May 18, 2018 - Articles

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18 June

 

 

Icon: 3D - printed homes

 

 

Pics & vid

 

https://www.iconbuild.com/

 

 

 

 

 

Audi boss arrested over diesel emissions manipulation

 

Audi chief executive Rupert Stadler has been arrested on suspicion of fraud in connection with parent company Volkswagen's "dieselgate" emissions cheating scandal, German prosecutors said Monday

 

 

AFP

news@thelocal.de
@thelocalgermany

18 June 2018

11:03 CEST+02:00

 

 

Rupert Stadler. DPA

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.de/20180618/audi-boss-arrested-over-diesel-emissions-manipulation

 

 

 

 

Edited June 18, 2018 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Netherlands: one dead and three injured in music festival hit-and-run

 

Four people struck by vehicle that was driven off after incident at the PinkPop concert in Limburg

 

Reuters

Mon 18 Jun 2018 06.53 BST Last modified on Mon 18 Jun 2018 07.51 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/18/netherlands-pinkpop-festival-dead-injured-hit-and-run-music-festival

 

 

 

 

Shell hits back at criticism of tax structure

 

Reports allege oil group’s plan has cost Dutch treasury as much as £6.1bn  ($8.08B) in lost income

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Mon 18 Jun 2018 14.26 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jun/18/shell-hits-back-at-criticism-of-tax-structure

 

 

 

 

Leave those kids alone: 'helicopter parenting' linked to behavioural problems

 

Children with over-controlling parents aged two struggled to manage their emotions later in life, study finds

 

 

Mon 18 Jun 2018 14.00 BST

Nicola Davis

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jun/18/over-controlled-toddlers-grow-up-unable-to-cope

 

 

 

 

 

 

One in five at UK festivals sexually assaulted or harassed – survey

 

Just 2% of those subjected to unwanted sexual behaviour say they reported it to police

 

Laura Snapes

Mon 18 Jun 2018 13.34 BST Last modified on Mon 18 Jun 2018 15.16 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/jun/18/one-in-five-at-uk-festivals-sexually-assaulted-or-harassed-survey

 

 

 

 

 

French air traffic control 'causes third of Europe's flight delays'

 

Senate report says strikes and outdated ATC equipment cost airlines €300m ($348.33M) a year

 

Kim Willsher in Paris

Mon 18 Jun 2018 13.19 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/18/french-air-traffic-control-causes-third-of-europes-flight-delays

 

 

 

'It consumed my life': inside a gaming addiction treatment centre

 

As the World Health Organization classifies gaming disorder as a mental health condition, one UK treatment centre reveals how it is trying to tackle the problem

 

 

Mon 18 Jun 2018 14.20 BST

Emily Reynolds

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/jun/18/truth-gaming-addiction-world-health-organization-disorder-games

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gotti, Escobar, Manson: Hollywood's problem with real-life criminals

 

The release of two critically panned films about criminals with fascinating backstories highlight the difficulties of adapting theatrically villainous characters

 

Charles Bramesco

Mon 18 Jun 2018 12.46 BST Last modified on Mon 18 Jun 2018 12.47 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/18/gotti-escobar-manson-hollywoods-problem-with-real-life-criminals

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US returns stolen 'Columbus Letter' to Vatican Library

 

The United States on Thursday returned to the Vatican a copy of a handwritten 15th-century letter by Christopher Columbus in which the explorer recounts his "discovery of America" to the Spanish royal family

 

 

AFP

news@thelocal.it
@thelocalitaly

14 June 2018

08:51 CEST+02:00

 

 

 

Inside the Vatican Library. Photo: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana/AFP

 

 

 

https://www.thelocal.it/20180614/us-to-return-stolen-columbus-letter-to-vatican-library

 

 

 

 

Cristoforo Colombo ( Christopher Columbus)...An Italian Immigrant working for the Queen of Spain

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Columbus

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19 June

 

Record 68.5 million people fleeing war or persecution worldwide

 

