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- Two dead after vehicle hits crowd in Münster, Germany
- Hundreds attend funeral of Palestinian journalist shot in Gaza
- Homophobic laws in Caribbean could roll back in landmark case
- Lula begins prison sentence in Brazil after giving himself up to police
- The spirit of 1968 rises again: can French students and workers triumph?
- Richest 1% on target to own two-thirds of all wealth by 2030
- Brazil: former president Lula defies judge's order to turn himself in
- Fresh blow for Airbus as Boeing wins $12bn jet order from American Airlines
- Chinese man caught smuggling five rhino horns is jailed by Dutch court
- Bollywood star Salman Khan granted bail after poaching conviction
- Gene therapy may help astronauts going to Mars resist deadly radiation
- Facebook suspends data firm hired by Vote Leave over alleged Cambridge Analytica ties
- London’s knife crime crisis: meet the people with possible solutions
- Czechs discover hidden film record of Stalin’s antisemitic show trial
- Dozens killed in suspected chemical attack in Syrian rebel enclave
- Trump Tower fire: man, 67, dies in blaze on 50th floor
- The town that breeds resistance to Malaria
- Josh Frydenberg lobbies AGL board to force Liddell power plant sale
- We can turn the tide in the fight against malaria – but we must act now | Jeremy Farrar
- Seeing Hillary Clinton reminded me why women shouldn't get over it
| Two dead after vehicle hits crowd in Münster, Germany Posted: 07 Apr 2018 12:08 PM PDT Driver also dead after shooting himself after incident in historic part of German city, which also left 20 people injured Two people were killed and about 30 injured after a van drove into a crowd in the western German city of Münster. The driver of the vehicle, who had not yet been officially identified on Saturday night, also died after shooting himself at the scene. Authorities have said that there is no indication that it was an Islamist attack. State interior minister Herbet Reuel said that investigators believe the perpetrator is a German citizen. Local media reported that he was someone with mental health problems. No one else was being sought in connection with the incident. The online edition of Der Spiegel magazine said that German authorities were "assuming" that the incident was an act of terrorism, although there was no immediate official confirmation of this. Continue reading... |
| Hundreds attend funeral of Palestinian journalist shot in Gaza Posted: 07 Apr 2018 09:53 AM PDT Yasser Murtaja, 31, was shot by Israeli forces while covering Friday's protests at the Gaza border Hundreds of colleagues and friends have attended the funeral of a popular and widely respected Palestinian video journalist who was killed as he covered Friday's mass border protests in the Gaza Strip. Yasser Murtaja, 31, was shot despite wearing a flak jacket with clear press markings as he filmed in thick black smoke from burning tyres set alight by protesters in Khuzaa, east of Khan Yunis. He was one of at least nine Palestinians killed by Israeli fire at various points along the border during the day. Continue reading... |
| Homophobic laws in Caribbean could roll back in landmark case Posted: 07 Apr 2018 12:30 PM PDT Verdict due on LGBT activist Jason Jones's attempt to strike down colonial-era law Trinidad and Tobago could make legal history in the Caribbean this week by rolling back long-standing homophobic laws. On Thursday, a high court judge, Devindra Rampersad, will deliver his verdict in a landmark case brought by a private citizen which, if successful, would set a legal precedent for removing similar laws in countries across the region. Continue reading... |
| Lula begins prison sentence in Brazil after giving himself up to police Posted: 07 Apr 2018 07:58 PM PDT The former president vows to prove his innocence of corruption after ending a two-day standoff with the authorities Brazil's former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has handed himself in to police after spending two nights at the metalworkers' union headquarters in São Paulo in defiance of an arrest warrant. "I'm going to prove my innocence," Lula told a large crowd of adoring supporters on Saturday at the building where he began his political career. "Do what you want, the powerful can kill one, two or 100 roses. But they'll never manage to stop the arrival of spring." Continue reading... |
| The spirit of 1968 rises again: can French students and workers triumph? Posted: 07 Apr 2018 12:00 PM PDT President Macron faces his biggest challenge as strikes and protests recall the epic struggle that rocked France to its core. We can win, insist this generation… At Nanterre university, on the outskirts of Paris, militant students have a dilemma: how can they pass their end-of-year exams while simultaneously fighting to derail the French government's education reforms? "It's a worry, but we'll find a way," says Annaël Lombe, a student union leader who is taking his political science finals in a few weeks. "Exams or not, we won't stop the protest. We will carry on the action." Continue reading... |
