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- Russia expels diplomats in tit-for-tat action over Salisbury attack
- Sisi wins second term as Egyptian president after purge of challengers
- Nicolas Sarkozy to face trial for corruption and influence peddling
- Facebook offers plan to tackle fake news ahead of US midterms
- ExxonMobil Liberian oil deal went ahead despite anti-corruption concerns
- Earthquake off Papua New Guinea sparks local tsunami warning
- British woman goes missing from Brazil meditation retreat
- Apple launches iOS 11.3 with raft of privacy features
- French vegan activist sentenced for Facebook comment on Trèbes attack
- Trump lashes out at Amazon and sends stocks tumbling
- Australia coach Darren Lehmann quits in wake of ball-tampering scandal
- Judge denies request from Stormy Daniels lawyer to depose Trump
- Barclays agrees to pay $2bn to settle US fraud case
- 'I'm fighting time': Akram Khan on his last full solo, Xenos – in pictures
- Thousands of violent and sexual crime suspects released without conditions
- Here lies danger. Hungary is on the verge of full-blown autocracy | George Szirtes
- Blackmail, prejudice and persecution: gay rights in Nigeria
- Crossing the US border – in pictures
- 'Gender ideology': big, bogus and coming to a fear campaign near you
- Two minutes to midnight: did the US miss its chance to stop North Korea’s nuclear programme?
- Malcolm Turnbull keeps gift of $1,500 telescope from Donald Trump
- 'No women, no growth': regressive laws prevent economic equality, says study
- 'The most important thing I have': Rohingya refugees on what means most – in pictures
- Good Friday in Indonesia's Catholic enclave, Larantuka – in pictures
- Malala Yousafzai: 'It is necessary to educate girls and empower women' in Pakistan – video
- Puppy in a pickle rescued from TV cabinet – video
- Curious cheetah clambers into safari jeep – video
- Relatives mourn as fire in cells of Venezuelan police station kills 78 – video
- Yoga with Modi: Indian PM releases online yoga series – video report
| Russia expels diplomats in tit-for-tat action over Salisbury attack Posted: 29 Mar 2018 12:29 PM PDT US consulate in St Petersburg to be closed and 60 American diplomats expelled in first wave of action, foreign minister says Russia will close down the US consulate in St Petersburg and expel 60 American diplomats as it takes tit-for-tat measures against all the nations that have expelled Russian diplomats over the nerve agent attack in Salisbury, the foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has said. More than 25 countries have announced plans to expel a total of more than 130 Russian diplomats in solidarity with the UK over what has been described as the first chemical weapons attack on European soil since the second world war. |
| Sisi wins second term as Egyptian president after purge of challengers Posted: 29 Mar 2018 02:32 PM PDT Early results show Abdel Fatah al-Sisi taking 92%, with his five main rivals barred from ballot paper Egyptian president Abdel Fatah al-Sisi has been re-elected for a second term after an election campaign in which five of his potential challengers were prevented from getting on the ballot. Preliminary results showed that Sisi won about 92% of the vote, with turnout at around 41.5%. Continue reading... |
| Nicolas Sarkozy to face trial for corruption and influence peddling Posted: 29 Mar 2018 10:17 AM PDT Ex-French president allegedly tried to bribe judge investigating claims 2007 election campaign was illegally funded Former French president Nicolas Sarkozy has been sent to trial for corruption and influence peddling. The case centres over phone calls Sarkozy allegedly made to a senior judge who was investigating claims that his 2007 presidential campaign was illegally funded. Continue reading... |
| Facebook offers plan to tackle fake news ahead of US midterms Posted: 29 Mar 2018 12:15 PM PDT With 2018 elections on horizon Facebook is trying to get ahead of misinformation, but won't say whether it supports ad regulation Facebook has announced new steps it claims will increase election security and combat fake news, but has declined to say whether the company supports federal legislation to regulate political ads. Company executives told reporters on Thursday that the company was expanding its fact-checking efforts, improving ad transparency, doubling its security team and working to prevent "misleading or divisive" memes from going viral in advance of the US midterm elections in November. Continue reading... |
| ExxonMobil Liberian oil deal went ahead despite anti-corruption concerns Posted: 29 Mar 2018 06:41 AM PDT Complex financial arrangement moved rights to a Liberian oil block twice on one day, after worries over original allocation of rights ExxonMobil worked with a company connected to a senior Conservative party figure to transfer an oil asset in Liberia despite "concern over issues regarding US anti-corruption laws", the Guardian can reveal. Documents seen by the Guardian show that ExxonMobil proposed a complex financial arrangement to move the rights to a Liberian oil block through two financial transactions on the same day, after concerns were raised about the original allocation of the rights. Continue reading... |
