umbertino Posted July 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) Nevis: how the world’s most secretive offshore haven refuses to clean up – podcast The years since 2008 have seen a global crackdown on offshore finance. Yet a few places have doubled down on offering secrecy to the super-rich. Among these, one tiny Caribbean island might be the worst offender Written by Oliver Bullough, read by Lucy Scott and produced by Simon Barnard Mon 30 Jul 2018 12.00 BST Read the text version here https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2018/jul/30/nevis-how-the-worlds-most-secretive-offshore-haven-refuses-to-clean-up-podcast The Black Panthers still in prison After 46 years, will they ever be set free? Over two years, Ed Pilkington has interviewed eight people imprisoned since the 1970s black liberation struggle that rocked the US. As they near 50 years inside, will America’s black radicals ever be freed? Mon 30 Jul 2018 09.00 BST by Ed Pilkington with video by Tom Silverstone Vid https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/30/black-panthers-prison-interviews-african-american-activism Edited July 30, 2018 by umbertino 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 (edited) Video of tourists killed in Tajikistan shows 'deliberate attack' Footage suggests cyclists were murdered after being rammed off the road by black sedan Andrew Roth in Moscow Mon 30 Jul 2018 15.54 BST .......four western cyclists killed in Tajikistan were the victims of a deliberate attack that began with them being forced off the road and ended in an assault with knives and guns. The deaths of the four people – two Americans, one Swiss and one Dutch citizen – were originally reported as a hit-and-run incident that occurred on Sunday about 150 miles south of the capital, Dushanbe. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/30/video-of-tourists-killed-in-tajikistan-shows-deliberate-attack Three dead in New Orleans after gunmen open fire at busy strip mall Two men shot ‘indiscriminately’ in area popular with locals, police say, as city mayor calls for end to violence Sun 29 Jul 2018 19.11 BST Jamiles Lartey in New Orleans https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/29/new-orleans-shooting-strip-mall-deaths Edited July 30, 2018 by umbertino 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 A siege. A bomb. 48 dogs. And the black commune that would not surrender Forty years ago, Philadelphia erupted in one of the most dramatic shoot-outs of the black liberation struggle. Ed Pilkington tells the surreal story of the Move 9 – and what happened to them next Tue 31 Jul 2018 09.00 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/31/a-siege-a-bomb-48-dogs-and-the-black-commune-that-would-not-surrender Born in a cell: the extraordinary tale of the black liberation orphan Mike Africa Jr has spent 40 years of his life with both parents behind bars. Then one day in June, his life changed. Ed Pilkington tells his story Tue 31 Jul 2018 09.00 BST https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/jul/31/debbie-sims-africa-mike-jr-black-liberation-orphan-move-nine-philadelphia 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted July 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2018 Jersey Finance paid for IEA report rubbishing 'hotbeds of tax evasion' claims Rightwing thinktank issued publication saying tax havens boosted the wider economy Robert Booth and David Pegg Tue 31 Jul 2018 19.11 BST Gorey harbour, Jersey Photograph: Brian Lawrence/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/jul/31/jersey-finance-paid-iea-to-trash-hotbeds-of-tax-evasion-claims 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 Suspected Russian spy found working at US embassy in Moscow Exclusive: Russian is understood to have had full access to secret data during decade at embassy Nick Hopkins Thu 2 Aug 2018 21.08 BST Last modified on Thu 2 Aug 2018 22.00 BST File photo of Russian police officer patrolling a street in front of the US embassy in Moscow Photograph: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/02/suspected-russian-spy-us-embassy-moscow-secret-service 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 'It's heartbreaking': military family shattered as wife of decorated US marine deported to Mexico Alejandra Juarez forced to leave the United States for Mexico, despite her husband’s years of military service Richard Luscombe in Haines City, Florida Thu 2 Aug 2018 14.08 BST Alejandra Juarez, 39, and Pamela, 16, and Estela, nine. ‘They try and punish me for something that happened a long time ago, but they’re punishing my husband, my kids.’ Photograph: Richard Luscombe for the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/02/military-family-separation-immigration-trump-mexico 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 2, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 UN sounds the alarm over Saudi human rights crackdown after two more arrests Samar Badawi and Nassima al-Sadah become latest victims of clampdown that treats rights defenders ‘worse than criminals’ Rebecca Ratcliffe Thu 2 Aug 2018 12.59 BST Last modified on Thu 2 Aug 2018 16.33 BST https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/02/un-sounds-alarm-saudi-human-rights-crackdown-arrests-samar-badawi-nassima-al-sadah 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
markb57 Posted August 2, 2018 Report Share Posted August 2, 2018 19 minutes ago, umbertino said: 'It's heartbreaking': military family shattered as wife of decorated US marine deported to Mexico Alejandra Juarez forced to leave the United States for Mexico, despite her husband’s years of military service Richard Luscombe in Haines City, Florida Thu 2 Aug 2018 14.08 BST Alejandra Juarez, 39, and Pamela, 16, and Estela, nine. ‘They try and punish me for something that happened a long time ago, but they’re punishing my husband, my kids.’ Photograph: Richard Luscombe for the Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/02/military-family-separation-immigration-trump-mexico after 16 years, she never even tried to become a citizen?? 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 My son, Osama: the al-Qaida leader’s mother speaks for the first time Nearly 17 years since 9/11, Osama bin Laden’s family remains an influential part of Saudi society – as well as a reminder of the darkest moment in the kingdom’s history. Can they escape his legacy? Fri 3 Aug 2018 00.01 BST By Martin Chulov Osama bin Laden (second from right) on a visit to Falun, Sweden, in 1971 Photograph: Camera Press More pics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/03/osama-bin-laden-mother-speaks-out-family-interview 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2018 Denialism: what drives people to reject the truth From vaccines to climate change to genocide, a new age of denialism is upon us. Why have we failed to understand it? Fri 3 Aug 2018 06.00 BST By Keith Kahn-Harris https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/aug/03/denialism-what-drives-people-to-reject-the-truth 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 4, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2018 'It’s an absolute disgrace': tears and anger as wife of US marine deported to Mexico Associated Press in Orlando Fri 3 Aug 2018 20.54 BST Alejandra Juarez walks with her two daughters and her husband to the departure gates at Orlando airport. After 20 years in the United States, she no longer has family or friends in Mexico Photograph: Joey Roulette/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/03/us-marine-wife-alejandra-juarez-deported-mexico 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 Swiss Alps plane crash leaves all 20 passengers and crew dead Investigation under way after mid-century JU-Air plane crashed into mountainside Reuters Sun 5 Aug 2018 13.19 BST First published on Sun 5 Aug 2018 12.39 BST A general view of the accident site Photograph: Arnd Wiegmann/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/05/up-to-20-feared-dead-in-swiss-alps-plane-crash Hamza bin Laden has married daughter of lead 9/11 hijacker, say family Exclusive: union confirmed by Osama bin Laden’s family during interview with the Guardian Martin Chulov Sun 5 Aug 2018 11.37 BST Last modified on Sun 5 Aug 2018 14.04 BST Hamza bin Laden, the son of the late al-Qaida leader, has married the daughter of Mohammed Atta, the lead hijacker in the 9/11 terror attacks, according to his family.......... Western intelligence agencies have been increasingly focusing on the whereabouts of Hamza bin Laden Photograph: AP More pics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/05/hamza-bin-laden-marries-daughter-of-911-hijacker-mohammed-atta Portland far-right rally: police charge counterprotesters with batons drawn Police in riot gear use stun grenades and pepper spray on leftwing groups protesting against Patriot Prayer marchers Sun 5 Aug 2018 07.47 BST Jason Wilson in Portland, Oregon and agencies Vid https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/04/patriot-prayer-to-carry-guns-at-portland-rally-as-fears-of-violence-rise Melania Trump praises LeBron James in statement after husband insults him Shortly after Donald Trump mocked NBA star, first lady says she would visit his school and Michael Jordan joins chorus of support Amanda Holpuch in New York and Ben Jacobs in New Orleans Sat 4 Aug 2018 20.52 BST Melania Trump said James appeared to be doing ‘good things on behalf of our next generation’. Photograph: Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/04/lebron-james-donald-trump-insult-melania-trump Yuval Noah Harari: ‘The idea of free information is extremely dangerous’ As his new book is published, the bestselling author talks fake news, meditation and appearing with Natalie Portman Sun 5 Aug 2018 08.00 BST By Andrew Anthony https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/aug/05/yuval-noah-harari-free-information-extremely-dangerous-interview-21-lessons Viral video shows snake eating pigeon in busy London street RSPCA called to incident after snake found coiled around bird in Leytonstone High Road Haroon Siddique Sun 5 Aug 2018 12.00 BST Last modified on Sun 5 Aug 2018 13.11 BST Vid https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/aug/05/video-snake-eating-pigeon-leytonstone-high-road-rspca Portugal’s skies turn orange as desert air sends temperature soaring Heatwave affecting parts of southern Europe reaches new intensity, with temperatures rising to 45C (113F) Brendan de Beer, João Madeira and Sam Jones Sat 4 Aug 2018 20.23 BST A helicopter combats a forest fire in Monchique Photograph: Filipe Farinha/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/weather/2018/aug/04/europe-heatwave-portugal-spain-extreme-temperatures Family asked to prove son's disability before boarding Jet2 flight Jack Johnson, 10, who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy, was humiliated and distressed by experience Fri 3 Aug 2018 15.59 BST Nazia Parveen North of England correspondent Jack Johnson who has Duchenne muscular dystrophy Photograph: Facebook https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/03/jet2-family-jack-johnson-duchenne-muscular-dystrophy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2018 The pope is right: the death penalty has no place in Catholicism Rightwing Catholics may not agree, but the unequivocal defence of human life is in line with the church’s teachings Mon 6 Aug 2018 13.12 BST Last modified on Mon 6 Aug 2018 15.15 BST Austen Ivereigh ‘Western society has gradually turned its back on the death penalty as offensive to the intrinsic value of life.’ Photograph: Massimo Percossi/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/06/pope-catholicism-death-penalty-rightwing-catechism Of course Trump attacks LeBron James: the NBA star is a true role model Sporting bodies must stand with activist athletes like the basketball star, fighting for the dignity of fellow humans Mon 6 Aug 2018 14.27 BST Laurence Halsted https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/06/trump-lebron-james-nba-star-true-role-model 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 6, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2018 Domino-effect of climate events could push Earth into a ‘hothouse’ state Leading scientists warn that passing such a point would make efforts to reduce emissions increasingly futile Jonathan Watts Mon 6 Aug 2018 20.00 BST Last modified on Mon 6 Aug 2018 20.35 BST Polar bears on sea ice: the loss of the Greenland ice sheet could disrupt the Gulf Stream, which would in turn raise sea levels and accelerate Antarctic ice loss Photograph: Paul Goldstein/Cover Images https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/06/domino-effect-of-climate-events-could-push-earth-into-a-hothouse-state Socialist bookshop inundated with support after rightwingers' attack Donations and messages of support have flooded in after far-right protesters targeted Bookmarks in central London Alison Flood Mon 6 Aug 2018 13.50 BST Last modified on Mon 6 Aug 2018 18.45 BST https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/aug/06/socialist-bookshop-support-after-rightwingers-attack-bookmarks Portland woman who protested rightwing rally says she was burned by police grenade Michelle Fawcett, 52, felt ‘earth-shattering explosion’ on Saturday and said Portland police’s response was ‘totally indiscriminate’ Mon 6 Aug 2018 20.02 BST Jason Wilson in Portland Michelle Fawcett and her injured arm. ‘I felt struck in the chest, then the arm, and then a really intense and searing pain.’ Composite: Michelle Fawcett More pics https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/06/portland-protest-rightwing-patriot-prayer-police New Mexico: 11 ‘starving’ children rescued from makeshift compound Two armed men were arrested after the children were found with no food or fresh water and ‘dirty rags’ for clothing Mon 6 Aug 2018 18.55 BST Jamiles Lartey in New Orleans Conditions at a compound in rural New Mexico where 11 children were taken into protective custody for their own health and safety after a raid by authorities Photograph: HANDOUT/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/06/new-mexico-starving-children-rescued-compound Five reasons why Trump’s new tax cut plan would boost small business Challengers are calling the idea just another tax gift to the rich and opposition is fierce – but I like the idea Mon 6 Aug 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Mon 6 Aug 2018 18.57 BST By Gene Marks https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/06/five-reasons-why-trumps-new-tax-cut-plan-would-boost-small-busines Chicago police say 11 dead and 70 hurt in weekend shootings One shooting in courtyard on South Side left eight people injured as Rudy Giuliani blames ‘Democratic rule’ for violence in city Associated Press Mon 6 Aug 2018 14.59 BST Last modified on Mon 6 Aug 2018 15.18 BST https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/06/chicago-police-weekend-shootings-violence Police violence, cliques, and secret tattoos: fears rise over LA sheriff 'gangs' Investigation faces skepticism amid concerns that groups, linked to a history of attacks on inmates, are resurgent Andrew Gumbel in Los Angeles Mon 6 Aug 2018 06.00 BST Between 10 and 20 deputies at the Compton station had tattoos like Samuel Aldama’s, above, he said Photograph: Courtesy John Sweeney https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/05/police-violence-cliques-and-secret-tattoos-fears-rise-over-la-sheriff-gangs 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 7, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 German couple who sold son to paedophiles on darknet jailed Pair from Staufen sentenced to 12 years for rape, sexual abuse and forced prostitution Kate Connolly in Berlin Tue 7 Aug 2018 10.31 BST Berrin T (left) and Christian L (right) sit next to their lawyers for the verdict in their trial for rape, sexual abuse and forced prostitution Photograph: Ronald Wittek/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/07/german-couple-who-sold-son-to-paedophiles-on-darknet-jailed Mendocino Complex wildfire becomes California's biggest ever Thousands of firefighters battle blaze as it destroys 87 homes and 82 other structures, and forces evacuations Scott Bransford in Colusa, California Tue 7 Aug 2018 07.00 BST Vid https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/06/california-wildfire-mendocino-complex 'This is human trafficking': After Maria, Puerto Rico to move 3,200 inmates to Arizona Some warn that the radical overhaul of Puerto Rico’s prison system badly impacted by Hurricane Maria may have dire consequences for the civil rights of inmates Tue 7 Aug 2018 11.00 BST by Oliver Laughland in Bayamón The Puerto Rico Corrections and Rehabilitation Department wants to downsize and transfer inmates to private jails in the US Photograph: Angel Valentin for the Guardian More pics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/07/puerto-rico-prisons-inmates Caribbean states beg Trump to grasp climate change threat: 'war has come to us' As warming temperatures caused by climate change is strengthening hurricanes, leaders in the region plead with Trump to rejoin the Paris climate deal Tue 7 Aug 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Tue 7 Aug 2018 14.33 BST By Oliver Milman Hurricanes Katia (left), Irma (center) and Jose (right) in September 2017 – the first time on record that three