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- Trump blames Democrats for stunning failure to repeal Obamacare
- Mosul's children were shouting beneath the rubble. Nobody came
- Putin welcomes Le Pen to Moscow with a nudge and a wink
- Tunisian charged with terrorist attempt to drive into Antwerp crowd
- Father of Germanwings pilot accused of killing 150 questions inquiry verdict
- Power Rangers gets 18+ age restriction in Russia over inclusion of LGBT character
- Museum rescues sculptor Camille Claudel from decades of obscurity
- Starbucks and Walmart join growing list of advertisers boycotting YouTube
- Inspectors find safety irregularities at Creusot nuclear forge in France
- How Keystone XL, the pipeline rejected by Obama, went ahead under Trump
- Hosni Mubarak: Egypt's toppled dictator freed after six years in custody
- Isis celebration over the London attack is a dance of defeat
- 'It was a nice idea, but …' Europeans on what went wrong with the EU
- Dystopian dreams: how feminist science fiction predicted the future
- 'I will never be free of it': Auschwitz survivor recalls horror 75 years on
- Estonia: security will not be bargaining chip in Brexit negotiations
- Khalid Masood was a convert with a criminal past. So far, so familiar
- Measuring nepotism: is it more prevalent in the US than in other countries?
- Khalid Masood: from Kent schoolboy to Westminster attacker
- We need the will for a way out for Africa | Letters
- James Comey: Democrat by birth, Republican by trade, thorn in the side of both
- Lucky Gordon obituary
- Singapore teen blogger who criticised government wins asylum in US
- Man found guilty of six charges in South Australia backpacker attacks
- British MPs say Turkish president using attempted coup to suppress human rights
- The Coming Back Out Ball: being out and proud and older in Australia
- Europe must not 'close herself off in false forms of security', says pope
- ‘Our son was not depressed’, says father of Germanwings crash pilot – video
- ‘I don’t want to influence French elections’: Putin meets Le Pen – video
- The week in patriarchy: who needs prenatal and newborn care, anyway? | Jessica Valenti
- Will the air travel laptop ban stop terrorists?
- Putin tells Le Pen Russia has no plans to meddle in French election
- Behind the scenes at Disneyland Paris – in pictures
- From field to truck to plate: how undocumented workers feed a city
- 'I'm very sceptical': residents of China's growing cities discuss life amid change
- 'All I brought with me': Syrian refugees show their possessions – in pictures
- Make-or-break day for Donald Trump's healthcare gamble
- Donald Trump lambasts Democrats as Obamacare replacement bill pulled – video
- Paul Ryan on failed healthcare bill: 'This is a disappointing day’ – video
- President ‘pulled out every stop’ to pass healthcare bill, Spicer says – video
- A quick guide to Trump's healthcare vote deadline – video
| Trump blames Democrats for stunning failure to repeal Obamacare Posted: 24 Mar 2017 06:36 PM PDT Weeks of negotiations over American Health Care Act fail to build a GOP consensus, forcing president to pull legislation from House vote Donald Trump suffered a major legislative reversal on Friday as Republicans were forced to pull their repeal of the Affordable Care Act from the House floor. After weeks of contentious negotiations over the American Health Care Act (AHCA), Republicans had to admit defeat as they could not gain sufficient support from their own side for the plan to overhaul US health insurance. Continue reading... |
| Mosul's children were shouting beneath the rubble. Nobody came Posted: 24 Mar 2017 10:58 PM PDT Coalition bombs buried more than a hundred people in the ruins of three houses and raised fresh questions about US rules of engagement By the time rescuers finally arrived no one was left alive. For almost a week desperate neighbours had scraped through the rubble, searching for as many as 130 people who lay buried after three homes in a west Mosul suburb were destroyed by coalition airstrikes. The full picture of the carnage continued to emerge on Friday, when at least 20 bodies were recovered. Dozens more are thought to remain buried in what could turn out to be the single most deadly incident for civilians in the war against Islamic State (Isis). Continue reading... |
| Putin welcomes Le Pen to Moscow with a nudge and a wink Posted: 24 Mar 2017 08:52 AM PDT Much like with the Trump allegations, the Kremlin denies any meddling in the French election while simultaneously revelling in the suggestion The expression said it all. Even by Vladimir Putin's standards, it was a knowing smirk of epic proportions as he shook hands with Marine Le Pen in the Kremlin on Friday. Related: Putin tells Le Pen Russia has no plans to meddle in French election Continue reading... |