As data shows one in every 110 people is displaced

 

Peter Beaumont

Tue 19 Jun 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Tue 19 Jun 2018 06.01 BST

 

 

 

Syrians forced to flee Raqqa city carry their belongings as they leave a camp in Ain Issa. The country accounts for 6.3 million refugees

Photograph: Rodi Said/Reuters

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/jun/19/record-68-million-people-flee-war-persecution-un

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Five people wounded in Malmö shooting

 

Police say no reason for public to worry after shooting in Sweden’s third biggest city

 

Agencies

Mon 18 Jun 2018 21.12 BST First published on Mon 18 Jun 2018 20.26 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/18/four-people-wounded-in-malmo-shooting-sweden

 

Update:  3 dead

 

 

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20 June

 

Briton killed in Syria after volunteering to fight Isis, inquest told

 

Ollie Hall, 24, so angered by Manchester bomb he decided to join Kurdish fighters in Syria

 

 

Wed 20 Jun 2018 14.41 BST

Steven Morris and agency

 

 

 

 

The coroner paid tribute to Ollie Hall’s ‘outstanding example of courage and self-sacrifice’.

Photograph: YPG/PA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/20/ollie-hall-briton-killed-syria-volunteering-to-fight-isis-inquest-told

 

 

 

 

 

 

Disney raises offer for 21st Century Fox to $71.3bn and outflanks Comcast

 

A 50/50 mix of cash and shares is bid to beat rival to bulk of Rupert Murdoch’s entertainment empire

 

 

Wed 20 Jun 2018 14.24 BST

Mark Sweney Media business correspondent

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jun/20/disney-raises-offer-for-21st-century-fox-to-713bn-and-outflanks-comcast

 

 

 

 

 

YouTube faces paying billions to music stars after copyright vote

 

Platforms could have to seek licences for videos after European parliament action

 

 

Wed 20 Jun 2018 13.02 BST

Mark Sweney Media business correspondent

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/20/music-industry-wins-key-vote-in-youtube-copyright-battle

 

 

 

 

 

'Facebook is taking everything': rising rents drive out Silicon Valley families

 

Property companies advertising their proximity to Facebook’s campus are giving low-income residents a choice: pay a huge rent increase or move out

 

 

Wed 20 Jun 2018 12.00 BST

Sam Levin in Menlo Park

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/20/facebook-silicon-valley-housing-crisis-families-pushed-out

 

 

 

 

 

UK:Gosport hospital: more than 450 patients died due to opioid drugs policy

 

Inquiry says 200 more patients may have had shorter lives due to overprescription of opioids

 

Sarah Boseley Health editor

Wed 20 Jun 2018 11.34 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/20/gosport-war-memorial-hospital-opioid-drugs-policy-inquiry

 

 

 

Canada becomes second country to legalise cannabis use

 

Cannabis Act passes, with the legislation expected to take effect in a few months

 

 

Wed 20 Jun 2018 01.11 BST

Ashifa Kassam in Toronto

 

 

 

 

The Canadian senate voted 52 to 29 to pass the legislation

Photograph: Chris Roussakis/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/20/canada-legalises-cannabis-senate-vote

 

 

 

 

 

Would you give up having children to save the planet? Meet the couples who have

 

The environmental toll of having even one child is enormous - 58.6 tonnes of carbon each year. So is going child-free the answer to our climate crisis?

 

Amy Fleming

Wed 20 Jun 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Wed 20 Jun 2018 10.08 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/20/give-up-having-children-couples-save-planet-climate-crisis

 

 

 

 

 

Homeless couple who shared windfall with friends on trial for money laundering

 

Pair found €300,000 ($347,430) while squatting in abandoned building, Belgian court hears

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Wed 20 Jun 2018 13.50 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/20/homeless-couple-who-shared-windfall-with-friends-on-trial-for-money-laundering

 

 

 

My friend Alex was a child refugee, failed by the system. Now he’s dead

 

The teenager was a bright light in my life, and had faced awful trauma. But instead of offering sanctuary, the UK let him down

 

 

Wed 20 Jun 2018 16.13 BST Last modified on Wed 20 Jun 2018 16.37 BST

By  Benny Hunter

 

 

 

 

Alex Tekle ‘was clearly a boy who was used to being let down. He was all out of trust and who could blame him. He was living alone in a tent, in the cold and mud, in a foreign country.’

