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- North Korea's Kim Yo-jong visits South in historic first at Winter Olympics
- Spain urged to ban children from bullfights
- Stock market slide gathers pace with big sell-offs on Wall Street and Asia
- East Ghouta ‘drowning in blood’ after third day of bombing
- US government shuts down for second time in three weeks
- Violent protests as opposition leader is jailed in Bangladesh
- Al-Hudood: the Onion-style website poking fun at the Middle East
- Lebanon judge seeks death penalty for UK diplomat’s alleged killer
- Student says she flushed 'emotional support hamster' after Spirit Airlines denied passage
- Toronto murders: police examine hundreds of cases for serial killer link
- Former Georgia leader claims political plot to force him from Ukraine
- Francisco Franco's grandson sentenced for deliberately crashing into police car
- 'Protocol headache' for Winter Olympics as Mike Pence and Kim Jong-un's sister arrive
- National governments neglecting development needs of cities: report
- 'Let us not wait for the government': Nigerian man leads cleanup in world's most polluted city
- Giorgia Meloni, the friendly face of Italy's surging far right
- Northern Ireland will stay in single market after Brexit, EU says
- Trust fund established for victims of former Chad dictator Hissène Habré
- The Michigan town where only Christians are allowed to buy houses
- While Trump eyes Latin America with malign neglect, China sees opportunity
- Seven released on bail after Cambodia ‘porn party’ arrests
- Cardinal Pell's lawyers want access to his accusers' medical records
- Atia Abawi: 'There were lifejackets everywhere. People died trying to live'
- ‘They exaggerated figures’: Ugandan aid officials suspended over alleged fraud
- Kim Jong-un's sister heads North Korea's Winter Olympics delegation - video
- 'It's so bad': former White House aide on Trump's presidency – video
- Bush on Russian interference in US election – video
- The Rio carnival women opposing harassment – in pictures
- I'm a Dreamer: here is what's happening – video explainer
| North Korea's Kim Yo-jong visits South in historic first at Winter Olympics Posted: 08 Feb 2018 10:55 PM PST Kim Jong-un's sister is first member of ruling family to land on rival soil since Korean war North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's sister has landed in the South, becoming the first member of Pyongyang's ruling dynasty to set foot in the rival country since the Korean war. Kim Yo-jong is part of a high-level diplomatic delegation led by the North's ceremonial head of state, Kim Yong-nam – the highest level official ever to go to the South – as the Winter Olympics trigger a diplomatic rapprochement between the rivals. Continue reading... |
| Spain urged to ban children from bullfights Posted: 09 Feb 2018 01:26 AM PST UN Committee on the Rights of the Child says children need to be protected from 'harmful effects' A UN committee has urged Spain to ban children from attending bullfights or bullfighting schools, arguing that they need to be protected from the "harmful effects" of the practice. The Committee on the Rights of the Child, a panel of independent experts that monitors the implementation of the UN convention on the rights of the child, said it was concerned by the impact bullfighting could have on under-18s as spectators at events and as pupils in bullfighting schools. Continue reading... |
| Stock market slide gathers pace with big sell-offs on Wall Street and Asia Posted: 08 Feb 2018 11:30 PM PST Volatility and panic selling result in heavy losses across the region as the sell-off spreads to mainland China Spooked investors caused Asian markets to plummet on Friday following what some described as panic selling on Wall Street which saw the Dow Jones drop by more than 1,000 points for the second time in a week. A mass sell-off spread to China for the first time in the current crisis as the Shanghai Composite index fell by 5.6% at one stage and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong slipped more than 4%. Continue reading... |
| East Ghouta ‘drowning in blood’ after third day of bombing Posted: 08 Feb 2018 10:20 AM PST More than 200 killed in Syrian enclave after peace talks brokered by Russia fail Residents of the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta have endured a further day of relentless bombardment by the government of Bashar al-Assad, a campaign that has so far killed more than 200 people and left a ceasefire deal that lasted months in tatters. The bombardment continued despite international pleas for a countrywide ceasefire to alleviate "extreme" suffering in Syria, where the violence has been renewed after failed peace talks earlier this month. Continue reading... |
