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- Anti-Muslim rallies across US denounced by civil rights groups
- Turkey demands an end to Qatar blockade as humanitarian crisis deepens
- Batman actor Adam West dies at 88
- Angela Merkel condemns 'putting up walls' during Mexico visit
- Jeff Sessions agrees to appear before Senate intelligence committee
- Amsterdam train station incident 'not terrorism-related', police say
- Sam Panopoulos, inventor of Hawaiian pizza, dies aged 83
- Belgian fishermen ready to battle for survival if UK ‘takes back’ its waters
- Shaken it off! Taylor Swift ends Spotify spat
- Beached whale on New South Wales coast to be euthanised
- Puerto Rico votes again on statehood but US not ready to put 51st star on the flag
- Naomi Klein: ‘Trump is an idiot, but don’t underestimate how good he is at that’
- DUP will extract a high price to prop up a Tory minority
- With a forgotten temple city, Myanmar hopes to strike tourism gold | Julian Hattem
- Three detained after London-bound easyJet flight diverts to Germany
- Donald Trump survived Comey's testimony, but the fallout could be fatal
- Bombs and the Batusi: Adam West's most memorable moments as Batman
- How a crippling shortage of analysts let the London Bridge attackers through
- Gaddafi son Saif al-Islam freed by Libyan militia
- Venezuela's mass anti-government demonstrations enter third month
- Australian film-maker charged with espionage in Cambodia
- Turnbull ministers welcome new NSW prison for radical inmates
- Room in the middle: the Africans repopulating Spain's dying villages
- Gabrielle Giffords: warship launched in name of shooting survivor
- Are women really stronger than men? | Angela Saini
- Pakistan: man sentenced to death for blasphemy on Facebook
- Mexico faces US on football field as fears over Trump give way to new optimism
| Anti-Muslim rallies across US denounced by civil rights groups Posted: 10 Jun 2017 06:48 AM PDT So-called 'anti-Sharia' rallies across almost 30 US cities come as hate crimes on the rise, prompting criticism and counter-protests A wave of anti-Muslim rallies planned for almost 30 cities across America on Saturday by far-right activists has drawn sharp criticism from civil rights groups and inspired counter-protests nationwide. A number of small protests took place and in many places, including New York and Chicago, a few dozen "anti-sharia" demonstrators were outnumbered by counter-protesters. Continue reading... |
| Turkey demands an end to Qatar blockade as humanitarian crisis deepens Posted: 10 Jun 2017 04:03 PM PDT Erdoğan weighs in as international tensions escalate over Saudi-led action The Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has called for the full lifting of the Saudi-led blockade of Qatar, as the week-old crisis deepened amid concerns about its humanitarian impact. Erdogan's comments came as the human rights group Amnesty International warned that the embargo – which includes harsh new restrictions on residence and travel – was splitting families up due to the requirement for Qatari citizens to leave neighbouring countries within 14 days. Continue reading... |
| Batman actor Adam West dies at 88 Posted: 11 Jun 2017 12:07 AM PDT Actor who played Batman in 1960s US TV series and voiced Mayor West on Family Guy dies Adam West, the actor best known for playing Batman in the 1960s television series, has died aged 88 of leukaemia. He is remembered by fans for his kooky, exaggerated portrayal of the superhero in the ABC show, which ran for three seasons from 1966 to 1968. West once said that he played Batman "for laughs, but in order to do [that], one had to never think it was funny. You just had to pull on that cowl and believe that no one would recognise you." Continue reading... |
| Angela Merkel condemns 'putting up walls' during Mexico visit Posted: 10 Jun 2017 12:28 PM PDT German chancellor, whose country has accepted more than a million refugees since 2015, attacks Donald Trump's vision on immigration
Speaking in Mexico City alongside the Mexican president, Enrique Peña Nieto, Merkel said history showed only when empires have gotten on well with their neighbors have migration pressures been resolved in a way that ensured stability. Continue reading... |
| Jeff Sessions agrees to appear before Senate intelligence committee Posted: 10 Jun 2017 03:36 PM PDT The US attorney general announces he will appear before committee investigating meddling in the presidential election The US attorney general, Jeff Sessions, has agreed to appear before the Senate intelligence committee next week as it investigates alleged Russian meddling in the presidential election. In a letter on Saturday to Senator Richard Shelby, Sessions writes that his decision to appear comes in light of last week's testimony by fired FBI director James Comey. Continue reading... |
| Amsterdam train station incident 'not terrorism-related', police say Posted: 10 Jun 2017 01:55 PM PDT Two people have been seriously injured after a car hit pedestrians, but police say there is 'no indication whatsoever' that it was an extremist attack An incident outside Amsterdam's main railway station involving a car that hit pedestrians, leaving two people seriously injured, is not thought to have been an extremist attack. "There is no indication whatsoever that this is a terrorist attack," police spokeswoman Marjolein Koek said. Police said that the driver was parked in a place where he was not allowed to stop and drove off when approached by police, then ran into a wall. Some of the injured were hospitalised while others were treated at the scene. Police also said that the car was searched and that the driver was questioned. Continue reading... |