major hurricanes made landfall at the same time in the Caribbean Photograph: GOES-13 and MODIS/NASA/NOAA More pics https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/07/trump-climate-change-threat-caribbean-islands-warning Berkeley police under fire for publishing anti-fascist activists' names and photos Unusual release of arrested demonstrators’ identities could fuel harassment and abuse, experts and activists say Mon 6 Aug 2018 22.43 BST Last modified on Tue 7 Aug 2018 01.58 BST Sam Levin in Oakland Counter-protesters were arrested at an “alt-right” rally in Berkeley Photograph: Amy Osborne/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/06/berkeley-activists-arrested-police-identified-twitter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 8, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2018 (edited) Superdrug first large UK retailer to sell HIV self-testing kits Kits 99.7% accurate and take 15 minutes – but £33.99 ($43.85) cost could be out of reach of many Wed 8 Aug 2018 13.35 BST Last modified on Wed 8 Aug 2018 14.12 BST By Sarah Marsh Superdrug says self-testing kits will help increase early detection rates, with roughly one in eight people with HIV in UK undiagnosed Photograph: BioSURE/PA https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/08/superdrug-first-major-uk-retailer-to-sell-self-testing-hiv-kits Ten months without power: the Puerto Ricans still without electricity Almost a year after Hurricane Maria ravaged the island’s ailing power infrastructure, the Ruiz family is one of 1,000 still off the grid Wed 8 Aug 2018 11.00 BST Oliver Laughland in Utado, Puerto Rico https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/08/puerto-rico-hurricane-maria-electricity-ten-months Saudi group posts photo of plane about to hit Toronto's CN tower amid Canada spat Infographic KSA apologised for tweeting the altered image on Monday, hours after Riyadh expelled the Canadian ambassador Ashifa Kassam in Toronto Wed 8 Aug 2018 10.17 BST Toronto’s CN Tower. The altered image showed an Air Canada plane aimed at Toronto’s skyline Photograph: Ikonica/Getty Images/Radius Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/07/saudi-arabia-canada-toronto-cn-tower-9-11-photo-apology French police accused of harassing aid workers at Calais Charities distributing food to homeless migrants allege 600 acts of intimidation by officers, including teargassing Angelique Chrisafis in Paris Wed 8 Aug 2018 14.47 BST An aid worker in 2016 with people displaced from the “Jungle” camp in Calais, France Photograph: Pascal Rossignol/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/08/french-police-accused-of-harassing-aid-workers-at-calais Drug addiction is a tragedy. But we could stop so many people dying We know exactly what works to prevent drug-related deaths – and yet the numbers are still rising Tue 7 Aug 2018 12.15 BST Last modified on Tue 7 Aug 2018 16.31 BST By Karen Tyrell https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/07/drug-addiction-stop-people-dying Edited August 8, 2018 by umbertino 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nstoolman1 Posted August 8, 2018 Report Share Posted August 8, 2018 On 8/7/2018 at 9:14 AM, umbertino said: Berkeley police under fire for publishing anti-fascist activists' names and photos Unusual release of arrested demonstrators’ identities could fuel harassment and abuse, experts and activists say Mon 6 Aug 2018 22.43 BST Last modified on Tue 7 Aug 2018 01.58 BST Sam Levin in Oakland Counter-protesters were arrested at an “alt-right” rally in Berkeley Photograph: Amy Osborne/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/06/berkeley-activists-arrested-police-identified-twitter So they published the names of Alt Left protesters at an Alt Right gathering. Sounds right. Use your first amendment right and learn to except that actions have consequences. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleslayer Posted August 9, 2018 Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 (edited) Have you ever noticed how social justice warriors always have a drumstick thighs? well the alleged females anyway. Edited August 9, 2018 by Muleslayer . 