umbertino Posted August 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 Man jailed in Spain after selling off 7,000 hams he stole from work Man took jamón from warehouse where he worked, defrauding employers out of €520,000 over six years Stephen Burgen Tue 9 Aug 2022 12.27 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/09/spanish-man-jailed-for-stealing-520000-of-ham-from-employers 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 9, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2022 Europe’s worst ever drought: in pictures Parched Greenwich Park, drought-stricken Berlin and wildfires from Spain to Belgium – Europe is feeling the heat this summer Joe Plimmer Mon 8 Aug 2022 16.09 BST https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2022/aug/08/europes-worst-ever-drought-in-pictures 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2022 American tourist raped in public toilet in central Paris Man charged after attack on woman in heart of French capital’s tourist district by River Seine Angelique Chrisafis in Paris Wed 10 Aug 2022 11.49 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/10/man-charged-after-american-tourist-raped-in-paris 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 10, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2022 Introduction of €7 visa-waiver forms for travellers to EU delayed Britons and other non-EU citizens unlikely to have to pay Etias charge until 2024 at the earliest Jennifer Rankin in Brussels Wed 10 Aug 2022 11.28 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/10/introduction-of-7-euro-visa-waiver-forms-for-travellers-to-eu-delayed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2022 Ryanair boss blames Brexit for airport chaos and says era of €10 airfares over Michael O’Leary warns of rising cost of fuel and says policymakers need to get inflation back to about 2% Kalyeena Makortoff Thu 11 Aug 2022 09.40 BST Vid https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/aug/11/ryanair-boss-blames-brexit-for-airport-chaos-and-says-era-of-10-euro-airfares-over-michael-oleary 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 11, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2022 Three people killed and 39 homes damaged in Indiana house explosion Cause of the blast, the second house explosion in the area in just over five years, has not been determined Associated Press Thu 11 Aug 2022 13.08 BST https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/11/indiana-house-explosion-three-people-killed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2022 The Gabon woman who went from teacher to bamboo bike maker Walking for miles to get to school put huge strain on her pupils – particularly the women – so Grace Mabika decided to make pedal power accessible for all Tom Collins Fri 12 Aug 2022 07.15 BST https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/aug/12/bamboo-bicycle-gabon-woman-teacher-bike-maker 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2022 Mexico prison cartel clash spills on to streets of border city leaving 11 dead Four radio station employees among dead as alleged gang members rampaged through Ciudad Juárez Staff and agencies in Mexico City Fri 12 Aug 2022 16.08 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/12/mexico-prison-cartel-violence-ciudad-juarez 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2022 Anne Heche Remains in Critical Condition After Car Crash Ms. Heche, 53, was injured on Friday when the car she was in crashed into a two-story home in Los Angeles, causing severe damage and a fire, the authorities said By Johnny Diaz and Vimal Patel Published Aug. 10, 2022Updated Aug. 12, 2022, 5:56 a.m. ET https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/10/us/anne-heche-coma-crash.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 12, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 12, 2022 Actor Anne Heche dies a week after car crash The 53-year-od US actor, who starred in films including Donnie Brasco, Catfight and the remake of Psycho, did not regain consciousness after a car crash on 5 August Catherine Shoard Fri 12 Aug 2022 18.40 BST https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/aug/12/anne-heche-death-actor-dies-week-after-car-crash-aged-53 Good actor...RIP 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sage449 Posted August 13, 2022 Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 I didn't know Heche had such a drug problem. She was in a TV series set in Alaska called "Men in Trees" and it was funny, warm, and she was the main character. A good little actress. