in common "I say to you, the people of Europe, don't forget who you are. You are the heirs to a struggle for freedom." With those words, in a speech given in Hanover at the end of his European tour, Barack Obama did what no European leader has ventured to do in a long time, which is to give an "address to the people of Europe". That choice of the singular form, "people of Europe" and not "peoples", was the most striking part of Obama's message. It ran counter to Europe's growing populism; the self-glorification of national egos, the distrust towards outsiders, and the reflex of putting up walls or closing down borders. The president was deliberate and specific. "The people of Europe, hundreds of millions of citizens – east, west, north, south – are more secure and more prosperous because we stood together for the ideals we share," he said. Continue reading... |
| Barack Obama meets with eight-year-old campaigner 'Little Miss Flint' – video Posted: 05 May 2016 08:00 PM PDT Mari Copeny, an eight-year-old girl from Flint, Michigan, wrote to the president about her work bringing attention to the health crisis in her community sparked by contaminated drinking water. During his trip to Michigan, Barack Obama met with Mari, who is known locally as 'Little Miss Flint', praising her efforts. 'When something like this happens, a young girl shouldn't have to go to Washington to be heard. I thought her president should come to Flint to meet with her' Continue reading... |
| Asylum seekers who reached Cocos Islands could be back in Sri Lanka Posted: 05 May 2016 09:23 PM PDT Immigration department declines to comment but a witness says 18 adults and seven children were taken from a Customs vessel to the airport Asylum seekers who arrived on the Cocos Islands by boat this week appear to have been returned to Sri Lanka by the Australian government. A witness on the island said that after nightfall on Thursday he saw 18 adults and seven children "of Sri Lankan appearance" brought from a Customs vessel docked off the West Island to its wharf, Rumah Baru. They were taken to the airport. Continue reading... |
| Indigenous suicide rates climb as governments 'drag the chain' on handing over control Posted: 06 May 2016 12:50 AM PDT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander conference told: 'If we had the investment ... we're pretty confident we could see this turn around' Governments have been "dragging the chain" when it comes to empowering Indigenous communities, people and services to address the devastating rates of suicide among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, a conference heard on Friday. On Thursday and Friday the government-funded Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander suicide prevention evaluation project held its inaugural conference on suicide prevention. Continue reading... |
| From war in Syria to a Turkish sweatshop for child refugees Posted: 05 May 2016 11:00 PM PDT Vast numbers of young Syrians in Turkey and beyond are having to work instead of going to school Hamza sits at a sewing machine in a gloomy warehouse in southern Turkey, where he works 12 hours a day, six days a week. The Syrian can perform most of the roles on the assembly line: he knows how to mould leather into the shape of a shoe, or attach its sole with glue. Today Hamza threads its different parts together with the machine, and his boss looks on approvingly. "He can make 400 shoes a day," says the factory manager. "He's a real man." Continue reading... |
| Nyaru the orangutan is off to 'jungle school' to prepare to live in the wild Posted: 05 May 2016 10:55 PM PDT Eight-year-old male primate will leave Perth zoo for sanctuary on Indonesian island of Sumatra where, at his own pace, he will be released Nyaru has been learning to fast between meals. On Tuesday the eight-year-old male orangutan will leave his enclosure in Perth zoo for the Indonesian island of Sumatra, where he will be released into the wild. An erratic feeding schedule, intended to mimic the "boom and bust" cycle of natural fruit availability, is one of the ways zookeepers have helped him to prepare. Continue reading... |
| Officials plan mass road convoy as Canada's wildfires grow tenfold Posted: 05 May 2016 10:43 PM PDT Helicopter to lead initial convoy of 400 vehicles through Fort McMurray and airlift from workcamps to continue Officials in western Canada plan to move thousands of Fort McMurray residents who fled a catastrophic wildfire to workcamps north of the city in a mass road convoy on Friday. Authorities scrambled to organise an airlift of 8,000 people from the camps after the wildfire grew tenfold on Thursday and hoped to move thousands more by road to safer areas as it threatened to engulf huge areas of the arid province of Alberta. Continue reading... |
