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- Iran's supreme leader calls Trump 'clown' in rare Friday sermon
- Brexit: UK rules out automatic deportation of EU citizens – Verhofstadt
- China's birthrate falls to lowest level despite push for more babies
- Hundreds of thousands of fish dead in NSW as bushfire ash washed into river
- Google owner Alphabet becomes trillion-dollar company
- Ukraine prime minister offers resignation after leaked recording
- 'Like going back 40 years': dismay as Bolsonaro backs abstinence-only sex ed
- Huge ‘hot blob’ in Pacific Ocean killed nearly a million seabirds
- Eminem compares himself to Manchester Arena bomber on new track
- US ambassador's moustache gets up South Korea's nose
- Harry and Meghan may be heading to Canada but does Canada want them?
- Wrongly deported Sudanese asylum seeker flown back to UK
- How have things changed since Ghent went car free?
- Bullfighting, dancing and spending big: a wedding in the Comoros – photo essay
- US briefing: impeachment, Iran missile strike and Ayanna Pressley
- 'The last piece of the skyline': the battle to save Canada's ‘prairie castles’
- New Zealand voters must prepare for an ugly culture war this election | Bryce Edwards
- Explainer: Bridget McKenzie is digging in over calls to resign but does her defence stack up?
- Locusts swarm into Kenya as UN warns of 'extreme danger' to food supply
- Officials charged with corruption over award of Uganda refugee camp deals
- Losing DfID would be a calamity for the world's poor – and for Britain
- Senators are sworn in as Trump's impeachment trial gets under way – video
- Conga and carnival: Havana's jazz festival – in pictures
- Convoy carrying Venezuelan opposition politicians attacked by pro-government forces – video
| Iran's supreme leader calls Trump 'clown' in rare Friday sermon Posted: 17 Jan 2020 02:24 AM PST Ayatollah Ali Khamenei lashes out at west after tumultuous few weeks in Middle East Iran's supreme leader has described Donald Trump as a "clown" who only pretends to support the Iranian people but will push a poisonous dagger into their backs, as he struck a defiant tone in his first Friday sermon in Tehran in eight years. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said the mass funerals for Iran's top general, who was killed in a US strike earlier this month, show that the Iranian people support the Islamic Republic despite its recent trials. The "cowardly" killing of Qassem Suleimani had taken out the most effective commander in the battle against the Islamic State group, he said. Continue reading... |
| Brexit: UK rules out automatic deportation of EU citizens – Verhofstadt Posted: 17 Jan 2020 02:58 AM PST EU Brexit spokesman says Britain assured him about those who do not apply for settled status The UK government has sought to reassure the EU that its citizens living in the UK will not be deported if they fail to apply for settled status, the European parliament's Brexit co-ordinator has said. Speaking after a meeting with the Brexit secretary, Steve Barclay, on Thursday night, Guy Verhofstadt said he had raised a number of concerns regarding the status of EU citizens in the UK after it leaves the bloc. Continue reading... |
| China's birthrate falls to lowest level despite push for more babies Posted: 16 Jan 2020 10:03 PM PST Efforts by policymakers to bolster the population after decades of strict family planning seem to be failing China's birthrate in 2019 fell to the lowest level since the country's founding, according to new government data, a sign that efforts to head off a demographic crisis have so far failed. There were 14.6 million births in China last year, a drop of about 500,000 from the year before and the third year in a row that the number of births fallen, according to a report from the National Bureau of Statistics published on Friday. It was the lowest number in seven decades, with the exception of 1961, when the country was suffering from famine. Continue reading... |
| Hundreds of thousands of fish dead in NSW as bushfire ash washed into river Posted: 16 Jan 2020 11:37 PM PST Ecologist fears the Macleay River may take decades to recover, with heavy rains likely to affect other waterways Hundreds of thousands of native fish are estimated to have died in northern New South Wales after rains washed ash and sludge from bushfires into the Macleay River. Parts of the Macleay River – favoured by recreational fishers – have been turned into what locals described as "runny cake mix" that stank of rotting vegetation and dead fish. Continue reading... |
| Google owner Alphabet becomes trillion-dollar company Posted: 17 Jan 2020 01:41 AM PST Tech giant is the fourth US firm to achieve the valuation – after Microsoft, Apple and Amazon Google's owner Alphabet has become a trillion-dollar company for the first time, making it only the fourth US firm to reach the bumper valuation. Alphabet's value, based on the price of its Wall Street-listed shares, passed $1tn (£776bn) in the final minutes of trading on Thursday night, with shares closing at a record high of $1,450.16 each. Continue reading... |
