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- Trump-Russia: more election meddling evidence found, says Senate panel
- Monsoon rains may force Thai cave rescue attempt this week
- US and Russian officials hold 'frank' talks before Trump-Putin summit
- Mediterranean: more than 200 migrants drown in three days
- South Carolina police object to high-school reading list
- Mexico president-elect rejects bodyguards: 'The citizens will protect me'
- Outrage after American woman hunts and kills rare giraffe in South Africa
- Trump makes unfounded claim that Obama gave citizenship to 2,500 Iranians
- Doubts raised over Merkel compromise on border controls
- Israel: Hamas created fake dating apps to hack soldiers' phones
- Matteo Salvini backed by politician 'with links to mafia'
- Trump supreme court pick: favourites emerge in rush to name nominee
- So long, suckers! Japan mourns killing of World Cup psychic octopus
- Huge, fast-moving wildfire forces California evacuations
- 'All humanity has left the area': paying for Tesla's Gigafactory
- Oxford Street at risk if pedestrianisation blocked, says Sadiq Khan
- Head of Polish supreme court defies retirement law criticised by EU
- The Palestinian engineer using ashes and rubble to rebuild Gaza – podcast
- Sadness, fear and hope: America's immigrants mark Independence Day
- Nicaragua's president Daniel Ortega to stand firm despite violence
- Stern Hu: Australian former Rio Tinto executive released from Chinese jail
- Mick Dodson urges PM to reconsider ‘shameful’ rejection of voice to parliament
- 'Our fingers bleed': India's female miners toil over sandstone for the UK | Anumeha Yadav
- Pregnant teens and expectant fathers barred from school in Burundi
- Why school trips to abattoirs are essential
- Thai boys trapped in cave practise wearing diving masks – video
- Boys trapped in Thailand comforted by rescuers – video
- 1MDB scandal: former Malaysian PM arrives at court on corruption charges – video
| Trump-Russia: more election meddling evidence found, says Senate panel Posted: 03 Jul 2018 02:14 PM PDT Intelligence committee finds 'further support' to conclusion that Vladimir Putin and his government aimed to boost Trump A Republican-controlled Senate panel has said that further evidence has been found to support a US intelligence assessment that Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election to help elect Donald Trump. Related: US and Russian officials hold 'frank' talks before Trump-Putin summit Continue reading... |
| Monsoon rains may force Thai cave rescue attempt this week Posted: 03 Jul 2018 03:12 PM PDT Rescue of boys may have to take place before downpours in next few days, says minister Thai authorities are racing against the clock to rescue 12 boys and their football coach trapped in a cave, saying they may attempt to evacuate the group before a fresh round of monsoon rains expected this week. The group had been missing since finishing football practice on 23 June and were found alive late on Monday after a nine-day search. Continue reading... |
| US and Russian officials hold 'frank' talks before Trump-Putin summit Posted: 03 Jul 2018 09:16 AM PDT Participants confirmed they discussed interference in the US elections but declined to go into details: 'We got into it' A delegation of US lawmakers has met top Russian officials and lawmakers to discuss ushering in a "new day" in relations ahead of a key summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin later this month. US Senator Richard Shelby spoke first for the eight-person delegation, including seven senators and a congresswoman, during meetings on Tuesday at the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Russia's Federation Council and the Duma. |
| Mediterranean: more than 200 migrants drown in three days Posted: 03 Jul 2018 07:10 AM PDT Death toll for 2018 exceeds 1,000, sparking concerns over Italian and Libyan crackdown More than 200 migrants have drowned at sea in the Mediterranean in the past three days, taking the death toll for the year to more than 1,000 and prompting fears that human traffickers are taking greater risks because of a crackdown imposed by the Italian government and the Libyan coastguard. Related: It's 34,361 and rising: how the List tallies Europe's migrant bodycount Continue reading... |
| South Carolina police object to high-school reading list Posted: 03 Jul 2018 05:49 AM PDT Union says depictions of brutality in The Hate U Give and All American Boys promote distrust of police and 'we've got to put a stop to that' A police union in South Carolina has challenged the inclusion of Angie Thomas's multiple award-winning novel about police brutality, The Hate U Give, on a school's summer reading list, describing it as "almost an indoctrination of distrust of police". The intervention from the Fraternal Order of Police Tri-County Lodge #3 came after Wando high school's ninth-grade class was asked to read one of eight novels over the summer holidays. Two of the titles upset the police union: The Hate U Give, which follows a teenage girl after she witnesses the shooting of her unarmed best friend by a police officer, and Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely's All American Boys, which sees a teenage boy trying to overcome his distrust of the police after he is wrongly suspected of shoplifting and then beaten by an officer. Continue reading... |