| Richest 1% on target to own two-thirds of all wealth by 2030 Posted: 07 Apr 2018 05:08 AM PDT World leaders urged to act as anger over inequality reaches a 'tipping point' The world's richest 1% are on course to control as much as two-thirds of the world's wealth by 2030, according to a shocking analysis that has lead to a cross-party call for action. World leaders are being warned that the continued accumulation of wealth at the top will fuel growing distrust and anger over the coming decade unless action is taken to restore the balance. Continue reading... |
| Brazil: former president Lula defies judge's order to turn himself in Posted: 06 Apr 2018 05:58 PM PDT Lula is holed up in steelworkers union building in Sao Paulo, surrounded by hundreds of fervent supporters Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defied a judge's order to turn himself in to police on Friday and start serving a 12-year prison sentence for bribery that would likely end his hopes of regaining the presidency. Lula remained holed up inside the headquarters of a steelworkers union in metropolitan Sao Paulo, surrounded by hundreds of fervent supporters, creating a standoff expected to stretch into the weekend. Continue reading... |
| Fresh blow for Airbus as Boeing wins $12bn jet order from American Airlines Posted: 06 Apr 2018 08:52 PM PDT The deal for wide-bodied aircraft is the latest in a series of setbacks for the European manufacturer's A330neo aircraft Boeing has won a crucial contest to supply 47 new 787 Dreamliner jets to American Airlines, beating European rival Airbus for the highly coveted order of wide-body, long-haul aircraft. "This was a difficult decision between the Boeing 787 and the Airbus A350 and A330neo and we thank both manufacturers for their aggressive efforts to earn more of American's business. In the end, our goal to simplify our fleet made the 787 a more compelling choice," American Airlines president Robert Isom said in a statement. Continue reading... |
| Chinese man caught smuggling five rhino horns is jailed by Dutch court Posted: 06 Apr 2018 08:31 PM PDT The horns worth €500,000 were found in the luggage of the man on his way to Shanghai A Dutch court has sentenced a Chinese man to a year in jail for smuggling five rhino horns and four other horn objects worth about €500,000 ($613,000) in his luggage. Related: 'We know we may be killed': the rangers risking their lives for Virunga's gorillas Continue reading... |
| Bollywood star Salman Khan granted bail after poaching conviction Posted: 07 Apr 2018 06:59 AM PDT Actor released pending appeal of five-year prison sentence for hunting blackbuck antelopes The Bollywood actor Salman Khan has been granted bail by a Rajasthan court on a poaching conviction that led the superstar to be sentenced to five years in prison this week. Khan, 52, was convicted on Thursday of illegally hunting two blackbucks, a protected species of Indian antelope, while shooting a film in Jodhpur city in 1998. Continue reading... |
| Gene therapy may help astronauts going to Mars resist deadly radiation Posted: 07 Apr 2018 03:00 AM PDT Researchers and scientists say new discoveries and drug creation could be beneficial to future astronauts on deep space missions
Related: Elon Musk: we must colonise Mars to preserve our species in a third world war Continue reading... |
| Facebook suspends data firm hired by Vote Leave over alleged Cambridge Analytica ties Posted: 06 Apr 2018 06:48 PM PDT AggregateIQ, which played a pivotal role in the Brexit campaign, suspended after reports it may have improperly obtained user data Facebook has suspended the Canadian data firm with which the official Vote Leave campaign spent 40% of its budget, as the Cambridge Analytica scandal continues to unfold. On Friday, Facebook announced it had suspended AggregateIQ (AIQ) from its platform following reports the company may be connected to Cambridge Analytica's parent company, SCL. Continue reading... |
| London’s knife crime crisis: meet the people with possible solutions Posted: 08 Apr 2018 12:27 AM PDT We ask campaigners, experts and ex-gang members how to stem the tide of knife violence in the capital Patsy McKie, founding member of Mothers Against Violence, Manchester Continue reading... |