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 (edited) Dozens dead in Yemen as bus carrying children hit by airstrike Red Cross says strike hit bus at market in Dahyan, in rebel-held north of country Saeed Kamali Dehghan Thu 9 Aug 2018 13.13 BST Vid (WARNING...MIGHT RESULT DISTURBING TO SOME...) https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/09/dozens-dead-in-yemen-as-bus-carrying-children-hit-by-airstrike-icrc SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME....F The Saudis (in this case) They acknowledged the mass murder action (SCHOOLBUS) and still tried to justify it as a form of retaliation.....SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME SHAME Argentina abortion defeat shows enduring power of Catholic church Irish vote to legalise procedure was seen as blow to church’s authority, but its power has merely shifted south Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Thu 9 Aug 2018 11.30 BST Pro-abortion activists outside Argentina’s congress building in Buenos Aires react after senators voted to maintain the country’s ban on almost all abortions Photograph: Julieta Ferrario/ZUMA Wire/REX/Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/09/argentina-abortion-defeat-shows-enduring-power-of-catholic-church Edited August 9, 2018 by umbertino 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 'Can't fight evil with evil': life in Mexico's most murderous town Incoming president Andrés Manuel López Obrador has pledged to overhaul Mexico’s militarized assault on the drug cartels that has left 200,000 people dead Tom Phillips in Tecomán Thu 9 Aug 2018 06.30 BST Women adorn photographs of missing people to call attention to the cases on Mothers Day in Mexico City, on 10 May Photograph: Eduardo Verdugo/AP More pics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/09/mexico-amlo-war-on-drugs-violence-clean-up Sexual violence is the new normal in India – and pornography is to blame ‘Girls and women are getting raped left, right and centre,’ says the supreme court. Instead of lamenting, it should act Thu 9 Aug 2018 09.00 BST Mari Marcel Thekaekara https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/09/sexual-violence-india-rape-pornography Lombok (Indonesia island) earthquake: new quake hits as earlier tremor death toll rises Magnitude 6.2 quake causes additional damage and building collapses as search goes on after Sunday’s disaster Kate Lamb in Jakarta and agencies Thu 9 Aug 2018 13.02 BST Vid https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/09/indonesia-earthquake-death-toll-nearly-triples A tweet, then a trade freeze: latest row shows Saudi Arabia is asserting new rules Riyadh’s actions against Canada are a signal that any criticism of its domestic policies is unacceptable Martin Chulov and Ashifa Kassam Tue 7 Aug 2018 20.51 BST Mohammed bin Salman at the 29th Arab League summit in Dhahran on 15 April Photograph: Bandar Al-Jaloud/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/07/saudi-arabia-canada-spat-analysis He gave permission to women to drive and opened up cinema theaters for everybody...Wow....But he's most likely just another dictator....... Britain's richest person to leave UK for tax-free Monaco Pro-Brexit Ineos boss Sir Jim Ratcliffe reportedly leaving to save tax on £21bn ($27.02B) fortune Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent Thu 9 Aug 2018 13.58 BST Nearly 35 in every 100 Monaco / Montecarlo residents are millionaires Photograph: Cultura/REX https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/aug/09/britains-richest-man-to-leave-uk-for-tax-free-monaco German drug maker sues to halt planned execution in Nebraska Fresenius Kabi says state illegally obtained the company’s drugs to use for a lethal injection procedure Agence France-Presse Wed 8 Aug 2018 22.09 BST Nebraska’s lethal injection chamber at the state penitentiary in Lincoln, Nebraska Photograph: Nate Jenkins/AP https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/08/german-drug-maker-sues-to-halt-planned-execution-in-nebraska Illinois: church leadership steps down after sexual harassment allegations Willow Creek church’s board also apologized to the women who accused founder Bill Hybels of harassment Associated Press Thu 9 Aug 2018 13.52 BST Last modified on Thu 9 Aug 2018 15.44 BST Bill Hybels, the former pastor of the Willow Creek megachurch, on 1 July 2010. He has denied groping allegations dating to the 1980s Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/09/illinois-willow-creek-community-church-board-of-elders-step-down The Guardian view on Saudi