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 (edited) Wrongfully convicted New York man Richard Rosario freed after 20 years Bronx man, who had 13 alibi witnesses, awarded $5m after conviction for fatal shooting of George Collazo in 1996 overturned Samira Asma-Sadeque Fri 12 Aug 2022 18.33 BST https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/12/richard-rosario-freed-wrongful-conviction-george-collazo Montenegro shooting leaves 12 dead including gunman Man opens fire at random in city of Cetinje, reportedly after a family dispute Staff and agencies in Cetinje Fri 12 Aug 2022 19.40 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/12/montenegro-shooting-dead-including-gunman-cetinje Montenegro used to be a region of fmr Yugoslavia and is currently a tax haven Edited August 13, 2022 by umbertino 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 13, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 13, 2022 I had babies in Germany 10 years apart. This is what I learned about healthcare, motherhood and race My son was born soon after we moved to Berlin to open a bookshop. Last year I had twins – and things went far less smoothly Sharmaine Lovegrove Sat 13 Aug 2022 07.00 BST https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/aug/13/had-babies-germany-10-years-apart-healthcare-motherhood-race-birth 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 Angela Rasmussen on Covid-19: ‘This origins discussion is the worst thing about Twitter’ Did Sars-CoV-2 emerge from a Huanan market stall or a lab? For the American virologist, who has been abused online for defending a ‘natural’ origin, the evidence is clear Sat 13 Aug 2022 18.00 BST Laura Spinney https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/13/angela-rasmussen-on-covid-19-this-origins-discussion-is-the-worst-thing-about-twitter 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 World's Oldest Cowboy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 14, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 14, 2022 AFRO CUBA LIBRE: A Mini-Documentary on Race in Cuba 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2022 Ecuador city declares state of emergency amid dramatic rise in gang bombings Gangs in Guayaquil use increasingly violent tactics in battle for dominance of cocaine trafficking routes to Europe and the US Dan Collyns Mon 15 Aug 2022 21.58 BST https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/aug/15/ecuador-state-emergency-guayaquil-rise-bombings-gangs-cocaine 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 16, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 16, 2022 17 jockeys, 3 laps and 70 seconds to win one of Italy's most intense rivalries - BBC...The tradition of the Palio in Siena, Tuscany, Italy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palio_di_Siena 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 17, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 17, 2022 Two Pennsylvania judges ordered to pay $200m to kids-for-cash scandal victims Mark Ciavarella and Michael Conahan accepted $2.8m in illegal payments to send children to for-profit jails Associated Press Wed 17 Aug 2022 15.30 BST https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/17/pennsylvania-judges-kids-for-cash-damages-ciavarella-conahan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 18, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 18, 2022 US student makes $110m profit trading meme stock Bed Bath & Beyond Jake Freeman, 20, amassed large stake in ailing US homeware retailer before its share price soared Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent Thu 18 Aug 2022 12.54 BST https://www.theguardian.com/money/2022/aug/18/us-student-bed-bath-beyond-shares-meme-stock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 Placido Domingo Linked to Sex Trafficking Investigation in Argentina "Placido didn't commit a crime, nor is he part of the organization, but rather he was a consumer of prostitution," a law enforcement official says of the 81-year-old opera star By Associated Press 08/18/22 https://www.billboard.com/business/legal/placido-domingo-argentina-sex-trafficking-ring-1235128515/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 19, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 19, 2022 Original Little Italy in NYC - Local's Perspective Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 Arkansas officers suspended after video shows suspect being beaten Three officers seen punching and kneeing, Randall Worcester, 27, in Mulberry, about 140 miles from Little Rock Associated Press in Mulberry Mon 22 Aug 2022 13.43 BST https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/aug/22/arkansas-officers-suspended-video-shows-suspect-beaten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 Europe put tax havens in the Caribbean – and now punishes them for it The EU’s tax haven and ‘dirty money’ blacklists discriminate against Caribbean countries and other poor nations while letting western nations off the hook Mon 22 Aug 2022 07.15 BST Kenneth Mohammed https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/aug/22/europe-put-tax-havens-in-the-caribbean-and-now-punishes-them-for-it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted August 22, 2022 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2022 Mohamed Ibrahim Warsame, one of Somalia’s greatest poets, dies aged 79 Somali social media has been flooded with tributes to the man better known as ‘Hadraawi’ Moulid Hujale Mon 22 Aug 2022 06.30 BST https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2022/aug/22/mohamed-ibrahim-warsame-hadraawi-somalia-greatest-poets Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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