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- State of the Union: Donald Trump attacks Mueller and Democrats in divisive speech
- Trump confirms second summit with Kim Jong-un will be in Vietnam within weeks
- Brexit: May's pledge on Irish border threatens to reopen Tory rift
- Ivanka Trump hits back at art exhibit of lookalike vacuuming breadcrumbs
- Young woman dies in fourth ‘period hut’ tragedy this year in Nepal
- Runner suffocated mountain lion after animal attacked him, officials say
- Liam Neeson: red carpet event cancelled following race attack remarks
- Elizabeth Warren registered for bar as 'Native American' – report
- German sausage museum scraps move to site of Nazi camp
- Amnesty International has toxic working culture, report finds
- Italy tourism minister attacks plans for Venice day-trippers charge
- Pop 2.0: how globalised music created a new kind of star
- Two arrested after man stabbed to death in south-west London
- German recession fears grow as factory orders tumble - business live
- Escape from Syria: the boys stranded after Isis fall
- Ivory Coast ex-president Gbagbo released to Belgium
- ‘They are murderers’: special forces unit strikes fear in Venezuelans
- New Zealand's Waitangi Day 2019 celebrations – in pictures
- Labor seeks probe into possible Hayne report leak and signals shift on asylum bill
- Trump's lip service to unity meets wall of resistance from the women in white
- The five key takeaways from Trump's State of the Union address
- Trump's second State of the Union – in pictures
| State of the Union: Donald Trump attacks Mueller and Democrats in divisive speech Posted: 06 Feb 2019 12:26 AM PST The president called for bipartisan unity but decried 'ridiculous partisan investigations' and took hard line on immigration
Donald Trump issued sharp warnings to Democrats, including cautioning that "ridiculous partisan investigations" would harm economic progress, in comments that clashed with an appeal for unity during his first State of the Union address to a newly divided Congress. "If there is going to be peace and legislation, there cannot be war and investigation," Trump declared. The presence of Democrat House speaker Nancy Pelosi on the dais behind him was an acute reminder of the political challenges he will face in the next two years. Continue reading... |
| Trump confirms second summit with Kim Jong-un will be in Vietnam within weeks Posted: 05 Feb 2019 07:11 PM PST The meeting between leaders of US and North Korea is expected to take place in either Danang or Hanoi on 27-28 February Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un are to hold their second summit in Vietnam at the end of February, the US president has confirmed. In his state of the union speech to Congress, Trump repeated an earlier claim to have averted a major conflict due to his Korean diplomacy. Continue reading... |
| Brexit: May's pledge on Irish border threatens to reopen Tory rift Posted: 05 Feb 2019 11:26 PM PST Brexiters fear PM's Belfast speech steps back from previous assurances Theresa May fired a warning shot at Brexit supporters on Tuesday, insisting there was "no suggestion" Britain would leave the EU without an insurance provision to protect against a hard border in Northern Ireland. At a speech in Belfast, May would only accept that technology could "play a part" in any alternative arrangements and that she would not countenance anything that would disrupt the lives of border communities. Continue reading... |
| Ivanka Trump hits back at art exhibit of lookalike vacuuming breadcrumbs Posted: 05 Feb 2019 03:49 PM PST Exhibit shows a Trump lookalike pushing a vacuum cleaner and invites spectators to throw crumbs for her to clean up A new art exhibit at a Washington DC museum shows an Ivanka Trump lookalike pushing a vacuum cleaner and invites spectators to toss crumbs for her to clean up. The art piece by Jennifer Rubell, Ivanka Vacuuming, opened on 1 February and continues through 17 February at the Flashpoint Gallery. The public is encouraged to "throw crumbs on to the carpet, watching as Ivanka elegantly vacuums up the mess, her smile never wavering". Continue reading... |
| Young woman dies in fourth ‘period hut’ tragedy this year in Nepal Posted: 05 Feb 2019 10:00 PM PST Smoke inhalation thought to have killed 21-year-old exiled during menstruation despite ban on custom A 21-year-old woman has been become the fourth person known to have died this year as a result of the illegal practice of chhaupadi, whereby menstruating women in Nepal are banished from their homes and forced to sleep in huts. Parbati Bogati, from the western Doti district, is thought to have died from smoke inhalation while sleeping in a small, windowless hut. She was discovered by her mother-in-law on Thursday morning. Continue reading... |
| Runner suffocated mountain lion after animal attacked him, officials say Posted: 05 Feb 2019 10:35 AM PST Colorado Parks and Wildlife says man fought off the cougar, hiked out of the area after attack and drove himself to hospital Wildlife officials say a man who fought off a young mountain lion on a northern Colorado trail killed the animal by suffocating it. Colorado Parks and Wildlife says the man was running alone near Fort Collins when the lion attacked him from behind after the movement apparently triggered its hunting instincts. Continue reading... |
