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- Mark Zuckerberg apologises for Facebook's 'mistakes' over Cambridge Analytica
- Austin bombing suspect blows himself up with swat team closing in
- Palestinian Ahed Tamimi accepts prison term plea deal
- Nicolas Sarkozy faces formal investigation over alleged Libya funding
- Eight fire engines fight blaze at Dublin hotel
- EU leaders accused of not protecting citizens’ rights in Brexit deal
- Justin Trudeau defends Canada's arms sales to Saudi Arabia
- Trump defends his call to congratulate Putin on Russia election victory
- Smoking while walking? Not in New York if new bill is passed
- Elon Musk wins approval for 'staggering' pay deal with potential $55bn bonus
- Graveyard living: inside the 'cemetery slums' of Manila
- Cambridge Analytica says it holds no data on Australians, despite local outpost
- Turkey to send drill ship to contested gas field off Cyprus
- My wife has been sentenced to jail in Bahrain. She lives in the UK | Sayed Alwadaei
- I saw aid for starving people spent on staff salaries through inept planning | The Secret Aid Worker
- John Oliver's gay rabbit book parody outsells Mike Pence's original on Amazon
- Peru president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns amid corruption scandal
- Philippines police kill 13 suspects in one day during drug raids
- Corporate tax cuts a step closer after gaining One Nation support
- More than 800m people need to travel 30 mins for safe water, report finds
- Health is more important than wealth, child development study finds
- ‘It’s got me’ – lonely death of Soviet scientist poisoned by novichok
- Cynthia Nixon to run for New York governor – video
- Austin bombings explained: what has been happening in Texas? – video
| Mark Zuckerberg apologises for Facebook's 'mistakes' over Cambridge Analytica Posted: 21 Mar 2018 11:53 PM PDT Following days of silence, CEO announces Facebook will change how it shares data with third-party apps and admits 'we made mistakes' Facebook is changing the way it shares data with third-party applications, Mark Zuckerberg announced Wednesday in his first public statement since the Observer reported that the personal data of about 50 million Americans had been harvested and improperly shared with a political consultancy. The Facebook CEO broke his five-day silence on the scandal that has enveloped his company this week in a Facebook post acknowledging that the policies that allowed the misuse of data were "a breach of trust between Facebook and the people who share their data with us and expect us to protect it". Continue reading... |
| Austin bombing suspect blows himself up with swat team closing in Posted: 21 Mar 2018 06:05 PM PDT
In the end, it was sightings of a strange man in a blond wig in several stores that led authorities to a serial bomber who had terrified the city and suburbs of Austin, Texas, for almost three weeks and left two people dead. The suspect, identified as Mark Anthony Conditt, an unemployed 23-year-old white man, killed himself with one of his own devices early on Wednesday in his SUV after being cornered by a swat team overnight at a suburban hotel parking lot. Continue reading... |
| Palestinian Ahed Tamimi accepts prison term plea deal Posted: 21 Mar 2018 10:38 AM PDT Teen filmed slapping Israeli soldiers reaches agreement pending approval by the military court A 17-year-old Palestinian girl who was filmed slapping and kicking two Israeli soldiers outside her home has accepted a plea deal under which she will serve eight months in prison, her lawyer has said. Under the deal, offered by the military prosecution on Wednesday, Ahed Tamimi is expected to plead guilty to four charges, including assault, incitement and two counts of obstructing soldiers. Continue reading... |
| Nicolas Sarkozy faces formal investigation over alleged Libya funding Posted: 21 Mar 2018 02:18 PM PDT France's ex-president is accused of receiving €50m in campaign funds from Muammar Gaddafi The former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been placed under formal investigation for illegal campaign financing, accepting bribes and the misappropriation of Libyan state funds over allegations that he received millions of euros in illegal election campaign funding from the regime of the late Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi. Sarkozy, France's rightwing president from 2007 to 2012, was released on bail on Wednesday after two days of questioning in police custody by investigators specialising in corruption, money laundering and tax evasion as part of an inquiry into whether Gaddafi and others in Libya illegally financed his successful election campaign in 2007. Continue reading... |
