umbertino Posted December 20, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 How US children and teens die: Guns are the second leading cause of death By Natalie Rahhal Deputy Health Editor For Dailymail.com Published: 22:12 GMT, 19 December 2018 | Updated: 22:21 GMT, 19 December 2018 https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-6513589/Guns-second-leading-cause-death-killing-3-000-kids-1-year-study-reveals.html 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted December 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 Priests demand 'civil disobedience' for Christmas to protest anti-migrant law By Gianluca Mezzofiore, CNN Updated 0222 GMT (1022 HKT) December 19, 2018 https://edition.cnn.com/2018/12/18/europe/priests-civil-disobedience-immigration-intl/ 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted December 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2018 ‘Prepare for divine justice’, pope warns clerical child abusers Vatican speech comes after year of scandals that rocked Catholic hierarchy Associated Press in Vatican City Fri 21 Dec 2018 13.32 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/21/divine-justice-pope-francis-clerical-child-abusers-priests 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted December 24, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 24, 2018 Would-be thief calls police from inside car he was trying to steal The 17-year old became trapped in the Volvo he had broken into in Norway Jon Henley, European affairs correspondent Mon 24 Dec 2018 12.43 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/24/norwegian-car-thief-calls-police-from-inside-vehicle-he-was-trying-to-steal 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted December 31, 2018 Author Report Share Posted December 31, 2018 New discoveries at Pompeii come amid renaissance at site Man who died fleeing Mount Vesuvius eruption is one of several key finds in latest dig Angela Giuffrida in Pompeii Mon 31 Dec 2018 11.39 GMT An archaeologist works on the fresco of Leda and the swan in Pompeii Photograph: Cesare Abbate/EPA More pics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/31/new-discoveries-at-pompeii-come-amid-renaissance-at-site Venice to charge day-trippers up to €10 ($11.45) to enter city Mayor says tax will improve monitoring of tourist arrivals and help fund clean-up of litter Angela Giuffrida in Rome Mon 31 Dec 2018 16.40 GMT Venice attracts up to 30 million visitors a year Photograph: Stefano Mazzola/Awakening/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/31/venice-charge-day-trippers-up-to-10-enter-city 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 2, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2019 Six killed in train accident in Denmark Reports say cargo from a freight train hit a passenger train going the other way Jon Henley Wed 2 Jan 2019 15.07 GMT First published on Wed 2 Jan 2019 09.24 GMT The scene after the train accident on the Great Belt Bridge in Nyborg Photograph: Mads Claus Rasmussen/AP https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/02/several-killed-in-rail-incident-in-denmark 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Far side of the moon: China's Chang'e 4 probe makes historic touchdown Lander sends back first close-up shot of previously unexplored side of the moon Kate Lyons Thu 3 Jan 2019 10.28 GMT First published on Thu 3 Jan 2019 04.09 GMT Vid https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jan/03/china-probe-change-4-land-far-side-moon-basin-crater 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 3, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2019 Happy 10th birthday, bitcoin. It’s amazing you still exist False prophets, a rogues’ gallery of blaggers, and fiendish technical complexity: the cryptocurrency has defied them all Thu 3 Jan 2019 10.00 GMT Last modified on Thu 3 Jan 2019 10.21 GMT Tibor Fischer https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/03/10th-birthday-bitcoin-cryptocurrency 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 Behind the El Chapo trial: what's been left unsaid in a New York courtroom The alleged Mexican drug kingpin’s trial resumes on Thursday but, amid riveting testimony so far, strange silences have lurked Ed Vulliamy Thu 3 Jan 2019 09.00 GMT Last modified on Fri 4 Jan 2019 11.05 GMT Joaquín ‘El Chapo’ Guzmán is escorted in Ciudad Juárez by Mexican police as he is extradited to the United States in January 2017 Photograph: HO/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/03/behind-el-chapo-trial-joaquin-guzman 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 4, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2019 San Francisco lighthouse seeks caretakers. Salary: $130,000 Tiny island with beautiful views of city could be your new home – if you can pilot a boat and run a bed and breakfast Alissa Greenberg in San Francisco Fri 4 Jan 2019 11.00 GMT The East Brother Light Station needs new caretakers Photograph: Nick Arnott More pics https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/04/san-francisco-lighthouse-east-brother-light-station-job 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 California shooting: three people killed at Torrance bowling alley Four injured as witnesses describe ‘huge fight’ Resident: ‘As we were running, we heard 15 shots’ Associated Press Sat 5 Jan 2019 15.49 GMT First published on Sat 5 Jan 2019 09.40 GMT Vid https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/05/california-shooting-multiple-victims-at-torrance-bowling-alley Memories come to mind ....In the past I spent a few days in Torrance............It looked ok....... 