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- White House races to save Middle East peace process before Trump takes office
- 'We must never repeat the horrors of war': Japanese PM makes pledge at Pearl Harbor
- Czech Republic to fight 'fake news' with specialist unit
- Carrie Fisher dies at 60: actor and acclaimed writer best known as Princess Leia
- IVF mix-up: wrong sperm may have fertilised eggs of 26 women
- Russian officials admit to 'institutional conspiracy' of doping Olympic athletes
- Facebook safety check helped spread false reports of Thailand explosion
- Bangladesh garment factories sack hundreds after pay protests
- Cristina Fernández de Kirchner indicted in Argentina corruption case
- Afrah Shawqi: Iraqi journalist kidnapped from Baghdad home
- 'Alt-right' groups will 'revolt' if Trump shuns white supremacy, leaders say
- Romanian president rejects nomination of Muslim woman for PM
- First Turkey coup suspects go on trial in Istanbul
- Man dies at Mexican teenager's birthday party that went viral
- French rightwing mayor creates 'rue de Brexit' in honour of British vote
- What's in store for Europe in 2017? A look at possible scenarios
- Netanyahu 'told New Zealand backing UN vote would be declaration of war'
- Banking standards: treacherous political waters lie ahead
- App for all seasons aims to dampen effects of climate change in Mozambique | Kate Hodal
- In Hong Kong's book industry, 'everybody is scared'
- Crew members missing after fishing boat capsizes off Kent coast
- A portrait of Europe as an old friend, by James Joyce | Daniel Mulhall
- Canadians ice skate on the streets as 'freezing rain' turns roads into rinks
- Tourists who went missing on desert hike found 58km from group
- Bike-sharing revolution aims to put China back on two wheels
- On the hunt for illegal miners as a new gold rush hits New Zealand
- Shinzo Abe visits Pearl Harbor in what Barack Obama calls 'historic gesture'
- Hard for Dilma Rousseff to clean up Brazil’s dirty politics | Letters
- Small populations do democracy better | Letters
- Japan has faced up to its wartime history | Letters
- Lorca's Play Without a Title gets an ending, 80 years after his death
- Benjamin Netanyahu to John Kerry: friends don’t take friends to the security council – video
- Family survived under Isis for two years by pretending to be Sunni
- Russia shocked by video of bear being crushed to death
- Women's March on Washington: a guide to the post-inaugural social justice event
- Crowdfunding raises £30,000 to bring home Briton shot in Antigua
- Eyewitness: Fukuoka, Japan
- Hunting of the wren festival – in pictures
- Mahmoud Abbas: UN resolution lays groundwork to end Israeli settlements
- West Yorkshire police concerned about rise in gun crime
- Iraqi journalist kidnapped by gunmen
- Call of the mall: can you identify world cities from their shopping centres?
- View from the favelas: A legacy of corruption, neglect and repression | Daiene Mendes
- A visão das favelas: 'Para nós, o legado e do abandono, indiferença e corrupção | Daiene Mendes
- Chicago Christmas weekend violence 'largely gang related', police say – video
| White House races to save Middle East peace process before Trump takes office Posted: 28 Dec 2016 01:05 AM PST John Kerry to underline outgoing president's support of two-state solution with speech setting out US vision of Israel-Palestine agreement John Kerry is due to lay out a US framework for a Palestinian-Israeli agreement as the Obama administration and its international allies scramble to protect what is left of the peace process before Donald Trump takes office. The US secretary of state will outline the proposals on Wednesday, at a time when US-Israeli relations have reached their lowest point in decades. The government of the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has accused Washington of conspiring against it when a UN security council vote on Friday demanded an end to settlement building in the West Bank. |
| 'We must never repeat the horrors of war': Japanese PM makes pledge at Pearl Harbor Posted: 27 Dec 2016 11:33 PM PST In an historic moment, the Japanese prime minister stood next to Barack Obama at the USS Arizona Memorial and offered 'everlasting condolences' As the Japanese and American flags stood side by side, fluttering in gusty trade winds, Shinzo Abe – the first sitting Japanese prime minister to visit the USS Arizona Memorial to Pearl Harbor – offered his "sincere and everlasting condolences" for the attack that killed more than 2,400 Americans and prompted the US to enter the second world war. Standing next to US president Barack Obama he solemnly vowed that Japan "must never repeat the horrors of war again". Continue reading... |
