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- All eyes on Canada as first G7 nation prepares to make marijuana legal
- Voters oust judge in Brock Turner sexual assault case
- Australia remains preferred destination for millionaire migrants
- Fashion designer Kate Spade found dead in New York
- Ukraine's president defends faked murder of Russian journalist
- Macron says Trump call is like sausages: best to not know what's inside
- World Bank warns trade tensions could cause 2008-level crisis
- Turkey escalates row with Greece over 'putschist' soldiers
- Italy's PM takes aim at migrants and austerity in maiden speech
- Putin pushes for end to 'harmful' sanctions during Austria visit
- Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty on rape and criminal sex act charges
- Lava from Hawaii volcano destroys hundreds more homes
- Europe's mental health institutions uniformly substandard, says WHO
- India will abolish all single-use plastic by 2022, vows Narendra Modi
- Common goal: how soccer healed a gang and riot-hit area of LA
- The planet is on edge of a global plastic calamity | Erik Solheim
- Grenfell Tower: inquiry to hear first-hand how the fire started – live updates
- Brexit: Starmer says Labour won't back staying in EEA because party too divided - Politics live
- Iran launches plan to bolster uranium enrichment
- Rwanda appalled at chance of early release for genocide criminals
- 'Police never turned up': El Salvador's devastating epidemic of femicide | Jo Griffin
- Sleep Radio: New Zealand station that wants listeners to switch off
- Steven Ciobo plays down export delays with China, saying growth is ‘phenomenal’
- Oxfam sexual abuse scandal fallout was 'out of proportion', says Clare Short
- I served 20 years in prison for pot. Now the police are making millions from it | Rosie Rowbotham
- US-China relations deteriorating fast over flashpoint issues
- What will be the outcome of Trump and Kim Jong-un's nuclear summit?
- Macron: phone calls with Trump are like sausages – video
- How the world’s first habitable 3D printed houses are made – video
- Donald Trump struggles with lyrics to God Bless America – video
- UK will not intervene on Northern Ireland abortion reform – video
- US police officer uses patrol car to hit fleeing suspect in Georgia – video
| All eyes on Canada as first G7 nation prepares to make marijuana legal Posted: 05 Jun 2018 11:00 PM PDT From crime to health to business, Canada's decision to legalize marijuana is a grand progressive experiment that promises to answer a host of questions When Canopy Growth opened its first cannabis factory in an old chocolate plant near Ottawa four years ago, it did so predicting a bright future. Canada had already legalized medical marijuana, and Canopy predicted full legalization for recreational use to be next. What the company hadn't predicted, however, was the sudden flood of foreign visitors. Politicians and police authorities from Jamaica, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Greece and Australia have all come knocking, as well as doctors from New Zealand, Brazil and Chile, along with groups of corporate investors and bankers – so many that Canopy now splits the groups into smaller units according to their birthdays. Continue reading... |
| Voters oust judge in Brock Turner sexual assault case Posted: 05 Jun 2018 11:58 PM PDT Judge is first to be recalled by US voters since 1977 after ex-student given just six months in prison The California judge in the Stanford sexual assault case has been recalled from office by local voters, an extremely rare outcome in the US court system and a major victory for activists who waged a two-year campaign against the official. Judge Aaron Persky faced international scrutiny in June of 2016 after he sentenced the ex-Stanford University student Brock Turner to six months in jail. Turner, whose name became synonymous with campus sexual assault across America, had been convicted of three felonies for assaulting an unconscious woman outside of a fraternity party on the elite campus in northern California. Continue reading... |
| Australia remains preferred destination for millionaire migrants Posted: 05 Jun 2018 11:55 PM PDT About 10,000 mega rich make Australia home in 2017, lured by proximity to Asia and no inheritance taxes Australia is the millionaires' migration destination of choice for the third year running, according to a new report, with wealthy individuals lured by the country's proximity to Asia, relative safety and no inheritance taxes. About 10,000 high-net-worth individuals, with a personal wealth of US$1m or more, migrated to Australia in 2017 – mostly from China, India and the UK. Continue reading... |
| Fashion designer Kate Spade found dead in New York Posted: 05 Jun 2018 12:50 PM PDT Law enforcement officials say body of Spade, 55, was found in apartment on Park Avenue and a note was discovered at the scene The handbag and fashion designer Kate Spade has been found dead in New York in an apparent suicide at her home, according to law enforcement officials. Officials say the body of the 55-year-old businesswoman was found by housekeeping staff inside her Park Avenue apartment at about 10.20am on Tuesday. They say she left a note at the scene. The officials were not authorized to divulge details of the investigation and spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity. Continue reading... |
