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- Oldest known human fossil outside Africa discovered in Israel
- Billions of pieces of plastic on coral reefs send disease soaring, research reveals
- Casey Affleck withdraws from presenting best actress award at Oscars
- Theresa May risks unrest by paving way for Donald Trump visit
- Senior UN figures under investigation over alleged sexual harassment
- Kurds call on Syrian regime to intervene in Afrin battle
- White House asks for Van Gogh loan – but Guggenheim offers gold toilet instead
- Museum of Natural History urged to cut ties with 'anti-science propagandist' Rebekah Mercer
- The right's not-so-secret effort to discredit Trump-Russia inquiry
- Italian student was killed ‘for researching Egypt unions’
- 'Doomsday Clock' ticked forward 30 seconds to 2 minutes to midnight
- Israel had plan to shoot down passenger plane to kill Arafat, book claims
- Congo 'state agents' murdered hundreds in 2017, says UN report
- Austria’s far-right fraternities brace for protests at annual ball
- Manchester woman charged with murder of toddler
- Theresa May disowns Hammond's Davos remarks as MPs rebel over Brexit
- Full of beans: Rwanda wants its citizens to drink more coffee | Lauren Gambino
- Donald Trump denies report he tried to fire Robert Mueller in June
- Quebec mosque attack survivor on life one year later: 'I feel lucky to be here'
- South Korea hospital fire: dozens dead and many injured
- 'Invasion Day' protests in Australia - in pictures
- Killings leave Afghan aid groups 'hanging on by fingernails'
- As State of the Union nears, is America great again for the working class?
- 'I would certainly apologise': Trump on Britain First retweets – video
- Youth and beauty in Monrovia – in pictures
- Hospital fire in South Korea kills at least 41 people – video
- Toilet humour: Guggenheim responds to White House Van Gogh request – video
- Doomsday Clock moved to two minutes to midnight – video
- Rescuers remove injured people from derailed train in Italy – video
- Trump to May: 'We love your country' – video
| Oldest known human fossil outside Africa discovered in Israel Posted: 25 Jan 2018 11:00 AM PST Human ancestors left Africa far earlier than previously thought, discovery of prehistoric jawbone and tools suggest A prehistoric jawbone discovered in a cave in Israel has prompted scientists to rethink theories of how the earliest human pioneers came to populate the planet, suggesting that our ancestors left Africa far earlier than previously thought. The fossil, dated to nearly 200,000 years ago, is almost twice as old as any previous Homo sapiens remains discovered outside Africa, where our species is thought to have originated. Continue reading... |
| Billions of pieces of plastic on coral reefs send disease soaring, research reveals Posted: 25 Jan 2018 11:00 AM PST A major new study estimates 11bn pieces of plastic contaminate vital reefs and result in infections: 'It's like getting gangrene,' scientists warn Billions of pieces of plastic pollution are snagged on coral reefs, sending disease rates soaring, new research has revealed. The discovery compounds the damage being done to a vital habitat that already faces an existential threat from the warming caused by climate change. Scientists examined 125,000 corals across the Asia-Pacific region, home to half the world's reefs, and found 89% of those fouled by plastic were suffering disease. On plastic-free reefs, only 4% of the corals were diseased. Continue reading... |
| Casey Affleck withdraws from presenting best actress award at Oscars Posted: 25 Jan 2018 12:48 PM PST Last year's best actor winner, who has previously faced accusations of sexually inappropriate behavior, will not attend this year's ceremony Casey Affleck has decided not to present the Oscar for best actress at this year's ceremony. Related: Oscar nods pour in for The Shape of Water in year coloured by #MeToo Continue reading... |
| Theresa May risks unrest by paving way for Donald Trump visit Posted: 25 Jan 2018 11:37 AM PST Prime minister orders officials to make plans for visit by the US president later this year after pair meet at Davos Theresa May has taken the gamble of inviting Donald Trump to make his controversial visit to Britain later this year after a meeting between the prime minister and the US president at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Related: Davos 2018: UK and US 'finalising details' of Trump visit to Britain this year - live updates Continue reading... |
| Senior UN figures under investigation over alleged sexual harassment Posted: 25 Jan 2018 07:15 AM PST World Food Programme official suspended pending inquiry as UNAids declines to comment on scrutiny of deputy director The United Nations is investigating two senior figures over allegations of sexual harassment. The World Food Programme's country director in Afghanistan, Mick Lorentzen, has been suspended while a disciplinary process is under way. Continue reading... |
