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- Brussels and Dublin 'intransigence' could mean no-deal Brexit, says DUP
- Paris fire: woman detained as 10 die in apartment building
- 'I am blessed': UAE’s expatriate workers marvel at mass with the pope
- Polar express: magnetic north pole moving 'pretty fast' towards Russia
- Italy asks Sudan secret police to testify in mistaken identity case
- Townsville floods: dam management under scrutiny as experts demand greater preparation
- 15 Thai election candidates change their names to those of former PMs
- State of the Union: Trump to call for unity as he tries to reboot presidency
- Japan's deputy PM blames women for nation's falling population
- Mystery mud on new volcanic island baffles Nasa scientists
- 21 Savage: Cardi B backs campaign to free rapper
- 'We have to learn to live with floods': waterlogged Surat to become latest megacity
- Erasing the hate: the tattoo shop offering ex-KKK members a fresh start
- Four children die in Stafford house fire
- Recognising Juan Guaidó risks a bloody civil war in Venezuela | Temir Porras Ponceleon
- North Korea trying to keep its nuclear missiles safe from US strikes, says UN report
- Bill Shorten demands extra sitting weeks to fast-track banking reforms
- The pope makes first ever visit to an Arab state – in pictures
- 'People are so afraid they hide in the forest': Ebola in DRC – in pictures
- 'County lines' drug gangs tracking children via social media
- 'Surprising' choice: police chief Sara Thornton tipped to be anti-slavery tsar
- The El Chapo trial's most shocking and bizarre moments
- Why women 2020 candidates face 'likability' question even as they make history
- Flood waters inundate Townsville homes as army called in – in pictures
- Mauni Amavasya at the Kumbh Mela – in pictures
- People swept away by mudslide as mountainside collapses in Bolivia – video
- California plane crash kills five – video
- Three things you may not know about Elizabeth Warren – video profile
| Brussels and Dublin 'intransigence' could mean no-deal Brexit, says DUP Posted: 05 Feb 2019 03:04 AM PST Arlene Foster argues EU risks chaos if it fails to listen to Northern Ireland's biggest party The leader of the Democratic Unionist party has accused Brussels and Dublin of "intransigence" which could lead to the UK leaving Europe without a deal. Arlene Foster, whose party's votes are propping up Theresa May's government as it seeks to push through a Brexit deal, said it was time for EU leaders to listen to DUP opinion or risk chaos. Continue reading... |
| Paris fire: woman detained as 10 die in apartment building Posted: 05 Feb 2019 02:36 AM PST Police treating blaze in French capital's 16th district as possible arson attack Police have arrested a woman suspected of starting a fire that swept through an eight-storey apartment building in Paris, killing at least 10 people and injuring 30 others, including eight firefighters. The woman, who lived in the building, was taken into custody as flames swept rapidly through the block in the French capital's 16th arrondissement, not far from the Parc des Princes stadium, home to the Paris Saint-Germain club. Continue reading... |
| 'I am blessed': UAE’s expatriate workers marvel at mass with the pope Posted: 05 Feb 2019 02:07 AM PST Show of public Christian worship considered largest ever seen on the Arabian peninsula Marivic Sorita's eyes filled with tears as she spoke of her daughters back in the Philippines. She has seen them only three times in the 11 years she has worked as a housemaid in Abu Dhabi. Her eldest, now 21, recently completed her studies "thanks to the sacrifice" Sorita made by the separation, sending almost all her salary back home. Maybe one day, when her 14-year-old daughter has also finished her studies, Sorita would be able to go back to Manila and be reunited with her family. But for now, she was enjoying a rare day off work for what she described as a "very, very special" occasion. Continue reading... |
| Polar express: magnetic north pole moving 'pretty fast' towards Russia Posted: 04 Feb 2019 05:15 PM PST Updates on its location – essential for everything from consumer electronics to runway names – are coming thick and fast Earth's north magnetic pole has been drifting so fast in recent decades that scientists say that past estimates are no longer accurate enough for precise navigation. On Monday, they released an update of where magnetic north really was, nearly a year ahead of schedule. The magnetic north pole is moving about 34 miles (55 kilometres) a year. It crossed the international date line in 2017, and is leaving the Canadian Arctic on its way to Siberia. Continue reading... |
| Italy asks Sudan secret police to testify in mistaken identity case Posted: 05 Feb 2019 02:53 AM PST Defence lawyer criticises use of witnesses from regime of 'cold-blooded dictator' Italian prosecutors have controversially invited two high-ranking Sudanese officials to Sicily to testify in the case against a suspected human trafficker who appears to be the victim of mistaken identity. Magistrates in the case are relying on testimony from the members of the feared secret police in Sudan, which is ruled by Omar Hassan al-Bashir, who has been charged with war crimes. Continue reading... |
