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- François Hollande will not seek re-election as president of France
- Trump's rich pickings: president-elect's team could be wealthiest ever
- Austria divided as far-right and Green-backed candidates face election rerun
- Jakarta protests: Muslims turn out in force against Christian governor Ahok
- Colombia plane crash: Bolivia suspends airline that operated flight
- Brand new leader, same old autocracy as Uzbeks go to polls
- Russians talk with Syrian rebels as eastern Aleppo runs out of food
- UN admits for first time that peacekeepers brought cholera to Haiti
- Money from Nigeria laundered in UK 'should go to helping starving children'
- The Gambia bans international calls and internet as voters go to polls
- Vladimir Putin says 'we are ready to cooperate' with Trump administration
- US military admits killing two dozen Syrian civilians in July airstrike
- Italian emigrants can help win referendum, says PM Matteo Renzi
- Brexit: 1m EU citizens in Britain 'could be at risk of deportation'
- Canada prepares for surge of Mexican immigrants after visa lift and Trump win
- French MPs vote to ban abortion websites that intimidate women
- Astronaut Buzz Aldrin 'recovering well' after falling ill at the south pole
- Thailand's crown prince succeeds to throne
- Charge the 'rich' to feed the poor: Madrid's Robin Hood homeless cafe
- Ukraine missile drill to avoid Crimea airspace, military officials say
- Guggenheim Helsinki museum plans rejected by city councillors
- Atlético Nacional pay emotional tribute to victims of Colombia plane crash
- The Nigerian refugees displaced by Boko Haram – in pictures
- On the road with Uganda's mobile sexual health clinics – in pictures
- Indonesia police arrest eight people before anti-Ahok Jakarta protest
- Joy as China shelves plans to dam 'angry river'
- Isis recruiters targeting refugees in Europe, say counter-terror experts
- Trump blasts 'dishonest press' as he kicks off victory tour – video
- Dirty laundry: washing line art highlights South Africa's rape epidemic
- Raviv Drucker: the Israeli journalist incurring the wrath of Netanyahu
- Donald Trump announces James 'Mad Dog' Mattis as secretary of defense
- Prince Harry and Rihanna take HIV tests on World Aids Day
- Scott Morrison shuts the door on changes to negative gearing rules
- Eyewitness: Northern Iraq
- Paging Princess Beatrice’s knight in shining armour
- Andorra to renounce banking secrecy as it sheds tax haven status
- Plane talking: pilot uses aircraft to write 'Hello' on radar tracking map
- UK Muslims show worrying belief in conspiracy theories, claims thinktank
- Ethel Rosenberg's sons return to White House to plead mother's exoneration
- Possible French presidential candidates from the left
- UN chief apologises over Haiti cholera outbreak – video
- Thailand welcomes new king to the throne – video
- Steep rise in police requests for Opal data to track people on NSW public transport
- Bali murder accused Sara Connor says she is in a 'nightmare'
- President Hollande will not run for second term in France – video
- Iranian musician hospitalised after one-month hunger strike
- Putin says US-Russia cooperation in world's interest – video
- Canadian great-grandmother, 80, wins $50m lottery: 'I'm too old for this'
- Mexico's central bank governor Agustín Carstens to step down
- The quiet life: an alternative view of Brazil's cities – in pictures
- Joana Foster: 'She made African women realise they can do anything'
- Plan to align UK aid with trade policy could sideline poor countries
- America under Trump must not overlook the importance of women in battling HIV | Serra Sippel
- How a dubious tweet about illegal votes found its way to Trump's megaphone
- Italy referendum Q&A: the big economic questions answered
- Trump visits Carrier factory in Indiana to begin ‘thank you tour' – video
- Protesters march in North Carolina over Keith Scott decision – video
| François Hollande will not seek re-election as president of France Posted: 01 Dec 2016 11:20 AM PST Surprise move not to stand for a second term in upcoming presidential election throws selection of a Socialist candidate wide open François Hollande, the least popular French president since the second world war, has announced he will not run for a second term in office. With a satisfaction rating so low it recently dropped to just 4%, the Socialist president appeared shaken and emotional as he said in a live televised address from the Élysée palace that he would not attempt to run for a second term, conscious of the "risks" to the French left if he did so. Continue reading... |