| Czechs discover hidden film record of Stalin’s antisemitic show trial Posted: 07 Apr 2018 11:04 PM PDT Footage shows how Rudolf Slánský and other top communists were made victims of a brutal purge It was among the most notorious show trials of the 20th century, the prosecution and sentencing to death of Czechoslovakia's leading communist, who had been arrested in a brutal purge ordered by Stalin. For decades, events surrounding the revolutionary tribunal that resulted in the execution of Rudolf Slánský, general secretary of the Czechoslovak party, and 10 other defendants was shrouded in mythology – with most visual and verbal evidence apparently lost to posterity. Continue reading... |
| Dozens killed in suspected chemical attack in Syrian rebel enclave Posted: 08 Apr 2018 01:56 AM PDT Rescuers say 42 people killed and hundreds injured by what medics say was toxic gas attack Dozens of people have been killed in what local medics say was a toxic gas attack on the besieged town of Douma near the Syrian capital Damascus. Rescue workers said the attack led directly to the deaths of at least 42 people, with hundreds of injured showing symptoms they said were consistent with exposure to an organophosphorus compound. Continue reading... |
| Trump Tower fire: man, 67, dies in blaze on 50th floor Posted: 08 Apr 2018 01:34 AM PDT Commissioner calls blaze 'very difficult' while Trump says fire 'very confined' thanks to 'well-built building' One man has died and four firefighters injured after a four-alarm fire broke out on the 50th floor of Trump Tower in New York City on Saturday evening. The victim, 67, was found unresponsive and unconscious in the apartment and was pronounced dead at an area hospital, police said. Continue reading... |
| The town that breeds resistance to Malaria Posted: 07 Apr 2018 11:00 PM PDT As new waves of the disease threaten the globe, worried scientists want to conduct a mass inoculation in a Cambodian region where new vaccines always seem to stop being effective Pailin is a small settlement nestling in tropical rainforest near Cambodia's border with Thailand. It is an unassuming town that lies at the centre of one of the country's main logging areas. Pailin harbours secrets, however. It was here, in the late 1970s, that the Khmer Rouge set up one of its main strongholds and ruled Cambodia with a ferocity that caused at least 2 million deaths. It is a grim legacy, by any standards. But Pailin has another unwanted claim to fame, one that is also associated with widespread death. The town, it transpires, lies at the heart of a region that has seen successive waves of resistance to malaria drugs arise in local people and then spread across the globe. The resulting death tolls can be measured in millions of lives, say scientists. Continue reading... |
| Josh Frydenberg lobbies AGL board to force Liddell power plant sale Posted: 07 Apr 2018 11:53 PM PDT Energy minister says Alinta offer for NSW coal-fired plant 'in the interests' of AGL, which plans to turn it into a renewables hub The energy minister, Josh Frydenberg, has all but confirmed he had personally lobbied board members of AGL Energy in an effort to force a sale of the ageing Liddell power plant. Sources have told Guardian Australia Frydenberg has been calling individual board members in an effort to crash through management opposition to offloading the coal-fired facility in New South Wales to a competitor, the Hong Kong-owned Alinta Energy, which is looking to expand its market share. Continue reading... |
| We can turn the tide in the fight against malaria – but we must act now | Jeremy Farrar Posted: 07 Apr 2018 10:00 PM PDT After 15 years of success, the battle to eradicate the disease has stalled. This month's Commonwealth leaders' meeting is a window of opportunity On the long road to eliminating any disease, there are key moments that emerge as turning points. They can often be identified only in hindsight. For malaria, a disease that has ravaged the globe for centuries, one such moment came in September 2000, when leaders from 189 countries gathered in New York to adopt the eight Millennium Development Goals. Goal number six set an ambitious target of reversing the incidence of malaria – which at that time claimed more than 800,000 lives a year – by 2015. What followed was an unprecedented period of success in malaria control. Historically high levels of funding, the widespread use of insecticides, bed-nets and improved access to effective anti-malarial drugs saw deaths from malaria fall by 60% between 2000 and 2015. This phenomenal achievement led to a sense that we were on the home stretch towards confining it to the history books in many parts of the world. Continue reading... |
| Seeing Hillary Clinton reminded me why women shouldn't get over it Posted: 07 Apr 2018 07:00 AM PDT It's painful to recall that the world's dumbest man was elected over a most qualified woman, but hope is a danger for the right The Week in Patriarchy is a weekly roundup of what's happening in the world of feminism and sexism. If you're not already receiving it by email, make sure to subscribe. Continue reading... |
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