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- China and Russia have 'responsibility' for North Korea nuclear threat, says US
- Reince Priebus forced out as Trump names John Kelly new chief of staff
- Trump will sign bill imposing new sanctions on Russia, says White House
- Body parts found in the Alps could be plane crash victims
- Tanzania president under fire for urging refugees to return to 'stable' Burundi
- Man stabs shopper to death and injures six others in Hamburg shop
- Turkish court frees seven journalists, but others remain behind bars
- Venezuelans plan country-wide protests in open defiance of government ban
- Daughter of former Uzbek dictator detained over fraud claims
- Two French teenagers in court on suspicion of causing wildfires
- 'Incredible shrinking airline seat': US court says seat size a safety issue
- Elon Musk hands over first Tesla Model 3 electric cars to buyers
- Former British soldier held in Turkey over 'pro-Kurdish propaganda'
- North Korea missile test shows it could reach New York, say experts
- 'Don't be too nice': Trump seems to back rougher policing in immigration speech
- Chester Bennington's wife pays tribute to Linkin Park singer
- Breakthrough Starshot successfully launch world's smallest spacecraft
- Have a break, have a wasabi-flavoured KitKat
- Eat, prey, love: bald eagles adopt baby hawk into their nest in Canada
- FDA plans to reduce nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels
- Indian supreme court rejects child rape victim's abortion request
- EU court orders Poland to stop logging in Białowieża forest
- Ana Brnabić: 'I do not want to be branded Serbia's gay PM'
- Thousands of Syrian children in Jordan's Za'atari camp missing out on education
- The 20 photographs of the week
- 'I slept on the floor in a flat near Harrods': stories of modern slavery
- Closing an HIV lifeline in Africa: the dire impact of Trump's abortion crackdown
- Inside the Élysée: the reflected glory of Macron's gilded cage
- Passchendaele, 100 years on: a final great act of remembrance
- Michael Moore's Trump-baiting stage show hits Broadway with a mission
- Rashan Charles death: demonstrators block Dalston road in violent protest
- Tracking Trump: Scaramucci speaks out and Priebus is out
- Luke Foley pledges toughest fines in Australia for wage theft
- Orange Order: Protestants told not to use ‘RIP’ as it is Catholic superstition
- North Korea: are missiles capable of hitting New York City?
- Japan condemns North Korea's missile launch – video
- The Guardian view on Pakistan and the Panama Papers: an international affair | Editorial
- The week in patriarchy: will this administration ever calm down?
- Russia cuts US diplomatic presence in retaliation for sanctions
- Ireland 'will not design a border for the Brexiteers', says taoiseach
- Iranian artist to attend Edinburgh book festival after visa volte-face
- Trouble in paradise: the Canary Island beach accused of illegally importing sand
- Gender beyond the binary-video
- Inquiry launched after mystery air crash kills Brazilian environmentalists
- Priebus exit marks latest step in White House purge of Republican loyalists
- Data sketch: trans people 2.3 times more likely to serve in the US military
- Donald Trump says Obamacare will now implode. Is he right?