| Trump's rich pickings: president-elect's team could be wealthiest ever Posted: 02 Dec 2016 12:00 AM PST Opponents warn the administration is set to be packed with tycoons who will do nothing to fulfil his promise of helping working-class Americans The appetisers were young garlic soup with thyme and sautéed frog legs, diver scallops with caramelized cauliflower and caper-raisin emulsion. Donald Trump ate a prime sirloin with citrus glazed carrots; Mitt Romney chose lamb chops with a mushroom bolognese sauce. At Jean-Georges, a three-star Michelin restaurant in the Trump International Hotel in New York, it's a rich man's world, and one where the US president-elect feels at home. This has also been evident in his appointments so far, as the so-called "blue collar billionaire" looks set to preside over the wealthiest administration in modern history. Continue reading... |
| Austria divided as far-right and Green-backed candidates face election rerun Posted: 01 Dec 2016 11:00 PM PST Presidential candidates Alexander van der Bellen and Norbert Hofer reflect a country where one side is increasingly struggling to understand the other Viewed from the sunny hills of the Kaunertal valley, the outcome of Sunday's Austrian presidential election rerun is a foregone conclusion. In May, 85.1% of voters there supported the Green-backed candidate, Alexander Van der Bellen, who had grown up in the valley as the son of Estonian refugees. It was his best result anywhere in Austria. But in the Tyrolian Alps, echo chambers are a pre-digital, geological reality. One valley to the west, in Spiss, Van der Bellen's opponent, the far-right populist Norbert Hofer, scored his best result. In the village perched on the Swiss border, 87.5% of voters rooted for a candidate who has said he would have dissolved the parliament that presided over last year's refugee crisis, vowed to call a referendum on EU membership if the bloc of states takes further steps towards integration and hinted he could imagine a plebiscite on reintroducing the death penalty. Continue reading... |
| Jakarta protests: Muslims turn out in force against Christian governor Ahok Posted: 01 Dec 2016 10:04 PM PST Huge crowds descend on Jakarta to demand the Indonesian capital's governor be arrested for insulting Islam A crowd of at least 200,000 Muslim protesters has descended on Jakarta to demand the Christian governor of the Indonesian capital be arrested for insulting Islam. There was heavy security at the rally on Friday with authorities wary of the kind of violence that marred a similar demonstration in November. Continue reading... |
| Colombia plane crash: Bolivia suspends airline that operated flight Posted: 01 Dec 2016 01:21 PM PST Investigation of LaMia flight 2933's wreckage found no traces of fuel in crash that killed 71 people, including most of Brazil's Chapecoense soccer team Bolivian authorities have suspended the license of a tiny charter airline whose plane crashed in Colombia this week after apparently running out of fuel, killing 71 people, including most of a Brazilian soccer team on its way to a regional cup final. Monday night's disaster sent shockwaves across the global soccer community and plunged Brazil, Latin America's largest nation, into mourning. The small Chapecoense team was traveling on a charter flight operated by airline LaMia Bolivia to the biggest game in its history, the final of the Copa Sudamericana. Continue reading... |
| Brand new leader, same old autocracy as Uzbeks go to polls Posted: 01 Dec 2016 09:00 PM PST Shavkat Mirziyoyev expected to continue Islam Karimov's iron-fisted rule in Uzbekistan, which has no free press or opposition Uzbeks will elect a new leader for the first time in more than 25 years on Sunday. Just don't expect a Trump-like upset. About 18 million people are eligible to vote for a successor to Islam Karimov, the long-time dictator who died in September after ruling Uzbekistan ever since it gained independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. Continue reading... |
| Russians talk with Syrian rebels as eastern Aleppo runs out of food Posted: 01 Dec 2016 10:59 AM PST Deal under negotiation in Ankara involves ceasefire and opening of corridors for delivering humanitarian aid Russian officials and Syrian rebel groups are holding talks in Turkey on the fate of east Aleppo as food reserves in the enclave dwindle to zero, opposition and diplomatic sources said on Thursday. The negotiations have been under way in Ankara for a week. The deal on the table involves a ceasefire and an opening of corridors for delivering humanitarian aid in return for the departure from the city of extremists among the enclave's defenders. Continue reading... |