| French police hit back at 'anti-cop hatred' after protest violence Posted: 05 May 2016 10:00 PM PDT Unions call for day of action after 300 officers injured and others accused of misconduct in clashes with demonstrators French police are to take to the streets in a national protest against "anti-cop hatred" this month, after clashes with demonstrators at rallies against labour reforms sparked accusations of police violence and several investigations into alleged misconduct. The Alliance police union, backed by several other groups representing officers, called for demonstrations on 18 May, saying it was "outraged by the irresponsible and relentless drive to make out that police officers are savage brutes who blindly beat youths". Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Algeria builds giant mosque with world's tallest minaret Posted: 05 May 2016 09:54 PM PDT The Djamaa El Djazair mosque will include a one-million book library, accommodate up to 120,000 worshippers and boast a 265m-high minaret Algeria is building one of the world's largest mosques which officials say will serve as a buffer against radical Islam and crown the legacy of President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. The Djamaa El Djazair mosque is being built facing the picturesque bay of Algiers as part of a complex that will include a one-million book library, a Koranic school and a museum of Islamic art and history. Continue reading... |
| North Korea prepares Kim’s ‘coronation’ at once-in-generation congress Posted: 05 May 2016 08:42 PM PDT Nation readies for first meeting since 1980 with little sign of a change in direction North Korea kicked off a once-in-a-generation congress on Friday in a bid to confirm the absolute power of leader Kim Jong-un and to show unity before a possible nuclear test in the coming weeks. Kim, the third in his family line to rule the belligerent state with an iron fist, is expected to kick off the 7th Congress of the Workers' party with a speech that will be closely watched for signs of a change in attitude in the upper echelons of power in the unpredictable east Asian nation. Continue reading... |
| Jeremy Corbyn on West Papua: UK Labour leader calls for independence vote Posted: 05 May 2016 07:36 PM PDT Opposition leader says human rights and justice should be 'cornerstone' of UK Labour party's foreign policy Jeremy Corbyn has drawn attention to the plight of West Papuans, saying the recognition of human rights and justice should be the "cornerstone" of the UK Labour party's foreign policy. Related: West Papua: UN must supervise vote on independence, says coalition Continue reading... |
| Millions of GM mosquitoes to fight Zika virus in Caymans Posted: 05 May 2016 06:28 PM PDT Biotech company Oxitec hopes to repeat a technique used in Brazil to reduce the population of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes The British biotech company Oxitec and the Cayman Islands government announced plans on Thursday to release millions of genetically modified mosquitoes in the fight against a species that spreads Zika and other diseases. Deployment of the mosquitoes against the Aedes aegypti species in the Cayman Islands is a major advance for Oxitec, which has promoted the method heavily as an environmentally safe way to combat the vectors of mosquito-borne illnesses while confronting public concerns about the technology. Continue reading... |
| Flight of the Navigator star charged with bank robbery in Canada Posted: 05 May 2016 01:39 PM PDT Police arrested Deleriyes Joe Cramer, 42, earlier this week after a man dressed in a disguise left a bank with an undisclosed amount of money A man who starred in Disney's 1986 adventure flick Flight of the Navigator when he was a child has been charged in connection with a bank robbery in the Canadian province of British Columbia. Police arrested Deleriyes Joe Cramer, 42, earlier this week after a man dressed in a disguise left a bank with an undisclosed amount of money. Continue reading... |
| Firefighters battle flames refugee camp following airstrike – video Posted: 05 May 2016 12:08 PM PDT Firefighters, helped by civilians, extinguish fires on the site of a refugee camp in Sarmada after an airstrike his the area on Thursday. At least 28 people, including women and children, are reported dead. The camp is in Syria's Idlib province close to the Turkish border and previously housed displaced Syrian people Continue reading... |
