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- Trump says Syria decision imminent as Russia warns of 'grave repercussions'
- Six Virunga park rangers killed in DRC wildlife sanctuary
- Zuckerberg will defend Facebook as 'positive force in the world' in testimony
- Bill Cosby paid $3.4m to silence woman he had sexually assaulted, prosecutor says
- Competitive eater taken to hospital after eating world's hottest chilli pepper
- Bill Cosby faces topless protester on first day of sexual assault retrial
- Two dead after pony and trap accident in Ireland
- Humboldt Broncos: fans pay tribute to crash victims with moving hockey stick gesture
- Israel has launched countless strikes in Syria. What's new is Russia's response
- More migrant workers needed to offset ageing population, says IMF
- Hungary election: OSCE monitors deliver damning verdict
- German dog that killed owners may not be put down after outcry
- Tammy Duckworth becomes first senator to give birth in office
- Indian police rescue 70 children working in 'inhuman conditions'
- Rock in a hard place: the decline of Australia's all-ages music venues
- Boomburbs: Sydney's urban sprawl seen from above – in pictures
- Bin chickens: the grotesque glory of the urban ibis – in pictures
- Evidence from 'paedophile hunters' used to charge suspects 150 times in last year
- As an EU citizen I cherish my last ever vote in UK local elections | Pauline Bock
- Memo from a South African: Peter Dutton is entrenching racist white privilege | Shelley Davidow
- Fake Black Lives Matter Facebook page run by Australian union official – report
- UK interest rates should be raised without delay, says Bank's McCafferty - business live
- Coalition orders investigation into alleged unethical behaviour at tax office
- Africa's unsung scientists finally get their own journal to spread research
- Gaza photographer's last video captures brutal crackdown on protests
- Syria provides John Bolton with first test as Trump's national security adviser
- Rick Scott's Florida Senate race entry sets up a pivotal election in a swing state
- Hungary's liberals brace for a torrid four years after Orbán's landslide
- US and Russia trade barbs at UN over Syria chemical attack – video
- Trump vows quick and 'forceful' response to Syria chemical attack – video
- Trump calls FBI raid on personal attorney's office a 'witch-hunt' – video
- Russia must uphold the chemical weapons convention, says UK – video
- Bill Cosby confronted by topless protester – video
- 'We will be making some major decisions in the next 24 to 48 hours' on Syria, says Trump – video
- John Bolton's hawkish credentials laid bare – video
| Trump says Syria decision imminent as Russia warns of 'grave repercussions' Posted: 09 Apr 2018 05:38 PM PDT US president meets generals as tensions between US and Russia escalate at a UN security council session over Douma gas attack The US and Russia moved closer to direct confrontation over Syria on Monday night as Donald Trump said a decision was imminent on a response to a chemical weapon attack on Saturday, and Moscow warned that any US military action would have "grave repercussions". Trump met US generals in the White House cabinet room on Monday evening to discuss US defence issues. In particular, Trump said they were likely to decide how to react to the poison gas attack in Douma, a rebel-held suburb of Damascus, reported to have killed more than 40 people and seriously affected hundreds. Continue reading... |
| Six Virunga park rangers killed in DRC wildlife sanctuary Posted: 09 Apr 2018 11:27 AM PDT Latest ambush worst attack to date at home to world's largest population of mountain gorillas Five rangers and a driver were killed in an ambush in Virunga national park in Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) on Monday. A sixth ranger was injured in the attack that took place in the central section of the vast reserve, known globally for its population of rare mountain gorillas. Continue reading... |
| Zuckerberg will defend Facebook as 'positive force in the world' in testimony Posted: 09 Apr 2018 10:05 AM PDT
Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg will defend the social platform as a "positive force in the world" when he addresses Congress on Tuesday while admitting he made "a big mistake" by not taking seriously the social network's responsibility to its two billion users. Zuckerberg, facing a firestorm of criticism over Facebook's cavalier attitude to its users data, released his prepared written remarks on Monday, ahead of two appearances before Congress this week when lawmakers will quiz him about a range of failings including the privacy scandal involving political consultant Cambridge Analytica and Russian use of the platform ahead of the US election. Continue reading... |
