Women's boxing was banned in England for 116 years. This weekend, Katie Taylor will headline at Madison Square Garden. This is the story of the sport's rise - and one woman who made all the difference.
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Saturday 30 April 2022
A small group of women and children has made it out of Mariupol’s Azovstal steel plant.
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NSW flood victims kicked out of caravan parks to make way for tourists
More than a month after homes were destroyed by the deluge, thousands of northern rivers’ residents still struggle to find secure accommodation
Flood victims in New South Wales’ northern rivers say they are still struggling to find accommodation, as some are kicked out of caravan parks to make way for tourists.
Linda Barney, 69, and her husband, Bob, lost everything in the floods. Their house in Coraki is destroyed and they are not sure when they will be able to return to it.
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Mariupol civilians leave besieged Azovstal steelworks
Despite an order from Vladimir Putin to completely seal off the area, 20 civilians escape Azovstal.
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Sri Lanka hikes price of medicines 40% amid economic crisis
Prices rise 40% as an economic crisis bites, leaving some Sri Lankans cutting short treatments.
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Friday 29 April 2022
Residents take stock after missile strikes hit a residential area of central Kyiv.
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An Artist Shines Light on the Black Aristocracy
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To Tackle Student Debt, Fix Ineffective Colleges
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May Vocabulary Challenge: Write a Story Using Our Words of the Day
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Russia-Ukraine war: catch up on this week’s must-read news and analysis
Russia turns off the gas, fears Moldova could be pulled into the war, and on the ground in Zaporizhzhia
Every week we wrap up the must-reads from our coverage of the Ukraine war, from news and features to analysis, visual guides and opinion.
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Love Letter: Smiling, Remembering the Bad Times
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Thursday 28 April 2022
Holland Taylor Plays Ann Richards One Last Time
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Ukraine names 10 Russian soldiers in alleged human rights abuses in Bucha
Prosecutor general Iryna Venediktova says ‘more than 8,000 cases’ of suspected war crimes identified
Ukraine’s prosecutor general has named 10 Russian soldiers allegedly involved in human rights abuses during the month-long occupation of Bucha.
Iryna Venediktova also told German TV that that Ukranian investigators had identified “more than 8,000 cases” of suspected war crimes since Russia’s invasion, which included accusations of “killing civilians, bombing of civilian infrastructure, torture” and “sexual crimes”.
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Ukraine war: UN chief admits Security Council has failed
António Guterres criticises his organisation's Security Council, saying it failed to prevent or end the war.
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Russian forces still face logistical challenges in their offensive, a Pentagon official says.
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Tories ‘bending the rules’ after missing deadline for publishing Lebedev advice
Not releasing MI5 advice on granting peerage makes government look like it has something to hide, Labour says
Ministers have been accused of “bending the rules to dodge scrutiny” after Downing Street missed the deadline for publishing the security advice it received about granting Evgeny Lebedev a peerage.
MPs voted last month for the material to be released after reports that MI5 raised security concerns when the Evening Standard owner and son of a KGB officer was nominated by Boris Johnson to join the House of Lords in March 2020.
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Wednesday 27 April 2022
Western war aims are growing. But how much more will Nato commit to Ukraine?
Analysis: While the west toughens its stance over Putin’s invasion, it is rejecting his foreign minister’s claim that Nato is in a proxy war with Russia
Step by step, the west’s war aims are expanding. What began as an effort to supply “defensive weapons” to Ukraine has evolved into an attempt to provide heavier weaponry. This week Germany and the UK agreed to supply armoured anti-aircraft artillery vehicles to keep Russia’s air force at bay.
On Monday Lloyd Austin, the US defence secretary, said the west’s goal was to “weaken Russia” to the point where it could no longer invade or threaten its neighbours.