- Chuck Schumer praises John McCain for rejecting healthcare bill – video
- John McCain casts decisive vote during Senate healthcare battle – video
- Who is Anthony Scaramucci? 'The Mooch' profiled - video
| China and Russia have 'responsibility' for North Korea nuclear threat, says US Posted: 28 Jul 2017 09:21 PM PDT As Kim Jong-un hails latest test-launch, Rex Tillerson says two powers are 'enablers' of Pyongyang's program The United States has accused China and Russia of bearing "unique and special responsibility" for North Korea's "belligerent" pursuit of nuclear weapons, after Pyongyang tested its latest ballistic missile. North Korea conducted its second intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test late on Friday in what it called a warning to the "beast-like US imperialists". It came less than a month after its first such experiment, on 4 July. Continue reading... |
| Reince Priebus forced out as Trump names John Kelly new chief of staff Posted: 28 Jul 2017 02:03 PM PDT
Donald Trump has forced out Reince Priebus as the White House chief of staff and replaced him with Homeland Security secretary John Kelly. Trump tweeted: "I am pleased to inform you that I have just named General/Secretary John F Kelly as White House chief of staff. He is a great American … and a great leader. John has also done a spectacular job at Homeland Security. He has been a true star of my administration." Continue reading... |
| Trump will sign bill imposing new sanctions on Russia, says White House Posted: 28 Jul 2017 06:57 PM PDT Trump 'approves of and intends to sign' bill that will let Congress block the president from easing the penalties on Moscow, says press secretary Donald Trump intends to sign a bill that imposes new sanctions on Russia and bars him from easing the penalties, the White House said Friday night. Related: Russia cuts US diplomatic presence in retaliation for sanctions Continue reading... |
| Body parts found in the Alps could be plane crash victims Posted: 28 Jul 2017 01:07 PM PDT Two Air India planes have crashed on Mont Blanc, one in 1950, in which 48 people died, and one in 1966 with 117 fatalities Body parts that could belong to passengers killed in one or other of two Air India plane crashes more than 50 years ago have been found on Mont Blanc in the French Alps. Local man Daniel Roche, who has spent years combing the Bossons Glacier looking for remains, made the discovery on Thursday of a hand and the upper part of a leg. "I had never found any significant human remains before," he said. Continue reading... |
| Tanzania president under fire for urging refugees to return to 'stable' Burundi Posted: 28 Jul 2017 11:00 PM PDT As peace talks between government and opposition in Burundi stall, activists warn John Magufuli's suspension of refugee registration endangers thousands Tanzania's president, John Magufuli, has drawn fierce criticism from activists after urging thousands of Burundian refugees to return to their home country. Magufuli has ordered the suspension of the registration and naturalisation of thousands of Burundian refugees, and told his home affairs minister, Mwigulu Nchemba, to stop granting them citizenship. Continue reading... |
| Man stabs shopper to death and injures six others in Hamburg shop Posted: 28 Jul 2017 04:29 PM PDT German police say attacker fled supermarket in Barmbek district before being tackled by passersby and arrested One person has been stabbed to death in a Hamburg supermarket and six people have been injured after being attacked by a man wielding a knife. German police said the suspected attacker fled the shop in the Barmbek district of the north German city and headed towards a metro station, but was followed by witnesses who tackled him to the ground. The man was then arrested by plainclothes police officers. He was slightly injured. |
| Turkish court frees seven journalists, but others remain behind bars Posted: 28 Jul 2017 12:04 PM PDT Trial is seen as attempt to intimidate media in government crackdown after last year's failed coup A court in Istanbul has ordered the release of seven journalists from Turkey's oldest newspaper, Cumhuriyet, after nine months in prison and preliminary hearings in the country's largest trial of journalists since last year's coup attempt. But the court ordered the continued detention of five other journalists – including the newspaper's top executive and its most senior correspondents – in a partial defeat for press freedom in a country still reeling from the bloody failed putsch. Continue reading... |