| Ukraine prime minister offers resignation after leaked recording Posted: 17 Jan 2020 02:08 AM PST Uncertainty surrounds PM after audio suggesting he criticised president's understanding of economy Ukraine's prime minister, Oleksiy Honcharuk, has submitted his resignation after an audio recording suggested he had criticised the president, but then appeared to say in comments to Reuters that he might stay in his job. President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will consider the resignation letter later on Friday, the president's office said. Continue reading... |
| 'Like going back 40 years': dismay as Bolsonaro backs abstinence-only sex ed Posted: 17 Jan 2020 02:00 AM PST Brazilian president's plan to cut teenage pregnancies inspired by a Christian pressure group and Trump's approach in the US Brazil's government plans to push abstinence-based sex education to help cut teenage pregnancy rates, in a controversial move inspired by an evangelical Christian pressure group and Donald Trump's policy in the US. Related: 'Like a bomb going off': why Brazil's largest reserve is facing destruction Continue reading... |
| Huge ‘hot blob’ in Pacific Ocean killed nearly a million seabirds Posted: 16 Jan 2020 03:38 PM PST
A million seabirds died in less than a year as a result of a giant "blob" of hot ocean, according to new research. A study released by the University of Washington found the birds, called common murres, probably died of starvation between the summer of 2015 and the spring of 2016. Continue reading... |
| Eminem compares himself to Manchester Arena bomber on new track Posted: 17 Jan 2020 01:06 AM PST Following freestyle that drew criticism from victims' families, rapper makes second reference to attack that killed 22 people after Ariana Grande concert Eminem has compared himself to Salman Ramadan Abedi, the suicide bomber who killed 22 people at Manchester Arena following an Ariana Grande concert in 2017. In his track Unaccommodating, taken from surprise new album Music to Be Murdered By, he raps: "But I'm contemplating yelling 'bombs away' on the game / Like I'm outside of an Ariana Grande concert waiting." Continue reading... |
| US ambassador's moustache gets up South Korea's nose Posted: 16 Jan 2020 07:12 PM PST Harry Harris has been criticised for his facial hair, which reminds many South Koreans of the days of Japanese colonial rule Tensions may be running high on the Korean peninsula, but Harry Harris's facial hair is vying with denuclearisation as the defining theme of his tenure as US ambassador to South Korea. Harris, a former navy admiral who was born in Japan to a Japanese mother and an American navy officer, has been accused of insulting his hosts by growing a moustache that reminds many South Koreans of the days of Japanese colonial rule. Continue reading... |
| Harry and Meghan may be heading to Canada but does Canada want them? Posted: 17 Jan 2020 01:30 AM PST The royal couple could find privacy on Vancouver Island but questions have been raised about the cost of providing security Residents of Vancouver Island say that its rugged beauty and tranquility make it one of the best places to live in Canada. "The hiking is beautiful, the trees are beautiful, the ocean is beautiful. I can't say enough good things about it," said Sue Rogers, who moved to the east coast community of North Saanich seven years ago. "I have way more space than anywhere I've ever lived before – but I know my neighbours way better." Continue reading... |
| Wrongly deported Sudanese asylum seeker flown back to UK Posted: 17 Jan 2020 02:36 AM PST Man returned to Britain after gun battle delays departure from Khartoum A Sudanese asylum seeker wrongly deported by the Home Office has been flown back to the UK after his departure from Khartoum was delayed by a gunfight. The man's lawyers described the highly unusual move by the Home Office as "almost unprecedented". Continue reading... |
| How have things changed since Ghent went car free? Posted: 17 Jan 2020 03:18 AM PST If you live or work in Ghent we would like to hear how you feel it has changed since the implementation of the traffic circulation plan In 2017, Ghent introduced its circulatieplan (circulation plan) which removed traffic from the city centre using car-free zones. Since then there has been more space for pedestrians and cyclists with only a select group of vehicles such as emergency services, trams, buses and taxis able to enter. Continue reading... |
| Bullfighting, dancing and spending big: a wedding in the Comoros – photo essay Posted: 16 Jan 2020 11:00 PM PST Marriage celebrations in these African islands routinely last two weeks and can cost tens of thousands of dollars. The average yearly income is $1200 It's late evening in the Comoros, a remote volcanic archipelago situated between Mozambique and Madagascar in the western Indian Ocean, and the residents of Domoni have gathered in great numbers around the edge of the town's central square to celebrate the marriage of Badaant el Mounyrou and her husband Dhinourayni Ali Kassim Ali Mbaliya. Continue reading... |
| US briefing: impeachment, Iran missile strike and Ayanna Pressley Posted: 17 Jan 2020 03:17 AM PST Friday's top story: Watchdog says Trump violated laws as Senate trial opens. Plus, how Putin's Kremlin cracked down on the blossoming Russian avant-garde Good morning, I'm Tim Walker with today's essential stories. Continue reading... |
