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Tens of thousands deported from Caribbean states, as Dominican Republic pledges to return 10,000 people a weekActivists have called on Caribbean governments to halt the mass deportation of Haitians fleeing escalating gang violence that has claimed thousands of lives and displaced hundreds of thousands of people.In the past month, tens of thousands of people have been deported to Haiti, including 61,000 from the neighbouring Dominican Republic, whose president recently pledged to deport 10,000 migrants a week. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/14/haiti-mass-deportation Author : Natricia Duncan, Anthony Lugg in Kingston and agencies Publish date : 2024-11-14 20:08:01 Copyright for syndicated

Students ‘let down’ by cheat sheet fiasco, says minister. Follow today’s news liveGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastRetail giant Myer has cancelled a special event to mark the opening of its Christmas Windows over concerns for customer and worker safety due to a threatened pro-Palestine protest, AAP reports.Activist Group Disrupt Wars had promoted a ‘Crash the Christmas Windows’ demonstration on Sunday, encouraging supporters to bring banners, flags, placards, noise makers and props. A social media post read:Christmas is cancelled, and there will be no joy or frivolity while children in Gaza are massacred.In light of

Urfan Sharif tells Old Bailey he is ‘a very bad father’ when asked why he lied about 10-year-old daughter’s deathSara Sharif’s father has admitted being “selfish” and a “bad father” by lying to protect himself over the death of his 10-year-old daughter.He told a court on Thursday that his previous lies about what happened meant he had no credibility, now that he had accepted responsibility for her death. It came a day after Sharif dramatically said he took “full responsibility” for Sara’s death and admitted beating her with a cricket bat and a metal pole. Continue reading... Source link :

Rate in 2023 remains at 10.4% due to chronic conditions, inadequate prenatal care and racial disparitiesPremature birth rates in the US remain at a historic high, according to a new report.On Thursday, March of Dimes, a maternal health nonprofit organization, released its latest findings which say that the national premature birth rate of 2023 remains at 10.4%, largely due to chronic conditions, inadequate prenatal care and racial disparities. In contrast, the premature birth rate 10 years ago was at 9.6%. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/14/premature-birth-rates-historic-high Author : Maya Yang Publish date : 2024-11-14 17:32:53 Copyright for syndicated content belongs

Deller says culture war has ‘maybe made some people a bit fearful’, as he donates to charity auction in support of MSFThe culture war has made artists wary of discussing the Israel-Palestine conflict, according to Jeremy Deller, who has donated work to a charity auction to support Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).Deller is one of more than 260 artists, including Yinka Shonibare, Wolfgang Tillmans, Mark Wallinger, Mona Hatoum, Sir John Akomfrah, Jesse Darling and Dame Sonia Boyce, who have contributed work that will be sold at the exhibition and auction, which is in aid of the medical charity’s work in Palestine.

Temperatures in Guangzhou fail to drop below level that meteorological service uses to mark change in seasonOne of China’s biggest cities is still officially in summer, despite it being mid-November, as temperatures have failed to drop below the threshold considered necessary to mark the change in season.This week, Guangzhou, a hot and humid city of nearly 19 million people in southern China’s Guangdong province, broke a three-decade heat record, according to the local meteorological service. As of Wednesday the city had experienced 235 summer days, beating 1994’s 234-day season. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/14/chinese-city-still-officially-in-summer-as-30-year-heat-record-broken Author : Amy Hawkins China

Celebrated authors discuss the somewhat connected stories of their shared surname at literary event in RioBorn more than 5,500 miles apart, the Booker prize winner Bernardine Evaristo, 65, and Brazil’s most celebrated living Black author, Conceição Evaristo, 77, share the same surname, though they are – as far as is known – unrelated.But their surnames’ stories are somewhat connected, and shed light on aspects of the history of Brazil, the country that received the largest number of enslaved Africans during the transatlantic slave trade. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/nov/14/evaristos-united-namesakes-bernardine-conceicao-meet-book-festival-rio Author : Tiago Rogero in Rio de Janeiro Publish date

‘I’m disappointed that the health secretary came out to speak about the bill before he had even seen the bill,’ says Kim LeadbeaterA minister has criticised her Tory shadow for talking about “joy” in the health sector about the funding it received.Karin Smyth, a health minister, said it was a strange word to use given the state of NHS finances left by the last government.Many in the health sector would have been pleased to hear the announcement of the extra funding going into the NHS , only for the joy to be struck down by the realisation of a broken