| Venezuelans plan country-wide protests in open defiance of government ban Posted: 28 Jul 2017 10:34 AM PDT 'We will exercise our right to protest every say until it is no longer necessary' Venezuelans are planning to defy a government ban on public demonstrations and risk deadly repression with marches across the country to protest against a vote Sunday that opposition forces say will mark the end of democracy. At least four people have been killed this week since the opposition called a two-day strike, adding to the toll of more than 100 dead in a wave of unrest which began in April. The government's ban on protests – and the opposition's defiance – only heightened the risk of further violence, as more than 370,000 troops were sent out across the country. |
| Daughter of former Uzbek dictator detained over fraud claims Posted: 28 Jul 2017 09:28 AM PDT Prosecutors reveal Gulnara Karimova, who has not been seen in public for three years, was convicted of embezzlement in 2015 Gulnara Karimova, the daughter of the former Uzbek president Islam Karimov, has been detained by officials investigating allegations of fraud and money laundering, the Uzbekistan prosecutor's office has said. Karimova, 45, was a prominent socialite, fashion designer and singer. She disappeared from public view in 2014 after apparently falling out with her father, who was Uzbekistan's dictator for 27 years until his death from a stroke in September 2016. Continue reading... |
| Two French teenagers in court on suspicion of causing wildfires Posted: 28 Jul 2017 06:12 AM PDT Boys suspected of starting one of wildfires in southern France that have destroyed homes and forced evacuation of thousands Two adolescent boys are to go before a judge on Friday on suspicion of deliberately starting one of the wildfires that devastated parts of south-eastern France and Corsica this week. The two boys, both aged 16, were stopped on Wednesday by police who believed arson was behind the blaze in Carros, north of Nice, where 150 hectares (370 acres) of vegetation were burnt, according to the deputy police prosecutor of Aix-en-Provence, Rémy Avon. Continue reading... |
| 'Incredible shrinking airline seat': US court says seat size a safety issue Posted: 28 Jul 2017 10:02 PM PDT Passenger group challenged Federal Aviation Administration after agency rejected request for rules on seat size and distance between rows A US appeals court panel has said that federal officials must reconsider their decision not to regulate the size of airline seats as a safety issue. In a ruling on Friday, one of the judges called it "the case of the incredible shrinking airline seat". Continue reading... |
| Elon Musk hands over first Tesla Model 3 electric cars to buyers Posted: 28 Jul 2017 09:59 PM PDT With half a million orders for the $35,000, 350km-range vehicle, the upstart carmaker faces its biggest test Tesla boss Elon Musk has handed over the first of what he hopes will be a mass-market electric car to employee buyers,setting the stage for the biggest test yet of the company's plans to revolutionise the auto industry. . Outside Tesla's factory in Fremont, California on Friday night, Musk showed off the $35,000 Model 3 which has a range of 220 miles (350 km) on a charge that marks a departure from the company's earlier luxury electric cars. Continue reading... |
| Former British soldier held in Turkey over 'pro-Kurdish propaganda' Posted: 28 Jul 2017 11:38 AM PDT Joe Robinson arrested on holiday in Turkey accused of posting photos on Facebook wearing Kurdish militia uniform A former British soldier who fought against Islamic State in Syria has been arrested with his girlfriend and her mother on holiday in Turkey after being accused of posting pro-Kurdish propaganda on Facebook. Joe Robinson, 24, from Accrington, Lancashire, was on holiday in the town of Didim, about 62 miles (100km) north of Bodrum, south-west Turkey, when police raided the resort in which he was staying with his Bulgarian girlfriend and her mother. Continue reading... |
| North Korea missile test shows it could reach New York, say experts Posted: 28 Jul 2017 07:03 PM PDT
The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has issued a fresh challenge to Donald Trump by conducting a second ballistic missile test-launch which experts said placed US cities in range of potential attack. Continue reading... |
| 'Don't be too nice': Trump seems to back rougher policing in immigration speech Posted: 28 Jul 2017 01:11 PM PDT Speaking to police and crime victims in Long Island, president suggests officers are too careful in their treatment of people in custody Donald Trump has appeared to advocate rougher treatment of people in police custody. Related: 'Going full circle': Trump's MS-13 gang crackdown risks unleashing new cycle of violence Continue reading... |