| Kurds call on Syrian regime to intervene in Afrin battle Posted: 25 Jan 2018 02:55 PM PST Bashar al-Assad asked to protect borders with Turkey from attack Kurdish militias fighting against Turkey in the Syrian enclave of Afrin have called on the government of Bashar al-Assad to intervene and protect the area's borders. The latest development, nearly a week into Turkey's military offensive, could undermine Kurdish aspirations for self-governance and, if heeded, could set the stage for a direct military confrontation between Ankara and Damascus. Continue reading... |
| White House asks for Van Gogh loan – but Guggenheim offers gold toilet instead Posted: 25 Jan 2018 11:46 PM PST The Guggenheim Museum proposed lending Maurizio Cattelan's America after turning down a request for Landscape With Snow The Guggenheim Museum has reportedly turned down a White House request to borrow a Van Gogh painting, and has instead offered the Trump administration the use of a golden toilet. The White House had asked the Guggenheim, based in New York, to borrow Landscape With Snow, Van Gogh's 1888 work depicting a man and a dog walking through a field. Continue reading... |
| Museum of Natural History urged to cut ties with 'anti-science propagandist' Rebekah Mercer Posted: 25 Jan 2018 04:00 PM PST More than 100 scientists have urged the museum to sever its ties with Mercer, one of Donald Trump's top donors The American Museum of Natural History is under pressure to sever its ties to Rebekah Mercer, one of Donald Trump's top donors who has used her family's fortune to fund groups that seek to undermine scientists' work on climate change. More than 200 scientists have put their names to a letter that urges the museum to "end ties to anti-science propagandists and funders of climate science misinformation" and axe Mercer from its board of trustees, a position she has held since 2013. Continue reading... |
| The right's not-so-secret effort to discredit Trump-Russia inquiry Posted: 25 Jan 2018 11:19 AM PST The president's supporters in Congress and the media have been trumpeting the idea of a conspiracy within the FBI Attacks by Donald Trump on US intelligence agencies were taken up and amplified by the US right at full volume this week, as special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation moves closer to the president. The targets of the rightwing ruckus were the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Mueller, and anyone else involved in assessing Russia's assault on US election systems, which intelligence agencies say constitute an ongoing emergency but which Trump has dismissed as exaggerated. Continue reading... |
| Italian student was killed ‘for researching Egypt unions’ Posted: 25 Jan 2018 12:30 PM PST Rome official says Cambridge student Giulio Regeni was under surveillance until he vanished An Italian prosecutor said on Thursday that the Cambridge postgraduate student Giulio Regeni, who was kidnapped and murdered in Cairo two years ago, was killed because of his research into Egypt's independent labour unions. On the second anniversary of his disappearance, Italy's main newspapers published an article written by Rome's chief prosecutor, Giuseppe Pignatone, summarising the results of a joint investigation with Egyptian authorities. Continue reading... |
| 'Doomsday Clock' ticked forward 30 seconds to 2 minutes to midnight Posted: 25 Jan 2018 08:54 AM PST In the face of nuclear weapons and climate change, scientists moved the clock forward, putting much of the blame on the Trump administration The risk to global civilisation is as high today as it has ever been in the face of twin threats, nuclear weapons and climate change, a group of leading scientists has announced, putting a significant share of the blame on the Trump administration. The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved its symbolic Doomsday Clock forward 30 seconds, to two minutes to midnight, in a reflection of how the scientists view the dangers facing the world. Continue reading... |
| Israel had plan to shoot down passenger plane to kill Arafat, book claims Posted: 25 Jan 2018 08:25 AM PST Ariel Sharon allegedly told air force to attack planes if thought to be carrying Palestinian leader The former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon allegedly ordered the military to shoot down civilian airliners over the Mediterranean while he was minister of defence in an attempt to kill the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, a journalist has claimed. In an article adapted from his upcoming book, Ronen Bergman says that between November 1982 and January 1983 Sharon ordered fighter jets to be placed on interception alert, scrambling at least five times with plans to blow up commercial planes that may be carrying Arafat. Continue reading... |
