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- Toronto van incident in which 10 pedestrians died appeared deliberate, say police
- Syria: western nations seek to bypass Russian veto at UN
- Paraguay election: Mario Abdo Benítez victory recalls brutal dictatorship
- Rana plaza, five years on: safety of workers hangs in balance in Bangladesh
- Leni Riefenstahl archive to throw new light on Hitler's film-maker
- Waffle House shooting: police arrest man suspected of killing four people in Nashville
- Hillary Clinton unleashed foul-mouthed tirade in Trump debate prep session
- 'Uncontrollable grief' of Kim Jong-un over North Korea bus disaster
- Shock as Armenia's prime minister steps down after 11 days of protests
- Saudi-led coalition strike kills at least 20 at wedding in Yemen - officials
- Finland to end basic income trial after two years
- Scientists plan huge European AI hub to compete with US
- Irish emigrants urged #HomeToVote in abortion referendum
- Hong Kong's 'cardboard grannies': the elderly box collectors living in poverty
- Alfie Evans breathing unassisted for nine hours, says father
- Barnier says EU needs 'more clarity' from UK over its Brexit demands - Politics live
- UN peacekeepers accused of child rape in South Sudan
- Melania Trump plans dinner menu for Macrons celebrating New Orleans cuisine
- Archeologists say early Caribbeans were not 'savage cannibals', as colonists wrote
- 'Hipster salty sea dog': Jacinda Ardern defends partner 'Clarke with an e' after op-ed attack
- Falsifying forms and impersonating clients among revelations at banking inquiry
- Kim Jong-un visits survivors of bus crash – video
- 'No national security connection' to Toronto van incident, minister says – video
- Aftermath of the van incident in Toronto – in pictures
- Toronto police officer single-handedly arrests van driver suspect – video
- 'He hit every single person on the sidewalk':Witnesses recall scene as van ploughs into crowd–video
- Sit-ins and picket lines: why Armenia has been protesting – video explainer
- Nashville shooting 'hero' cries during TV news conference – video
| Toronto van incident in which 10 pedestrians died appeared deliberate, say police Posted: 23 Apr 2018 10:39 PM PDT
Ten people have been killed and 15 injured after a van sped on to a sidewalk in Toronto, ploughing through throngs of pedestrians and leaving a trail of devastation that stretched several city blocks. Related: 'This lady died in front of me': Toronto shocked into silence after van fatalities Continue reading... |
| Syria: western nations seek to bypass Russian veto at UN Posted: 23 Apr 2018 09:00 PM PDT Idea is to refer chemical weapons issue to UN general assembly, where Russia's security council veto would not apply Western nations want to end the months-long paralysis at the United Nations over Syria by referring the issue of chemical weapons use to the entire UN general assembly, where Russia's security council veto would not apply. The idea is to draw on a rarely used route first established in the cold war to transfer responsibility for aspects of the crisis to the 193-member general assembly. |
| Paraguay election: Mario Abdo Benítez victory recalls brutal dictatorship Posted: 23 Apr 2018 10:00 PM PDT Abdo Benítez, son of Alfredo Stroessner's private secretary, defeats centre-left coalition in narrow win for the right The son of the private secretary to Paraguay's former dictator Alfredo Stroessner has narrowly snatched victory from a centre-left coalition after an election campaign that revived memories of Stroessner's bloody 1954-89 rule. Mario Abdo Benítez, 46 – from a conservative wing of the ruling Colorado Party – thanked his opponent – Efraín Alegre, 55, of the Alianza grouping – for a "healthy competition". Abdo Benítez promised to work for national unity. Continue reading... |
| Rana plaza, five years on: safety of workers hangs in balance in Bangladesh Posted: 23 Apr 2018 10:00 PM PDT Progress has been made but fire safety initiatives are soon to end, unions are being stifled and wages are still the lowest in the world Five years ago, Asma Khatun pushed through the crowds that had formed around the Rana Plaza building, determined to see the destruction with her own eyes. Deep cracks had appeared in the eight-storey building outside Dhaka the day before. That morning, workers who had been producing clothes sourced by major international brands had begged not to be sent inside. Managers would not relent. More than 2,000 people filed in. Some time before 9am, floors began to vanish and workers started falling. Continue reading... |
| Leni Riefenstahl archive to throw new light on Hitler's film-maker Posted: 23 Apr 2018 09:00 PM PDT Critics fear bequest will fuel new wave of fanaticism among those who continue to revere the German propagandist and neo-Nazi icon Donning white gloves, Ludger Derenthal removes a green floral cardboard box from a packing case, and carefully takes out the photographs inside. He lays an array of sepia portraits of the propagandist Leni Riefenstahl across the table of the workshop of the Museum of Photography in Berlin. "In these cases are items that no one outside of Riefenstahl's intimate circle have ever seen before," he says. Continue reading... |