| Czech Republic to fight 'fake news' with specialist unit Posted: 27 Dec 2016 11:00 PM PST Centre will tackle interference in upcoming election as fears grow over propaganda websites allegedly linked to Russia The Czech government is to set up a specialist "anti-fake news" unit as officials attempt to tackle falsehoods, predominantly about migrants, which they claim are spread by websites supported by the government of Russian president Vladimir Putin. The new unit will aim to counteract interference in the Czech Republic's forthcoming general election, to be held in October, amid polling evidence that online disinformation is influencing public opinion and threatening to destabilise the country's democratic system, established after the fall of communism in 1989. Continue reading... |
| Carrie Fisher dies at 60: actor and acclaimed writer best known as Princess Leia Posted: 27 Dec 2016 11:14 PM PST The Star Wars actor, who became an acclaimed writer, dies in Los Angeles four days after reportedly suffering heart attack on flight from London
Carrie Fisher, the actor best known for her portrayal of Princess Leia in the Star Wars films and her unflinching self-honesty that contrasted with the artifice of Hollywood celebrity, has died in Los Angeles. She was 60 years old. |
| IVF mix-up: wrong sperm may have fertilised eggs of 26 women Posted: 27 Dec 2016 04:26 PM PST Dozens of women may have had eggs fertilised by sperm cells from someone other than the intended father, say Dutch authorities A Dutch medical institution has launched an investigation after discovering that up to 26 women's eggs may have been fertilised by the wrong sperm at its IVF laboratory. A "procedural error" between mid-April 2015 and mid-November 2016 during the in-vitro fertilisation was to blame, the University Medical Centre in Utrecht said. Continue reading... |
| Russian officials admit to 'institutional conspiracy' of doping Olympic athletes Posted: 27 Dec 2016 02:38 PM PST
Russian officials have admitted for the first time to a state-backed campaign of doping that involved hundreds of the country's athletes. "It was an institutional conspiracy," Anna Antseliovich, the acting director of Russia's national anti-doping agency, told the New York Times on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Facebook safety check helped spread false reports of Thailand explosion Posted: 27 Dec 2016 04:49 PM PST Company claimed one-man protest involving 'giant firecrackers' led to activation, but it also promoted a link to a false report of a major 'explosion' A Facebook safety check for Bangkok, which the company claimed was prompted by a one-man protest near the prime minister's office, helped spread a fake news report of an explosion in the city. The incident is the latest example of the social media platform's algorithms failing to distinguish between reliable and faulty news sources. Continue reading... |
| Bangladesh garment factories sack hundreds after pay protests Posted: 27 Dec 2016 06:46 AM PST Dozens have been arrested amid clashes with police as impoverished workers demand a trebling of pay At least 1,500 workers have been sacked from Bangladesh garment factories after protests forced a week-long shutdown at dozens of sites supplying top European and American brands. Tens of thousands of workers walked out of factories this month in the manufacturing hub of Ashulia which make clothes for top western brands such as Gap, Zara and H&M, prompting concerns over supply during the holiday season. Continue reading... |
| Cristina Fernández de Kirchner indicted in Argentina corruption case Posted: 27 Dec 2016 11:19 AM PST The former Argentinian president and former aides face charges of illicit association and fraudulent administration in connection to public works funds The former Argentinian president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was indicted on Tuesday in a corruption case involving public works. Federal judge Julian Ercolini approved charges of illicit association and fraudulent administration against Fernández, and two former aides: ex-planning minister Julio de Vido and former public works secretary José López. Continue reading... |
| Afrah Shawqi: Iraqi journalist kidnapped from Baghdad home Posted: 27 Dec 2016 04:51 PM PST Reporter taken by gunmen disguised as security officers, say authorities, with prime minister and Reporters Without Borders calling for release Gunmen have kidnapped an Iraqi journalist after posing as members of the security forces and bursting into her home in Baghdad, according to authorities. Afrah Shawqi was abducted on Monday at around 10pm from her home in a southern neighbourhood of the capital, said Ziad al-Ajili, head of the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory. Continue reading... |