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/20/alex-child-refugee-failed-uk-system-dead

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Just now, umbertino said:

Canada becomes second country to legalise cannabis use

 

Great time buy some stock.... JMHO

 

B/A

[bostonangler]

Marijuana stocks surged Wednesday morning after Canada legalized the drug.

The Canadian Marijuana Index, an aggregate measurement of all publicly-listed marijuana stocks in Canada, was up 3.34% as of 10:45 a.m. on Wednesday. The overall North American index, which includes US stocks, was up 2.28%.

Golden Leaf Holdings, a Canadian Securities Exchange-listed cannabis company, was the biggest gainer with the stock surging 6.81%.

Overall, legalized marijuana is expected to be a boon for Canada's economy. CIBC, one of the country's largest banks, predicts Canada's legal marijuana market will be a $6.5 billion industry by 2020.

A number of Canadian marijuana firms, including Aurora Cannabis and Canopy Growth Corp are seeing a wave of investor excitement around marijuana legalization. Marijuana companies are capitalizing on all that liquidity to go on acquisition sprees.

http://www.businessinsider.com/cannabis-legalization-in-canada-marijuana-stocks-surging-2018-6

 

B/A

 

[umbertino]

Bus Driver Tells Passengers They Must Be US Citizens in Order to Board

 

Anne Branigin

Yesterday 9:32am

 

 

 

https://www.theroot.com/bus-driver-tells-passengers-they-must-be-u-s-citizens-1826947869

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21 June

 

Charlottesville rally organizer gets approval for 'anniversary' event

 

Jason Kessler, organizer of ‘Unite the Right’ which left one activist dead, received approval to hold a ‘white civil rights rally’

 

 

Thu 21 Jun 2018 17.15 BST

Adam Gabbatt in New York

 

 

 

 

Police escort Jason Kessler after a press conference at city hall in Charlottesville, Virginia on 13 August 2017

Photograph: Tasos Katopodis/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/21/charlottesville-anniversary-event-unite-right-event-jason-kessler

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Japanese worker punished for starting lunch three minutes early

 

Managers called TV news conference and bowed in apology at employee’s ‘deeply regrettable’ actions

 

Justin McCurry in Tokyo

Thu 21 Jun 2018 08.51 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/21/japanese-worker-punished-for-starting-lunch-three-minutes-early

 

 

 

 

Belgian city to turn abandoned hangar into a 'mega-brothel'

 

Ostend’s mayor says Hangar d’amour plan offers more security for sex workers but critics describe it as ‘madness’

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Thu 21 Jun 2018 14.36 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/21/belgian-city-to-turn-abandoned-hangar-into-a-mega-brothel

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Brazilian teenager dies after police helicopter strafes favela

 

Witnesses say helicopter fired into a densely populated area near a school, striking a 14-year-old boy who later died in a hospital

 

 

Thu 21 Jun 2018 18.58 BST

Dom Phillips in Rio de Janeiro

 

 

 

 

Students and friends of Marcos Vinicius da Silva hold signs that read ‘Mourning’ during a protest in Rio de Janeiro on 21 June

Photograph: Silvia Izquierdo/AP

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/21/brazil-latest-death-teenager-favela-raid-police-marcus-da-silva

 

 

 

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Tesla whistleblower claims company is 'doing everything it can to silence me'

 

The electric carmaker is suing a former technician for alleged hacking, but he says he’s being scapegoated for leaking concerns

 

 

Thu 21 Jun 2018 21.11 BST

Julia Carrie Wong in San Francisco

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/21/tesla-whistleblower-sabotage-elon-musk-gigafactory-martin-tripp

 

 

 

 

 

 

Google AI can predict when people will die with ‘95 per cent accuracy’

 

2 days ago

By Anthony Cuthbertson

 

 

Google’s reach into almost all aspects of people’s digital lives – from email and search, to maps and calendars – means there isn’t much it doesn’t know about its 1.17 billion users. And now, the technology giant might even know when you’re going to die.

