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- China commends Theresa May for 'sidestepping' human rights
- South Africa: more than 950 trapped gold miners brought to surface
- Tehran hijab protest: Iranian police arrest 29 women
- Nigel the lonely gannet dies as he lived, surrounded by concrete birds
- Stripped naked and beaten: transgender women flee Indonesian city in fear
- VW scandal: emissions cheats could face criminal charges
- Jeff Bezos adds billions to his fortune as Amazon reports profit surge
- Polar bears could become extinct faster than was feared, study says
- Texas to execute third prisoner this year amid reports of botched killings
- Drug-resistant malaria will spread without urgent action, experts warn
- Slender Man stabbing: Wisconsin girl sentenced to 40 years in mental hospital
- Four migrants in critical condition after Calais brawl
- Maldives court releases key political prisoners in blow to regime
- Development of Nazi torture centre into flats sparks fury in Germany
- Philadelphia smears Crisco on lampposts to deter Super Bowl fans. How did we come to this?
- Three arrests after stabbing at London Bridge tube station
- GOP lawmaker condemned for inviting Holocaust denier to State of the Union
- Ecuador referendum could buck South America trend by banning re-election
- 'There was a weird smell': Eyewitness on burning van that struck Shanghai pedestrians – video
- Cabinet files: prime minister's department admits it lost secret papers
- Hundreds of millions of children in school but not learning
- US Congress: Republicans rush for the exits to imperil Trump's midterm hopes
- Nigel the lonely gannet surrounded by concrete birds on Mana Island – video
- Bidding on the Ritz: Paris hotel auctions furniture – in pictures
- A baby giraffe and tea in China – Thursday's best photos
| China commends Theresa May for 'sidestepping' human rights Posted: 01 Feb 2018 06:36 PM PST State-run media calls British PM pragmatic for ignoring 'noise and nagging' from 'radical public opinion' while on visit China's state-run media has commended a "pragmatic" Theresa May for resisting calls to publicly challenge Beijing over Hong Kong and human rights during her three-day visit. In an editorial on Friday, the third and final day of May's tour, the Global Times newspaper said the prime minister had wisely "sidestepped" such issues as she sought "pragmatic collaboration" between Britain and the world's number two economy. Continue reading... |
| South Africa: more than 950 trapped gold miners brought to surface Posted: 01 Feb 2018 11:47 PM PST Sibanye-Stillwater mining company said miners stuck up to 1000m below ground after outage caused by a storm At least 900 gold miners who were trapped in a South African mine for more than 24 hours after a power outage were safely evacuated on Friday morning. The Sibanye-Stillwater company, which manages the Beatrix mine in Free State province, said the miners will have medical tests and counselling and that it expects the mine to start operating again Monday. Continue reading... |
| Tehran hijab protest: Iranian police arrest 29 women Posted: 01 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST New wave of protests spread across country, sparking personal freedoms debate Police in Iran's capital have arrested 29 women accused of being "deceived" into joining protests against a law that makes wearing the hijab compulsory. Women across the country have been protesting by climbing onto telecom boxes, taking off their headscarves and waving them aloft on sticks. Continue reading... |
| Nigel the lonely gannet dies as he lived, surrounded by concrete birds Posted: 01 Feb 2018 08:47 PM PST New Zealand conservationists mourn loss of celebrated bird that was lured by replica gannets in the hope of establishing a breeding colony If there is such a thing as a tragic life for a bird, then the life of Nigel "no mates", a New Zealand gannet, probably fits that bill. Nigel lived for years on his own on uninhabited Mana Island off the north of the country, surrounded by concrete replica gannets. Continue reading... |
| Stripped naked and beaten: transgender women flee Indonesian city in fear Posted: 01 Feb 2018 10:22 PM PST Aceh police made transgender detainees undergo physical exercises and voice instruction to make them more 'macho', as attacks on LGBT people rise Transgender people have been fleeing the sharia-ruled Indonesian province of Aceh amid fears of further violence, an exodus that comes in the same week the national parliament proposed criminalising gay and all extramarital sex. In the provincial capital of Banda Aceh, scores of transgender people have fled following the arrest and public shaming of 12 trans women in neighbouring North Aceh. Continue reading... |
| VW scandal: emissions cheats could face criminal charges Posted: 01 Feb 2018 04:01 PM PST Transport minister unveils new measures allowing government to prosecute carmakers Carmakers who cheat emissions rules with illegal devices could face unlimited fines and criminal charges for deceiving environmental tests under new measures set to be introduced in the wake of the Volkswagen scandal. The transport minister, Jesse Norman, launched a consultation on Friday to outline the crackdown, although any law will not be retrospective so could not be used to target Volkswagen. |