| UN admits for first time that peacekeepers brought cholera to Haiti Posted: 01 Dec 2016 02:34 PM PST Ban Ki-moon said deadly outbreak that killed up thousands 'leaves a blemish' on United Nations' reputation, ending six years of refusing to claim responsibility The United Nations has admitted for the first time that its peacekeepers were directly responsible for bringing cholera to Haiti, bringing to an end a six-year delay in which the world body consistently ducked responsibility for importing the disease that has potentially killed up to 30,000 people. In a 16-page report released on Thursday setting out what is being billed as a new approach to fighting cholera in Haiti, the UN secretary-general, Ban Ki-moon, cites expert opinion about the cause of the deadly outbreak. It found that "the preponderance of the evidence does lead to the conclusion that personnel associated with the [UN's peacekeeping] facility were the most likely source". Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Money from Nigeria laundered in UK 'should go to helping starving children' Posted: 01 Dec 2016 04:01 PM PST Save the Children say £950m is needed by those affected by Boko Haram, with tens of thousands of children at risk of death in areas held by the group Money looted from Nigeria in corrupt practices and laundered through the UK should be used to help save the lives of thousands of children at risk of starvation in the conflict-hit north-east of the country, a leading aid organisation says. More than $1.2 bn (£950m) is needed to save children from starvation and help families to try to piece together their lives at the end of a brutal armed conflict, according to Save the Children. It is appealing for UN agencies and donor governments to step up, warning that the region has high levels of child malnutrition and is teetering on the brink of famine. |
| The Gambia bans international calls and internet as voters go to polls Posted: 01 Dec 2016 06:09 AM PST Nearly 900,000 people are eligible to vote in election that could end President Yahya Jammeh's 22-year rule The internet, international phone calls and demonstrations have been banned in the Gambia as voters go to the polls for an election that poses the first real threat to President Yahya Jammeh after more than two decades in power. Related: 'Fear has faded': Gambian election could finally end dictator's grip on power Continue reading... |
| Vladimir Putin says 'we are ready to cooperate' with Trump administration Posted: 01 Dec 2016 08:22 AM PST Russian president softened his stance in his state of the nation address, saying 'I am counting on joining forces with the United States' in fight against terrorism Vladimir Putin has softened his rhetoric about the United States in an annual speech, expressing a desire to mend ties and work together in Syria once Donald Trump takes office. "We are ready to cooperate with the new American administration," the Russian president said in his state of the nation address to an assembly of lawmakers and officials. "It's important to normalise and start to develop our bilateral relations on an equal and mutually beneficial basis." Continue reading... |
| US military admits killing two dozen Syrian civilians in July airstrike Posted: 01 Dec 2016 02:37 PM PST Strike represents single worst incidence of civilian casualties in the entire US war against Isis, as human rights groups says military is undercounting the death toll The US military has admitted culpability for killing approximately two dozen civilians in a July airstrike outside the Syrian city of Manbij, then the scene of fierce fighting with Islamic State militants. By the Pentagon's account, the strike, which hit the Syrian village of Tokhar near Manbij, represents the single worst incidence of civilian casualties in the entire US war against Isis. But human rights monitors believe the US military is still undercounting the death toll, which is substantially lower than the ranges those monitors have compiled. Continue reading... |
| Italian emigrants can help win referendum, says PM Matteo Renzi Posted: 01 Dec 2016 04:31 AM PST Renzi says two-thirds majority of Italians living abroad would shift balance in favour of yes camp before Sunday's vote Millions of Italians who live abroad will have their last chance to cast their vote on Thursday in a critical referendum on constitutional reform brought by the prime minister, Matteo Renzi. Renzi, who has promised to resign if he loses, faces a five-point deficit in the polls heading into the final week of campaigning for the 4 December referendum, which centres on sweeping changes to Italy's parliamentary system. But Renzi told a Belgian newspaper that early voting by Italian emigrants could help clinch a victory. Continue reading... |
| Brexit: 1m EU citizens in Britain 'could be at risk of deportation' Posted: 01 Dec 2016 10:33 AM PST Campaigners say it would take the Home Office 47 years to process applications from EU citizens for permanent residency The government has been warned that up to 1 million EU citizens living in the UK could be at risk of deportation if it does not come up with a simple way of recognising their status in the country. The 3 Million, a grassroots group lobbying for the rights of non-British citizens who have made the UK their home, has told the home secretary it would take the Home Office 47 years to process applications from EU citizens for permanent residency (PR). "We are people with families, children, friends and work colleagues, and we are rightly worried about a very uncertain future," said Nicolas Hatton, chair of the 3 Million, in his letter to Amber Rudd. Continue reading... |