 

 

 

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/news/google-ai-predict-when-die-death-date-medical-brain-deepmind-a8405826.html

 

 

 

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Some rare good climate news: the fossil fuel industry is weaker than ever

 

From Wall Street to the pope, many increasingly see fossil fuels as anything but a sure bet. That gives us reason to hope

 

Thu 21 Jun 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Thu 21 Jun 2018 11.01 BST

By  Bill McKibben

 

 

‘The basic trajectory of the world away from coal and gas and oil is firmly underway.’

Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/21/climate-change-fossil-fuel-industry-never-been-weaker

 

 

[umbertino]

 

http://fatefulday.eu/

 

 

https://www.arealme.com/when-will-i-die/en/

 

 

http://www.deathclock.cc/

 

 

http://www.playbuzz.com/gregs/at-what-age-will-you-die

 

 

Each site ( I checked 3 out of those 4) gave me a different date......

 

 

67, 80 and 89....I'm 61

 

 

Enjoy

[umbertino]

Koko the gorilla, 46: An ‘icon for interspecies communication, empathy’

 

June 22, 2018 2:00 PM CDT By Lorraine Chow

 

 

 

 

Koko holds her kitten, All Ball. | AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/koko-the-gorilla-46-an-icon-for-interspecies-communication-empathy/

 

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koko_(gorilla)

[umbertino]

 

23 June

 

Netflix boss apologises to staff after executive sacked over N-word

 

Reed Hastings vows to ‘set a better example’ in memo regretting PR chief’s racial slur

 

James Tapper

Sat 23 Jun 2018 15.11 BST First published on Fri 22 Jun 2018 23.07 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/jun/22/netflix-chief-of-communications-leaving-after-reports-of-using-n-word

 

 

 

 

 

How alleged Toronto serial killer Bruce McArthur went unnoticed

 

A friendly gardener and mall Santa, McArthur may also have been the worst ever serial killer of *** men. As Toronto police reopen 25 cold cases dating back to 1975, they are facing tough questions about decades of hostility to the *** community

 

David Graham in Toronto

Sat 23 Jun 2018 08.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/23/bruce-mcarthur-toronto-***-serial-killer

 

 

 

UK: I lost both my sons to drugs – that's why I want to legalise them

 

Ray Lakeman’s sons died after taking ecstasy, but he says that had the drugs been legal and regulated, it might have saved them

 

Decca Aitkenhead

Sat 23 Jun 2018 06.00 BST Last modified on Sat 23 Jun 2018 12.29 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/23/lost-both-sons-drugs-want-to-legalise

 

 

 

Cambodia: 33 pregnant women found in raid on child surrogacy ring

 

Police say a Chinese manager appears to be the mastermind behind an illegal “rent a womb” operation at two Phnom Penh apartments

 

Erin Handley and agencies

Sat 23 Jun 2018 08.16 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/23/cambodia-33-pregnant-women-found-in-raid-on-child-surrogacy-ring

 

 

 

 

 

'Conscientious objection': when doctors' beliefs are a barrier to abortion

 

As a report highlights the ruinous impact of denying abortion, two medics offer opposing views on the role of personal belief

 

Hannah Summers

Fri 22 Jun 2018 07.00 BST Last modified on Fri 22 Jun 2018 11.35 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/jun/22/should-doctors-be-free-to-refuse-patients-an-abortion-on-personal-grounds

 

 

 

'It's momentous': Saudi women excited to finally hit the road

 

End of female driving ban brings greater freedom but some rights activists remain in prison

 