| 'Alt-right' groups will 'revolt' if Trump shuns white supremacy, leaders say Posted: 27 Dec 2016 03:00 AM PST Prominent members of the American far right predict that waning influence on the president-elect could trigger discord and vengeance within the movement Donald Trump will disappoint and disillusion his far-right supporters by eschewing white supremacy, according to some of the movement's own intellectual leaders. Activists who recently gave Nazi salutes and shouted "hail Trump" at a gathering in Washington will revolt if the new US president fails to meet their expectations, the leaders told the Guardian. Continue reading... |
| Romanian president rejects nomination of Muslim woman for PM Posted: 27 Dec 2016 06:37 AM PST Klaus Iohannis's decision to block appointment of Sevil Shhaideh may be linked to her Syrian husband's background Romania's president has rejected a proposal by the leftist party that won elections this month to appoint the country's first female and first Muslim prime minister. Klaus Iohannis gave no reasons for rejecting the nomination of Sevil Shhaideh, put forward by the Social Democrats (PSD), but there was speculation that it may have been due to her Syrian husband's background. Continue reading... |
| First Turkey coup suspects go on trial in Istanbul Posted: 27 Dec 2016 04:09 AM PST Twenty-nine police officers accused of seeking to overthrow the government of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan last July Twenty-nine Turkish police have gone on trial in Istanbul charged with involvement in last July's attempted coup, the city's first trial of alleged plotters in the massive crackdown that followed the failed bid to oust president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. With 41,000 coup suspects under arrest and the country still in a state of emergency, the trials of the accused are expected to be the most far-reaching legal process in Turkish history. Continue reading... |
| Man dies at Mexican teenager's birthday party that went viral Posted: 27 Dec 2016 09:03 AM PST Local man was among thousands who attended Rubi Ibarra's quinceañera following father's online invitation A man was killed and another injured at a birthday party for a 15-year-old Mexican girl that become an internet sensation after more than a million people accepted her father's invitation to attend. In December, Cresencio Ibarra, from the central Mexican state of San Luis Potosí, inadvertently invited "everybody" to his daughter Rubi's coming of age, or quinceañera, party. Continue reading... |
| French rightwing mayor creates 'rue de Brexit' in honour of British vote Posted: 27 Dec 2016 07:29 AM PST But street chosen by the Front National mayor of Beaucaire, Julien Sanchez, is circular road to nowhere A rightwing French mayor has named a street in his town "rue de Brexit", but the joke quickly rebounded on him when it emerged that the thoroughfare in question was a circular road to nowhere. Julien Sanchez called his decision to name the street in the southern town of Beaucaire a "homage to the decision of the sovereign British people" to leave the European Union. Continue reading... |
| What's in store for Europe in 2017? A look at possible scenarios Posted: 27 Dec 2016 04:11 AM PST 2016 showed anything can happen and as a wind of anti politics-as-usual sentiment blows across the continent more changes could be on the horizon Europe will look back on 2016 as a dreadful year – the horror of attacks in Brussels, Nice and Berlin, the shame of Calais and the earthquake of Brexit. Sadly, 2017 might be another. Continue reading... |
| Netanyahu 'told New Zealand backing UN vote would be declaration of war' Posted: 28 Dec 2016 01:32 AM PST Israeli PM reportedly warned that support for motion on settlements would 'rupture relations' between two countries Benjamin Netanyahu reportedly told New Zealand's foreign minister that support for a UN resolution condemning Israeli settlement-building in the occupied territories would be viewed as a "declaration of war". According to reports in Israeli media, the Israeli PM called Murray McCully, the foreign minister of New Zealand, before Friday's resolution, which was co-sponsored by Wellington. Netanyahu told him: "This is a scandalous decision. I'm asking that you not support it and not promote it. Continue reading... |
