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- Chelsea Manning files to run as Democrat for US Senate in Maryland
- Ramaphosa vows to fight corruption in South Africa's ruling party
- Hawaii ballistic missile false alarm results in panic – and whisky drinking
- Doctors say new Medicaid rules 'like asking people to work with an anchor on their back'
- Paris's latest audacious heist shatters refined atmosphere of the Ritz
- Miloš Zeman to face run-off after topping Czech presidential elections
- Mark Wahlberg donates $1.5m reward for film reshoots to Time's Up fund
- 'Mississippi Burning' killer and former Ku Klux Klan leader dies in prison
- Two bodies recovered from burning oil tanker adrift off China coast
- After Bannon: the new faces of the hard right
- World's biggest wildlife reserve planned for Antarctica in global campaign
- Liam Neeson says harassment allegations are now 'a witch-hunt'
- Trump-Trudeau love-in threatened as Canada attacks US over trade
- Elif Shafak: ‘Nations don’t always learn from history’
- Churchill’s battle cry: ‘Fight them in your breeches’
- Lactalis baby milk salmonella scandal affects 83 countries, CEO says
- US has failed to undermine nuclear deal, says Iranian president
- Tunisian government plans social reforms after week of unrest
- Brazil's far-right presidential contender gets soft drink named after him
- Young British woman killed in suspected Sydney murder-suicide
- Mario Testino and Bruce Weber 'sexually exploited models'
- Women deported by Trump face deadly welcome from street gangs in El Salvador
- The week in patriarchy: women are strong when we stick up together | Jessica Valenti
- France's baby panda makes its first public appearance – video
| Chelsea Manning files to run as Democrat for US Senate in Maryland Posted: 13 Jan 2018 11:20 AM PST
Chelsea Manning, the former US army private who was imprisoned for passing information to WikiLeaks, has filed to run for a seat in the US Senate. Related: Chelsea Manning: 'It is terrifying to face the government alone' Continue reading... |
| Ramaphosa vows to fight corruption in South Africa's ruling party Posted: 13 Jan 2018 08:03 AM PST Cyril Ramaphosa, tipped to be South Africa's next president replacing scandal-prone Jacob Zuma, uses first major public speech to call for unity Cyril Ramaphosa, the new leader of South Africa's ruling party, has vowed to crack down on the corruption that has weakened the African National Congress. "Billions of rands have been illegally diverted to individuals," Ramaphosa said in a speech celebrating the party's 106th anniversary. Continue reading... |
| Hawaii ballistic missile false alarm results in panic – and whisky drinking Posted: 14 Jan 2018 01:42 AM PST
An alert about an incoming ballistic missile sent Hawaii into panic for about 30 minutes on Saturday, until emergency officials announced that the message had been sent in error. Related: Trump asked why 'pretty Korean lady' analyst wasn't in North Korea negotiations Continue reading... |
| Doctors say new Medicaid rules 'like asking people to work with an anchor on their back' Posted: 13 Jan 2018 09:09 AM PST Administration's policy allows states to impose work requirements for people on Medicaid, meaning sick or injured Americans 'have to go to work, no matter what' Dr Gary Leroy's patients are "salt of the earth": inner-city people working in Dayton, Ohio as dishwashers, car mechanics and patient care assistants. Related: Medicaid: Trump opens door for states to take away coverage from out-of-work Americans Continue reading... |
| Paris's latest audacious heist shatters refined atmosphere of the Ritz Posted: 12 Jan 2018 03:43 AM PST After a string of valuable jewel robberies in recent years this bungled attempt suggests they are becoming more difficult to pull off It was cocktail hour and the Ritz hotel's celebrated Hemingway bar was filling up, when the refined atmosphere of one of Paris's most luxurious palace hotels was shattered by masked robbers armed with axes and pistols. Letting off a few rounds to show they meant business, the three men set to work smashing display cases and bundling watches and jewels – whose price tags only the five-star establishment's guests can afford – into bags. Continue reading... |