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MPs criticise ‘top-down’ approach to UK-US trade talks
Fears grow in UK that any proposals could downgrade workers’ rights despite assurances on both sides
Britain’s trade talks with the US are moving ahead with only “minimal” input from workers, small businesses and thinktanks, according to MPs who accused the UK trade secretary, Anne-Marie Trevelyan, of shielding her department from outside scrutiny.
Conservative and Labour MPs on the trade select committee also said scrutiny of a deal struck with Australia and New Zealand was in danger of being “rushed through” parliament before they could make an assessment of its impact on imports and exports to and from the Commonwealth countries.
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Minneapolis Officers Found to Engage in Racist Policing
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Russia accused of blackmail after gas supplies to Poland and Bulgaria halted
EU hits out at move that Kremlin says is response to countries’ failure to pay in roubles
Europe appears to be on the brink of an energy crisis that could further drive up household bills after Russia halted gas supplies to two EU countries and threatened others, in a move condemned by European leaders as blackmail.
The immediate consequence of Gazprom’s decision to stop supply to Poland and Bulgaria while warning other nations opposed to Russia’s war in Ukraine that they could soon be hit was a 20% rise in the wholesale gas price.
In an address in St Petersburg, Vladimir Putin said any countries attempting to interfere in Ukraine or creating “unacceptable strategic threats for us” would be met with a “lightning-fast” response from Moscow. He claimed he had “all the tools for this – ones that no one can brag about … We will use them if needed. And I want everyone to know this. We have already taken all the decisions on this.”
The UN secretary general, António Guterres, arrived in Ukraine committing to evacuate civilians and seek a diplomatic way to end the war, after his controversial meeting with Putin and the Russian foreign minister, Sergei Lavrov, in Moscow on Tuesday.
Serhiy Volyna, the acting commander of the 36th marine brigade in the besieged port city of Mariupol, said hundreds of civilians including children were living in unsanitary conditions and running out of food and water.
The interior ministry of Moldova’s breakaway region of Transnistria issued a statement claiming it had come under attack from Ukraine, raising fears that the country would now be dragged into active conflict.
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Tuesday 26 April 2022
Twitter takeover: EU and UK warn Elon Musk must comply or face sanctions
EU commissioner raises hate speech concerns as UK draws attention to penalties in online safety bill
The UK and EU have warned that Twitter must comply with new content rules or face sanctions that range from fines to a total ban, as concerns were raised that hate speech will increase on the platform under the ownership of Elon Musk.
The world’s richest man has agreed a $44bn (£34bn) deal to buy the social media network, which will hand control of a platform with 217 million users to a self-confessed “free speech absolutist”.
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Ros Atkins on… Finland, Nato and Russia
Ros Atkins looks why Nato’s border with Russia looks likely to expand significantly, as both Finland and Sweden consider applying to join the alliance.
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The maker of Ray-Ban sunglasses has sued JPMorgan over $272 million in fraudulent payments.
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UN ready to evacuate people from Mariupol, says chief in Moscow visit
António Guterres meets Putin and Lavrov but Kyiv says he should have come to Ukraine first
The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, has told Russia’s foreign minister on Tuesday he is ready to fully mobilise the UN’s resources to evacuate people from the besieged Ukrainian city of Mariupol amid criticism of his role in the crisis.
“Thousands of civilians are in dire need of lifesaving humanitarian assistance, and many have evacuated,” he said, adding he had come as a messenger of peace.
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Why are Sudan's Janjaweed on the attack again in Darfur?
Two decades since the conflict began, deadly raids by Arab militia are becoming more frequent.
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Monday 25 April 2022
Pentagon chief’s Russia remarks show shift in US’s declared aims in Ukraine
Defense secretary Lloyd Austin said he ‘wants to see Russia weakened’ – a sign Washington now defines its goals differently
The US defense secretary’s declaration that Washington wanted to see Russia weakened militarily and unable to recover quickly, marks a shift in Washington’s declared aims underlying its military support for Ukraine.