| Earthquake off Papua New Guinea sparks local tsunami warning Posted: 29 Mar 2018 09:00 PM PDT Magnitude 6.9 quake struck off New Britain island a month after a similar sized quake buried villages A magnitude 6.9 earthquake struck off the southern coast of Papua New Guinea's New Britain island on Friday, initially triggering a tsunami warning for surrounding coastlines, but there were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The shallow quake struck close to the coast, around 100 miles (162 km) southwest of Rabaul, a much more remote region than the country's mountainous mainland highlands where a magnitude 7.5 tremor struck on 26 February, killing 100 people. Continue reading... |
| British woman goes missing from Brazil meditation retreat Posted: 29 Mar 2018 12:04 PM PDT Katherine Brewster, 27, reportedly left village in Rio Grande do Sul state on Sunday in light clothing and without her mobile phone A British woman has gone missing in southern Brazil after she entered rough terrain while on a meditation retreat on Sunday and did not return. Brazilian federal police are investigating the disappearance of Katherine Brewster, 27, from Seaford, East Sussex, who reportedly left a house on the outskirts of an eco-village in Rio Grande do Sul state four days ago in light clothing and without her mobile phone. Continue reading... |
| Apple launches iOS 11.3 with raft of privacy features Posted: 29 Mar 2018 10:00 AM PDT Sensing opportunity – and GDPR – the Silicon Valley company launches major data protection push across devices Apple is launching a major privacy push, with software updates across all its devices to introduce new data privacy information immediately, with an updated website offering new privacy management tools to follow in May. Thursday's updates (macOS 10.13.4, iOS11.3 and tvOS 11.3) are prompted by the enormous new European data protection regulation GDPR, and have been in the works since at least January. But they come at a good time for the company, whose head Tim Cook has been merrily capitalising on the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal, publicly rebuking Mark Zuckerberg over the social network's business model. Continue reading... |
| French vegan activist sentenced for Facebook comment on Trèbes attack Posted: 29 Mar 2018 10:30 AM PDT Woman given suspended sentence for saying she had 'zero sympathy' for butcher killed by Islamist militant A vegan activist in France who posted a Facebook message offering "zero sympathy" for a butcher killed by an Islamist militant during an attack last week has been given a seven-month suspended prison sentence for the remarks. The vegan cheesemaker and animal rights activist, named as Myriam by local media, went before a judge on Thursday to face a charge of condoning terrorism. The case comes two days after a leftwing activist received a one-year suspended sentence after hailing the death of gendarme Arnaud Beltrame in the attack in the town of Trèbes. Continue reading... |
| Trump lashes out at Amazon and sends stocks tumbling Posted: 29 Mar 2018 07:58 AM PDT The president escalated his attack on Amazon, alleging the company shortchanges taxpayers and puts traditional retailers out of business President Trump escalated his attack on Amazon on Thursday, alleging the retail and cloud-hosting behemoth shortchanges taxpayers and attacking its use of the US Postal Service and its impact on traditional retailers. "I have stated my concerns with Amazon long before the election," he wrote on Twitter. "Unlike others, they pay little or no taxes to state & local governments, use our postal system as their delivery boy (causing tremendous loss to the US), and are putting many thousands of retailers out of business!" Continue reading... |
| Australia coach Darren Lehmann quits in wake of ball-tampering scandal Posted: 29 Mar 2018 06:57 AM PDT • Lehmann to step down after final Test against South Africa Darren Lehmann will leave his post as the Australia coach after the fourth Test against South Africa, which begins on Friday. Cricket Australia confirmed his departure, which had appeared unlikely when it was announced earlier in the week he would remain until the end of his contract. Continue reading... |
| Judge denies request from Stormy Daniels lawyer to depose Trump Posted: 29 Mar 2018 11:23 AM PDT In a ruling, James Otero, a federal judge in the central district of California, said the motion was 'premature and must be denied' A federal judge turned down the request from the lawyer for Stormy Daniels to depose Donald Trump in her lawsuit against him on Thursday. In a ruling, James Otero, a federal judge in the central district of California, said the motion was "premature and must be denied". Continue reading... |
