Millicent Fawcett: Statue of suffragist to be unveiled in London
Some U.S. allies caught in crossfire of sanctions on Russian arms
Crossing Divides: How running is uniting old and young
US and North Korea expectations over denuclearization appear to collide
Signs that the US and North Korea interpretations are worlds apart as Kim Jong-un pledges to keep his country’s arsenal for generations
US and North Korean expectations for a summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un appear set on a collision course after the North Korean leader pledged to keep his country’s nuclear arsenal for generations.
Over the weekend, Trump celebrated the North Korean announcement that it would suspend nuclear and intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) testing, closing down its nuclear test site, as a big diplomatic victory.
Continue reading...Karaoke bar fire kills 18 in southern China
Driver kills nine, injures 16 plowing van into Toronto sidewalk crowd
MPs announce hand car-wash ‘slavery probe’
Border Patrol agent found not guilty of murder in Mexican teen’s 2012 death
Almost six years after José Antonio Elena Rodríguez died in a cross-border shooting, activists condemn a US jury’s ‘inconceivable’ finding
José Antonio Elena Rodríguez was on Calle Internacional, four blocks from his home in Nogales, when 16 shots punctured the night. Ten bullets struck him, eight in the back, two in the head. He died where he fell.
The 16-year-old was not a victim of street crime. All the shots came from the United States, from the gun of a Border Patrol agent aiming through the fence which separates Arizona from Mexico.
Continue reading...Britain’s Fat Fight: Why we’re losing
Where have the UK’s 10,000 Syrian refugees gone?
In pictures: Sophie Raworth and the 150-mile desert ultra-marathon
Listening to your heartbeat can help with your feelings
Horses ‘fly-tipped and left to die’, says RSPCA
How bacteria are changing your mood
Parents facing ‘unfair child abuse claims’ over bruising
Food bank charity gives record level of supplies
Peru judge orders two arrested for allegedly lynching Canadian
Toronto van incident – in pictures
Nine people have been killed and at least 16 injured, several of them seriously, after a van jumped a kerb in a northern suburb of Toronto and ran into a crowd of pedestrians
Continue reading...Driver kills nine, injures 16 ploughing van into Toronto sidewalk crowd
Peru judge orders two arrest for allegedly lynching Canadian
Toronto police officer single-handedly arrests van driver suspect – video
WARNING: this video contains scenes some viewers may find distressing.
Video taken by bystanders shows the standoff between the suspected perpetrator of Monday's attack in Toronto and a police officer. The officer warns the suspect to get down or he will be shot. The suspect, who points an object at the officer, later complies and is arrested without shots being fired.
Toronto van incident – follow the latest live updates
Continue reading...Migrant ‘caravan’ that angers Trump nears U.S.-Mexico border
George HW Bush hospitalized with blood infection day after wife’s funeral
Former US president admitted to Houston hospital a day after funeral for Barbara Bush, but spokesman says he appears to be recovering
The former US president George HW Bush has been admitted to a Houston hospital after contracting an infection that spread to his blood, a family spokesman said on Monday.
Bush, 93, was admitted to Houston Methodist hospital on Sunday, a day after a funeral was held for his wife, Barbara Bush, a spokesman Jim McGrath said.
Continue reading...Banking royal commission: NAB on the stand as politicians urge ‘patience’ – live
Senior NAB executive Andrew Hagger continues his evidence about financial planners. Mathias Cormann says banks should not be judged hastily. Follow the day’s testimony live …
Hello, and welcome to another day at the financial services royal commission. It’s the National Australia Bank under the spotlight again today. We’re expecting senior NAB executive Andrew Hagger will continue his evidence, after admitting on Monday that NAB financial advisers engaged in improper or dishonest conduct.
The inquiry is currently looking at how NAB advisers incorrectly witnessed binding beneficiary nomination forms for superannuation funds. Their actions may have affected the validity of the forms for about 2,500 customers. Customer signatures were forged, customers were impersonated, and unauthorised withdrawals were made from their accounts.
Continue reading...G7 foreign ministers condemn Russian behaviour, says it impedes cooperation
Labour election candidate facing calls to stand down
The female boxer with cerebral palsy
Co-living in London: Friendship, fines and frustration
FIFA planning special meeting to discuss new competitions
Royal baby: How the day unfolded
Retail woes force hundreds of store closures
New funding of £2.5m for next phase of Gaelic dictionary
Loneliness linked to major life setbacks for millennials, study says
Lonely millennials found to be more likely to have mental health problems and be out of work
Lonely millennials are more likely to have mental health problems, be out of work and feel pessimistic about their ability to succeed in life than their peers who feel connected to others, regardless of gender or wealth, research has revealed.
Loneliness should be taken seriously as a potential marker for other problems, the team behind the study say, though it is not clear whether loneliness is behind the other problems or instead caused by them.
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Continue reading...Loneliness linked to major life setbacks for millennials, study says
Lonely millennials found to be more likely to have mental health problems and be out of work
Lonely millennials are more likely to have mental health problems, be out of work and feel pessimistic about their ability to succeed in life than their peers who feel connected to others, regardless of gender or wealth, research has revealed.
Loneliness should be taken seriously as a potential marker for other problems, the team behind the study say, though it is not clear whether loneliness is behind the other problems or instead caused by them.
Continue reading...Fatberg ‘autopsy’ reveals growing health threat to Londoners
Potentially deadly bacteria thriving in huge clots of waste in sewers, Channel 4 study shows
Fatbergs, the congealed mass of fat and discarded items that are increasingly blocking Britain’s sewers, are the consequence of the plastic crisis in Britain and contain potentially deadly antibiotic-resistant bacteria, tests show.
A study by Channel 4 in conjunction with Thames Water has analysed the contents of one supersize fatberg discovered underneath the streets of South Bank in central London.
Continue reading...Students take court action over hours lost during strike
Fourteen days of teaching were lost during dispute over plans to overhaul pensions provision
More than 1,000 students have signed up to a lawsuit seeking compensation for lost teaching hours during recent strike action by university staff, which could cost universities millions of pounds.
Students from institutions including Oxford, Cambridge, Bristol and Manchester have joined the case, which could become the largest of its kind in the UK.
Continue reading...People with ‘nowhere else to turn’ fuel rise in food bank use – study
Trussell Trust says it gave out a record 1.3m food parcels last year, up 13% on 2016-17
Vulnerable people left with “nowhere else to turn” after experiencing problems with universal credit helped fuel a big increase in food bank use over the past year, according to the Trussell Trust.
The UK’s biggest food bank network, whose annual figures provide a broad index of social hardship, gave out a record 1.3m food parcels to an estimated 666,000 people in 2017-18, up 13% on the previous year.