| Mexico president-elect rejects bodyguards: 'The citizens will protect me' Posted: 03 Jul 2018 03:09 PM PDT Leftist Amlo has also refused to live in ornate presidential residence and pledged to cut his own salary He has just been elected commander-in-chief of a nation mired in an intractable drug conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives in little more than a decade. But on Tuesday, Mexico's incoming president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, claimed he would waive the right to close protection in a bid to stay close to the people. Continue reading... |
| Outrage after American woman hunts and kills rare giraffe in South Africa Posted: 03 Jul 2018 11:08 AM PDT Tess Thompson posted Facebook photos of her next to the giraffe's carcass Tess Thompson Talley, a 37-year-old woman from Kentucky, is facing backlash after shooting and killing an elderly male giraffe on a hunting trip in South Africa. The trip took place last summer, but a photo of Talley posing with the animal's body has recently gone viral on social media, sourced from a Facebook post she made last year that has since been deleted. It read: "Prayers for my once in a lifetime dream hunt came true today! Spotted this rare black giraffe bull and stalked him for quite awhile." Continue reading... |
| Trump makes unfounded claim that Obama gave citizenship to 2,500 Iranians Posted: 03 Jul 2018 09:28 AM PDT President cites no evidence for allegation, first made by hardline cleric and circulated by agency linked to Revolutionary Guard Donald Trump has tweeted an unsubstantiated claim from an hardline Iranian cleric and circulated by a news agency linked to the country's Revolutionary Guard, that thousands of Iranians were granted US citizenship as part of the 2015 nuclear deal. In his 8am tweet, the US president said: "Just out that the Obama administration granted citizenship, during the terrible Iran Deal negotiation, to 2,500 Iranians, including to [sic] government officials. How big (and bad) is that?" Continue reading... |
| Doubts raised over Merkel compromise on border controls Posted: 03 Jul 2018 09:21 AM PDT Junior partner in coalition has previously objected to plan, and Austria may retaliate A plan for a new border regime in southern Germany, struck on Monday night by Angela Merkel and her hardline interior minister to defuse a bitter row in the coalition government, is coming under heavy scrutiny. The border deal, hailed by the German chancellor as a "good compromise", foresees setting up so-called transit centres on the country's southern border, where asylum seekers who have already been registered in other EU countries will be held until they can be sent back to those countries. Continue reading... |
| Israel: Hamas created fake dating apps to hack soldiers' phones Posted: 03 Jul 2018 09:45 AM PDT Up to 100 soldiers said to have downloaded malware, which included World Cup aid Israel has accused its enemy Hamas of building fake dating apps to woo soldiers into downloading malicious software on to their mobile phones. Hundreds of Israel Defence Forces (IDF) troops were contacted via social media this year and asked to download one of two fake dating apps, WinkChat and GlanceLove, according to an official in the army's intelligence directorate. Continue reading... |
| Matteo Salvini backed by politician 'with links to mafia' Posted: 03 Jul 2018 04:30 AM PDT Interior minister won senate seat with backing of Giuseppe Scopelliti, who is accused of having ties to 'Ndrangheta Matteo Salvini's electoral victory in the southern region of Calabria during the Italian general election this year was supported by a former politician who law enforcement authorities have claimed has close ties to the 'Ndrangheta, the criminal organisation that controls most of the cocaine trade in Europe. The far-right interior minister and head of the League party, who has emerged as a de facto prime minister, won his senate seat in the region with the backing of a former mayor of Reggio Calabria, Giuseppe Scopelliti, with whom Salvini had a political alliance and who was arrested weeks after the March poll for forging documents while he was mayor. Continue reading... |
| Trump supreme court pick: favourites emerge in rush to name nominee Posted: 03 Jul 2018 02:28 PM PDT White House staff scramble to vet president's 'incredible' conservative candidates ahead of Monday announcement Donald Trump has interviewed seven candidates to replace Anthony Kennedy, the retiring supreme court justice, leaving White House staff members scrambling to complete a vetting process in time for the planned announcement of the president's pick on Monday 9 July. Related: A grave threat to women's rights: 24 US states could ban abortion in two years Continue reading... |