| US government shuts down for second time in three weeks Posted: 08 Feb 2018 08:30 PM PST Funding for the federal government will lapse at midnight after Kentucky Republican Rand Paul stalled a Senate vote The government of the United States of America shut down on Friday for the second time in three weeks. Funding for the federal government lapsed at midnight eastern time after Kentucky Republican Rand Paul stalled a Senate vote on a far-reaching budget agreement to fund the government through 22 March while also eliminating caps on government spending and suspending the debt ceiling for the year. Continue reading... |
| Violent protests as opposition leader is jailed in Bangladesh Posted: 08 Feb 2018 04:53 AM PST Police clash with Khaleda Zia's supporters outside court after judge convicts her of corruption A judge in Bangladesh has convicted the opposition leader Khaleda Zia of corruption and sentenced her to five years in jail as police clashed with thousands of her supporters outside the court. The court found the former prime minister guilty of embezzling money meant for an orphanage, a charge she had consistently dismissed as politically motivated. Continue reading... |
| Al-Hudood: the Onion-style website poking fun at the Middle East Posted: 08 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST Satirical news site set up by Isam Uraiqat uses black humour to take aim at region's absurdities On the face of it the Middle East's civil wars, sectarian strife, displacement on an unprecedented scale, political upheaval and terrorism do not lend themselves easily to comedy. Continue reading... |
| Lebanon judge seeks death penalty for UK diplomat’s alleged killer Posted: 08 Feb 2018 10:30 AM PST Authorities say Rebecca Dykes was raped and murdered by Uber driver Tarek Houshieh An investigative judge in Lebanon has demanded the death penalty for a man who allegedly raped and murdered a British diplomat in Beirut. The judge referred the case to a public trial. The indictment, a copy of which was obtained by the Guardian, identified Tarek Houshieh, an Uber driver, as the only suspect in the killing of Rebecca Dykes, who worked with the British embassy in Beirut. Continue reading... |
| Student says she flushed 'emotional support hamster' after Spirit Airlines denied passage Posted: 08 Feb 2018 11:32 PM PST Florida college student says Spirit Airlines originally told her the pet was allowed, but denied it entry at the airport Missing a flight can be quite a hassle for your average passenger, but for Pebbles – an emotional support dwarf hamster owned by Belen Aldecosea – it was downright deadly. Aldecosea flushed Pebbles down an airport toilet after her pet was denied passage on a Spirit Airlines flight on 21 November and she could not figure out any other way to get home to south Florida. The 21-year-old college student said that she had been assured in advance that the hamster could travel with her and said that an airline employee advised her to either flush the animal or let it loose outside. Continue reading... |
| Toronto murders: police examine hundreds of cases for serial killer link Posted: 08 Feb 2018 01:37 PM PST After the remains of at least six people were found in flower planters belonging to Bruce McArthur, police will broaden search Police in Canada's largest city have said they will re-examine hundreds of missing persons cases after recovering the remains of at least six people from a property connected to alleged serial killer Bruce McArthur. Continue reading... |
| Former Georgia leader claims political plot to force him from Ukraine Posted: 08 Feb 2018 02:56 AM PST Ukrainian court rejected Mikheil Saakashvili's appeal for protection against extradition The former Georgian president Mikheil Saakashvili says he is the victim of an international plot to "squeeze" him out of Ukraine, where he has emerged as a vocal critic of the country's president, Petro Poroshenko. A court in Kiev, the Ukrainian capital, rejected on Monday Saakashvili's appeal for protection against possible extradition to Georgia, where he is ruled to have illegally pardoned in 2008 four police officers accused of murder. The Ukrainian court ruling came a month after a judge in Tbilisi, the Georgian capital, sentenced him to three years in jail in absentia. Continue reading... |
| Francisco Franco's grandson sentenced for deliberately crashing into police car Posted: 08 Feb 2018 11:57 AM PST Eldest grandson of late Spanish dictator charged for ramming a patrol car after high-speed chase resulting from routine stop The eldest grandson of late Spanish dictator Francisco Franco was sentenced to 30 months in jail on Thursday for deliberately ramming a police car following a high-speed chase. A court in Teruel in eastern Spain sentenced Francisco Franco Martínez-Bordiú, 63, to 18 months jail for aggravated assault and 12 more months for dangerous driving, a court spokeswoman told AFP. Continue reading... |
| 'Protocol headache' for Winter Olympics as Mike Pence and Kim Jong-un's sister arrive Posted: 08 Feb 2018 05:17 AM PST US vice-president and North Korea's Kim Yo-jong have 'no intention' of meeting but seating plan for opening ceremony could put them metres apart US and senior North Korean officials say they have no intention of meeting each other at the Winter Olympics – even though vice-president Mike Pence and Kim Jong-un's younger sister will be seated just metres apart at the opening ceremony. Related: Winter Olympics: fans from 15 countries pick out their medal hopes Continue reading... |