| Nigeria calls on anti-corruption summit to back registers of ownership Posted: 05 May 2016 11:53 AM PDT Ahead of UK summit, minister says registers will help indentify individuals laundering public funds offshore Nigeria has called on an anti-corruption summit in the UK next week to support publicly accessible registers of beneficial ownership. It says the registers will help identify the individuals hiding behind corporate vehicles while laundering public funds in offshore territories. The call was made by the Nigerian minister for justice, Abubakar Malami, at a separate anti-corruption conference organised by the One charity in Nigeria – often cited as one of the African countries most held back by endemic corruption. Continue reading... |
| Baby Boxes: pro-life campaigners bring the 'abortion alternative' to America Posted: 05 May 2016 11:50 AM PDT Desperate parents in Indiana can now deposit unwanted newborns in 'Safe Haven Baby Boxes', after pro-life groups won the right to install them A few days ago, strange fixtures began appearing in the walls of fire department buildings in Indiana: metal slots with pull-down lids. For donations, perhaps? Old clothes? Books for charity? No. The slots open to reveal "baby boxes"– heated, padded, incubator-type holes in the wall where, according to Safe Haven Baby Boxes Inc – one of the pro-life organisations behind the initiative – desperate mothers or fathers can deposit a newborn anonymously and walk away, reassured that it is safe. Once a baby has been deposited, an internal alarm alerts firefighters on duty to come and pick it up. Continue reading... |
| British arms are fuelling Yemen’s cruel war | Letters Posted: 05 May 2016 11:27 AM PDT MPs are right to be dismayed by the government's refusal to accept clear evidence of gross violations of international humanitarian law by all sides in Yemen (Report, 4 May). Homes, hospitals, schools, aid facilities have all been hit. The toll on ordinary people has been immense and has contributed to creating one of the world's worst humanitarian crises where on average six children a day are killed or injured. Despite this the government still fuels this war with sales of weapons and with technical support. Its arms sales are immoral, illegal and incoherent. Immoral in terms of the human cost; illegal in terms of national, European and international law; incoherent, as one arm of government fuels a war as another arm sends aid to pick up the pieces. Continue reading... |
| Any apology won’t do for offensive remarks Posted: 05 May 2016 11:18 AM PDT I agree wholeheartedly with Gary Younge (Racism is a system of oppression, not a series of bloopers, 4 May) about the way minor indiscretions are magnified out of all proportion. Down the years we have faced some real racists: Mosley, the National Front, the BNP and other fringe groups and elements within the Conservative party and Ukip. Many of us have supported organisations to defeat them: the Anti-Nazi League, Rock Against Racism and Hope Not Hate. Yes, correct people when they say something that appears racist, but reserve our real opposition for more serious opponents. • Gary Younge may have inadvertently underwritten the credibility of apologies "for any offence caused" (as offered by Gerry Adams). There is a hidden ambiguity in the use of the word "any", which implies that in the opinion of the speaker people were not justified in taking offence. Even in an era of professional offence-takers, the better phrase is: "I apologise to anyone I have offended." |
| Saintly succour for Italy’s hungry thief | Letters Posted: 05 May 2016 11:15 AM PDT Stolen sausage | Leicester's unsung Family | Urban planning | Goat's wool socks Italy's supreme court has the best Italian theological authority for its decision on the starving man who stole the sausage and the cheese (Report, 4 May). Thomas Aquinas wrote: "It is not theft, properly speaking, to take secretly and use another's property in a case of extreme need: because that which he takes for the support of his life becomes his own property by reason of that need." • Many individuals and institutions have been invoked in connection with Leicester's Premiership success, from Richard III to Showaddywaddy (Report, 4 May). Strangely, I have seen no mention of Family. They were a great band, and the cover of their 1974 compilation, Best of Family, is a picture of them playing for Leicester City. |
| Former Venezuela assembly head accuses Wall Street Journal of libel Posted: 05 May 2016 11:12 AM PDT Diosdado Cabello filed lawsuit against News Corp for 'false and defamatory allegations' in article that claimed US drug trafficking investigation targeted him The former head of Venezuela's national assembly, has filed a lawsuit in New York accusing the Wall Street Journal of libeling him in an article reporting he was the target of a US drug trafficking investigation. Diosdado Cabello filed the lawsuit in Manhattan federal court on Thursday against News Corp, the newspaper's owner, saying the May 2015 article contained "false and defamatory allegations" that Cabello was involved in criminal activities related to drug trafficking and money laundering. Continue reading... |