Martin Chulov in Jeddah

Sat 23 Jun 2018 07.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/23/its-momentous-saudi-women-excited-finally-hit-road-driving-ban

 

 

 

 

"Billy Elliot" musical axes dates in Hungary amid claims it could 'turn children ***’

 

Ticket sales fall after media outlets close to PM say show promotes ‘deviant way of life’

 

Fri 22 Jun 2018 16.38 BST

Daniel Nolan in Budapest

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/22/billy-elliot-musical-cuts-dates-hungary-claims-turn-children-***

 

 

 

Alzheimer's link to herpes virus in brain, say scientists

 

Research reveals strains of virus more abundant in brains with early stage of disease, though uncertainly whether virus is a trigger or a symptom

 

 

Thu 21 Jun 2018 16.00 BST

Hannah Devlin Science correspondent

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/21/alzheimers-link-to-herpes-virus-in-brain-say-scientists

 

 

 

 

 

Intel CEO Brian Krzanich quits over relationship with employee

 

Tech firm says relationship was in violation of the company’s non-fraternization policy, which applies to all managers

 

Edward Helmore and agencies

Thu 21 Jun 2018 16.52 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/21/intel-ceo-brian-krzanich-company-relationship-employee

 

 

 

 

Bear clambers out of a car window after getting stuck – video

 

A bear trapped in a car in California created so much damage to the vehicle that the only way to get the animal out was to smash one of the windows........

 

Source: Placer County Sheriff's Office

Fri 22 Jun 2018 12.17 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/video/2018/jun/22/bear-clambers-out-of-a-car-window-after-getting-stuck-video

[umbertino]

The GPS app that can find anyone anywhere

 

A UK-based startup has developed a geocoding tool that could revolutionise how we find places, from a remote African village dwelling to your tent at a rock festival

 

 

Sat 23 Jun 2018 16.00 BST

Tim Adams

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/23/the-gps-app-that-can-find-anyone-anywhere

[umbertino]

 

25 June

 

Buzz Aldrin family feud intensifies as ex-astronaut sues two of his children

 

Lawsuit alleges elder exploitation, fraud and slander

 

Second man to walk on moon, 88, also sues business partner

 

 

Mon 25 Jun 2018 17.05 BST

Jamiles Lartey

 

 

 

 

Buzz Aldrin accuses his son Andrew and daughter Janice of using his private company and foundation to enrich themselves but they suggest Aldrin himself is being manipulated

Photograph: Anthony Devlin/PA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/25/buzz-aldrin-family-feud-intensifies-as-ex-astronaut-sues-two-of-his-children

 

 

 

 

 

No homeland, no hope – Europe's Roma are back in the firing line

 

Matteo Salvini’s anti-Roma vitriol is the latest example of the shameful persecution of the biggest ethnic minority in Europe

 

Mon 25 Jun 2018 13.15 BST Last modified on Mon 25 Jun 2018 13.16 BST

Tessa Dunlop

 

 

 

‘Ghettoised and regularly subjected to forced evictions, the lot of the Roma is dismal.’

Photograph: Bernadett Szabo/Reuters

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/25/europe-roma-matteo-salvini-ethnic-minority

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani_people

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Romani_people

 

 

 

 

 

 

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UK epilepsy drug to become first cannabis-based medicine in US

 

Epidiolex set for autumn launch after US Food and Drug Administration gives approval

 

Julia Kollewe

Mon 25 Jun 2018 19.30 BST First published on Mon 25 Jun 2018 12.52 BST

 

 

 

Epidiolex is a purified form of cannabidiol, one of the hundreds of molecules found in the marijuana plant

Photograph: Martin Schroeder/Getty Images/EyeEm

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/jun/25/uk-epilepsy-drug-set-to-be-first-cannabis-based-medicine-on-us-market

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

British driver clocked at 165mph during secret race in France

 

Speeding Ferrari driver at European car rally fined €750 ($878) and told to appear in court

 

AFP

Mon 25 Jun 2018 18.26 BST Last modified on Mon 25 Jun 2018 18.48 BST

 

 

 

The first leg of the Modball rally runs from London to Paris. Organisers insist drivers are discouraged from competing in races to the daily destinations

Photograph: Geoffroy van der Hasselt/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/25/british-driver-clocked-at-165-mph-during-secret-race-in-france

[umbertino]

 

26 June

 

Beyond bionics: how the future of prosthetics is redefining humanity – video

 

Bionic technology is removing physical barriers faced by disabled people while raising profound questions of what it is to be human......

