May 18, 2018 - Articles

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'No downside': New Zealand firm adopts four-day week after successful trial

 

Perpetual Guardian says staff were more focused and productive after the experiment and better able to manage work-life balance

 

 

Eleanor Ainge Roy in Dunedin

Tue 2 Oct 2018 04.10 BST

 

 

Perpetual Guardian says the change to a four-day week is about ‘improved productivity from workplace efficiencies’.

Photograph: gchutka/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/02/no-downside-new-zealand-firm-adopts-four-day-week-after-successful-trial

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Stranded Syrian is arrested after living in airport for 7 months

 

03 Oct 2018

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://baztab.news/article/769576

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'Don't touch my Vespa!' Why Genoa is threatening to ban its icon of cool

 

Nothing symbolises Italian urban chic quite like the Vespa. But in the city that gave birth to them, the diehards suddenly have a fight on their hands

 

 

Wed 3 Oct 2018 07.30 BST Last modified on Wed 3 Oct 2018 15.08 BST

By  Phil Hoad

 

 

 

 

Although it has become something of a retro fetish object, the Vespa is a vital urban vehicle, argues Corrado Nicora

Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/03/dont-touch-my-vespa-why-genoa-is-threatening-to-ban-its-icon-of-cool

 

Used to have one of those myself...With electric start btw....More than 30 years ago

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Astronomers discover first suspected 'exomoon' 8,000 light years away

 

Neptune-sized body would be the first known moon outside solar system and the largest moon yet discovered

 

Hannah Devlin Science correspondent

Wed 3 Oct 2018 19.00 BST

 

 

Artist’s impression of the planet Kepler-1625b transiting its star with the suspected exomoon in tow

Photograph: Dan Durda/Science

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/03/astronomers-discover-first-suspected-exomoon-8000-light-years-away

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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'Brazil is at war': election plays out amid homicidal violence

 

Latin America’s largest democracy suffered a record 63,880 homicides last year and the phenomenon is driving some to support the hardline policies of candidate Jair Bolsonaro

 

 

by Tom Phillips in Feira de Santana

Thu 4 Oct 2018 06.00 BST

 

 

 

Pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/04/brazil-violence-election-jair-bolosonaro-fernando-haddad

 

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South Carolina shooting: one officer killed and six injured in Florence county

 

Suspect in custody after two-hour standoff that saw children held hostage in a South Carolina home

 

Associated Press

Thu 4 Oct 2018 02.49 BST First published on Wed 3 Oct 2018 23.18 BST

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/03/south-carolina-florence-county-shooting

 

 

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Why the next three months are crucial for the future of the planet

 

Two forthcoming major climate talks offer governments an opportunity to respond to this year’s extreme weather with decisive action

 

 

Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent

Fri 5 Oct 2018 11.13 BST

 

 

 

Kerala suffered its worst monsoon in nearly a century in August. It was just one of many extreme weather events around the world this year

Photograph: Aijaz Rahi/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/05/why-the-next-four-months-are-crucial-for-future-of-planet-climate-change

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pakistani ice-cream seller unaware of £14m ($18.31M) in his bank account

 

‘Penniless billionaire’ Abdul Qadir’s identity believed to have been used by money launderers

 

Memphis Barker in Islamabad and Zain Ali in Karachi

Thu 4 Oct 2018 18.30 BST

 

 

Pakistan’s Federal Investigation Agency is investigating a massive money-laundering scam

Photograph: Ian Gwinn/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/04/pakistani-ice-cream-seller-unaware-of-14m-in-his-bank-account

Edited October 5, 2018 by umbertino

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Chicago police officer who shot black teen 16 times found guilty of murder

 

Jason Van Dyke was captured on dashcam video killing Laquan McDonald, 17, in October 2014

 

 

David Taylor in New York

Fri 5 Oct 2018 21.11 BST

 

 

Jason Van Dyke during the trial

Photograph: Pool/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/05/chicago-laquan-mcdonald-jason-van-dyke

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I was an Isis sex slave. I tell my story because it is the best weapon I have

 

Nobel peace prize winner Nadia Murad describes her extraordinary journey from suffering at the hands of Islamic State to human rights campaigner

 

 

Sat 6 Oct 2018 07.00 BST Last modified on Sat 6 Oct 2018 14.33 BST

Nadia Murad

 

 

 

 

Nadia Murad: ‘Deciding to be honest was one of the hardest decisions I have ever made, and also the most important.’

Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/06/nadia-murad-isis-sex-slave-nobel-peace-prize

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Saudi journalist 'killed inside consulate' – Turkish sources

 

Jamal Khashoggi, a critic of Riyadh, had gone to the building in Istanbul seeking documents for his marriage

 

 

Martin Chulov

Sat 6 Oct 2018 23.26 BST First published on Sat 6 Oct 2018 22.35 BST

 

 

 

Jamal Khashoggi speaking at an event in London on 29 September

Photograph: Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/06/saudi-journalist-killed-inside-consulate-turkish-sources

 

He is / was also a US Citizen

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saudi dissident murder claim prompts calls for international inquiry

 

Turkish officials allege Jamal Khashoggi was murdered after entering consulate in Istanbul

 

 

Martin Chulov in Istanbul

Sun 7 Oct 2018 17.19 BST

 

 

Jamal Khashoggi was last seen entering the Saudi consulate in suburban Istanbul on Tuesday afternoon

Photograph: Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/07/saudi-dissident-murder-claim-international-inquiry-jamal-khashoggi

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US economists win Nobel prize for work on climate and growth

 

William Nordhaus and Paul Romer honoured over two of most ‘basic and pressing’ issues

 

 

Larry Elliott Economics editor

Mon 8 Oct 2018 13.26 BST

 

 

 

Paul Romer (left) and William Nordhaus ‘significantly broadened the scope of economic analysis by constructing models that explain how the market economy interacts with nature and knowledge’.

Composite: Getty / AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/08/two-us-economists-win-nobel-prize-for-work-on-climate-and-growth-william-nordhaus-paul-romer

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Limo crash leaves 20 people dead in upstate New York, authorities say

 

All 18 people inside the limousine were killed in the collision with a parked, empty car, and two pedestrians also died after being hit

 

 

Staff and agencies

Mon 8 Oct 2018 02.14 BST First published on Sun 7 Oct 2018 19.10 BST

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/weather/2018/oct/07/limo-crash-20-people-dead-upstate-new-york

 

 

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Fernando Albán: UN to investigate death in custody of Venezuelan politician

 

Officials say Caracas councillor leapt from 10th floor of building

 

Opposition leader: ‘There’s no doubt this was an assassination’

 

 

Associated Press in Caracas

Tue 9 Oct 2018 16.35 BST

 

 

 

Opponents of President Nicolás Maduro demonstrate on Monday in front of the intelligence service building in Caracas where the opposition councillor Fernando Albán died

Photograph: Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/09/fernando-alban-death-venezuela-opposition-politician-custody

 

 

That 's bad and adds to the already disasterous situation there........About 3 million Venezuelans already left  their Country in the last 2/3 years......

 

I agree Maduro must go

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Jamal Khashoggi: Saudi Arabia under pressure from Trump administration

 

Fallout from journalist’s disappearance could redefine Washington-Riyadh ties

 

 

Martin Chulov in Istanbul and Patrick Wintour in London

Thu 11 Oct 2018 15.25 BST

 

 

Justice for Jamal Khashoggi demonstration in front of the Washington Post, which ran a report saying the Saudi crown prince had authorised an operation to lure Khashoggi back to Saudi Arabia and detain him

Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/11/jamal-khashoggi-saudi-arabia-under-pressure-from-trump-administration

 

I do personally praise the Trump Administration  for pressing the criminal SA Gov't....This has been horrible, terrible, undescribable in its brazen, indecent, defying brutality

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jamal Khashoggi case: sponsors urged to pull out of key Saudi event

 

New York Times pulls out of ‘Davos in the Desert’ conference over missing journalist

 

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Thu 11 Oct 2018 15.22 BST

 

 

 

‘An attack on one journalist should be considered an attack on all,’ said the human rights group Bird of Jamal Khashoggi’s disappearance

Photograph: Hasan Jamali/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/11/jamal-khashoggi-case-sponsors-urged-to-pull-out-of-key-saudi-event-conference

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Three female migrants found murdered near Greece-Turkey border

 

Area is known for illegal migrant crossings and police say they suspect foul play

 

 

AP in Athens

Wed 10 Oct 2018 22.26 BST First published on Wed 10 Oct 2018 21.29 BST

 

 

 

In the first half of 2018, more than 10,000 migrants and refugees arrived in Greece from Turkey by crossing the Evros river