| Ukraine's president defends faked murder of Russian journalist Posted: 05 Jun 2018 10:58 AM PDT Staged death of Arkady Babchenko prompts questions about alleged 'hit-list' Ukraine's president has robustly defended the decision to fake the death of a journalist, as questions persist over the necessity of the stunt and an alleged "hit-list" of future potential victims. Last week Ukrainian authorities announced the murder of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko at his apartment in Kiev, only for Babchenko to show up alive the next day at a press conference about his "murder". Continue reading... |
| Macron says Trump call is like sausages: best to not know what's inside Posted: 06 Jun 2018 02:06 AM PDT French president relates conversations with world leaders to food after reports that call with Trump regarding tariffs was 'terrible' Emmanuel Macron has said that his phone calls with Donald Trump and other world leaders are just like sausages: better not explain what's inside. During a news conference with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, Macron was asked about a CNN report on Monday saying that a phone call between the French leader and Trump last week had been "terrible". Continue reading... |
| World Bank warns trade tensions could cause 2008-level crisis Posted: 05 Jun 2018 01:00 PM PDT Estimating risk of rising economic nationalism, the kind promoted by Donald Trump, the bank warned of 'severe consequences' for trade and growth A worldwide escalation of the trade tensions between the US and its major trading partners would have consequences for global trade equivalent to the 2008 financial crisis, the World Bank has warned. Using conservative estimates to assess the risks to the world economy from rising economic nationalism of the kind promoted by Donald Trump, the Washington-based organisation warned of "severe consequences" for world trade and economic growth, with the harshest impact reserved for developing nations. |
| Turkey escalates row with Greece over 'putschist' soldiers Posted: 05 Jun 2018 03:41 PM PDT Erdoğan sends F-16 fighter jets into Greek airspace after pre-trial release of eight officers Turkey has sent fighter jets roaring into Greek airspace as tensions mount between the two neighbours following the release from pre-trial detention of eight Turkish army officers described as traitors by Ankara. Related: Greece angrily rejects Erdoğan's proposed soldier swap Continue reading... |
| Italy's PM takes aim at migrants and austerity in maiden speech Posted: 05 Jun 2018 04:07 PM PDT Giuseppe Conte calls for redistribution of asylum seekers and review of Russian sanctions Italy's incoming prime minister used his maiden policy speech to demand a review of sanctions against Russia, in a departure from the stance of his European allies. Giuseppe Conte also called for an "obligatory" redistribution of asylum seekers around the EU. Continue reading... |
| Putin pushes for end to 'harmful' sanctions during Austria visit Posted: 05 Jun 2018 10:44 AM PDT Russian leader evaded MH17 questions during first visit to an EU country since re-election Vladimir Putin lobbied for the phasing out of economic sanctions and dodged questions about the shooting down of flight MH17 during his first state visit to an EU member state since being re-elected as Russian president in March. "Both those who initiate these actions and those such measures that we call sanctions are aimed against find them harmful," Putin said in Vienna on Tuesday, claiming that European countries were merely "finding it hard to say so". Continue reading... |
| Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty on rape and criminal sex act charges Posted: 05 Jun 2018 09:01 AM PDT
Harvey Weinstein appeared in court in New York on Tuesday, to plead not guilty on rape and criminal sex act charges. Related: Rose McGowan: 'Hollywood is built on sickness. It operates like a cult' Continue reading... |
| Lava from Hawaii volcano destroys hundreds more homes Posted: 05 Jun 2018 04:17 PM PDT Mayor's second home destroyed as oceanfront communities hit by lava from Kilauea eruption Lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano destroyed hundreds of homes overnight, overtaking two oceanfront communities that were advised to evacuate last week, officials said on Tuesday. No injuries were reported as most residents heeded advice to leave. Continue reading... |
| Europe's mental health institutions uniformly substandard, says WHO Posted: 05 Jun 2018 03:01 PM PDT None of the 75 sites visited by experts met the standards of care set by the United Nations Mental health institutions in Europe are failing to safeguard residents' human rights, with many described as shocking by experts who have found not one institution among 75 visited across the continent fully met all of the standards set by the United Nations. While some institutions took care to train staff to deal with crises, create individual recovery plans and provide access to legal support, others failed to even partially meet such standards. Continue reading... |