At a press conference in Poland after a surprise visit to Kyiv, Lloyd Austin was asked if he would now define US goals differently from those set out after the Russian invasion. In response, he started out with the established administration line about helping Ukraine retain its sovereignty and defend its territory.
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Elon Musk strikes deal to buy Twitter for $44bn
Mr Musk, who made the shock bid just over a week ago, said he would "unlock" the social media firm's potential.
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Texas Court Halts Execution of Hispanic Mother
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Investigation opened into claims of abuse on Dutch version of The Voice
Accusations of ‘sexually transgressive behaviour’ and abuse of power cast shadow over original version of popular talent show
Dutch prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into sexual abuse allegations around the talent show The Voice of Holland, saying four suspects are under investigation.
Accusations of “sexually transgressive behaviour” and abuse of power rocked the Netherlands in January, in the country’s first major #MeToo scandal.
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Ukraine: Facing the Russian Army on the frontline in Donbas
Ukrainian forces have been holding the line in Donbas since 2014, but what was sporadic fighting has now turned into a full-blown war.
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Sunday 24 April 2022
France election: 'Many voted to build a barricade against the far-right', says Macron
After becoming the first French president re-elected in 20 years, Emmanuel Macron told supporters he was "the president of all."
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The U.S. keeps a wary eye on the French elections.
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What’s in Emmanuel Macron’s intray after his re-election as French president?
Macron faces a second term at least as challenging as his first, if not more so
Assured of another five years in the Élysée after beating his far-right rival, Marine Le Pen, on Sunday, Emmanuel Macron faces a second term at least as challenging as his first, if not more so. Here we look at some of the key challenges and priorities of the re-elected president:
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Turbulence or tradition? What to expect once the election ends.
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What’s next for Marine Le Pen?
Far-right leader hails ‘victory in itself’ and vows to fight on after winning more than 40% of the vote
It was third time unlucky for Marine Le Pen, who failed to convince French voters to elect her president on Sunday.
She detoxified her far-right National Rally party and threw out the Holocaust denying, xenophobic thugs – including her own father – softened her image with stories of how much she adores her cats and appeared on television with reassuring smiles and a wardrobe of soothingly neutral coloured clothes.
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Saturday 23 April 2022
Ukraine will ask US for more heavy weapons to defeat Russia, Zelenskiy says
President tells press conference he will meet with US secretary of state and defence secretary on Sunday
Ukraine will ask the US for more heavy weapons to defeat Russia, Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday, before what he said was a “very significant” visit to Kyiv by the US secretary of state and defence secretary on Sunday.
The Ukrainian president said the US and UK had provided his embattled country with the “best military support” since Vladimir Putin’s invasion two months ago. He said he would present an “armaments list” to the Biden administration on Sunday, in order to thwart Russia’s ongoing attempt to seize the Donbas region.
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The moderates in the NSW Liberals are in a fight they never wanted over Katherine Deves
Analysis: With debate over the candidate for Warringah continuing, party divisions pave way for difficult year ahead
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For two weeks, moderates within the New South Wales Liberal party have been asking the same question: why did the prime minister pick lightning rod candidate Katherine Deves in Warringah?
To be crystal clear, no one in the party thought Warringah was winnable. The Liberals went through a laundry list of potential candidates, including two former state premiers – Gladys Berejiklian and Mike Baird – in a bid to find a star to unseat independent Zali Steggall. None of them wanted it.
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Homes For Ukraine whistleblower says UK refugee scheme is ‘designed to fail’
Worker claims confused staff are ‘making up response’ to applications and visas are withheld to keep numbers down
A whistleblower working on Britain’s Homes for Ukraine scheme has revealed that he and his colleagues “don’t know what we’re doing”, and claims the scheme has been “designed to fail” in order to limit numbers entering the UK.
Amid criticism over the numbers of Ukrainians so far allowed to come to the UK, the insider revealed that confusion, poor morale and lack of guidance meant staff contracted to the scheme frequently resorted to “making up” their response to cases.