| Tunisian charged with terrorist attempt to drive into Antwerp crowd Posted: 24 Mar 2017 09:39 AM PDT Belgian prosecutors announce charges against man who was arrested for driving at high speed into crowded shopping area A Tunisian man has been charged with terror offences after being arrested for driving at high speed into a crowded shopping area in the Belgian port city of Antwerp, though his motives remain unclear. The 39-year-old suspect, identified only as Mohamed R, was charged with "an attempt to murder in a terrorist manner, an attempt to hit and wound in a terrorist manner, and arms infractions", the federal prosecutor's office said. Continue reading... |
| Father of Germanwings pilot accused of killing 150 questions inquiry verdict Posted: 24 Mar 2017 08:24 AM PDT On anniversary of crash, Günter Lubitz says he is still investigating whether his son deliberately downed the plane The father of a co-pilot who was at the controls of a plane that crashed into the French Alps two years ago has questioned the veracity of the crash investigation, which ruled his son deliberately downed the A320 jet to kill himself. As relatives of the victims attended memorial services in France and Germany to mark the second anniversary of the crash, Günter Lubitz told a press conference that he had hired his own investigator to get to the truth of what happened to the Germanwings flight. |
| Power Rangers gets 18+ age restriction in Russia over inclusion of LGBT character Posted: 24 Mar 2017 05:25 PM PDT Russian distributor informed cinemas that the film would have highest possible restrictions after hardline anti-gay legislator suggested it should be banned The Russian distributors have given Power Rangers an 18+ rating after criticism from several anti-gay legislators who complained about the film's inclusion of a LGBT character. WDSSPR, the Russian distributor of Power Rangers, informed cinemas on Friday that the film would have the highest possible age restrictions after hardline anti-gay legislator Vitaly Milonov suggested it should be banned. Continue reading... |
| Museum rescues sculptor Camille Claudel from decades of obscurity Posted: 24 Mar 2017 05:03 PM PDT French artist, once the lover of Auguste Rodin, has her career celebrated with opening of museum in Nogent-sur-Seine Two elderly ladies sit side by side, one English, one French, one smartly dressed, one wearing clothes that were already very old fashioned by the late 1920s when the photograph was taken. One, her hand reassuringly on the other, looks slightly towards the camera: the other is wrapped in her own thoughts, not reacting to the camera, her companion or the world. The photograph is the last known image of the sculptor Camille Claudel, once a renowned artist, a dazzling beauty, and lover of the most famous sculptor of the day, Auguste Rodin. Her career is celebrated in a new museum opening on Sunday in the small French town of Nogent-sur-Seine, which holds the largest collection of her work in the world. Continue reading... |
| Starbucks and Walmart join growing list of advertisers boycotting YouTube Posted: 24 Mar 2017 10:27 PM PDT Major companies pulling adverts a sign that many doubt Google's ability to prevent marketing campaigns from appearing alongside repugnant videos PepsiCo, Walmart and Starbucks on Friday confirmed that they have suspended their advertising on YouTube, joining a growing boycott in a sign that big companies doubt Google's ability to prevent marketing campaigns from appearing alongside repugnant videos. Related: Google ad controversy: what the row is all about Continue reading... |
| Inspectors find safety irregularities at Creusot nuclear forge in France Posted: 24 Mar 2017 02:57 PM PDT Evidence of doctored paperwork found at Areva-owned forge, which has made parts for Hinkley Point An international team of inspectors has found evidence of doctored paperwork and other failings at a forge in France that makes parts for nuclear power stations around the world. The UK nuclear regulator said the safety culture at the site, which has produced forgings for British plants including Sizewell B and the planned new reactors at Hinkley Point, fell short of expectations. Continue reading... |
| How Keystone XL, the pipeline rejected by Obama, went ahead under Trump Posted: 24 Mar 2017 07:03 AM PDT The expansion, which was originally proposed in 2008 and faced strong protest from environmental advocates, secures permit to start building from Trump 2008 TransCanada proposes expanding an existing pipeline to transport oil from Hardisty, Alberta to Port Arthur, Texas, to transfer Canadian tar sands oil to US refineries. It was scheduled to be completed by 2013. Continue reading... |