| India will abolish all single-use plastic by 2022, vows Narendra Modi Posted: 05 Jun 2018 09:57 AM PDT Country will also introduce a campaign against marine litter and a pledge to make 100 national monuments litter-free India will eliminate all single-use plastic in the country by 2022, prime minister Narendra Modi has announced. The pledge is the most ambitious yet of the global actions to combat plastic pollution that are taking place in 60 nations around the world. Modi's move aims to drastically stem the flow of plastic from the 1.3 billion people living in the fastest growing economy in the world. Continue reading... |
| Common goal: how soccer healed a gang and riot-hit area of LA Posted: 05 Jun 2018 11:30 PM PDT Two miles from where Rodney King was attacked by police, a patch of turf has breathed life into a neighbourhood ravaged by violence South Los Angeles is a 51 sq m grille of concrete and asphalt, spread flat below the sparkle of Hollywood and the towers of downtown. Early city leaders wrote racist covenants forcing black people and Latino immigrants into the blocks of south LA – not-so-subtly barricading them from the opulence beyond. What we are trying to do is build more than a soccer field. We are trying to build a community Continue reading... |
| The planet is on edge of a global plastic calamity | Erik Solheim Posted: 04 Jun 2018 10:00 PM PDT We urgently need consumers, business and governments to cut consumption of single-use, throwaway plastics, writes the UN Environment chief Plastic pollution has grabbed the world's attention, and with good cause. More than 100 years after its invention, we're addicted. To pass a day without encountering some form of plastic is nearly impossible. We've always been eager to embrace the promise of a product that could make life cheaper, faster, easier. Now, after a century of unchecked production and consumption, convenience has turned to crisis. Continue reading... |
| Grenfell Tower: inquiry to hear first-hand how the fire started – live updates Posted: 06 Jun 2018 02:14 AM PDT Follow day 10 of the inquiry as it hears from a barrister representing Behailu Kebede in whose fourth floor flat the fire started
Kebede did not hesitate in contacting the police on the night of the fire, Menon says. He has cooperated fully with the police as a witness. He is not a criminal suspect, Kebede lawyer.
Rajiv Menon QC, representing Behailu Kebede, in whose flat the fire started, begins by saying that Kebede had been living in flat 16 for 25 years when he was woken by a fire alarm. He acted quickly and banged on bed room doors of his neighbours on the fourth shouting "fire fire". Continue reading... |
| Brexit: Starmer says Labour won't back staying in EEA because party too divided - Politics live Posted: 06 Jun 2018 02:11 AM PDT Rolling coverage of the day's political developments as they happen, including Theresa May and Jeremy Corbyn at PMQs and David Davis's Brexit speech
Here is a summary of the main points from Sir Keir Starmer's Today interview. He knows, and others who are critical on this know, that this amendment does not command that support in their own party. I've been talking to colleagues for the last two or three weeks to gauge the views across our party. I wish I could report that we had complete unity on all amendments but we are not in that position. [Umunna and others] know as well as I do that their own colleagues in the party are indicating they are not prepared to vote for this. The only way we can win a vote is if Labour is united and we all vote together in the same way at the same time. That's how we can defeat the government ... The only way we can win a vote is if Labour is united and we all vote together in the same way at the same time. That's how we can defeat the government . I'm determined that we are going to do that on the customs union, on the meaningful vote, on the Northern Ireland no hard border amendments last week, and I hope that we can have a whole catalogue of victories against the government. I actually think the government is going to have to concede in the face of the challenge. What the EU negotiators have said time and time again is, if the red lines change, the prime minister's red lines, there's a different negotiation to be had. In my discussions with them, obviously in confidence, and I'm not going to betray that confidence, it is clear that what they mean by that is that, if we signal that we want a close economic relationship with the EU going forward, there is a conversation and negotiation to be had and it will involve some of the tools in the Norway-style toolbox. When I first announced that we should have transitional measures on the same terms as now, which I did last summer, everybody said that's just 'cake and eat it'. It is now accepted as the only sensible basis for transition. When we set out our position on the customs union three or four months ago, everyone said, 'Well, that's cake and eat it.' Now the government knows that if that proposition is going to be put to a vote, it's going to lose it. So we will take this a little bit with a pinch of salt.