| Miloš Zeman to face run-off after topping Czech presidential elections Posted: 13 Jan 2018 05:11 PM PST President criticised for warm relations with Russia and China gets 38.6% of votes and now faces pro-western Jiří Drahoš in the second round The Russia-friendly Czech president, Miloš Zeman, has won the first round of voting to retain his job, according to nearly complete results from Saturday's poll. Related: Miloš Zeman makes Nigel Farage look like a nice guy. It's even worse than that | Jakub Patocka Continue reading... |
| Mark Wahlberg donates $1.5m reward for film reshoots to Time's Up fund Posted: 13 Jan 2018 11:51 AM PST Actor makes donation in name of co-star Michelle Williams, who was paid less than $1,000 for the All the Money in the World reshoots The actor Mark Wahlberg has agreed to donate the $1.5m he made for reshoots on the film All the Money in the World to the sexual misconduct defense initiative Time's Up. Related: Ridley Scott on erasing Kevin Spacey from his new film: 'He's a very good actor. It's a pity' Continue reading... |
| 'Mississippi Burning' killer and former Ku Klux Klan leader dies in prison Posted: 13 Jan 2018 02:29 AM PST Edgar Ray Killen, convicted for the 1964 murders of three civil rights workers in US, dies aged 92 Edgar Ray Killen, a former Ku Klux Klan leader who was convicted for the 1964 "Mississippi Burning" killings of three civil rights workers, has died in prison at the age of 92. Killen was serving three consecutive 20-year terms for manslaughter when he died at 9pm on Thursday inside the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman. An autopsy was pending, but no foul play was suspected, a statement from the state's corrections department said. Continue reading... |
| Two bodies recovered from burning oil tanker adrift off China coast Posted: 13 Jan 2018 07:39 AM PST Chinese salvage teams manage to board the stricken Iranian vessel Sanchi before being driven back by temperatures of 89C A Chinese salvage team has recovered two bodies from a stricken Iranian oil tanker that was still blazing a week after it caught fire and was left adrift following a collision in the East China Sea, the state news agency Xinhua reported. The four members of the salvage team wore respirators to board the Sanchi on Saturday, where they found the two bodies on the deck. Continue reading... |
| After Bannon: the new faces of the hard right Posted: 13 Jan 2018 06:19 AM PST Steve Bannon may be gone – at least for the time being – but there's a willing group of fiery rightwingers ready to assume the mantle Although Miller has broken with Bannon in the Game of Thrones that defines the Trump White House, he still is the most prominent booster of Bannonite ideology in the administration. Miller has been pushing to stop any deal with advocates of immigration reform and shares Bannon's advocacy of "economic nationalism". |
| World's biggest wildlife reserve planned for Antarctica in global campaign Posted: 13 Jan 2018 12:01 AM PST Vast 1.8m sq km fishing-free zone would protect species, such as penguins, leopard seals and whales, and help mitigate the effects of climate change A global campaign is being launched to turn a huge tract of the seas around the Antarctic into the world's biggest sanctuary, protecting wildlife and helping the fight against climate change. The huge 1.8m sq km reserve – five times the size of Germany – would ban all fishing in a vast area of the Weddell Sea and around the Antarctic Peninsula, safeguarding species including penguins, killer whales, leopard seals and blue whales. |
| Liam Neeson says harassment allegations are now 'a witch-hunt' Posted: 13 Jan 2018 02:34 AM PST Hollywood A-lister suggests the treatment of some celebrities, such as Garrison Keillor, has been excessive Liam Neeson has described the wave of sexual misconduct allegations that have swept the entertainment industry as "a bit of a witch-hunt" and appeared to dismiss breast groping as "childhood stuff" in an interview on Irish television. Speaking on The Late Late Show on RTE, the Hollywood A-lister said "there's some people, famous people, being suddenly accused of touching some girl's knee, or something, and suddenly they're being dropped from their program, or something". Continue reading... |
