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- Trump says Kim summit will be in Hanoi as envoy hails talks progress
- Philip Green accused of racial, physical and sexual abuse
- Goldman Sachs plans to cut bonuses as 1MDB scandal deepens
- 'Free the nipple' female campaigners lose challenge to US topless conviction
- Thailand: princess's bid for power is over after party withdraws support
- India: more than three dozen die in bootleg liquor poisoning
- 'He's a winner': Iowa voters warm to Corey Booker as Democrat field heats up
- 'Wiped out before our eyes': Hawaii offers bold plan to stop shark killings
- Five paintings allegedly by Adolf Hitler to be auctioned in Nuremberg
- Sumatran tiger killed by potential mate on first meeting in London zoo
- Barry Jenkins: ‘When you climb the ladder, you send it back down’
- London police officer shoots man during group arrest
- Emiliano Sala: family of missing pilot launch fundraiser to continue search
- Hakeem-al Arabi: Thai cave diving heroes Harris and Challen call for footballer's release
- Congo's election: a defeat for democracy, a disaster for the people
- 'Presidential harassment' may be Trump's easiest phrase to repurpose
- 'War on festivals': second New South Wales music event cancelled in a week
- 'The Taliban took years of my life': the Afghan women living in the shadow of war
- Princess's shock entry to election race upends Thai politics | Simon Tisdall
| Trump says Kim summit will be in Hanoi as envoy hails talks progress Posted: 08 Feb 2019 10:09 PM PST US president will meet North Korea leader in Vietnamese capital this month amid hopes of breakthrough Donald Trump has said that US diplomats have had a "very productive meeting" with North Korean officials as he announced his summit later this month with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un would be held in Vietnam's capital, Hanoi. "My representatives have just left North Korea after a very productive meeting and an agreed upon time and date for the second Summit with Kim Jong Un. It will take place in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 27 & 28," Trump said on Twitter. Continue reading... |
| Philip Green accused of racial, physical and sexual abuse Posted: 08 Feb 2019 03:23 PM PST Businessman faces string of allegations by employees after injunction is lifted Philip Green allegedly subjected people working in his business empire to abuse and other inappropriate behaviour that was at times racial, physical and sexual, according to a report. A host of serious allegations were published on Friday evening by the Daily Telegraph after an injunction obtained by the businessman was lifted. Continue reading... |
| Goldman Sachs plans to cut bonuses as 1MDB scandal deepens Posted: 08 Feb 2019 08:22 PM PST Investment bank might withhold cash from former boss Lloyd Blankfein over firm's involvement in Malaysian affair Goldman Sachs's decision to potentially cut bonuses for top executives over the 1MDB scandal reflects an acknowledgement of shareholder and public outrage over the debacle. The prestigious investment bank has announced that it could withhold millions of dollars in bonuses to former chief executive Lloyd Blankfein and two other retired executives depending on the outcome of ongoing inquiries into the Malaysian fund. Continue reading... |
| 'Free the nipple' female campaigners lose challenge to US topless conviction Posted: 08 Feb 2019 07:36 PM PST New Hampshire court upholds conviction of three women arrested in 2016 after removing their tops at a beach New Hampshire's highest court has upheld the conviction of three women who were arrested for going topless on a beach, finding their constitutional rights were not violated. In a 3-2 ruling, the court decided that an indecent exposure law in the New Hampshire city of Laconia does not discriminate on the basis of gender or violate the women's right to free speech. Continue reading... |
| Thailand: princess's bid for power is over after party withdraws support Posted: 08 Feb 2019 11:08 PM PST Princess Ubolratana shocked the nation by announcing she would run for PM but party says it will comply with king's order to block her bid The bid for political power by Thailand's Princess Ubolratana has been scuttled by her own party after it announced it would comply with an order from her brother, the king, to block her candidacy. In a dramatic reversal after she shocked the nation by announcing she would run for prime minister, the Thai Raksa Chart party issued a short statement effectively ending her run. Continue reading... |
| India: more than three dozen die in bootleg liquor poisoning Posted: 08 Feb 2019 10:05 PM PST Police arrest eight suspected bootleggers after victims in poor Indian villages drank alcohol containing toxic methanol Thirty-nine people have died in northern India and more than two dozen others have fallen sick after drinking bootleg liquor containing toxic methanol . Related: India: eleven die after eating 'toxic' rice at temple Continue reading... |