| Eight fire engines fight blaze at Dublin hotel Posted: 21 Mar 2018 07:05 PM PDT Fire brigade sends at least 60 firefighters to Metro hotel in Ballymun, near airport in north Dublin
The fire broke out about 7.30pm on Wednesday at the 15-storey Metro hotel in Ballymun in the north of the Irish capital. The hotel had been used as emergency accommodation for some of Dublin's homeless, though a spokesperson for the Dublin Region Homeless Executive confirmed there were no homeless families at the hotel at the time. Continue reading... |
| EU leaders accused of not protecting citizens’ rights in Brexit deal Posted: 21 Mar 2018 12:25 PM PDT Campaigners say withdrawal agreement leaves millions of Europeans facing a bleak future Campaigners for the rights of British nationals and EU citizens after Brexit have criticised Donald Tusk and said the deal about to be signed in Brussels leaves them with a bleak future. In a strongly worded letter they accused Tusk, the European council president, of making a misleading statement to European political leaders when he told them the deal about to be signed in Brussels meant EU citizens "will be fully protected by the consequences of Brexit". Continue reading... |
| Justin Trudeau defends Canada's arms sales to Saudi Arabia Posted: 21 Mar 2018 02:11 PM PDT Trudeau argues that sale of more than 900 armoured vehicles is in line with Canada's foreign and defense policies Justin Trudeau has defended his government's decision to sign off on the sale of more than 900 armoured vehicles – including dozens described as "heavy assault" and equipped with cannons – to Saudi Arabia, arguing that the deal is in line with Canada's foreign and defence policies. The C$15bn ($11.63bn) deal – struck by the previous Conservative government in 2014 and given the green light after Trudeau became prime minister – has been in the spotlight in recent years amid growing concerns about Riyadh's human rights record. Continue reading... |
| Trump defends his call to congratulate Putin on Russia election victory Posted: 21 Mar 2018 01:27 PM PDT
Donald Trump defended himself against criticism over his congratulatory phone call to Vladimir Putin following the Russian president's recent re-election, insisting on Wednesday afternoon it was in US interests to maintain a positive rapport with Moscow. Continue reading... |
| Smoking while walking? Not in New York if new bill is passed Posted: 21 Mar 2018 07:54 AM PDT City councilman proposes new crackdown on smokers to protect pedestrians from secondhand cigarette smoke Smoking while walking would be banned in New York City if a new bill is passed into law. Councilman Peter Koo is introducing the legislation on Wednesday, in what he says is an attempt to keep secondhand smoke away from pedestrians. Continue reading... |
| Elon Musk wins approval for 'staggering' pay deal with potential $55bn bonus Posted: 21 Mar 2018 10:34 AM PDT
Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of the electric car company Tesla, has won approval for a new pay deal that could land him a $55.8bn (£40bn) bonus, smashing all compensation records. Tesla's shareholders voted to approve Musk's pay deal at a meeting in Fremont, California, despite warnings from corporate governance experts who have called the package "staggering". They have also questioned why someone whose wealth is already tied to Tesla's fortunes needs more shares. Continue reading... |
| Graveyard living: inside the 'cemetery slums' of Manila Posted: 21 Mar 2018 04:00 AM PDT In the poorly serviced capital of the Philippines, the poorest citizens have taken to living where no one else will – alongside the dead "I have lived here for 51 years – and I have been trying to leave for 51 years," says Elvira Miranda. "The government want us gone, and we also want to go. But we need somewhere to go." Miranda, 68, has been living with her husband and children in a teetering shanty above a stack of graves in Manila North Cemetery since 1966. It is the kind of situation you might find yourself in if, like Miranda, you're poor, you have no job and you live in one of the world's most notoriously crowded cities. Continue reading... |
| Cambridge Analytica says it holds no data on Australians, despite local outpost Posted: 21 Mar 2018 05:33 PM PDT Spokesman says company had no 'commercial contracts' in Australia, despite having a local business name Cambridge Analytica has said it holds no data on Australian individuals and has no local business contracts, despite setting up an Australian entity in 2015 and meeting with prospective clients including members of the Liberal party. The company's tactics attracted worldwide attention after news broke that it had unauthorised access to tens of millions of Facebook profiles, harvested through users of an app and the friends of those users. |