| Townsville floods: dam management under scrutiny as experts demand greater preparation Posted: 05 Feb 2019 12:31 AM PST Study rates this week's unprecedented monsoonal rainfall as comparable to a one in 1,000-year flood Australian authorities must plan for more severe floods, experts have warned, amid concern that the management of the Townsville Ross River dam contributed to extensive flooding when a massive amount of water was released downstream. The decision to open the floodgates when the dam water level reached 43m was based on a 2012 study that warned doing so could cause more extensive property damage during the most extreme flooding events. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 15 Thai election candidates change their names to those of former PMs Posted: 04 Feb 2019 09:54 PM PST Unusual strategy sees 10 men adopting the name Thaksin, and five women Yingluck in a bid to be memorable to voters More than a dozen candidates in the forthcoming Thai elections have changed their names to those of former prime ministers. Less than two months before the long-awaited elections, excitement is running high. Almost 6,000 candidates turned up on the first day of registration on Monday, no one wants to miss a chance to win a seat. Continue reading... |
| State of the Union: Trump to call for unity as he tries to reboot presidency Posted: 04 Feb 2019 10:00 PM PST Trump will tout economic strength and border security as he faces an audience with an unprecedented number of women and high degree of skepticism Donald Trump will attempt to reboot his presidency on Tuesday with a State of the Union address that will tout economic strength and border security – but he will face an audience with an unprecedented number of women and a high degree of scepticism. Halfway into his term, having just endured a drubbing in November's congressional elections and after prompting the longest government shutdown in US history, Trump will seek to regain momentum by calling on Congress to come together on infrastructure projects and his trade deal with Canada and Mexico. Continue reading... |
| Japan's deputy PM blames women for nation's falling population Posted: 04 Feb 2019 08:39 PM PST Anger after Taro Aso appears to say women not giving birth are the 'problem' Japan's gaffe-prone deputy prime minister, Taro Aso, has been forced to retract remarks that appeared to blame women who do not have children for problems associated with the country's low birthrate and ageing population. Aso, who doubles as finance minister, told a constituency meeting in Fukuoka, south-west Japan, at the weekend that older people were being unfairly singled out to explain the country's demographic crisis. Continue reading... |
| Mystery mud on new volcanic island baffles Nasa scientists Posted: 04 Feb 2019 05:51 PM PST Island sprang up near Tonga three years ago, giving researchers a glimpse of how flora and fauna colonise it Nasa scientists have landed for the first time on one of the world's newest islands, and discovered the three-year-old land mass is now covered in a sticky, mysterious mud, as well as vegetation and bird life. The volcanic island sprang up in the ocean surrounding Tonga three years ago, one of only three new islands to emerge in the last 150 years that have survived more than a few months. Continue reading... |
| 21 Savage: Cardi B backs campaign to free rapper Posted: 05 Feb 2019 01:45 AM PST 'We will take action,' says Cardi B as stars and Black Lives Matter movement support musician detained by US immigration officials Stars from the US rap scene including Cardi B, Quavo and Metro Boomin have thrown their support behind a campaign created by the Black Lives Matter movement to free rapper 21 Savage. 21 Savage, real name Shéyaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, is accused of being a British national living in the US under an expired visa, and has been detained by US immigration officials. A birth certificate obtained by Mail Online suggests he was born in Newham, east London. Bryan Cox, of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice), said: "He is unlawfully present in the US and also a convicted felon." Continue reading... |
| 'We have to learn to live with floods': waterlogged Surat to become latest megacity Posted: 05 Feb 2019 03:00 AM PST The next 15 megacities #14: Surat's battle to hold back water has raged since its first flood wall in 1664. As its population soars, India's 'diamond city' needs new solutions Look up as you walk around Surat and you might spot "HFL 8.8.2006" daubed in red paint on a wall above your head. HFL stands for "high flood level", and the inscriptions are 15 feet above the ground in places – a fading memory of the devastating floods of August 2006, which killed 150 people, according to official estimates (unofficial counts put the death toll at over 500). More than 60% of the city was underwater and damage was estimated at $2bn. Surat's geography – it lies at the mouth of the Tapi river, near the Arabian Sea – makes it prone to flooding, and it experiences a major inundation every four years on average. Continue reading... |
