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- Aung San Suu Kyi: lawyers seek prosecution for crimes against humanity
- At least eight hurt as ski lift hurtles out of control in Georgia
- Turkey claims to have encircled Afrin, besieging up to 200,000
- Trump chief of staff calls meeting to insist no one is about to be fired
- Romanian court tells man he is not alive
- Migrants tell of abuse and violence on the streets of Paris
- How did the Miami bridge collapse? Questions swirl over firms who built walkway
- Academy president reportedly under investigation for sexual harassment
- Goldman Sachs pay gap reveals men paid twice as much as women
- At least 78 killed in day of violence as eastern Ghouta exodus continues
- Mass protests as PM's resignation fails to quell Slovakia unrest
- Salvador Dalí reburied after exhumation for paternity tests
- Pakistan recalls envoy from India in ding-dong over harassment claims
- Banksy mural in New York highlights case of jailed Turkish artist
- How pioneering Mediapart has set the French news agenda
- Man arrested after two women shot dead in St Leonards
- Sergei Skripal: Russia expels 23 British diplomats as row deepens
- AnnMarie Wolpe obituary
- Oxfam 'kept aid worker on in Haiti despite sex harassment claims'
- Parcel addressed to New Zealand ‘farm up a long driveway, near pub’ finds its way
- Batman byelection a nailbiter as South Australian election results come in – live
- 'A wave of change': Sienna Miller hails #MeToo movement at New York summit
- 'The future will be equal': Sienna Miller speaks out at #MeToo summit – video
- Skiers flung from malfunctioning lift in Georgia ski resort – video
- 'I am a deceased man who is still alive,' says Constantin Reliu – video
- First polar bear cub born in Britain for 25 years – video
| Aung San Suu Kyi: lawyers seek prosecution for crimes against humanity Posted: 16 Mar 2018 03:52 PM PDT Australian lawyers file private case against Myanmar leader over treatment of Rohingya while she attends summit in Sydney Lawyers in Melbourne have filed a private prosecution application against Myanmar's leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who is in Australia, on charges of crimes against humanity. The private prosecution application faces significant barriers to proceeding – a universal jurisdiction prosecution in Australia requires the consent of the attorney general. Continue reading... |
| At least eight hurt as ski lift hurtles out of control in Georgia Posted: 16 Mar 2018 12:32 PM PDT Skiers were forced to jump from the faulty chairlift, with some flung from carriages at speed At least eight people have been injured after a malfunctioning ski lift threw people from their seats at a ski resort in Georgia. Skiers and snowboarders were forced to jump from the faulty chairlift on Friday as their seats hurtled backwards down the mountain, with some people falling from carriages at speed, in what one witness likened to "a scene from a Final Destination film". Continue reading... |
| Turkey claims to have encircled Afrin, besieging up to 200,000 Posted: 16 Mar 2018 11:05 AM PDT Inhabitants of majority Kurdish Syrian city fear a blockade and bombardment are imminent Turkey claims to have encircled Afrin in northern Syria, besieging up to 200,000 civilians, many of whom were attempting to flee what they fear will be an imminent blockade and bombardment of the majority Kurdish city. Queues of anxious families stretching for several hundred metres streamed towards the last remaining exit in the city's south on Friday, as the Turkish military and members of an Arab proxy force, which it mobilised seven weeks ago, consolidated positions they had gradually taken since Monday. |
| Trump chief of staff calls meeting to insist no one is about to be fired Posted: 16 Mar 2018 02:20 PM PDT John Kelly assures colleagues their jobs are safe as Sarah Sanders plays down rumors national security adviser HR McMaster is next in line to be fired Donald Trump's chief of staff called a sudden meeting on Friday to assure colleagues that their jobs were safe amid reports of upheaval, plummeting morale and more imminent departures from the White House. Related: Minted: the rich guys in Trump's cabinet who can't resist public money Continue reading... |
