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- Russia expels more British diplomats over spy poisoning row
- China's Tiangong-1 space station will crash to Earth this weekend
- Palestinians say over a dozen killed in Gaza border protest
- British soldier killed by explosion in Syria
- Row erupts between Italy's Parma ham makers and activists over pig welfare
- Scientists solve eggshell mystery of how chicks hatch
- Vatican to hold exorcist training course after 'rise in possessions'
- Arnold Schwarzenegger undergoes heart surgery
- Syrian rebels deny Russian deal to leave eastern Ghouta
- Internal posts show Facebook workers condemning leakers and fearing 'spies'
- Briton missing from alternative community in Brazil found
- Goodbye Hope: Trump says farewell to Hicks with a kiss and a handshake
- Rosa Parks' house seeks a home after desertion, rescue and a visit to Berlin
- Vatican scrambles after pope appears to deny existence of hell
- Scrubbed clean: why a certain kind of sex is vanishing from the internet
- Met chief says social media is behind soaring rate of knife crime
- Two Australian diplomats to be among 59 expelled by Russia
- Saudi prince sells image of evolving kingdom from DC to Hollywood
- Madagascan gold: meet the vanilla hustlers – in pictures
- Jesse Jackson on Martin Luther King's assassination: 'It redefined America'
- North Korea to take part in Tokyo Olympics, IOC chief says
- The Queensland MPs who may not make it to the next election
- Trump's border wall: US military is as unlikely to pay for it as Mexico
- Russian retaliation part of perilous pas de deux whose end is unclear
- Good Friday around the world – in pictures
- Jacinda Ardern on Trump, Brexit and how life has changed as PM – video
- Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza protest – video report
- US defence secretary welcomes 'devil incarnate' John Bolton to Pentagon – video
| Russia expels more British diplomats over spy poisoning row Posted: 30 Mar 2018 08:51 AM PDT Moscow orders diplomatic staff to be reduced to same level as Russian missions in Britain Russia has announced a further round of expulsions of British diplomats, escalating the fallout over the poisoning of Sergei Skripal and his daughter. Britain has pointed the finger firmly at the Kremlin for the Salisbury attack and expelled 23 Russian diplomats, a move swiftly followed in kind by Russia, which also closed down the British Council, the cultural arm of the British government. Continue reading... |
| China's Tiangong-1 space station will crash to Earth this weekend Posted: 30 Mar 2018 07:40 AM PDT The out-of-control spaceship will re-enter the atmosphere sometime between Saturday night and Sunday evening UK time It will all be over in a flash. At some point this weekend, a dazzling fireball will tear across the sky as China's out-of-control space station tumbles back to Earth at 16,500mph and burns up in the atmosphere. The Tiangong-1, or "Heavenly Palace", has been hopelessly adrift since the Chinese space agency lost control of the prototype space lab in 2016, five years after it launched as a bold symbol of the nation's ambitions in orbit. |
| Palestinians say over a dozen killed in Gaza border protest Posted: 30 Mar 2018 09:01 PM PDT Israeli military dismisses demonstration as Hamas ploy to 'carry out terror attacks' At least 16 Palestinians have been killed and hundreds wounded by Israeli forces in Gaza, Palestinian medics have said, as protesters kicked off a planned six-week demonstration demanding the right of return for refugees. Related: Gaza clashes: UN secretary general calls for 'transparent' investigation Continue reading... |
| British soldier killed by explosion in Syria Posted: 30 Mar 2018 01:41 PM PDT MoD confirms death of individual who was embedded with US forces fighting Islamic State A British soldier fighting against Islamic State has died in an explosion in Syria, the Ministry of Defence has said. The individual, who was embedded with US forces, was killed on Thursday night alongside an American soldier. Continue reading... |
| Row erupts between Italy's Parma ham makers and activists over pig welfare Posted: 30 Mar 2018 10:00 AM PDT Parma ham industry accuses animal welfare groups of a smear campaign following the release of 'grim' images of pigs kept in filthy and barren conditions Images of pigs in filthy pens and barren conditions have sparked a row between animal welfare activists and the makers of Italy's Parma ham. The campaigners have released footage that they claim exposes barren living conditions with no stimulation, and injured animals with abscesses and hernias being left without adequate treatment. Their expose of the farms that produce meat for Parma and a small proportion of other hams follows a series of investigations over the last few years that have repeatedly appeared to reveal concerning conditions, such as pigs being treated roughly, and sick pigs being left to die in the corridors between their pens. Continue reading... |