| Waffle House shooting: police arrest man suspected of killing four people in Nashville Posted: 23 Apr 2018 11:34 AM PDT Travis Reinking had been on the run since the early hours of Sunday, after a customer at the restaurant he attacked wrestled him for his gun Authorities have captured the gunman suspected of killing four during an attack on a Waffle House restaurant in Nashville on Sunday. The man was apprehended in a wooded area. "Murder suspect Travis Reinking is in custody. Arrested moments ago," the Metropolitan Nashville Police Department tweeted on Monday afternoon. Continue reading... |
| Hillary Clinton unleashed foul-mouthed tirade in Trump debate prep session Posted: 23 Apr 2018 09:01 PM PDT
Hillary Clinton unleashed a "fuck-laced fusillade" on aides in a 2016 debate prep session, according to a new book about the presidential campaign by New York Times journalist Amy Chozick. The candidate was squirming with frustration over lingering concerns about her "authenticity" and racked with loathing for Donald Trump she was determined not to vent in public. Continue reading... |
| 'Uncontrollable grief' of Kim Jong-un over North Korea bus disaster Posted: 23 Apr 2018 09:05 PM PDT State media describes reaction of regime leader after 32 visiting Chinese died when their coach plunged off a bridge Kim Jong-un expressed his "bitter sorrow" over the deaths of dozens of Chinese tourists after their bus plunged off a bridge in North Korea. The state-run KCNA news agency reported on Tuesday that the North Korean leader had visited two Chinese survivors of the crash on Sunday in which 32 Chinese and four North Koreans died. Continue reading... |
| Shock as Armenia's prime minister steps down after 11 days of protests Posted: 23 Apr 2018 10:03 AM PDT 'You were right; I was wrong' – Serzh Sargsyan releases detained opposition leader and resigns For 11 days, the opposition pressure mounted against Serzh Sargsyan, Armenia's most powerful politician. But few expected he would go so quietly. Sargsyan, the country's prime minister and former president for a decade, resigned suddenly on Monday in a stunning concession to the country's opposition, which had filled the former Soviet republic's main square with tens of thousands of demonstrators demanding his exit. Continue reading... |
| Saudi-led coalition strike kills at least 20 at wedding in Yemen - officials Posted: 23 Apr 2018 06:41 AM PDT Harrowing images of deadly bombing - the third to hit Yemeni civilians in recent days – emerge on social media An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition hit a wedding party in northern Yemen, killing at least 20 people, health officials said, as harrowing images emerged on social media of the deadly bombing, the third to hit Yemeni civilians since the weekend. Khaled al-Nadhri, the top health official in the northern province of Hajja, told the Associated Press that most of the dead were women and children who were gathered in one of the tents set up for the wedding party in the district of Bani Qayis. He said the bride was among the dead. |
| Finland to end basic income trial after two years Posted: 23 Apr 2018 09:24 AM PDT Government rejects request for funds to expand scheme and plans stricter benefits rules Europe's first national government-backed experiment in giving citizens free cash will end next year after Finland decided not to extend its widely publicised basic income trial and to explore alternative welfare schemes instead. Related: Money for nothing: is Finland's universal basic income trial too good to be true? Continue reading... |
| Scientists plan huge European AI hub to compete with US Posted: 23 Apr 2018 09:39 AM PDT Exclusive: In an open letter, the scientists say the proposed Ellis institute is essential to avoid brain drain to big tech firms Leading scientists have drawn up plans for a vast multinational European institute devoted to world-class artificial intelligence (AI) research in a desperate bid to nurture and retain top talent in Europe. The new institute would be set up for similar reasons as Cern, the particle physics lab near Geneva, which was created after the second world war to rebuild European physics and reverse the brain drain of the brightest and best scientists to the US. Continue reading... |
| Irish emigrants urged #HomeToVote in abortion referendum Posted: 23 Apr 2018 05:15 AM PDT London-Irish Abortion Rights Campaign releases video rallying citizens abroad to return for 25 May Irish emigrants are being urged in a new video to travel home to vote in favour of overturning the country's constitutional ban on abortion in a referendum next month. The London-Irish Abortion Rights Campaign has released the two-minute video, filmed in six countries, to encourage Irish citizens abroad to exercise their right to vote in the historic referendum on 25 May. |