| Trump-Trudeau love-in threatened as Canada attacks US over trade Posted: 13 Jan 2018 03:30 AM PST After months of trying to get Trump on side, Canada 'drops the gloves' by filing trade complaint – but will the decision merely inflame economic tensions? The charm offensive was already under way before Donald Trump moved into the White House. By inauguration, Justin Trudeau's top advisers had fostered close contacts with Trump's inner circle, setting the stage for a Washington visit peppered with smiles, handshakes and photo ops. But this week relations between Canada and the US seemingly struck a different note, as news broke that Ottawa had launched an all-out trade war against Washington. Continue reading... |
| Elif Shafak: ‘Nations don’t always learn from history’ Posted: 13 Jan 2018 03:59 AM PST When The Bastard of Istanbul was published in Turkey in 2006, the author was accused of insulting her homeland. Sadly, things have been getting worse since then … When BBC Radio 4 asked to feature my novel The Bastard of Istanbul in its Reading Europe season this month, I found myself reflecting on the cultural and political journey that my motherland, Turkey, has undergone in the years since the book was published. The novel came out in Turkey in 2006. It tells the story of a Turkish family and an Armenian-American family, mostly through the eyes of four generations of women. It is a story about buried family secrets, political and sexual taboos, and the need to talk about them, as well as the ongoing clash between memory and amnesia. Turkey, in general, is a society of collective amnesia. Continue reading... |
| Churchill’s battle cry: ‘Fight them in your breeches’ Posted: 13 Jan 2018 04:05 PM PST As cinema-goers thrill to the exploits of Britain's wartime leader, details emerge of how he had earlier called the idea of women in conflict 'revolting' It is perhaps the most famous peroration of the second world war. "We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender," declared Winston Churchill. However, if his earlier thinking on the subject was anything to go by, Churchill should have added the rejoinder: women will be allowed to do so only if they are dressed as men. A long-neglected essay by Britain's wartime leader, written a year before war with Germany was declared and explored in a new book, reveals that Churchill held bizarre views on the role of women in conflict. Continue reading... |
| Lactalis baby milk salmonella scandal affects 83 countries, CEO says Posted: 13 Jan 2018 08:53 PM PST French dairy giant is recalling 12m boxes of powdered baby milk amid an outcry that the company hid the outbreak French dairy group Lactalis is recalling 12m boxes of powdered baby milk in 83 countries over a salmonella outbreak, the company's CEO said on Sunday. Emmanuel Besnier, the scion of the secretive family behind one of the world's biggest dairy groups, was speaking publicly for the first time since an outcry erupted over claims the company hid the outbreak at a plant making the product. Continue reading... |
| US has failed to undermine nuclear deal, says Iranian president Posted: 13 Jan 2018 11:35 PM PST Hassan Rouhani describes accord as a long-lasting victory for Iran amid efforts by the Trump administration to kill it off Iran's president says the United States has failed to undermine a nuclear deal between Tehran and the world's major powers, and hailed the accord as a "long-lasting victory" for Iran, state television reported. Donald Trump on Friday delivered an ultimatum to European signatories of the deal to fix the "terrible flaws" of the agreement with Iran, or the US would pull out. Continue reading... |
| Tunisian government plans social reforms after week of unrest Posted: 13 Jan 2018 11:17 PM PST Increased aid to the poor and improved healthcare designed to stem a wave of protests which saw hundreds arrested Tunisia's government plans to increase aid to the poor and improve healthcare following a week of unrest triggered by austerity measures. The social affairs minister, Mohamed Trabelsi, announced on Saturday monthly aid to needy families would rise from 150 dinars (£45) to between 180 and 210 dinars. Continue reading... |
| Brazil's far-right presidential contender gets soft drink named after him Posted: 14 Jan 2018 02:00 AM PST