| Congo 'state agents' murdered hundreds in 2017, says UN report Posted: 25 Jan 2018 07:40 AM PST Findings deepen concerns about escalating violence in country hit by political and ethnic unrest "State agents" in the Democratic Republic of the Congo carried out 1,176 extrajudicial killings last year, according to a report published by the United Nations mission in the central African country. The report says at least 89 women and 213 children were among the dead. The number of extrajudicial killings had tripled over the past two years, and Congolese armed forces were responsible for 64% of the total, the UN said. Continue reading... |
| Austria’s far-right fraternities brace for protests at annual ball Posted: 25 Jan 2018 05:47 AM PST Secretive event funded by populist Freedom party to boost security after exposés and threats from feminist pranksters Students who want to be accepted into Austria's secretive student fraternities have to prove their bravery by facing down the razor-sharp blade of an opponent's sabre in a fencing duel. But in a week in which Austria's burschenschaften have come under assault from newspaper exposés and feminist pranksters, some of the country's steadfast frat boys have started to flinch. Continue reading... |
| Manchester woman charged with murder of toddler Posted: 26 Jan 2018 12:24 AM PST Magdalena Lesicka accused of fatal stabbing of James Chilvers, 23 months, in Wythenshawe A woman has been charged with the murder of a 23-month-old boy. James Chilvers was found with multiple stab wounds when police were called to a domestic incident at a house in the Wythenshawe area of Manchester just after midnight on 27 August last year. Continue reading... |
| Theresa May disowns Hammond's Davos remarks as MPs rebel over Brexit Posted: 25 Jan 2018 11:27 PM PST Chancellor says government will seek 'modest' changes from EU, while Jacob Rees-Mogg says ministers are 'cowed' Theresa May has bowed to pressure from Eurosceptic MPs and disowned remarks by the chancellor, Philip Hammond, as she struggled to quell a fresh Tory revolt over Brexit that could threaten her leadership. Hammond enraged leave MPs in his own party on Thursday by telling business leaders in the Swiss ski resort of Davos that the government would seek only "modest" changes in its relationship with the European Union. Continue reading... |
| Full of beans: Rwanda wants its citizens to drink more coffee | Lauren Gambino Posted: 25 Jan 2018 11:00 PM PST In a country of tea drinkers, efforts are afoot to create a coffee culture that will benefit local producers and reduce imports Smayah Unageneza's first espresso was memorably unpleasant. The 19-year-old barista and latte artist wrinkled her nose as she recalled the bitter sip. "I hated coffee then." Now, she says, she "can't live without it". Unageneza is by all accounts an exception in Rwanda, which produces some of the world's finest coffee yet hardly consumes a drop. The country's government hopes to change this with a campaign urging Rwandans to drink what they sow. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump denies report he tried to fire Robert Mueller in June Posted: 26 Jan 2018 01:46 AM PST President was dissuaded from firing Robert Mueller when counsel threatened to quit rather than carry out order, New York Times reports Donald Trump has denied a report he ordered the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller last June, but was persuaded against it after the White House counsel threatened to resign. The New York Times, citing four people familiar with the matter, said the president ordered the White House counsel Donald McGahn to fire Mueller, who is investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election including possible contacts with the Trump campaign. McGahn refused and said he would resign before carrying out the directive. |
| Quebec mosque attack survivor on life one year later: 'I feel lucky to be here' Posted: 26 Jan 2018 02:00 AM PST Aymen Derbali faced the gunman so that others could escape, but was left paralyzed. As the shooting's anniversary nears, he has no regrets When gunfire erupted in his mosque in Quebec City, Aymen Derbali's instincts took over. The 41-year-old locked eyes with the shooter, inching slowly towards him through the 50 or so people still milling around after evening prayers. His plan was simple: "I thought if he shoots in my direction, he wouldn't use his bullets on anyone else." Continue reading... |