| Canada prepares for surge of Mexican immigrants after visa lift and Trump win Posted: 01 Dec 2016 05:35 AM PST Mexican visitors will no longer need visas and Trump vowed to expel millions of immigrants, sparking concerns of an increase in travelers and asylum seekers Officials in Canada are readying for a potential surge in Mexican migrants, as a promise to scrap a visa requirement comes into effect amid uncertainty over Donald Trump's promises to crack down on undocumented immigrants. From Thursday, Mexican visitors to Canada will no longer need visas. The move has left the government anticipating an increase in Mexican tourists and business travellers, a spokesperson for Canada's immigration ministry said. Continue reading... |
| French MPs vote to ban abortion websites that intimidate women Posted: 01 Dec 2016 10:23 AM PST Government seeking to criminalise sites that pose as neutral sources of information but promote anti-abortion propaganda The French National Assembly has approved a plan to outlaw abortion information websites that masquerade as neutral, official services with freephone helpline numbers but promote anti-abortion propaganda and pressure women not to terminate pregnancies. The Socialist government's proposal seeks to criminalise any websites that deliberately mislead, intimidate or "exert psychological or moral pressure" on a woman seeking information about terminating a pregnancy, with punishment of up to two years in prison and a €30,000 fine. Continue reading... |
| Astronaut Buzz Aldrin 'recovering well' after falling ill at the south pole Posted: 01 Dec 2016 05:54 AM PST The second man to walk on the moon is in a New Zealand hospital after being flown out of the south pole on an emergency medical evacuation flight Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon, is "recovering well" in New Zealand following his evacuation from the south pole on Thursday after he fell ill during a tourist visit. Related: Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon – then claimed $33.31 in travel expenses Continue reading... |
| Thailand's crown prince succeeds to throne Posted: 01 Dec 2016 09:06 AM PST Son of Thailand's late king Bhumibol, who died in October, accepts title at Bangkok palace after mourning period Thailand's crown prince has succeeded to the throne, following the death in October of his much-revered father, King Bhumibol Adulyadej, who had reigned for 70 years. Related: Thai parliament invites Crown Prince to succeed father as king Continue reading... |
| Charge the 'rich' to feed the poor: Madrid's Robin Hood homeless cafe Posted: 01 Dec 2016 08:21 AM PST Charity restaurant makes money from customers by day to offer homeless people a dignified dining experience by night A little before nine o'clock on Tuesday night, Antonio Gutiérrez found himself facing a welcome dilemma. Might he, a waitress asked, have room for a second helping of pudding? Gutiérrez, who had already seen off a plate of pasta, a fish stew and a slice of cake, gave it some thought. The option would have been unremarkable for most diners, but for him, it was entirely novel – as was the cafe in which he was eating. Continue reading... |
| Ukraine missile drill to avoid Crimea airspace, military officials say Posted: 01 Dec 2016 02:17 AM PST Move averts possible confrontation with Russia, which annexed the peninsula in 2014 and was angered by military exercise Ukraine's military has said a two-day missile drill will avoid the airspace over Crimea, sidestepping a possible confrontation with Russia, which annexed the peninsula in 2014. News of the tests starting on Thursday had angered the Kremlin, prompting it to put its air defence forces on high alert and manoeuvre warships in the Black Sea. Continue reading... |
| Guggenheim Helsinki museum plans rejected by city councillors Posted: 01 Dec 2016 03:59 AM PST After five-hour talks, councillors vote 53-32 to kill off €150m addition to Guggenheim museums in Venice and Bilbao Venice and Bilbao will remain the only Guggenheim museums in Europe for the foreseeable future after Helsinki finally buried a controversial plan for a striking new shrine to modern and contemporary art on the city's waterfront. After a stormy five-hour meeting lasting into the early hours of Thursday morning, city councillors voted by 53 to 32 to kill off the project, which had been fiercely contested in Finland since it was floated in 2011. Continue reading... |
| Atlético Nacional pay emotional tribute to victims of Colombia plane crash Posted: 01 Dec 2016 02:13 AM PST • Doves released and candles lit at packed Atanasio Girardot stadium Players, staff and supporters of Atlético Nacional paid an emotional tribute to the victims of the Colombian plane crash that led to the death of 71 passengers, including members of the Brazilian club Chapecoense. Nacional were scheduled to face Chapecoense at their Atanasio Girardot stadium on Wednesday in the first leg of the Copa Sudamericana final but instead the venue was the scene of a great show of unity and grief. Continue reading... |
