Sydney mayor defends New Year’s fireworks despite protests
Sydney mayor defends New Year's fireworks despite protests
Clover Moore said the city's celebrations would "give hope to people" as bushfires rage.
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India cold wave: Delhi reels from coldest day in more than a century
India cold wave: Delhi reels from coldest day in more than a century
The maximum day temperature plummeted to 9.4C on Monday setting a new record for the chilliest day.
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Iraq Protesters Break Into U.S. Embassy Compound in Baghdad
Iraq Protesters Break Into U.S. Embassy Compound in Baghdad
Demonstrators marched on the compound, breached the outer wall and lit fires. Tensions are high after American airstrikes killed 24 members of an Iraqi militia backed by Iran.
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Australia fires live: two dead in Cobargo as NSW and Victoria face bushfires threat – latest updates
Australia fires live: two dead in Cobargo as NSW and Victoria face bushfires threat – latest updates
Conditions worsen with more than 4,000 on the beach at Mallacoota in Victoria after a devastating day yesterday and the death of a firefighter in New South Wales. Follow live news and latest updatesHow big are the fires burning in eastern Australia? Interactive map 5.47am GMTThere is an endless stream of jaw-dropping photos and videos on social media today.Another shocking picture of beautiful Cobargo taken by Niki Hutteman who stayed with others to fight the fire and saved a number of houses. #bushfirecrisis pic.twitter.com/SqKu94vMRtEMERGENCY WARNING - Clyde Mtn (Eurobodalla LGA)Dangerous fire conditions have been experienced across the south coast today. This footage shows the town ...
Boris Johnson to raise minimum wage by four times inflation
Boris Johnson to raise minimum wage by four times inflation
Employees over 25 will receive a 6.2% pay rise equating to £930 a year for full-time workerAlmost 3 million workers in Britain are to receive a pay rise of more than four times the rate of inflation from April, after the government said it would increase the official minimum wage.In an announcement designed to woo low-paid workers in the immediate aftermath of Boris Johnson’s election victory earlier this month, the government said the national living wage for over-25s would increase from £8.21 an hour to £8.72 from the start of April. Continue reading...
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MoD proposed Russian membership of Nato in 1995, files reveal
MoD proposed Russian membership of Nato in 1995, files reveal
Released papers expose ‘associate membership’ plan and Yeltsin’s drinking habitsRussia could have become an “associate member” of Nato 25 years ago if a Ministry of Defence proposal had gained support, according to confidential Downing Street files which also expose Boris Yeltsin’s drinking habits.The suggestion, aimed at reversing a century of east-west antagonism, is revealed in documents released on Tuesday by the National Archives at Kew. Continue reading...
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Australia fires: Thousands flee to the sea as fires race to coast
Australia fires: Thousands flee to the sea as fires race to coast
Two more deaths are confirmed as holidaymakers flee to the seafront to escape approaching fires
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Nissan’s ex-head Carlos Ghosn in surprise Lebanon arrival
Nissan's ex-head Carlos Ghosn in surprise Lebanon arrival
It is unclear how Carlos Ghosn left Japan where he was on bail pending trial on corruption charges.
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Australia: Volunteer firefighter killed by ‘freakish’ wind
Australia: Volunteer firefighter killed by 'freakish' wind
There are also concerns in Australia that "extraordinary fire behaviour" will increase the flames.
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Monsey stabbing: Journals of attacker ‘referenced Jews’
Monsey stabbing: Journals of attacker 'referenced Jews'
Grafton Thomas, accused of attempted murder, also allegedly made references to "Nazi culture".
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Sudan sentences 29 to death for teacher’s killing in custody
Sudan sentences 29 to death for teacher's killing in custody
The death penalty is given to intelligence agents who tortured a detained protester to death.
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CCTV shows narrow escape from tree in Turkey
CCTV shows narrow escape from tree in Turkey
No-one has been reported injured after a tree fell on the street.
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American Airstrikes Rally Iraqis Against U.S.
American Airstrikes Rally Iraqis Against U.S.
Iraqi leaders say the United States violated Iraqi sovereignty with attacks that killed 24 people in retaliation for the death of an American contractor.
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U.S. Intelligence Agencies Prepare to Pull Back Officers From Africa
U.S. Intelligence Agencies Prepare to Pull Back Officers From Africa
An expected withdrawal of military forces would lead the C.I.A. and other agencies to reduce their presence, leaving some officials and experts fearful of a gap in stopping terrorist threats.
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Carlos Ghosn, Fallen Nissan Boss, Has Unexpectedly Left Japan
Carlos Ghosn, Fallen Nissan Boss, Has Unexpectedly Left Japan
Mr. Ghosn had been arrested in November 2018, and was facing charges of financial wrongdoing in Japan.
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Suspect in Monsey Stabbings Searched Online for ‘Hitler,’ Charges Say
Suspect in Monsey Stabbings Searched Online for ‘Hitler,’ Charges Say
Officials said the suspect, who is charged with hate crimes, also expressed anti-Semitic views in his journal.
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Authorities Identify Victims and Gunman in Texas Church Shooting
Authorities Identify Victims and Gunman in Texas Church Shooting
The gunman was a drifter with an extensive criminal past that dated back more than a decade and included arrests for assault, battery and theft.