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 5, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2019 Bitcoin: after 10 wild years, what next for cryptocurrencies? From next to no value in 2009, it rose to $20,000 and crashed back to $3,000 within a decade Richard Partington Fri 4 Jan 2019 16.30 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jan/04/bitcoin-after-10-wild-years-what-next-for-cryptocurrencies 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Super-rich sabbatical: the boom in luxury long breaks for the 1% From shark swims to snow leopard treks, a tailored trip of up to a year is now a must-have Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent Sun 6 Jan 2019 12.32 GMT Diving with sharks off the coast of South Africa Photograph: Vladimir Levanto/Solent News/Rex/Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/jan/06/super-rich-sabbatical-the-boom-in-luxury-long-breaks-for-the-wealthy 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 6, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2019 Shock of the cold: 50,000 Syrian refugees learn to survive -20C ( -4.0 °F) in Canada The country has given a warm welcome to thousands fleeing Assad’s regime – but can they weather its bitter winters? Kareem Shaheen Sun 6 Jan 2019 07.59 GMT Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with airport staff at Toronto as they await the arrival of Syrian refugees in December 2015 Photograph: Mark Blinch/Reuters More pics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/06/syrian-refugees-in-canada-surviving-the-winter The death of Venice? City’s battles with tourism and flooding reach crisis level A tax on daytrippers has hit the headlines, but La Serenissima’s mounting problems also include rising waters, angry locals and a potential black mark from Unesco Angela Giuffrida Sun 6 Jan 2019 09.00 GMT Last modified on Sun 6 Jan 2019 09.39 GMT Tourists brave the flood water in St Mark’s Square, Venice, in October last year Photograph: Stefano Mazzola/Awakening/Getty Images More pics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/06/venice-losing-fight-with-tourism-and-flooding 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 7, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2019 Saudi woman fleeing family temporarily admitted to Thailand Reprieve for Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, who wants to claim asylum in Australia Jamie Fullerton in Kuala Lumpur and Helen Davidson Mon 7 Jan 2019 14.55 GMT Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun is escorted by Thai and UNHCR officials at the Suvarnabhumi international airport in Bangkok on Monday Photograph: AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/07/saudi-woman-fleeing-family-wont-be-deported-say-thai-officials The Mormon polygamists who believe Missouri is the 'promised land' The Ranch is a mystery to those in neighboring towns, but is considered Zion to the about 400 polygamists who live there Nate Carlisle in Humansville, Missouri Mon 7 Jan 2019 11.00 GMT Flint Laub and his wives, Michelle Laub, left, and Ruth Anne Laub, are surrounded by a few of their ten children on The Ranch near Humansville, Missouri Photograph: Liv Paggiarino for the Guardian More pics https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/07/the-mormon-polygamists-who-believe-missouri-is-the-promised-land 'Europe's Silicon Valley': Denmark plans nine new islands Government hopes 18-year Copenhagen scheme will attract hundreds of companies Agence France-Presse Mon 7 Jan 2019 15.34 GMT An illustration shows the proposed construction of nine islands in the sea south of Copenhagen Photograph: Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/07/europes-silicone-valley-denmark-plans-nine-new-islands-copenhagen 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 8, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2019 Nasa spacecraft spots gaseous planet 23 times the size of Earth ‘Super-Earth’ among trio of planets and six supernovae detected by Tess mission Lucy Campbell Tue 8 Jan 2019 18.21 GMT Last modified on Tue 8 Jan 2019 18.25 GMT Nasa’s Tess mission is designed to prowl for planets around the closest stars. These newfound worlds will become targets for telescopes trying to tease out any signs of life Illustration: AP https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jan/08/nasa-spacecraft-planet-earth-tess-mission 2 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 9, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2019 'It's complete chaos': Brazilian