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Friday 22 April 2022
Russian commander suggests plan is for permanent occupation of south Ukraine
Rustam Minnekayev speaks of aim for land corridor to Crimea, despite Putin’s earlier claims
A senior Russian military commander has said the goal of Russia’s new offensive is to seize control of southern Ukraine and form a land bridge to Crimea, indicating that Russia plans a permanent occupation of Ukrainian territory taken in the war.
Rustam Minnekayev, acting commander of the central military district, also told members of a defence industry forum on Friday that control over southern Ukraine would give Russia access to Transnistria, a pro-Russian breakaway region of Moldova, indicating that Russia may attack the port city of Odesa or launch an economic blockade of the area.
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R. O. Blechman: ‘April Was Not Cruel to T.S. Eliot’
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Somalia: At least six killed in Mogadishu attack near beach
The attack reportedly happened near a beach in the capital, Mogadishu.
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For France’s Muslims, a Choice Between Lesser Evils in Presidential Vote
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Marjorie Taylor Greene: I did not call for violent capitol insurrection
Georgia Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene is on trial for allegedly violating a Civil War era law.
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Thursday 21 April 2022
The 2020 Census Says Some People Live Underwater. There’s a Reason.
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Routine Childhood Vaccinations in the U.S. Slipped During the Pandemic
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Deborah Birx’s Excruciating Story of Donald Trump’s Covid Response
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The U.S. is extending a vaccine rule for international travelers at its land borders.
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Prospect of Russia using nuclear arms in Ukraine fuels Finland’s Nato debate
Foreign minister Pekka Haavisto says Finns ‘on the streets’ are concerned with nuclear question
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The prospect of Russia using nuclear weapons in Ukraine is a key factor behind Finland’s debate over whether to join Nato, the country’s foreign minister has said.
Pekka Haavisto is having a busy few weeks. As Finland’s foreign minister, Haavisto, 64, may soon oversee the biggest political shift the country has experienced since it joined the EU almost three decades ago. “Finland is currently making its choices. And among those choices, Nato membership is one,” Haavisto told the Guardian in an interview on Thursday.
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Mariupol: Satellite images suggest mass graves dug near besieged city
The satellite images suggest more than 200 bodies could be there, as Ukraine accuses Russian troops of mass killings.
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Wednesday 20 April 2022
A German software giant is unplugging its Russia business.
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UK will ‘reform’ Northern Ireland protocol if EU will not, says Rees-Mogg
Brexit opportunities minister raises possibility of dramatic intervention after Stormont assembly elections
The UK will “reform” the Northern Ireland Brexit protocol if the EU will not, Jacob Rees-Mogg has warned, raising the possibility of a dramatic intervention after the assembly elections in a fortnight’s time.
The Brexit opportunities minister said he could not reveal any more due to the sensitivities of the Stormont election in Northern Ireland, where tensions have flared over the protocol.
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Ukrainian commander in Mariupol says forces ‘facing last days, if not hours’
Marine commander appeals for help as another Russian ultimatum calling for remaining troops in city to surrender expires
A Ukrainian marine commander fighting in Mariupol has said his forces are “maybe facing our last days, if not hours”, as another Russian ultimatum to the remaining Ukrainian troops in the besieged port city to surrender or die expired with no mass capitulation.
“The enemy is outnumbering us 10 to one,” Serhiy Volyna, a commander from the 36th separate marine brigade, said in a video message posted on Facebook. “We appeal and plead to all world leaders to help us. We ask them to use the procedure of extraction and take us to the territory of a third-party state.”
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Ukraine war: Holocaust survivor aged 91 among Mariupol's civilian dead - reports
The woman reportedly died in a basement more than 80 years after surviving the city's Nazi occupiers.
