Relief and new baby for asylum family of child suffocated in English Channel crossing
The Alhashemi family have spent the past 15 years moving around Europe in a state of legal limbo.
Rescuers desperately search for survivors of earthquake in the Philippines that killed at least 72 – KSL.com
- Rescuers desperately search for survivors of earthquake in the Philippines that killed at least 72 KSL.com
- In the Philippines, Search Teams Look for Survivors of Deadly Earthquake The New York Times
- 'It was love' - Philippine family mourns daughter who died saving kin in quake Reuters
- Death toll rises to 72 after powerful earthquake in Philippines Al Jazeera
- Philippines Hit by at Least 6 Aftershocks After Deadly 6.9 Earthquake Newsweek
Trump gives Qatar unprecedented security guarantee after Israeli attack – Axios
- Trump gives Qatar unprecedented security guarantee after Israeli attack Axios
- Trump commits US to defending Qatar’s security CNN
- Trump offers Qatar, which gave him a fancy plane, a NATO-like security guarantee MSNBC News
- New Trump executive order guarantees Qatar security after Israeli attack Al Jazeera
- Trump promises to defend Qatar in wake of Israeli missile strikes Politico
‘We only have the sea to live on’ – Senegal’s fishermen blame BP project for lack of fish
The huge off-shore facility run by BP means they now struggle to survive, the fishermen say.
Billionaire populist eyes power in Czech vote but may need help from extremes
Andrej Babis has been taking notes from the US Maga movement but he may need to partner with ultra-nationalists.
Perky Maxwell House viral ad takes on housing crisis as ‘Maxwell Apartment’
Historic US company also offering ‘12-month lease’ – an annual supply – of pre-ground coffee for under $40
Housing in the US has become so unaffordable that a coffee company has based a viral marketing campaign on the idea that almost nobody can afford to buy a house.
Maxwell House coffee, a 133-year-old brand, recently launched a marketing campaign rebranding themselves as “Maxwell Apartment Coffee”.
Continue reading...Israeli naval forces board pro-Palestinian flotilla 75 miles from Gaza
Greta Thunberg arrested and taken into custody after six of the flotilla’s boats were boarded
A number of boats from a pro-Palestinian flotilla have been boarded by Israeli forces roughly 75 miles off the coast of Gaza, as the vessels attempted to breach the maritime blockade of the war-torn territory and bring aid.
The raid began with the flotilla’s leading vessel, Alma, whose crew were detained by Israeli soldiers on Wednesday. A video from the Israeli foreign ministry showed the most prominent of the flotilla’s passengers, Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg, sitting on a deck surrounded by soldiers.
Continue reading...Musk becomes world’s first half-trillionaire
The rise has been driven by a sharp increase in the value of his electric car company Tesla.
Musk becomes world’s first half-trillionaire
The rise has been driven by a sharp increase in the value of his electric car company Tesla.
Trump signs order promising measures, including military, to defend Qatar
Text appears meant to assure the Qataris following Israel’s surprise attack on the country targeting Hamas leaders
Donald Trump has signed an executive order vowing to use all measures including US military action to defend the energy-rich nation of Qatar – though it remains unclear just what weight the pledge will carry.
The text of the order, available Wednesday on the White House’s website but dated Monday, appears to be another measure by Trump to assure the Qataris following Israel’s surprise attack on the country targeting Hamas leaders as they weighed accepting a ceasefire with Israel over the war in the Gaza Strip.
Continue reading...Trump FCC chair to reportedly testify to Senate panel after Kimmel suspension
Brendan Carr, who appeared to pressure broadcasters to take show off air, set to go before commerce committee
Brendan Carr, the pro-Trump chair of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has agreed to testify before the Senate commerce committee following Disney’s decision to take talkshow host Jimmy Kimmel off air temporarily, according to multiple reports.
Carr agreed to testify after speaking to committee chair Ted Cruz, Reuters reported, citing a source familiar with the matter on Wednesday, adding the date of the hearing has not been set but was expected after November. Semafor was the first to report on the hearing.
Continue reading...Nirvana again defeats alleged child sexual abuse image lawsuit over Nevermind cover
Spencer Elden, who was photographed as a baby and put on the cover of the 1991 album, has attempted to sue the band twice, claiming it constituted child sexual abuse
A federal judge again threw out a lawsuit by a man who accused grunge rock band Nirvana of distributing child sexual abuse images by using a photograph of him as a naked, swimming baby on the cover of its breakthrough 1991 album Nevermind.
US District Judge Fernando Olguin tossed out the lawsuit filed by plaintiff Spencer Elden for a second time after finding that no reasonable jury would consider the picture pornographic.
Continue reading...US citizen sues after twice being detained by immigration agents
US-born Leo Garcia Venegas says ‘I just want to work in peace’ after agents in Alabama said his ID card was fake
An Alabama construction worker and US citizen who says he was detained twice by immigration agents within just a few weeks has filed a lawsuit in federal court demanding an end to Trump administration workplace raids targeting industries with large immigrant workforces.
The class-action lawsuit, filed on Tuesday by Leo Garcia Venegas, a concrete worker, demands an end to what the firm calls “unconstitutional and illegal immigration enforcement tactics”.
Continue reading...‘A Deliberate Strike’ – Zelensky Accuses Russia of ‘Global Threat’ After Blackout at Chornobyl Nuclear Plant – Kyiv Post
- ‘A Deliberate Strike’ – Zelensky Accuses Russia of ‘Global Threat’ After Blackout at Chornobyl Nuclear Plant Kyiv Post
- Power Flowing to Chernobyl Nuclear Plant After Outage – Officials The Moscow Times
- Zelenskyy warns Russian drones endanger safety at Chernobyl and at Europe's biggest nuclear plant AP News
- Russia says external power needed for Ukraine nuclear plant cooled by emergency generators Reuters
- Ukraine’s Zelenskyy says situation ‘critical’ at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant Al Jazeera
Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson will appeal against her convictions, court told
Lawyers for Erin Patterson confirmed on Thursday that she would appeal against her convictions, after she was sentenced to life imprisonment last month
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Mushroom murderer Erin Patterson will appeal against her convictions, the Victorian supreme court has heard.
Patterson’s barrister, Richard Edney, confirmed she would appeal during a short hearing in Melbourne on Thursday morning.
Continue reading...Israel intercepts Gaza Sumud flotilla vessels: What we know so far
Global Sumud Flotilla had been pressing forward with its mission to break Israel's siege of Gaza.
Hurricane season brings financial fears in the Caribbean
As islands brace for this year's big storms, many homes don't have household insurance.
Corporate ‘middlemen’ mask who really profits from Australian fossil fuel projects, report warns
Nominee companies – paid to be listed as shareholders on behalf of unnamed investors – could be reducing accountability over financial support of industry
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Three global banks are being paid to obscure who profits from 51 fossil fuel projects in Australia that produce 22m tonnes of carbon emissions each year, according to new analysis.
An analyst who authored the report says it highlights a “massive problem” in Australia that could be reducing the amount of scrutiny investors face for financial support of the fossil fuel industry.
Continue reading...Israeli forces board Gaza flotilla, detain Greta Thunberg, other activists
At least six ships have been boarded by the Israeli navy so far and more interceptions are expected to take place.
Sunbeds should be banned in UK, skin cancer experts say
Campaigners urge ministers to close tanning salons across country over dangers posed by UV radiation
Sunbeds are so dangerous they should be banned in the UK, cancer experts and campaigners say.
They have urged ministers to order the closure of the thousands of tanning salons operating across Britain, using public funds to compensate owners if necessary.
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