| Scientists solve eggshell mystery of how chicks hatch Posted: 30 Mar 2018 11:00 AM PDT Protein called osteopontin found to nanostructure of shell, making it much easier to break from the inside It's been a tough one to crack, but scientists say they have zoomed in, to an unprecedented degree, on the structure of shells surrounding chicken embryos, revealing how they change to allow young birds to hatch. Before being laid, bird eggs form a hard calcium-rich shell with three main layers. While it was already known that these thin from the innermost out as a chick grows in preparation for hatching – with calcium from the shell being incorporated into its skeleton in the process – quite what happens at the molecular scale has been something of a mystery. Continue reading... |
| Vatican to hold exorcist training course after 'rise in possessions' Posted: 30 Mar 2018 06:00 AM PDT Critics warn exorcism can be a form of spiritual abuse as priests report jump in possession claims The Vatican is to hold a training course for priests in exorcism next month amid claims that demands for deliverance from demonic possession have greatly increased across the the world. The Vatican-backed International Association of Exorcists, which represents more than 200 Catholic, Anglican and Orthodox priests, said the increase represented a "pastoral emergency". |
| Arnold Schwarzenegger undergoes heart surgery Posted: 30 Mar 2018 11:43 AM PDT The former California governor underwent a planned procedure on a pulmonic valve originally replaced in 1997, his spokesman said Arnold Schwarzenegger had heart surgery in Los Angeles on Thursday, his representative has confirmed. The former California governor and Terminator actor underwent surgery to replace a pulmonic valve, a spokesman, Daniel Ketchell, said in a statement. Continue reading... |
| Syrian rebels deny Russian deal to leave eastern Ghouta Posted: 30 Mar 2018 08:34 AM PDT Insurgents Jaysh-al-Islam, the last to remain in devastated region, vow to resist evacuation The Syrian rebel group Jaysh al-Islam has denied reaching a deal to evacuate the last town in the besieged Syrian enclave of eastern Ghouta, heightening the possibility of further violence and suffering for civilians still trapped in the area. Talks that could lead to the exile of the group and tens of thousands of civilians from the city of Douma, one of the largest in Syria before the war, have floundered over Russian demands that they evacuate Ghouta, which borders the capital Damascus. Continue reading... |
| Internal posts show Facebook workers condemning leakers and fearing 'spies' Posted: 30 Mar 2018 11:21 AM PDT After revelation of controversial memo by senior executive, leaked posts show staff decrying disloyalty at company Facebook employees are calling for a crackdown on suspected leakers and questioning whether "spies" have infiltrated the corporation, according to leaked internal posts that suggest the social media giant's workforce is becoming defensive in the face of critical public scrutiny. The posts were a response to the leak of a memo by a senior Facebook executive who defended the social network's negative effects on society. Continue reading... |
| Briton missing from alternative community in Brazil found Posted: 30 Mar 2018 10:11 AM PDT Katharine Brewster, 27, had walked into forest to meditate and disconnect, but got lost A British woman who had been missing from an alternative rural community in the south of Brazil since last Sunday, sparking international concern and a police investigation, has been found alive and well. Katherine Brewster, 27, from Seaford in East Sussex, had walked into a local forest to meditate and disconnect from modern-day comforts for seven days without telling anyone where she was going, got lost and was living in a makeshift shelter when she was found by a search party. |
| Goodbye Hope: Trump says farewell to Hicks with a kiss and a handshake Posted: 30 Mar 2018 06:14 AM PDT President's most trusted aide given gracious White House send-off, but exit highlights continued uncertainty in Trump's inner circle With a handshake and a presidential kiss on the cheek, Hope Hicks bid farewell to the White House, the press-shy communications director taking a rare moment in the spotlight on her final day in Donald Trump's administration. The exit of the president's most trusted aide, coming one day after yet another cabinet departure, highlights continuing uncertainty among Trump aides and White House staff about who might be the next to go. Continue reading... |