| Banking standards: treacherous political waters lie ahead Posted: 28 Dec 2016 01:21 AM PST The system has been safer since the Basel III regulations, but tensions are high between the US and the eurozone – which both have their own preoccupations The financial crisis of 2008 gave a big boost to the global standard-setters. Suddenly the Basel committee, which sets the standards for international banking supervision) was leading the financial news. Dinner parties in Manhattan and Kensington were consumed with the finer points of Basel II and the evils of procyclical capital requirements. Governments that had been suspicious of international interference were eager for tougher rules to prevent banking crises from spilling across borders and infecting others. Continue reading... |
| App for all seasons aims to dampen effects of climate change in Mozambique | Kate Hodal Posted: 28 Dec 2016 01:00 AM PST A smartphone app that helps rural communities to harvest rainwater could mitigate some of the huge problems caused by flooding and drought Mozambique generally has two seasons: wet and dry. When it rains, it can flood; when rainfall is scarce, crops dry up. Civil engineer Aline Okello saw how this pattern affected local farmers, who see their crops flooded year after year only to lose out again come the next big drought. So she decided to help. After studying water science and management in the Netherlands – another low-lying country prone to floods – Okello began to understand Mozambique's problems in a new light. Continue reading... |
| In Hong Kong's book industry, 'everybody is scared' Posted: 28 Dec 2016 12:06 AM PST Hong Kong used to be a place of relatively free speech in China, but that was before Xi Jinping's crackdown. Now everybody from writers to booksellers, publishers and printers fear they will be next to 'disappear' Just over a year after five publishers and booksellers disappeared from Hong Kong in mysterious circumstances, the Chinese territory's book industry has been shaken to the core. Bookshops have closed. Publishers have left. Authors have stopped writing. Books have been pulped. Printers are refusing political works. Translators have grown weary of being associated with certain topics. Readers have stopped buying. And the whole industry is wondering if hard-hitting books on Chinese politics still have a future in the former British colony. Continue reading... |
| Crew members missing after fishing boat capsizes off Kent coast Posted: 28 Dec 2016 01:45 AM PST One person rescued after being found clinging to upturned hull as Coastguard carries out extensive search Several crew members are missing after a fishing vessel capsized off the Kent coast. The Coastguard is carrying out an extensive search after the boat sank last night with one person found clinging to the hull. Continue reading... |
| A portrait of Europe as an old friend, by James Joyce | Daniel Mulhall Posted: 28 Dec 2016 12:30 AM PST In the year of Brexit, issues of national identity in Ireland are back in vogue a century after Joyce explored them in A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man James Joyce's first novel, A Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man, was published in the United States on 29 December 1916. Although Joyce did not conceive his novel as a commentary on the events of that turbulent year, the centenary of its publication seems to me a curiously apt way to bring 2016 to a close, given the manner in which the issues of national identity Joyce raises have come back into vogue in this year of Brexit. Related: Is James Joyce's Ulysses the hardest novel to finish? Continue reading... |
| Canadians ice skate on the streets as 'freezing rain' turns roads into rinks Posted: 27 Dec 2016 09:07 PM PST Winter storm makes it too dangerous to drive in Ontario but people come up with another way to get around Icy weather in Canada has caused chaos on the roads and prompted people to abandon driving their cars and lace on their skates instead. A storm that hit Ontario left roads coated in up to 15mm of ice, leading to car crashes. Continue reading... |
| Tourists who went missing on desert hike found 58km from group Posted: 28 Dec 2016 12:19 AM PST Pair became separated from four fellow hikers while attempting 180km Christmas Day hike in Australia's Northern Territory Two people rescued from the central Australia floods were found severely dehydrated after trekking 58km across the outback. The 30-year-old man and 27-year-old woman were part of a group of six who went missing when they attempted a Christmas Day trip from the Kiwirrkurra community in Western Australia's Gibson Desert. Continue reading... |