| Chester Bennington's wife pays tribute to Linkin Park singer Posted: 28 Jul 2017 01:10 PM PDT Talinda Bennington says she has lost her soulmate, after husband and band frontman was found dead last Thursday The wife of Chester Bennington, the Linkin Park singer who killed himself last week, has paid tribute to her husband in an emotional statement. Talinda Bennington, who was married to the star for 11 years, said that she had lost her soulmate and her three children their "hero". Continue reading... |
| Breakthrough Starshot successfully launch world's smallest spacecraft Posted: 28 Jul 2017 09:32 AM PDT The 'sprites' – 3.5cm x 3.5cm miniature satellites weighing four grams each – are successfully in orbit and communicating with systems back on Earth The smallest spacecraft ever launched are successfully travelling in low Earth orbit and communicating with systems on Earth, scientists have announced. Known as "Sprites", the miniature satellites are just 3.5cm x 3.5cm and carry radios, sensors and computers, with each device powered by sunlight and weighing just four grams. Continue reading... |
| Have a break, have a wasabi-flavoured KitKat Posted: 28 Jul 2017 10:33 AM PDT Nestlé opens factory in Japan to sate taste for exotically flavoured versions of the venerable chocolate wafer, such as edamame bean or cherry blossom In Britain the number of flavours available to KitKat fans can be counted on the fingers of two hands. In Japan the varieties on sale at any given time stretch to dozens, including purple sweet potato, edamame bean and wasabi, and owner Nestlé is opening a new factory to cater to demand. Opening on Tuesday in the western city of Himeji, the first new KitKat factory to open in Japan in 26 years will specialise in producing small quantities of a wide variety of premium versions of the snack, including strawberry and maple as well as pistachio and raspberry combinations. Continue reading... |
| Eat, prey, love: bald eagles adopt baby hawk into their nest in Canada Posted: 28 Jul 2017 11:48 AM PDT The hawk, which is usually prey for eagles, is in excellent health after being taken in, and now 'thinks he's a bald eagle', according to one expert Biologists and bird watchers in Canada are closely monitoring a young red-tailed hawk that has – against all odds – been adopted into a nest full of bald eagles and is seemingly thriving after taking on eagle-like behaviour. The chick was first seen in the nest in British Columbia in early June, said biologists – possibly after one of the bald eagles raided a hawk's nest to provide food for their young. Continue reading... |
| FDA plans to reduce nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels Posted: 28 Jul 2017 10:19 AM PDT New plans by US regulatory body aim to tackle 'devastating addiction crisis' and reduce deaths from tobacco and tobacco-related disease Nicotine levels in cigarettes could be reduced to non-addictive levels, according to new plans set out by the US regulatory body. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced a roadmap to reduce deaths from tobacco, and tobacco-related disease. According to the body, more than 480,000 deaths in the US are caused by tobacco every year. Continue reading... |
| Indian supreme court rejects child rape victim's abortion request Posted: 28 Jul 2017 07:18 AM PDT Doctors tell court 10-year-old girl allegedly raped by her uncle is too far into her pregnancy for a safe termination India's supreme court has refused to allow a 10-year-old rape victim to have an abortion because doctors said she was too far into her pregnancy. The girl is eight months pregnant, and doctors told the court a termination would pose a threat to her life. Her lawyers said her family accepted the verdict. Continue reading... |
| EU court orders Poland to stop logging in Białowieża forest Posted: 28 Jul 2017 09:46 AM PDT European Union's top court orders an immediate halt to large-scale logging in the Unesco-listed ancient forest The European Union's top court has ordered Poland to immediately halt large-scale logging in an ancient protected forest, one of many cases that has pitted the nationalist, eurosceptic government in Warsaw against the bloc. The EU's executive commission earlier this year sued Poland at the European court of justice (ECJ) over logging in the Białowieża forest, a Unesco World Heritage site. Continue reading... |
| Ana Brnabić: 'I do not want to be branded Serbia's gay PM' Posted: 28 Jul 2017 05:19 AM PDT The 41-year-old who has never been part of a political party has risen from obscurity and is working to change Belgrade's image The appointment of Ana Brnabić as Serbia's prime minister aged 41 was accompanied by the sound of glass ceilings being shattered all around her. Not only is she the first woman to take on the role, Brnabić is gay and has achieved high office without being a member of a political party. Continue reading... |