| Hosni Mubarak: Egypt's toppled dictator freed after six years in custody Posted: 24 Mar 2017 05:05 AM PDT Ex-president acquitted this month on all charges of murdering protesters before he was ousted in Arab spring uprising in 2011 Egypt's former dictator Hosni Mubarak has left the Cairo military hospital where he had been held in custody for much of the past six years, and returned to his home in the Cairo suburb of Heliopolis, his lawyer said. Mubarak, 88, was acquitted by Egypt's highest appeals court on 2 March of conspiring to kill protesters in the final verdict in a long-running case that originally resulted in him being sentenced to life in prison in 2012 over the deaths of 239 people in Arab spring protests against his rule. A separate corruption charge was overturned in January 2015. Continue reading... |
| Isis celebration over the London attack is a dance of defeat Posted: 24 Mar 2017 08:52 AM PDT Extremists appeared jubilant after the killings in Westminster, but the images they posted online were revealing Within hours of Wednesday's attack in Westminster, social media channels used by Islamic extremist activists and sympathisers were flooded with new images of London "under attack". Quickly produced with design software, they showed the Houses of Parliament and other landmarks shattered by explosions and wreathed in smoke. The UK has always remained near the top of the list of priority targets for internationally focused Islamic militant groups. That there would be celebration of a successful attack on such a symbolic target in the heart of the British capital was inevitable. Continue reading... |
| 'It was a nice idea, but …' Europeans on what went wrong with the EU Posted: 25 Mar 2017 01:30 AM PDT On its 60th birthday, people from Sweden to Bulgaria speak their mind about whether the project is worth pursuing |
| Dystopian dreams: how feminist science fiction predicted the future Posted: 25 Mar 2017 01:00 AM PDT From Mary Shelley to Margaret Atwood, feminist science fiction writers have imagined other ways of living that prompt us to ask, could we do things differently? Margaret Atwood's evergreen dystopian novel The Handmaid's Tale is about to become a television drama. Published in 1985, it couldn't feel more fresh or more timely, dealing as it does with reproductive rights, with the sudden accession to power of a theocracy in the United States, with the demonisation of imagined, pantomime villain "Islamic fanatics". But then, feminist science fiction does tend to feel fresh – its authors have a habit of looking beyond their particular historical moment, analysing the root causes, suggesting how they might be, if not solved, then at least changed. Where does the story of feminist science fiction begin? There are so many possible starting points: Margaret Cavendish's 1666 book The Blazing World, about an empress of a utopian kingdom; one could point convincingly to Mary Shelley's Frankenstein as an exploration of how men could "give birth" and what might happen if they did; one could recall the 1905 story "Sultana's Dream" by Begum Rokeya, about a gender-reversed India in which it's the men who are kept in purdah. Continue reading... |
| 'I will never be free of it': Auschwitz survivor recalls horror 75 years on Posted: 24 Mar 2017 11:03 PM PDT On 25 March 1942, 999 girls and women were taken to the camp from Poprad, Slovakia. Now just one is still alive. Edita Grosman tells her story as she prepares to return to her home city "I'm sure I've survived for a reason," says Edita Grosman. "One of us had to still be here to tell you what happened. And even if I was lying on my death bed, as long as my brain was working, I'd have to keep talking about it, especially because there are so many people who say it never happened." The 92-year-old has travelled from her home in Toronto to her native Slovakia. On Saturday she will return to the railway station in the city of Poprad, from where, 75 years ago to the day, she was one of 999 girls and women driven in windowless cattle cars to Auschwitz. Continue reading... |
| Estonia: security will not be bargaining chip in Brexit negotiations Posted: 24 Mar 2017 11:00 PM PDT President Kaljulaid says Estonia sorry to see UK leave EU after British troops arrived under Nato to deter Russian aggression Britain will not be able to divide Europe by using security as a bargaining chip in its Brexit negotiations, Estonia's president has said. Kersti Kaljulaid, Estonia's first female leader, also welcomed the arrival of about 120 British troops last week in the Baltic nation, the first batch of soldiers deployed under a Nato plan to deter Russian aggression. Britain and Estonia have security ties dating back to 1918 and the latest deployment underscores the UK's intention not to retreat from European defence. Continue reading... |