Last night the Labour party announced that it was tabling amendments to three pieces of Brexit legislation (the EU withdrawal bill, the trade bill and the so-called customs bill) saying the government should seek to get full access to the EU single market after Brexit. Some saw this as the party moving closer towards making soft Brexit (in the sense of staying in the single market) an explicit aim. But other saw this as the Eurosceptic Jeremy Corbyn trying to buy off the pro-European majority in his party, and create a bit of cover ahead of a decision next week not to order Labour MPs to vote in favour of an amendment to the EU withdrawal bill committing the government to keeping the UK in the European Economic Area (EEA) - which would amount to proper single market membership. Here is our overnight story. Related: Labour reveals scheme to maintain access to EU single market While this is getting close to #EEA Single Market, the Conservative rebel MPs are unlikely to support Labour frontbench in any way. In which case we need to put country first and vote together on Lords EEA amendment. To miss opportunity to win on this would be unforgivable. https://t.co/zKmZfCLtkr We have got to ditch our addiction to constructive ambiguity on Brexit. If you want the benefits of the EEA, you have to back being part of the EEA. End of story. The UK will have far more influence on EEA rules if we are part of it than if we have 'access' through an FTA. The difficulty with that, and I think everybody recognises this, is that there are very strong and very different views across the PLP on that particular amendment. So, whilst there's unity on all the others and we will all be voting together, on that amendment there are very divided views. I'm injecting some honesty about where we are in the Labour party. Continue reading... |
| Iran launches plan to bolster uranium enrichment Posted: 05 Jun 2018 12:12 PM PDT Move piles pressure on European states scrambling to salvage nuclear deal Iran has launched a plan to increase its uranium enrichment capacity with new centrifuges, raising the pressure on European diplomats scrambling to rescue the crumbling nuclear deal after the US pulled out. "If conditions allow, maybe tomorrow night at Natanz [plant], we can announce the opening of the centre for production of new centrifuges," said the vice-president, Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organisation of Iran, according to conservative news agency Fars on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Rwanda appalled at chance of early release for genocide criminals Posted: 05 Jun 2018 10:30 PM PDT Hassan Ngeze, convicted on crimes relating to 1994 genocide, among those who may be released after serving two-thirds of sentence An international court is expected to approve the early release from prison of one of the architects of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda – despite objections from prosecutors who claim it will undermine confidence in global campaigns to combat extremism. The Rwandan government has also made protests over what it describes as a secretive process which could see Hassan Ngeze freed along with others responsible for the slaughter of 800,000 Tutsis. Continue reading... |
| 'Police never turned up': El Salvador's devastating epidemic of femicide | Jo Griffin Posted: 05 Jun 2018 11:00 PM PDT Pressure is growing to tackle the rising toll of violence in one of the world's most dangerous places to be a woman The day before she was found dead in a garden in a suburb of the El Salvadoran capital, Graciela Eugenia Ramírez Chávez had gone to buy shoes for her wedding. Her fiance was later arrested and charged with her murder – she had been stabbed 56 times – in a case that briefly made headlines in a country where femicide is a grisly daily reality. The death of 22-year-old Ramírez on 13 February came less than a month after Dr Rosa María Bonilla Vega, 45, died in hospital after being found injured at the foot of the stairs at her home in the city of Santa Ana. Two months later Karla Turcios, a 33-year-old journalist, was found, strangled and suffocated, on a road near the western town where she lived. The partners of both women have been charged with their murders. Continue reading... |
| Sleep Radio: New Zealand station that wants listeners to switch off Posted: 05 Jun 2018 09:41 PM PDT Insomniacs across the world give the nod to John Watson, who has ambient music producers queueing up to feature on his channel John Watson is the first to admit that his DJ skills put people to sleep. Luckily for him, that is the point. For the past four years Watson, who lives in the tiny New Zealand township of Te Aroha, has been broadcasting to the world. But instead of seeking an engaged listenership, Watson wants those who tune into his station to literally fall asleep. And they do. Continue reading... |
| Steven Ciobo plays down export delays with China, saying growth is ‘phenomenal’ Posted: 06 Jun 2018 01:13 AM PDT Diplomatic relations have cooled between the two countries but he insists, 'it is not a trade-off between trade and national security' Minister for trade Steven Ciobo has played down Australia's "go-slow" delays and issues with China as merely an "irritant", while insisting Australia does not have to choose between trade policy and national security when it comes to its Sino relations. Ciobo, who was unable to meet his Chinese ministerial counterpart while in China last month, spent his press club address insisting Australia's trade relationship with the economic superpower was not at risk. His address came as wine producers, who have been facing export delays, called on Malcolm Turnbull to head to China and heal any rifts. Continue reading... |