| 'The last piece of the skyline': the battle to save Canada's ‘prairie castles’ Posted: 17 Jan 2020 02:30 AM PST The prairie town of Andrew is no stranger to loss, but when its last grain elevator was slated for demolition, the community fought to win a stay of execution For nearly a century, a wooden tower has loomed over the prairie town of Andrew in western Canada, rising from the rolling landscape land like a lone sentinel. Built during the agricultural boom of the early 20th century, the grain elevator – and six others that stood nearby – once bore testament to the town's prosperity. Today, the main street of Andrew is quiet, even on a weekday at noon. Many of the town's storefronts are shuttered and all that remains of the railway line is a faint imprint on the ground. The local school only has 70 students, and residents wonder how long it can remain open. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand voters must prepare for an ugly culture war this election | Bryce Edwards Posted: 17 Jan 2020 03:00 AM PST Trump, Morrison and Johnson have found fertile political ground in the backlash to being woke. Simon Bridges is likely to ape them If New Zealand had a giant monument at the entrance to Auckland or Wellington harbour it would be a "Statue of Equality" not liberty, or so said visiting American political scientist Leslie Lipson who wrote a book about our politics in the 1940s. New Zealanders have long held dear the notion of fairness, and Lipson's reflection remains true today. Our love of fairness extends even to one of our longest-running and most popular TV shows, Fair Go, which goes into bat for ripped-off consumers. Continue reading... |
| Explainer: Bridget McKenzie is digging in over calls to resign but does her defence stack up? Posted: 16 Jan 2020 08:32 PM PST Labor's Ros Kelly was forced to quit over a sports grant scandal but Nationals deputy says she is going nowhere. So what's the difference? In 1994, at the height of an eerily familiar sports rorts scandal, John Howard stood up in parliament and fired a question at besieged Labor sports minister Ros Kelly. Does the minister agree that, whatever debate there may be concerning the principle of ministerial responsibility, the practice has almost invariably been that a minister resigns when his or her continued presence is causing damage and embarrassment to that government? Continue reading... |
| Locusts swarm into Kenya as UN warns of 'extreme danger' to food supply Posted: 17 Jan 2020 01:00 AM PST Government races against time to contain threat to key food-producing regions in country still reeling from droughts and floods The UN has warned of a "significant and extremely dangerous" escalation in the number of desert locusts descending on Kenya, as the government strives to contain the threat before it reaches the country's food-producing regions. The tropical grasshoppers have been wreaking havoc on Kenya's neighbours to the north and east, devouring tens of thousands of hectares of crops in Ethiopia and Somalia since last June. Continue reading... |
| Officials charged with corruption over award of Uganda refugee camp deals Posted: 16 Jan 2020 11:00 PM PST Money laundering and abuse of office also among allegations levelled at two senior figures Two senior Ugandan government officials have been charged with money laundering, corruption and abuse of office over the awarding of contracts at refugee camps. Robert Baryamwesigwa and Fred Kiwanuka, both at the time commandants at the Bidi-Bidi refugee settlement in Yumbe district in the north of the country, were charged this week with demanding and receiving bribes of more than 393m Ugandan shillings (about £82,000). Continue reading... |
| Losing DfID would be a calamity for the world's poor – and for Britain Posted: 16 Jan 2020 03:06 AM PST British aid saves lives, commands global respect and chimes with the public mood. Merging DfID with the Foreign Office would be disastrous Britain has a proud track record of supporting the world's poorest through its aid commitments. This is not only morally the right thing to do, it is also the smart thing to do. This cast-iron commitment to the poorest indirectly creates significant soft power for Britain. Disrupt this commitment by merging the Department for International Development (DfID) into the Foreign Office and diverting more aid to UK national interest, and you produce a lose-lose: the world's poorest (wrongly) suffer, and significant British soft power immediately drains away, at precisely the time when the country is trying to redefine its role in the world. Continue reading... |
| Senators are sworn in as Trump's impeachment trial gets under way – video Posted: 16 Jan 2020 11:45 AM PST Seven House impeachment managers delivered impeachment articles against the US president, Donald Trump, to the Senate, officially marking the opening of the trial. Adam Schiff, the lead impeachment manager, read from impeachment resolution 755, impeaching Trump for high crimes and misdemeanours. The trial is scheduled to begin on January 21 Continue reading... |
| Conga and carnival: Havana's jazz festival – in pictures Posted: 16 Jan 2020 02:16 AM PST New Orleans and Cuban musicians join in Havana's annual jazz festival, defying Trump's efforts to weaken US-Cuba relations Continue reading... |
| Convoy carrying Venezuelan opposition politicians attacked by pro-government forces – video Posted: 16 Jan 2020 01:48 AM PST The convoy carrying the opposition lawmakers was attacked in Caracas while they were on their way to the national assembly Continue reading... |
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