| 'He's a winner': Iowa voters warm to Corey Booker as Democrat field heats up Posted: 08 Feb 2019 04:43 PM PST Senator kicks off campaign in crucial caucus state as race to take on Trump in 2020 gathers steam Democratic Senator Cory Booker kicked off his presidential campaign in Iowa with a call for unity, warning a crowd in Waterloo on Friday afternoon against "surrendering to cynicism" and calling for a revival of "civic grace". "I believe in this country," he said at Hawkeye Community College, on the first day of a weekend trip to the crucial caucus state that marks a key moment in the beginning of his bid for the Democratic nomination . "I believe in us as a people. I've seen what can happen when we come together." Continue reading... |
| 'Wiped out before our eyes': Hawaii offers bold plan to stop shark killings Posted: 08 Feb 2019 03:00 PM PST Proposal law would protects any shark or ray in state waters and be first of its kind in US Sharks could soon become more numerous in Hawaii waters – and advocates say that's a good thing. Lawmakers in Honolulu advanced a proposed ban on killing sharks in state waters on Wednesday, after receiving hundreds of calls and letters of support from around the country. The law, which would provide sweeping protection for any shark, rather than select species, could be the first of its kind in the United States. Continue reading... |
| Five paintings allegedly by Adolf Hitler to be auctioned in Nuremberg Posted: 08 Feb 2019 07:26 PM PST The sale of the artworks has sparked outrage with one landscape attributed to the Nazi leader expected to fetch at least €45,000 Five paintings allegedly by Adolf Hitler will be auctioned off on Saturday in the German city of Nuremberg, sparking anger that the Nazi memorabilia market is alive and well. The city's mayor, Ulrich Maly, has condemned the upcoming sale as being "in bad taste," speaking to Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper. Continue reading... |
| Sumatran tiger killed by potential mate on first meeting in London zoo Posted: 08 Feb 2019 11:16 AM PST Tigers were put together through breeding programme that hopes to save species from extinction A Sumatran tiger kept at London zoo has been killed by its potential mate during their first meeting. Keepers had hoped the big cats would breed but have been left devastated after Asim, the male they brought in, attacked Melati. The Zoological Society of London (ZSL) kept the two tigers in adjacent enclosures for 10 days to allow them to become accustomed to each other. After their keepers saw positive signs, they decided to make the "high-risk" introduction on Friday morning. Continue reading... |
| Barry Jenkins: ‘When you climb the ladder, you send it back down’ Posted: 09 Feb 2019 01:00 AM PST It's a thrilling time to be in movies, says the Oscar-winning director of If Beale Street Could Talk. He talks to playwright Roy Williams about his sky-high hopes for the next generation "So, you saw the film?" Barry Jenkins is eager to ask the minute we are introduced. He gives good eye contact through those stylish thick-rimmed glasses – not the big-time, Oscar-winning writer-director speaking, but a nervous artist, anxious about the new work he is starting to screen. I love it, I tell him. If Beale Street Could Talk may be only Jenkins' third feature-length film, but it has already been nominated for three Oscars (best adapted screenplay, best supporting actress, best score), just two years after his Moonlight walked away with the Academy Award for best film. A passionate film about race and love, it's an added pleasure to see black characters of such complexity on the big screen. British film industry, kindly take note. Adapted from James Baldwin's 1974 novel, Beale Street tells the story of a young black couple in 1970s Harlem. When Tish (KiKi Layne) becomes pregnant, they plan to marry – until her fiance Fonny (Stephan James) is set up by a racist police officer for a rape he did not commit. The film explores the different reactions of their siblings and parents, led by Regina King in a standout performance as Tish's mother, as they fight for Fonny's freedom. Continue reading... |
| London police officer shoots man during group arrest Posted: 09 Feb 2019 01:37 AM PST Officers were responding to call about men allegedly holding woman captive Police have shot a man while arresting a group of men for allegedly holding a woman captive, Scotland Yard has said. The man, believed to be in his 20s, was taken to hospital with a gunshot wound after an officer opened fire near Blackheath, south-east London, in the early hours of Saturday, police said. Continue reading... |