| Oxfam sexual abuse scandal fallout was 'out of proportion', says Clare Short Posted: 05 Jun 2018 08:33 AM PDT Former development secretary tells MPs' committee that sexual abuse is not a 'special problem' in the aid sector The fallout from the sexual misconduct scandal at the charity Oxfam was "completely distorted and out of all proportion" according to a former secretary of state for international development, Clare Short. Speaking to the international development committee on Tuesday, Short said she did not believe sexual abuse was a "special problem" within charities. Continue reading... |
| I served 20 years in prison for pot. Now the police are making millions from it | Rosie Rowbotham Posted: 05 Jun 2018 11:00 PM PDT The same authorities who hounded dealers are now investors in cannabis – and there's still no amnesty for past convictions. The hypocrisy is staggering Over the course of my life, I have been convicted in four separate trials, sentenced to a total of 69 years in prison, and after many appeals served just over 20 of them – the first two in maximum security. I was finally released on parole in 1997. Given the length of time I was incarcerated, you might be thinking that I was involved in hard drugs or violence. After all, some murderers do less time than I did. Continue reading... |
| US-China relations deteriorating fast over flashpoint issues Posted: 05 Jun 2018 05:00 PM PDT Clashes over South China Sea, Taiwan and trade have plunged Trump and Xi into the diplomatic deep freeze China's expanding efforts to impose its will on neighbours through diplomatic, commercial and military pressure – the so-called Xi doctrine – have drawn the sharpest riposte to date from the Trump administration, with Taiwan once again the main flashpoint in a sea of accelerating Sino-American rivalry. Following recent verbal clashes over US "freedom of navigation" patrols in disputed South China Sea waters, officials in Washington say they plan to send a US aircraft carrier battlegroup into the Taiwan Strait separating the island from mainland China. The move was in response to China's military "turning up the heat" on Taiwan, an official said. Continue reading... |
| What will be the outcome of Trump and Kim Jong-un's nuclear summit? Posted: 05 Jun 2018 03:00 PM PDT Without progress on nuclear disarmament, the meeting will be called a failure – but Trump will need to make big concessions Rarely in modern in history has there been a summit with higher stakes and greater uncertainty over its outcome than the planned meeting in Singapore a week from now between Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump. On one side of the table will be the leader of a highly reclusive, isolated state that has devoted the past three decades to the development of nuclear warheads and missiles. Continue reading... |
| Macron: phone calls with Trump are like sausages – video Posted: 06 Jun 2018 01:24 AM PDT The French president, Emmanuel Macron, has explained that his phone calls with his US counterpart, Donald Trump, are like sausages: all the better to not know what's inside. 'As Bismarck used to say, if we explained to people how sausages were made, it's unlikely they'd keep eating them,' Macron said. Continue reading... |
| How the world’s first habitable 3D printed houses are made – video Posted: 06 Jun 2018 01:04 AM PDT Eindhoven in the Netherlands is set to become the first district in the world to have habitable homes, made with a 3D printer. Houses have been made with 3D printers before but none has been fit for people to live in. The Dutch team behind the innovation hope the system will revolutionise the construction industry with far more energy-efficient, eco-friendly homes Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump struggles with lyrics to God Bless America – video Posted: 05 Jun 2018 07:27 PM PDT US president Donald Trump joins in singing Irving Berlin's God Bless America during his 'celebration of America' at the White House, but his lips appear to be sealed for the trickier lines. The event was hastily changed after the president disinvited Super Bowl winners the Philadelphia Eagles as part of the ongoing row over kneeling during the national anthem. Continue reading... |
| UK will not intervene on Northern Ireland abortion reform – video Posted: 05 Jun 2018 12:56 PM PDT Karen Bradley, the Northern Ireland secretary, says she would personally want to see reform on abortion laws in Northern Ireland but the government's position is that it is a decision for the locally elected Northern Irish assembly Continue reading... |
| US police officer uses patrol car to hit fleeing suspect in Georgia – video Posted: 05 Jun 2018 07:58 AM PDT A Georgia police officer has been fired after using his car to hit a fleeing suspect. Athens-Clarke County police department has released bodycam footage that shows Taylor Saulters pursuing Timmy Patmon, culminating in the officer using his patrol car to bring Patmon to a stop Continue reading... |
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