May 18, 2018 - Articles

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World weirdos: Cult leader who claims to be reincarnation of Jesus arrested in Russia

 

Former traffic officer Sergei Torop, AKA Vissarion, arrested in special operation in Siberia

 

Shaun Walker in Moscow

Tue 22 Sep 2020 15.50 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vid

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/22/cult-leader-vissarion-reincarnation-jesus-arrested-siberia-russia

 

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Former Black Panther to be released after more than 49 years in prison

 

Jalil Muntaqim was one of several black liberation radicals incarcerated for decades in the wake of political and racial turbulence of the 1960s and 70s

 

Ed Pilkington in New York

Thu 24 Sep 2020 13.29 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/24/jalil-muntaqim-former-black-panther-to-be-released-49-years-prison

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Stained relations? Israeli PM accused of taking dirty laundry on state trips

 

Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife said to pack soiled clothes to be cleaned on foreign trips

 

Oliver Holmes

Thu 24 Sep 2020 14.07 BST Last modified on Thu 24 Sep 2020 14.27 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/24/stained-relations-israeli-pm-netanyahu-accused-taking-dirty-laundry-state-trips

 

I mean...Seriously Ben, Man....

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kosovo war crimes tribunal arrests former KLA army commander

 

Ex-leader Salih Mustafa is first suspect detained by tribunal over 1998-99 war

 

AP in Pristina

Thu 24 Sep 2020 15.17 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/24/kosovo-war-crimes-tribunal-arrests-former-kla-army-commander-salih-mustafa

 

 

I say good even though way too late.....

Edited September 24, 2020 by umbertino

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Why dangerous ‘forever chemicals’ are allowed in US drinking water

 

The federal government has still not set limits for PFAS compounds, and some allege that could be because it is a polluter of them itself

 

This story is co-published with Consumer Reports

 

Ryan Felton of Consumer Reports

Thu 24 Sep 2020 11.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/24/pfas-dangerous-forever-chemicals-drinking-water

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Juliette Gréco obituary

 

French chanteuse and actor who was the musical embodiment of the existentialist movement

 

Patrick O’Connor

Thu 24 Sep 2020 16.14 BST

 

 

 

Juliette Gréco in the 1950s. The poets and philosophers of her Paris milieu saw in her a modern femme fatale

Photograph: Everett Collection/Rex

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/sep/24/juliette-greco-obituary

 

In his autobiography Miles Davis talks extensively about her and their passionate love relationship

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What $2tn in possible corrupt activity reveals about Kleptopia

 

The FinCEN files include more than 2,000 leaked suspicious activity reports that banks had filed to the US Treasury. They show how kleptocrats hoard secrecy

 

Thu 24 Sep 2020 13.06 BST Last modified on Thu 24 Sep 2020 13.54 BST

Tom Burgis

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/24/fincen-files-investigation-kleptocracy

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El Salvador woman freed after six years in jail following stillbirth

 

Cindy Erazo was accused of aggravated homicide after an obstetric emergency

 

Liz Ford

Thu 24 Sep 2020 14.50 BST Last modified on Thu 24 Sep 2020 14.51 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/sep/24/el-salvador-woman-freed-after-six-years-in-jail-following-stillbirth

 

The criminal act  ( and against any basic , logical juriprudence principle) was to put her in jail...Those judges should pay dearly for it

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Man dies after eating bag of licorice every day for a few weeks

 

A Massachusetts construction worker’s love of black licorice wound up costing him his life, doctors say

 

Associated Press

Thu 24 Sep 2020 14.17 BST Last modified on Fri 25 Sep 2020 04.37 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/24/man-licorice-dies-massachusetts

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Two injured in knife attack near Charlie Hebdo's former offices in Paris

 

Media reports of two arrests after attack near former home of satirical newspaper

 

Jon Henley and Kim Willsher in Paris

Fri 25 Sep 2020 12.45 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/25/paris-knife-attack-close-charlie-hebdo-former-office

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Sex and politics: Argentinian politician quits after kissing partner's breasts in online legislative session

 

• Juan Emilio Ameri initially claimed he thought he was offline
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• Moment went out on lower congressional house’s YouTube

 

Uki Goñi in Buenos Aires

Fri 25 Sep 2020 16.28 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/25/argentina-politician-breasts-online-debate

 

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How to Avoid Piercing the Corporate Veil

 

 

 

 

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Texas residents warned of tap water tainted with brain-eating microbe

 

• Communities around Houston are potentially contaminated
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• Naegleria fowleri enters body through nose, travels to brain

 

Associated Press

Sat 26 Sep 2020 18.42 BST Last modified on Sat 26 Sep 2020 23.15 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/26/texas-tap-water-tainted-brain-eating-microbe

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California fire forces evacuation of hospital and hundreds of homes

 

• Wind-driven fire erupts in heart of Napa Valley wine country
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• All 55 hospital patients in St Helena safely evacuated

 