| Bike-sharing revolution aims to put China back on two wheels Posted: 27 Dec 2016 07:49 PM PST From Shanghai to Sichuan, schemes are being rolled out to slash congestion, cut air pollution – and spin a profit Even through Beijing's nicotine-tinged smog you can make out the multi-coloured frames, gliding through the pea soup towards a greener future. In recent months an unmissable fleet of fluorescent orange, canary yellow and ocean blue bicycles has hit the streets of urban China as part of a hi-tech bike-sharing boom that entrepreneurs hope will make them rich while simultaneously transforming the country's traffic-clogged cities. Continue reading... |
| On the hunt for illegal miners as a new gold rush hits New Zealand Posted: 27 Dec 2016 03:31 PM PST Prospecting for gold is growing in popularity by the year, but amateurs looking for a quick fortune can damage the environment When travelling up the glacial rivers that thread through parts of New Zealand's rugged South Island Jackie Adams often uses his 1,500CC motorbike to move quickly over the shingle beds. But in his line of business speedboats and helicopters can come in handy too. Continue reading... |
| Shinzo Abe visits Pearl Harbor in what Barack Obama calls 'historic gesture' Posted: 27 Dec 2016 03:22 PM PST During the first joint visit by US and Japanese leaders, Obama says Abe's presence is a reminder that wars can end and enemies can become allies Barack Obama said Shinzo Abe's visit to Pearl Harbor was a "historic gesture" that showed the power of reconciliation. Speaking at Pearl Harbor alongside the Japanese prime minister on Tuesday afternoon, the first such joint visit by US and Japanese leaders, Obama said that Abe's presence was a reminder that wars could end and enemies could become allies. Continue reading... |
| Hard for Dilma Rousseff to clean up Brazil’s dirty politics | Letters Posted: 27 Dec 2016 10:10 AM PST The challenges that confronted Dilma Rousseff in cleaning up Brazilian political life cannot be underestimated (From presidential palace to her mother's flat, 24 December). In 2012, I was contracted by Unesco to advise the government on implementing the access to information decree the president had signed. Among the first disclosure demands made by the press were for details of salaries and perks received by ministers, judges and public officials. This prompted legal action by trade unions (which had negotiated lucrative deals for their members) to try to prevent disclosure, and fierce resistance within the coalition government. When the matter was taken to Rousseff she instructed that full disclosure should be made, starting with her own pay package. Continue reading... |
| Small populations do democracy better | Letters Posted: 27 Dec 2016 10:10 AM PST Your editorial (26 December) analyses the history of democracy as both a goal and structure for government. In reference to the origin in Greece and participation in the Scottish independence referendum debate, the issue of size is not addressed. The larger the population, the greater the centralisation of decision-making and control of service-provision, the longer the hierarchy and the less the belief of the population or service-users that their opinion matters one jot. This applies to non-governmental organisations as well. I lived in Scotland for 15 years before moving back to Yorkshire when I retired. It was like moving to a colony. From participation in politics, feeling that discussions and views were listened to, I had to accept that Westminster was, in effect, a different country, unconcerned about the views of subjects except near elections. No wonder there is apathy and distrust. Continue reading... |
| Japan has faced up to its wartime history | Letters Posted: 27 Dec 2016 10:09 AM PST Allow me to clarify Japan's stance and its efforts on its recognition of history (Nanjing massacre, Editorial, 14 December). In his statement on the 70th anniversary of the end of the second world war, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said: "We Japanese, across generations, must squarely face the history of the past. We have the responsibility to inherit the past, in all humbleness, and pass it on to the future." He made clear that Japan had repeatedly expressed deep remorse and heartfelt apology for its actions during the war, and that the position articulated by the previous cabinets would "remain unshakable into the future". Since the end of the second world war, Japan has built a free and democratic country, valuing the rule of law, which has steadfastly walked the path of peace and contributed to the stability of the international community. Japan will continue on this path together with the United Kingdom and countries that share basic values such as freedom, democracy, human rights and the rule of law. • Join the debate – email guardian.letters@theguardian.com Continue reading... |