| More than 30 people ill after visiting petting farm in Leeds Posted: 05 May 2016 10:34 AM PDT People who had visited Swithens Farm in Rothwell became ill after a disease outbreak linked to the farm, Public Health England says More than 30 people have fallen ill after a disease outbreak linked to a petting farm, health officials said. Twenty nine cases of cryptosporidiosis, which causes diarrhoea, were confirmed in people who had visited Swithens farm in Rothwell, Leeds, since the start of March, according to Public Health England (PHE). Continue reading... |
| Immune 'signature' unique to Ebola fatalities identified by scientists Posted: 05 May 2016 10:13 AM PDT Recognising difference in immune response between survivors and fatalities raises hope that current anti-cancer drug could be used to treat Ebola patients Scientists have identified a key feature in the human immune system that determines whether someone will live or die from Ebola. The breakthrough research brings hope that existing anti-cancer treatments could be used to treat the virus, which killed almost 12,000 in the recent epidemic in West Africa. Continue reading... |
| Four people pulled alive from rubble of Nairobi building Posted: 05 May 2016 10:09 AM PDT Rescue workers find two women and a man after earlier freeing a pregnant woman from building that collapsed six days ago A Kenyan official said three more people have been rescued after being trapped for six days in the rubble of a collapsed building, bringing the number of those rescued on Thursday to four. Nairobi's police chief, Japheth Koome, said two women and a man were rescued late in the day after a pregnant woman was rescued earlier. The rescues came as the death toll from the collapse of the seven-storey building rose to 36, with 70 missing. Continue reading... |
| Russian orchestra performs concert in Palmyra's Roman theatre – video Posted: 05 May 2016 09:22 AM PDT Valery Gergiev, the Kremlin's favourite conductor, has led musicians from the Mariinsky orchestra at a triumphal concert in Palymra, the ancient Syrian site recaptured from Isis by Russia-backed Syrian forces in March. The concert was titled With a Prayer from Palmyra: Music Revives the Ancient Walls Continue reading... |
| A conversation with Martha Plimpton: 'Trump, president? Not a chance in hell' Posted: 05 May 2016 09:08 AM PDT Rebecca Carroll talks with her friend about her pro-choice activism, politics and her show The Real O'Neals, a TV series about an Irish Catholic family in Chicago Martha Plimpton is an Emmy-winning actor and pro-choice activist. She currently stars in The Real O'Neals. Her friend Rebecca Carroll is a Guardian US writer, author and critic-at-large for the Los Angeles Times. They emailed about politics, feminism and art Rebecca: You've been really outspoken about your pro-choice views in the past, so we should start this conversation with a fresh acknowledgement: Donald Trump is now the Republican candidate, and he's also arguably a misogynistic freak show of a person who has a ton of supporters. His campaign is broadly about prioritizing money over humans. In the event that he wins, how do we keep humans at the forefront of US? Continue reading... |
| Briton dead after fight in Tenerife, say emergency services Posted: 05 May 2016 08:45 AM PDT Medical staff respond to reports of two men fighting in street and find 53-year-old in cardiac arrest A British man has died of a heart attack after a fight on the Canary island of Tenerife, an emergency service said. The 53-year-old man was in cardiac arrest when medical staff arrived after receiving several reports that two men were beating each other in the street in the resort of Costa Adeje, on the south-west coast of the island, the Emergencies and Security Coordinating Centre (CECOES) said. Continue reading... |
| Woman rescued after six days under rubble in Nairobi - video Posted: 05 May 2016 08:28 AM PDT A woman trapped in a residential building has been rescued from under the rubble in Nairobi on Thursday nearly a week after it collapsed. The woman was carried to an ambulance to the cheers crowds in Nairobi's Huruma district. At least 36 people were killed when the building crumbled on Friday (April 29) night following days of heavy rain Continue reading... |