| Turkey to send drill ship to contested gas field off Cyprus Posted: 22 Mar 2018 01:11 AM PDT President Erdoğan says he will not let natural reserves be exploited by Greek Cypriots A showdown over natural gas and oil deposits in the seas off Cyprus is set to intensify, with Turkey announcing it is to send a drilling ship to the region days after the US energy company ExxonMobil dispatched its own survey vessels to the area. As tensions flare over the potential spoils off the coast of the divided island, the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has declared he will not tolerate the prospect of reserves being exploited by Greek Cypriots at a time when his country is engaged in conflicts elsewhere, not least against Kurdish fighters in northern Syria. |
| My wife has been sentenced to jail in Bahrain. She lives in the UK | Sayed Alwadaei Posted: 22 Mar 2018 02:00 AM PDT I fled Bahrain during the Arab spring, but my wife, and her family in Bahrain, are being punished for my human rights protests in London – why won't the UK act? Yesterday was Mother's Day in Bahrain. And it was yesterday that my wife, Duaa Alwadaei, the beloved mother of my two children, was handed a prison sentence. Not because she committed any crime, but because I protested in London when the King of Bahrain visited Downing Street in 2016. She is not the only one to face reprisals because of my human rights activism in London. Her mother, brother and cousin all languish in Bahrain's notorious prisons. Tortured and convicted after a flawed trial. Related: My daughter will be born stateless – in the UK | Sayed Alwadaei Continue reading... |
| I saw aid for starving people spent on staff salaries through inept planning | The Secret Aid Worker Posted: 22 Mar 2018 12:00 AM PDT Bad management has left me disillusioned by the aid sector, and its shocking lack of urgency in helping those driven to despair by hunger I recently resigned from my job with a non-governmental organisation in Africa. After years of working in the sector, I have been left disillusioned with the ethos and impact of these organisations. The sector is filled with the wrong people with the wrong motivations and the wrong agenda. It is, after all, a business enterprise worth $27.3bn, at least in 2016. Missions in country are incentivised by money. The more you can raise, the happier your colleagues in the region and in headquarters because some of that money goes into paying their salaries and office rents – and your performance in the country is linked to that, rather than the quality of the programmes you are running. Continue reading... |
| John Oliver's gay rabbit book parody outsells Mike Pence's original on Amazon Posted: 21 Mar 2018 10:58 PM PDT Sales of comedian's spoiler surpass Pence children's book, Marlon Bundo's A Day in the Life of the Vice President A children's picture book released by comedian John Oliver about a gay bunny has hit the top spot on Amazon, outselling a vanilla version featuring US vice-president's Mike Pence's pet rabbit. The satirical doppelganger titled Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Presents A Day in the Life of Marlon Bundo was strategically released by the British late-night TV host a day before Marlon Bundo's A Day in the Life of the Vice President, which was written by Pence's daughter Charlotte and illustrated by his wife, Karen. Continue reading... |
| Peru president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigns amid corruption scandal Posted: 21 Mar 2018 06:30 PM PDT
Peru's president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski has offered his resignation after secret video recordings entangled him in a new corruption scandal on the eve of an impeachment vote, plunging one of Latin America's steadiest economies into a political crisis. It was unclear if the opposition-controlled Congress would accept his resignation or proceed with a vote on Thursday to force him from office. |
| Philippines police kill 13 suspects in one day during drug raids Posted: 21 Mar 2018 11:34 PM PDT Rodrigo Duterte's bloody drug war continues with more than a dozen deaths on Wednesday after officers fire 'in self defence' Philippine police killed 13 suspected drug dealers and arrested more than 100 people in dozens of anti-narcotics operations on Wednesday in a province north of the capital, its police chief said. More than 4,000 Filipinos have been killed by police, and thousands more by unidentified armed men, during President Rodrigo Duterte's controversial 20-month war on drugs. Most killings have been in rundown areas of Manila and the nearby provinces of Bulacan and Cavite. Continue reading... |
