May 18, 2018 - Articles

[umbertino]

Seattle police bust lucrative Lego trafficking scheme

 

 

Police seize 171 Lego sets worth thousands from Pike Place seller accused by police of knowingly selling stolen goods

 

Lauren Aratani

Mon 25 Oct 2021 16.02 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/25/lego-seattle-police-trafficking-scheme

 

[umbertino]

Remembering James Michael Tyler: Gunther in Friends – video

 

James Michael Tyler, most famous for playing Gunther, the manager of Central Perk in the hit sitcom Friends, has died aged 59. In an interview with NBC in June, Tyler announced that he had stage 4 prostate cancer, which was diagnosed in 2018

 

Source: Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions Warner Bros. Television | Reuters

Mon 25 Oct 2021 02.34 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/video/2021/oct/25/remembering-james-michael-ty

[umbertino]

Colombia’s president hails capture of cartel boss Dairo Antonio Úsuga

 

Úsuga, one of South America’s most wanted men, arrested at rainforest hideout after massive manhunt

 

Tom Phillips and Joe Parkin Daniels in Bogotá

Sun 24 Oct 2021 15.59 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/24/colombia-president-hails-capture-cartel-boss-dairo-antonio-usuga

[umbertino]

Sprinter Alex Quiñónez, 2019 world bronze medallist, shot dead in Ecuador

 

• Quiñónez, 32, reportedly killed outside a shopping centre
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• Country’s president pledges to ‘act forcefully’ in response

 

Guardian sport and agencies

Sun 24 Oct 2021 11.46 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/oct/24/sprinter-alex-quinonez-2019-world-bronze-medallist-shot-dead-ecuador

[umbertino]

Native American groups capitalize on record donations to confront chronic hardship

 

Increased attention to Native needs is bringing internet, electricity and running water to Indigenous communities, reports The New Humanitarian

 

Anthony Wallace in Gallup for the New Humanitarian

Tue 26 Oct 2021 11.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/26/native-american-groups-record-donations-covid

[umbertino]

How the US fails to take away guns from domestic abusers: ‘these deaths are preventable’

 

Every 16 hours, a woman is fatally shot by a current or former intimate partner. Many of the offenders were legally prohibited from having guns

 

Jennifer Gollan for Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting

Tue 26 Oct 2021 11.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/26/domestic-abuse-gun-violence-reveal

[umbertino]

‘Bomb cyclone’ slams US north-east and leaves over 600,000 without power

 

Nor’easter became a bomb cyclone after storm system’s pressure dropped from 1,008 millibars to 980 as 31m under a flood watch

 

Gloria Oladipo in New York

Wed 27 Oct 2021 16.57 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/27/bomb-cyclone-storm-nor-easter-us-north-east-power-outages-flooding

[umbertino]

‘Nothing will change’: void left by Colombia cartel boss will quickly be filled, say experts

 

The capture of Ontoniel has been called a landmark victory against the drug trade. But he is ‘just one node of a network’

 

Joe Parkin Daniels in Bogotá

Mon 25 Oct 2021 21.48 BSTLast modified on Mon 25 Oct

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/25/colombia-dairo-antonio-usuga-capture-drug-trade

[umbertino]

Russia brings in harsh new Covid measures amid record cases and deaths

 

Moscow closes schools and Putin authorises week-long holiday as many resist getting vaccinated

 

Andrew Roth in Moscow

Thu 28 Oct 2021 15.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/28/russia-brings-in-harsh-new-covid-measures-amid-record-cases-and-deaths

[umbertino]

Long Beach school safety officer who shot teenager charged with murder

 

Eddie Gonzalez, a former school officer, shot into a vehicle near a high school, striking the 18-year-old who died a week later

 

Sam Levin in Los Angeles

Thu 28 Oct 2021 02.12 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/oct/27/california-school-safety-officer-murder-charges

[umbertino]

Call for action on TB as deaths rise for first time in decade

 

Tuberculosis campaigners tell G20 leaders $1bn is needed annually for vaccine research to reverse decades of underfunding

 

Kaamil Ahmed

Thu 28 Oct 2021 12.09 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/oct/28/call-for-action-on-tb-tuberculosis-as-deaths-rise-for-first-time-in-decade

[umbertino]

The world's most powerful Catholics hold lengthy talks as Biden and Pope Francis meet at the Vatican

 

By Maegan Vazquez and Kevin Liptak, CNN

Updated 1318 GMT (2118 HKT) October 29, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vid

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/10/29/politics/pope-francis-joe-biden-meeting/index.html

[umbertino]

Tourists marvel at ancient Rome’s party town, now buried by the sea

 

Statues and ruins of a 2,000-year-old resort, famed for luxury and vice, are now a marine visitor attraction

 

Angela Giuffrida in Pozzuoli

Sat 30 Oct 2021 15.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/30/baiae-naples-ancient-rome-party-town-

[umbertino]

£295,000 ($406,840) bottle of wine stolen from Spanish restaurant’s cellar

 

Owner says 215-year-old Château d’Yquem was among 45 bottles taken by English-speaking man and woman

 

Associated Press in Valbuena

Fri 29 Oct 2021 18.41 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/29/295000-bottle-of-wine-stolen-from-spanish-restaurants-cellar