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Briton found guilty over Ayia Napa false rape claim
Briton found guilty over Ayia Napa false rape claim
Defence lawyers say 19-year-old woman was coerced into signing retraction by Cypriot policeA British woman has been found guilty of falsely accusing 12 Israeli men of gang-raping her while she was on holiday in Cyprus.The 19-year-old has been held on the island since July, first in a prison in Nicosia then in safe houses. She was forced to surrender her passport after she withdrew an accusation that the Israeli tourists raped her in her hotel room in the resort of Ayia Napa in July. Continue reading...
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Labour leadership contest: Corbyn should have kept fighting for remain, says Clive Lewis – live news
Labour leadership contest: Corbyn should have kept fighting for remain, says Clive Lewis - live news
Rolling coverage of the day’s political developments as they happen 11.53am GMTJeremy Corbyn is still leader of the Labour party. But in his Today interview this morning Clive Lewis was speaking about him in the past tense (“he was an authentic politician” - see 9.11am) and, in an interview on Sky News this morning, Frances O’Grady, the general secretary of the TUC, also spoke as if Corbyn had already gone. She said it was important for Labour to learn some “hard lessons” from its defeat, and to listen to the views of voters who did not support the party. She said:I think it’s important that the Labour party listens to the voters who switched t...
Australia fires: one firefighter killed as bushfires rip through four states
Australia fires: one firefighter killed as bushfires rip through four states
There are fears that many houses may have been lost on a horrific day in Victoria and Tasmania, with more extreme weather forecast for New Year’s EveOne firefighter has died and multiple properties are feared lost after terrifying bushfires driven by extreme weather conditions swept across four Australian states on Monday.The volunteer firefighter from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service died when a truck rolled near Jingellic, about 70km east of Albury, on the border with Victoria. The RFS said two trucks, including the one in which the firefighter died, had been overturned by high winds. Two others suffered burns in the crash. Continue reading...
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Zac Efron falls ill while filming reality show Killing Zac Efron
Zac Efron falls ill while filming reality show Killing Zac Efron
US actor hit by suspected typhoid while filming survival TV series in Papua New GuineaThe American actor Zac Efron has confirmed he recently fell ill while filming a survival reality TV show in Papua New Guinea.Australian media had reported that Efron, 32, was flown by helicopter for treatment in Australia after contracting a bacterial infection, possibly typhoid, while shooting the Killing Zac Efron series. Continue reading...
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He Jiankui, Chinese scientist who edited babies’ genes, jailed for three years
He Jiankui, Chinese scientist who edited babies' genes, jailed for three years
The biophysicist was guilty of illegal practice in trying to alter the genetic makeup of twins Lula and NanaThe scientist who created the world’s first “gene-edited” babies has been sentenced to to three years in prison by a court in China.He Jiankui said in November 2018 that he had used gene-editing technology known as Crispr-Cas9 to change the genes of twin girls, causing a backlash in China and globally about the ethics of his research and work. Continue reading...
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Australia fires worsen as every state hits 40C
Australia fires worsen as every state hits 40C
As the bushfires continue, mammoth blazes in Victoria are generating their own lightning.
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Sydney New Year’s Eve fireworks to go ahead despite protests
Sydney New Year's Eve fireworks to go ahead despite protests
A petition signed by more than 270,000 people had called for the fireworks display to be cancelled.
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China jails ‘gene-edited babies’ scientist for three years
China jails 'gene-edited babies' scientist for three years
He Jiankui said he altered the genes of a set of twins to try to give them protection against HIV.
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Texas church shooting: Two fatally shot before gunman killed by churchgoer
Texas church shooting: Two fatally shot before gunman killed by churchgoer
The gunman was also killed after a member of the congregation returned fire in the packed church.
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Moscow brings in artificial snow for New Year in mild winter
Moscow brings in artificial snow for New Year in mild winter
Artificial snow is dumped in central Moscow so that snowboarders can still have their fun.
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How Big Companies Won New Tax Breaks From the Trump Administration
How Big Companies Won New Tax Breaks From the Trump Administration
As the Treasury Department prepared to enact the 2017 Republican tax overhaul, corporate lobbyists swarmed — and won big.
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Rebecca Long-Bailey makes opening pitch for Labour leadership
Rebecca Long-Bailey makes opening pitch for Labour leadership
Shadow business secretary pledges in Guardian article to pursue ‘progressive patriotism’Rebecca Long-Bailey has made her opening pitch for the Labour leadership, avoiding any direct criticism of Jeremy Corbyn but implicitly offering an alternative approach by promising to champion “progressive patriotism”.In her first substantive comments on the election result, the party’s worst in terms of seats won since 1935, the shadow business secretary uses an article for the Guardian to say Labour’s “compromise solution” on Brexit was partly to blame, but that trust was also an issue. Continue reading...
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‘Remarkable’ high as Scottish temperature record is broken
'Remarkable' high as Scottish temperature record is broken
Overnight figure of 16.8C recorded, with parts of England and Wales also unusually mildNorthern Scotland registered a “remarkable” overnight temperature of 16.8C (62.2F) in the early hours of Sunday – a record high for this time of year.North-eastern England and northern Wales were also unusually warm, with 13.3C recorded in Chillingham Barns, Northumberland, and 11.5C in Rhyl. Continue reading...
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