| Rosa Parks' house seeks a home after desertion, rescue and a visit to Berlin Posted: 30 Mar 2018 09:10 AM PDT The house Parks moved into in 1957 was slated for demolition before an artist moved it to Germany, but as an attempt to display it in the US faces a block, a determined group of volunteers aim to rescue it The small, tired house with peeling white paint once served as a refuge for Rosa Parks in Detroit. It has traveled across the world and back in an odyssey conceived by an artist and a Parks family member determined to preserve the civil rights activist's legacy. It was rescued for $500 off a demolition list, then disassembled and shipped to Germany, and was supposed to be the centerpiece of a weeks-long exhibition at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, this spring: an American homecoming amid a national conversation surrounding race, history and the value of certain monuments. Instead, the Ivy league school abruptly canceled. Continue reading... |
| Vatican scrambles after pope appears to deny existence of hell Posted: 30 Mar 2018 05:32 AM PDT Repubblica founder Eugenio Scalfari has misrepresented pontiff's words, says Vatican The Vatican has scrambled to clarify comments made by Pope Francis to a well-known Italian journalist that appeared to deny the existence of hell. The Holy See issued a terse statement saying a lengthy article published in La Repubblica on Wednesday by Eugenio Scalfari, 93, the newspaper's founder, was "the fruit of his reconstruction" and not "a faithful transcription of the Holy Father's words". Continue reading... |
| Scrubbed clean: why a certain kind of sex is vanishing from the internet Posted: 30 Mar 2018 03:00 AM PDT A US government effort to fight online sex trafficking has cleansed many sites of personal ads and consensual eroticism, in a shift advocates say amounts to dangerous censorship Craigslist has shut down its renowned "personals" section, which once featured ads titled "Hot days" and "Looking to fool around tonight". Porn performers are complaining that Google Drive is no longer allowing them to share erotic videos with private clients. Microsoft has announced new rules banning "offensive language" from conversations on Skype and Xbox. And Reddit has closed sex industry discussion groups entitled "Escorts", "Hookers", and "SugarDaddy". All of this has happened in recent days and weeks; a particular genre of online sex, it seems, is vanishing from the internet. Continue reading... |
| Met chief says social media is behind soaring rate of knife crime Posted: 30 Mar 2018 04:12 PM PDT Cressida Dick says trivial disputes can escalate when rivals goad one another online Britain's most senior police officer has blamed social media for the soaring rate of knife crime in the UK, particularly among children. After 13 Londoners were killed in two weeks this month, Met police commissioner Cressida Dick said websites and mobile phone applications such as YouTube, Snapchat and Instagram were partially to blame for the bloodshed. Continue reading... |
| Two Australian diplomats to be among 59 expelled by Russia Posted: 30 Mar 2018 03:58 PM PDT Turnbull and Bishop label Moscow's move 'disappointing, though not unexpected' Moscow has given two Australian diplomats a week to leave Russia in retaliation for Canberra's expulsion of two alleged Kremlin spies earlier this week. The two Australians are among 59 officials expelled from Russia in the latest escalation of tensions over the nerve agent attack on the former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, in the UK this month. Continue reading... |
| Saudi prince sells image of evolving kingdom from DC to Hollywood Posted: 30 Mar 2018 10:00 PM PDT A leaked itinerary shows that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman is meeting presidents, media moguls and business titans on his whirlwind three-week tour of the US An audience with four US presidents, dinner with Rupert Murdoch, and the opportunity to pitch business ventures to American moguls such as Oprah Winfrey and Tim Cook. Continue reading... |
| Madagascan gold: meet the vanilla hustlers – in pictures Posted: 30 Mar 2018 11:30 PM PDT Vanilla is the world's most popular flavour, and surging demand has recently made the spice more expensive than silver. In Sambava, Madagascar, dubbed the Vanilla Capital, young men are trying to cash in on the gold rush. Meet the vanilla hustlers Continue reading... |
