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- North Korea missile launch: regime says new rocket can hit anywhere in US
- Senior Cyprus prosecutor allegedly offered private advice to Russians
- DNA sampling exposes nine 'yeti specimens' as eight bears and a dog
- Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe assessed by doctors over fitness to stay in Iranian jail
- Norway: police uncover more than 150 rapes and sexual assaults in Lapland
- Large iceberg breaks off from Grey glacier in southern Chile
- US government uses Project Veritas video in trial of anti-Trump protesters
- 'Fake news': Libya seizes on Trump tweet to discredit CNN slavery report
- Alleged mastermind of Benghazi attack found not guilty of murder
- US air force failed to submit dozens of records to gun background check system
- Uber had special team to obstruct legal cases and spy on rivals, court told
- Saudi prince Miteb bin Abdullah pays $1bn in corruption settlement
- Paying Brexit bill is Britain's obligation to EU, says Grayling
- New rocket can hit anywhere in US, North Korean state TV claims – video
- UK could pay £50bn Brexit divorce bill after bowing to EU pressure
- Sumo grand champion Harumafuji felled by assault allegations
- The four hour commute: the punishing grind of life on São Paulo’s periphery
- O efeito Amazônia: como o desmatamento está deixando São Paulo sem água
- Por dentro da Cracolândia, a feira aberta de crack que São Paulo não consegue destruir
- The Amazon effect: how deforestation is starving São Paulo of water
- Teenager charged over Leeds car crash deaths
- New Zealand's first refugee MP in controversy over legal defence of war criminals
- Bernie Sanders rails against Republican tax reform – video
- Scott Morrison asks business not to abandon Coalition for Labor's 'dark vision'
- Wednesday briefing: Location inflation – Britain's homes worth £6tn
- Not Yeti: scientists say abominable snowman is a bear
- Catalonia poll vow: if elected I'll use first 100 days to unravel independence row
- 豪当局が日本の生々しい捕鯨映像を初公開
- Justin Trudeau apologizes for Canada's program targeting LGBTQ civil servants
- Remembering women killed fighting for human rights in 2017
- Malaria is back on the rise as lack of funds stalls push to wipe out disease
- 10% of drugs in poor countries are fake, says WHO
- 'We're neglected as if we're nothing': sacked workers desperate to get jobs back at Madagascar's port
- Battle between two directors likely to have one outcome: less protection for consumers
- Mount Agung eruption imminent in Bali – video report
- Rohingya crisis: UN relief work in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh – in pictures
| North Korea missile launch: regime says new rocket can hit anywhere in US Posted: 29 Nov 2017 01:04 AM PST Pyongyang has conducted its first ballistic test launch in two months, reigniting tensions in the region North Korea has claimed that the rocket it test-fired on Wednesday morning is a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile that can strike anywhere on the US mainland, as it declared itself a "complete" nuclear state. In a special announcement broadcast on state TV, the regime said it had successfully tested a Hwasong-15, which appears to be an advanced version of ICBMs it launched in July. Continue reading... |
| Senior Cyprus prosecutor allegedly offered private advice to Russians Posted: 28 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST Private emails show Eleni Loizidou offered assistance, raising further questions about Kremlin attempts to exert influence One of the most senior prosecutors in Cyprus has allegedly offered private advice and information to Russian officials, raising further questions about attempts by the Kremlin to exert influence over governments of EU countries. Private emails published over the weekend showed a senior lawyer within the Cyprus law office privately offered assistance to Russian officials in sensitive extradition cases, even when individuals had applied for asylum. Continue reading... |
| DNA sampling exposes nine 'yeti specimens' as eight bears and a dog Posted: 28 Nov 2017 11:15 PM PST Although it has not revealed the existence of the abominable snowman, DNA analysis has shed light on the evolutionary 'family tree' of bears, scientists say Huge, ape-like and hairy, the yeti has roamed its way into legend, tantalising explorers, mountaineers and locals with curious footprints and fleeting appearances. Now researchers say the elusive inhabitant of the Himalayas and Tibetan plateau has been unmasked. Scientists studying nine samples – including hair and teeth – supposedly from yetis, say the samples are not from a huge hominin but in fact mostly belonged to bears. Continue reading... |
| Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe assessed by doctors over fitness to stay in Iranian jail Posted: 28 Nov 2017 09:36 AM PST Iranian health commissioner due to present judgment later this week regarding British mother, who has suffered depression, panic attacks and insomnia In a potential breakthrough in the case of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the Iranian authorities have conducted a health assessment to determine whether the British-Iranian woman, who is serving a five-year jail sentence in Tehran, is fit to remain in prison. The assessment, during which Zaghari-Ratcliffe was asked about her mental and physical health, was conducted by the Iranian health commissioner on the orders of the prosecutor's office on Sunday. Iranian media said she could be conditionally released if the symptoms meant she "qualifies". Continue reading... |