| Jeff Bezos adds billions to his fortune as Amazon reports profit surge Posted: 01 Feb 2018 02:42 PM PST Amazon's share price soared over 4%, while Apple shares wobbled despite quarterly revenues, and Alphabet announced a loss Jeff Bezos, the world's richest man, added another couple of billion to his fortune on Thursday as Amazon, the company he founded, announced it had made close to $2bn in profits in the three months running up to Christmas. Related: Amazon fulfillment centers don't boost employment, analysis finds Continue reading... |
| Polar bears could become extinct faster than was feared, study says Posted: 01 Feb 2018 11:00 AM PST The animals facing an increasing struggle to find enough food to survive as climate change steadily transforms their environment Polar bears could be sliding towards extinction faster than previously feared, with the animals facing an increasing struggle to find enough food to survive as climate change steadily transforms their environment. New research has unearthed fresh insights into polar bear habits, revealing that the Arctic predators have far higher metabolisms than previously thought. This means they need more prey, primarily seals, to meet their energy demands at a time when receding sea ice is making hunting increasingly difficult for the animals. Continue reading... |
| Texas to execute third prisoner this year amid reports of botched killings Posted: 01 Feb 2018 01:14 PM PST Exclusive: eyewitnesses to the first two judicial killings in the state last month reported alarming scenes on the gurney Texas prepared on Thursday afternoon to put to death its third prisoner this year, using a batch of old and poorly regulated sedatives, which eyewitnesses have suggested may have led to the botched executions of two other inmates in the past two weeks. John Battaglia, 62, is set to die after 6pm local time on Thursday, using a lethal dose of the barbiturate pentobarbital. If the procedure goes ahead Texas will have completed three executions this year. No other state has carried out an execution so far in 2018. Continue reading... |
| Drug-resistant malaria will spread without urgent action, experts warn Posted: 01 Feb 2018 03:30 PM PST Dismay at south-east Asian outbreaks of malaria resistant to artemisinin drugs, the most powerful drugs currently available Urgent action must be taken to stop the spread of drug-resistant malaria in south-east Asia and potentially beyond, according to scientists. The outbreak in Cambodia, then Thailand, Laos and most recently Vietnam, of malaria that is untreatable with the newest and best drugs we have has alarmed experts. There have been calls for the World Health Organisation to declare a public health emergency of international concern, as it did with Ebola in west Africa and Zika virus in Brazil. Continue reading... |
| Slender Man stabbing: Wisconsin girl sentenced to 40 years in mental hospital Posted: 01 Feb 2018 04:13 PM PST Judge grants maximum penalty sought by prosecutors in case of Morgan Geyser, who was 12 when she attacked a classmate A Wisconsin girl who stabbed a classmate to curry favor with the fictional horror character Slender Man will be committed to a mental hospital for 40 years, a judge ordered Thursday, explaining his decision as "an issue of community protection". Judge Michael Bohren granted the maximum penalty that prosecutors had sought and discounted Morgan Geyser's youth – she was 12 – at the time of the attack in 2014. Continue reading... |
| Four migrants in critical condition after Calais brawl Posted: 02 Feb 2018 12:30 AM PST Casualties were shot during fight involving Afghans and Eritreans Four teenage migrants were in critical condition after being shot and more than a dozen others were injured, some seriously, during clashes in the northern French port of Calais between Afghans and Africans, local authorities said. Some 22 people were hospitalised Thursday, according to an official total, including four Eritreans aged between 16 and 18 who needed surgery, local prosecutors said. Another wounded migrant was taken to the nearby city of Lille because of his "very serious state of health," the local prefect's office said. Continue reading... |
| Maldives court releases key political prisoners in blow to regime Posted: 01 Feb 2018 03:46 PM PST Opposition is given parliamentary majority by surprise ruling against government, prompting calls for President Abdulla Yameen to resign The Maldives' top court has ordered the release of nine key political prisoners in a surprise move that has cleared the way for exiled former leader Mohamed Nasheed to run for president. The atoll nation's joint opposition welcomed the surprise ruling, which has also granted them a parliamentary majority and surprised the government of President Abdulla Yameen. Continue reading... |
| Development of Nazi torture centre into flats sparks fury in Germany Posted: 01 Feb 2018 08:04 AM PST Relatives of victims who faced terror at Hamburg's Gestapo HQ protest at scant memorial to past The relatives of some of the thousands of Nazi victims who were tortured and murdered in the Hamburg headquarters of the Gestapo have accused authorities and property developers of insulting their memory following the transformation of the building into a luxury complex with scant reference to its past. The Stadthöfe (city courts) in the centre of the German port city, has been marketed under the title Hommage to Life by its owners, Quantum Immobilien. Continue reading... |