| Khalid Masood was a convert with a criminal past. So far, so familiar Posted: 24 Mar 2017 10:00 PM PDT Attackers inspired by Islamic extremism have rarely lived puritanical lives, but one surprising thing about Masood was his age So we now know that Khalid Masood, the 52-year-old Briton who carried out the Westminster attack in London, had a string of criminal convictions. His first was in 1983 for criminal damage and his last was in 2003 for a stabbing. He was also a convert to Islam. Neither fact should come as a surprise. Attackers apparently inspired by Islamic extremist ideologies are, for all their righteous rage at others, rarely particularly puritanical in their personal lives. A man who earlier this month seized an automatic weapon from a police officer at Orly airport in Paris had traces of cocaine in his blood and a long criminal record, while the attacker who killed 86 in Nice last July had a history of heavy drinking, cannabis use and casual sex. Several key members of the network which killed 140 in Paris in November 2015 had been involved in drug and arms sales. Almost every high profile attack in Europe – and many in the UK - in recent years has involved someone convicted for petty or serious crime. Continue reading... |
| Measuring nepotism: is it more prevalent in the US than in other countries? Posted: 24 Mar 2017 04:00 AM PDT By age 30, about 22% of American sons will be working for the same employer at the same time as their fathers. But how does that compare with other countries? Hi everyone, how are you? If your name is Ivanka (there really aren't that many of you), then maybe you had a great week. Maybe you got a new job with your dad with perks like access to classified information from the US government (chances are much higher if your last name is Trump). Which brings me to the subject of this week's DIY fact check: nepotism. Let's find out how many Americans get a $110 denim shoe in thanks to their old man. And while we're at it, let's find out whether nepotism is more prevalent in the United States than other countries. Continue reading... |
| Khalid Masood: from Kent schoolboy to Westminster attacker Posted: 25 Mar 2017 12:00 AM PDT Born Adrian Elms, raised Adrian Ajao, died Khalid Masood. Shifting identity and simmering anger put popular pupil on destructive path In an old school photograph, the smiling face of Adrian Ajao is a picture of a healthy, happy, middle class boy from Tunbridge Wells. Beaming with satisfaction after a football marathon, he stood on the cusp of a fruitful life. What led that bright, sporty, popular teenager to become the Islamic State-inspired killer responsible for the attack on parliament this week confounds those who knew him then and is now the focus of a urgent and sprawling investigation by the security services. Continue reading... |
| We need the will for a way out for Africa | Letters Posted: 24 Mar 2017 11:19 AM PDT Your heartbreaking photograph of children at a camp for families fleeing drought in Somalia (Eyewitness, 21 March) and reports of the escalating famine across Africa force one to consider what might be a satisfactory response from an already beleaguered world. I am not a scientist, so I put these questions to a scientist friend of mine: could desalination plants be designed to turn sea water into drinking water? Could such research be made a priority? Could the resulting fresh water be piped into the African interior and used to irrigate vast areas of desert land? Would such a project be impractically expensive? He answered yes to these presumably naive questions, with the proviso that they would cost a great deal of money. What's the problem, I asked, given the wealth enjoyed by governments and people across the world? Lack of will, he replied. Can we not find the will? Isn't such a project exactly what the world needs to help it out of its present slough of bitterness and aggression? And if its achievement would be too late to aid Africa now in its immediate plight, would it not provide a long-term solution to many of the issues that dog Somalia and indeed the world? Incidentally, what is the United Nations for? |