| Norway: police uncover more than 150 rapes and sexual assaults in Lapland Posted: 28 Nov 2017 04:35 PM PST Shockwaves felt across the country after investigation identified 82 victims aged between four and 75 Norwegian police have uncovered 151 alleged sexual assaults, including child rape, in a small community in Lapland, sending shock waves across the country. The case has highlighted longstanding distrust between national authorities and the indigenous Sami community, of which most victims and suspects are part. Continue reading... |
| Large iceberg breaks off from Grey glacier in southern Chile Posted: 28 Nov 2017 04:59 PM PST Officials at Chile's Torres del Paine National Park, home to the glacier, said such ruptures were rare and had not occurred since the early 1990s A large iceberg broke off the Grey glacier in southern Chile, authorities said on Tuesday, adding that the cause of the rupture was unclear. Chile's Conaf forestry service shared photos on social media of the enormous block of blue-white ice, which measured 350m (1,148ft) long by 380m (1,247ft) wide, as it floated free in waters of a glacial lagoon near the southern tip of the South American continent. Continue reading... |
| US government uses Project Veritas video in trial of anti-Trump protesters Posted: 28 Nov 2017 04:52 PM PST Footage from the far-right group is being relied on as evidence against protesters arrested at Trump's inauguration, raising criticism from activists Federal prosecutors targeting anti-Trump protesters are relying on video evidence from Project Veritas, a far-right group under fire this week for allegedly trying to dupe the Washington Post with a false story of sexual misconduct. The US attorney's office submitted the footage in court on Tuesday as part of an ongoing trial against activists who protested Donald Trump's inauguration and now face conspiracy and rioting charges that could lead to decades in prison. Continue reading... |
| 'Fake news': Libya seizes on Trump tweet to discredit CNN slavery report Posted: 28 Nov 2017 01:26 PM PST Libyan media question CNN report on modern slave auctions in the country, a sign of US president's attacks having real world effect A tweet by Donald Trump accusing CNN of purveying "fake news" has been seized on by Libyan media to challenge a report by the US broadcaster which suggested modern day slave auctions were being held in the country. Over the weekend, Trump resumed his attacks on the US network, saying: "CNN International is still a major source of (Fake) news, and they represent our Nation to the WORLD very poorly. The outside world does not see the truth from them!" Continue reading... |
| Alleged mastermind of Benghazi attack found not guilty of murder Posted: 28 Nov 2017 03:16 PM PST Ahmed Abu Khattala, accused of orchestrating 2012 attack that killed four Americans, acquitted of murder but convicted on terrorism charges A militant accused of masterminding the 2012 attacks on US outposts in Benghazi, Libya, that killed the US ambassador and three other Americans has been convicted on terrorism-related charges but found not guilty of murder. Prosecutors said Ahmed Abu Khattala orchestrated the deadly assault, which ignited a political firestorm in Washington and was used by opponents of Hillary Clinton during last year's US presidential campaign. The 46-year-old pleaded not guilty to the charges and his lawyers sought to pick holes in the evidence during the trial. Continue reading... |
| US air force failed to submit dozens of records to gun background check system Posted: 28 Nov 2017 01:57 PM PST
An investigation into the US air force's failure to report criminal records to the nation's gun background check system has already found "several dozen" records that should have been submitted and were not. The investigation comes after the mass shooting at a Baptist church in Sutherland Springs, Texas, which left 26 people dead. The day after the murder the air force announced that the shooter should have been barred from legal gun ownership because of a 2012 conviction for abusing his wife and stepson. Continue reading... |
| Uber had special team to obstruct legal cases and spy on rivals, court told Posted: 28 Nov 2017 03:02 PM PST
Uber had a team of employees dedicated to spying on rival companies and "impeding" legal investigations into the company, a former employee testified in federal court Tuesday. Related: Uber faces slew of investigations in wake of 'outrageous' data hack cover-up Continue reading... |
