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- Venezuela elections: Nicolás Maduro wins second term
- EU blocking cities' efforts to curb Airbnb, say campaigners
- Germany to roll out mass holding centres for asylum seekers
- China aims to land on dark side of moon via launch of 'Magpie Bridge' satellite
- After Trump attacks New York Times, Giuliani tells paper Mueller will be done by September
- First baby in 12 years born on remote island where births are banned
- US and China put trade war 'on hold'
- Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is without a UK visa
- Mountain bikers in fatal cougar attack did everything right, authorities say
- MP blames Pacific 'failed states' for New Zealand's drug problems
- Spain's Podemos leader to face party vote over luxury house purchase
- DRC: experimental Ebola vaccine to be administered in Mbandaka
- Kilauea volcano grows more hazardous as spewing lava causes first major injury
- New Starbucks policy allows nonpaying guests to sit in cafes and use restrooms
- Grenfell Tower fire inquiry – live updates
- Italy: populist coalition set to name political novice as PM nominee
- MFON: women photographers of the African diaspora – in pictures
- The Great Revolt review: Trump-approved study of 2016 is key reading for Democrats
- Chinese censors erase online comments as US puts tariffs 'on hold'
- Banking royal commission: Westpac made claim against chronically ill pensioner's house
- Colombia discovers the art of keeping young people off the streets
- Sanja Matsuri festival – Yakuza day in pictures
- China launches satellite to explore dark side of moon – video
- New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern opens Techweek ... as a hologram – video
- Lava flows from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano grow more vigorous – video
| Venezuela elections: Nicolás Maduro wins second term Posted: 20 May 2018 08:02 PM PDT Main rivals both declare poll, which was boycotted by the opposition, illegitimate due to alleged widespread irregularities Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro has shrugged off international condemnation and allegations of vote buying and electoral fraud to claim a second six-year term at the helm of his crisis-stricken nation. Addressing crowds of supporters outside the presidential palace in Caracas on Sunday night, Maduro hailed the "impeccable electoral process" that had returned him to power with 67.7% of the vote. |
| EU blocking cities' efforts to curb Airbnb, say campaigners Posted: 20 May 2018 09:00 PM PDT Commission is hypnotised by 'sharing economy' and not seeing its downside, says researcher The explosive rise of short-stay Airbnb holiday rentals may be shutting locals out of housing and changing neighbourhoods across Europe, but cities' efforts to halt it are being stymied by EU policies to promote the "sharing economy", campaigners say. "It's pretty clear," said Kenneth Haar, author of UnfairBnB, a study published this month by the Brussels-based campaign group Corporate Europe Observatory. "Airbnb is under a lot of pressure locally across Europe, and they're trying to use the top-down power of the EU institutions to fight back." |
| Germany to roll out mass holding centres for asylum seekers Posted: 20 May 2018 10:00 PM PDT 'Anchor' camps will undermine country's reputation for being welcoming, say critics Mass holding centres that Germany's interior ministry wants to roll out across the country will stoke social tension between locals and migrants and undermine the welcoming image the country has gained in the eyes of the world, aid organisations have said. So-called anchor centres – an acronym for arrival, decision, return – are designed to speed up deportations of unsuccessful asylum seekers, by containing large groups of people and the authorities who rule on their claims inside the same holding facility. Continue reading... |
| China aims to land on dark side of moon via launch of 'Magpie Bridge' satellite Posted: 20 May 2018 11:05 PM PDT Relay station will eventually let teams on the ground talk to a lunar probe that China plans to launch this year in world-first mission China is one step closer to being the first country to land on the dark side of the moon. At 5.28am on Monday, the Queqiao relay satellite was launched from Sichuan province, according to Chinese state media. With Queqiao in place, China will be able to send a lunar probe to the side of the moon that never faces the Earth. No space program has ever reached that part of the lunar surface because of communications difficulties. Continue reading... |
| After Trump attacks New York Times, Giuliani tells paper Mueller will be done by September Posted: 20 May 2018 01:59 PM PDT
Donald Trump attacked the New York Times on Sunday, after the newspaper said his oldest son and other aides met in August 2016 with a representative of two Gulf states offering to help the Trump campaign. Related: Facing Trump, a historian appeals to America's soul: 'I think we'll survive' Continue reading... |
| First baby in 12 years born on remote island where births are banned Posted: 20 May 2018 05:27 PM PDT Girl's arrival on Fernando de Noronha on Saturday came as a surprise to everyone – including the parents A remote Brazilian island has welcomed its first baby in 12 years after a local woman broke the rule against giving birth there. The baby girl born on the Atlantic outpost of Fernando de Noronha on Saturday came as a surprise to everyone – including the parents. Continue reading... |