| Thousands of Syrian children in Jordan's Za'atari camp missing out on education Posted: 29 Jul 2017 02:00 AM PDT Five years after Za'atari camp opened, efforts to make schooling accessible are being thwarted by a lack of trained teachers, security concerns and poverty Thousands of Syrian refugee children in Jordan are missing out on an education despite the provision last year of 75,000 new school places to cater for them. The country pledged to get all out-of-school refugees back into education by September 2017, but charities have warned the current system remains plagued by difficulties. Problems include lack of support for students, a shortage of qualified teachers and alleged bullying. Continue reading... |
| The 20 photographs of the week Posted: 29 Jul 2017 01:58 AM PDT The protests in Caracas, wildfires in Europe, the battle for Raqqa and the world swimming championships – the news of the week captured by the world's best photojournalists Continue reading... |
| 'I slept on the floor in a flat near Harrods': stories of modern slavery Posted: 29 Jul 2017 01:00 AM PDT More than 200 years since it was abolished, slavery is rife all over the world. People who have escaped describe their ordeal When Elvira arrived at Heathrow in 2014, she thought she had escaped the abuse she'd faced as a domestic worker in Qatar. Yet the exploitation the Filipino woman was about to suffer would surpass anything she experienced in the Middle East. The 50-year-old was taken to a luxury flat in Kensington, where her boss, the sister of her "madam" in Qatar, made her work 20 hours a day, allowing her only one piece of bread and no wages. She was trapped in a life of servitude, while metres away central London bustled with shoppers. More than 200 years since it was abolished, slavery is thriving. The UN's International Labour Organisation estimates that 21 million people around the world are trapped in some form of modern slavery. In many cases, the physical shackles of the past have been replaced by less visible but equally effective forms of coercion and control: a worker on a factory line crippled by recruitment debts he or she cannot pay back; a man on a construction site in a foreign country without his passport or wages; a woman selling drugs on a roadside threatened with beatings and rape if she doesn't earn enough. Dig deep into the supply chain of the world's major commodities, and you'll find instances of slavery. From the food we eat to the phones we use and the clothes we wear, its influence is pervasive. Continue reading... |
| Closing an HIV lifeline in Africa: the dire impact of Trump's abortion crackdown Posted: 29 Jul 2017 12:00 AM PDT Trump's drastic funding cuts could reverse the progress made on HIV in Africa, where many different healthcare organisations also offer family planning Celeste is a 30-year-old widow mother of two from the poor suburbs of Maputo, Mozambique's capital. She is HIV-positive, and since her husband died from an Aids-related illness last year, she has no way of supporting herself, though she tries to help her mother work her small vegetable patch. One organisation is helping her through the darkest times, giving her advice and help, and ensuring that she takes her medication: Amodefa – the Mozambican Association for Family Development. "If it wasn't for Amodefa's visits, I wouldn't be here," says Celeste, now pregnant again, as she sits in the dusty yard in front of her mother's house where she has lived since last year. Continue reading... |
| Inside the Élysée: the reflected glory of Macron's gilded cage Posted: 29 Jul 2017 12:00 AM PDT France's president likes to tightly control all his communications and keeps journalists at arm's-length – in stark contrast to his predecessor One morning this spring, I found myself sitting in a place where the silence seemed so extraordinary, so far from the normal riotous cacophony of Paris, that it felt like being shut away from real life. Now and again you could hear the chime of a golden clock, a faint footstep on carpet, or a bird chirping in the perfectly-kept gardens that stretched out beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows. Whatever might be happening outside, here it felt as though one was perfectly muffled and cocooned; wrapped in several layers of metaphorical cotton wool and removed from it all. |
| Passchendaele, 100 years on: a final great act of remembrance Posted: 28 Jul 2017 11:00 PM PDT Dignitaries will join ancestors of allied soldiers who died at Ypres during first world war for huge commemoration
It was the 90th anniversary of the inauguration of the great white gate, the first memorial to the missing, built on the route marched by the soldiers on the way to the frontlines of the first world war. |