state overwhelmed by rash of gang violence Attacks in Ceará are an early challenge for new president Jair Bolsonaro, who swept to power with tough-on-crime proposals Anna Jean Kaiser in Rio de Janeiro Wed 9 Jan 2019 08.00 GMT Violence has been most intense in the capital, Fortaleza, a metropolitan region home to 4 million people Photograph: Alex Gomes/AFP/Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/09/brazil-ceara-violence-fortaleza-gangs-bolsonaro 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 11, 2019 Backlash after weatherman fired for using racial slur Jeremy Kappell says the slur was a mispronunciation and Al Roker and Bernice King are among those calling for forgiveness Adrian Horton Fri 11 Jan 2019 10.00 GMT Last modified on Fri 11 Jan 2019 13.43 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/11/weatherman-racial-slur-whec-rochester-jeremy-kappell 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 12, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2019 Monster snowstorm to blanket more than half of United States Winter storm ‘expected to create havoc’ as it moves from western US across the middle of the country Reuters Sat 12 Jan 2019 03.19 GMT Last modified on Sat 12 Jan 2019 14.58 GMT Horses stand in in Taos, New Mexico, on 11 January, where the storm dropped around 8in of snow Photograph: Andrew Hay/Reuters https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/11/snowstorm-us-rockies-new-mexico-moving-east 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 14, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2019 Rescuers search for toddler who fell into 110-metre (120yd.) well in Spain Firefighters, police officers and rescuers search for boy who fell down borehole on Sunday Sam Jones in Madrid Mon 14 Jan 2019 12.41 GMT Last modified on Mon 14 Jan 2019 13.35 GMT Spanish Civil Guard agents work near the well into which the two-year-old boy fell Photograph: Daniel Perez/EPA https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/14/rescuers-search-for-toddler-who-fell-into-110-metre-well-in-spain 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 15, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 15, 2019 'Climate of panic': bombings in Brazil reveal growing power of gangs Wave of attacks in Ceará state exposes how poverty, lack of policies for young people and creaking prison system add up to perfect storm Jo Griffin Tue 15 Jan 2019 09.00 GMT Last modified on Tue 15 Jan 2019 09.01 GMT The remains of a burnt-out vehicle after an attack in Fortaleza. The wave of such attacks in Ceará state shows no sign of letting up Photograph: Alex Gomes/dpa/Alamy Stock Photo More pics https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jan/15/climate-of-panic-bombings-in-brazil-reveal-growing-power-of-gangs 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 16, 2019 Kerching! 400,000 new dollar millionaires created in 2018 Wealth report shows near 2% rise in high-net-worth individuals last year despite stock market woes Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent Wed 16 Jan 2019 14.11 GMT There’s now 22.6m people worth more than $1m. Not all of them want a yacht (though we bet most want one) Photograph: Pietrangeli/REX/Shutterstock https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/jan/16/kerching-400000-new-dollar-millionaires-created-in-2018 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 Bitcoin as big oil: the next environmental fight As a Bitcoin maker who covered the oil industry as a journalist, I see parallels between the two that may haunt cryptocurrency Thu 17 Jan 2019 11.00 GMT Last modified on Thu 17 Jan 2019 11.32 GMT By Ethan Lou https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jan/17/bitcoin-big-oil-environment-energy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 17, 2019 A blemish in his sanctuary': the battle behind Mark Zuckerberg's Hawaii estate The Facebook CEO’s involvement in a family dispute over four small parcels of land worries many on an island where longtime residents have lost land to wealthy newcomers Julia Carrie Wong in Kauai Thu 17 Jan 2019 08.00 GMT A view of Mark Zuckerberg’s Kauai estate. Some Native Hawaiians declared the Facebook CEO the ‘face of neocolonialism’. Photograph: Dennis Fujimoto for the Guardian More pics https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/17/mark-zuckerberg-hawaii-estate-kauai-land-rights-dispute 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2019 US police call for volunteers to get drunk draws enthusiastic response Kutztown police in Pennsylvania sought three volunteers to drink hard liquor so officers can learn how to give sobriety tests Associated Press Thu 17 Jan 2019 22.28 GMT Last modified on Thu 17 Jan 2019 23.32 GMT A call for volunteers on Facebook accumulated hundreds of responses and more than 1,000 shares in less than a day Photograph: Getty Images https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/17/police-kutztown-volunteers-drunk-alcohol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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