| National governments neglecting development needs of cities: report Posted: 08 Feb 2018 04:01 PM PST Only one quarter of the world's governments have urban development policies and most are not enough to make cities sustainable National governments around the world are neglecting the needs of their major cities with non-existent or inadequate development policies, a new report has found. National governments are key to making cities more sustainable, because cities are limited in the policy measures they can take for themselves, the report points out. However, only a quarter of the world's governments have urban development policies at all, and most of those that do exist are not sufficient to make cities sustainable. Continue reading... |
| 'Let us not wait for the government': Nigerian man leads cleanup in world's most polluted city Posted: 08 Feb 2018 07:54 AM PST Chris Junior Anaekwe, a self-appointed 'ambassador' for the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, drew praise on Twitter after he persuaded local teens to tackle rubbish in Onitsha A Nigerian man living in one of the world's most polluted cities has been hailed for "leading by example" and cleaning up his community in the face of government inaction. Chris Junior Anaekwe, 28, drew the applause of the internet for leading a group of local teenagers in tackling rubbish in their neighbourhood in Onitsha, a port city in southern Nigeria. Continue reading... |
| Giorgia Meloni, the friendly face of Italy's surging far right Posted: 08 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST Leader of rightwing Brothers of Italy party cherishes hopes of becoming the nation's first female prime minister The far-right Brothers of Italy party is the junior partner in a three-way coalition led by Silvio Berlusconi competing in national elections on 4 March, but its leader, Giorgia Meloni, is aiming high. The 41-year-old, who is honing a softer image as she strives to broaden her party's appeal, would like to be Italy's first female prime minister. With Brothers of Italy, a descendant of the post-fascist Italian Social Movement (MSI), polling at between 5% and 6%, the numbers indicate that the chances of that ambition being fulfilled are remote. Continue reading... |
| Northern Ireland will stay in single market after Brexit, EU says Posted: 08 Feb 2018 09:00 PM PST UK negotiators braced for major row over EU's draft withdrawal agreement UK negotiators have been warned that the EU draft withdrawal agreement will stipulate that Northern Ireland will, in effect, remain in the customs union and single market after Brexit to avoid a hard border. The uncompromising legal language of the draft agreement is likely to provoke a major row, something all parties to the negotiations have been trying to avoid. Continue reading... |
| Trust fund established for victims of former Chad dictator Hissène Habré Posted: 08 Feb 2018 11:00 PM PST Mechanism set up by African Union will process donations and lead efforts to recover $150m stolen from treasury by ex-president A trust fund has been established for victims of the former Chadian president, Hissène Habré, who have waited three decades without receiving compensation. A court in Senegal found Habré guilty of crimes against humanity in 2016, making him the first head of state ever to be convicted of that crime by the courts of another country. |
| The Michigan town where only Christians are allowed to buy houses Posted: 09 Feb 2018 02:00 AM PST Bay View is for many an idyllic community – but a lawsuit will test its rule that only practicing Christians can own property Tucked away in Michigan's Lower Peninsula, somewhere along the winding roads that hug Great Lakes shores, is an idyllic town named Bay View. For more than a century, generations of "Bay Viewers" have congregated here to share in summer activities. What started out as a modest camping ground for Methodist families 140 years ago has quietly developed into a stunning vacation spot for people who can afford the upkeep of a second home. Streets named Moss, Fern and Maple are dotted with impeccably maintained century-old gingerbread cottages. Over the horizon, residents can watch lifelong friends sail their boats across the water. Continue reading... |
| While Trump eyes Latin America with malign neglect, China sees opportunity Posted: 08 Feb 2018 11:00 PM PST Rex Tillerson lectured countries on Beijing's 'imperial' menace on a visit to the region this week but analysts expect its influence to grow Even before Donald Trump began blasting the "bad hombres" to his south, he was not known for his love of Latin America. "I didn't particularly want to go," he grumbled of a whistlestop 1989 trip to Rio de Janeiro during which he declined to spend even a single night at his destination. "But there are some wealthy people in Brazil." Continue reading... |