| Sam Panopoulos, inventor of Hawaiian pizza, dies aged 83 Posted: 10 Jun 2017 04:38 AM PDT Restaurateur is credited with being the first to put pineapple on pizza in the 1960s, setting off a global debate that still rages The man credited with inventing the Hawaiian pizza, triggering endless debate around the world about the legitimacy of pineapple on the Italian staple, has died aged 83. Sam Panopoulos emigrated from Greece to Canada in 1954 at the age of 20 and ran several restaurants in Ontario with his two brothers. Continue reading... |
| Belgian fishermen ready to battle for survival if UK ‘takes back’ its waters Posted: 10 Jun 2017 04:05 PM PDT UK's plans to reclaim its fishing zones have dismayed the port of Ostend, with calls to add the issue to the Brexit talks Over the last year the decisions of the British public and, subsequently, the UK government have been observed with growing dismay by the people of Ostend. A slowdown in the number of Britons seeking a cheap bucket-and-spade holiday on the wide, soft-sanded beaches of the blowy North Sea resort ushered into administration the operator of the once popular Ramsgate to Ostend ferry four years ago, closing down the only direct link from the UK to the Flemish port. The Brexit vote last June, and the subsequent crash in the value of the pound, made it that bit more expensive for Brits who still wanted a break in Belgium. Staff at British Brands, a seafront souvenir shop that once did a brisk trade in flogging British-made goods to homesick tourists, admitted business had been slow recently. Ostend is increasingly becoming a resort for retired Belgians, drinking glasses of beer in the mid-morning sun. Now it is the suggestion that the British want to "take back" their fish that has caused Ostend's fishermen, and all those who depend on the EU's smallest fishing fleet, fresh concern. Continue reading... |
| Shaken it off! Taylor Swift ends Spotify spat Posted: 09 Jun 2017 09:21 AM PDT Singer ends three-year boycott of streaming service over royalties and makes entire back catalogue available to celebrate 10m sales of 1989 album Taylor Swift has made her entire back catalogue available on Spotify, ending a three-year boycott of the streaming service following a row over artist royalties. In 2014, the Shake It Off singer pulled her music from Spotify, where she was one of the service's most popular artists, after bemoaning that artists receive a tiny royalty per song play. Swift, who initially refused to release her 2012 album Red on Spotify, has previously said that "valuable things should be paid for." "It is my opinion that music should not be free," she said at the time. |
| Beached whale on New South Wales coast to be euthanised Posted: 09 Jun 2017 09:14 PM PDT Marine mammal experts make 'really tough decision' after rough sea conditions hinder rescue attempts • Australian volunteers help keep animal breathing – video A juvenile humpback whale that has been beached on the New South Wales mid-north coast for more than a day will be euthanised. Rough sea conditions had put a hold on attempts to rescue the whale on Sataurday. |
| Puerto Rico votes again on statehood but US not ready to put 51st star on the flag Posted: 10 Jun 2017 03:00 AM PDT The US territory is voting once more on whether to become America's 51st state – but many islanders are questioning the timing of the referendum, and the cost The hall is a sea of pink and white. About 350 Puerto Ricans, mostly women, have come to hear their First Lady speak in what they hope will be the final push towards a new relationship between their island and the United States. When Beatriz Rosselló, the 32-year-old wife of the governor of Puerto Rico, finally appears at the rally outside the capital San Juan, the room erupts into a frenzy of flag-waving. The American Stars and Stripes with its 50 stars, and the Puerto Rican emblem, with its single one, intertwine amid the flurry, giving the illusion that they have fused: 51 stars in a single banner of red, white and blue. Continue reading... |
| Naomi Klein: ‘Trump is an idiot, but don’t underestimate how good he is at that’ Posted: 11 Jun 2017 02:00 AM PDT The US has a president who embodies many of the things Naomi Klein has been warning about for years. She says her new book had to be written before things got worse The fact that Naomi Klein predicted the forces that explain the rise to power of Donald Trump gives her no pleasure at all. It is 17 years since Klein, then aged 30, published her first book, No Logo – a seductive rage against the branding of public life by globalising corporations – and made herself, in the words of the New Yorker, "the most visible and influential figure on the American left" almost overnight. She ended the book with what sounded then like "this crazy idea that you could become your own personal global brand". Speaking about that idea now, she can only laugh at her former innocence. No Logo was written before social media made personal branding second nature. Trump, she suggests in her new book, No Is Not Enough, exploited that phenomenon to become the first incarnation of president as a brand, doing to the US nation and to the planet what he had first practised on his big gold towers: plastering his name and everything it stands for all over them. Continue reading... |