| Corporate tax cuts a step closer after gaining One Nation support Posted: 22 Mar 2018 01:46 AM PDT Coalition now needs to secure votes from Tim Storer and Derryn Hinch to cut rate from 30% to 25% The Turnbull government is creeping closer to clinching a deal on its big business tax cuts, with One Nation securing a $60m concession on apprenticeships – but Victoria's Derryn Hinch says he won't make his final position known until next week. Assuming the support of One Nation's three Senate votes, the government can already count Fraser Anning, Cory Bernardi, David Leyonhjelm and Steve Martin in the yes column – but the Coalition will also need the votes of Hinch and newly sworn-in South Australian senator Tim Storer to pass legislation cutting the corporate rate from 30% to 25% by 2026-27. Continue reading... |
| More than 800m people need to travel 30 mins for safe water, report finds Posted: 21 Mar 2018 08:53 AM PDT To mark World Water Day, NGO says accessing water is getting more difficult in world's most environmentally stressed nations Water inequality is increasing in the world's most environmentally stressed nations, warn the authors of a report that shows more than 800 million people need to travel and queue for at least 30 minutes to access safe supplies. Despite an overall increase in provision of tap water, the study - the State of the World's Water 2018 - charts the gaps within and between nations, as poor communities face competition over aquifers and rivers with agriculture and factories producing goods for wealthier consumers. Continue reading... |
| Health is more important than wealth, child development study finds Posted: 21 Mar 2018 03:54 AM PDT Report in the Lancet shows that children across the globe will hit the same milestones, as long as basic needs are met Healthy children develop in remarkably similar ways, no matter where they live, according to a study that confounds prevailing beliefs on childhood development. A report published in the Lancet found that early developmental milestones in a large number of children aged from 0-3 years, in four diverse countries – Argentina, India, South Africa and Turkey – were similar. Continue reading... |
| ‘It’s got me’ – lonely death of Soviet scientist poisoned by novichok Posted: 21 Mar 2018 10:00 PM PDT Andrei Zheleznyakov was working on chemical weapons in the 1980s when a hood malfunction exposed him to the deadly nerve agent Before former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia collapsed on a park bench in Salisbury on 4 March, the only other person confirmed to suffer the effects of novichok was a young Soviet chemical weapons scientist. "Circles appeared before my eyes: red and orange. A ringing in my ears, I caught my breath. And a sense of fear: like something was about to happen," Andrei Zheleznyakov told the now-defunct newspaper Novoye Vremya, describing the 1987 weapons lab incident that exposed him to a nerve agent that would eventually kill him. "I sat down on a chair and told the guys: 'It's got me.'" Continue reading... |
| Cynthia Nixon to run for New York governor – video Posted: 21 Mar 2018 03:32 PM PDT The actor Cynthia Nixon announced that she is running for New York governor, in a move that will pit her against the incumbent Democrat, Andrew Cuomo. Her website suggests that she will be coming at the 'centrist and Albany insider' Cuomo from the left, and attacking him for his 'inhumane budgets', for 'selling New York off to the highest bidder' and for not sorting out the increasingly decrepit New York subway system. If she's elected, she will be the first female and first openly gay governor of New York. Go Nixon! Cynthia to run as New York governor Continue reading... |
| Austin bombings explained: what has been happening in Texas? – video Posted: 21 Mar 2018 09:56 AM PDT Police say a man suspected of being the bomber behind a series of explosions across central Texas blew himself up in a vehicle as a swat team approached. The suspect, identified by police as a 24-year-old white man, killed himself in Round Rock, a town 20 miles north of Austin, after being tracked to a hotel, in a dramatic end to a siege of the Texas capital. This video looks back at the series of explosions that happened across the state in the past 19 days Continue reading... |
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