| Hong Kong's 'cardboard grannies': the elderly box collectors living in poverty Posted: 23 Apr 2018 11:00 PM PDT Inadequate support for Hong Kong's ageing population means for some older citizens, scavenging and selling boxes and scrap is the only way to scrape by Miss Wong, 65, scavenges the streets of Hong Kong's Sheung Shui area in search of disused cardboard to sell to local recycling plants. She starts her day at 7am and often works until 9pm, seven days a week. For her efforts, she receives about HK$41 (£3.60) per day. Wong is one of an estimated thousand senior citizens nicknamed "cardboard grannies" who collect and sell waste boxes and other scrap across nine of the poorest districts in the city. Continue reading... |
| Alfie Evans breathing unassisted for nine hours, says father Posted: 24 Apr 2018 12:50 AM PDT Tom Evans says he believes his son will need life support again shortly and hopes he will be given it The father of Alfie Evans has said his son has been breathing unassisted since his life support machine was switched off. Life support was withdrawn from the 23-month-old boy, who has a rare degenerative brain disease, on Monday after a last-ditch appeal to the high court was turned down. Continue reading... |
| Barnier says EU needs 'more clarity' from UK over its Brexit demands - Politics live Posted: 24 Apr 2018 01:53 AM PDT Rolling coverage of the day's political developments as they happen
Brussels must have the power to approve British financial regulations after Brexit if the City wants to preserve access to EU markets, a senior EU official said today. As the Press Association reports, the European Commission vice-president Valdis Dombrovskis, who is responsible for financial stability, said that future access would depend on a system of "equivalence" under which Brussels would exercise "unilateral and discretionary" powers to judge whether UK regulations met its standards. Speaking at a conference in the City of London, he also said that financial companies should "prepare for all scenarios" - including the fact they will lose passporting arrangements after Brexit. Equivalence decisions are and will remain unilateral and discretionary EU acts. Even in trade agreements, governments do not give up power over their core responsibility to protect financial stability. Equivalence is only possible if there is close convergence of rules and supervision. If the EU and a third country should happen to go different ways, the conditions for equivalence would fall. This means that equivalence may be changed or withdrawn. The #EU is the most open major market for financial services in the world. Free movement of capital is grounded in our founding treaty, and my job is to promote and safeguard this freedom #CityWeek2018 pic.twitter.com/ltB64xKRPF Much is uncertain around the negotiations, so firms and supervisors need to keep preparing for all scenarios. We are helping where we can, but in the end, it's for firms to identify how #Brexit will impact their business #CityWeek2018 pic.twitter.com/xU6qqi07UT We should not let perfect be the enemy of good. Despite its imperfections, equivalence has proven to be a pragmatic solution that works in many different circumstances, and it can work for the #UK after #Brexit as well #CityWeek2018 pic.twitter.com/bfstiqSItR
A Holocaust survivor has said Jeremy Corbyn must lay out concrete actions to expel antisemites from Labour, ahead of a crunch meeting between the party leader and the two largest Jewish organisations, my colleague Jessica Elgot reports. Related: Corbyn must expel antisemites, says Holocaust survivor Continue reading... |
| UN peacekeepers accused of child rape in South Sudan Posted: 23 Apr 2018 08:04 PM PDT Nepalese troops serving in UN mission alleged to have raped two teenage girls UN peacekeepers from Nepal are facing allegations of child rape in South Sudan, with a UN spokesman describing the case as "especially heinous". At the request of the UN, Nepal agreed to send a team of investigators to work with the UN office of internal oversight on the case. Continue reading... |
| Melania Trump plans dinner menu for Macrons celebrating New Orleans cuisine Posted: 24 Apr 2018 12:11 AM PDT In break with tradition, Donald Trump has not invited any Democratic members of Congress or journalists to Tuesday's state dinner First lady Melania Trump has planned a state dinner for French president Emmanuel Macron that incorporates the celebrated gastronomy of New Orleans – a city founded by the French and still famous for its French Quarter. The main course on Tuesday night will be a rack of spring lamb and Carolina gold rice jambalaya, "cooked in a New Orleans tradition and scented with the trinity of Cajun cooking – celery, peppers and onions, and spiced with herbs from the south lawn", the White House announced. Continue reading... |
