umbertino Posted May 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 'Spider-Man' of Paris to get French citizenship after child rescue President Macron thanks Malian migrant who climbed four storeys to save boy Kim Willsher in Paris Tue 29 May 2018 08.09 BST 2 Vids https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/28/spider-man-of-paris-to-get-french-citizenship-after-rescuing-child 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 US flight instructors kidnapped and tried to deport trainee to China, say police California flight school worker allegedly claimed it was because student pilot’s English wasn’t good enough Associated Press Tue 29 May 2018 06.25 BST Jonathan McConkey and Kelsi Hoser were arrested on suspicion of kidnapping a student pilot and trying to send him back to his native China, authorities in California said Photograph: AP https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/29/california-flight-instructors-tried-kidnap-deport-trainee-pilot-china-say-police 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 UK Middle-class cocaine users are guilty of causing harm – as are most people David Gauke is right to say drug users fuel street violence. But many modern comforts also involve exploiting others Tue 29 May 2018 12.58 BST By Julian Baggini https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/29/middle-class-drug-users-guilty-david-gauke-cocaine 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 Training Starbucks staff won’t fix racism – but changing the rules will A day off learning about unconscious bias will have little effect. What will work is allowing anyone to stay in its coffee shops without buying Tue 29 May 2018 12.33 BST Last modified on Tue 29 May 2018 13.18 BST By Gaby Hinsliff ‘Would a store manager really call the cops on two white businessmen waiting for a colleague, or a bunch of giggly teenage girls sharing one gingerbread latte?’ Photograph: Mark Makela/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/29/training-starbucks-racism-rules-unconscious-bias 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 After the apology to the stolen generations – a photo essay National Sorry Day 2018 marks 10 years since Kevin Rudd’s apology to Indigenous Australians. We look at its impact through the work of photographer Aletheia Casey Fri 25 May 2018 23.49 BST Pics https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/may/26/after-the-apology-to-the-stolen-generations-a-photo-essay 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 Caruana Galizia family 'at war with Malta' after journalist's murder Paul Caruana Galizia says his father and brothers have not had chance to mourn the death of their mother, Daphne Mark Brown Arts correspondent Mon 28 May 2018 16.31 BST People attend a vigil and demonstration in Valletta, Malta, to mark seventh months since the murder of the anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia Photograph: Darrin Zammit Lupi/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/28/daphne-caruana-galizia-family-malta-journalist-murder 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 Kinder Morgan pipeline: Canadian government to buy project for $4.5bn Finance minister says ‘this is an investment in Canada’s future’ and says pipeline will and must be built Associated Press in Toronto Tue 29 May 2018 15.09 BST The pipeline, to transport crude from Alberta to port in British Columbia, has faced fierce environmental opposition Photograph: Jason Redmond/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/29/canada-kinder-morgan-pipeline-trans-mountain 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 Nobel prize for literature could be suspended for more than a year Nobel Foundation director says issues at the Swedish Academy, which picks the winner, must be solved before award can be restored Alison Flood Tue 29 May 2018 14.19 BST More openness needed … a visitor walks through the main entrance of the Nobel Museum at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden Photograph: Jonathan Nackstrand/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/29/nobel-prize-for-literature-could-be-suspended-for-more-than-a-year 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 As an Oxycontin 'junkie' at Yale, I saw how my addiction helped fund the university Through attending an Ivy League university as an addict, I learned that while I might be considered ‘deplorable’, elites are not much better Mon 28 May 2018 16.34 BST Last modified on Mon 28 May 2018 16.36 BST By Matthew Jeffrey Abrams Students walk on the campus of Yale University in New Haven Photograph: Shannon Stapleton/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/may/28/yale-ivy-league-addiction-sackler-lessons 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 29, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 New Jersey police investigated after woman punched during arrest Wildwood police look at what led to woman on beach being held down and struck in head Associated Press Tue 29 May 2018 04.05 BST Last modified on Tue 29 May 2018 13.53 BST Vid https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/29/new-jersey-police-investigated-after-woman-punched-during-arrest 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markb57 Posted May 29, 2018 Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 the last one with New Jersey leaves allot of info out I'm sure. One thing though, by what the story says the woman was spitting on the officers and combative, she probably got off light. Spit on me and I'll put you down permanently. So, the officers showed good restraint. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