| Bill Cosby paid $3.4m to silence woman he had sexually assaulted, prosecutor says Posted: 09 Apr 2018 02:04 PM PDT Sum was allegedly paid in 2006 to Andrea Constand to close a suit she had brought against the TV star alleging he had drugged and sexually molested her in 2004 Bill Cosby paid $3.4m to buy the silence of a young woman he had previously drugged and then sexually assaulted, a prosecutor alleged on Monday as the comedian's retrial got underway in Pennsylvania in the first major courtroom drama of the #MeToo era. Kevin Steele, the district attorney for Cosby's home county of Montgomery, revealed a secret that has remained hidden for the past 12 years – the amount of money that the TV star formerly known as "America's Dad" was prepared to pay to keep his detractor quiet. The $3.4m was allegedly paid in 2006 to Andrea Constand, a Canadian massage therapist, to bring to a close a civil suit she had brought against him claiming he had persuaded her to take relaxant drugs before molesting her while she was unconscious. Continue reading... |
| Competitive eater taken to hospital after eating world's hottest chilli pepper Posted: 09 Apr 2018 11:24 PM PDT Eating Carolina Reaper appears to have narrowed the arteries in his brain, causing a series of thunderclap headaches A man who took part in a chilli pepper eating contest ended up with more than he bargained for when he took on the hottest pepper in the world. After eating a Carolina Reaper pepper, the 34-year-old started dry heaving before developing a pain in his neck that turned into a series of thunderclap headaches: sudden and severe episodes of excruciating pain that peak within a minute. Continue reading... |
| Bill Cosby faces topless protester on first day of sexual assault retrial Posted: 09 Apr 2018 07:53 AM PDT
Bill Cosby faced a second jury of his peers in 10 months on Monday, as his retrial for alleged sexual assault got under way in a Pennsylvania court. Related: Bill Cosby: 'Please don't put me on #MeToo' Continue reading... |
| Two dead after pony and trap accident in Ireland Posted: 09 Apr 2018 01:34 PM PDT Tourists, thought to be a couple from the US, killed while travelling in the Gap of Dunloe in County Kerry on Monday
The animal is thought to have bolted from the cab in which the couple were travelling in the Gap of Dunloe in County Kerry. Continue reading... |
| Humboldt Broncos: fans pay tribute to crash victims with moving hockey stick gesture Posted: 09 Apr 2018 12:45 PM PDT Across North America, hockey sticks were left on porches and next to rinks after 15 people died in the Humboldt Broncos bus crash In a poignant online tribute to those who died in the Humboldt Broncos coach crash on Friday, hundreds of people have shared photographs of hockey sticks left outside overnight. Related: Canada bus crash: father finds son standing amid 'devastating sight' Continue reading... |
| Israel has launched countless strikes in Syria. What's new is Russia's response Posted: 09 Apr 2018 11:16 AM PDT Once cordial relations are breaking down amid Israeli fears that Moscow is failing to control Iran and its proxies Russia's decision to out Israel as being responsible for the attack on a Syrian regime airbase east of Homs marks a breakdown in the previously cordial relations between the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Continue reading... |
| More migrant workers needed to offset ageing population, says IMF Posted: 09 Apr 2018 09:27 AM PDT Fund's report advises advanced economies against greater controls on migration The International Monetary Fund has said advanced economies such as Britain, the US and Japan risk being overwhelmed by their ageing populations, and calls on them to throw open their borders to more migrant workers in response. Within the next few decades, working-age adults will need to support double the number of elderly people than they do now, putting immense pressure on welfare systems and wiping out as much as 3% of potential economic output by 2050, the IMF said in its latest World Economic Outlook report. Continue reading... |
| Hungary election: OSCE monitors deliver damning verdict Posted: 09 Apr 2018 07:02 AM PDT Observers found 'intimidating and xenophobic rhetoric, media bias and opaque financing' International observers have delivered a damning verdict on the parliamentary election in Hungary, complaining of "intimidating and xenophobic rhetoric, media bias and opaque campaign financing". The vote on Sunday delivered an overwhelming victory for Viktor Orbán, who will now serve a third consecutive term as prime minister. Orbán and his Fidesz party campaigned almost exclusively on a programme of keeping migrants out of the country. Continue reading... |