Brazil's extreme rightwing presidential candidate Jair Bolsonaro might not seem an obvious mascot for a fizzy drink: he has praised the country's military dictatorship, said his children could never have been gay because they were too well-educated, and told a leftist lawmaker congresswoman that she was "too ugly to be raped". But a Brazilian company has named a new energy drink the "Bolsomyth" – "Bolsomito" in Portuguese – after the controversial Rio de Janeiro lawmaker. Continue reading... |
| Young British woman killed in suspected Sydney murder-suicide Posted: 13 Jan 2018 10:45 PM PST Woman in her 20s found dead along with a man in his 30s at a flat in the suburb of Newtown A British woman in her 20s is feared to have been killed in a suspected murder-suicide in Sydney. The woman, who has not been named, was found dead along with a man in his 30s at a flat in the suburb of Newtown, the New South Wales police said. Continue reading... |
| Mario Testino and Bruce Weber 'sexually exploited models' Posted: 14 Jan 2018 12:32 AM PST Top fashion photographers suspended from titles including Vogue after models accused them of sexually exploiting them Mario Testino and Bruce Weber have been suspended from working with fashion magazines including Vogue after models accused the photographers of sexually exploiting them. Lawyers for Testino, known for photographing the royal family, disputed their accounts while Weber denied the claims to the New York Times, whose investigative report detailed a string of allegations. Continue reading... |
| Women deported by Trump face deadly welcome from street gangs in El Salvador Posted: 13 Jan 2018 02:01 PM PST Hundreds of young women are killed every year and many face sexual violence in the world's most dangerous land. Now the president wants to send 200,000 more Salvadorans back home Inside an apartment block in San Salvador beneath the shadow of the volcano that dominates the city skyline, 20 girls aged between 14 and 18 are in hiding, fearing for their lives. Recently deported to the country of their birth from the US by Donald Trump as part of his evolving immigration clampdown, the teenagers are wanted dead by the street gangs that make El Salvador the most homicidal place on Earth. Survival necessitates drastic measures when the Mara Salvatrucha, or MS-13, or its rival 18th Street gang want you murdered. First, the girls – branded traitors for daring leave El Salvador to set up home in America – are given radical makeovers; new haircuts and new clothes along with sunglasses that are rarely removed. Then they learn to talk differently, walk differently. All trace of their previous existence is erased. Travel is arranged using bulletproof cars with tinted windows. Finally, the safe house is placed on a short-term lease; the slightest intelligence that the gangs have identified its whereabouts and they're gone. Continue reading... |
| The week in patriarchy: women are strong when we stick up together | Jessica Valenti Posted: 13 Jan 2018 07:00 AM PST This week reminded me that #MeToo isn't going anywhere, and that anyone who tries to punish the leaders will be stopped What a week it's been. Between the Golden Globes and Times Up, Oprah and the slew of new allegations against powerful men … it's a lot. But I have to say that this week gave me hope. In particular, the quick and furious response of feminists online when Harper's magazine was said to be outing the creator of the Shitty Media Men list. Notorious anti-feminist and backlash opportunist Katie Roiphe was said to be writing the piece, and so within hours women online coordinated to protect the anonymous woman's identity. Continue reading... |
| France's baby panda makes its first public appearance – video Posted: 13 Jan 2018 09:20 AM PST France's five-month-old panda made its public debut, delighting hundreds of visitors as it crawled, tumbled and cuddled with its mother. The small male cub, survivor of two babies born on 4 August at Beauval zoo, was named Yuan Meng last month by his 'godmother', the French first lady, Brigitte Macron. The cub lost its twin sibling barely two hours after birth. A media sensation in France, Yuan Meng's recent visitors have include the French president, Emmanuel Macron, and the former president Nicolas Sarkozy. The arrival of the panda parents in the country in 2012 was billed in official circles as a sign of warming bilateral ties between China and France Continue reading... |
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