| Michael Moore's Trump-baiting stage show hits Broadway with a mission Posted: 28 Jul 2017 05:04 AM PDT As The Terms of My Surrender opens, the Oscar-winning provocateur hopes the Broadway show will spur substantial change at the White House The tagline of Michael Moore's new one-man stage production – "Can a Broadway show bring down a sitting president?" – could be mistaken for the worst kind of New York City navel-gazing. Even the best efforts to elect Hillary Clinton by Lin-Manuel Miranda, who rewrote the lyrics of his mega-hit Hamilton for a fundraiser, fell short. Only from inside the coastal-elite bubble, surely, could a Broadway production be mistaken for a potent political weapon. Continue reading... |
| Rashan Charles death: demonstrators block Dalston road in violent protest Posted: 29 Jul 2017 01:51 AM PDT Several police vans come under attack as bottles and missiles are hurled at officers in north London Protesters angry at police over the death of Rashan Charles, a young black man who died after being chased into an east London shop by officers, blocked a road and threw debris at the police on Friday evening. Dozens of people gathered outside the convenience store in Dalston, where Charles was pinned to the floor by police officers who had been chasing him in the early hours of Saturday morning. The 20-year-old was taken to Royal London hospital, where he died a short time later. Continue reading... |
| Tracking Trump: Scaramucci speaks out and Priebus is out Posted: 28 Jul 2017 11:00 PM PDT Donald Trump's new communications director started his job with a foul-mouthed rant, his chief of staff is out and Republicans struggled on healthcare As the Republicans' blundered towards failure in their attempt to undo the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Donald Trump made a series of unprecedented attacks on his attorney general while his Mini-Me communications director, Anthony Scaramucci, showed the tact and subtlety of a bull on its first day on staff in a china shop. Related: Priebus exit marks latest step in White House purge of Republican loyalists Continue reading... |
| Luke Foley pledges toughest fines in Australia for wage theft Posted: 28 Jul 2017 08:36 PM PDT NSW Labor leader says employers who knowingly underpay their staff could face jail time under a state Labor government The New South Wales Labor leader Luke Foley has used Saturday's state conference to announce a crackdown on wage theft, pledging to introduce the toughest fines in Australia following the 7-Eleven scandal. Foley has also announced measures to support the not-for-profit education sector to build more schools, and renewed a pledge for regulation of the energy industry. Continue reading... |
| Orange Order: Protestants told not to use ‘RIP’ as it is Catholic superstition Posted: 28 Jul 2017 07:47 PM PDT Five hundred years after reformation, Northern Ireland's Orange Order says RIP is un-Protestant and un-biblical The Orange Order has advised its members and all those who consider themselves Protestant to stop using the phrase RIP to offer sympathy after a person has died because it is un-Protestant, un-biblical and a superstition connected to Catholicism. An article in The Orange Standard, the Northern Ireland-centred Protestant organisation's newspaper, said the phrase was an "illustration of spiritual confusion within Protestant circles". Continue reading... |
| North Korea: are missiles capable of hitting New York City? Posted: 28 Jul 2017 03:12 PM PDT Experts believe Pyongyang's missiles are capable of striking LA, Chicago or even New York – but Trump's scattergun approach to diplomacy does not bode well When North Korea claimed to have conducted its first test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) earlier this month, defence analysts warned that the missile could have reached Alaska. Related: North Korea issues challenge to Trump by firing new missile into Sea of Japan Continue reading... |
| Japan condemns North Korea's missile launch – video Posted: 28 Jul 2017 11:26 AM PDT Japan's chief cabinet secretary Yoshihide Suga says a ballistic missile was fired from central North Korea shortly before midnight local time on Friday. The missile flew for about 45 minutes and is believed to have landed inside Japanese waters in the Sea of Japan Continue reading... |
| The Guardian view on Pakistan and the Panama Papers: an international affair | Editorial Posted: 28 Jul 2017 11:07 AM PDT Prime minister Nawaz Sharif's ousting was sparked by revelations in the leaked files from an offshore law firm. The global elite are no longer the only ones thinking and working across borders No prime minister of Pakistan has completed a full term in power since the country won independence 70 years ago. Nawaz Sharif was a year away from doing so; instead he has been ousted for a third time. On Friday the supreme court disqualified him from office and referred the issue of his family's offshore assets to anti-corruption authorities. Mr Sharif denies the allegations, but stood down at once; his ruling Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz party is expected to nominate a successor shortly. Though this leaves Pakistan's politics in turmoil, it is a very international affair. It was sparked by revelations in the Panama Papers – the unprecedented leak from an offshore law firm – concerning luxury London property, bought through British Virgin Islands companies linked to Mr Sharif's children, who were minors at the time. In 2008, they used the Swiss arm of Deutsche Bank to borrow £7m against the flats. Continue reading... |