 

Richard Sprenger Alex Healey Ash Jenkins Ken Macfarlane Mustafa Khalili and Mark Rice-Oxley, Source: guardian

Tue 26 Jun 2018 08.01 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2018/jun/26/beyond-bionics-how-the-future-of-prosthetics-is-redefining-humanity-video

 

 

 

Images of cockatoo on 13th-century Vatican manuscript inspire trade route rethink

 

Holy Emperor’s falconry guide shows the oldest known European depiction of the bird

 

Kate Lyons

Tue 26 Jun 2018 03.32 BST Last modified on Tue 26 Jun 2018 09.48 BST

 

 

The cockatoo depicted in Holy Emperor Frederick II’s 13-century guide was most likely a present from the sultan of Egypt

Composite: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana/Sanae Matsushita

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/26/images-of-cockatoo-on-13-century-vatican-manuscript-inspire-trade-route-rethink

 

 

 

‘Another outbreak is a certainty’: are we ready for a superbug epidemic?

 

Fifteen years ago, Sars spread through Hong Kong like wildfire. With antibiotic resistance on the rise, how many cities are prepared for a superbug outbreak?

 

Matthew Keegan in Hong Kong

Tue 26 Jun 2018 07.15 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/jun/26/another-outbreak-is-certain-are-cities-ready-for-the-next-superbug-epidemic-

 

 

 

'New Zealand wants you': the problem with tech at the edge of the world

 

 

PM Jacinda Ardern wants to lead in emerging technologies but some say that goes against the nation’s character

 

 

Mon 25 Jun 2018 02.19 BST

Eleanor Ainge Roy in Wellington

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/25/new-zealand-wants-you-the-problem-with-tech-at-the-edge-of-the-world

 

 

 

 

European regulators report sharp rise in complaints after GDPR

 

Watchdogs reveal more data protection complaints and increase in breach notifications

 

 

Tue 26 Jun 2018 09.40 BST

By  Alex Hern

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/jun/26/european-regulators-report-sharp-rise-in-complaints-after-gdpr

 

 

 

 

Which high to buy? How to decode labels when shopping for weed

 

Sativa, indica or hybrid? Buzzy or chill? Organic or not? Such questions can feel head-spinning but fear not … here’s all you need to know

 

 

Mon 25 Jun 2018 09.00 BST

By  Alex Halperin

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/25/how-to-buy-the-right-weed-cannabis-indica-sativa-labels

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[umbertino]

 

27 June

 

Child homelessness in England at highest level since 2007

 

123,130 children were in temporary accommodation in first quarter of 2018 – an increase of nearly 80% since 2011

 

 

Wed 27 Jun 2018 15.05 BST

By  Patrick Greenfeld

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/jun/27/child-homelessness-in-england-at-highest-level-since-2007

 

 

 

 

 

At last, a sex robot that ‘wants’ you. How sad that anyone would want it

 

In this exciting future of automated pleasure, I see only male fantasy made fake flesh

 

 

Wed 27 Jun 2018 13.01 BST Last modified on Wed 27 Jun 2018 13.09 BST

By  Suzanne Moore

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/27/sex-robot-future-automated-male-fantasy

 

 

 

 

 

French butchers ask for police protection from vegan activists

 

Butchers’ federation claims vegans want to ‘impose their lifestyle’ on the majority

 

 

Wed 27 Jun 2018 13.17 BST

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/27/french-butchers-ask-for-police-protection-from-vegan-activists