| Barclays agrees to pay $2bn to settle US fraud case Posted: 29 Mar 2018 08:36 AM PDT Deal relates to sale of mortgage-backed securities in run-up to financial crisis Barclays has agreed a $2bn (£1.4bn) settlement with the US justice department over the sale of mortgage-backed securities in the lead-up to the 2008 financial crisis. The settlement follows a three-year investigation into allegations that the bank caused billions of dollars of losses to investors by "engaging in a fraudulent scheme" to sell Residential Mortgage-Backed Securities (RMBS) between 2005 and 2007. Continue reading... |
| 'I'm fighting time': Akram Khan on his last full solo, Xenos – in pictures Posted: 29 Mar 2018 04:23 AM PDT In his new show, Akram Khan will give his final performances as a dancer in a full-length piece. He explains how he merged the Prometheus myth with the tale of a shell-shocked colonial soldier There's an African proverb that goes like this: until the lions have their say, the hunters will always tell the story. It is the victors who write history. But as the west has mostly written history, some stories have gone untold: like the millions of colonial soldiers who fought for Britain in the first world war. Continue reading... |
| Thousands of violent and sexual crime suspects released without conditions Posted: 30 Mar 2018 12:49 AM PDT Number of suspects bailed by police fell by two-thirds after government imposed 28-day limit, BBC reports Thousands of suspects in violent and sexual crimes have been released without conditions since changes to police bail came into effect, it has been reported. More than 3,000 people were released under investigation for offences such as murder and rape by 12 police forces over a three-month period, according to the BBC. Continue reading... |
| Here lies danger. Hungary is on the verge of full-blown autocracy | George Szirtes Posted: 30 Mar 2018 12:00 AM PDT Viktor Orbán presumes victory and threatens vengeance to anyone who opposes him. Europe must see what he is doing Having bussed tens of thousands of supporters into Budapest for a pre-election "peace march" on 15 March, prime minister Viktor Orbán addressed them, promising that after his victory on 8 April he will deal with those who oppose him by "moral, political and legal means". But who are his opponents? Is it the ragbag of small parties who cannot unite in opposition and who have, in any case, been deprived of the platforms required to reach the electorate? Is it the NGOs and other human rights associations who have been looking after those most badly affected by his policies? Is it perhaps the Central European University, Hungary's most highly ranked university, which produces ideas that might be critical of him? Is it perhaps the refugees he depicts as a tide of migrants ready to drown the country with their alien, menacing ways? And if it is all these, at whose door does he lay the blame? Continue reading... |
| Blackmail, prejudice and persecution: gay rights in Nigeria Posted: 30 Mar 2018 01:00 AM PDT Stigmatised by the public and badgered by the police, gay people in Nigeria have been driven ever deeper underground At a private party, held late at night in a small Lagos hotel far from any main road, men find solace in being openly gay. It is one of the few places in Nigeria's largest city that affords them such licence. On chairs outside the hall, which is guarded by security, men sit languidly playing with one another's hair. It is a few hours since the party started, but so far only a dozen people have turned up. Inside, bar tables, music and disco lights fill an otherwise empty space. "People will come later on," says the organiser. "Many people wait to hear that everything is fine and then, after a while, they show up." |
| Crossing the US border – in pictures Posted: 29 Mar 2018 11:00 PM PDT The photographer John Moore has focused on all aspects of undocumented immigration to the United States along its border with Mexico for the past decade. His access to immigrants during their journey, and to US federal agents tasked with deterring them, sets his pictures apart. Moore has photographed the entire length of the southern border, and traveled extensively throughout Central America and Mexico. Undocumented: Immigration and the Militarization of the United States-Mexico Border, by John Moore, is published by powerHouse Books Continue reading... |
| 'Gender ideology': big, bogus and coming to a fear campaign near you Posted: 30 Mar 2018 12:00 AM PDT The phrase is neither a legitimate academic term, nor a political movement but conservatives use it to sell a false narrative and to justify discrimination Costa Rica goes to the polls this weekend for a presidential runoff election in which economic concerns have unexpectedly been overshadowed by a debate over gay marriage. The current frontrunner – rightwing evangelical candidate Fabricio Alvarado – leapfrogged 12 rivals to win February's first-round vote, largely thanks to his pledge to ignore an Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruling which warned Costa Rica that it must guarantee same-sex couples equal rights to marriage. Continue reading... |