| Romanian court tells man he is not alive Posted: 16 Mar 2018 11:14 AM PDT Constantin Reliu, 63, fails to overturn 2003 death certificate because he appealed too late In a case reminiscent of a Kafka novel, a Romanian court has ruled that a 63-year-old man is dead despite what would appear to be convincing evidence to the contrary: the man himself appearing alive and well in court. Constantin Reliu asked the court in the town of Barlad to overturn a death certificate obtained by his wife after he had spent more than a decade in Turkey, during which time he was out of contact with his family. The court told him he was too late, and would have to remain officially deceased. Continue reading... |
| Migrants tell of abuse and violence on the streets of Paris Posted: 16 Mar 2018 05:05 PM PDT A new study highlghts abuse and physical attacks suffered by hundreds of refugees living rough in the French capital Hundreds of refugees living rough in Paris, many of whom hoped to reach the UK, claim they have been subject to abuse from French citizens, including physical attacks and sexual violence, according to new research. From a sample of almost 300 refugees – around 10% of the 2,950 migrants sleeping rough in the French capital – it emerged that 42% of respondents did not feel safe. Continue reading... |
| How did the Miami bridge collapse? Questions swirl over firms who built walkway Posted: 16 Mar 2018 10:31 PM PDT Police department says criminal charges were possible after inquiries into the accident that killed at least six are completed Homicide detectives opened an investigation on Friday into the collapse of a new footbridge that killed at least six people at Miami's Florida International University (FIU), as questions began to swirl about the companies behind the structure's controversial design and construction. Juan Perez, the director of Miami-Dade police department, said criminal charges were possible once exhaustive inquiries by his detectives and state and federal authorities were complete. Continue reading... |
| Academy president reportedly under investigation for sexual harassment Posted: 16 Mar 2018 11:24 PM PDT John Bailey, cinematographer and president of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, said to be facing three allegations The president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, which awards the Oscars, is reportedly under investigation for sexual harassment. John Bailey, a veteran cinematographer who heads the film industry's trade group, is facing three harassment allegations, Variety reported on Friday. Continue reading... |
| Goldman Sachs pay gap reveals men paid twice as much as women Posted: 16 Mar 2018 09:34 AM PDT More men than women in senior positions contributing to 55.5% gender pay disparity, investment bank says Men at Goldman Sachs earn more than twice the average hourly pay of women at the US investment bank's British business and take home much bigger bonuses, in the latest example of pay disparity in the City. The business's gender pay gap report, published on Friday under new rules designed to shine a light on big variations in earning power between men and women, reveal that women earn 55.5% less an hour than men by the mean average measure at Goldman Sachs International. Continue reading... |
| At least 78 killed in day of violence as eastern Ghouta exodus continues Posted: 16 Mar 2018 10:26 AM PDT Most of deaths, including at least 13 children, were in town of Kfar Batna, with toll expected to rise The death toll in another day of violence in the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta continued to rise on Friday with at least 78 new deaths, a day after thousands fled in desperation and largely emptied an entire town of its inhabitants. Most of the deaths on Friday, including of at least 13 children, came in the town of Kfar Batna, with monitors and medics saying the numbers would probably rise as more corpses are pulled from rubble. Continue reading... |
| Mass protests as PM's resignation fails to quell Slovakia unrest Posted: 16 Mar 2018 12:43 PM PDT Tens of thousands demonstrate to urge snap elections following crisis over journalist's death Tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets across Slovakia on Friday to call for snap elections, saying the premier's resignation was not enough to address what they see as a corrupt government. The local Dennik N newspaper said about 50,000 people turned out in the capital Bratislava alone, where protesters carried signs bearing slogans such as "Slovakia is going the wrong way" and "We want elections". Continue reading... |