| James Comey: Democrat by birth, Republican by trade, thorn in the side of both Posted: 25 Mar 2017 12:00 AM PDT The imposing FBI director has drawn both praise and scorn from both major parties. But his biggest test – the investigation of Trump's alleged ties to Russia – lies ahead It took James Comey less than one minute to reveal his big news at a congressional hearing this week. The imposing FBI director, a former federal prosecutor who stands 6 feet 8 inches tall, began his opening statement by thanking the House intelligence committee for inviting him. Then he announced that the FBI was eight months into an investigation of some of the president's closest associates, if not the president himself, for possible cooperation with Russia during last year's election. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 24 Mar 2017 06:11 AM PDT Jazz singer, hustler and cook whose relationship with Christine Keeler played a part in the Profumo affair On 7 August 1961, in the Rio Cafe in run-down Notting Hill, west London, Aloysius "Lucky" Gordon, a Jamaican jazz singer and hustler, met Christine Keeler for the first time. It was an encounter that would unravel a scandal and help to secure the downfall of the Conservatives at the 1964 election, ushering in the Labour administration of Harold Wilson. Gordon, who has died aged 85, was affected by its consequences for the rest of his life. He was selling marijuana, and Keeler was looking to buy. With her were two men: Stephen Ward, the mysterious society osteopath, a pimp-like mentor to the soon-to-be-notorious Keeler, and John Profumo, secretary of state for war and Keeler's lover, who handed the young woman cash for the drug. Continue reading... |
| Singapore teen blogger who criticised government wins asylum in US Posted: 24 Mar 2017 07:02 PM PDT Amos Yee left the city state with the intention of staying in US after being jailed for several weeks in 2015 and 2016 A teenage blogger from Singapore whose online posts blasting his government landed in him jail has been granted asylum to remain in the United States. Amos Yee, 18, had been detained by federal immigration authorities since December when he was taken into custody at Chicago's O'Hare International airport. Continue reading... |
| Man found guilty of six charges in South Australia backpacker attacks Posted: 24 Mar 2017 10:08 PM PDT The 60-year-old was on trial for sexually assaulting a Brazilian woman and hitting a German woman with a hammer at Salt Creek A man has been found guilty of several charges over an attack on two female backpackers on the sand dunes of a remote South Australian beach. The 60-year-old was on trial for sexually assaulting a Brazilian woman and hitting a German woman with a hammer at Salt Creek, east of Adelaide, in February 2016. |
| British MPs say Turkish president using attempted coup to suppress human rights Posted: 24 Mar 2017 05:01 PM PDT Commons foreign affairs select committee says relationship with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan could damage UK's international reputation The Commons foreign affairs select committee has accused the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, of using an attempted military coup last summer to purge opponents and suppress human rights as the foreign secretary, Boris Johnson, embarks on the first full day of a goodwill visit to the country. The committee's report, published on Saturday, says the government is right to engage but warns that the UK's approach to Erdoğan could damage its international reputation and weaken declining human rights in Turkey. Continue reading... |
| The Coming Back Out Ball: being out and proud and older in Australia Posted: 24 Mar 2017 02:36 PM PDT Monthly dance classes in a Melbourne hall are offering joy to LGBTI elders who have lived through a lifetime of discrimination A bald man in sparkling gold hot pants and aviator shades runs on a treadmill, centre stage beneath a huge light bank and accompanied by booming disco beats. Before him, dancers in skin-tight metallics writhe and jive, leading a growing audience who are initially circumspect but soon busting moves with abandon. Passersby stop to stare, to Instagram, to join in the dance. Is it a performance? A sporting feat? An invitation? According to the website of the man in the hot pants, Tristan Meecham, it's a spectacular theatrical and participatory art experience. Titled Fun Run, it's a performance he has created in cities all over the world; in each place, community groups – cycling pelotons, skipping teams, brass bands and breakdancers – take turns to accompany him and cheer him on as he runs a full marathon of 42.2km. It's quite bizarre, enormously fun and remains resolutely unexplained to those who happen across it. So what's the point? Continue reading... |