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Tuesday 19 April 2022
Chaos at Rikers Could Lead to Federal Court Control, U.S. Attorney Says
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Family of captive Briton tell of distress at seeing him on Russian TV
Aiden Aslin’s relatives say he is speaking under duress and was legitimate combatant with Ukraine
Relatives of a British man who was taken prisoner while serving with the Ukrainian marines have spoken of their distress at seeing him paraded in front of cameras by his Russian captors.
Aiden Aslin’s family said he had been a legitimate combatant with the Ukrainian armed forces, and was speaking under duress during an interview posted online this week that was described as a breach of the Geneva conventions.
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The U.N. chief calls for a ‘humanitarian pause’ in Ukraine to mark Easter in the Orthodox church.
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Russia ‘preparing legal action’ to unfreeze $600bn foreign currency reserves
Elvira Nabiullina says lawsuits aim to release gold and foreign currency frozen amid Ukraine invasion sanctions
Russia is preparing to take legal action to challenge the freeze on its $600bn (£462bn) foreign currency war chest put in place by western governments after the invasion of Ukraine, the head of the country’s central bank has said.
Elvira Nabiullina said plans were being made to launch lawsuits after governments including the US, UK and EU froze the Russian central bank’s foreign currency reserves held within their jurisdictions.
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Ukraine war: Kyiv's allies pledge more weapons to help win war
Western leaders pledge to send more artillery and other weapons as Russia launches a fresh offensive in eastern Ukraine.
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Monday 18 April 2022
Thousands of civilians are holed up with Ukrainian troops in a steel plant in Mariupol, officials say.
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Apple staff make bid for first union at a US store
Employees must get signatures from 30% of staff at New York's Grand Central Station for a union election.
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Volunteers help runners find family and get the Red Sox score.
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A federal judge strikes down the mask mandate on planes and public transit.
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Ukraine War Divides Orthodox Faithful
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Americans will train Ukrainians to use U.S. heavy artillery for expected fighting in the east.
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Sunday 17 April 2022
Banana splits: inner-Melbourne council won’t commit to returning controversial fruit sculpture
Yarra city council says ‘no decisions’ made about whether Fallen Fruit statue will return
A 1.8-metre public sculpture of an anthropomorphic banana in Melbourne that was removed for repairs may never be reinstated, with the council unable to commit to its return.
The artwork, which features a menacing skull facing Rose Street in Fitzroy, was created by artist Adam Stone and titled Fallen Fruit.
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Voters in hotly contested Liberal-held seat rank climate and environment over economy, poll finds
Integrity also considered key issue in poll that highlights pressures Coalition may face as it seeks to hold socially progressive seats
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Voters in the Liberal-held seat of North Sydney have ranked climate and the environment as a higher priority than the economy, while they see integrity in politics as narrowly more important than the cost of living, a new poll shows.
With Scott Morrison placing the economy at the centre of his re-election pitch and playing down his broken promise to establish a commonwealth integrity commission, the poll highlights pressures the Coalition may face as it seeks to hold socially progressive seats.
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Ukraine round-up: Ukraine defies Mariupol deadline as Kharkiv shelled
Mariupol defenders ignore Russian calls to surrender, as Kharkiv and other cities face more shelling.
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Ukraine war: Mariupol defenders will fight to the end says PM
PM Denys Shmyhal says the city has not fallen to Russian forces because of the determined defence.
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Saturday 16 April 2022
AEC alarmed at ‘dangerous’ voter fraud claims spreading before Australian election
Candidates from One Nation, United Australia party and other micro parties have begun seeding Facebook with advice tinged with claims about ballots being erased, amended or hidden
The Australian Electoral Commission and Facebook have voiced alarm at a bubbling campaign from minor party candidates raising baseless claims about election fraud or ballots being altered, warning of “dangerous” voter integrity misinformation being imported from the United States.
The AEC said it has successfully applied to Facebook to take action against misinformation in the lead-up to the election, with at least five posts removed and two pages being taken down entirely.