Amsterdam police say they are aware of footage that appears to show officers beating protesters after banned rallyDutch authorities have said they are investigating reports of police violence against pro-Palestinian protesters after a banned rally on Wednesday evening had been broken up.Amsterdam police said on X that they were aware of online footage, which seemed to show police officers beating protesters who had already been released after being taken away from the site of the protest. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/14/dutch-authorities-investigate-alleged-police-violence-after-pro-palestinian-protest Author : Reuters in Amsterdam Publish date : 2024-11-14 12:19:22 Copyright for syndicated content belongs to the linked

Corruption watchdog rules out further investigation into racism within the force despite evidence of historical racial discriminationWARNING: This article contains offensive contentGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastA corruption watchdog has closed an investigation into racism within the Northern Territory police force’s elite tactical response group with no adverse findings despite uncovering historical evidence of race-based discrimination.The probe was triggered after former constable Zachary Rolfe attempted to prove the force’s ingrained culture of racism, using as evidence a historical racist mock-award handed out in the group to the officer who behaved “most like an Aboriginal”. Continue

Republicans express shock and concern after far-right Republican congressman Matt Gaetz nominated by TrumpThe Pentagon has been stunned by Donald Trump’s pick for defence secretary, Pete Hegseth, a national guard veteran and Fox News presenter who has called for a purge of generals for pursuing “woke” diversity policies.Hegseth has questioned whether the chair of the joint chiefs of staff, Gen Charles Brown, was given the top job because he is black and accused him of “pursuing the radical positions of leftwing politicians”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2024/nov/14/donald-trump-matt-gaetz-republicans-democrats-us-politics-election-latest-news Author : Amy Sedghi Publish date : 2024-11-14 10:43:34 Copyright for syndicated

Course set to be taught by controversial British ‘anti-woke’ media commentator Andrew DoyleNew College of Florida reinstated a course on “wokeness” taught by controversial British media personality and culture warrior Andrew Doyle to its catalog, after appearing to remove it from an earlier version, amid an ongoing furore over the university’s transformation into a more conservative institution.The course was also restored to an internal enrollment system but without Doyle’s name attached, according to students with access to the system. The moves followed criticism of the course online and local media reports on Tuesday night. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/14/new-college-of-florida-wokeness-course

Report by Human Rights Watch says use of repeated evacuation orders against civilians amounts to crimes against humanityOvernight the IDF announced that six soldiers had been killed in clashes with Hezbollah inside southern Lebanon.The Times of Israel reports “it was one of the heaviest single-day losses in the operation that began in late September,” and that “according to an initial IDF probe, the soldiers were killed in an exchange of fire with at least four Hezbollah operatives inside a building in a village in southern Lebanon.” Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2024/nov/14/middle-east-crisis-live-israel-crimes-humanity-accusations-palestinians-gaza-lebanon Author : Martin Belam Publish date : 2024-11-14

The Waanyi writer, who won the Miles Franklin award and Stella prize this year for her novel Praiseworthy, has been recognised for her body of work and contribution to Australian cultureAlexis Wright has been awarded the $60,000 Melbourne prize for literature, capping off an extraordinary year in which she has won more than $200,000 in prize money after the publication of her epic novel, Praiseworthy.The Melbourne prize for literature, awarded every three years, recognises a Victorian writer whose “body of published work has made an outstanding contribution to Australian literature and to cultural and intellectual life”. Past winners include Christos

Major supermarkets’ takeover strategy prevents smaller grocers from growing into stronger competitors, inquiry hearsFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastColes and Woolworths “pick off” large independent stores in a takeover strategy that prevents the smaller grocers from growing into more formidable competitors, an inquiry heard on Thursday.Grant Ramage, an executive at IGA and Foodland brand owner Metcash, said the amount of groceries flowing through their network, which it relies on to build competitive supply and distribution chains, was threatened by the acquisition strategy used by Australia’s major supermarkets.Sign

Human Rights Watch says it has evidence that suggests ‘the war crime of forcible transfer’ of civiliansIsrael is using evacuation orders to pursue the “deliberate and massive forced displacement” of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, according to a report by Human Rights Watch, which says the policy amounts to crimes against humanity.The US-based group added it had collected evidence that suggested “the war crime of forcible transfer ”, describing it as “a grave breach of the Geneva conventions and a crime under the Rome statute of the international criminal court”. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/14/israel-accused-of-crimes-against-humanity-over-forced-displacement-in-gaza Author : Peter Beaumont Publish