Arabia: time to back Canada Riyadh’s thin-skinned response to Ottawa’s justified criticism is intended as a warning to others. Europe should take heed Wed 8 Aug 2018 18.16 BST Last modified on Wed 8 Aug 2018 21.40 BST Editorial https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/aug/08/the-guardian-view-on-saudi-arabia-time-to-back-canada Court denies Brock Turner bid for new trial after 'outercourse' claims Appeals court upholds Brock Turner’s convictions for sexual assault and attempted rape, ruling that he received a fair trial Associated Press Thu 9 Aug 2018 09.48 BST First published on Thu 9 Aug 2018 02.51 BST A California court on Wednesday rejected Brock Turner’s bid for a new trial and upheld his sexual assault and attempted rape convictions Photograph: Stephen Lam/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/08/stanford-swimmer-request-for-new-trial-denied Evictions and 'criminalized spaces': the legacy of Oakland's Ghost Ship fire As sentencing approaches following a warehouse fire that killed 36, artists on the fringes struggle to find spaces to live and work Thu 9 Aug 2018 11.00 BST Last modified on Thu 9 Aug 2018 11.02 BST Sam Levin in Oakland The artist Hager Seven Asfaha in the live/work art space he shares in Oakland Photograph: Robert Gumpert for the Guardian More pics https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/09/oakland-ghost-ship-fire-sentencing-evictions-deaths 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2018 Canada shooting: police among four killed in Fredericton Mass shooting rocks small city of 58,000 people in east of country Fri 10 Aug 2018 15.22 BST Ashifa Kassam in Toronto Emergency vehicles at the Brookside Drive area in Fredericton on Friday Photograph: Social Media/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/10/canada-several-killed-in-fredericton-shooting Police in Germany rescue man being chased by baby squirrel Officers in Karlsruhe arrive to find man unable to shake off tiny rodent Josie Le Blond in Berlin Fri 10 Aug 2018 12.33 BST The offender, who has been nicknamed Karl-Friedrich. Photograph: Karlsruhe police/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/10/driving-me-nuts-german-police-rescue-man-baby-squirrel Norway trials free heroin prescriptions for most serious addicts Project aims to improve quality of life and reduce high fatal overdose rates Agence France-Presse in Oslo Fri 10 Aug 2018 15.35 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/10/norway-trials-free-heroin-prescriptions-for-most-serious-addicts Woman held in Dubai with daughter after drinking wine on flight Dentist says she was detained and had passport confiscated after having one glass of wine Press Association Fri 10 Aug 2018 12.35 BST Last modified on Fri 10 Aug 2018 15.08 BST Ellie Holman faces being detained in Dubai for up to a year while awaiting a court hearing Photograph: Detained in Dubai/PA https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/10/woman-held-in-dubai-with-daughter-for-drinking-glass-of-wine-on-flight 'Mission to touch the sun': Nasa to launch Parker Solar Probe On Saturday, the US space agency will launch the fastest object ever made on a journey to our nearest star Ian Sample Science editor Fri 10 Aug 2018 14.12 BST The solar probe will fly though the sun’s corona where temperatures reach 3m celsius and travel at speeds of up to 430,000mph Photograph: Nasa/Johns Hopkins APL/Steve Gribben/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/aug/10/mission-to-touch-the-sun-nasa-to-launch-parker-solar-probe The best answer to Holocaust denial is getting the facts right Professor Eve Rosenhaft of the University of Liverpool writes to correct a historical error in a piece about the vandalising of Elie Wiesel’s house in Romania Letters Fri 10 Aug 2018 16.03 BST Last modified on Fri 10 Aug 2018 16.07 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/10/the-best-answer-to-holocaust-denial-is-getting-the-facts-right ‘The lost cause’: the women’s group still battling for the Confederate The United Daughters of the Confederacy, a 124-year-old organization, are aiming to stop the removal of Confederate statues as protests persist Associated Press in Chapel Hill, North Carolina Fri 10 Aug 2018 17.17 BST United Daughters of the Confederacy member Carrie McGough in front of the Alabama capitol building during a Confederate Memorial Day