| German dog that killed owners may not be put down after outcry Posted: 09 Apr 2018 06:41 AM PDT More than 250,000 sign petition to save Chico, a staffordshire terrier which mauled a woman and her son in Hanover A dog that was due to be put down after mauling its owners to death may receive a stay of execution after German authorities admitted mistakes following a nationwide petition to save it. Chico, a staffordshire terrier, was captured by firefighters who broke into a flat near Hanover last Tuesday and found the bodies of its owners, named as Lezime K, 52, and her son Liridon, 27. An autopsy found they had bled to death after being attacked by the animal. Continue reading... |
| Tammy Duckworth becomes first senator to give birth in office Posted: 09 Apr 2018 11:52 AM PDT The Democrat gave birth to her second daughter on Monday. She is also one of only 10 lawmakers to give birth while serving in Congress Tammy Duckworth of Illinois has become the first US senator to give birth in office. The Democrat announced that she had given birth to her second daughter, Maile Pearl Bowlsbey, on Monday. Her office said the senator and her family were doing well. Related: 'We're in the 19th century': Tammy Duckworth on motherhood and the Senate Continue reading... |
| Indian police rescue 70 children working in 'inhuman conditions' Posted: 09 Apr 2018 07:38 AM PDT Raids follow tipoff by two children escaping jewellery workshop in western Gujarat state Indian police have rescued more than 70 child workers during ongoing raids in one of the country's hubs for cheap, artificial jewellery sold in the US, UK and European markets. Authorities were tipped off when two children were spotted wandering alone near a train station in Junagadh, a city in the western state of Gujarat. The children had told police they were lost and had boarded a train 100km away in Rajkot after escaping a workshop in the city. Continue reading... |
| Rock in a hard place: the decline of Australia's all-ages music venues Posted: 10 Apr 2018 01:00 AM PDT With Australia's live music scene struggling to survive, Brisbane's promoters are using open and alcohol-free gigs to attract younger music lovers. Will it work? It's Good Friday in Brisbane and most of the city is dead quiet, with pubs and clubs not opening until midnight due to Easter trading laws. In the inner suburb of West End, however, something very noisy is stirring. On a makeshift stage in a large room, a three-piece band called Hexmere is playing a raucous, raw brand of grindcore punk to a small crowd. There's another gig planned for the following night, with many more people expected. Continue reading... |
| Boomburbs: Sydney's urban sprawl seen from above – in pictures Posted: 09 Apr 2018 11:00 PM PDT When Andrew Merry exhibited his hypnotic aerial images of Sydney's new suburbia in 2006 many people could not believe they were taken in Australia. A decade on, he looks back on the series Continue reading... |
| Bin chickens: the grotesque glory of the urban ibis – in pictures Posted: 09 Apr 2018 03:00 AM PDT Tip turkey, dumpster chook, rubbish raptor – the Australian white ibis goes by many unflattering names. But it is a true urban success story, scavenging to survive in cities across Australia as wetlands have been lost. Wildlife photographer Rick Stevens captured them in Sydney
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| Evidence from 'paedophile hunters' used to charge suspects 150 times in last year Posted: 10 Apr 2018 01:27 AM PDT English and Welsh police forces report huge rise in use of evidence from vigilantes in decision to charge suspects Evidence from vigilantes known as "paedophile hunters" was used to charge suspects in England and Wales on at least 150 occasions last year, it has been reported. There has been a sevenfold increase in the use of such evidence from 2015, figures obtained by the BBC under freedom of information laws suggest. Continue reading... |
| As an EU citizen I cherish my last ever vote in UK local elections | Pauline Bock Posted: 10 Apr 2018 01:30 AM PDT My polling card is a sad reminder that if I want keep the democratic right to vote, I will have to leave the country I love My poll card for the local elections, which take place across England in May, arrived in the post this week. The last one came in April 2016, for London's mayoral election, and receiving it made me jump for joy. EU law gives every European citizen a vote in local and European elections wherever they live in the European Union. In April 2016 I had just moved to the UK, which I always dreamed of calling home, and was so proud that I took a selfie with my card. Two more UK polls came after that – a referendum that changed everything, and a general election that changed very little – but I could not vote in either, because I am a European national. And now, with Brexit looming, the polling card is just another gloomy reminder of how different things were for EU citizens just two years ago. Continue reading... |