| The week in patriarchy: will this administration ever calm down? Posted: 28 Jul 2017 10:23 AM PDT Between the healthcare debate, Trump's attack on transgender rights, and Anthony Scaramucci's colorful comments, everything risks blending together • Get this newsletter via email – sign up Healthcare and trans rights and Scaramucci, oh my. Will there never be a calm week again? After Trump casually tweeted out that trans people would no longer be allowed to serve in any capacity in the military (tell that to the 15,000 already serving) – a rule that cannot be enacted over Twitter and one military leaders seemed to have no idea was coming – we were treated to the drama of Anthony Scaramucci f'ing up his first week on staff and the GOP's scurry to take away healthcare for millions. So, you know, the usual. Part of the problem with the speed of the news lately is that when everything is horrible and urgent, things start to lose meaning. Everything starts to blend together and feel like just another day of nightmares, just another news story, just another tweet. We cannot forget the individual people this affects the most – whether it's a healthcare law that will hurt kids who have pre-existing conditions or a military ban on a vulnerable population. These aren't just stories or statistics, they're lives. Continue reading... |
| Russia cuts US diplomatic presence in retaliation for sanctions Posted: 28 Jul 2017 09:36 AM PDT Ambassador John Tefft summoned to foreign ministry to be told of decision, which may cause hundreds of job losses Russia has ordered the US to reduce its diplomatic presence in Russia – potentially forcing hundreds of embassy employees in the country to leave their jobs – after Congress approved a new wave of sanctions against Moscow over its interference in last year's US election. The move appears to signal the end of Moscow's hopes for a new and improved relationship with the US under Donald Trump's presidency. Continue reading... |
| Ireland 'will not design a border for the Brexiteers', says taoiseach Posted: 28 Jul 2017 09:01 AM PDT Leo Varadkar's government also says there is no proposal to make Irish Sea the new frontier with UK after EU withdrawal Ireland's taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has said the country will not "design a border for the Brexiteers" as his foreign minister said there was no proposal to make the Irish Sea the new frontier with the UK after withdrawal. The Dublin administration is unconvinced by the UK's plans to use technology to maintain the invisible land border between Northern Ireland and the Republic, which will become a boundary between Britain and the EU after Brexit. Continue reading... |
| Iranian artist to attend Edinburgh book festival after visa volte-face Posted: 28 Jul 2017 07:50 AM PDT Children's book illustrator Ehsan Abdollahi was denied entry to UK but decision has been overturned by UK embassy in Tehran A respected Iranian illustrator who came under the spotlight after he was denied entry to the UK to attend the Edinburgh international book festival has been granted a visa. Ehsan Abdollahi's original visa application was declined by the Home Office despite the festival's invitation to him to speak about his books. But the decision has been overturned by the British embassy in Tehran. Continue reading... |
| Trouble in paradise: the Canary Island beach accused of illegally importing sand Posted: 28 Jul 2017 06:44 AM PDT Investigation launched into allegations that sand in Gran Canaria resort was sourced from Africa's last colony, in breach of international law When David Silva picked up a spade on a beach in the Canary Islands last summer and started shovelling sand from a wooden box, it seemed innocuous enough. The Manchester City and Spain football star is a local boy, and had given his valuable blessing to a beach project on Gran Canaria that promised to create new jobs with a tourism magnet complete with 500-berth marina and golf course. |
| Gender beyond the binary-video Posted: 28 Jul 2017 05:30 AM PDT Five non-binary people discuss their experience of life liberated from restrictive gender norms and definitions. They tell us about the difficulty that society has with their resistance to its attempts to compartmentalise and define people Continue reading... |
