- Austria's rebel nuns refuse to give up Instagram to stay in their convent NPR
- 3 Rebel Nuns Can Stay in Abbey, if They Give Up Social Media The New York Times
- Austrian nuns win reprieve in abandoned convent - if they stay off social media BBC
- Elderly Austrian nuns who broke back into their convent will be allowed to stay. But there are conditions CNN
- Rebel nuns who ran away from care home could be allowed to stay in former convent NBC News
Two Met officers running spycops unit were ‘incredibly racist’, inquiry told
Undercover unit monitored Stephen Lawrence’s family, as well as thousands of mainly leftwing political activists
Two senior officers who supervised an undercover Scotland Yard unit spying on political campaigns were “horribly and incredibly” racist, a whistleblower has told a public inquiry.
Peter Francis, a former member of the unit, testified that one regularly used the “N-word”, while the other used a repertoire of explicit racist slurs.
Continue reading...Bangladesh court sentences UK MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in prison in absentia
MP for Hampstead and Highgate in London denies allegations and condemns ‘flawed and farcical’ trial
A court in Bangladesh has sentenced the British MP Tulip Siddiq to two years in jail after a judge ruled she was complicit in corrupt land deals with her aunt, the country’s deposed prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
In a ruling on Monday, a judge found Siddiq, the Labour MP for Hampstead and Highgate, guilty of misusing her “special influence” as a British politician to coerce Hasina into giving valuable pieces of land to her mother, brother and sister.
Continue reading...Manchester-London 7am ‘ghost train’ to carry passengers after outcry over regulator’s decision
Avanti service was to have been axed from mid-December but would have still run because of needs out of Euston
The express Manchester-London 7am Avanti service will take passengers after all, after the rail regulator conceded defeat in the face of public outcry over a ruling that would have left it running as an empty “ghost train” each day.
The 7am train, the only service linking the cities in under two hours, was set to be axed from the passenger table from mid-December – but would, as the Guardian reported on Saturday, have kept running empty from Piccadilly each day so it could run morning trains back out of Euston.
Continue reading...‘A big thank you to Indian and Pakistani armed forces’: Former Sri Lanka cricketer Angelo Mathews – Times of India
- 'A big thank you to Indian and Pakistani armed forces': Former Sri Lanka cricketer Angelo Mathews Times of India
- ‘We have to rebuild from scratch’: Sri Lankans relive the devastation of Cyclone Ditwah The Guardian
- Sri Lanka grapples with trauma, loss after deadly cyclone that killed hundreds Reuters
- Sri Lanka Declares ‘Largest’ Disaster as Cyclone Death Toll Rises to 355 The New York Times
- Sri Lanka declares state of emergency after floods leave hundreds dead and many missing BBC
Banquet, Bowie and football in upcoming German state visit – BBC
- Banquet, Bowie and football in upcoming German state visit BBC
- German president to visit Coventry cathedral ruins with wife BBC
- Royal ‘reconciliation’ with Germany amid the ruins of Coventry Cathedral The Telegraph
- German president's UK state visit will celebrate strategic ties and recall historic scars ABC News
- Revealed: The Princess of Wales and Prince William will play key roles in the upcoming German state visit Tatler
California police plead for details on shooting at child’s party with suspect unknown
Search continues after four people, including three children, were killed and 11 were injured in Stockton
Authorities in California urged witnesses of a deadly shooting at a child’s birthday party to come forward as the search for a suspect stretched into another day.
Three children ages eight, nine and 14 and a 21-year-old were killed on Saturday when gunfire broke out at a banquet hall in Stockton, in northern California. At least 100 people were gathered at the celebration, said the San Joaquin county sheriff, Patrick Withrow. Detectives believe the gunfire continued outside and there may have been multiple shooters.
Continue reading...Ukraine rejects Kazakhstan’s criticism over drone strike on Russian oil terminal – The Kyiv Independent
- Ukraine rejects Kazakhstan's criticism over drone strike on Russian oil terminal The Kyiv Independent
- Oil climbs more than 1% on OPEC action, Ukraine attack CNBC
- Oil Holds Gain as Traders Focus on Venezuela, Black Sea Outage Bloomberg.com
- Oil climbs over $1 a barrel on OPEC action, Ukraine attack Reuters
- Geopolitical Turmoil Supports Crude Oil The Wall Street Journal
OBR says inadvertent budget leak is ‘worst failure’ in its 15-year history
Investigation finds organisation’s leadership over many years was to blame for error, and similar breach happened earlier this year
Britain’s budget watchdog has said the early leak of its budget documents before Rachel Reeves made her speech was the “worst failure” in its 15-year history as it emerged a similar breach had occurred earlier this year.
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) said an investigation had found that the leadership of the organisation, over many years, was to blame for the early release of its Economic and Fiscal Outlook (EFO) document online nearly an hour before Reeves’s address last Wednesday.
Continue reading...Trump says he’ll release MRI results but has ‘no idea’ which body part was scanned
US president, who is 79, spoke about scan amid concerns over his cognitive abilities and mental fitness
Donald Trump said he will release the results of a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scan conducted during his surprise “semiannual physical” in October – but was unable to tell reporters what part of his body was under investigation.
The oldest-ever US president faced questions over the procedure on Air Force One as he traveled back to Washington DC on Sunday night after a Thanksgiving break in Florida. It is the latest episode of recurring concern about the cognitive abilities and mental fitness of the 79-year-old, who insisted he had “aced” earlier tests relating to his brain functioning.