 

 

 

 

 

Rebel Wilson ordered to repay $4.1m to Bauer Media after appeal

 

Wilson to repay millions, including $60,000 interest, after landmark defamation payout set aside on appeal

 

Australian Associated Press

Wed 27 Jun 2018 04.35 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/jun/27/rebel-wilson-ordered-to-repay-41m-to-bauer-media-after-appeal

 

 

 

Scientists develop thermal camouflage that can fool infrared cameras

 

Invention can make an object appear to have the same temperature as its background

 

 

Wed 27 Jun 2018 13.20 BST

By  Nicola Davis

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/jun/27/scientists-develop-thermal-camouflage-that-can-fool-infrared-cameras

 

 

 

 

 

 

Death sentence quashed for teenager who killed rapist husband in Sudan

 

After international outcry, appeal court found Noura Hussein guilty of manslaughter and handed down a five-year sentence

 

Jason Burke and Karen McVeigh

Tue 26 Jun 2018 18.03 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/jun/26/death-sentence-quashed-for-teenager-who-killed-rapist-husband-in-sudan

 

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Dollar stores are thriving – but are they ripping off poor people?

 

Plenty of items actually work out pricier than buying from supermarkets – but many don’t have that luxury

 

Joe Eskenazi in San Francisco

Thu 28 Jun 2018 11.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jun/28/dollar-store-ripping-people-off-poverty-inequality

 

 

 

Can my employer read emails in my Gmail account?

 

Martin works for a large company that uses G Suite where the tech team can accesses employees’ emails. Can he prevent this?

 

Jack Schofield

Thu 28 Jun 2018 10.26 BST Last modified on Thu 28 Jun 2018 11.37 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/askjack/2018/jun/28/can-my-employer-read-emails-in-my-gmail-account

 

 

 

 

 

Ten face charges in France over suspected far-right terror plot

 

Police linked those arrested to extremist group urging people to combat Muslims

 

 

Wed 27 Jun 2018 18.47 BST

Angelique Chrisafis in Paris

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/27/ten-face-charges-in-france-over-suspected-far-right-terror-plot

 

 

 

 

 

Suspect in Charlottesville protest killing charged with hate crime

 

Federal grand jury agreed to indict James Alex Fields, who drove into a crowd, killing one, with 30 crimes

 

Guardian staff and agencies

Wed 27 Jun 2018 18.29 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/27/charlottesville-james-alex-fields-charged-heather-heyer

 

 

 

Five held in Spain over alleged sexual assault on underage girl

 

Suspects accused of drugging and assaulting girl in Maspalomas, Gran Canaria

 

 

Thu 28 Jun 2018 14.47 BST

Jon Henley

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/28/five-held-in-spain-over-alleged-sexual-assault-on-underage-girl

 

 

 

 

 

The US children working in tobacco fields: 'I wanted to help my mama'

 

Lax laws and the farm economy structure allows teens to work the fields, and laborers say they see ‘no alternative’

 

 

Thu 28 Jun 2018 11.00 BST

Jessica Glenza in North Carolina

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/28/tobacco-child-labor-us-north-carolina

 

 

 

 

 

American 12-year-olds can't buy cigarettes. Why can they work in tobacco fields?

 

US law allows children to work for wages in toxic tobacco fields. We urge the tobacco industry to raise the minimum age to 18

 

 

Thu 28 Jun 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Thu 28 Jun 2018 14.14 BST

By Reid Maki

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/jun/28/tobacco-field-workers-cigarettes-work

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Kids in Flint still afraid to drink the water

 

June 28, 2018 10:01 AM CDT By Mark Gruenberg

 

 

 

 

Ariana Hawk, with her sons Aiden Hawk, left, and Sincere Smith. Thousands of children are now required to eat additional nutritional foods to help limit the effects of lead exposure from Flint's poisoned water. | Ryan Garza / Detroit Free Press via AP

 

 

 

http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/kids-in-flint-still-afraid-to-drink-the-water/