| DUP will extract a high price to prop up a Tory minority Posted: 11 Jun 2017 01:09 AM PDT Anti-abortion, anti-same sex marriage and now kingmakers at the heart of government, the Democratic Unionists are poised to take a central role in UK politics, sparking anger and anxiety It was just as well Theresa May more or less secured her deal with the Democratic Unionist party on Saturday evening that puts her back in power inside 10 Downing Street. Because for the DUP even prime ministers in waiting have to hold on until the religiously devout Ulster party gets over the sabbath. Related: Mrs May's deal with the DUP threatens 20 years hard work in Ireland | Jonathan Powell Continue reading... |
| With a forgotten temple city, Myanmar hopes to strike tourism gold | Julian Hattem Posted: 11 Jun 2017 12:55 AM PDT The next Angkor Wat? Securing world heritage status for historic Mrauk U could bring much-needed prosperity to troubled Rakhine state When time began there lived a lonely monkey who met a peacock, who laid an egg from which was born a mighty prince who built a city on the spot of his birth and called it "monkey egg". Whatever the myths around its creation, by the 15th century, Mrauk U (Monkey Egg) was the capital of a powerful kingdom and one of the richest cities in Asia. Up to the 18th century, it was a vital trading port for rice, ivory, elephants, tree sap and deer hide, cotton, slaves, horses, spices and textiles from India, Persia and Arabia. Continue reading... |
| Three detained after London-bound easyJet flight diverts to Germany Posted: 11 Jun 2017 12:21 AM PDT Pilot on flight from Ljubljana made unscheduled stop after learning of men 'talking about terrorist matters' – and baggage was later destroyed Three male passengers have been detained in Cologne after their easyJet flight bound from Ljubljana in Slovenia to London made a diverted landing, German police have said. Related: Melania Trump's Slovenian home town cashes in on White House link Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump survived Comey's testimony, but the fallout could be fatal Posted: 11 Jun 2017 12:12 AM PDT The former FBI director threw out a trail of clues for the special counsel to follow in the Trump-Russia investigation, which looks set to shadow his presidency At 10.20pm, Kellyanne Conway wandered in from the landscaped gardens of the British ambassador's residence, built in the 1920s and resembling an English country house in the heart of Washington. An Andy Warhol portrait of the Queen watched from above the ornate fireplace as results of the British election flashed up on a giant TV screen. Conway, a senior adviser at the White House, could not quite escape questions about former FBI director James Comey's testimony earlier in the day. Donald Trump had "never intended to tweet" during the session, she told the Guardian, with a dismissive air that implied he had much better things to do. Continue reading... |
| Bombs and the Batusi: Adam West's most memorable moments as Batman Posted: 11 Jun 2017 12:11 AM PDT Fans of Adam West, who has died aged 88, have been sharing his finest moments as the Caped Crusader The death of Adam West, who played Batman in the 1960s television series and film, has inspired fans to share his finest moments as the Caped Crusader. Among them are some true gems, including a scene in the 1966 film Batman in which he struggles to dispose of a lit bomb in vintage slapstick style. Continue reading... |
| How a crippling shortage of analysts let the London Bridge attackers through Posted: 10 Jun 2017 04:05 PM PDT It's people, not computers, who can identify terrorists before they strike Last Tuesday, in the wake of the latest terror atrocity to strike Britain, the former head of MI5 Dame Stella Rimington recalled just how primitive intelligence gathering used to be. Addressing a conference of security officials in west London – four miles from London Bridge where the terror attack had taken place three days earlier – Rimington recounted an anecdote about how her spy training in the 1970s involved infiltrating a local pub to eavesdrop on targets. Over the four decades since then, intelligence gathering within Britain's security services has evolved beyond comparison. Eking out a lead is no longer an issue – instead extraordinary volumes of information are relentlessly harvested electronically. The worry, according to experts, is whether they are acquiring too much. Continue reading... |
| Gaddafi son Saif al-Islam freed by Libyan militia Posted: 10 Jun 2017 05:27 PM PDT Leader's son, who is wanted for war crimes, had been held since 2011 revolution that in which his father and three of his brothers were killed An armed group in Libya says it has freed Saif al-Islam. The son of dead dictator Muammar Gaddafi had been in custody since November 2011. The Abu Bakr al-Sadiq Brigade, a militia of former rebels that controls the town of Zintan in western Libya, said Islam was freed on Friday evening, "the 14th day of the month of Ramadan", under an amnesty law promulgated by the parliament based in the east. Continue reading... |