ceremony in Montgomery, Alabama on 27 April 2015 Photograph: Brynn Anderson/AP More pics https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/10/united-daughters-of-the-confederacy-statues-lawsuit Latin America's fight to legalise abortion: the key battlegrounds After Argentina rejected a bill to allow abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy, hopes of reform now rest elsewhere Annie Kelly Thu 9 Aug 2018 15.01 BST Last modified on Thu 9 Aug 2018 21.00 BST https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/aug/09/latin-america-fight-to-legalise-abortion-argentina-brazil-chile-venezuela-uruguay-colombia-el-salvador-peru ‘My death is not my own’: the limits of legal euthanasia Henk Blanken knows Parkinson’s disease might one day take him past the point at which he wants to carry on. Dutch law says it is legal for a doctor to help him die when the time comes – but there’s no guarantee that will happen Fri 10 Aug 2018 06.00 BST https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/aug/10/my-death-is-not-my-own-the-limits-of-legal-euthanasia Being black in America is not so different from being black in Britain In both places we ‘enjoy’ a status that is simultaneously hypervisible and invisible Bim Adewunmi Fri 10 Aug 2018 10.00 BST ‘My time in the US has coincided with some of the most awful chapters in today’s push for social justice and civil rights.’ Photograph: Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2018/aug/10/black-america-not-so-different-britain-bim-adewunmi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 10, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2018 Henry Ford & Adolf Hitler The dark legacy of Henry Ford’s anti-Semitism (COMMENTARY) By A. James Rudin October 10, 2014 https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/religion/the-dark-legacy-of-henry-fords-anti-semitism-commentary/2014/10/10/c95b7df2-509d-11e4-877c-335b53ffe736_story.html?utm_term=.c19a745e1931 How was the relation between Adolf Hitler and Henry Ford? https://www.quora.com/How-was-the-relation-between-Adolf-Hitler-and-Henry-Ford Henry Ford and the Nazi https://www.ghi-dc.org/fileadmin/user_upload/GHI_Washington/Publications/Bulletin49/bu49_135.pdf 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 11, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2018 Seattle: stolen plane crashes after rogue flight from Sea-Tac airport F-15 fighter planes give chase after twin-propellor Q400 barges on to runway at Seattle-Tacoma airport and takes off Warren Murray, Guardian international desk, and Levi Pulkkinen in Seattle Sat 11 Aug 2018 07.46 BST Vid https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/11/seatac-airport-seattle-plane-takes-off-without-permission Monsanto ordered to pay $289m as jury rules weedkiller cause of man's cancer Court finds in favor of DeWayne Johnson, ill man who was first to take Roundup maker to trial over allegations Sam Levin in San Francisco Sat 11 Aug 2018 09.57 BST DeWayne Johnson listens during the Monsanto trial in San Francisco last month Photograph: Pool New/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/aug/10/monsanto-trial-cancer-dewayne-johnson-ruling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2018 (edited) Neo Nazi in Ulysses, PA WARNING: Graphic language Edited August 12, 2018 by umbertino 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 12, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2018 (edited) Thirty micrometres a minute: scientists discover the speed of death By studying frogs’ eggs, researchers have measured the rate at which cells kill themselves off for an organism’s greater good Sun 12 Aug 2018 15.00 BST Computer illustration of the destruction of a human cell. Photograph: Kateryna Kon/Getty Images/Science Photo Library RF https://www.theguardian.com/science/shortcuts/2018/aug/12/thirty-micrometre-minutes-scientists-discover-speed-of-death Cancer: one in four too scared to seek medical help over symptom People with signs of the disease are failing to act, with many worrying they will waste a doctor’s time, a new survey reveals Denis Campbell Health Editor Sun 12 Aug 2018 09.00 BST https://www.theguardian.com/society/2018/aug/12/cancer-survey-britons-avoid-doctors Edited August 12, 2018 by umbertino 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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