| Philadelphia smears Crisco on lampposts to deter Super Bowl fans. How did we come to this? Posted: 01 Feb 2018 04:30 AM PST From the City of Brotherly Love's 'lamp-post challenge' to Auckland's street riots, passionate sport fans don't always behave – so how do cities keep them in check? Two Sundays ago, Philadelphia police district captains were granted an unusual expansion to their powers: they were allowed to smear Crisco – commercial lard used for cooking – on streetlights. The idea was to prevent Philadelphia Eagles fans celebrating their team's victory in the NFC Championship Game from climbing the poles – as Eagles fans traditionally tend to do – risking injury and damage to public property. But lard wasn't enough to stop them. Some of the estimated 12,000 fans who filled the streets following the Eagles' victory over the Minnesota Vikings scaled the greased poles anyway, achieving viral video fame in the process. There was even the suggestion that police had goaded them into trying. Continue reading... |
| Three arrests after stabbing at London Bridge tube station Posted: 02 Feb 2018 01:29 AM PST Police alerted shortly before 7am to reports of fight on southbound platform of Northern line Three people have been arrested following a stabbing at London Bridge tube station, police said. Officers were called at 6.48am to reports of a fight on the southbound platform of the Northern line. One man received injuries consistent with having been stabbed, British Transport Police said. His injuries were not believed to be serious. Continue reading... |
| GOP lawmaker condemned for inviting Holocaust denier to State of the Union Posted: 01 Feb 2018 04:53 PM PST Matt Gaetz says Charles Johnson, banned from Twitter for seeking help 'taking out' Black Lives Matter activist, is not white supremacist A Florida congressman is under fire for inviting a Holocaust denier to the State of the Union on Tuesday. Matt Gaetz, a first-term Florida Republican, insisted that he gave the ticket to Charles C Johnson only by happenstance, telling the Daily Beast that the notorious alt-right troll just "showed up at my office" on the day of the speech. |
| Ecuador referendum could buck South America trend by banning re-election Posted: 02 Feb 2018 01:00 AM PST Polls suggest Ecuadorians will vote on Sunday to prevent ex-president Rafael Correa from returning to power, bucking a regional trend When Ecuadorians vote this weekend on barring former president Rafael Correa from re-election, they will also be choosing whether to buck a trend across South America in which overbearing former presidents just can't let go of power. Related: More than 350 million Latin American voters to elect new leaders in 2018 Continue reading... |
| 'There was a weird smell': Eyewitness on burning van that struck Shanghai pedestrians – video Posted: 02 Feb 2018 12:41 AM PST A witness describes the moment a van carrying dangerous substances mounted the pavement and ploughed into pedestrians in downtown Shanghai, China. Eighteen people were injured in the incident, three seriously Continue reading... |
| Cabinet files: prime minister's department admits it lost secret papers Posted: 02 Feb 2018 01:00 AM PST Department chief Martin Parkinson confesses the confidential papers went missing from his section The prime minister's department has admitted that it lost the confidential files that ended up in a secondhand shop in Canberra. Related: ABC agrees to return secret documents found in old filing cabinets Continue reading... |
| Hundreds of millions of children in school but not learning Posted: 01 Feb 2018 11:00 PM PST Poor countries urged to increase domestic spending on education as World Bank sounds alarm bell over 'learning crisis' More than 260 million children worldwide are out of school, yet more than half of those in education are not learning, the World Bank has warned. The global push to ensure free primary and secondary education by 2030 has helped fuel a "trade-off of quality for quantity", whereby children are spending several years in school yet remain unable to read, write or do basic sums, according to Jaime Saavedra, who leads the global education practice at the bank. Continue reading... |
| US Congress: Republicans rush for the exits to imperil Trump's midterm hopes Posted: 01 Feb 2018 03:00 AM PST Trey Gowdy this week became the 38th Republican to announce their departure since Trump's inauguration – and Democrats are optimistic Dozens of Republicans are rushing for the exits on Capitol Hill in an exodus which has dramatically raised Democratic hopes of shifting the balance of power in Washington DC. Congressman Trey Gowdy, the Republican who made headlines with a crusade to investigate Hillary Clinton, announced his retirement on Wednesday, becoming the 38th Republican to announce they would be giving up their seat in Congress since Donald Trump's inauguration last year. Continue reading... |
| Nigel the lonely gannet surrounded by concrete birds on Mana Island – video Posted: 02 Feb 2018 01:38 AM PST Nigel the lonely gannet, who spent much of his time surrounded by concrete birds on Mana island, has died. Conservation officers lured Nigel to the island off New Zealand with the imitation gannets in the hope of encouraging a colony to settle on the reserve Continue reading... |
| Bidding on the Ritz: Paris hotel auctions furniture – in pictures Posted: 01 Feb 2018 06:44 AM PST The Ritz hotel in Paris is auctioning off 10,000 pieces of furniture and decorative objects. The hotel, founded in 1898, reopened two years ago after four years of renovation. The hotel's first bathtub is among the items being sold by auction house Artcurial between 17 and 21 April Continue reading... |
| A baby giraffe and tea in China – Thursday's best photos Posted: 01 Feb 2018 04:55 AM PST Photo highlights from around the world including a giraffe calf at Lisbon zoo Continue reading... |
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