| Seven released on bail after Cambodia ‘porn party’ arrests Posted: 09 Feb 2018 01:56 AM PST Four Britons among foreigners freed but a fifth still behind bars over 'immoral behaviour' A court in Cambodia has granted bail to seven people including four Britons who were held in the tourist town of Siem Reap on charges of making pornography. Another Briton and two others remain behind bars. The 10 foreigners were arrested two weeks ago after a raid at a private villa as part of a local crackdown on "immoral behaviour". Continue reading... |
| Cardinal Pell's lawyers want access to his accusers' medical records Posted: 09 Feb 2018 01:02 AM PST Pell's legal team denies their request for access to records of those who have accused the Cardinal of sexual offences is a "fishing expedition" Cardinal George Pell's lawyers want access to the medical records of people who have accused him of sexual offences, denying it is "a fishing expedition". Prosecutors oppose the defence application for access to the complainants' treatment information. Continue reading... |
| Atia Abawi: 'There were lifejackets everywhere. People died trying to live' Posted: 09 Feb 2018 02:00 AM PST Her own experiences as a refugee did little to prepare Atia Abawi for the disturbing realities that greeted her when she travelled to Lesbos to research her new novel about people fleeing Syria Atia Abawi, a young adult novelist, was working on a very different book when an epiphany occurred. Sitting in her apartment with her young son, she was watching news reports of Syrian refugees on the deadly smuggling routes to Europe. Suddenly, she knew she had to write about that experience instead. Continue reading... |
| ‘They exaggerated figures’: Ugandan aid officials suspended over alleged fraud Posted: 08 Feb 2018 05:41 AM PST Refugee commissioner and three senior officials debarred pending investigation as Britain, US and EU threaten to withdraw funding The Ugandan government has suspended four officials at the start of an investigation into alleged mismanagement of funds meant to support refugees. The UK, EU and US are threatening to withdraw aid and stop programmes. Apollo Kazungu, commissioner for refugees in the Office of the Prime Minister, and three of his senior staff, Walter Omondi, John Baptist Sentamu and Francis Nkwasibwe, have been suspended while investigations are made into their alleged collusion with staff from the UN refugee agency, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), and the World Food Programme (WFP) to inflate and exaggerate refugee figures. Continue reading... |
| Kim Jong-un's sister heads North Korea's Winter Olympics delegation - video Posted: 09 Feb 2018 12:48 AM PST The North Korean leader's younger sister, Kim Yo-jong, arrives in South Korea as part of a high-level delegation attending the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics. She is the first member of Kim Jong-un's immediate family to cross the border between the two countries since the Korean war Continue reading... |
| 'It's so bad': former White House aide on Trump's presidency – video Posted: 08 Feb 2018 07:39 PM PST Omarosa Manigault-Newman has said she was 'haunted' by Donald Trump's Twitter feed and that the US will 'not be OK' under the president. Manigault-Newman, who rose to fame as a contestant on Trump's reality TV show The Apprentice and then went on to work in his administration, made the comments during a conversation with Ross Matthews, a former correspondent on the Tonight Show. The pair are currently appearing on Celebrity Big Brother. Continue reading... |
| Bush on Russian interference in US election – video Posted: 08 Feb 2018 07:59 AM PST Former US president George W Bush tells an audience in the United Arab Emirates that there is 'pretty clear evidence' that Russians meddled in the US elections Continue reading... |
| The Rio carnival women opposing harassment – in pictures Posted: 08 Feb 2018 06:47 AM PST Last year police in Rio received 2,154 calls about violence against women during the city's annual carnival. Women's groups say Brazil has a long way to go to address inequality and ingrained machismo, but they see the carnival as an opportunity to initiate a dialogue about the problem. They have organised street parties where participants distribute stickers with slogans such as 'My breasts, my rules', 'No is no', and 'Grabbing me won't get you a kiss!' Continue reading... |
| I'm a Dreamer: here is what's happening – video explainer Posted: 08 Feb 2018 04:40 AM PST Justino Mora is a Dreamer, arriving in the US aged 11 as an undocumented immigrant. Growing up undocumented meant constantly living in fear of deportation, until Barack Obama introduced Daca in 2012, which protected Dreamers. But in September 2017 the Trump administration undid the Daca system, throwing the future of dreamers into question Continue reading... |
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