| So long, suckers! Japan mourns killing of World Cup psychic octopus Posted: 03 Jul 2018 06:30 AM PDT Rabio the oracle cephalopod's demise, who predicted three results, blamed for Japan's exit Despite correctly predicting the results of Japan's first three World Cup group matches in Russia, Rabio the "psychic" octopus was unlikely to have foreseen an event of far greater consequence: its own death. One Twitter user speculated that Rabio's "murder" had condemned Japan to their heartbreaking last-gasp defeat against Belgium on Monday, denying them a place in the quarter-finals. Continue reading... |
| Huge, fast-moving wildfire forces California evacuations Posted: 02 Jul 2018 05:27 PM PDT The blaze, which started Saturday near San Francisco, has exploded in size as dry weather sweeps western states A vast wildfire in rural northern California has exploded in size and forced evacuations in hot, dry weather that is sweeping through several western states where blazes are threatening thousands of homes. The fast-moving fire that started over the weekend north-west of Sacramento grew dramatically to about 70 sq miles (180 sq km) by Monday, largely burning out of control in rugged terrain, marked by a few cattle and horse ranches, and sending smoke and ash as far south as San Francisco. Continue reading... |
| 'All humanity has left the area': paying for Tesla's Gigafactory Posted: 03 Jul 2018 03:00 AM PDT Tesla's battery factory brought high-paid tech jobs to Nevada – but is soaking up huge tax breaks that critics say have seriously depleted public services When Nevada enticed Tesla to set up a gargantuan battery factory in the desert, America's gambling capital seemed to have hit the jackpot. The factory would have a state-of-the art 5.5m sq ft (510967 sq meter) facility – reputedly the world's biggest building by footprint – and promised to generate tens of thousands of jobs, as well as investment worth $100bn (£76bn). Continue reading... |
| Oxford Street at risk if pedestrianisation blocked, says Sadiq Khan Posted: 04 Jul 2018 01:35 AM PDT London mayor accuses Westminster of jeopardising street's role as shopping hub Oxford Street risks losing its reputation as a shopping destination unless a scheme to pedestrianise the traffic-choked thoroughfare is resurrected, the London mayor has told the council that ditched the proposals. In an escalation of hostilities between the mayor's office and Westminster council, Sadiq Khan castigated the local authority for wrecking the plan "unilaterally, with no attempt to compromise", and with no coherent proposals of its own. Continue reading... |
| Head of Polish supreme court defies retirement law criticised by EU Posted: 04 Jul 2018 01:18 AM PDT Małgorzata Gersdorf turns up for work despite change that would force her to step down The head of the Polish supreme court, Małgorzata Gersdorf, has turned up for work in defiance of a retirement law which has been pushed through by the rightwing government but criticised by the EU for undermining judicial independence. On Monday, the EU launched legal action against Poland relating to the law, the latest salvo in a bitter battle over judicial changes critics have decried as unconstitutional. Continue reading... |
| The Palestinian engineer using ashes and rubble to rebuild Gaza – podcast Posted: 03 Jul 2018 10:00 PM PDT Young social entrepreneur Majd Mashharawi talks about how she transforms the debris left by conflict into eco-friendly housing materials, helping people reconstruct their lives Majd Mashharawi trained as an engineer despite family ambitions for her to become a doctor. Talking to us on Skype despite a throat infection, she explains how her company GreenCake manufactures sustainable and eco-friendly building materials. 'If I lose my goal to help the people, I will lose everything,' she says. Following local and international recognition for her first venture, she has begun SunBox, a new business providing Palestinian families who lack access to electricity with solar kits. Continue reading... |
| Sadness, fear and hope: America's immigrants mark Independence Day Posted: 03 Jul 2018 10:00 PM PDT With Trump's travel ban recently upheld and the fate of Dreamers still in flux, the holiday is an uncertain time for many Zuleyma Castrejon-Salina and her family have celebrated Independence Day in America together for over two decades. |
| Nicaragua's president Daniel Ortega to stand firm despite violence Posted: 04 Jul 2018 12:00 AM PDT Adviser accuses protesters of trying to engineer 'soft coup' against longstanding leader Nicaragua's Daniel Ortega will not stand down as president despite more than two months of unrest and violent repression, one his closest advisers has said, accusing opposition activists of trying to engineer a "soft coup". Paul Oquist, the minister for national policies, told the Guardian Ortega would not rule out an early election if there were an end to the violence in which about 300 people have been killed. Continue reading... |