| The Nigerian refugees displaced by Boko Haram – in pictures Posted: 02 Dec 2016 02:13 AM PST More than 2 million people have been displaced by Boko Haram-related violence in north-east Nigeria. Judith Prat photographed the internally displaced people who are suffering in both the refugee camps – where they face food shortages and a lack of healthcare – and in the towns where they can barely scrape by Continue reading... |
| On the road with Uganda's mobile sexual health clinics – in pictures Posted: 02 Dec 2016 02:00 AM PST In Uganda, which has a high youth population, 24% of 15- to 19-year-old women are either pregnant with their first child or already mothers. Access to contraception and reproductive health services is hit and miss, particularly in rural areas. Reproductive Health Uganda operates a network of mobile clinics to help women in remote regions get vital services Photographs: IPPF/Tommy Trenchard Continue reading... |
| Indonesia police arrest eight people before anti-Ahok Jakarta protest Posted: 02 Dec 2016 01:58 AM PST Rachmawati Soekarnoputri, daughter of first president Sukarno and sister of former president Megawati, among those held over alleged treason Indonesian police have arrested eight people for alleged treason including Rachmawati Soekarnoputri, the daughter of Indonesia's founding father, hours before a 200,000-strong protest in Jakarta against its Christian governor on Friday. Basuki Tjahaja Purnama, known as Ahok, has incensed conservative Muslims over allegedly blasphemous comments he made about the Qur'an in an election campaign. Protesters have demanded that the governor, who is to face trial for the remarks, is sent to jail. Continue reading... |
| Joy as China shelves plans to dam 'angry river' Posted: 02 Dec 2016 12:35 AM PST Environmentalists celebrate as Beijing appears to abandon plans to build giant hydroelectric dams on 1,750-mile Nujiang Environmentalists in China are celebrating after controversial plans to build a series of giant hydroelectric dams on the country's last free-flowing river were shelved. Activists have spent more than a decade campaigning to protect the Nujiang, or "angry river", from a cascade of dams, fearing they would displace tens of thousands of people and irreparably damage one of China's most spectacular and bio-diverse regions. Continue reading... |
| Isis recruiters targeting refugees in Europe, say counter-terror experts Posted: 02 Dec 2016 12:35 AM PST EU's law enforcement agency says Islamic State trying to inflame migration crisis and turn EU citizens against asylum-seekers Islamic State recruiters are targeting vulnerable refugees in Europe to radicalise them in an effort to further polarise the European Union population, counter-terror experts have warned. Europol, the law enforcement agency of the EU, said it was in the interests of Islamic State to inflame the migration crisis and to turn EU citizens against refugees seeking asylum. |
| Trump blasts 'dishonest press' as he kicks off victory tour – video Posted: 02 Dec 2016 12:18 AM PST President elect Donald Trump accuses the press of being 'extremely dishonest' at a rally in Cincinnati, Ohio on Thursday, as he begins his self-described 'thank you tour'. Trump says the old rules of politics no longer apply, and asks his followers to denounce hatred and come together under his presidency Continue reading... |
| Dirty laundry: washing line art highlights South Africa's rape epidemic Posted: 01 Dec 2016 11:00 PM PST Installation features used knickers said to illustrate number of attacks that take place against women each day Thousands of pairs of used knickers have been hung above the streets of Johannesburg as part of an installation to raise awareness about the country's record rates of rape. Devised by two sexual assault survivors, the installation consists of washing lines 1,200 metres long displaying 3,600 pairs of pants – matching the number of rapes estimated to occur on a daily basis, according to the artists. Continue reading... |
| Raviv Drucker: the Israeli journalist incurring the wrath of Netanyahu Posted: 01 Dec 2016 08:18 AM PST Israel's premier is waging social media war against reporter whose investigations have landed the most effective blows Israel's best known investigative reporter, Raviv Drucker, has become used to the attacks from the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. They have come in the form of personal and regular Facebook posts denouncing him, as well as telephone calls to Drucker's colleagues. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump announces James 'Mad Dog' Mattis as secretary of defense Posted: 02 Dec 2016 02:08 AM PST The retired marine general, known for his blunt approach toward the US military and Middle East conflicts, raises establishment hopes that he can rein in Trump Donald Trump has selected the retired marine general James Mattis to serve as his first Pentagon chief, the first of his national-security appointments that will reassure the establishment defense circles Trump scorned on the campaign trail. Trump made the announcement at an Ohio rally on the first day for his "thank you tour". Continue reading... |