| Inquiry launched after mystery air crash kills Brazilian environmentalists Posted: 28 Jul 2017 05:42 AM PDT Army and police investigate unexplained incident in which scientists tasked with fighting deforestation and illegal mining in the Amazon died Investigation is underway into an unexplained plane crash in the Amazon that left four dead, including members of Brazil's special environmental protection forces. Environmental analysts Olavo Perim Galvão and Alexandre Rochinski died alongside administrative technician Sebastião Lima Ferreira Junior and the aircraft's pilot, Marcos Costa Jardim. Another analyst, Lazlo Macedo de Carvalho, survived the crash on 3 July and is receiving treatment for burns in Rio de Janeiro. Continue reading... |
| Priebus exit marks latest step in White House purge of Republican loyalists Posted: 28 Jul 2017 02:47 PM PDT The mild-mannered party official always seemed a strange fit with the president – and the GOP's failure to pass health reform seemed to spell the end Reince Priebus's departure as chief of staff marks the latest and most significant step in the White House purge of party loyalists closely tied to the Republican national committee. Related: Trump fires White House chief of staff Reince Priebus Continue reading... |
| Data sketch: trans people 2.3 times more likely to serve in the US military Posted: 28 Jul 2017 06:37 AM PDT Trump's plan creates a new challenge for a group that is already stigmatized – and is more likely than the general population to serve, research shows Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would ban transgender individuals from serving in the US military. The president's comments further stigmatize a group of individuals who are more likely than the general population to be military personnel despite facing widespread discrimination. In 2015, the National Center for Transgender Equality published the findings of a survey that reflected the experiences of 27,715 transgender people in the 50 US states. Their findings show that, compared with the general population, transgender people in America are: Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Donald Trump says Obamacare will now implode. Is he right? Posted: 28 Jul 2017 05:46 AM PDT After the failure of the Republicans' 'skinny repeal' bill, the Affordable Care Act faces hurdles – but the president's assessment may be overblown In a stunning blow to Donald Trump's legislative agenda, Republican senators were overnight unable to pass a bill to undo major parts of the Affordable Care Act, better known as Obamacare, the health reform law considered Obama's signature achievement. Their efforts failed because three senators, including John McCain of Arizona, who had returned to the Senate after brain surgery, voted against the measure, after a process criticized as rushed, opaque and deeply flawed. Continue reading... |
| Chuck Schumer praises John McCain for rejecting healthcare bill – video Posted: 28 Jul 2017 12:01 PM PDT The Senate Democratic leader, Chuck Schumer, praises the three Republicans who broke with their party to reject the Republican healthcare bill, especially John McCain. Schumer told reporters at a news conference Friday: 'I have not seen a senator who speaks truth to power as strongly, as well and as frequently as John McCain.' Schumer also praised Maine's Susan Collins and Alaska's Lisa Murkowski as tough women for voting down the bill Continue reading... |
| John McCain casts decisive vote during Senate healthcare battle – video Posted: 28 Jul 2017 06:12 AM PDT John McCain ends a Republican effort to dismantle the Affordable Care Act. In an unusually dramatic, post-midnight scene on the Senate floor, McCain can be seen approaching the dais for the Senate clerk to record his vote. Standing sentinel with his arms crossed (facing the camera) is Mitch McConnell, the majority leader and architect of the entire Republican strategy that McCain is about to destroy. At stage right are McConnell's key lieutenants, plus Marco Rubio, chewing gum. After McCain votes, a gasp and some cheers are audible before Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leader visible in the background, turns and waves his arm in a demand for decorum Continue reading... |
| Who is Anthony Scaramucci? 'The Mooch' profiled - video Posted: 28 Jul 2017 04:23 AM PDT Donald Trump's communications director Anthony Scaramucci, nicknamed 'the Mooch', has begun his tenure at the White House with a series of public spats with senior colleagues including the chief of staff Reince Priebus and the chief strategist Steve Bannon Continue reading... |
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