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Pensioner says he has nowhere to go after developer buys up Queensland homes to make way for apartments
Bernie Maloney has become a kind of neighbourhood celebrity, even inspiring a civil disobedience campaign to stop forced evictions
Sandwiched between high-rise blocks stands a nearly 100-year-old Queenslander that has served as a pensioner’s home for the past decade. Now, the 65-year-old is being evicted by a developer to make way for yet another tower.
“I’ve lived there for 10 years, it’s become home,” Bernie Maloney says. “It’s disappointing to get tossed around.”
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Russian warship: Moskva crew 'shown for first time since sinking'
Russia's defence ministry releases a video purportedly showing the crew of the Moskva in Sevastopol.
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Friday 15 April 2022
Pork this way: which electorates have been promised the most in the election campaign?
On a per-voter basis, Coalition-held seats of Bass in Tasmania and Canning in WA given biggest spending commitments so far
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Voters in the Tasmanian marginal seat of Bass are the most spoilt in the country, with each voter promised the equivalent of almost $6,000 in spending commitments in the opening stages of the election campaign.
In the first week of the six-week campaign, almost $500m has been pledged by both major party leaders as they crisscross the country. The focus is on a handful of marginal seats that will decide the election.
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Arizona man arrested after dogs, cats and snakes found in home freezer
Police say photos of the frozen dogs, lizards, snakes and other animals are too graphic to release.
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Kathy Hochul Is Standing on a Very High Glass Cliff
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Love Letter: A Single Mother Meets Another Single Mother
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UN refugee agency condemns Boris Johnson’s Rwanda asylum plan
Gillian Triggs, assistant high commissioner at UNHCR, says plan is ‘symbolic gesture’ that will prove unworkable
The UN’s refugee agency has condemned Boris Johnson’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda as “a symbolic gesture” that will be unworkable in practice.
Speaking to the Guardian, Gillian Triggs, the assistant high commissioner at the UNHCR, said the proposed arrangement would only accommodate a few hundred people a year, making it extremely expensive as well as illegal and discriminatory.
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Twitter's board readies against hostile takeover
The so-called "poison pill" measure is in response to Elon Musk's $43 million cash buyout offer.
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Thursday 14 April 2022
Russian warship Moskva has sunk - defence ministry
The warship sunk while being towed a day after it was reported damaged by fire or a Ukrainian missile strike.
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Weekly Health Quiz: Mental Health Apps, S.T.I.s and Covid
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Caroline Crouch: Greek pilot accused of murder was controlling, says counsellor
Therapist who saw Crouch and Babis Anagnostopoulos says marriage had become increasingly abusive
A Greek pilot accused of murdering his British wife, Caroline Crouch, as she slept in their Athens home, exerted “extreme control” over her, a court has heard.
On day three of a murder trial that has gripped the nation, Eleni Mylonopoulou, a counsellor who had seen the pair over several months for couples counselling, testified that the young Briton had fallen victim to an “extremely manipulative” man.
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‘Extraordinary’: ancient tombs and statues unearthed beneath Notre Dame Cathedral
Archaeological dig also finds body-shaped lead sarcophagus buried at the heart of the fire-ravaged monument
An archaeological dig under Notre Dame Cathedral has uncovered an extraordinary treasure of statues, sculptures, tombs and pieces of an original rood screen dating back to the 13th century.
The find included several ancient tombs from the middle ages and a body-shaped lead sarcophagus buried at the heart of the fire-ravaged monument under the floor of the transept crossing.
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Wednesday 13 April 2022
Singing, and Signing, Beethoven’s ‘Fidelio’ in Los Angeles
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Le Pen’s plans for post-Brexit treaty ‘ignorant and dangerous’
Peter Ricketts, former UK ambassador, says presidential hopeful’s plans would completely isolate France
Marine Le Pen’s plan for a new partnership with a post-Brexit Britain is dangerous for France, ignorant and completely misunderstands the basis of British alliances, Peter Ricketts, the former UK national security adviser and UK ambassador to France, has told the Guardian.