| Prince Harry and Rihanna take HIV tests on World Aids Day Posted: 01 Dec 2016 04:01 PM PST Duo had finger-prick procedure at a HIV drop-in centre targeting men in Barbados capital in effort to raise awareness Prince Harry and Rihanna have taken HIV tests together in Barbados to raise awareness of the virus on World Aids Day. The pair, who appeared on stage together on Wednesday night at Barbados's celebrations of the 50th anniversary of independence, had the finger-prick procedure during a visit to a HIV drop-in centre targeting men in the capital, Bridgetown, on Thursday. Continue reading... |
| Scott Morrison shuts the door on changes to negative gearing rules Posted: 02 Dec 2016 12:01 AM PST Treasurers says any amendments will upset the market but agrees to look into expansion of affordable housing The treasurer, Scott Morrison, says the Turnbull government will not be revisiting negative gearing, but has agreed to play a role in the expansion of affordable housing for people with low incomes. Morrison met his state counterparts in Canberra on Friday, before next week's Council of Australian Governments (Coag) meeting. Continue reading... |
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| Paging Princess Beatrice’s knight in shining armour Posted: 01 Dec 2016 11:02 PM PST The hapless royal hasn't yet found her true role – she accidentally maimed Ed Sheeran with a sword – but an unexpected rescuer could be close at hand A polarised week in royal news: Kate Middleton's husband reveals she is a devotee of adult colouring books, while Princess Beatrice accidentally slices open Ed Sheeran's cheek with a ceremonial sword while trying to knight James Blunt. It should go without saying that the Yorks are the only element of the royal family it is acceptable to be spellbound by – and I haven't even got to Duchess Fergie's turn at the British Curry Awards yet, which is best described as a tumbleweed madras. Continue reading... |
| Andorra to renounce banking secrecy as it sheds tax haven status Posted: 01 Dec 2016 09:48 PM PST Pyrenees principality approves automatic sharing of information on accounts held by non-residents from EU countries Andorran lawmakers have agreed to end banking secrecy in the Pyrenees mountains principality, approving automatic sharing of information on accounts held by non-residents. The General Council, Andorra's unicameral parliament, approved a measure that will come into effect from January 2018 for accounts held by people from EU countries. Continue reading... |
| Plane talking: pilot uses aircraft to write 'Hello' on radar tracking map Posted: 01 Dec 2016 09:13 PM PST Private aircraft flies a route above German countryside that when tracked on radar spells out a friendly greeting A pilot who used his plane to write "hello" in its flight path reportedly has a track record of "inventive flight art". Related: The ups and downs of being an airline pilot Continue reading... |
| UK Muslims show worrying belief in conspiracy theories, claims thinktank Posted: 01 Dec 2016 04:01 PM PST Centre-right Policy Exchange, favoured by the government, says Muslim communities have separatist tendencies Britain's Muslim communities have "separatist" tendencies and a "deeply worrying" belief in conspiracy theories, according to one of the government's favourite centre-right thinktanks. The controversial Policy Exchange report however does acknowledge that 93% of British Muslims have a strong attachment to Britain and their attitudes to many issues such as the NHS, unemployment and immigration are broadly in line with the rest of the population. Continue reading... |
| Ethel Rosenberg's sons return to White House to plead mother's exoneration Posted: 01 Dec 2016 03:48 PM PST Robert and Michael Meeropol asked Obama administration to review espionage conviction amid new evidence, more than 50 years after first attempt The sons of convicted spy Ethel Rosenberg returned to the White House on Thursday, more than 50 years after pleading unsuccessfully to spare her life, in a last-ditch appeal to Barack Obama to exonerate her amid new evidence. Rosenberg was executed in 1953 along with her husband, Julius, after being convicted of conspiring to pass secrets about the atomic bomb to the Soviet Union. But court records made public last year through a judge's order cast doubt on the conventional narrative of a cold war espionage case that captivated the country. Continue reading... |
| Possible French presidential candidates from the left Posted: 01 Dec 2016 02:53 PM PST François Hollande's announcement that he will not seek re-election opens the field up. Here are some runners and riders After France's Socialist president, François Hollande, announced he would not run for re-election, his party will seek to prove wrong the pollsters who say the French left is too weak to make it through to the final round of the presidential election next spring. Related: François Hollande will not seek re-election as president of France Continue reading... |
