May 18, 2018 - Articles

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What does it mean to be genetically Jewish?

 

DNA tests have been used in Israel to verify a person’s Jewishness. This brings a bigger question: what does it mean to be genetically Jewish? And can you prove religious identity scientifically?

 

Oscar Schwartz

Thu 13 Jun 2019 06.00 BST

 

 

 

Gyula and Erszebet Keimovits, the author’s great grandparents. His own parents took a DNA test to establish their genetic ancestry

Photograph: Oscar Schwartz

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/jun/12/what-does-it-mean-to-be-genetically-jewish

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Florida Seminole tribe goes to 'war' again with state over gambling income

 

The ‘unconquered tribe’ is withholding $350m under a revenue sharing agreement, but tribe says the state has reneged on the deal

 

Richard Luscombe in Miami, Florida

Thu 13 Jun 2019 07.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/13/florida-seminole-tribe-fight-state-gambling-income

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My Catholic, trans child is living proof of how wrong the Vatican is on gender

 

No, my child’s transition has not led to the ‘destabilisation of the family institution’. Instead, we are stronger than ever

 

Thu 13 Jun 2019 14.00 BST Last modified on Thu 13 Jun 2019 14.02 BST

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‘Pope Francis envisions an inclusive church – our experience as a family is a reminder that God welcomes all, even and especially those whom society rejects.’

Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP/Getty Images

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jun/13/catholic-trans-child-vatican-gender-transition-family

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Memphis protesters hurl bricks and rocks at police, wounding 24 officers in outcry over a man's death

 

By Holly Yan and Amanda Watts, CNN

Updated 1301 GMT (2101 HKT) June 13, 2019

 

 

Vid & pics

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2019/06/13/us/memphis-shooting-officers-injured/index.html

 

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Christchurch massacre: Brenton Tarrant pleads not guilty to all charges

 

Trial to be held in May 2020 for Australian man who faces 51 murder charges, 40 of attempted murder and one terrorism charge

 

Daniel Nielsen in Christchurch

Thu 13 Jun 2019 23.16 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/14/christchurch-massacre-brenton-tarrant-pleads-not-guilty-to-all-charges

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Argentinian ex-army officer accused of murder found on holiday in Sicily

 

Reporters discovered Carlos Luis Malatto, accused of five counts of crimes against humanity, in Messina

 

Lorenzo Tondo in Palermo

Thu 13 Jun 2019 21.18 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/13/argentinian-ex-army-officer-accused-of-found-on-holiday-in-sicily

 

 

 

 

Indian man who left hijack note to get lover laid off is jailed for life

 

Birju Salla, who wanted to have more time with flight attendant girlfriend, falls foul of strict law

 

Amrit Dhillon in Delhi

Thu 13 Jun 2019 16.44 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/13/indian-man-who-left-hijack-note-to-get-lover-laid-off-is-jailed-for-life

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Global heating will inflict more droughts on Africa as well as floods

 

New UK research predicts extremes of weather will hit food production

 

Robin McKie, Observer science editor

Sat 15 Jun 2019 11.40 BST

 

 

 

Flooding in the Tana river area of Kenya in 2018, when 60,000 people were forced to move home

Photograph: Andrew Kasuku/AFP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2019/jun/14/africa-global-heating-more-droughts-and-flooding-threat

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Chile bishop resigns after suggesting there is a reason the Last Supper had no women

 

Carlos Eugenio Irarrazaval stands down, weeks after appointment by pope to clean up church’s public image

 

Reuters

Sat 15 Jun 2019 02.35 BST

  

 

 

Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper. Chilean bishop said it was important to respect the fact there were no women present

Photograph: Alamy Stock Photo

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/15/chile-bishop-resigns-after-suggesting-there-is-a-reason-the-last-supper-had-no-women

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Millions across South America hit by massive power cut

 

Failure leaves people in Argentina and Uruguay without electricity

 

Reuters

Sun 16 Jun 2019 14.24 BST Last modified on Sun 16 Jun 2019 15.04 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/16/millions-across-south-america-hit-by-massive-power-cut-argentina-uruguay-paraguay-brazil

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Belgian monks finally launch website to sell 'world's best beer'

 

Beer lovers will still have to travel to St Sixtus abbey to pick up their allotted crates

 

Daniel Boffey in Brussels

Mon 17 Jun 2019 13.14 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/17/belgian-monks-launch-website-sell-worlds-best-beer-saint-sixtus-abbey

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Outrage after police threaten family over four-year-old taking doll from shop