| Saudi prince Miteb bin Abdullah pays $1bn in corruption settlement Posted: 29 Nov 2017 01:40 AM PST Former contender for throne released from detention after admitting to several accusations, official says The senior Saudi prince Miteb bin Abdullah, once seen as a leading contender for the throne, has been released from detention after paying more than $1bn in a settlement with authorities, a Saudi official said. Miteb, 65, the son of the late King Abdullah and former head of the elite National Guard, was among dozens of royal family members, ministers and senior officials rounded up as part of a corruption inquiry, partly aimed at strengthening the power of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. Continue reading... |
| Paying Brexit bill is Britain's obligation to EU, says Grayling Posted: 29 Nov 2017 12:50 AM PST Leading Brexiter says British people wouldn't expect government to leave EU without paying amid reports that sum has been agreed The reported financial settlement the UK is set to pay on leaving the European Union would be "meeting the obligations we've built up, no more or less than that", one of the cabinet's leading Brexiters has said. Chris Grayling, the transport secretary, said the sum of more than £50bn apparently agreed on Tuesday was speculation, but underlined the fact that the government did not want to "walk away on bad terms". |
| New rocket can hit anywhere in US, North Korean state TV claims – video Posted: 29 Nov 2017 12:45 AM PST Ri Chun-hee, the prominent face of North Korea's state television, claims that a rocket test-fired on Wednesday morning is a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile that can strike anywhere on the US mainland. The regime said it had successfully tested a Hwasong-15, which appears to be an advanced version of ICBMs it launched in July. The claim has not been independently verified Continue reading... |
| UK could pay £50bn Brexit divorce bill after bowing to EU pressure Posted: 29 Nov 2017 12:13 AM PST Senior European official says that Britain 'wants to come along with the money' but the EU needs to see the fine print The UK has bowed to EU demands on the Brexit divorce bill in a move that could result in the UK paying £50bn to Brussels, in an attempt to get France and Germany to agree to move negotiations to trade. Non-stop behind-the-scenes negotiations have led to a broad agreement by the UK to a gross financial settlement of £89bn on leaving the bloc, although the British expect the final net bill to be half as much. Continue reading... |
| Sumo grand champion Harumafuji felled by assault allegations Posted: 28 Nov 2017 11:54 PM PST One of the sport's biggest stars resigns weeks after allegations surfaced that he attacked a younger wrestler One of the biggest stars of sumo wrestling has announced his retirement after allegations that he assaulted a fellow wrestler. Harumafuji, one of four reigning grand champions – or yokozuna – said he was quitting the sport, weeks after he allegedly attacked Takanoiwa, a younger wrestler, leaving him with a fractured skull and concussion. Continue reading... |
| The four hour commute: the punishing grind of life on São Paulo’s periphery Posted: 28 Nov 2017 11:30 PM PST Like most of São Paulo's 20 million residents, Alcione Santos lives on the edge of South America's biggest city. The daily journey to low-paid jobs is brutal An hour after Alcione Santos's alarm goes off at 5.50am she walks to the corner where the bus stops … or will do if it's not full already. "I might wait 10 minutes, I might wait 30, because there's no timetable so you never know," she explains. If the first bus is crammed beyond capacity, or breaks down, the long wait means she'll be late for work. Like most of metro São Paulo's 20 million residents, Alcione can only afford to live on the periphery of South America's biggest city. The vast sprawl and decades of underinvestment in public transport mean many face daily commutes of three, four, even five hours to get to low-paid jobs in the centre. Almost 70% of journeys are made by bus, and in places like Itaquaquecetuba in the extreme east where Alcione lives it is the only link to work and money. Continue reading... |
| O efeito Amazônia: como o desmatamento está deixando São Paulo sem água Posted: 28 Nov 2017 07:55 AM PST Há dois anos, uma seca desencadeou violência, saques e 'estados de calamidade' oficiais pela metrópole, com o Exército de prontidão para intervir. Agora, novos sinais sugerem que a história poderia se repetir – e apontam para um surpreendente responsável São Paulo pode ter mais problemas de escassez de água se os fazendeiros continuarem a derrubar a floresta amazônica, avisou o administrador da água que recentemente salvou a maior cidade das Américas da beira da catástrofe da seca. Se as coisas dessem errado, não sabíamos o que poderia acontecer. Poderíamos ter revoltas nas ruas Continue reading... |
| Por dentro da Cracolândia, a feira aberta de crack que São Paulo não consegue destruir Posted: 28 Nov 2017 04:08 AM PST O cenário desolado da Cracolândia, assentada bem no centro da cidade há mais de vinte anos. Todo prefeito acredita ter a solução, mas as últimas batidas policiais violentas só levaram os adictos para a próxima esquina "É uma vida horrível. Você não come, você não dorme. Todo o dinheiro que consegue vai para o crack", conta Felipa Drumont. Felipa tem 26 anos, é trans, sem-teto e viciada em crack. Há quatro anos anos, ela vive nas ruas de uma área do centro de São Paulo que ganhou fama por motivos infelizes: a Cracolândia. Continue reading... |