Photograph: Alkis Konstantinidis/Reuters

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/10/three-women-found-dead-near-greece-river-border-with-turkey

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On 10/6/2018 at 9:30 AM, umbertino said:

I was an Isis sex slave. I tell my story because it is the best weapon I have

 

Nobel peace prize winner Nadia Murad describes her extraordinary journey from suffering at the hands of Islamic State to human rights campaigner

 

 

Sat 6 Oct 2018 07.00 BST Last modified on Sat 6 Oct 2018 14.33 BST

Nadia Murad

 

 

 

 

Nadia Murad: ‘Deciding to be honest was one of the hardest decisions I have ever made, and also the most important.’

Photograph: The Washington Post/Getty Images

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/06/nadia-murad-isis-sex-slave-nobel-peace-prize

 

 

https://isis.liveuamap.com/

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US network: Turkey planted listening devices at the headquarters of the Saudi consulate

 

Claims of freedom for Khashoggi

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Digital Media NRT

Network announced ( the NBC News ) US news Thursday that Turkey listening devices planted at the consulate headquarters of Saudi Arabia, recorded the deaths Khashoggi , theUnited States and told that they are sure to kill him by a dedicated team, came from Saudi Arabia to the consulate in Istanbul.

"Ankara informed Washington that it has listening devices inside the diplomatic headquarters of Saudi Arabia, in which the prominent Saudi journalist may have been killed," a report by the American News Network reported today (October 11, 2018) quoting three Turkish sources in the case of the disappearance of prominent Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi. .

"Turkish officials have informed the United States that they are sure Khashoggi was killed by a specialized team, who came from Saudi Arabia to the consulate in Istanbul to carry out this mission in particular. Ankara has audio recordings confirming this, and Turkey obtained these recordings from its organs. Which are located inside the consulate headquarters. "

The newspaper  The of Washington Post , said on Wednesday , according to sources, " TheTurkish authorities have an audio monitoring moments of murder recording, and that there arevideo recordings and other evidence showing how the machine from 15 customers a Saudi country group entered on October 2 , 2018, The day Khashoggi entered the consulate. "

According to Reuters, "the flights conducted by the 15 Saudis aboard two private aircraft provided by Riyadh have documented, along with their movements throughout Istanbul, and published their names and pictures in a Turkish newspaper.

"One of them is a forensic expert, while others are army officers," the official said, while official Turkish sources said he believed the men killed Jamal Khashoggi and took his body outside the consulate.

Officials have cited more evidence that has not yet been publicly released, including a videotape of the assassination, and US officials have seen the evidence.

Newspaper reported The Washington Post that "US intelligence intercepted communications revealed that Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the ruler of Saudi Arabia , the actual, is luring Khashoggi and lure him back to Saudi Arabia from Washington, where he lives in self -imposed exile and writing articles for the American newspaper."

"Although the evidence is not conclusive, it clearly shows that Saudi officials, including the Saudi ambassador in Washington, Khalid bin Salman, did not say the truth when they denied the existence of the Saudi team. The Saudis were saying that Khashoggi left the consulate shortly after On his arrival and do not know what happened to him, even the Saudi ambassador to the United States claimed to share concerns and concerns about the safety of Khashoggi. "

The report concluded, "This comic attitude has been exposed, and as Democratic Senator Tim Kane said Wednesday, October 10, 2018," the evidence now rests with the Saudis, "to show that they are not responsible for the disappearance of Khashoggi.

Saudi journalist Jamal Khashvejji has disappeared since October 2 after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul, while reports of Khashoggi's death collided as Turkish and Saudi security teams were investigating with the help of the United States in the case.

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http://www.nrttv.com/AR/News.aspx?id=5335&MapID=3

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Recordings prove Jamal Khashoggi was killed, Turkish investigators claim

 

Sources say audio and video evidence show journalist died at Saudi consulate in Istanbul

 

 

Bethan McKernan, Middle East and Turkey correspondent

Fri 12 Oct 2018 09.46 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/12/recordings-prove-jamal-khashoggi-killed-turkish-investigators-claim

 

He allegedly got killed in the Saudi ( his Country, along with the US) consulate in Istanbul.....The effing nerve.....