| Stern Hu: Australian former Rio Tinto executive released from Chinese jail Posted: 04 Jul 2018 01:37 AM PDT Businessman served eight years in jail after conviction for corruption and stealing commercial secrets Stern Hu, the former head of Rio Tinto's China iron ore business, has been released from a Shanghai prison, China's foreign ministry said on Wednesday, after serving eight years in jail following a 2010 conviction for corruption and stealing commercial secrets. Hu, an Australian citizen, was originally sentenced to 10 years in jail as tension flared between China, the world's top user of iron ore, and its biggest supplier, Australia. Fired by Rio in the aftermath, Hu is expected to return to Australia just as relations between the two countries cool to a fresh chill. Continue reading... |
| Mick Dodson urges PM to reconsider ‘shameful’ rejection of voice to parliament Posted: 04 Jul 2018 12:42 AM PDT Indigenous leader says Turnbull's reaction to the Uluru Statement was 'deplorable' The Indigenous leader Mick Dodson has implored Malcolm Turnbull to open the door he "slammed" on Aboriginal people when the prime minister rejected a constitutionally enshrined first nations voice to parliament at the centre of the Uluru statement. While signalling Indigenous leaders would go into any renewed talks with the government with an open mind, rather than with any predetermined agenda, Dodson underscored the intrinsic importance of having a representative body. Continue reading... |
| 'Our fingers bleed': India's female miners toil over sandstone for the UK | Anumeha Yadav Posted: 03 Jul 2018 11:25 PM PDT Discrimination confines women in Rajasthan's mines to menial tasks, lugging rocks in 'super-exploitative conditions' In Bhilwara district, in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan, sandstone slabs form a makeshift fence around a field, marking the boundaries of a temporary worksite. In the centre, Seema, a tall young woman, lifts sandstone cobbles into large wooden crates. A firm in Jaipur, the state capital, has ordered the stones for export to Britain, where they will be used to pave streets and build sea defences. |
| Pregnant teens and expectant fathers barred from school in Burundi Posted: 03 Jul 2018 05:16 AM PDT Campaigners warn that ban violates human rights and say it is unclear how schools will identify boys for exclusion Campaigners have condemned a ban that will prevent pregnant teenage girls and young expectant fathers from attending formal schooling in Burundi, warning the country is violating its human rights obligations. Burundi's minister of education, Dr Janvière Ndirahisha, announced last week that pregnant teens and young mums, as well as the boys who made them pregnant, no longer had the right to be allowed into public or private schools. In a letter to the country's provincial education directors, she added that such students could instead attend vocational or professional training. |
| Why school trips to abattoirs are essential Posted: 03 Jul 2018 07:58 AM PDT Countryfile presenter Tom Heap is right to call for school visits to slaughterhouses. It is time children learned the truth about food production If the slaughterhouses had glass walls, would anyone still buy their meat? As a vegan, I support Countryfile presenter Tom Heap's call for children to be taken on school trips to abattoirs. Why not – if you think the truth about what you eat is so horrific it must be kept secret, doesn't that mean you are helping to cover up something you think is horrific? Continue reading... |
| Thai boys trapped in cave practise wearing diving masks – video Posted: 04 Jul 2018 12:23 AM PDT The Thai official overseeing the rescue operation of a football team trapped in a flooded cave in northern Thailand has said the boys have been practising wearing diving masks and breathing. Medics have been examining and treating the boys as rescuers work on the best plan to extract them from the underground cave system Continue reading... |
| Boys trapped in Thailand comforted by rescuers – video Posted: 03 Jul 2018 08:09 PM PDT New footage released by the Royal Thai Navy shows rescuers comforting the 12 boys and their football coach who have been trapped inside the Tham Luang Nang Non cave since 23 June. In the video, the boys clasp their hands together in a Thai greeting, introduce themselves and thank their rescuers. They seem calm and at one point break into laughter when one boy says he missed out being introduced. |
| 1MDB scandal: former Malaysian PM arrives at court on corruption charges – video Posted: 03 Jul 2018 07:47 PM PDT The former Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak has arrived at court to be formally charged over his alleged role in the 1MDB scandal. The case has been described as the biggest corruption scandal in Malaysian history, involving billions of dollars embezzled from a government fund. Najib's arrest on Tuesday came nearly two months after his coalition was rejected by voters in the country's general election Continue reading... |
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