Continue reading...Jamaica Secures a Package of US$6.7 Billion Over Three Years in International Support for Recovery and Reconstruction After Hurricane Melissa – International Monetary Fund
- Jamaica Secures a Package of US$6.7 Billion Over Three Years in International Support for Recovery and Reconstruction After Hurricane Melissa International Monetary Fund
- Jamaica rebuilds for resistance after Hurricane Melissa NPR
- 'I'm struck by the devastation and stoicism in Jamaica' BBC
- Jamaica secures $6.7bn for hurricane recovery and reconstruction plan Al Jazeera
- Neighbors In Need Midcoast Villager
Trump’s former lawyer Alina Habba serving unlawfully as US attorney, says appeals court
Habba disqualified from serving as New Jersey’s top federal prosecutor, appeals court says
Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer Alina Habba, whom his administration has maneuvered to keep in place as New Jersey top federal prosecutor, is disqualified from serving in the role, an appeals court said Monday.
A panel of judges from the third US circuit court of appeals sitting in Philadelphia sided with a lower court judge’s ruling after hearing oral arguments at which Habba herself was present on 20 October.
Continue reading...Josh Brolin on Donald Trump: ‘There’s no greater genius than him in marketing’
The actor met the future president while making Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps, and says he is ‘not scared’ of him
Actor Josh Brolin says President Trump was a “different guy” when he first met him in 2009, and that “there is no greater genius than [Trump] in marketing”.
Brolin was speaking to the Independent to promote his new film Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery and said that while his clergyman character was not based on the president, there was a similarity in that once he “garners a sense of power, then there are no boundaries”.
Continue reading...Teacher with Newborn Baby Admits Having Sex with Student, 15, Asking Him to Lie on Stand: Court – TooFab
- Teacher with Newborn Baby Admits Having Sex with Student, 15, Asking Him to Lie on Stand: Court TooFab
- Teacher with 8-week-old baby pleads guilty to having sex with her student, 15 New York Post
- Australian Teacher With 8-Week-Old Baby Pleads Guilty To Sexually Assaulting 15-Year-Old Student Yahoo
- Weeks After Giving Birth, Teacher Admits to Sexually Abusing a 15-Year-Old Student People.com
- Female teacher, 37, had sex with pupil, 15, multiple times as 'toy' text emerges Daily Star
Five South Africans in court over alleged recruitment for Russia’s war in Ukraine
Suspects arrested after tipoff over accusation that 17 South Africans were tricked on to frontlines of the conflict
Five South Africans have appeared in court on charges relating to recruitment and fighting for Russia in its war with Ukraine, amid allegations that 17 South Africans had been tricked on to the frontlines of the conflict.
A female suspect was arrested on Thursday on her return to South Africa at OR Tambo international airport outside Johannesburg, police said. Three suspects were arrested at the airport on Friday and another on Saturday.
Continue reading...Swiss prosecutors file charges against Credit Suisse and UBS over ‘tuna bonds’ scandal
Banks accused of ‘organisational deficiencies’ relating to scam that crashed Mozambique economy nearly a decade ago
Switzerland’s federal prosecutor has filed charges against the failed bank Credit Suisse and its new owner, UBS, over the long-running “tuna bonds” loan scandal that crashed Mozambique’s economy nearly a decade ago.
The Swiss attorney general said on Monday that it had brought money-laundering charges against an unnamed employee of Credit Suisse, but was also taking action against the lender and its rival-turned-owner UBS.
Continue reading...Third Tanker Carrying Russian Oil Hit by Explosions – The Moscow Times
- Third Tanker Carrying Russian Oil Hit by Explosions The Moscow Times
- Ukraine hits tankers in Black Sea in escalation against Russia BBC
- Third Russia-Linked Oil Tanker Suffers Explosions at Sea Bloomberg.com
- Ukraine says it hit Russian ‘shadow fleet’ tankers with underwater drones in Black Sea CNN
- Ukraine hits two Russian 'shadow fleet' oil tankers with naval drones NBC News
Why Greece is now the world’s best place to retire – CNN
- Why Greece is now the world’s best place to retire CNN
- The World’s Top Retirement Destination—And How Americans Can Move There Newsweek
- 10 Budget-Friendly Asian Countries Where Your Money Goes Further for Retirees and Others Investopedia
- This Country Was Just Named the No. 1 Place to Retire for Health Care, Affordability, and Weather Travel + Leisure
- Where to Retire Now: Global Retirement Index 2025 Rankings Unpacked Dubai Chronicle
EU’s climate funds risk being used for dirty projects, experts say – Euronews.com
- EU's climate funds risk being used for dirty projects, experts say Euronews.com
- EU lines up 100 hydrogen pipeline, storage and electrolyser projects for multi-billion-euro pot of funding Hydrogen Insight
- EC assigns status of Project of Mutual Interest (PMI) to Black Sea Submarine Electric Cable (BSSC) Project 1TV.GE
- CEF Energy: Connecting Europe for an Affordable, Secure and Green Future European Climate, Infrastructure and Environment Executive Agency
- Italy's Snam wins EU backing for hydrogen pipeline and CO2 storage Reuters
Victoria could become first Australian state to ban unnecessary surgery on intersex children
Exclusive: Legislation would prohibit deferrable, irreversible procedures until child can give informed consent, bringing state in line with ACT
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Victoria will become the first Australian state to ban unnecessary surgeries on intersex children, with legislation to be introduced to parliament to ensure procedures are deferred until patients are old enough to consent to them.
The health minister, Mary-Anne Thomas, will on Tuesday introduce the health safeguards for people born with variations in sex characteristics bill, which if passed would prohibit deferrable, irreversible procedures and treatments on intersex infants and children until they can provide informed consent.
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