| Emiliano Sala: family of missing pilot launch fundraiser to continue search Posted: 09 Feb 2019 01:36 AM PST David Ibbotson, who was flying light aircraft that crashed in Channel, has not been found The family of the missing pilot of the plane carrying the footballer Emiliano Sala have set up a fundraising page for donations to restart a search for him. Sala's body was recovered and formally identified earlier this week but David Ibbotson, who was flying the light aircraft, has not been found. Continue reading... |
| Hakeem-al Arabi: Thai cave diving heroes Harris and Challen call for footballer's release Posted: 08 Feb 2019 03:57 PM PST The divers, who were named 2019 Australians of the Year, have written to the Thai prime minister to free the refugee The Thailand cave rescue diving heroes and Australians of the Year, Dr Richard Harris and Dr Craig Challen, have joined the campaign to save the refugee footballer Hakeem-al Arabi, a Bahraini refugee and resident of Australia who is being detained in Bangkok. Harris, an anaesthetist and diver from Adelaide, and Challen, a champion diver from Wangara, Western Australia, were part of the global team that freed the trapped Wild Boars football team in July 2018. They have been friends and cave diving partners for years. Continue reading... |
| Congo's election: a defeat for democracy, a disaster for the people Posted: 09 Feb 2019 01:00 AM PST In accepting the controversial outcome of DRC's presidential election, the global community has failed the country The major players in the international community have accepted the outcome of January's elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the name of stability. In doing so, they have failed the Congolese people. Moreover, they have fallen short of the aspirations of the UN's sustainable development goals, which call for "accountable and inclusive institutions". Continue reading... |
| 'Presidential harassment' may be Trump's easiest phrase to repurpose Posted: 09 Feb 2019 12:00 AM PST Following 'fake news' and 'witch-hunt', the president has a new favourite buzzword – and it can describe his own behaviour Donald Trump tore into a reporter who asked him about Democrat plans to scrutinize his personal finances on Wednesday, accusing them of "presidential harassment". Related: In the age of Trump and Bezos, public life is one big smutty ancient Greek vase | Marina Hyde Continue reading... |
| 'War on festivals': second New South Wales music event cancelled in a week Posted: 08 Feb 2019 08:28 PM PST Mountain Sounds festival called off by organisers a week before event was due to take place on central coast A New South Wales music festival has been cancelled just a week out from the event, and the organisers say it's "another example of the government's war on festivals". Mountain Sounds festival was due to be held on the central coast next weekend, but on Saturday the organisers announced it would not be going ahead. Continue reading... |
| 'The Taliban took years of my life': the Afghan women living in the shadow of war Posted: 08 Feb 2019 09:00 PM PST Many women who lived under the Taliban's misogynist rule are haunted by memories, especially as peace still feels elusive Homeira Qaderi was ironing her headscarf for school when her father came to tell her she would no longer need it, because the Taliban had captured her hometown. For the next five years the group's harsh rules meant she barely left the house. A generation of women have grown up in Afghanistan since the Taliban were toppled from power in 2001. But many of those who have guided the country through profound change, running schools, or as journalists or politicians, are haunted by memories of their brutal, misogynist rule. Continue reading... |
| Princess's shock entry to election race upends Thai politics | Simon Tisdall Posted: 08 Feb 2019 04:37 AM PST In what looks like a Thaksin Shinawatra masterstroke, the junta now has a real challenger Call it Thaksin's revenge. The shock announcement on Friday that a senior royal is running for prime minister has electrified Thai politics. It is a shot in the arm for a moribund democracy suffocated by authoritarian rule. It wrecks the traditional separation of crown and government. And it means next month's election may prove a genuine contest, not merely a joyless coronation of Prayut Chan-o-cha, leader of the military junta. Yet most telling is the fact that the nomination of Ubolratana Rajakanya Sirivadhana Barnavadi, elder sister of King Maha Vajiralongkorn, was put forward by the Thai Raksa Chart party. The party is closely allied to Thaksin Shinawatra and his sister, Yingluck Shinawatra, both former prime ministers ousted in military coups in 2006 and 2014 respectively, the latter led by Prayut. Continue reading... |
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