| US and China put trade war 'on hold' Posted: 20 May 2018 08:36 AM PDT Steven Mnuchin, US Treasury secretary, says negotiations over tariffs with China have borne fruit America has pulled back from launching a trade war with China that could have destabilised the global economy, by agreeing to put proposed tariffs on Chinese imports "on hold". The Treasury secretary, Steven Mnuchin, said on Sunday that negotiations with Chinese officials have borne fruit, meaning Washington and Beijing can step back from imposing punishing tariffs on each other's exports. Continue reading... |
| Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich is without a UK visa Posted: 20 May 2018 07:52 AM PDT Russian billionaire's visa ran out weeks ago and it is unclear whether he will get a new one Roman Abramovich's UK visa has expired and British authorities have not yet issued him with a new one, according to Russian media reports and people who know the businessman. The Russian oligarch and owner of Chelsea football club, who is the 13th richest person in Britain with a net worth of £9.3bn, according to the Sunday Times, held an entrepreneurial visa to the UK that expired several weeks ago. He has filed for a new visa, but has not yet been granted one, and it is not clear if or when he will be. Continue reading... |
| Mountain bikers in fatal cougar attack did everything right, authorities say Posted: 20 May 2018 01:03 PM PDT
A mountain biker who was killed by a cougar near Seattle and his friend who escaped after the animal attacked him did everything right, authorities have said. The two men were riding on a trail in the Cascade Mountain foothills on Saturday when the mountain lion began following them. Authorities said they did everything state guidelines advise: getting off their bikes, making noise and trying to scare the animal away. One even smacked it with his bike, after it charged. Continue reading... |
| MP blames Pacific 'failed states' for New Zealand's drug problems Posted: 20 May 2018 08:19 PM PDT Tonga spokesman says comments by assistant finance minister border on racism and that his country is not the 'wild west' A New Zealand MP has said the country's Pacific neighbours are to blame for New Zealand's worsening drug problems, blaming "failed states" in the region for failing to stop drug smugglers. Shane Jones, the assistant finance minister, has earned a reputation in his six months in government for his blunt and often controversial rhetoric. Continue reading... |
| Spain's Podemos leader to face party vote over luxury house purchase Posted: 20 May 2018 03:36 AM PDT Pablo Iglesias and Irene Montero accused of betraying principles over €600,000 purchase The leader of Spain's anti-austerity Podemos party and its parliamentary spokeswoman are submitting themselves to a confidence vote in the hope of putting an end to criticism of their decision to buy a €600,000 (£525,000) house in the mountains outside Madrid. Pablo Iglesias and Irene Montero, who are expecting twins, have been accused of betraying the party's principles and joining the petty bourgeoisie by purchasing the property. Continue reading... |
| DRC: experimental Ebola vaccine to be administered in Mbandaka Posted: 20 May 2018 09:42 AM PDT Campaign aims to prevent spread of disease into other parts of DRC and neighbouring countries Health authorities and NGOs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo will begin administering an experimental Ebola vaccine on Monday in Mbandaka, the north-western city of 1.2 million people where the deadly disease was detected last week. The campaign aims to "ringfence" the outbreak. The risk of Ebola spreading within DRC is very high and the disease could move into nine neighbouring countries, the World Health Organization has said. |
| Kilauea volcano grows more hazardous as spewing lava causes first major injury Posted: 20 May 2018 05:47 AM PDT
A volcano on Hawaii's Big Island that is oozing and spewing lava and exploding with ash and gas has become more hazardous in recent days, with rivers of molten rock flowing into the ocean and flying lava causing the first major injury. Related: Hawaii's evacuees on why they live under a volcano: it's affordable Continue reading... |
| New Starbucks policy allows nonpaying guests to sit in cafes and use restrooms Posted: 20 May 2018 12:37 PM PDT Move comes after company was accused of bias when two black men were arrested for sitting without ordering anything Starbucks has told its employees to allow all guests to use store facilities, including restrooms, regardless of their spending. Related: Black men arrested in Starbucks settle for $1 each and $200,000 program for young people Continue reading... |
| Grenfell Tower fire inquiry – live updates Posted: 21 May 2018 02:10 AM PDT Follow live updates on the opening of the Grenfell Tower inquiry when family and friends will pay tributes to the victims
The first victim to be commemorated will be Logan Gomes who was still born in hospital the day after the fire. His mother, Andreia, who was seven months pregnant, lived on the 21st floor with her husband Marcio and two children. The programme for today's commemorative hearing. A link to the stream will be posted at 10:45. pic.twitter.com/wGuHbIGrwB It is going to be a tough week With the strength and love of the community we can get through this but lets hope that the truth prevails and that justice is served on those culpable for this horrific fire #72Angels #grenfellunited #justice4grenfell #justiceforjessie https://t.co/JX9tbZU1tk
Shadow home secretary, Diane Abbott, said the inquiry must examine why the concerns of residents about safety were ignored. Continue reading... |
| Italy: populist coalition set to name political novice as PM nominee Posted: 21 May 2018 02:21 AM PDT Leaders of Five Star Movement and far right League expected to nominate to Giuseppe Conte at meeting with president The leaders of the Five Star Movement (M5S) and far-right League are to announce their nominee to be prime minister of Italy's first populist government at a meeting with the country's president. Related: Italy's policies make sense, it's eurozone rules that are absurd | Larry Elliott Continue reading... |
