umbertino Posted May 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 Steve Bannon Condemns Mnuchin's Trade Truce as China Giveaway By Kevin Cirilli Updated 22 May 2018, 12:31 PM Published 21 May 2018, 7:18 PM https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/2018/05/21/steve-bannon-condemns-mnuchin-s-trade-truce-as-china-giveaway Mr. Bannon is expected here in Italy during the current week to meet Matteo Salvini, leader of far-right party League 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 Mississauga explosion: more than a dozen injured in Canada restaurant blast Police say two men detonated improvised explosive device inside Bombay Bhel restaurant Fri 25 May 2018 11.02 BST Ashifa Kassam in Toronto https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/25/explosion-hits-restaurant-in-toronto-injured-mississauga-canada 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 Stabbed at a neo-Nazi rally, called a criminal: how police targeted a black activist Exclusive: records show police surveilled and tried to charge a citizen journalist attacked at a California rally. Does it fit a pattern of punishing black protesters? Fri 25 May 2018 10.00 BST Sam Levin in Oakland Cedric O’Bannon, a California activist and journalist who was stabbed at a neo-Nazi rally in Sacramento Photograph: Robert Gumpert for the Guardian More pics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/25/neo-nazi-rally-california-stabbing-police-target-black-activist 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 'So many no voters are shy': Ireland awaits result of abortion poll Pro-choice and anti-abortion backers vote in historic referendum after tense campaign Emma Graham-Harrison and Henry McDonald in Dublin, and Harriet Sherwood in London Fri 25 May 2018 18.08 BST Yes and no supporters campaign next to each other on polling day in Dublin Photograph: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images More pics & vids https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/25/ireland-abortion-referendum-polling-day-await-result 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 (edited) LA Times among US-based news sites blocking EU users due to GDPR LA Times, Chicago Tribune and others redirect to pages saying sites are currently unavailable in most European countries Alex Hern and Martin Belam Fri 25 May 2018 11.43 BST EU-based visitors to the Los Angeles Times website are being redirected to a page that looks like this https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/25/gdpr-us-based-news-websites-eu-internet-users-la-times Solvable through a proxy, obviously Edited May 25, 2018 by umbertino 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 The 22 best US national parks to escape the crowds, chosen by experts Park visitation is at a record high – good for tourism, not so good for peace and quiet. From Acadia to Zion, Bryce Canyon to Yosemite, leading writers and environmentalists share their alternatives to the most popular spots Featuring Bill McKibben, Cynthia Barnett, Ryan Zinke, Leslie Marmon Silko and more … Fri 25 May 2018 07.00 BST The northern lights above an island at Voyageurs national park, Minnesota Photograph: More Than Just Parks / Barcroft/More Than Just Parks/Barcroft Lots of pics https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/25/best-us-national-parks-escape-crowds 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 A century on, why are we forgetting the deaths of 100 million? The 1918 Spanish flu outbreak killed more people than both world wars. Don’t imagine such a thing could never happen again Fri 25 May 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Fri 25 May 2018 11.54 BST By Martin Kettle https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/25/spanish-flu-pandemic-1918-forgetting-100-million-deaths 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 25, 2018 (edited) After my experience with Milwaukee police, I have to tell my story (pls see one of articles above - page 3) ‘Situations like mine and worse happen every day in the black community’ writes NBA player Sterling Brown in a public statement on Wednesday Sterling Brown Thu 24 May 2018 15.21 BST Last modified on Thu 24 May 2018 21.25 BST Vid https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/24/milwaukee-police-sterling-brown Edited May 25, 2018 by umbertino 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2018 26 May Ellen Pompeo (Grey's Anatomy) Robbed While on Vacation in Italy by Mike Vulpo | Fri., May. 25, 2018 3:22 PM https://www.eonline.com/news/939244/ellen-pompeo-robbed-while-on-vacation-in-italy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2018 Life and death on billionaires' superyachts – video The Guardian is granted exclusive access to some of the latest superyachts in Monaco. But what is life really like for the young people serving billionaires....... Rupert Neate, Richard Sprenger, Dan Susman and Jem Talbot, Source: The Guardian Sat 26 May 2018 15.13 BST https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/video/2018/may/26/life-and-death-on-billionaires-superyachts 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2018 I work at one of America's underfunded schools. It's falling apart An Oklahoma teacher’s account of her school district, from the classrooms without desks and supplies to the professors who hold office hours in their cars Melissa Smith, for AFT Voices Sat 26 May 2018 11.00 BST The Story of Oklahoma, the state’s wildly outdated history textbook Photograph: Melissa Smith/AFTVoices Vid https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/may/26/us-school-funding-what-its-like-work-oklahoma-teacher 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2018 (edited) 'Immigration killed her': Guatemalan woman shot dead by US Border Patrol Claudia Patricia Gómez Gonzáles, 20, died on Wednesday after she was shot in the head by an agent in Rio Bravo, Texas Nina Lakhani Fri 25 May 2018 23.17 BST Last modified on Fri 25 May 2018 23.33 BST Dominga Vicente, a relative of Claudia Patricia Gómez Gonzáles, shows a photo of her during a press conference in Guatemala City on 25 May Photograph: Esteban Biba/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/25/woman-shot-dead-border-patrol-rio-bravo-texas-identified If I recall well, Guatemala was the only Country following the US lead in moving its Embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem ( or at least planning to do so very soon) Edited May 26, 2018 by umbertino 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2018 Starbucks to tell staff 'prejudice is deeply rooted' at anti-bias training The coffee chain will close 8,000 US shops for retraining on Sunday in response to a racially charged incident in Philadelphia Edward Helmore in New York Sat 26 May 2018 11.00 BST A Starbucks sign in New York City. In a corporate video the chief executive, Kevin Johnson, reportedly says: ‘Prejudice in public accommodation is deeply rooted in America.’ Photograph: Hector Retamal/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/may/26/starbucks-closed-anti-bias-training-prejudice-deeply-rooted 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2018 America's tree sitters risk lives on the front line In the hills on the border of Virginia and West Virginia protesters – mainly women – are defying police and energy companies in non-violent environmental activism Drew Philp Sat 26 May 2018 14.26 BST First published on Sat 26 May 2018 11.00 BST Mountain Valley Pipeline protester ‘Nutty’ looks out from her monopod in the Virginia forest on her 49th day 45ft above the ground Photograph: Garrett MacLean for the Guardian Pics https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/may/26/tree-sitters-appalachian-oil-pipeline-virginia-west I went to see an American woman holding a conference here in my hometown....She's the most famous among these People....Her name is Julia Buttefly Hill....An incredible and powerful story....She lived 2 years on a very tall tree in order to prevent tree - cutting in the area..... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Butterfly_Hill 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2018 Facebook and Google targeted as first GDPR complaints filed Users have been forced into agreeing new terms of service, says EU consumer rights body Fri 25 May 2018 13.57 BST Alex Hern https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/25/facebook-google-gdpr-complaints-eu-consumer-rights 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 26, 2018 Nasa's Golden Record may baffle alien life, say researchers Extraterrestrials will discover a species that loves to argue and sees beauty in flowers that roar like chainsaws Sat 26 May 2018 09.00 BST Ian Sample Science editor The Voyager Golden Records contain sounds and images selected to portray the diversity of life and culture on Earth Photograph: Nasa https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/may/26/nasas-golden-record-may-baffle-alien-life-say-researchers Indiana teacher threw basketball to avert school shooter, witness says Science teacher Jason Seaman wounded but in good condition after running toward gunman as students sought cover Associated Press in Noblesville, Indiana Sat 26 May 2018 15.53 BST Police officers outside Noblesville West middle school, Friday Photograph: Indy Star-USA TODAY NETWORK/Sipa USA/REX/Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/26/indiana-teacher-threw-basketball-to-avert-school-shooter 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2018 Former president George HW Bush admitted to hospital in Maine 93-year-old experiences low blood pressure and fatigue Spokesman says Bush ‘not in any discomfort’ Guardian staff and agencies Sun 27 May 2018 19.49 BST https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/27/president-george-hw-bush-hospital-maine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2018 Astronaut Alan Bean, fourth person to walk on the moon, dies aged 86 Nasa and family announce death on Saturday Bean was lunar module pilot on Apollo 12 mission Guardian staff and agencies Sat 26 May 2018 22.19 BST Apollo 12 astronaut Alan Bean walks through an exhibition of his own artwork, mounted in 2009 Photograph: Jacquelyn Martin/AP More pics https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/may/26/astronaut-alan-bean-fourth-person-walk-on-moon-dies 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 28 May 'Coffee shop racism': Starbucks arrests highlight behavior that crosses a line Many say the Starbucks incident exposed discrimination that people of color and black people in particular face every day Mon 28 May 2018 07.00 BST Adam Gabbatt https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/28/coffee-shop-racism-starbucks-arrests 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 Spain rescues hundreds of migrants from Mediterranean UN refugee agency calls for urgent measures amid spike in arrivals with hundreds dying en route Sun 27 May 2018 14.02 BST Sam Jones in Madrid https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/27/spain-struggling-to-deal-with-escalating-migration-crisis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 A student leader is the latest victim of France’s obsession with the hijab Media attacks on Maryam Pougetoux show how Muslim women are prevented from engaging in French public life Mon 28 May 2018 11.17 BST Last modified on Mon 28 May 2018 13.00 BST By Rokhaya Diallo Maryam Pougetoux in Paris Photograph: STR/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/28/union-leader-maryam-pougetoux-france-hijab 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 How America's go-to holiday spot became a shoreline of addiction Massachusetts is one of the top 10 states with the highest rate of addiction – and in Cape Cod, many find it difficult to stay clean when the summer ends Nico Gendron in Cape Cod Mon 28 May 2018 11.00 BST Cape Cod, Provincetown, Massachusetts, USA. F Hall Photograph: F Hall/ALAMY More pics https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/28/cape-cod-massachusetts-opioid-epidemic-addiction-sobriety 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2018 Beatings, rape and non-stop work: UK women enslaved in forced marriages Survivors say their plight should be viewed as modern slavery and the perpetrators prosecuted Hannah Summers Mon 28 May 2018 13.39 BST Last modified on Mon 28 May 2018 13.40 BST Sunny Angel has written a book, Wings, about her experiences ‘as a sex slave and skivvy’ in a forced marriage Photograph: Jill Mead for the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/may/28/beatings-rape-non-stop-work-uk-women-enslaved-forced-marriages 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 Belgium shooting: man kills passerby and two police officers in Liège People run for safety on Boulevard d’Avroy before shooter is shot dead by police Reuters Tue 29 May 2018 11.43 BST Last modified on Tue 29 May 2018 14.47 BST Vid https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/29/belgium-gunman-kills-two-police-officers-and-passerby-liege 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 Family & Politics Can't we all just get along?A road trip with my Trump-loving cousin by Bryan Mealer https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-interactive/2018/may/29/cant-we-all-just-get-along-a-road-trip-with-my-trump-loving-cousin 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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