Party has won 218 seats in lower chamber after Democrats unsuccessfully campaigned on need to curtail ‘dysfunction’Republicans have secured a majority in the US House of Representatives, extending their hold on the lower chamber and delivering a governing trifecta in Washington that could give Donald Trump sweeping power to enact his legislative agenda.The Associated Press determined on Wednesday evening that Republicans had won at least 218 seats in the 435-member House after a victory in Arizona, a call that came more than a week after polls closed across the US. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/14/election-republicans-win-house-majority Author : Joan E

Ex-defense department official said government employees had been injured and US conducted secret UFO retrievalsUS government employees have been injured by UFOs and the US government has conducted a secret UFO retrieval program, a former department of defense official told a congressional committee on Wednesday, though the hearing lacked any direct evidence to back up the startling claims.The hearing on unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP), which has become the more accepted term for UFO, also heard that the government has a “huge amount” of secret information on UAPs, including “photos, video, photos, other information”. But it also learned, following a query

VCAA says material ‘inadvertently included’ after it emerged students found hidden text on seemingly blank pagesFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian premier says people will be frustrated and disappointed that thousands of VCE students were given access to de facto cheat sheets that reportedly contained almost identical questions to those used in their final exams.The cheat sheets, first reported by the Herald Sun, were for eight subjects including business management, specialist maths and legal studies. Those exams have already been sat.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking

Court hears Stephenson, 23, denies murdering Ballarat woman after her family last saw her leaving to go on a runFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Victorian man accused of killing missing Ballarat woman Samantha Murphy has pleaded not guilty to murder, with his case being fast-tracked to the state’s supreme court.Patrick Stephenson, 23, appeared in the Ballarat magistrates court via video link, charged with the murder of Murphy. She was last seen more than nine months ago when she left her Ballarat East home to go for

Illnesses linked to onions served on Quarter Pounders have been detected in 14 states, and infection killed one personMcDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburgers are to blame for sickening at least 104 people – and hospitalizing at least 34 – after an outbreak of E coli was tied to onions served on the burgers, federal health officials said on Wednesday.Cases have been detected in 14 states, according to an update from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. One person died in Colorado and four people have developed a potentially life-threatening kidney disease complication. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/13/mcdonalds-ecoli-outbreak Author

South Dakota senator who serves as the minority whip will replace Mitch McConnell in JanuaryJohn Thune, a Republican senator for South Dakota, will become the new Senate majority leader after winning an internal party ballot on Wednesday for the position left vacant by the imminent retirement of Mitch McConnell.His elevation – following the second round of a vote among Republican senators that was held under secret ballot conditions – propels him into a key role in advancing Donald Trump’s agenda when the president-elect returns to the White House in January. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/nov/13/john-thune-senate-republicans-leader Author : Robert Tait

Communications minister Michelle Rowland announces plans to place safety onus on companies; RBA chief to speak at state of the economy forumGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastIndependent MP Monique Ryan has dismissed the idea Australia should appoint an Elon Musk-style billionaire into a “government efficiency” position.Musk has been appointed into the newly created position in the Trump administration, and Ryan was asked on the Today show if Australian billionaires like Gina Rineheart should be appointed into such a position in Australia.I’d be very much opposed to that.You’ve got the world’s richest man, and you’ve given

Malcolm Chenery left estate to Diabetes UK charity when he died in 2021, writing will on fish and mince pie boxesA will written on the back of cardboard food packaging has been found to be valid by the high court, meaning a charity stands to inherit £180,000.Malcolm Chenery, who died in 2021, left his estate, including a three-bedroom house, jewellery, cash and an extensive collection of ornaments and pottery, to Diabetes UK.In the UK and Ireland, Samaritans can be contacted on freephone 116 123, or email [email protected] or [email protected]. In the US, you can call or text the National Suicide

With a career ranging from Shakespeare to EastEnders and Great Canal Journeys, actor was a familiar face from the 1960s onwardsMichael Billington: West was a modest maestro who embodied the best of British theatreThe actor Timothy West, whose career ranged from Shakespeare, Ibsen and Pinter on stage to TV appearances in Brass, EastEnders and Great Canal Journeys (with his wife, Prunella Scales), has died aged 90.His children, Juliet, Samuel and Joseph West, said in a statement: “After a long and extraordinary life on and off the stage, our darling father, Timothy West, died peacefully in his sleep yesterday evening. He