He said the far-right presidential hopeful’s proposals represented a plan for French isolation from its main strategic partners, the US, Germany and the UK.
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When a Small Bat Slaps a Big Bat, Who Is the Bully?
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Marine Le Pen proposes closer Nato-Russia ties after Ukraine war
Presidential candidate says it is ‘inaccurate and unjust’ to suggest she is indebted to Vladimir Putin
The French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen has said that once the Russia-Ukraine war is over, she would propose closer links between Nato and Russia and pull France out of the military command of the US-led alliance.
“As soon as the Russian-Ukrainian war is over and has been settled by a peace treaty, I will call for the implementation of a strategic rapprochement between Nato and Russia,” she said at a press conference.
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Police arrest suspect in New York subway shooting 'without incident'
'We got him,' says New York mayor following massive manhunt in wake of Tuesday morning shooting.
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Tuesday 12 April 2022
‘Macbeth’ plans to restart Broadway performances on Tuesday as four shows reeling from the virus seek to resume.
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Organized crime and corrupt officials responsible for Mexico’s disappearances, UN says
Number of young people disappeared is increasing as total number of cases exceeds 95,000, very few of which are solved
Corrupt state officials and organized crime factions are to blame for Mexico’s soaring number of enforced disappearances, whose victims increasingly include children – some as young as 12, according to a new UN investigation.
Just over 95,000 people were registered as disappeared at the end of November 2021. Of those, 40,000 were added in the past five years, according to the new report by the UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances.
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In a First, Google Goes After Puppy Fraud in Court
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British man fighting in Ukraine forced to surrender to Russians
Aiden Aslin said his unit in Mariupol has run out of food and ammunition and can no longer hold out
A Briton who has been fighting with the Ukrainian armed forces in the besieged city of Mariupol has been forced to surrender along with his unit to the Russians because they have run out of food and ammunition.
Aiden Aslin, from Newark, joined Ukraine’s marines in 2018 but has told friends and family that he and his comrades cannot hold out any longer as the Russians gradually tighten their grip on the southern port city.
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Monday 11 April 2022
Psilocybin Spurs Brain Activity in Patients With Depression, Small Study Shows
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Joe Biden vows to tackle ‘grave threat’ of untraceable ‘ghost guns’ – live
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The Democrat with perhaps the best chance to unseat Chuck Grassley, the Republican senator from Iowa, in the midterm elections in November has been knocked off the 7 June primary ballot – for now.
As the Associated Press reports, late on Sunday a state judge ruled that Abby Finkenauer cannot appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary, because of a technicality.
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With India on the fence over Ukraine, Biden meets with Modi.
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Liberal moderates concerned by Morrison raising trans women sport ban during election campaign
Senator Andrew Bragg says change isn’t necessary because Sex Discrimination Act already contains carve-outs for strength and stamina
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Liberal moderates have expressed concern that Scott Morrison has flagged committing during the election campaign to a ban on transgender women playing women’s sport.
Campaigning in the marginal seat of Gilmore on Monday, the prime minister said he shared the views of the Tasmanian Liberal senator Claire Chandler, who has advanced private member’s legislation allowing sporting groups to exclude transgender people from single-sex sports. Morrison added he would have “more to say” on the issue.
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AMA Victoria predicts further elective surgery waitlist blow out as Covid cases set to increase
Calls for Victorian government to release latest figures, blaming lack of investment, not just pandemic, for elective surgery delays
The Australian Medical Association has warned Victoria’s elective surgery waitlist may have increased by up to 50% over the past three months, as public hospitals brace for a surge in Covid cases in the coming weeks.