| Erasing the hate: the tattoo shop offering ex-KKK members a fresh start Posted: 05 Feb 2019 03:00 AM PST At Sickside Tattoo Studio in Mississippi, reformed gang members and white supremacists such as TM Garret seek free cover-ups for ink from their pasts Amid the shrill buzzing of a tattoo gun, Nathan Greer squeezes his eyes shut and lets out a low, rumbling groan. In this small, purple room in the back of a tattoo shop just south of Memphis, Tennessee, the 33-year-old former white supremacist has come seeking a fresh start. Related: What do you say to a four-year-old white supremacist? Continue reading... |
| Four children die in Stafford house fire Posted: 05 Feb 2019 01:36 AM PST Two adults and another child treated in hospital with non-life-threatening injuries Four children have died in a house fire in Stafford, police said. A Staffordshire police spokesman said officers from police, fire and ambulance services attended a fire in the Highfields area at 2.40am on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Recognising Juan Guaidó risks a bloody civil war in Venezuela | Temir Porras Ponceleon Posted: 04 Feb 2019 10:00 PM PST Maduro's rule has created a crisis but he still has millions of supporters. The country needs democratic dialogue, not sanctions • Temir Porras Ponceleon is a former chief of staff to Nicolás Maduro The latest troubling events in Venezuela are the most recent episode in a political crisis that has been festering since the death of Hugo Chávez six years ago. Following President Nicolás Maduro's inauguration for a disputed second term in January, the speaker of the opposition-dominated parliament, Juan Guaidó, declared himself "interim president" of the country. Guaidó was immediately recognised by the US, Canada and a group of Latin American conservative governments, who called upon the Venezuelan military to rise up against Maduro. And today the UK, France, Spain, Germany and other European countries recognised Guaidó after Maduro refused their demand to call fresh elections. Since Guaidó's declaration, the Trump administration has imposed new sanctions on Maduro's government, seized billions-worth of Venezuelan oil-related assets on US soil, and started making barely veiled threats of military intervention. Few would disagree that the country is in a disastrous economic and social situation, but before other governments take similar actions that could exacerbate Venezuela's political polarisation and end up provoking a bloody civil war, we should first understand how it reached this state of crisis. Continue reading... |
| North Korea trying to keep its nuclear missiles safe from US strikes, says UN report Posted: 04 Feb 2019 10:47 PM PST Measures said to include using civilian facilities to make and test missiles North Korea is trying to ensure its nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities are safe from US military strikes, a UN report has said, as officials from both countries prepared to meet to discuss a second summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un. Trump is expected to meet the North Korean leader, possibly in Vietnam, at the end of the month to discuss measures that would lead to Pyongyang giving up its nuclear weapons in return for US security guarantees and other assurances. Continue reading... |
| Bill Shorten demands extra sitting weeks to fast-track banking reforms Posted: 05 Feb 2019 12:52 AM PST Labor leader says failure to act will show Coalition 'putting the interests of the big banks' first Bill Shorten says Scott Morrison must schedule two extra sitting weeks in March to fast-track the legislative changes recommended by the banking royal commission, saying failure to act quickly will show voters the government is "putting the interests of the big banks ahead of them". As Morrison signalled executives of the National Australia Bank should reflect on Kenneth Hayne's "sharp" assessment of their conduct, Shorten wrote to the prime minister on Tuesday, declaring it was critical the reforms be legislated as soon as possible, and demanding two extra sitting weeks be scheduled in March. Continue reading... |
| The pope makes first ever visit to an Arab state – in pictures Posted: 05 Feb 2019 02:10 AM PST An estimated 170,000 Catholics visited the Zayed Sports City Stadium in Abu Dhabi for a historic mass with Pope Francis Continue reading... |
| 'People are so afraid they hide in the forest': Ebola in DRC – in pictures Posted: 05 Feb 2019 01:00 AM PST More than 750 people have died of Ebola in recent months in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, with efforts to contain the outbreak hampered by conflict – and fear of treatment centres Photographs by Kate Holt/Medair Continue reading... |