| UN chief apologises over Haiti cholera outbreak – video Posted: 01 Dec 2016 01:56 PM PST United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon apologises for the UN's role in the cholera outbreak which killed over 9,000 people in Haiti. He admits that the world body "simply did not do enough". Continue reading... |
| Thailand welcomes new king to the throne – video Posted: 01 Dec 2016 01:08 PM PST Thailand's crown prince has succeeded to the throne, following the death in October of his much-revered father who had reigned for 70 years. The new monarch was originally expected to assume the throne the day his father died, but asked for the accession to be delayed so he would have time to mourn. Continue reading... |
| Steep rise in police requests for Opal data to track people on NSW public transport Posted: 01 Dec 2016 01:03 PM PST Approvals for data on suspects and 'collateral cardholders' – people who are not suspects – have more than doubled in 2016 Law enforcement agencies are dramatically increasing their use of Opal card public transport data to track the movements of people in New South Wales, with approvals for data more than doubling this year. Internal documents also reveal that police can be handed the information of "collateral cardholders", or people who are not suspects, when their person of interest's identity is unknown. Continue reading... |
| Bali murder accused Sara Connor says she is in a 'nightmare' Posted: 01 Dec 2016 12:33 PM PST Australian woman, whose British boyfriend David Taylor is also charged with killing a Bali police officer, says Taylor is 'not an aggressive person' Australian woman Sara Connor says she is in a "nightmare" after being accused of killing a Bali police officer. "I would love to go back to my kids and to Australia ... I'm sure they need their mother," Connor said after a hearing on Thursday on the alleged murder of Wayan Sudarsa, whose bloodied body was discovered early on 17 August on Kuta beach. Continue reading... |
| President Hollande will not run for second term in France – video Posted: 01 Dec 2016 12:24 PM PST French president François Hollande announces on Thursday night that he will not seek a second term in the upcoming presidential election. In a televised address, Hollande says he is aware of the risks to the left if he were to run without garnering enough support. He is the least popular French president since the second world war. Continue reading... |
| Iranian musician hospitalised after one-month hunger strike Posted: 01 Dec 2016 10:13 AM PST Mehdi Rajabian, who was imprisoned with his brother for distributing underground music, is being treated for internal bleeding An Iranian musician who is serving a three-year prison sentence for distribution of underground music has been taken to hospital after one month on hunger strike. Related: Three jailed in Iran for distributing underground music Continue reading... |
| Putin says US-Russia cooperation in world's interest – video Posted: 01 Dec 2016 10:12 AM PST Russian president Vladimir Putin expresses a desire to cooperate with the United States on matters of global security. During an annual address at the Kremlin in Moscow, Putin says that Russia did not want enemies but rather they needed friends. Continue reading... |
| Canadian great-grandmother, 80, wins $50m lottery: 'I'm too old for this' Posted: 01 Dec 2016 09:12 AM PST Lois Olsen, who has lived in a small farming village in Alberta for about 50 years, planned to buy a new car with money she said would have been useful years ago It wasn't until the late 1960s – when Lois Olsen moved into a newly built house in her small farming village in Alberta, Canada – that she got her first taste of life with indoor plumbing. "I thought I was in heaven, I had running water and I had a telephone," she recalled. So when the 80-year-old found out earlier this month that she had won C$50m in the lottery, she was stumped for ideas on what she might do with all the money. "For my family, it's going to help them out a lot," she said. "For me, I'm too old for this. I would have liked to have won this 20 or 30 years ago." Continue reading... |
| Mexico's central bank governor Agustín Carstens to step down Posted: 01 Dec 2016 08:43 AM PST
Mexico's central bank governor, Agustín Carstens, will stand down in July, leaving his post amid rising doubts about the direction of Latin America's No 2 economy following the election of Donald Trump as US president. The central bank on Thursday announced the impending departure of the 58-year-old Carstens, a former Mexican finance minister who has been the governor of the central bank since 2010 and is highly respected by international investors. |
| The quiet life: an alternative view of Brazil's cities – in pictures Posted: 01 Dec 2016 05:27 AM PST While much of the world has focused on Brazil's sporting, political and economic news, photographer Tomer Ifrah has spent the past year capturing small events of daily life in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo Continue reading... |