Reuters

Mon 28 Sep 2020 14.44 BST First published on Mon 28 Sep 2020 01.01 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/sep/28/california-wine-country-fire-forces-evacuation-of-hospital

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Geneva to introduce minimum wage of £3,500 ($4,530) a month

Voters back measure amid reports of growing poverty linked to Covid-19 pandemic

 

Kim Willsher in Paris

Wed 30 Sep 2020 13.55 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/sep/30/geneva-raises-minimum-wage-covid-poverty-switzerland

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Google launches AI secretary that waits on hold for phone users

 

Hold for Me notifies users when call is picked up, leaving them free to put phone down

 

 

Alex Hern Technology editor

Thu 1 Oct 2020 15.03 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/oct/01/hold-for-me-google-launches-ai-secretary-that-waits-on-hold-for-phone-users

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Pope tackles Covid pandemic and rising nationalism in third encyclical

 

Letter addressed to whole of Catholic church urges nations to work towards a just world

 

Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent

Sun 4 Oct 2020 14.01 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/04/pope-francis-addresses-covid-pandemic-rising-nationalism-third-encyclical-fratelli-tutti

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John McAfee, antivirus software pioneer, arrested in Spain

 

Entrepreneur indicted for tax evasion in US after failing to declare million-dollars earnings

 

Sam Jones in Madrid and agencies

Tue 6 Oct 2020 12.45 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/06/john-mcafee-antivirus-software-pioneer-charged-with-tax-evasion-in-us

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Wildfires tear through drought-racked Paraguay amid record heat

 

Country faces more than 5,000 fires, with yellow smoke reaching the capital as neighbouring Brazil and Argentina face blazes

 

 

William Costa in Asunción

Fri 2 Oct 2020 10.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/02/paraguay-wildfires-drought-heat

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thousands of migrants cross into Guatemala with slim hopes of reaching US

 

The caravan from Honduras is the biggest since the pandemic hit Central America in March, triggering a rise in unemployment and poverty

 

Staff and agencies in Corinto

Thu 1 Oct 2020 20.49 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/01/honduran-migrant-caravan-cross-guatemala

Edited October 6, 2020 by umbertino

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Six people charged in plot to kidnap Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer

 

 

FBI said plot involved contacting members of a militia who ‘talked about murdering tyrants or taking a sitting governor’

 

Miranda Bryant and agencies

Thu 8 Oct 2020 23.36 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vid

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/08/six-people-charged-plot-kidnap-michigan-governor-gretchen-whitmer

 

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This is my message to the western world – your civilisation is killing life on Earth

 

We Indigenous people are fighting to save the Amazon, but the whole planet is in trouble because you do not respect it

 

Mon 12 Oct 2020 10.00 BST

Nemonte Nenquimo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/oct/12/western-worldyour-civilisation-killing-life-on-earth-indigenous-amazon-planet

 

 

 

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Tourist returns stolen artefacts from Pompeii 'after suffering curse'

 

Candian woman sends back pilfered ceramics, blaming them for years of bad luck

 

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Sun 11 Oct 2020 20.35 BST Last modified on Mon 12 Oct

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/11/tourist-returns-cursed-artefacts-pilfered-from-pompeii

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Les nouveaux Misérables: the lives of Filipina workers in the playground of the rich

 

Thomas Morel-Fort went undercover to capture the lives of undocumented workers toiling inside the Paris and Côte d’Azur homes of the wealthy

 

 

Mon 12 Oct 2020 07.00 BST

by Kate Hodal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2020/oct/12/les-miserables-nouveau-the-lives-of-filipina-workers-in-the-playground-of-the-rich

Edited October 12, 2020 by umbertino

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2020 US Foreign Earned Income Exclusion: the Ultimate Guide

 

By Andrew Henderson

 

 

 

 

 

https://nomadcapitalist.com/2018/05/19/foreign-earned-income-exclusion/?inf_contact_key=e8195ad51a188a56b4cf98ffc16a56bbd18a532c4142cb79caf2b269de1401fa

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Far-right plotters 'discussed kidnapping Virginia governor Ralph Northam'

 

• FBI agent makes claim in Michigan court hearing testimony
• Six men were charged with plot to kidnap Michigan governor

 

Associated Press in Grand Rapids, Michigan

Tue 13 Oct 2020 16.21 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/13/virginia-governor-ralph-northam-kidnap-

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'My ticket out': the Indian village where every family has an engineer

 

Students from a small community traditionally known for weaving are beating the odds to gain coveted university places

 

Dipti Nagpaul in Mumbai and Rimjhim Kumariin in Patwatoli

Thu 15 Oct 2020 07.15 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/15/my-ticket-out-the-indian-village-where-every-family-has-an-engineer

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Blood and tears as Israeli police storm wedding during lockdown

 

Police say bride’s brother threw oil and slipped on it; interior minister demands investigation

 

Oliver Holmes in Jerusalem

Thu 15 Oct 2020 10.32 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/15/blood-and-tears-as-israeli-police-storm-wedding-during-lockdown