| Jesse Jackson on Martin Luther King's assassination: 'It redefined America' Posted: 30 Mar 2018 11:00 PM PDT The civil rights veteran, one of only two surviving witnesses to King's murder 50 years ago, says his mentor's response to Trump would have been: 'We must not surrender our spirits' Jesse Jackson still remembers the sound of the gunshot and the sight of blood. They have been with him for half a century. "Every time I think about it, it's like pulling a scab off a sore," he says. "It's a hurtful, painful thought: that a man of love is killed by hate; that a man of peace should be killed by violence; a man who cared is killed by the careless." Jackson and fellow civil rights veteran Andrew Young are the last surviving disciples of Martin Luther King who witnessed his assassination on 4 April 1968. Others who were at the Lorraine motel in Memphis, Tennessee, that day have been claimed by the passing decades. And each milestone anniversary has offered a snapshot of Jackson's, and the nation's, jagged and jarringly uneven narratives. Continue reading... |
| North Korea to take part in Tokyo Olympics, IOC chief says Posted: 30 Mar 2018 11:50 PM PDT Thomas Bach says Kim Jong-un fully supports North Korea's continuing role following Pyeongchang Winter Games The International Olympic Committee president, Thomas Bach, says Kim Jong-un is committed to having North Korea participate in the 2020 Tokyo Summer Olympics and the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics. Bach said he had a 30-minute formal meeting with the North Korean leader followed by 45 minutes of casual discussions while watching a football match on Friday at Pyongyang's May Day Stadium. Continue reading... |
| The Queensland MPs who may not make it to the next election Posted: 30 Mar 2018 05:00 PM PDT With the sunshine state vital to the next federal poll, the LNP and Labor are looking to 'renew' Incumbent Queensland MPs and senators have found their positions under threat as both major parties look to "renew" their tickets and improve their electoral chances in the sunshine state. With the on-ground contest in Queensland critical to the outcome of the next federal election, and with insiders suggesting 10 of the state's 30 seats are in play, the Liberal National party is contemplating a potential shake-up of its federal Senate ticket, as well as challenges to lower house sitting members. Continue reading... |
| Trump's border wall: US military is as unlikely to pay for it as Mexico Posted: 30 Mar 2018 10:00 PM PDT A presidential tweet floated the idea of using Pentagon funds to build his dream project but experts say the plan has little chance of success With his original plan for Mexico to pay for a border wall yet to bear fruit, Donald Trump last week reportedly floated a plan B: the US defense department could foot the bill. Continue reading... |
| Russian retaliation part of perilous pas de deux whose end is unclear Posted: 30 Mar 2018 06:52 AM PDT Response to US expulsions may be symmetrical but does not mean Skripal crisis is being contained Russia's announcement that it will expel 60 US diplomats and close the American consulate in St Petersburg was a predictable and symmetrical response to the surprisingly tough decision by Washington to throw out 60 Russian diplomats, but left unanswered the question over how far the deterioration in western diplomatic relations with Moscow has yet to descend. The fallout from the attempted poisoning of the former Russian double agent Sergei Skripal has a pas de deux quality about it with both sides appearing to know the next steps. Continue reading... |
| Good Friday around the world – in pictures Posted: 30 Mar 2018 04:39 PM PDT From a passion play in central London, to a re-enactment of the Crucifixion in Bolivia, to a striking gesture of devotion from the Pope, believers mark one of the Christian calendar's most important days Continue reading... |
| Jacinda Ardern on Trump, Brexit and how life has changed as PM – video Posted: 30 Mar 2018 11:41 AM PDT New Zealand's prime minister tells the Guardian how her life has changed and her ambition for a can-do country. She says she appreciates still being able to do 'normal things' and says her pregnancy has given her a wider perspective: 'There's been a couple of meetings where I'll be working away, very focused on an issue, and I'll get a sharp kick in the ribcage and it's this little reminder that there's something else going on in my life' Continue reading... |
| Palestinians killed by Israeli forces in Gaza protest – video report Posted: 30 Mar 2018 09:12 AM PDT At least seven people have been killed and hundreds wounded by Israeli forces in clashes at the Gaza Strip border. The deaths come at the start of a six-week demonstration demanding the right of return for refugees Continue reading... |
| US defence secretary welcomes 'devil incarnate' John Bolton to Pentagon – video Posted: 30 Mar 2018 02:52 AM PDT The US defence secretary, James Mattis, greeted the incoming national security adviser, John Bolton, outside the Pentagon on Thursday. After shaking hands in front of reporters, Mattis said to Bolton: 'I've heard that you're actually the devil incarnate and I wanted to meet you.' Bolton, a military hawk, will replace HR McMaster next month Continue reading... |
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