| Memo from a South African: Peter Dutton is entrenching racist white privilege | Shelley Davidow Posted: 09 Apr 2018 11:33 PM PDT My child eyes witnessed racism daily in South Africa. I could escape because I'm white This year marks the 70th anniversary of the implementation of the racist legislation known as apartheid in South Africa. In 1948, laws were signed into effect that forever changed the lives of South Africans, leaving a devastating legacy, which many of us across the world still live with and struggle against. I am a white former South African living in Australia, grateful every day for my citizenship. But I am here because, partly, of an unearned privilege. I'm a refugee with a gold-class ticket: I have white skin and I speak fluent received pronunciation English. Continue reading... |
| Fake Black Lives Matter Facebook page run by Australian union official – report Posted: 09 Apr 2018 06:52 PM PDT Ian Mackay suspended from National Union of Workers over report he ran page, which he denies A high-ranking Australian union official has been suspended amid reports he ran a fake Black Lives Matter Facebook page that solicited donations from the movement's supporters. Related: Justice in the factory: how Black Lives Matter breathed new life into unions Continue reading... |
| UK interest rates should be raised without delay, says Bank's McCafferty - business live Posted: 10 Apr 2018 01:46 AM PDT Chinese president promises to lower import tariffs, easing fears of trade war
Meanwhile the Russian rouble continues to come under pressure following the US sanctions against a number of its companies. The currency is down around 4% against the dollar to 63.28, its second day of heavy losses and its lowest level since December 2016.
And there is another twist in the trade dispute between the US and China. Associated Press reports: China is filing a complaint with the World Trade Organisation against U.S. tariffs on steel, aluminium products. The Geneva-based trade body said on Tuesday that China has requested 60 days of consultations with the United States to resolve the dispute. Continue reading... |
| Coalition orders investigation into alleged unethical behaviour at tax office Posted: 10 Apr 2018 01:57 AM PDT Financial services minister Kelly O'Dwyer says she is 'deeply concerned' about allegations raised by ABC and Fairfax The Turnbull government has called for an urgent investigation into the Australian Tax Office after a joint Fairfax/Four Corners investigation exposed the ATO's use of allegedly unethical revenue raising methods. The financial services minister, Kelly O'Dwyer, says she is "deeply concerned" about allegations raised in the ABC's Four Corners program, Mongrel Bunch of Bastards, which aired on Monday evening. Continue reading... |
| Africa's unsung scientists finally get their own journal to spread research Posted: 09 Apr 2018 11:00 PM PDT Publication will highlight pioneering work of scientists searching for cures to diseases like HIV and malaria and solutions to climate change A new journal to showcase Africa's often-overlooked scientific research has been launched to give the continent's scientists better global recognition. Scientific African will be the first "mega-journal" in Africa. It was unveiled in Kigali last week at Africa's biggest science conference, the Next Einstein Forum (NEF) conference, and the first issue is scheduled to be published at the end of the summer. Continue reading... |
| Gaza photographer's last video captures brutal crackdown on protests Posted: 09 Apr 2018 06:14 AM PDT Palestinian photographer Yasser Murtaja's final images eerily prescient as he documented the rising violence in Gaza before he was shot dead The drone floats above the farmland at the east of Gaza's narrow coastal strip where beyond the fence – the transition is almost invisible – Israel's border communities begin. The video is among the last footage filmed by Palestinian photographer Yasser Murtaja in Gaza before he was shot dead by Israeli troops last Friday – and it eerily foreshadows his own fate. Continue reading... |
| Syria provides John Bolton with first test as Trump's national security adviser Posted: 09 Apr 2018 05:16 PM PDT As one of the hawks who led the Bush administration into war in Iraq and Afghanistan, Bolton is unlikely to urge restraint on the president As Donald Trump warned on Monday of an imminent US military response to chemical weapons use in Syria, the new head of his national security team was sitting directly behind him, his bristling white moustache a reminder of earlier American wars. Related: Trump to decide on US response to Syria gas attack 'within 48 hours' Continue reading... |