| Lorca's Play Without a Title gets an ending, 80 years after his death Posted: 27 Dec 2016 10:04 AM PST Another Spanish playwright and poet, Alberto Conejero, has added two acts to murdered author's work, now known as The Dream of Life Eighty years after Federico García Lorca was murdered in the early days of the Spanish civil war, an unfinished play by the poet and dramatist has finally been completed and given a title. Lorca had written only the first section of the three-act work, known until now as Comedia sin título, or Play Without a Title, when he was killed by a fascist death squad near Granada in August 1936. |
| Benjamin Netanyahu to John Kerry: friends don’t take friends to the security council – video Posted: 27 Dec 2016 08:39 AM PST Prime minister of Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, says he told US secretary of state John Kerry that 'friends don't take friends to the security council'. Speaking at his weekly cabinet meeting on Sunday, he states that the UN security council is not the place to resolve issues and goes on to say that he is looking forward to working with the new Trump administration when it takes office in January Continue reading... |
| Family survived under Isis for two years by pretending to be Sunni Posted: 27 Dec 2016 08:00 AM PST Shia father and sons stayed in Isis-ruled Mosul, where Iraqi forces now face difficult task of weeding out group's supporters The family of Ali Amin Abdullah make unlikely Islamic State supporters – not least because they are from the Shia sect, despised and persecuted by the jihadi militants. In order to survive for two years under the self-proclaimed caliphate in Mosul, however, they did what it took to avoid persecution and likely death at the hands of Isis fighters: they pretended to be Sunni. For Abdullah, who was repeatedly threatened by gun-wielding militants who were suspicious about his true denomination, this meant more than just words: he signed on for classes at a local Isis-linked religious institute. But his subterfuge proved so successful that, when newly arrived Iraqi government troops came to the family's home in early November, they accused him and his relatives of collaboration. Continue reading... |
| Russia shocked by video of bear being crushed to death Posted: 27 Dec 2016 06:49 AM PST Russian investigators are examining footage to determine whether it constitutes an animal cruelty criminal offence Russian investigators are looking into a disturbing video of a bear being crushed to death by a group of men riding in off-road vehicles over Siberian tundra. In the video, apparently shot by one of the assailants, two trucks normally used by Russian oil and mining workers in off-road conditions repeatedly drive over a brown bear sitting in the snow. Continue reading... |
| Women's March on Washington: a guide to the post-inaugural social justice event Posted: 27 Dec 2016 05:42 AM PST
More than 200,000 people are expected to participate in a mass demonstration the day after Donald Trump's inauguration, the Women's March on Washington. Since the idea first emerged with a vision to take over the Lincoln Memorial in the days after the election results, plans have shifted, developed and expanded worldwide. Related: Will Trump cause progressives to forget about women's rights? | Jessica Valenti Continue reading... |
| Crowdfunding raises £30,000 to bring home Briton shot in Antigua Posted: 27 Dec 2016 04:31 AM PST Christopher Tester, 37, is in an induced coma after he was attacked at his parents' restaurant on Christmas Day A campaign to fly a British holidaymaker back to the UK after he was shot in the head during an attempted robbery in Antigua has raised more than £30,000. Christopher Tester, from Torquay, is in an induced coma on the Caribbean island after he was attacked at his parents' restaurant on Christmas Day night. Continue reading... |
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| Hunting of the wren festival – in pictures Posted: 27 Dec 2016 03:58 AM PST This festival is held every St Stephen's Day, the 26 December, in Dingle, Ireland. A fake wren is paraded around the streets on top of a decorated pole Continue reading... |
| Mahmoud Abbas: UN resolution lays groundwork to end Israeli settlements Posted: 27 Dec 2016 03:39 AM PST Palestinian president hopes conference in France will set timetable to stop further building as Israel pushes ahead with plans The Palestinian president has expressed hope that a Middle East conference in France will set a timetable to end settlements – as Israel pushed ahead with plans to build thousands of homes in contravention of a recent UN resolution. Related: Israel threatens to give Trump 'evidence' that Obama orchestrated UN resolution Continue reading... |
