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Monday, August 31, 2020
Maltese journalist was killed over reporting on power plant, say police - Police believe that the anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed for what she was about to reveal about a government-sponsored power station deal, a court in Malta has heard.
Satellite images show rapid growth of glacial lakes worldwide - Number of glacial lakes rose by 53% in 1990-2018 to reveal impact of increased meltwater
Sunday, August 30, 2020
An ultra-conservative French magazine prompted outrage on Saturday by portrayed a Black female lawmaker as a slave in chains, earning condemnation nationwide as well as from French President Emmanuel Macron
Scottish Tory leader would vote against UK import of chlorinated chicken from US - Ross said the UK government was listening to complaints from the National Farmers Union (NFU), which has a strong presence in his rural constituency of Moray and fears a US trade deal would threaten food standards.
UK Government plans for private sector market in helicopter search-and-rescue branded ‘shocking’: Ministers have been accused of “obsession” with the free market after they unveiled plans to introduce private sector competition into the UK’s helicopter search-and-rescue service.
Boris Johnson faces Tory wrath as party slumps in shock poll: Boris Johnson is facing a showdown with furious UK Conservative MPs over his government’s chaotic handling of Covid-19, as a new poll shows the Tories have surrendered a massive lead over Labour in just five months.
Spain arrests pandemic-denier who wrote 'covidiots' deserved 'to die'. Police say he also posed as a public official in telephone calls to nursing homes, hospitals, football clubs and the media to spread false data about the pandemic in Spain.
Saturday, August 29, 2020
Rare and valuable plants that naturally “mine” large quantities of nickel are thought to be hiding in Indonesia’s forests – but it is a race to discover them before they are wiped out.
The Italian Coastguard has evacuated 49 migrants from a rescue ship in the Mediterranean, funded by the British artist Banksy, about 12 hours after it called for help.
German lawmakers urge pressure on China -The Chinese foreign minister is visiting Berlin next week for talks. A cross-party group of MPs want Foreign Minister Heiko Maas to bring up issues such as the Uighur internment camps and "aggressive" foreign policy.
Boris Johnson accused of ‘threatening’ workers back to offices without science to back up plan: The UK government has been accused of “abdicating responsibility” for making workplaces safe before urging people back to offices, ahead of the launch of a publicity campaign aimed at reducing homeworking
Friday, August 28, 2020
Protesters threw stones at police and burned tyres in southern Sweden late on Friday, hours after an anti-Muslim Danish politician was blocked from attending a Koran-burning rally nearby. About 300 people were on the streets of Malmo with violence escalating as the evening wore on
Turkey: Human rights lawyer Ebru Timtik has died of a hunger strike she launched in prison to demand a fair trial for herself and colleagues. She had been fasting for 238 days.
China's European charm offensive disrupted by activists - A network of Hong Kong pro-democracy activists have disrupted a week-long European charm offensive by Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi, by demanding European leaders raise human rights.
481 and counting: Norway’s whaling catch hits four-year high. Norway continues its commercial whaling operation despite the International Whaling Commission placing a global moratorium on commercial whaling in 1982.
China blamed for Canada’s multimillion-dollar coronavirus vaccine deal collapse: This week Canada’s National Research Council announced it has abandoned its partnership with Chinese company CanSino Biologics, because China’s government continues to block shipments of vaccine materials to Canada.
Tahiti court fines owner of an abandoned Taiwanese fishing boat in French Polynesia almost $US 10 million for failing to comply with environmental standards.
Thursday, August 27, 2020
Anti-gay street preachers in Vancouver break leg of man challenging them. Possible hate crime charges coming | "I stood up to anti-gay evangelical bullies in the West End, and they purposefully broke my leg for the trouble...I’m going to have metal plates in my leg for the rest of my life"
Teachers at international schools in Hong Kong warned classrooms no longer safe space for discussion as Beijing ramps up restrictions across education sector. Internal guidance delivered to international schools show students are being told not to discuss politically sensitive assignments publicly.
Wednesday, August 26, 2020
Fourteen alleged accomplices in the 2015 jihadist attacks on the Charlie Hebdo satirical weekly and a Jewish supermarket go on trial next Wednesday more than half-a-decade after days of bloodshed that still shock France
Topless sunbathing defended by French interior minister. France's interior minister has defended topless sunbathing after police asked a group of women on a Mediterranean beach to cover up.
Tuesday, August 25, 2020
Where the Pandemic Is Cover for Authoritarianism. In Hong Kong and around the world, public-health concerns are being used to excuse extraordinary overreach.
'I'd Like to Punch You in the Mouth.' Brazil’s far-right president Jair Bolsonaro threatened to punch a reporter in the face on Sunday after he asked a question about mystery payments made to Brazil’s first lady by a long-time family associate under investigation for corruption.
Monday, August 24, 2020
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