| Liam Neeson: red carpet event cancelled following race attack remarks Posted: 05 Feb 2019 04:29 PM PST New York ceremony for film Cold Pursuit called off after actor said friend's rape made him want to kill black man The New York celebrity red carpet event on Tuesday for Liam Neeson's new film Cold Pursuit has been cancelled in the wake of an interview in which the actor said he wanted to kill a black man in response to the rape of a friend who said her attacker was black. The movie studio Lionsgate declined to comment but a source familiar with the matter said that a red carpet, where movie stars pose for photos and speak with reporters, would be inappropriate. Continue reading... |
| Elizabeth Warren registered for bar as 'Native American' – report Posted: 05 Feb 2019 07:51 PM PST Democratic presidential hopeful apologizes for identifying as Native American in Washington Post interview Senator Elizabeth Warren was once again forced to address her past claims of Native American heritage on Tuesday, as the Washington Post reported the senator and Democratic candidate for president listed her race as "American Indian" on her registration for the Texas state bar more than three decades ago. The yellow registration card, which is dated April 1986, was filled out in blue ink and signed by Warren, the Post reported. The paper said her office did not dispute the card's authenticity. Continue reading... |
| German sausage museum scraps move to site of Nazi camp Posted: 05 Feb 2019 04:50 AM PST Jewish community welcomes decision not to move museum to annexe of Buchenwald camp A German sausage museum has scrapped plans to move to an annexe of the former Nazi concentration camp of Buchenwald, a decision welcomed by the Jewish community. The Friends of the Thuringian Bratwurst association sparked an outcry last week when it announced plans to move the Bratwurst Museum to the site in the town of Mühlhausen and to also build a hotel there. Continue reading... |
| Amnesty International has toxic working culture, report finds Posted: 06 Feb 2019 01:21 AM PST Bullying, public humiliation and discrimination threaten rights group's credibility Amnesty International has a "toxic" working environment, with widespread bullying, public humiliation, discrimination and other abuses of power, a report has found. A review into workplace culture, commissioned after two staff members killed themselves last year, found a dangerous "us versus them" dynamic, and a severe lack of trust in senior management, which threatened Amnesty's credibility as a human rights champion. Continue reading... |
| Italy tourism minister attacks plans for Venice day-trippers charge Posted: 05 Feb 2019 08:37 AM PST Gian Marco Centinaio says plan to charge visitors up to €10 is 'useless and damaging' The Italian tourism minister has criticised plans by Venice authorities to charge day-trippers to enter the city and oblige people to "reserve access" before coming as "useless and damaging". Gian Marco Centinaio, a politician with the far-right League, asked on Twitter: "Do we want to become a tourist-repelling country?" Continue reading... |
| Pop 2.0: how globalised music created a new kind of star Posted: 06 Feb 2019 02:00 AM PST English is no longer the lingua franca of pop music, and its alpha stars – Katy Perry, Taylor Swift, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga – are an endangered species In a recent episode of the New York Times Popcast, the paper's critic, Jon Caramanica, recalled the week in August where K-pop seven-piece BTS and Puerto Rican star Ozuna's respective albums debuted inside the US Top 10. "I remember looking at that and being, like, oh, this is it – this is the new pop order. This is not seven sub-genres ascending: this is pop." Here were two acts who had vaulted western pop's language barrier: BTS are currently the world's biggest boyband; Ozuna sings and raps, tackles reggaeton, bachata, Latin trap and plain old pop with equal ease, and was YouTube's most streamed artist in the world in 2018. Numbers two and three in YouTube's list were J Balvin and Bad Bunny, two more singer-rappers who primarily perform in Spanish. And, incidentally, eight of the 10 most viewed songs of 2018 were by Spanish-speaking acts. Continue reading... |
| Two arrested after man stabbed to death in south-west London Posted: 05 Feb 2019 11:54 PM PST Killing in Battersea comes just hours after police appeal for witnesses to two earlier knife attacks Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder after a teenager was fatally stabbed in south-west London, Scotland Yard said. The men, aged 19 and 27, were arrested after presenting themselves at a central London hospital. Both men were taken to separate central London police stations for questioning. Continue reading... |
| German recession fears grow as factory orders tumble - business live Posted: 06 Feb 2019 02:01 AM PST Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as Germany's manufacturers struggle again
German carmaker Daimler has reported that net profits almost halved in the last quarter of 2017, as the diesel crisis hurt demand. Daimler's earnings were scraped by the cost of developing new, greener, technologies for electric vehicles. "For Daimler, 2018 was a year of strong headwinds," said CEO Dieter Zetsche, presenting his last annual results before handing off to successor Ola Kallenius at the May 21 shareholder meeting. He said that "we cannot and will not be satisfied" with lower profit margins. He added that the company was coming up with plans to increase profitability though declined to indicate what steps might be taken.