md11fr8dawg Posted May 29, 2018 Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 Ditto Mark!! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 30 May Ukraine reveals it staged 'murder' of Russian journalist Arkady Babchenko Officials say Babchenko faked his death as part of an investigation into threats against his life Andrew Roth Moscow correspondent Wed 30 May 2018 16.24 BST Vid https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/30/russian-journalist-arkady-babchenko-who-was-reported-killed-is-still-alive 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 'We’ve lost all hope': the investment scandal wrecking Russian lives For years, thousands of Russians have been paying mortgages on homes that remain alarmingly unfinished. The ‘defrauded co-investors’ have found a voice – but will the Kremlin listen? Pyotr Manyakhin Wed 30 May 2018 07.15 BST A rally for defrauded investors in Moscow. There are thought to be anywhere between 40,000 and 120,00 such people across Russia Photograph: Maxim Shemetov/Reuters More pics https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/may/30/investment-scandal-russia-defrauded-coinvestors 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 'Sea, ice, snow, it’s all changing': Inuit culture struggles with warming world Every aspect of the indigenous Inuit culture grows from the land – but the unpredictable seasons are forcing the community to adjust their traditions Greg Mercer in Rigolet Wed 30 May 2018 08.00 BST Children play at dusk in the Inuit community of Labrador Photograph: Darren Calabrese More pics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/30/canada-inuits-climate-change-impact-global-warming-melting-ice 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 Binge-drink Britain: how one weekend bender can ruin your life Just one big night out drinking can lead to pancreatitis – a painful and potentially fatal illness. Young people describe how their lives changed dramatically overnight Wed 30 May 2018 06.00 BST Sirin Kale Rebecca Charles … ‘It’s lonely when you’re surrounded by people who party the whole time.’ Photograph: Alecsandra Raluca Dragoi for the Guardian More pics https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/may/30/one-weekend-bender-can-ruin-your-life-pancreatitis 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 Brazil trucker strike leads to premature slaughter of millions of chickens Strike over fuel prices paralyzes major exporter Disruption of feed prompts farmers to slaughter chickens early Reuters in São Paulo Tue 29 May 2018 23.48 BST Last modified on Wed 30 May 2018 14.50 BST High fuel prices prompted the strike Photograph: Diego Vara/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/29/brazil-truckers-strike-chickens-slaughtered 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 Irish PM apologises to 126 people illegally adopted decades ago Taoiseach (Ireland PM) Leo Varadkar tells victims disclosures were part of Ireland’s ‘dark history’ Wed 30 May 2018 17.24 BST Harriet Sherwood Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s apology comes just days after Ireland voted to change its laws on abortion Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/30/irish-pm-apologises-to-126-people-illegally-adopted-decades-ago 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 US returns $41,000 seized from Texas nurse who planned to open clinic (pls see other article in this thread) Anthonia Nwaorie will still sue after US customs seized money she was carrying en route to Nigeria to open a medical facility Tue 29 May 2018 23.30 BST Tom Dart in Houston https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/29/us-returns-41000-seized-from-texas-nurse-who-planned-to-open-clinic 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 Florida police officer suspended after saying Parkland survivor should be run over Officer posted on Facebook about David Hogg, who organized protest at supermarket, in latest attack on student activists Guardian staff and agencies Wed 30 May 2018 01.19 BST David Hogg organized a ‘die-in’ at the Publix supermarket chain over its support for a pro-NRA candidate for governor Photograph: Larry Marano/Rex/Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/may/29/parkland-shooting-david-hogg-police-suspended 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 Deadlier than Katrina & 9/11: Hurricane Maria Killed 4,645 in Puerto Rico, 70 Times Official Toll May 30, 2018 https://www.democracynow.org/2018/5/30/deadlier_than_katrina_9_11_hurricane 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 World's longest flight to be launched by Singapore Airlines New 9,500-mile direct route from New York to Singapore will last 18 hours, 45 minutes Press Association Wed 30 May 2018 19.30 BST A Singapore Airlines Airbus A350-900 plane Photograph: Edgar Su/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/30/worlds-longest-flight-to-be-launched-by-singapore-airlines 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 Cambridge drinking societies under threat as students reveal darkest secrets Claims of ‘witch hunt’ as Facebook page publishes tales of sexual harassment, racism and snobbery David Batty Wed 30 May 2018 17.00 BST Last modified on Wed 30 May 2018 19.36 BST https://www.theguardian.com/education/2018/may/30/classist-cambridge-drinking-societies-should-shut-says-group 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 Tesla that crashed into police car was in 'autopilot' mode, California official says If confirmed, it would be the third time a Tesla in autopilot has crashed into a stationary emergency vehicle this year Wed 30 May 2018 00.45 BST Olivia Solon in San Francisco Photo provided by Laguna Beach police shows a Tesla sedan that crashed into a parked police cruiser on Tuesday Photograph: AP https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/may/29/tesla-crash-autopilot-california-police-car 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted May 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2018 'How I fell in love with Naples, a city full of contrasts' Ana Stanciulescu moved from Bucharest, the modern capital of Romania, to Naples almost two years ago. She shares her photos of the city, where she works as a tour guide, and tells us how it changed her life - and why you should give it a chance The Local news@thelocal.it @thelocalitaly 2 December 2016 08:42 CET+01:00 https://www.thelocal.it/20161202/how-i-fell-in-love-with-naples-a-city-full-of-contrasts 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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