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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.
- 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.
- Customs Computer Failure Snarls Passengers at U.S. Airports August 17, 2019Officials said service was restored after about two hours but travelers then faced long waits to be processed.
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- Hong Kong: tens of thousands protest as China condemns US 'gross interference' August 18, 2019More than 100,000 people are expected to join rally after police denied permission for marchHong Kong’s dilemma: fight or resist peacefullyTens 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 ci […]
- 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 […]
- Afghanistan wedding hall blast: more than 60 killed, 180 injured August 18, 2019Explosion in packed Kabul venue comes as Donald Trump talks up prospects of peace deal with TalibanAn explosion ripped through a wedding hall on a busy Saturday night in Afghanistan’s capital, leaving more than 60 people dead and more than 180 injured, a the interior ministry has said. More than 1,000 people were believed to be inside.Women and children were […]
- Jeremy Corbyn pleads with MPs: back me now before it’s too late August 17, 2019Britain stands on precipice, warns Labour leader, as 100 MPs tell Boris Johnson to recall parliamentJeremy Corbyn has issued an urgent plea to MPs to unite to stop no-deal Brexit “before it’s too late”, amid cross-party demands for an immediate recall of parliament to deal with the crisis.In a show of defiance, a group of more than 100 MPs representing every […]
- 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 […]
- Isis suspect Jack Letts stripped of British citizenship – report August 17, 2019Muslim convert, 24, has had his British citizenship revoked, according to the Mail on SundayThe Muslim convert Jack Letts, who is suspected of leaving Britain to join the Islamic State, has been stripped of his British citizenship, it has been reported.Jack Letts was 18 when he left his Oxfordshire home in 2014 before marrying in Iraq and moving to Raqqa in […]
- 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 […]
The BBC
- Afghanistan: Bomb kills 63 at wedding in Kabul August 18, 2019More than 180 others were wounded when a suicide bomber struck in the west of the Afghan capital.
- Hong Kong protests: Tens of thousands gather for major rally August 18, 2019Pro-democracy campaigners stage a new march in the face of warnings from the government in Beijing.
- 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.
- Portland rally: Far-right and antifa groups face off August 18, 2019At least 13 arrests are made in Portland as a right-wing rally is confronted by left-wing protesters.
- 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: 15,000 homes destroyed in Dhaka slum August 17, 2019About 15,000 homes are destroyed in a shanty town in Dhaka - but no deaths have been reported.
- Man found dead in underpass after Istanbul floods August 17, 2019A homeless man was found in the Unkapani district, apparently drowned, after heavy rain caused extensive damage