| Europe must not 'close herself off in false forms of security', says pope Posted: 24 Mar 2017 01:02 PM PDT Speaking to leaders of 27 EU member states at the Vatican, Pope Francis warns that Europe has forgotten the tragedy of past divisions Pope Francis has urged European leaders to resist the "false forms of security" promised by those who want to wall themselves off, just days before Theresa May triggers article 50 negotiations. In a speech at the Vatican, the pope warned that Europeans appeared to have forgotten the "tragedy" of the divisions of the past. Continue reading... |
| ‘Our son was not depressed’, says father of Germanwings crash pilot – video Posted: 24 Mar 2017 12:10 PM PDT The father of the Germanwings co-pilot accused of purposefully crashing a passenger flight into a French mountainside, killing all 150 people onboard, says he does not believe his son was depressed at the time of the disaster. French investigators concluded Andreas Lubitz deliberately locked the captain out of the cockpit before crashing the jet Continue reading... |
| ‘I don’t want to influence French elections’: Putin meets Le Pen – video Posted: 24 Mar 2017 11:16 AM PDT Russian president Vladimir Putin meets with far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen at the Kremlin on Friday and says that he has no intention of influencing the outcome of this year's election process. Le Pen had not been expected to meet with the president during her trip to Russia Continue reading... |
| The week in patriarchy: who needs prenatal and newborn care, anyway? | Jessica Valenti Posted: 24 Mar 2017 11:15 AM PDT These benefits are optional in the Republicans' world. That's what happens when the conservatives' disregard for women and healthcare meet • Get this newsletter via email – sign up As Republicans tried (and failed) to repeal the Affordable Care Act yesterday while the president played big boy truck time, it was hard to remember a time when each day didn't feel a million years long. The right isn't even trying to hide their disdain for poor people anymore: today Trump's budget director, Mick Mulvaney, said on CBS This Morning that if people were worried about their state not requiring employers to cover services like maternity care, they should "figure out a way to change the state" they live in. Continue reading... |
| Will the air travel laptop ban stop terrorists? Posted: 24 Mar 2017 10:06 AM PDT Experts are divided about how effective the new plans will be. Airport security has always been reactive, they argue – and the methods we currently use are not necessarily the best for identifying terrorist threats If you travel by air from certain countries – which happen to be Muslim-majority – to the US or UK, you will no longer be allowed to take your laptop or tablet in your hand baggage. You will probably have lots of questions, such as: why has the US banned them from flights operated by airlines based in those countries, but not on US carriers? And why has the UK banned them from all airlines departing those countries, British airlines included? If a bomb can be concealed in a laptop, shouldn't they be banned from flights altogether, rather than just shifted to the hold? Wouldn't a would-be terrorist just fly to another airport, and get a connecting flight to the UK or US, with their laptop in their carry-on bag? And – most pertinently – what films will the airline be showing now you don't have a gadget to entertain you? "It makes so little sense," says Bruce Schneier, a security expert and author of Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World. It has been suggested the that US ban is a protectionist measure, hiding behind a terror threat. As the Washington Post pointed out, "three of the airlines that have been targeted for these measures – Emirates, Etihad and Qatar – have long been accused by their US competitors of receiving massive effective subsidies from their governments. These airlines have been quietly worried for months that President Trump was going to retaliate. This may be the retaliation." Continue reading... |
| Putin tells Le Pen Russia has no plans to meddle in French election Posted: 24 Mar 2017 09:03 AM PDT Far-right candidate in French presidential election reaffirms support for dropping EU sanctions on Russia after meeting in Moscow Vladimir Putin has received Marine Le Pen in the Kremlin in a surprise move likely to reignite fears in Europe about Russian support for the European far right. Putin told Le Pen Russia had no intention of meddling in the French presidential elections, though the meeting is likely to send the opposite message. Continue reading... |
| Behind the scenes at Disneyland Paris – in pictures Posted: 24 Mar 2017 07:09 AM PDT As Disneyland Paris prepares to celebrate its 25th anniversary, employees at the workshops build new floats and costumes based on films including Finding Nemo. Take a look behind the scenes Continue reading... |