| Archeologists say early Caribbeans were not 'savage cannibals', as colonists wrote Posted: 24 Apr 2018 12:01 AM PDT Researchers in Antigua hope to correct 'speculative and erroneous' colonial accounts that depict the Carib people as ferocious man-eaters For centuries, historians held that the Caribbean's earliest inhabitants were peaceful farmers who were wiped out by the ferocious man-eating Carib people. But archaeologists in Antigua say that new evidence from one of the most important sites in the region is helping to correct "speculative and erroneous" accounts passed down from early colonists. The excavation at a 12-acre site in Indian Creek has prompted a fresh reassessment of older narratives, said Dr Reg Murphy, who is leading a team from Syracuse University, Farmingdale State College and Brooklyn College. |
| 'Hipster salty sea dog': Jacinda Ardern defends partner 'Clarke with an e' after op-ed attack Posted: 24 Apr 2018 01:10 AM PDT New Zealand Herald columnist had accused Gayford of 'piggybacking' on the PM's success Jacinda Ardern and prominent New Zealanders have defended the prime minister's partner, Clarke Gayford, after a hostile opinion piece in the New Zealand Herald called him a "hipster salty sea dog" and criticised him for having an "e" in his name. On Monday, the New Zealand Herald published "Why does Clarke Gayford bug me?", written by the columnist and business journalist Deborah Hill Cone. |
| Falsifying forms and impersonating clients among revelations at banking inquiry Posted: 24 Apr 2018 01:47 AM PDT As the royal commission heard evidence against NAB and ANZ, a class action against AMP was being investigated National Australia Bank's top executives complained about having their bonuses "shaved" after it was discovered hundreds of NAB employees under their charge had been falsifying client documents. One NAB executive argued it would send the wrong message to NAB's leadership team and encourage them to sweep future scandals under the carpet. Continue reading... |
| Kim Jong-un visits survivors of bus crash – video Posted: 24 Apr 2018 12:34 AM PDT Kim Jong-un visited survivors after dozens of Chinese tourists were killed when their bus plunged off a bridge in North Korea. The state-run KCNA news agency reported on Tuesday that the North Korean leader had visited two Chinese survivors of the crash on Sunday in which 32 Chinese and four North Koreans died. Continue reading... |
| 'No national security connection' to Toronto van incident, minister says – video Posted: 23 Apr 2018 09:15 PM PDT The Toronto police chief, Mark Saunders, says Alek Minassian, suspected of driving a van into pedestrians, killing 10 people and injuring 15, was not known to police. The federal public safety minister, Ralph Goodale, standing next to Saunders, says: 'There would appear to be no national security connection.' • Toronto van incident in which 10 pedestrians died appeared deliberate, say police Continue reading... |
| Aftermath of the van incident in Toronto – in pictures Posted: 23 Apr 2018 05:38 PM PDT A van jumped a kerb in a northern suburb of Toronto and ran into a crowd of pedestrians, leaving numerous casualties Continue reading... |
| Toronto police officer single-handedly arrests van driver suspect – video Posted: 23 Apr 2018 04:45 PM PDT WARNING: this video contains scenes some viewers may find distressing. Video taken by bystanders shows the standoff between the suspected perpetrator of Monday's attack in Toronto and a police officer. The officer warns the suspect to get down or he will be shot. The suspect, who points an object at the officer, later complies and is arrested without shots being fired. Toronto van incident – follow the latest live updates Continue reading... |
| 'He hit every single person on the sidewalk':Witnesses recall scene as van ploughs into crowd–video Posted: 23 Apr 2018 12:05 PM PDT Police in Canada said at least nine people died when a van left the road and ran into a crowd of pedestrians in the northern suburbs of Toronto. The driver fled the scene but was later arrested by police, who cordoned off several city blocks. At least 16 people were injured. Continue reading... |
| Sit-ins and picket lines: why Armenia has been protesting – video explainer Posted: 23 Apr 2018 09:23 AM PDT Armenia's prime minister, Serzh Sargsyan, has resigned after days of protests in the country's capital, Yerevan. Demonstrations began after Sargsyan took the role of prime minister immediately after two terms as president. Protesters accused him of stealing power Serzh Sargsyan resigns as Armenia's prime minister after protests Continue reading... |
| Nashville shooting 'hero' cries during TV news conference – video Posted: 23 Apr 2018 02:10 AM PDT James Shaw Jr, who wrestled a gun from a man who killed four people in a Nashville Waffle House, broke down in tears during a press conference. Police, who are still hunting a suspect, say he prevented further loss of life Continue reading... |
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