[umbertino]

 

I find it so profoundly immoral to give such economical value to something so unimportant like a bottle of wine no matter how special....That's stupid and senseless IMVHO

[umbertino]

Bolivia: fate of 11-year-old girl raped by family member sparks abortion debate

 

Religious groups seek to force girl to give birth as intervention of the Catholic church questioned

 

Dan Collyns in Lima

Fri 29 Oct 2021 09.00 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/oct/29/bolivia-11-year-old-girl-rape-catholic-church

[umbertino]

Grave error? Facebook’s new name Meta means dead in Hebrew

 

Rebrand mocked under hashtag #FacebookDead while Canadian firm’s shares get unexpected boost

 

Jane Clinton

Fri 29 Oct 2021 18.41 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2021/oct/29/facebook-new-name-mocked-in-israel-it-sounds-like-the-hebrew-for-dead

[umbertino]

2050: what happens if we ignore the climate crisis – video explainer

 

We envision two scenarios: what life could look like in 2050 if we do nothing, and what life could look like if we take action now. Watch this video to take a glimpse into the future and find out what you can do to prevent global climate catastrophe. There is still hope 

 

Monika Cvorak, Meital Miselevich, Ali Assaf and Katie Lamborn, Source: The Guardian

Mon 25 Oct 2021 10.09 BST

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/video/2021/oct/25/2050-what-happens-if-we-ignore-the-climate-crisis-video-explainer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arrest after man dressed as Joker injures 17 in Tokyo train attack

 

Japanese media report man in Batman villain costume stabbed people and started a fire

 

Justin McCurry in Tokyo and agencies

Mon 1 Nov 2021 04.57 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/31/man-dressed-as-joker-arrested-tokyo-train-attack

Edited November 1, 2021 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Italy’s father of tiramisu dies aged 93

 

Restaurateur Ado Campeol launched the coffee-flavoured dessert, whose name means ‘lift me up’, in 1972

 

Lorenzo Tondo

Sun 31 Oct 2021 16.07 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/food/2021/oct/31/father-of-tiramisu-ado-campeol-dies

 

One of the very few sweets I do love...If prepared properly ( some ingredient requirements to  absolutely abide to)

Edited November 1, 2021 by umbertino

[umbertino]

Ryanair to pull London Stock Exchange listing because of Brexit

 

Budget airline returns to quarterly profit but plans to cut winter ticket prices

 

Gwyn Topham and agency

Mon 1 Nov 2021 11.33 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2021/nov/01/ryanair-profit-cut-winter-ticket-prices-loss-covid

[umbertino]

Brazilian police kill 25 suspects allegedly part of bank robbery gang

 

Congressman hails ‘historic clean-up’ after police raids on farmhouses in Minas Gerais

 

 

Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Sun 31 Oct 2021 17.02 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/31/brazilian-police-kill-suspects-allegedly-part-bank-robbery-gang

 

 

25 would seem a too high number to kill imvho...A massacre...But of course I wasn't there so.......

Edited November 1, 2021 by umbertino

[new york kevin]

24 minutes ago, umbertino said:

Brazilian police kill 25 suspects allegedly part of bank robbery gang

 

Congressman hails ‘historic clean-up’ after police raids on farmhouses in Minas Gerais

 

 

Tom Phillips Latin America correspondent

Sun 31 Oct 2021 17.02 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/oct/31/brazilian-police-kill-suspects-allegedly-part-bank-robbery-gang

 

 

25 would seem a too high number to kill imvho...A massacre...But of course I wasn't there so.......

Don't start nuttin in  Brazil, won't be nuttin in Brazil . Chaulk it up to the fact that laws and police policy are different in Brazil.

[umbertino]

US justice department suing to block Penguin purchase of Simon & Schuster

 

$2.2bn deal under threat after attorney general files antitrust suit claiming Penguin Random House would ‘exert outsized influence’

 

Associated Press

Tue 2 Nov 2021 17.46 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/nov/02/penguin-simon-schuster-justice-department-sues

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

‘Make it a Christian town’: the ultra-conservative church on the rise in Idaho

 

Increased influence of Christ Church, whose leader wants to create US ‘theocracy’, comes as social conservatives aim to gain traction

 

Jason Wilson in Moscow, Idaho

Tue 2 Nov 2021 09.00 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/02/christ-church-idaho-theocracy-us-america

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‘Females with fair skin’: Mayfair casino guilty of race discrimination, tribunal finds

 

Crown London Aspinalls accommodated patron’s request not to have black dealers

 

Haroon Siddique Legal affairs correspondent

Tue 2 Nov 2021 08.39 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/02/mayfair-casino-guilty-of-race-discrimination-tribunal-finds

 

 

That's racist, senseless and stupid

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Ferrari owner and mobster among Italian benefit cheats

 

Police identify more than 5,000 cases of people fraudulently drawing ‘citizens’ income’ meant for poor

 

Angela Giuffrida in Rome

Wed 3 Nov 2021 13.09 GMT

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/nov/03/ferrari-owner-and-mobster-among-italian-citizens-income-cheats-police

 

 

Obvious lack of thorough checks......The results are just obscene. Period

 

We had many cases....That's unfortunate