| 'County lines' drug gangs tracking children via social media Posted: 04 Feb 2019 11:00 PM PST Warnings on coercion and blackmailing over smartphones went unheeded, say experts, as child exploitation spirals A failure to grasp how technology and social media is being used to coerce, control, blackmail and track the movements of children as young as 11 by "county lines" drug gangs has seen an epidemic of child criminal exploitation spiral out of control in the UK. "For the past seven or eight years we have been warning the government, the authorities, teachers, anyone who would listen, that technology is the central organising feature of the county lines business model," said Sheldon Thomas, a consultant on gang behaviour through his organisation Gangsline. Continue reading... |
| 'Surprising' choice: police chief Sara Thornton tipped to be anti-slavery tsar Posted: 04 Feb 2019 07:37 AM PST MPs raise fears over unconfirmed appointment that reflects focus on law enforcement rather than victims MPs have expressed surprise over the appointment of one of Britain's most senior police officers as Theresa May's anti-slavery commissioner, eight months after the previous postholder resigned citing government interference. Sara Thornton, chair of the National Police Chiefs' Council, will take up the post later this year, the Sunday Times reported, although the Home Office did not confirm the appointment. A candidate would be "announced shortly" it said. Continue reading... |
| The El Chapo trial's most shocking and bizarre moments Posted: 04 Feb 2019 12:44 PM PST As the jury begins deliberations, we recap three months of amazing stories and allegations Until his trial began, much of the public perception of accused Mexican drug lord El Chapo, real name Joaquín Guzmán, had come from rumours and legend. But over the past three months we have heard what the lead prosecutor, Andrea Goldbarg, called "a mountain of evidence" against the notorious leader of the Sinaloa cartel, including allegations of decades of murder, torture, bribery and corruption. Related: Is Emma Coronel the devoted wife of El Chapo, or is she being used as a prop? Continue reading... |
| Why women 2020 candidates face 'likability' question even as they make history Posted: 03 Feb 2019 10:00 PM PST A record number of Democratic women intend to run for the White House at the next election, illuminating the gendered scrutiny they face When Elizabeth Warren declared her intention to run for president in the 2020 US election, a debate swiftly followed over whether the Democratic Massachusetts senator could pass a "likability test". New York senator Kirsten Gillibrand was asked by a reporter if she was perhaps too "nice" to take on Donald Trump immediately after making her own announcement on her intention to run. Continue reading... |
| Flood waters inundate Townsville homes as army called in – in pictures Posted: 04 Feb 2019 05:50 PM PST Hundreds of residents in Townsville have been evacuated and two men are missing as the area is hit with a year's worth of rainfall in nine days • Townsville flooding: two missing as questions mount over dam release Continue reading... |
| Mauni Amavasya at the Kumbh Mela – in pictures Posted: 04 Feb 2019 11:15 AM PST Monday was Mauni Amavasya, the new moon day and most significant bathing day, particularly if it falls on a Monday. At the Hindu festival pilgrims bathe in the confluence of three sacred rivers to cleanse them of sin and liberate them from the cycle of life, death and rebirth Continue reading... |
| People swept away by mudslide as mountainside collapses in Bolivia – video Posted: 04 Feb 2019 10:01 AM PST A mudslide in Bolivia was captured on camera as people attempted to traverse a track on foot in an area of the mountains north-east of Sucre. The disaster came after a third successive day of heavy rain in the area, and there was no immediate report of casualties. A day earlier another mudslide buried vehicles in the same area, killing at least 11 people. Tonnes of earth and mud collapsed on to a mountain highway near a spot known as El Choro on Saturday. The mountainside gave way as cars were lined up to make their way along a muddy patch of road. Continue reading... |
| California plane crash kills five – video Posted: 04 Feb 2019 09:27 AM PST Five people died after a small plane crashed into a house, setting it on fire. A spokesman with the National Transportation Safety Board said the twin-engine Cessna 414A crashed on Sunday shortly after taking off from a nearby airport. Lt Cory Martino, from Orange County Sheriff Office, said the pilot and four occupants of the home in Yorba Linda died, while firefighters planned to search for additional victims Continue reading... |
| Three things you may not know about Elizabeth Warren – video profile Posted: 04 Feb 2019 05:46 AM PST The Massachusetts senator wants to be the 46th US president. The Democrat, whose criticism of big banks and corporations has made her a progressive star, faced unwanted headlines after releasing the results of a DNA test. But what else do we know about her? Continue reading... |
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