| Two minutes to midnight: did the US miss its chance to stop North Korea’s nuclear programme? Posted: 29 Mar 2018 10:00 PM PDT An unprecedented US mission to Pyongyang in 1999 promised to defuse Kim's nuclear threat. But it all came to nothing – and then the hawks took power. By Julian Borger Pyongyang International is one of the world's quieter airports. The country's chronic isolation means that there are not many places to fly, and few foreigners keen on visiting. At least until a new terminal was built in 2012, many of the flights on the departure boards were just for show, giving the appearance of connection with the outside world. They never actually took off. Against this melancholy backdrop, one day in late May 1999, something quite extraordinary happened. An official plane bearing the blue-and-white livery of the US government and emblazoned with the stars and stripes landed and taxied along the runway. The plane was carrying a former defence secretary, William Perry, who had been brought back from retirement by President Bill Clinton to try to end the frozen conflict between the US and North Korea. With a small group of aides, Perry was embarking on a mission that he hoped would avert a return to the armed stand-off that had brought the two countries to the brink of war five years earlier. Continue reading... |
| Malcolm Turnbull keeps gift of $1,500 telescope from Donald Trump Posted: 29 Mar 2018 10:11 PM PDT US president's gift at a meeting with the Australian prime minister in February followed a rocky start to their relationship Malcolm Turnbull has received a telescope worth $1,500 from Donald Trump as a diplomatic gift, new documents show. According to a declaration of member's interests published on Friday, the prime minister has also paid $891.23 back into the public purse so he can personally retain the telescope himself. |
| 'No women, no growth': regressive laws prevent economic equality, says study Posted: 29 Mar 2018 09:00 PM PDT Legal reform urged after World Bank suggests failure to protect women from discrimination denies them workplace opportunities Legal barriers that prevent women from working or limit their opportunities to own a business are having a negative impact on global growth and economic equality, a World Bank study has found. The absence of laws offering protection from domestic violence, and from sexual harassment in the workplace, has left women around the world at a disadvantage, according to a report published on Thursday. |
| 'The most important thing I have': Rohingya refugees on what means most – in pictures Posted: 29 Mar 2018 03:00 AM PDT When you have to flee your home, what do you take? Since the last exodus from Myanmar in August, more than 688,000 Rohingya people have escaped to Bangladesh. Here, refugees talk about the things that mean most to them All photographs by Brian Sokol/UNHCR Continue reading... |
| Good Friday in Indonesia's Catholic enclave, Larantuka – in pictures Posted: 29 Mar 2018 03:12 PM PDT Larantuka – the Catholic heart of Indonesia – is near Kupang in Flores, at the far east of the archipelago. An estimated 6,000 Catholic pilgrims visit for the religious festival of Semana Santa – a period that begins on Ash Wednesday and reaches its crescendo on Good Friday. The town boasts three religious statues that washed up on its shores in mysterious circumstances in the 1500s Continue reading... |
| Malala Yousafzai: 'It is necessary to educate girls and empower women' in Pakistan – video Posted: 29 Mar 2018 10:01 AM PDT Malala Yousafzai has made an emotional return to Pakistan for the first time since she was shot by a Taliban gunman in 2012 for advocating education for girls. Yousafzai, 20, made a speech that was broadcast on national television in which she spoke of the need to empower women in the country Continue reading... |
| Puppy in a pickle rescued from TV cabinet – video Posted: 29 Mar 2018 09:57 AM PDT A miniature yorkshire terrier puppy had to be rescued by the RSPCA in Birkenhead, Merseyside, after it became stuck in a television cabinet. The puppy's head was doused in vegetable oil and after much cajoling the little canine was freed Continue reading... |
| Curious cheetah clambers into safari jeep – video Posted: 29 Mar 2018 08:42 AM PDT A cheetah climbed into a safari jeep and spent 10 minutes sniffing around the vehicle and the tourists it was carrying before moving on. The encounter was filmed by Peter Heistein while on the Grand Ruaha Safari in Tanzania. Continue reading... |
| Relatives mourn as fire in cells of Venezuelan police station kills 78 – video Posted: 29 Mar 2018 06:14 AM PDT Distraught families gather outside a police station in Venezuela demand information after a fire in the cells. Relatives of detainees fought with police outside the facility in Valencia, in Carabobo state, after local officials would confirm only there had been deaths in Wednesday's fire. Officers used teargas to disperse the crowd. Continue reading... |
| Yoga with Modi: Indian PM releases online yoga series – video report Posted: 29 Mar 2018 05:39 AM PDT India's prime minister, Narendra Modi, has shared a video showing a 3D animation of himself teaching yoga to the nation. Modi, a yoga enthusiast, demonstrates tadasana, also known as mountain pose, in the video published on his official YouTube account Continue reading... |
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