| With Rousseff on the ropes, Brazil's far right sees an opening Posted: 05 May 2016 08:15 AM PDT Brazil's president is facing impeachment and a coalition of ultra-conservatives, including evangelicals and an apologist for military torturers, sense their chance With less than a week until the Brazilian senate votes on the impeachment of President Dilma Rousseff, the question facing the nation is no longer whether the Workers' party government will fall, but how far to the right the political pendulum will swing once it has fallen. For Marco Feliciano – an ultra-conservative preacher-politician from the evangelical caucus – it cannot go far enough in reversing what he sees as the malign policies introduced since the left came to power in 2003. |
| Israel finds Hamas tunnel under border with Gaza Posted: 05 May 2016 08:07 AM PDT Discovery comes as Israel says arrested Hamas member disclosed large amounts of information about underground network The Israeli military has uncovered a new Hamas infiltration tunnel penetrating Israel from southern Gaza, on the same day it was revealed that an arrested Hamas member – who had entered Israel – had divulged details of the group's wider tunnel network. The tunnel discovered on Thursday was the second found in a month. A few hours later Israel said it had arrested a Hamas member from Gaza who had disclosed large amounts of information about the tunnel network, although it did not link the latest tunnel discovery directly to that arrest. |
| IAG boss calls for register of drones after near misses with aircraft Posted: 05 May 2016 07:18 AM PDT Chief executive of British Airways' owner says drones may become serious risk to air passengers The boss of British Airways' owner IAG has called for a register of drone users after a series of near collisions between passenger planes and unmanned aircraft. Related: Drone over Heathrow was 'wingspan away' from collision with jet Continue reading... |
| Alberta driver's dashcam footage of wildfire – video Posted: 05 May 2016 06:27 AM PDT Alberta resident Michel Chamberland filmed this footage of the wildfire on his car's dashcam while escaping from the blaze on 3 May. The footage shows fire spreading through the forest in Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada, where a state of emergency has now been declared Continue reading... |
| No vacancies: life in Mozambique's abandoned Grande Hotel – in pictures Posted: 05 May 2016 02:33 AM PDT When it opened in 1955, the Grande Hotel in the Indian Ocean city of Beira was one of the most luxurious in Africa. Photojournalist Fellipe Abreu documents the lives of the 3,500 people who now fill this long-closed hotel to capacity Continue reading... |
| Gambian migrants who risk death find life less than sweet in Italy | Louise Hunt Posted: 05 May 2016 11:00 PM PDT In the Gambia, Europe holds the promise of jobs and hope. But for many of those who reach Italy's shores, the reality is very different Bubacarr* sits on a bench beside a playground in Ferrara, northern Italy. The 24-year-old looks shattered. A proud young man, he is embarrassed by the donated clothes he is wearing, tugging at his loose, faded trousers to make a point. It is almost a year since he was pulled from a stricken fishing boat near the coast of Libya by the Migrant Offshore Aid Station. In a video interview on the rescue vessel, his bloodshot eyes gleamed with the conviction that he would fulfil his dream of finding a career as a carpenter in Europe. Continue reading... |
| Access to the life-saving services of a midwife is a gender rights issue | Isabella Lövin Posted: 05 May 2016 05:36 AM PDT In Sweden, where the government regards reproductive health as central to gender equality, International Day of the Midwife is seen as cause for celebration In the mid-18th century, the maternal mortality rate in Sweden approached 900 deaths for every 100,000 births. A hundred years later, the introduction of professional midwives had contributed to the rate being pushed down to 230. Today, four women die per 100,000 live births. This goes to show that the midwifery profession and workforce have the power to save thousands of lives each year. Unfortunately, not everyone gets to enjoy the benefits of that power. Although global maternal and infant mortality rates have dropped by half since 1990, about 800 women and girls worldwide still die from pregnancy- or childbirth-related complications each day. Almost all of them, 99%, die in developing countries. Every day there are more than 8,200 stillbirths and, each year, 2.8 million babies die within the first six weeks of life. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| MSF brands humanitarian summit 'a fig-leaf of good intentions' as it pulls out Posted: 05 May 2016 04:49 AM PDT Médecins Sans Frontières cites concern over accountability of governments and flouting of humanitarian laws as it withdraws from Istanbul summit One of the world's most prominent and outspoken charities, Médecins Sans Frontières, has pulled out of this month's landmark world humanitarian summit, describing it as a "fig-leaf of good intentions" that will do little to protect the planet's most vulnerable people or those trying to help them. The summit, which will be held in Istanbul, has been billed as an opportunity for the international community to end "the greatest humanitarian crisis of our lifetime". Continue reading... |