| Venezuela's mass anti-government demonstrations enter third month Posted: 10 Jun 2017 03:19 PM PDT Clashes between protesters and security forces have become a deadly cycle and doctors are seeing disturbing patterns in the violence There is a pattern to the protests that have rocked Venezuela for the past two months. Anti-government demonstrators set off on a march to the government buildings in Caracas's city centre to protest against a government they consider illegitimate. Halfway to their destination national guards and riot police deter them with gas bombs and water cannons. Clashes ensue and dozens of people are injured. Some die. Related: On the frontline of Venezuela's punishing protests Continue reading... |
| Australian film-maker charged with espionage in Cambodia Posted: 10 Jun 2017 05:45 PM PDT Documentary maker James Ricketson, 68, charged with collecting information prejudicial to national security An Australian film-maker has been sent to a Cambodian prison to await trial over allegations he collected information prejudicial to the country's national security, a court official says. James Ricketson, 68, was arrested a week ago and has been the subject of conflicting reports since then – with some linking his detention to flying a drone, and others to living in the south-east Asian nation without proper documentation. Continue reading... |
| Turnbull ministers welcome new NSW prison for radical inmates Posted: 11 Jun 2017 12:41 AM PDT Peter Dutton says state budget initiative is a good move and George Brandis says it can work with deradicalisation programs A new multimillion-dollar "mini-max" prison is to be built beside Goulburn's high-security Supermax facility to house radicalised inmates. The New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian, announced a $47m package upgrading the 16-year-old jail alongside David Elliott, the counter-terrorism and corrections minister, and Dominic Perrottet, the treasurer, at Silverwater jail on Sunday morning. Continue reading... |
| Room in the middle: the Africans repopulating Spain's dying villages Posted: 11 Jun 2017 12:00 AM PDT Native population in the Spanish interior is shrinking but new arrivals are helping keep village schools and farms running With its abandoned houses, empty streets and ageing, shrinking population, Visiedo in northern Spain could be the poster village for European rural decline. On sunny days it looks like the set of a spaghetti western. Its streets are home to more dilapidated brick houses than people and you're as likely to come across a tractor than a car. Continue reading... |
| Gabrielle Giffords: warship launched in name of shooting survivor Posted: 10 Jun 2017 10:33 PM PDT Ex-congresswoman who was gunned down by Jared Loughner in 2011 attends commissioning of $475m navy vessel The US navy's newest combat ship, the USS Gabrielle Giffords, has gone into service carrying the name of the former Arizona congresswoman who was injured in a 2011 shooting. Giffords told a crowd at the ceremony in the Texas Gulf coast city of Galveston that she was honored the 421ft ship will carry her name and the vessel is "strong and tough, just like her crew". Continue reading... |
| Are women really stronger than men? | Angela Saini Posted: 10 Jun 2017 10:00 PM PDT When it comes to longevity, surviving illness and coping with trauma, one gender comes out on top. Angela Saini meets the scientists working out why Four years ago, completely spent, blood transfused into me in a frantic effort to allow me to walk, I lay on a hospital bed having given birth the day before. To the joy of my family, I had brought them a son. Blue balloons foretold a man in the making. Not just the apple of my eye, but the one who would one day open jam jars for me. The hero who would do the DIY and put out the rubbish. He who was born to be strong because he is male. But then, physical strength can be defined in different ways. What I was yet to learn was that, beneath our skin, women bubble with a source of power that even science has yet to fully understand. We are better survivors than men. What's more, we are born this way. Continue reading... |
| Pakistan: man sentenced to death for blasphemy on Facebook Posted: 10 Jun 2017 06:31 PM PDT Taimoor Raza was found guilty of insulting the prophet Mohammed during an argument on social media with a counter-terrorism official A Pakistani man has been sentenced to death for committing blasphemy on Facebook, the first conviction on charges arising from social media. Judge Shabbir Ahmad Awan handed down the verdict in Bahawalpur, around 600km (372 miles) south of capital Islamabad, finding Taimoor Raza guilty of insulting the prophet Mohammed, prosecutor Shafiq Qureshi said. Continue reading... |
| Mexico faces US on football field as fears over Trump give way to new optimism Posted: 10 Jun 2017 05:00 AM PDT Mexicans were worried that their relationship with the US would unravel under Trump, but the economy is on the up – and so is their football team Last year – as the US elected a president who described Mexicans as rapists, promised to build a border wall and threatened to tear up free trade agreements – the poor performance of Mexico's national football team seemed to offer a dark omen for the country. El Tri – as the team is known for its tricolor kit – lost 7-0 to Chile in the Copa América tournament, and its hopes for reaching the 2018 World Cup seemed be dwindling by the day. Continue reading... |
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