| Salvador Dalí reburied after exhumation for paternity tests Posted: 16 Mar 2018 11:10 AM PDT Samples taken for DNA tests that disproved paternity claim rejoin artist's body in Catalonian tomb Three decades after he died and eight months after his remains were disinterred to settle a paternity claim, Salvador Dalí has once again been laid to rest, in his entirety, beneath the museum he designed as a shrine to his own life and art. The surrealist's body was exhumed from its tomb in Figueres, Catalonia, in July after a judge gave the go-ahead to DNA tests to establish whether Dalí was the father of Pilar Abel, a tarot card reader and fortune teller who had long claimed to be his daughter. Continue reading... |
| Pakistan recalls envoy from India in ding-dong over harassment claims Posted: 16 Mar 2018 10:50 AM PDT Both nations accuse the other of harassing diplomatic staff, including 3am doorbell ringing Diplomacy between India and Pakistan can involve high-stakes negotiation, subtle messaging and the ever present threat of nuclear war. Sometimes it involves ringing someone's doorbell in the middle of the night and running away. Islamabad has recalled its high commissioner to Delhi for "consultations" amid a row between the neighbours about the alleged harassment of each country's diplomats and their families. Continue reading... |
| Banksy mural in New York highlights case of jailed Turkish artist Posted: 16 Mar 2018 08:29 AM PDT Zehra Doğan was reportedly imprisoned for her painting of a damaged Turkish city Banksy has unveiled a mural in New York highlighting the case of a Turkish artist who was jailed for nearly three years over a painting. Zehra Doğan was reportedly imprisoned in 2017 for her painting of a damaged Turkish city. Continue reading... |
| How pioneering Mediapart has set the French news agenda Posted: 16 Mar 2018 04:06 AM PDT In its 10 years, the website funded wholly by reader subscription has made waves and money It began with a handful of journalists disillusioned with the state of the country's established media, a hefty bank loan and an even larger injection of optimism. Ten years on, the French investigative website Mediapart has become a thorn in the side of politicians, public figures and those with something to hide. Continue reading... |
| Man arrested after two women shot dead in St Leonards Posted: 17 Mar 2018 01:37 AM PDT 35-year-old held on suspicion of murder after incident at house in East Sussex on Friday Two women have been shot dead at a house in East Sussex, police said. Two other women – including one who is pregnant – were led to safety by officers at the scene on Bexhill Road, St Leonards. Continue reading... |
| Sergei Skripal: Russia expels 23 British diplomats as row deepens Posted: 17 Mar 2018 02:16 AM PDT Moscow also shuts down all activities of British Council in retaliatory move following UK expulsion of Russian diplomats Russia is to expel 23 British diplomats and shut down the British Council in the country amid increasing tensions over a nerve agent attack against a former spy and his daughter on British soil. Related: Russian elite must reveal how they paid for UK property, say MPs Continue reading... |
| Posted: 16 Mar 2018 10:12 AM PDT My friend AnnMarie Wolpe, who has died aged 87, was an anti-apartheid activist and feminist. Throughout her life, she displayed enormous resilience, sustained by an ironic sense of humour and wonderful elan. In 1963, her husband, Harold Wolpe, a civil rights lawyer and member of the ANC and the South African Communist party, was arrested and imprisoned in Johannesburg under the 90-day detention act. He was listed as a co-conspirator of those who would become the defendants in the Rivonia trial, among them Nelson Mandela. Continue reading... |
| Oxfam 'kept aid worker on in Haiti despite sex harassment claims' Posted: 16 Mar 2018 05:52 PM PDT Charity tried to 'contain' allegations that engineer paid women for sex – report Oxfam has been accused of further failures in Haiti by keeping a senior aid worker in the earthquake-torn country for more than a year despite reported sexual harassment claims. According to an internal report seen by The Times, the charity attempted to "contain" sexual harassment allegations involving Raphael Mutiku, an aid worker who led Oxfam's installation of water supplies in Haiti after the earthquake. Continue reading... |