| From field to truck to plate: how undocumented workers feed a city Posted: 24 Mar 2017 04:00 AM PDT It's not impossible that food in a restaurant in Charlotte, North Carolina could have involved undocumented workers at every stage of processing – and that deporting them would seriously hurt the whole industry Miguel has endured a lot to be able to make food for the people of Charlotte, North Carolina. As one of the city's thousands of undocumented workers from Mexico, he once spent over a week in the Texas desert after crossing the border. He hasn't seen his children for over three years. But he loves the process of creating food, and has memorized the time it takes to prep each ingredient, and his goals for how to do it quicker. The kitchen has become his refuge – one of the only places in the city that he'll even go, now that his continued existence in the US is increasingly tenuous. Continue reading... |
| 'I'm very sceptical': residents of China's growing cities discuss life amid change Posted: 24 Mar 2017 03:00 AM PDT From Hefei to Honghu, readers across China share their stories about how their cities are changing – and what the county's rapid urbanisation means for them When I introduce myself to my American classmates, I insist on stating my native language is Wu-Chinese. That's true, because my entire family tree has been in the city of Shaoxing for more than a century. Since the day I was born, I was surrounded by Wu-Chinese speakers with Shaoxing's dialect. Continue reading... |
| 'All I brought with me': Syrian refugees show their possessions – in pictures Posted: 24 Mar 2017 03:00 AM PDT When they fled their homes at the start of the conflict, these Syrian families thought they would return within days. Six years on, still in Lebanon and Jordan – and with no chance of return – they show what they brought with them All photographs by Andrew McConnell/British Red Cross Continue reading... |
| Make-or-break day for Donald Trump's healthcare gamble Posted: 24 Mar 2017 03:17 AM PDT US president plays hardball with Congress by threatening to walk away from repealing Obamacare if the House fails to pass his healthcare bill The Trump Taj Mahal in Atlantic City has been described as the biggest gamble of Donald Trump's business career. In 1990, he relied on high-interest loans known as junk bonds to launch the casino-hotel complex. The gamble was a spectacular failure and, just over a year later, the Taj Mahal filed for bankruptcy. Now Trump is taking the biggest gamble of his short political career. This time he is dealing not with bankers and bondholders but politicians with all their calculations around ideology and electoral cycles. Friday is make-or-break day – and no one knows what will happen. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump lambasts Democrats as Obamacare replacement bill pulled – video Posted: 24 Mar 2017 08:36 PM PDT Trump says Democrats, including Nancy Pelosi, to blame after Republicans pull House bill meant to replace Affordable Care Act Continue reading... |
| Paul Ryan on failed healthcare bill: 'This is a disappointing day’ – video Posted: 24 Mar 2017 02:32 PM PDT A crestfallen Paul Ryan admitted Republicans 'came up short' in their efforts to overhaul the US healthcare system on Friday. The speaker of the House spoke just hours after legislation was pulled from consideration due to a shortage of votes. Ryan told reporters it was a 'disappointing day' and said the US would be 'living with Obamacare for the foreseeable future'
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| President ‘pulled out every stop’ to pass healthcare bill, Spicer says – video Posted: 24 Mar 2017 12:05 PM PDT The White House said on Friday that Donald Trump had done all he could to pass the Republican healthcare bill to replace the Affordable Care Act, amid signs the measure might not have enough support to pass. The White House press secetary, Sean Spicer, said Trump had 'pulled out every stop' to get the bill passed Continue reading... |
| A quick guide to Trump's healthcare vote deadline – video Posted: 24 Mar 2017 08:21 AM PDT Donald Trump has warned House Republican lawmakers that he will leave the Affordable Care Act in place and move on to tax reform if they don't come together to stand behind a new healthcare bill on Friday. After a week of wrangling with GOP lawmakers, the president suffered an embarrassing setback on Thursday when a decision over the new healthcare bill had to be postponed due to a lack of support • Trump calls out Republicans on abortion to try to sway healthcare vote |
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