More reaction to today's German data: Uh-oh! #Germany's factory orders are down a whopping 7% YoY in December. Germany is not of out the #recession woods yet! pic.twitter.com/ojUqd0OCUP Germany jumped out of the frying pan into the fire... |
| Escape from Syria: the boys stranded after Isis fall Posted: 05 Feb 2019 07:00 PM PST The young children of an Islamic State fighter were abandoned in Syria after his death. But with the help of human rights lawyer Clive Stafford-Smith and reporter Joshua Surtees, the boys have been reunited with their mother. Also today: columnist Gary Younge on the storm over Liam Neeson's race comments In 2014, Mahmud and Ayyub Ferreira were abducted by their father in Trinidad and taken to Syria to live under Islamic State rule in the so-called caliphate. After the death of their father and the liberation of the Isis stronghold of Raqqa, the boys, now aged 11 and seven, were abandoned before being picked up and taken into Kurdish custody. Mahmud and Ayyub had been apart from their mother for four years but a combined effort from the human rights lawyer Clive Stafford Smith, Guardian reporters, including Joshua Surtees, and the Pink Floyd bassist Roger Waters tracked down Felicia Perkins-Ferreira in Trinidad and reunited the family. Continue reading... |
| Ivory Coast ex-president Gbagbo released to Belgium Posted: 05 Feb 2019 02:37 PM PST Prosecution may appeal the acquittal by ICC on charges of crimes against humanity Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo has been released on bail to Belgium following his acquittal by the International Criminal Court in The Hague on charges of crimes against humanity, the court said Tuesday. Belgium said on Saturday that it had agreed in principle to host Gbagbo pending a possible prosecution appeal against his acquittal, but that final arrangements were being made. Continue reading... |
| ‘They are murderers’: special forces unit strikes fear in Venezuelans Posted: 05 Feb 2019 10:30 PM PST Activists suspect Nicolás Maduro has tasked Faes with pacifying the city's barrios in bid to snuff out protest in areas once considered the cradle of Chavismo A flickering candle and 19 rose petals – one for every year he lived – adorn a shrine in what used to be the home of Alixon Pisani. Related: 'A slow-motion catastrophe': on the road in Venezuela, 20 years after Chávez's rise Continue reading... |
| New Zealand's Waitangi Day 2019 celebrations – in pictures Posted: 05 Feb 2019 07:42 PM PST The national holiday celebrates the signing of the treaty of Waitangi on 6 February 1840 by Māori chiefs and the British Crown that granted the Māori people the rights of British citizens and ownership of their lands and other properties Continue reading... |
| Labor seeks probe into possible Hayne report leak and signals shift on asylum bill Posted: 06 Feb 2019 01:26 AM PST ALP says there were 'allegations' that the banking royal commission's report was leaked before being tabled Labor has asked for an investigation into whether ministers, advisers or officials leaked sensitive information about the banking royal commission's final report before it was released, pointing to sharemarket activity late on Monday morning when bank stocks surged. The opposition spokeswoman on financial services, Clare O'Neil, has written to the secretary of the prime minister's department requesting a probe be launched, saying there were "concerning allegations" that the Hayne report was leaked before it was tabled in parliament late on Monday afternoon. Continue reading... |
| Trump's lip service to unity meets wall of resistance from the women in white Posted: 05 Feb 2019 09:26 PM PST As the president railed against 'partisan investigations', the night's momentum was with the diverse, hungry Democrats It was the night that Donald Trump, preaching unity but practising divisiveness, found his white minority rule under siege from Nancy Pelosi's women in white. A year after wearing black to support the MeToo movement, the record number of Democratic women in the House of Representatives wore white at the state of the union address to honour suffragists who won the right to vote. Continue reading... |
| The five key takeaways from Trump's State of the Union address Posted: 05 Feb 2019 08:12 PM PST The president pitched bipartisanship but struck polarising tone on immigration and socialism Donald Trump delivered his second State of the Union address on Tuesday before a divided Congress and the American electorate, urging unity despite giving a speech that often reflected the country's bitterly polarized political climate. The president attempted to cast his agenda as bipartisan amid rising tensions over immigration following the longest government shutdown in US history last month. Continue reading... |
| Trump's second State of the Union – in pictures Posted: 05 Feb 2019 06:32 PM PST The president delivered his annual speech in a House of Representatives controlled by Democrats Continue reading... |
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