| The Amazon effect: how deforestation is starving São Paulo of water Posted: 28 Nov 2017 03:54 AM PST A drought two years ago triggered fighting, looting and official 'states of calamity' across the metropolis, with the army preparing to send in troops. Now, new warnings suggest it could happen again – and point to a surprising culprit São Paulo could face more devastating water shortages if farmers continue to clear the Amazon forest, warns the utility chief who recently steered the biggest city in the Americas from the edge of drought catastrophe. Jerson Kelman, president of water company Sabesp, told Guardian Cities he felt a duty to speak out because he was a citizen as well as the head of a company who had seen firsthand how close this metropolis of 21 million people had come to a breakdown. Continue reading... |
| Teenager charged over Leeds car crash deaths Posted: 29 Nov 2017 12:59 AM PST Boy, 15, to appear in court accused of causing deaths of three boys and two men when vehicle crashed into tree A 15-year-old boy has been charged with causing the deaths of five people when a car crashed into a tree in Leeds. Three boys and two men, who were all travelling in the car, were killed in the crash on a suburban street on Saturday night. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand's first refugee MP in controversy over legal defence of war criminals Posted: 28 Nov 2017 09:58 PM PST Critics of Greens MP Golriz Ghahraman say she was not transparent about full range of her work for UN in Rwanda One of New Zealand's newest MPs has defended herself against accusations of misleading the public about her role as a UN human rights lawyer in Rwanda. Golriz Ghahraman became the focus of criticism after a picture emerged of her smiling next to a man who was later convicted of war crimes in Rwanda. Continue reading... |
| Bernie Sanders rails against Republican tax reform – video Posted: 28 Nov 2017 03:41 PM PST Vermont senator Bernie Sanders strongly criticises proposed Republican tax reform during a senate budget committee meeting. 'This legislation is a disastrous and unfair piece of legislation which gives huge tax breaks to people who need it the least - the very very wealthy', he says Continue reading... |
| Scott Morrison asks business not to abandon Coalition for Labor's 'dark vision' Posted: 29 Nov 2017 01:35 AM PST Treasurer warns ALP will set Australia back years and releases new modelling of its spending plans that excludes savings measures The treasurer, Scott Morrison, has asked a business audience in Canberra not to lose faith in the Coalition and risk voting for Labor at the next election, warning Labor has a "dark vision" for the economy that will set the country back years. He accepted the business community may have criticisms of the Turnbull government, and acknowledged they may be frustrated with the Coalition's "handling of politics". Continue reading... |
| Wednesday briefing: Location inflation – Britain's homes worth £6tn Posted: 28 Nov 2017 10:28 PM PST Value of housing stock shoots up 50% since 2007 … Brexit divorce bill hits £50bn … and British resident of 50 years faces deportation threat Hello – it's Warren Murray reading the news this morning. Continue reading... |
| Not Yeti: scientists say abominable snowman is a bear Posted: 28 Nov 2017 09:45 PM PST New report pours cold water on the legend of the half-human beast, saying three different bears are to blame for sightings Scientists on Wednesday dismantled the myth of the abominable snowman, the towering yet furtive half-human rumoured for centuries to inhabit inaccessible reaches of the Himalayas. It turns out, they report in the Royal Society journal Proceedings B, that the long-sought creature, also known as Yeti, is in fact a bear. Continue reading... |
| Catalonia poll vow: if elected I'll use first 100 days to unravel independence row Posted: 28 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST Inés Arrimadas, the centre-right Ciutadans candidate in the regional elections, says: 'Those who have got us into this mess aren't the ones to get us out of it' When Emmanuel Macron won the French elections, Inés Arrimadas was quick to applaud the victory of a "liberal, centrist and pro-European" candidate. If the polls are anything to go by, Arrimadas, the Ciutadans (Citizens) candidate for regional president in next month's Catalan elections, may emerge as the leader of a Macron-style government in Catalonia. Much of the rise of Ciutadans in Catalonia can be credited to Arrimadas, who at 36 is the youngest and also the only female candidate to take power in elections called after Madrid sacked the previous administration and imposed direct rule following its declaration of independence. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 28 Nov 2017 05:25 PM PST 5年にわたる法廷闘争の末、反捕鯨団体が入手 南極海における日本の残虐な捕鯨映像が、火曜日はじめて公開された。 Related: Sea Shepherd says it will abandon pursuit of Japanese whalers Continue reading... |