| Heartbreak and hardship for women in Brazil as Zika crisis casts deep shadow | Sarah Boseley Posted: 05 May 2016 04:34 AM PDT When her son was born with microcephaly linked to the Zika virus, Aline became the latest mother thrust into an interminable cycle of care and rehabilitation Aline Ferreira's son wears a blue and white babygrow. Over her shoulder, she carries a cloth to wipe his mouth. She smiles happily, but anyone can see there is something severely wrong with three month-old Luiz. His head seems squashed out of shape, and it flops forward. Luiz has microcephaly – a head that has not grown to its full size – and the pattern of brain damage that doctors now link to the Zika virus. His mother – at 15, hardly more than a child herself – developed a rash two months into her pregnancy but assumed it was dengue fever, which has become as common as a cold in Brazil in recent years. Now she spends much of her time at two major hospitals in Recife: one for disabled children, and the Instituto de Medicina Integral Professor Fernando Figueira (Imip), where she is today. Continue reading... |
| Obama's Flint visit boosted morale – but it doesn't make the water safe to drink Posted: 05 May 2016 11:39 AM PDT President railed against 'corrosive attitude' of hands-off government – but those unable or unwilling to drink their own water need pragmatism, not politics Four months after he declared a state of emergency in Flint over its toxic water crisis, Barack Obama's first visit to the Michigan city was as much about repudiating the philosophy of shrunken, hands-off government as it was about the lead-laced liquid that residents still have to drink and bathe in. The president's address to a restive crowd he called "feisty" included an obligatory sip of Flint water. "This isn't a stunt," Obama insisted, while stressing that people could drink the water, if it is properly filtered. Continue reading... |
| Turkey-EU refugees deal may be biggest casualty of Erdoğan supremacy Posted: 05 May 2016 05:14 AM PDT Forced departure of pro-EU PM comes at particularly bad time for Syria and will add to EU unease with strongman president One of the biggest casualties of the power struggle at the top of Turkey's ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) may be the critically important deal with the EU on stemming the unprecedented flow of refugees to Europe from Syria's civil war. Ahmet Davutoğlu, Turkey's pro-Europe prime minister who willstand down this month, was the key architect of the agreement engineered on the EU side by Germany's chancellor, Angela Merkel. The deal reflected Davutoğlu's overall desire for closer Turkey-EU relations. Continue reading... |
| We all feel sorry for child refugees but how will we pay for their needs | Michael White Posted: 05 May 2016 04:17 AM PDT Cameron's U-turn is great news for 3,000 stranded Syrian children but it is right to ask where the money will come from It is not every day that the lead editorial in the Daily Mail could be transposed with minor amendments to the pages of the Guardian or the FT. But it happened on Thursday in the wake of David Cameron's concession that up to 3,000 refugee children from Syria will now be allowed into Britain. In fact, on this occasion the Guardian's editorial is more hard-nosed about underlying realities. A small good deed has been done in an all-too-wicked world. Let the Mail claim the credit for the campaign to show compassion to refugee children. But it is not alone. Personally, I prefer to think that the Labour peer Alf Dubs, rescued as a Jewish child from Adolf Hitler's clutches, has repaid a debt to history. Continue reading... |
| On board Etihad Airways' turbulence-hit flight EY474 – video Posted: 05 May 2016 02:19 AM PDT Amateur footage appears to show the atmosphere inside the cabin of Etihad Airways flight EY474 after turbulence hit injuring more than 30 people. Dewi Rachmayani told news agency NET that the footage was filmed on board the plane headed for Indonesia from Abu Dhabi on Wednesday afternoon Continue reading... |
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