May 18, 2018 - Articles

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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

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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/

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‘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

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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

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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

 

 

 

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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

 

 

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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

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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

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jan/03/china-probe-change-4-land-far-side-moon-basin-crater

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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

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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

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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

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/04/san-francisco-lighthouse-east-brother-light-station-job

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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

 

 

 

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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.......

 

 

 

 

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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

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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

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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

 

 

 

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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

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/06/venice-losing-fight-with-tourism-and-flooding

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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

 

 

 

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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

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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

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'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

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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

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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

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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

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'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

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jan/15/climate-of-panic-bombings-in-brazil-reveal-growing-power-of-gangs

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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

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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

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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

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/17/mark-zuckerberg-hawaii-estate-kauai-land-rights-dispute

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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