| Justin Trudeau apologizes for Canada's program targeting LGBTQ civil servants Posted: 28 Nov 2017 01:42 PM PST From the 50s to the 90s, the government monitored and interrogated civil servants in what the prime minister calls 'state-sponsored, systemic oppression' Justin Trudeau has apologized for a decades-long campaign by previous governments to rid the military and public service of LGBTQ people, calling the cold war crackdown a "collective shame." From the 1950s to the early 1990s, the Canadian government monitored and interrogated civil servants who were believed to be gay or transgender. Thousands in the public service, military and Royal Canadian Mounted Police were fired or intimidated into leaving their jobs. Continue reading... |
| Remembering women killed fighting for human rights in 2017 Posted: 28 Nov 2017 11:00 PM PST To mark International Women Human Rights Defenders' Day, we pay tribute to some of the women killed this year because of their activism More than half of the women cited in AWID's 2017 tribute to female activists were murdered for defending their rights. Among the women killed are those who fought to protect their land from the state and multinational companies, or called out injustices or corruption, or stood up for the rights of lesbian, gay and transexual people. While thousands of men defend human rights, women face particular challenges for their activism. They are targeted for who they are, as women, not just because they are protesting. In countries that view a woman's role as being in the home, female human rights defenders are more prone to attack than men because they are seen as breaking social norms. Continue reading... |
| Malaria is back on the rise as lack of funds stalls push to wipe out disease Posted: 28 Nov 2017 09:00 PM PST The WHO's 2017 malaria reports says progress in fighting disease has slowed, and more money is needed to reach elimination target Progress in driving down infections and deaths from malaria has stalled and even reversed in some countries, according to the World Health Organization. The WHO director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, warned of a "troubling shift" in the downward trajectory of malaria, one of the biggest killers in poorer countries, and until recently, one of the greatest public health success stories. Continue reading... |
| 10% of drugs in poor countries are fake, says WHO Posted: 28 Nov 2017 09:59 AM PST World Health Organization estimates tens of thousands of children die as a result of the $30bn spent on counterfeit drugs An estimated one in 10 medicines in poor countries are counterfeit and likely responsible for the deaths of tens of thousands of children from diseases such as malaria and pneumonia every year, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday. In the first attempt by the WHO to assess the problem, experts reviewed 100 studies involving more than 48,000 medicines. Drugs for treating malaria and bacterial infections accounted for nearly 65% of fake medicines, it found. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 28 Nov 2017 03:00 AM PST Union-busting and dismissals at Madagascar's main port highlight the struggle facing workers on this impoverished island François Bia, now a 50-year-old rickshaw driver, began working at the docks in Toamasina on Madagascar's east coast in 1989. He carried sacks of rice on his back to and from the ships, or lashed containers to the decks using cables and metal turnbuckles. After 23 years, he was still a day labourer, working for no more than a few dollars a shift. In 2012, he joined a union, hoping to improve his pay and conditions, but managers at the port fired him, along with 42 other dockworkers who had joined the same union. Although union-busting violates national law and international labour standards, the state-owned SMMC, which oversees the handling of non-containerised cargo, has refused to rehire the workers, pay them compensation, or recognise the union. Continue reading... |
| Battle between two directors likely to have one outcome: less protection for consumers Posted: 28 Nov 2017 06:04 AM PST Trump's pick to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau faces a rival incumbent but it only seems to be delaying a tidal shift at the banking agency The battle between two supposed directors of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is making for compelling optics but only seems to be delaying a tidal shift at the powerful consumer watchdog. Related: Trump's consumer agency pick serves doughnuts and plea to 'disregard' acting head Continue reading... |
| Mount Agung eruption imminent in Bali – video report Posted: 28 Nov 2017 09:58 AM PST Indonesian officials have warned that Mount Agung is on the brink of a powerful eruption as the volcano continues to hurl ash and smoke thousands of feet into the air. About 100,000 locals have been told to leave the area, while thousands of tourists remain stranded at airports after the airport was forced to close Continue reading... |
| Rohingya crisis: UN relief work in Cox's Bazaar, Bangladesh – in pictures Posted: 28 Nov 2017 09:26 AM PST Photographer Andy Hall has been documenting the work of the UNHCR, the UN refugee agency, in the camps near the border with Myanmar. Weeks after the initial arrival of thousands of Rohingya fleeing violence, hundreds wait every day by the roadside to be processed, each with a harrowing story to tell Continue reading... |
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