| Joana Foster: 'She made African women realise they can do anything' Posted: 01 Dec 2016 11:00 PM PST Joana Silochina Foster, the formidable Ghanaian-British activist and lawyer who died last month, co-founded Africa's first feminist philanthropic institution Before the fourth world conference on women, held in Beijing in 1995, Joana Silochina Foster, a Ghanaian-British activist and lawyer, attended a workshop organised by the Global Fund for Women. She happened to be seated next to Dr Hilda Tadria, a Ugandan scholar and activist whom she had not met before. Turning to Tadria, Foster said: "What we really need are our own resources." And so the idea of a fund for African women was born. At the time, it was a groundbreaking notion: no such institution existed on the African continent, where funding for women's rights was primarily channelled through international NGOs based in the global north. Continue reading... |
| Plan to align UK aid with trade policy could sideline poor countries Posted: 01 Dec 2016 07:31 AM PST Developing states could lose out as reviews of British aid signal fresh emphasis on economic interests following Brexit vote UK aid will be more closely allied with trade policy after the British government signalled a new approach to development assistance that may risk sidelining poorer countries. Two long-awaited reviews published on Thursday promised to change the focus of British aid, with the government pledging to do more in fragile and conflict-riven states and to expand work across the "arc of instability" that bends from north Africa to the Middle East. |
| America under Trump must not overlook the importance of women in battling HIV | Serra Sippel Posted: 01 Dec 2016 03:00 AM PST As we mark World Aids Day with a conservative US administration looming, it is vital that progress on HIV prevention in girls and young women is not undone Over the course of more than a decade, the US government spent in excess of $41bn (£33bn) on HIV prevention and treatment without investing in targeted prevention for adolescent girls and young women abroad. Adolescent girls were instead lumped in with adult women in prevention programmes such as prevention of mother to child transmission, which was a critical intervention but did not address the unique health needs and risk factors for girls. In parts of Africa, 90% of new infections in adolescents occur in girls, so this left an enormous gap. Continue reading... |
| How a dubious tweet about illegal votes found its way to Trump's megaphone Posted: 01 Dec 2016 05:30 AM PST An obscure Republican official traced as the source of an evidence-free claim that 'millions' illegally voted says in an interview he has received threats and abuse When Donald Trump tweeted that "millions" of people voted illegally in the presidential election, headline writers were quick to point out that he had no evidence. The US president-elect had not given his source but fact-checking websites and newspapers traced it to a two-week-old "random tweet" by a little known former Republican party official in Texas. Gregg Phillips claimed on 12 November to have found "more than three million votes cast by non-citizens" – but he too failed to provide data. Continue reading... |
| Italy referendum Q&A: the big economic questions answered Posted: 01 Dec 2016 02:35 AM PST Italians vote on Sunday in a referendum that could seal Matteo Renzi's fate as PM. We look at why the markets are worried Italians are voting in a referendum on 4 December that is causing concern across Europe after the UK's vote to leave the EU and Donald Trump's US presidential election victory. The vote could lead to the resignation of Matteo Renzi, the prime minister. However, the fallout from a no vote on Sunday could be economic and financial as well as political. Continue reading... |
| Trump visits Carrier factory in Indiana to begin ‘thank you tour' – video Posted: 01 Dec 2016 01:39 PM PST The US president-elect visited air-conditioner maker factory on Thursday to celebrate election win and for keeping 1,000 jobs there from moving to Mexico. The Republican businessman toured the plant in Indianapolis and shook hands with workers on an assembly line. He was due to make remarks there later in the day Continue reading... |
| Protesters march in North Carolina over Keith Scott decision – video Posted: 01 Dec 2016 07:45 AM PST Dozens of protesters gathered in the rain outside police headquarters in Charlotte on Wednesday night to protest about the decision not to prosecute a police officer who shot and killed an armed black man. Keith Scott was shot dead by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer Brentley Vinson in the parking lot of his apartment complex in September. Prosecutors said the shooting was justified because Scott was carrying a gun Continue reading... |
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