May 18, 2018 - Articles

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'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

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

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

 

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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

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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

 

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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

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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

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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

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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

 

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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

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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

[markb57]

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.

[md11fr8dawg]

Ditto Mark!!

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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

 

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'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

 

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'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

 

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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

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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

[umbertino]

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

[umbertino]

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

 

 

 

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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

 

[umbertino]

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

[umbertino]

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

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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

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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

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'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