| Parcel addressed to New Zealand ‘farm up a long driveway, near pub’ finds its way Posted: 16 Mar 2018 10:54 PM PDT Cust post centre finds owners of obscurely-worded package after sharing picture on Facebook A parcel sent to a couple in New Zealand addressed only with "a farm, situated up a long driveway with cows, opposite a pub or thereabouts" has reached its rightful owners. The letter was initially received by a service centre in the rural village of Cust in the South Island of New Zealand, located between Oxford and Rangiora. The centre has a post centre attached to it that services Cust's 450 residents. Continue reading... |
| Batman byelection a nailbiter as South Australian election results come in – live Posted: 17 Mar 2018 02:17 AM PDT SA looks set for a hung parliament while the Melbourne seat of Batman could be sending a Greens MP to the House of Representatives. Join us as we follow the night's developments live
Ben Raue is still crunching the Batman numbers - 28 booths have reported two-candidate-preferred votes in Batman and the vote is ticking up slowly for Labor. Their swing is now 0.69%. 29 of 46 polling places returned and 40.06% votes counted, Labor 52% Greens 48% #BatmanVotes #auspol @AmyRemeikis
On the issue of postal votes, Stephen Murray, who really enjoys this kind of thing (and thank goodness he does) crunched the numbers a little earlier: There were 14,631 applications for postal votes - |
| 'A wave of change': Sienna Miller hails #MeToo movement at New York summit Posted: 16 Mar 2018 12:41 PM PDT Actor gives impassioned speech at UN event exploring sexual exploitation and harassment in media and entertainment worlds The actor Sienna Miller has hailed the "wave of change" enveloping the media and entertainment industries in an impassioned speech at the United Nations headquarters in New York on Friday. Speaking at an event on sexual exploitation and harassment hosted by the Guardian, UN Women and the Norwegian government, Miller praised the courage of the women who have spoken out about their experiences of harassment since the Harvey Weinstein scandal broke last year. Continue reading... |
| 'The future will be equal': Sienna Miller speaks out at #MeToo summit – video Posted: 16 Mar 2018 11:16 AM PDT In a powerful speech in New York, actor Sienna Miller hailed the Time's Up movement for teaching a lesson to 'our rampant patriarchal societies'. Miller was speaking at an event on sexual exploitation and harassment hosted by the Guardian, UN Women and the Norwegian government. She praised the courage of the women in the entertainment industry who have spoken up on sexual harassment and abuse, and talked about the discrimination she has felt in her own career. 'I have really just had enough. Enough of being undervalued, enough of being undermined, enough of being disrespected, because of my gender' 'A wave of change': Sienna Miller hails #MeToo movement at New York summit Continue reading... |
| Skiers flung from malfunctioning lift in Georgia ski resort – video Posted: 16 Mar 2018 12:17 PM PDT At least eight people have been injured after a malfunctioning ski lift hurled them from their seats in the Georgian ski resort of Gudauri, local media reported. Video shot by people next to the lift showed skiers jumping or falling from the carriages, as horrified onlookers shouted in panic. The lift appeared to be moving backwards and dangerously fast, leading to a pile-up of broken and twisted chairs at the lift's lowest point Continue reading... |
| 'I am a deceased man who is still alive,' says Constantin Reliu – video Posted: 16 Mar 2018 11:14 AM PDT A Romanian court has rejected Constantin Reliu's claim that he is alive, after he was officially registered as dead by his wife. A court spokeswoman said the 63-year-old had lost his case in Barlad because he appealed too late. The ruling is final. Reliu said: 'I am officially dead, although I'm alive. I have no income and because I am listed dead, I can't do anything.'
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| First polar bear cub born in Britain for 25 years – video Posted: 16 Mar 2018 07:43 AM PDT Footage from a documentary about the first polar bear cub to be born in the UK in the past 25 years has been released. The cub was born at the RZSS Highland Wildlife Park in Kincraig, Scotland. Before the first sighting this month, the birth – which took place a week before Christmas – had only been confirmed by high-pitched noises from the den • Britain's Polar Bear Cub airs Sunday at 7pm on Channel 4 Continue reading... |
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