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Kanye West touches on politics, love and 'iPlane 1' during bizarre Trump visit

 

President hosted working lunch with West and ex-NFL star Jim Brown to discuss criminal justice system and prison reform

 

 

David Smith in Washington

Thu 11 Oct 2018 21.30 BST

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/11/trump-kanye-west-white-house-lunch

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Analyse this: what Freud can teach us about Trumpism

 

As a psychotherapist, here’s what I’ve learned in the two years since Donald Trump moved into the White House

 

 

Fri 12 Oct 2018 06.00 BST

By Gary Greenberg

 

 

 

 

Pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2018/oct/12/analyse-this-what-freud-can-teach-us-about-trumpism

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Newspaper: At least five Saudi princes disappeared last week

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According to a Saudi prince in exile, at least five Saudi princes disappeared last week and their place is not known for speaking out against the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, according to a Saudi prince in exile. .

"The Saudi authorities planned to kidnap him in the same way 10 days before Khashoggi's disappearance," the newspaper quoted Prince Khalid bin Farhan al-Saud, who lives in exile in Germany, as saying. "The authorities promised his family millions of dollars if he went to Cairo To meet with officials of the Saudi consulate in the Egyptian capital for a bank check grant after learning that it is going through financial trouble . "

"The Saudi authorities have contacted him at least 30 times," he said, adding that "many princes are in jail now. Only five days ago, five princes went to visit King Salman.

They expressed their fear for the future of the family of Saud and mentioned Khashoggi's case . Ending / 25

http://www.almaalomah.com/2018/10/12/353709/

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Saudi isolation grows over Khashoggi disappearance

 

Business elites withdraw from summit as Turkish officials claim to have consulate tapes

 

 

Martin Chulov in Istanbul, Patrick Wintour and Bethan McKernan

Fri 12 Oct 2018 18.19 BST

 

 

The shadow of a security guard is seen on the entrance door of the Saudi consulate in Istanbul

Photograph: Yasin Akgül/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/12/saudi-isolation-grows-over-khashoggi-disappearance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Saudi summit in crisis as Khashoggi case prompts mass withdrawals

 

World Bank joins CNN and Financial Times in pulling out of kingdom’s showpiece investment event

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Fri 12 Oct 2018 14.16 BST

 

 

 

Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman pictured at the 2017 Future Investment Initiative (FII) conference in Riyadh

Photograph: Fayez Nureldine/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/12/saudi-arabia-fii-conference-withdrawal-jamal-khashoggi

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Facebook says 14m accounts had personal data stolen in recent breach

 

Hackers were able to access name, birthdate and other data in nearly half of the 30 million accounts that were affected

 

 

Fri 12 Oct 2018 21.14 BST Last modified on Fri 12 Oct 2018 22.25 BST

By  Dan Tynan

 

 

 

 

Facebook has reported that hackers were able to access personal information for nearly half of the 30 million accounts affected in a recent data breach

Photograph: Mandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/oct/12/facebook-data-breach-personal-information-hackers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rocket launches to be grounded while mid-air failure is investigated

 

Problem with Soyuz’s thrusters must be identified before space flights can resume, say experts

 

 

Ian Sample Science editor

Thu 11 Oct 2018 19.04 BST

 

 

Vid & pics

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/oct/11/rocket-launches-to-be-grounded-while-mid-air-failure-is-investigated

 

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Trump vows 'severe punishment' if Saudis killed Jamal Khashoggi

 

President speaks in CBS interview to be shown on Sunday

 

‘There’s a lot at stake … because this man was a reporter’

 

 

Martin Pengelly in New York

Sat 13 Oct 2018 15.23 BST

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/13/donald-trump-jamal-khashoggi-saudi-arabia-cbs-interview

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Saudi Arabia to hit back in case of sanctions over Jamal Khashoggi

 

Riyadh combative as UK, German and French ministers call for credible investigation

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Sun 14 Oct 2018 18.36 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/14/jamal-khashoggi-turkey-looks-to-uk-to-persuade-saudi-arabia-to-cooperate

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Donald Trump says 'rogue killers' may have murdered Khashoggi

 

US president speculates over journalist’s presumed death after speaking to Saudi king

 

 

Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Mon 15 Oct 2018 14.09 BST

 

 

 

Saudi officials arrive at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul to investigate the disappearance of journalist Jamal Khashoggi

Photograph: Tolga Bozoglu/EPA

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/15/turkey-jamal-khashoggi-granted-permission-search-saudi-arabia-consulate-istanbul