Guardian Australia has revealed elective surgery procedures could be wound back in the state due to staff shortages, with modelling showing Covid cases and hospitalisations from the Omicron subvariant are set to peak this month. The Andrews government this month unveiled a $1.5bn package to help clear the backlog of deferred elective surgery procedures, but the opposition criticised it as “too little too late” for the “healthcare crisis.”
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Sunday 10 April 2022
French election: Macron pledges to create united France
Emmanuel Macron says he will unite "all the different convictions and beliefs" if re-elected.
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As Ukrainians fled into Poland, these Russians lent a hand.
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Macron on 28% to Le Pen’s 23% in projected first round French election results
Centrist leader predicted to win first round of presidential race against far-right candidate
The centrist Emmanuel Macron will face the far-right Marine Le Pen in the final round of the French presidential election, after topping Sunday’s first round with 28% to her 23%, according to initial projected results.
France now faces a brutal two-week battle over the country’s future, as Macron once again styles himself as a pro-European “progressive” trying to face down what he calls Le Pen’s “racist”, anti-Muslim, nationalist programme and her “complacency” with the Russian leader, Vladimir Putin, amid the war in Ukraine.
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At the Masters, Tiger Woods Finishes, a Victory in Itself
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French election 2022: Projected result and latest vote tallies
Emmanuel Macron is asking French voters for another term as president. The far right’s Marine Le Pen, and 10 others, are challenging him. Find out the latest results department by department
The French president is elected by a direct vote. There is no electoral college, and no involvement of parliament. A candidate who wins more than 50% of the popular vote is elected. If, as seems likely, no candidate wins that majority in the first round, the top two candidates go through to a run-off election two weeks later, on April 24.
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Saturday 9 April 2022
Imran Khan ousted as Pakistan's PM after key vote
The former cricket star loses a no-confidence vote 13 hours after his party tried to delay it.
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Pandemic aid stalled in the Senate and Shanghai remained in lockdown: The week in Covid news.
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Family violence groups call for Victoria’s first culturally specific refuge
Unlike Queensland and New South Wales, Victoria has no culturally specific family violence refuges
Zara* believes she and her children wouldn’t be alive today were it not for the support she received while at a family violence refuge in New Zealand tailored to her cultural needs.
“The mainstream refuge didn’t understand the seriousness of abuse the ethnic women go through,” Zara said. “I have been told by my own family, community and society to reconcile so many times and every time the abuse worsens.
In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is on 13 11 14 and the national family violence counselling service is on 1800 737 732. In the UK, Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123 and the domestic abuse helpline is 0808 2000 247. In the US, the suicide prevention lifeline is 1-800-273-8255 and the domestic violence hotline is 1-800-799-SAFE (7233). Other international helplines can be found via www.befrienders.org
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‘The Russians are trying to obliterate us. You think that we’d agree to half-measures now?’
Ivan Fedorov, the exiled mayor of occupied Melitopol, says the battle for Donbas is also a fight for global security
The sun was shining in Zaporizhzhia on Saturday and teams of city workers were out planting flowers on roadside borders. Market stalls were doing a healthy trade in everything from food and drink to electronics, and there were even a few cafes and bars open.
But the frontlines are barely a half-hour drive from this industrial city, and much of the region of which it is the capital is under Russian occupation. Underneath the calm exterior, most people here – and across the southern and eastern parts of Ukraine – are anxious about what lies in wait in the coming days and weeks.
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Ukraine will rise again - PM Boris Johnson
The UK prime minister held talks in Kyiv with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.
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Friday 8 April 2022
Russia-Ukraine war: catch up on this week’s must-read news and analysis
On the ground in the devastated Bucha and Trostianets; when rape is used as a weapon; and will Putin face a war crimes tribunal?
Every week we wrap up the must-reads from our coverage of the Ukraine war, from news and features to analysis, visual guides and opinion.
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Zelensky: 'We are defending the right to live'
In a CBS interview, Ukraine's President Zelensky speaks about the war and what he saw in Bucha.
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Outspoken Composer to Lead International Contemporary Ensemble
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