 

• Phoenix mayor apologises saying video makes her ‘sick’
• Police investigate and family makes $10m civil claim

 

Victoria Bekiempis in New York

Sun 16 Jun 2019 20.33 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/16/phoenix-police-threaten-family-doll-mayor-apology

 

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Roman Catholic church could allow married men to become priests

 

Vatican summit to discuss plan to address clergy shortage in remote Amazon areas

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome and Harriet Sherwood

Mon 17 Jun 2019 14.33 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/17/roman-catholic-church-could-allow-married-men-to-become-priests

 

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Libra: Facebook launches cryptocurrency in bid to shake up global finance

 

Digital currency will let billions of users make transactions but is raising privacy concerns

 

Kari Paul in San Francisco

Tue 18 Jun 2019 10.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jun/18/libra-facebook-cryptocurrency-new-digital-money-transactions

 

 

 

 

 

What is Libra? All you need to know about Facebook's new cryptocurrency

 

Facebook claims it wants to reach people without access to a bank account, and that Libra is the best way

 

Kari Paul in San Francisco

Tue 18 Jun 2019 10.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jun/18/what-is-libra-facebook-new-cryptocurrency

Edited June 18, 2019 by umbertino

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Scientists shocked by Arctic permafrost thawing 70 years sooner than predicted

 

• Ice blocks frozen solid for thousands of years destabilized
• ‘The climate is now warmer than at any time in last 5,000 years’

 

Reuters

Tue 18 Jun 2019 17.02 BST Last modified on Tue 18 Jun 2019 17.58 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jun/18/arctic-permafrost-canada-science-climate-crisis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

More than $1bn worth of cocaine seized from ship at Philadelphia port

 

US authorities say it was one of the largest drug busts in American history, the latest in a series of seizures along the east coast

 

Associated Press in Philadelphia

Tue 18 Jun 2019 21.51 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/18/philidelphia-cocaine-seizure-bust-ship-port

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Continental Europe braced for 'potentially dangerous' heatwave

 

High pressure pulling hot air northward from Africa will send temperatures soaring

 

Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Fri 21 Jun 2019 12.40 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/21/continental-europe-braced-for-potentially-dangerous-heatwave

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Mick Jagger back on stage three months after heart surgery

 

Rolling Stones frontman appeared in first concert of No Filter tour delayed in April

 

Associated Press

Sat 22 Jun 2019 11.47 BST Last modified on Sat 22 Jun 2019 13.27 BST

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jun/22/mick-jagger-back-on-stage-three-months-after-heart-surgery

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Curtis Flowers' conviction overturned over removal of black jurors

 

Justice Brett Kavanaugh said Flowers’ trial record showed ‘relentless effort’ by prosecutor to rid jury of black individuals

 

Associated Press in Washington

Sat 22 Jun 2019 11.13 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/law/2019/jun/22/curtis-flowers-conviction-supreme-court-removal-of-black-jurors

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Nine people die in Hawaii plane crash

 

No survivors in crash on the North Shore of Oahu after plane burst into flames

 

Associated Press in Honolulu

Sat 22 Jun 2019 12.19 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/22/nine-people-die-in-hawaii-plane-crash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Trouble in Paradise: the rise and fall of Germany's 'brothel king'

 

Jürgen Rudloff’s chain of ‘wellness spas’ sold sex as a health service for men. But his business model was fatally flawed – as his trial for aiding and abetting trafficking revealed

 

 

Hilke Lorenz

Sat 22 Jun 2019 09.00 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2019/jun/22/trouble-in-paradise-rise-and-fall-of-germany-brothel-king-jurgen-rudloff

 

 

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Charlottesville white supremacist who killed protester asks judge for mercy

 

• Attorneys for James Alex Fields Jr seek less than life sentence
• Prosecutors: life term will help deter ‘acts of domestic terrorism’

 

Associated Press in Charlottesville, Virginia

Sun 23 Jun 2019 12.55 BST

 

 

 

Mourners lay flowers at the memorial for Heather Heyer in downtown Charlottesville, Virginia

Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/The Guardian

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/23/charlottesville-white-supremacist-james-alex-fields-heather-heyer

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Five great Interrail itineraries across Europe

 

Interrailing is an easy way to see the continent. We plot itineraries that cover the Med, the Alps and an affordable version of the Orient Express

 

 

Sun 23 Jun 2019 07.00 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2019/jun/23/five-great-interrail-rail-itineraries-across-europe

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The new drug highway: Pacific islands at centre of cocaine trafficking boom