| MFON: women photographers of the African diaspora – in pictures Posted: 21 May 2018 12:30 AM PDT The MFON journal and book is committed to establishing and representing a collective voice of female photographers of African descent and features more than 100 from across the diaspora. MFON is named in memory of Mmekutmfon 'Mfon' Essien, a visionary photographer who died from breast cancer aged 34 in 2001. MFON has a legacy grant available to emerging black female photographers of African descent Continue reading... |
| The Great Revolt review: Trump-approved study of 2016 is key reading for Democrats Posted: 20 May 2018 10:00 PM PDT Salena Zito and Brad Todd pull punches on race but show just how the 'blue wall' collapsed and how hard it will be to rebuild Between November 2007 and late 2016, white Americans lost more than 700,000 jobs. Seemingly oblivious to that reality, on the manicured lawns of Martha's Vineyard, Silicon Valley and Beverly Hills Hillary Clinton repeatedly shared that a chunk of Donald Trump's base was irredeemably deplorable. Only when Clinton was busted for repeating that same line at a Wall Street fundraiser did she bother to feign remorse. The powder that exploded on election day 2016 was all around. But it took Donald Trump to light the match, and few were prepared for the ensuing conflagration. The industrial midwest, the Democrats' famed blue wall, collapsed. A segment of the electorate that had cast its lot with Barack Obama, together with others who had never before voted, propelled Trump to the White House. Continue reading... |
| Chinese censors erase online comments as US puts tariffs 'on hold' Posted: 21 May 2018 02:04 AM PDT Posts suggesting concessions by Beijing are removed from microblogging site Weibo Chinese censors have erased online debate over US-China trade negotiations as the two countries appeared to back away from a trade war. Following the announcement on Sunday by the US treasury secretary, Steve Mnuchin, that proposed tariffs on Chinese goods would be put "on hold", posts on the microblogging site Weibo discussing the agreement were quickly deleted, according to a research initiative studying Chinese media. Continue reading... |
| Banking royal commission: Westpac made claim against chronically ill pensioner's house Posted: 21 May 2018 02:17 AM PDT Bank only allowed woman to stay in her home after NSW Legal Aid made claim to financial services ombudsman Westpac Bank made a claim against the house of an elderly pensioner with multiple debilitating health conditions after it had allowed her to become guarantor for her daughter's loan, and her daughter's business failed. The pensioner was only allowed to stay in her home after New South Wales Legal Aid made a claim to the financial services ombudsman on her behalf and Westpac agreed to let her stay there until she died. Continue reading... |
| Colombia discovers the art of keeping young people off the streets Posted: 20 May 2018 11:00 PM PDT After a failed peace pact raised the spectre of gang violence, music and dance have thrown the youth of Colombia's Chocó region a lifeline A rat skitters through the prison cell where Harold Cuesta sits handcuffed, beads of sweat dripping down his brow. He says his imprisonment means the delicate peace pact that his gang and others negotiated with the mayor of Quibdó is now dead. Since April, Cuesta, a key figure in the peace talks, has languished in the deprived Colombian city's overpopulated Anayancy prison, alongside a dozen other ex-gang leaders. Cuesta's list of convictions over the years is exhaustive, a catalogue of time in and out of prison for offences including extortion and, this time around, the alleged murder of his former lawyer. Continue reading... |
| Sanja Matsuri festival – Yakuza day in pictures Posted: 21 May 2018 01:15 AM PDT Sanja Matsuri festival is a celebration of the three legendary founders of Sensoji Temple in the Asakusa neighbourhood, with nearly two million people visiting during the three-day event. Continue reading... |
| China launches satellite to explore dark side of moon – video Posted: 20 May 2018 11:50 PM PDT At 5.28am on Monday, the Queqiao relay satellite was launched from Sichuan province, according to Chinese state media. With Queqiao in place, China will be able to send a lunar probe to the side of the moon that never faces the Earth. No space programme has ever reached that part of the lunar surface because of communications difficulties. In a few days Queqiao – which means 'Magpie Bridge' – will enter the moon's orbit, about 455,000km (282,000 miles) from Earth. China aims to land on dark side of moon via launch of 'Magpie Bridge' satellite Continue reading... |
| New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern opens Techweek ... as a hologram – video Posted: 20 May 2018 09:44 PM PDT A virtual Jacinda Ardern opens the Techweek animation conference as a holographic display, a move she said 'seems appropriate'. New Zealand's prime minister said this year's theme was 'innovation that's good for the world', which she said sat well with her, citing the country's nuclear-free policy and action on climate change. |
| Lava flows from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano grow more vigorous – video Posted: 20 May 2018 08:54 AM PDT The Kilauea volcano in Hawaii continues to produce lava and there is concern more homes may burn and more evacuations may be ordered. By Saturday morning, two of 22 fissures had merged, creating a wide flow advancing at rates of up to 300 yards per hour Kilauea volcano lava may burn more homes as flows grow more vigorous Continue reading... |
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