| South Korea hospital fire: dozens dead and many injured Posted: 26 Jan 2018 02:12 AM PST Reports say at least 37 people killed in blaze at building in Miryang, in south-east of country At least 37 people were killed and dozens injured in a fire at a hospital and nursing home in South Korea on Friday, in the country's deadliest blaze for a decade. The fire at Sejong hospital in the south-eastern city of Miryang – coming weeks after a similar tragedy in another South Korean city – is certain to raise questions about building and safety standards in one of the world's most advanced economies. |
| 'Invasion Day' protests in Australia - in pictures Posted: 25 Jan 2018 11:35 PM PST Across Australia's cities, thousands of people marched on Friday to send a message to the government about changing the date of Australia Day Continue reading... |
| Killings leave Afghan aid groups 'hanging on by fingernails' Posted: 25 Jan 2018 11:53 PM PST Charities plan to reassess operations after Isis attack on Save the Children in Jalalabad Foreign aid agencies operating out of Afghanistan say they are "hanging on by our fingernails" after a deadly attack on the Save the Children office in Jalalabad in which six people were killed. Humanitarian organisations were on Thursday reassessing their presence in the increasingly volatile region following the latest in a string of attacks targeting foreign charities. Continue reading... |
| As State of the Union nears, is America great again for the working class? Posted: 25 Jan 2018 03:00 AM PST Donald Trump has painted himself a champion of workers, and will probably do so again next week. But the record tells a different story Few parts of the American body politic have been analysed as thoroughly as the love affair between a certain section of America's working class and Donald Trump. And as the president prepares to give his first State of the Union speech on Tuesday, American workers are likely to hear once again how well they have fared under his presidency. An analysis of the record tells a different story. Continue reading... |
| 'I would certainly apologise': Trump on Britain First retweets – video Posted: 26 Jan 2018 12:46 AM PST Donald Trump says he is prepared to apologise for retweeting inflammatory videos by a British far-right group. The US president tells ITV's Good Morning Britain he knew nothing about Britain First when he shared the posts. Trump was interviewed by Piers Morgan in Davos, Switzerland, on Thursday. The full interview will air on Sunday at 10pm on ITV • Donald Trump prepared to apologise for retweeting Britain First Continue reading... |
| Youth and beauty in Monrovia – in pictures Posted: 25 Jan 2018 11:00 PM PST After bearing witness to years of civil war and the devastation of the Ebola virus, the youth of Liberia can scarcely remember a time when their country was not in crisis. Now young people are stepping into a rebuilding process that aims to create a stronger state. The photographer Hugh Kinsella Cunningham found a nascent beauty industry exists in Monrovia to cater for this generation, and fashionable youth can be seen asserting their image, reflecting pride and hope for their country and culture Continue reading... |
| Hospital fire in South Korea kills at least 41 people – video Posted: 25 Jan 2018 09:47 PM PST At least 41 people have been killed in a blaze at a hospital in South Korea, with dozens more injured, in one of the country's deadliest fires in recent years. Continue reading... |
| Toilet humour: Guggenheim responds to White House Van Gogh request – video Posted: 25 Jan 2018 07:28 PM PST The Guggenheim Museum has reportedly turned down a White House request to borrow a Vincent Van Gogh painting, and has instead offered the Trump administration the use of a golden toilet. The Guggenheim's chief curator, Nancy Spector, turned down the request, offering White House an 18-carat toilet created by artist Maurizio Cattelan instead. Continue reading... |
| Doomsday Clock moved to two minutes to midnight – video Posted: 25 Jan 2018 02:52 PM PST The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists moved its Doomsday Clock forward by 30 seconds to two minutes to midnight. The move is a reflection of the global threats faced by nuclear weapons and climate change Continue reading... |
| Rescuers remove injured people from derailed train in Italy – video Posted: 25 Jan 2018 08:56 AM PST Rescue workers are evacuating injured people from a packed commuter train that derailed near Milan in northern Italy. At least three people have been killed and many more seriously hurt in the incident, the cause of which is not yet clear. People were removed from the train on stretchers, while those with serious injuries received first-aid in a nearby field Continue reading... |
| Trump to May: 'We love your country' – video Posted: 25 Jan 2018 07:34 AM PST Donald Trump and Theresa May hold a bilateral talk at Davos 2018. Trump used the opportunity to confirm his 'great relationship' with the prime minister and announce his love for the UK Continue reading... |
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