 

Explosion in number of boats carrying cocaine and meth from Latin America to Australia is causing havoc for islands on the way

 

 

by Kate Lyons in Nadi, Fiji

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/24/the-new-drug-highway-pacific-islands-at-centre-of-cocaine-trafficking-boom

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Europe heatwave: record high of 45C (113F) expected in France

 

Temperature records expected to be broken as minister warns heatwaves could become norm

 

Jon Henley Europe correspondent

Tue 25 Jun 2019 16.17 BST

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/25/highs-of-45c-expected-in-france-as-heatwave-scorches-europe

 

Here in Trento it's very hot already and it will only get worse in the next days......

 

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Poisoned by their homes: how the US is failing children exposed to lead

 

Hundreds of thousands of children in the US remain at risk of exposure to lead, which causes cognitive and behavioral deficits

 

Anna Almendrala in Los Angeles

Wed 26 Jun 2019 07.00 BST

 

 

A young girl waits to get a free test for lead in Flint, Michigan, in February 2016

Photograph: Jake May/AP

 

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/26/lead-exposure-us-childrens-blood-as-detectors

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Tunisia shaken by suicide bombings and illness of president

 

Beji Caid Essebsi is in critical condition in hospital, while a police officer was killed in attacks

 

Bethan McKernan and agencies

Thu 27 Jun 2019 12.51 BST Last modified on Thu 27 Jun 2019 16.55 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/27/suicide-bombers-kill-police-officer-in-attacks-in-tunis

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Spain battles biggest wildfires in 20 years as heatwave grips Europe

 

Health officials warn ‘the worst is still to come’, with temperatures expected to exceed 44C  (111.2F) in some areas

 

Jon Henley in Paris and Sam Jones in Madrid

Thu 27 Jun 2019 17.22 BST

 

 

The forest fire burning in the municipality of Ribera d’Ebre, in Tarragona, Catalonia

Photograph: Jaume Sellart/EPA

 

 

More pics

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/27/hundreds-of-firefighters-tackle-blaze-in-north-east-spain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tired of Google following you? It is now easier to clear location data

 

New functionality automatically deletes history of places users have visited

 

Alex Hern

Thu 27 Jun 2019 13.20 BST Last modified on Thu 27 Jun 2019 13.46 BST

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/jun/27/google-following-you-clear-location-data-history

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France records all-time highest temperature of 45.1C (113.18F)

 

Record for mainland France falls in Provence as Europe swelters in heatwave

 

Jon Henley and Angelique Chrisafis in Paris and Sam Jones in Madrid

Fri 28 Jun 2019 16.02 BST

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jun/28/france-on-red-alert-as-heatwave-forecast-to-reach-record-45c

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Luis Alvarez, September 11 first responder and campaigner, dies at 53

 

• Ex-detective spent three months at World Trade Center site
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Lois Beckett and agencies

Sat 29 Jun 2019 19.19 BST

 

 

An image taken from video shows Luis Alvarez during a hearing by the House judiciary committee

Photograph: AP

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jun/29/luis-alvarez-9-11-first-responder-dies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Jon Stewart demands Congress act for 9/11 responders: 'They did their jobs – do yours'

 

The former Daily Show host testified before the House judiciary committee on Tuesday alongside first responders and victims

 

Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington

Tue 11 Jun 2019 18.37 BST

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/jun/11/jon-stewart-demands-congressional-action-for-911-responders-they-did-their-jobs-do-yours

 

 

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Texas plane crash: ten killed after aircraft hits hangar during takeoff

 

Small plane hit unoccupied hanger at Addison airport, about 20 miles north of Dallas

 

Associated Press

Mon 1 Jul 2019 05.06 BST

 

 

Damage is seen to a hangar after a twin-engine plane crashed into the building at Addison Airport in Texas on Sunday

Photograph: Shaban Athuman/AP

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/01/texas-plane-crash-ten-killed-after-aircraft-hits-hangar-during-takeoff

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Paris wine thieves make off with bottles worth up to €600,000 ($678,060)

 

Bottles stolen from cellar of Maison Rostang restaurant near Arc de Triumph

 

 

Agence France-Presse in Paris

Tue 2 Jul 2019 15.13 BST

 

 

A bottle of Petrus wine. Michelin describes the two-star Maison Rostang as having a ‘magnificent’ wine list

Photograph: Adrian Sherratt

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/02/paris-wine-thieves-make-off-with-bottles-worth-400k-600k-maison-rostang