| Rick Scott's Florida Senate race entry sets up a pivotal election in a swing state Posted: 09 Apr 2018 10:48 AM PDT Republican to face Democrat Bill Nelson in what could be one of the most competitive Senate races – that will have national ramifications The sprawling political battlefield for the 2018 midterms grew larger on Monday, when Florida's governor, Rick Scott, announced his bid for the Senate. Related: Florida governor Rick Scott to challenge for Democrat-held Senate seat Continue reading... |
| Hungary's liberals brace for a torrid four years after Orbán's landslide Posted: 09 Apr 2018 07:59 AM PDT Crushing victory means PM has power to remould Hungary and possibly even the entire EU Viktor Orbán embarks on another four years in power newly emboldened, as his crushing victory in a parliamentary vote on Sunday gives him the power to remould Hungary. With most of the votes counted, a two-thirds majority looks likely for Orbán's Fidesz party, which will allow the government to pass constitutional changes. The party won 49% of the vote in the national list and took the majority of constituency mandates, a far better performance than even Fidesz insiders were expecting. Continue reading... |
| US and Russia trade barbs at UN over Syria chemical attack – video Posted: 10 Apr 2018 12:51 AM PDT US and Russian representatives at the UN swapped heated words during a session of the security council on Monday in response to a chemical attack in Syria. Vassily Nebenzia, Moscow's permanent representative to the UN, said Russia was being threatened by countries including the US and UK at a level beyond 'what is acceptable, even during the cold war' |
| Trump vows quick and 'forceful' response to Syria chemical attack – video Posted: 09 Apr 2018 06:14 PM PDT US president Donald Trump promises action in response to a suspected chemical weapons attack in Syria, appearing to suggest a potential military response. Speaking at a meeting with military leaders and national security advisers, Trump says he would make a decision by Monday night 'or very shortly thereafter'. Continue reading... |
| Trump calls FBI raid on personal attorney's office a 'witch-hunt' – video Posted: 09 Apr 2018 04:48 PM PDT Federal agents raided the office of the US president's lawyer, Michael Cohen, seizing records on topics including a $130,000 payment made to a porn actress who says she had sex with Trump more than a decade ago. Trump called the raid a 'disgrace', adding that many people had said that he should fire special investigator Robert Mueller Continue reading... |
| Russia must uphold the chemical weapons convention, says UK – video Posted: 09 Apr 2018 02:30 PM PDT The UK ambassador to the UN, Karen Pierce, has called on the security council to conduct a thorough investigation of the alleged chemical weapons attack in Syria that occurred on 7 April. She said 'Russia's crocodile tears for the people of Eastern Ghouta has an easy answer. It is to join us in a non-political attempt to get in humanitarian and protection workers from the UN to do their job of looking after and mitigating the risk to civilians'. Opposition activists said 40 people died in Saturday night's chemical attack in the town of Douma, the last remaining rebel bastion in the eastern suburbs of Damascus. Continue reading... |
| Bill Cosby confronted by topless protester – video Posted: 09 Apr 2018 02:07 PM PDT Bill Cosby faced a topless protester, who jumped a barricade with 'Women's Lives Matter' and other phrases written in red and black across her body. The woman was wrestled to the ground by sheriff's deputies, handcuffed and led away. Cosby returned to court for a second jury of his peers in 10 months on Monday, as his retrial for alleged sexual assault got under way in a Pennsylvania court. Cosby seemed startled by the commotion, as other protesters brandished placards that said 'Take rape seriously' and 'Justice for survivors'.
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| 'We will be making some major decisions in the next 24 to 48 hours' on Syria, says Trump – video Posted: 09 Apr 2018 10:21 AM PDT The US president has condemned the 'heinous' suspected poison gas attack in Syria and says he will make a decision on the US response in 24 to 48 hours. Donald Trump said: 'We cannot allow atrocities like that', adding that he had 'not much doubt' about who was responsible. Rescuers say 42 people were killed and hundreds injured in the rebel-held Damascus suburb of Douma
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| John Bolton's hawkish credentials laid bare – video Posted: 09 Apr 2018 09:21 AM PDT Donald Trump's new national security adviser has a reputation for his bellicose approach to international affairs and his fiery rhetoric. As he takes up his new position, here he is what John Bolton has had to say in the past about Iran, Iraq, North Korea, China and the UN Why John Bolton is much more like Trump than some think Continue reading... |
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