| West Yorkshire police concerned about rise in gun crime Posted: 27 Dec 2016 02:26 AM PST Force appeals to public for information on firearms incidents after increase in gun-related violence over Christmas Police in West Yorkshire have expressed serious concerns about an unprecedented rise in gun violence in the region over Christmas. Officers have appealed to the public for any information they have on firearms incidents and any illegally held guns. Continue reading... |
| Iraqi journalist kidnapped by gunmen Posted: 27 Dec 2016 02:25 AM PST Afrah Shawqi Hammudi seized from Baghdad home by armed men posing as members of security forces, authorities said Gunmen have kidnapped an Iraqi journalist after posing as members of the security forces and bursting into her home in Baghdad, according to authorities. Afrah Shawqi Hammudi was abducted on Monday at about 10pm (1900 GMT) from her home in a southern neighbourhood of the capital, said Ziad al-Ajili, the head of the Journalistic Freedoms Observatory. Continue reading... |
| Call of the mall: can you identify world cities from their shopping centres? Posted: 27 Dec 2016 11:30 PM PST With the January sales upon us, we've stripped out the street names and highlighted the mall. Can you guess the city? All images: Guardian Imaging/Bing Maps Mall of America, Bloomington Rolling Acres, Akron Southdale Center, Edina The Galleria, Houston Aventura Mall, Miami West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton South Coast Plaza, Los Angeles Grand Canyon Parkway, Las Vegas Millcreek Mall, Erie GUM, Moscow Galeries Lafayette, Paris City2, Brussels Water Tower Place, Chicago Eaton Centre, Toronto CFC Pacific Centre, Vancouver Trafford Centre, Greater Manchester Liverpool One, Liverpool Westfield Stratford, London Metrocentre, Gateshead Whitgift Centre, Croydon Bullring, Birmingham Cevahir Mall, Istanbul Grand Indonesia Mall, Jakarta Shopping City Sud, Vienna The Dubai Mall, Dubai The Avenues Mall, Kuwait City Isfahan City Centre, Tehran Westfield White City, London Meadowhall Centre, Sheffield Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo Continue reading... |
| View from the favelas: A legacy of corruption, neglect and repression | Daiene Mendes Posted: 27 Dec 2016 03:31 AM PST In her latest diary entry on life in Alemão after the Games in Rio, Daiene Mendes says residents are the real champions for carrying on with their lives The Olympics are over, as is the expectation of building a real legacy for the people from the favelas. From what I can see around here, the Olympics didn't positively impact on the reality of life for Alemão residents. On the contrary – we lost more than we gained. A big sports centre that once catered to the whole community is now closed because the government did not make the necessary arrangements for its maintenance. The sports activities in the Grota favela have been halted, without any news of when they might restart. The building has no electricity and the phone lines have been cut. The pool, once used by hundreds of people, is filled with filthy green water and mosquitoes. This what I call the legacy of abandonment. Continue reading... |
| A visão das favelas: 'Para nós, o legado e do abandono, indiferença e corrupção | Daiene Mendes Posted: 27 Dec 2016 03:30 AM PST No nosso diário da vida no depois antes das Olímpiadas, Daiene Mendes diz que a favela perdeou mais do que ganhou e que os moradores são os verdadeiros campeões O período olímpico acabou, com ele, a expectativa de construção um legado verdadeiro para nosso povo favelado. Pelo que percebo, por aqui a realização das olimpíadas não impactou positivamente na realidade dos moradores do Complexo do Alemão. Inclusive, arrisco a dizer que perdemos mais do que ganhamos. Um grande pólo de esportes que atendia a toda a comunidade está fechado porque o Estado não repassou o dinheiro necessário para manutenção, todas as atividades esportivas davila olímpica da Grota estão interrompidas e sem previsão de retorno. O prédio está sem energia e as linhas telefônicas estão cortadas. A piscina, que antes atendia centenas de alunos, está com a água verde de sujeira e acumula mosquitos. Esse, eu chamo de legado do abandono. Continue reading... |
| Chicago Christmas weekend violence 'largely gang related', police say – video Posted: 27 Dec 2016 09:33 AM PST There were 27 shootings over the holiday weekend in Chicago, leaving at least 11 dead, Chicago's police superintendent Eddie Johnson said. The violence was concentrated in the city's south and west sides. Johnson called on Illinois lawmakers to pass gun legislation to help police officers combat gun violence Continue reading... |
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