Lawmaker ejected during Trump’s State of the Union address
Democrat Al Green was ejected from US President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address over protest sign.
Great Barrier Reef: World’s largest coral colony discovered off Australian coast by mother-daughter team – CNN
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- Citizen scientists discover a Great Barrier Reef coral giant ‘like a rolling meadow’ The Guardian
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Nepal’s rapper-mayor in pole position to become prime minister – Reuters
- Nepal's rapper-mayor in pole position to become prime minister Reuters
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Aid groups petition Israeli Supreme Court as Gaza, West Bank work ban nears
Israel has ordered 37 aid groups to halt operations in war-torn Gaza, as well as occupied West Bank and East Jerusalem.
Threat of further violence looms after Mexican cartel rampage
The BBC speaks to Guadalajara residents days after cartel members sought to avenge the killing of Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera.
FBI director’s private jet use delayed investigations, Democrat alleges
The allegations came days after Patel was seen celebrating in Italy with the men's USA hockey team after their Olympics win.
Anger over plans to abolish New Zealand’s dedicated environment ministry
Critics say proposal to fold department into a new ‘mega ministry’ will dilute accountability and put nature protections at risk
New Zealand’s government is seeking to abolish its dedicated environment ministry to cut down on bureaucracy, a move critics say could dilute environmental protections.
Under the plan, the department would be folded into a new “mega-ministry” that will cover housing, urban development, transport, local government and the environment.
Continue reading...Floods and landslides in Brazil kill at least 30 after record rainfall – The Guardian
- Floods and landslides in Brazil kill at least 30 after record rainfall The Guardian
- Floods and landslides in Brazil kill at least 25 BBC
- Hope Fades In Search For Missing After Deadly Brazil Rains Barron's
- At Least 30 Dead After ‘Massive Landslide’ Wipes Out Hillside Neighborhood as 39 People Remain Missing People.com
- At least 23 dead as heavy rains unleash floods in southeastern Brazil Al Jazeera
Drones hammer Sudan’s gold and oil zone – the pivotal new front line
Intensified attacks in the Kordofan region have led to mass casualties as peace remains elusive.
Western analysts say Russia is losing 50,000 soldiers a month. A Meduza investigation suggests those estimates are based on manipulated data. – Meduza
- Western analysts say Russia is losing 50,000 soldiers a month. A Meduza investigation suggests those estimates are based on manipulated data. Meduza
- Ukraine Battlefield Dead Could Reach 500,000 in Fifth Year, Estimates Suggest The New York Times
- How Russia’s fatalities compare with Ukraine’s The Economist
- Russian Offensive Hampered by Losses, Western Officials Say Bloomberg.com
- Struggling Russian army now losing troops faster than it can replace them Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Half of Britons avoid calling GP when they are ill, survey finds
Most believe they will struggle to get an appointment, with over a quarter choosing to manage ailment themselves
Almost half the public delay or avoid contacting their GP surgery when they are ill, mainly because they think they will struggle to get an appointment.
Overall 48% of people across the UK did not bother to ask their family doctor for help – either initially or at all – when they got sick over the past year, a survey found.
Faster access to GPs and A&E are the public’s top priorities for the NHS.
Only 32% believe the NHS provides a good service nationally.
42% think the standard of NHS care has worsened over the past year and only 12% think that it has improved.
47% fear NHS care will decline further over the next year and just 15% expect it to get better
Continue reading...Marco Rubio briefs US lawmakers on Iran as Trump uses State of the Union to threaten nuclear programme
Secretary of state makes rare briefing to so-called ‘gang of eight’ as US deploys largest force of aircraft and warships to Middle East since 2003
Marco Rubio delivered a rare briefing to top US lawmakers on Iran, just a few hours before Donald Trump used his State of the Union address to say that Tehran would never be allowed to develop nuclear weapons.
Amid the largest deployment of aircraft and warships to the Middle East since the 2003 buildup to the Iraq war, Trump said he wanted to solve the confrontation with Iran through diplomatic means while claiming that Tehran was seeking to develop ballistic missiles that could reach the US, without providing further details.
Continue reading...Political outsiders are up against Thailand’s powerful patronage system, defeated MP tells BBC – BBC
Political outsiders are up against Thailand’s powerful patronage system, defeated MP tells BBC
The People's Party’s hopes were dashed on the rocks of the old-style patronage networks which dominate provincial politics.
Floods and landslides in Brazil kill at least 30 after record rainfall
Firefighters search for 39 people missing in debris after river burst and houses were swept away
Three firefighters pulled a man’s body from the mud amid the rubble of houses swept away in a landslide in south-eastern Brazil, where 30 people died and 39 were still missing on Tuesday after torrential rains.
A river in the state of Minas Gerais burst its banks and streets became raging currents of brown water after an overnight downpour in a region that has seen record rain this month.
Continue reading...US congressman refuses to resign after allegations of affair with staffer
Republican Tony Gonzales allegedly pressured Regina Ann Santos-Aviles, who died by suicide, into sexual relationship
US congressman Tony Gonzales refused growing calls to resign from his fellow Republicans on Tuesday amid a furore over allegations that he had an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide.
Gonzales has been accused of sending sexually explicit text messages in which he appeared to pressure the senior staffer to share images of herself and, eventually, coerced her into a sexual relationship.
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Continue reading...Floods and landslides in Brazil kill at least 25
Hundreds of people have been displaced and dozens are missing, with rescue operations still ongoing in Juiz de Fora.
Russia opens probe of Telegram chief, claiming app has been used for terrorism – The Washington Post
- Russia opens probe of Telegram chief, claiming app has been used for terrorism The Washington Post
- Russia Moves Closer to Banning Telegram App, Saying It Foments Terrorism The New York Times
- Russia opens criminal case into Telegram founder Pavel Durov The Guardian
- Russia investigates Telegram founder Durov in a bid to subjugate the messaging app Reuters
- Russia launches terror probe into Telegram chief Pavel Durov politico.eu
Citizen scientists discover a Great Barrier Reef coral giant ‘like a rolling meadow’
Volunteer group Citizens of the Reef made the find as part of the Great Reef Census
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Citizen scientists have discovered what they believe is one of the largest coral colonies ever documented on the Great Barrier Reef.
The coral spans approximately 111 metres in maximum length and covers an estimated area of 3,973 sq m – about half the size of a soccer field.
Continue reading...Citizen scientists discover a Great Barrier Reef coral giant ‘like a rolling meadow’ – The Guardian
- Citizen scientists discover a Great Barrier Reef coral giant ‘like a rolling meadow’ The Guardian
- Great Barrier Reef: World’s largest coral colony discovered off Australian coast by mother-daughter team CNN
- Mother and daughter discover contender for world's largest known coral colony Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Citizen scientists find largest known coral on Great Barrier Reef Oceanographic Magazine
- Mother and daughter stumble upon a coral reef the size of a soccer field - Happy Mag