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The New York Times
- Why an Heiress Spent Her Fortune Trying to Keep Immigrants Out August 17, 2019Newly unearthed documents reveal how an environmental-minded socialite became an ardent nativist whose money helped sow the seeds of the Trump anti-immigration agenda.
- 11 of Our Best Weekend Reads August 16, 2019A look at the waves of Ireland’s Wild Atlantic Way, the fate of bohemian consumerism and the doctor behind The New York Times Magazine’s “Diagnosis” column.
- A Texas-Size Political Scandal Threatens Powerful House Speaker August 17, 2019Speaker Dennis Bonnen is one of the most influential Republicans in Texas. Did he try to cut a secret deal to undermine members of his own party?
- Man Charged in Connection With Rice Cooker Scare, Police Say August 18, 2019The man, who was found in the Bronx on Saturday, faces three charges of placing a false bomb.
- Portland Protests: Far-Right Groups and Antifa Face Off as Trump Weighs In August 18, 2019Conservative groups are urging the United States to label Antifa a domestic terrorist group. President Trump said the city was “being watched very closely.”
- A Summer Camp on the Border, Where the Border Crisis Feels Far Away August 18, 2019These teenagers, many the children of migrants, are growing up in the shadow of a national conversation about immigration. They feel the stereotypes. But at camp, “it’s way different.”
- In El Paso, Hundreds Show Up to Mourn a Woman They Didn’t Know August 17, 2019He invited everyone in El Paso to his wife’s funeral. But he tends to her garden, alone.
- Arkansas Woman Charged Over Holding Four Black Teenagers at Gunpoint August 17, 2019The boys were raising money for their football team. The woman, identified as Jerri Kelly, 46, is facing charges of aggravated assault and false imprisonment.
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- Hong Kong: hundreds of thousands join protest in pouring rain August 18, 2019Huge crowds fill downtown park and surrounding streets, forcing police to block roadsHong Kong’s dilemma: fight or resist peacefullyHundreds of thousands of Hong Kong people flocked to a downtown park for a fresh rally after two months of increasingly violent clashes that have prompted severe warnings from Beijing and failed to win concessions from the city’ […]
- Revealed: how Ghislaine Maxwell fought those who accused her over Jeffrey Epstein August 18, 2019Socialite’s lawyers combed through life of billionaire’s alleged abuse victim when she was sued for libelThe lengths to which Ghislaine Maxwell went to contest allegations that she conspired with Jeffrey Epstein to groom underage girls for sex is laid bare in an analysis of hundreds of pages of legal documents unsealed this month.The documents form part of a […]
- Bangladesh fire leaves 10,000 homeless after blaze razes slum August 18, 2019Fire broke out in Dhaka’s Mirpur district on Friday, destroying almost 2,000 tin shacks, officials sayAt least 10,000 people are homeless after a massive fire swept through a crowded slum in the Bangladesh capital and destroyed thousands of shanties, officials said on Sunday.The fire broke out at in Dhaka’s Mirpur neighbourhood late on Friday and razed aroun […]
- Islamic State claims responsibility for Kabul wedding hall blast August 18, 2019More than 60 killed and 180 injured in explosion in western part of Afghan capitalIslamic State has claimed responsibility for a deadly bombing at a wedding hall in Kabul that left more than 60 people dead and more than 180 injured. More than 1,000 people were believed to be inside the building.Afghan officials said nearly 200 people were wounded in the blas […]
- Brexit: leaked papers predict food shortages and port delays August 18, 2019Medicines will also be subject to shortages in what Whitehall sources called ‘the most realistic assessment’The UK will be hit with a three-month meltdown at its ports, a hard Irish border and shortages of food and medicine if it leaves the EU without a deal, according to government documents on Operation Yellowhammer.The documents predict severe extended de […]
- Omar al-Bashir to face corruption charges in court August 18, 2019Trial that may see deposed Sudan president jailed for years to begin after celebrations in KhartoumOmar al-Bashir, the former president of Sudan, will face corruption charges in court, on the first day of a high profile trial that may see the deposed autocratic ruler jailed for many years.Bashir, who was forced out of power in April when security forces with […]
- Owen Jones attacked outside London pub August 17, 2019Guardian columnist claims attack was ‘premeditated assault’The Guardian columnist and activist Owen Jones has been physically assaulted in London while celebrating his 35th birthday with friends.In an attack he called “a blatant premeditated assault”, Jones said he was kicked, punched and thrown to the ground by a group of men in the early hours of Saturday […]
- French waiter shot dead for being 'too slow with sandwich', say witnesses August 18, 2019Police open murder inquiry after customer attacked waiter at a pizzeria on the outskirts of Paris A customer fatally shot a waiter at a pizzeria on the outskirts of Paris, apparently enraged at being made to wait for a sandwich, according to witnesses.The waiter’s colleagues called police after he was shot in the shoulder with a handgun in the Noisy-le-Grand […]
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- Afghanistan: Bomb kills 63 at wedding in Kabul August 18, 2019The Islamic State group says it was behind the attack, which also wounded more than 180 people.
- Hong Kong protests: Tens of thousands gather for major rally August 18, 2019More than 100,000 people stage a peaceful protest in the face of warnings from Beijing authorities.
- Football derby leads to deadly rioting August 18, 2019Three people are killed and several hurt in fighting between fans, after a team bus is attacked.
- Far-right group Pround Boys rallies in Portland, Oregon August 17, 2019Far-right protest group held march in one of the United States' most liberal cities.
- Paris waiter 'shot dead over slow sandwich service' August 18, 2019A customer opened fire reportedly because his sandwich was not prepared quickly enough.
- Argentina's economy minister resigns as peso sheds value August 18, 2019Nicolas Dujovne quits as the currency plummets following the president's astounding poll defeat.
- Bangladesh fire: Thousands of shacks destroyed in Dhaka slum August 18, 2019At least 1,500 homes are destroyed after a blaze sweeps through a shanty town in the capital Dhaka.
- Italy's Salvini lets 27 teenagers off Open Arms migrant ship August 17, 2019The interior minister backs down reluctantly over the migrant minors amid a row within his cabinet.
