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Leaning Tower of Pisa 'straightening up'
Sky News - 22 Nov 2018 00:12
The Leaning Tower of Pisa is not as tilted as it once was after it straightened slightly as a result of engineering work to protect the tourist attraction.
Dorothy Bohm's best photograph: two poor children in 50s Paris
The Guardian - 22 Nov 2018 08:00
'They told me they were shopping for their mum. The little girl is carrying a box of Omo washing powder, the boy a bottle of wine' In the mid-1950s, my husband and I were living in Paris and my brother came to visit. I s...
Bill Maher stands by controversial comments in new interview: 'I'm agnostic on Stan Lee'
USA Today - 22 Nov 2018 03:02
Bill Maher angered Stan Lee fans when he wrote a blog post that many found disrespectful toward the late comics legend. Maher stands by his words.
'Dance gave me a way to find a life': English National Ballet's Isaac Hernández
The Guardian - 22 Nov 2018 09:00
The 28-year-old lead principal of the English National Ballet talks to the Guardian's Iman Amrani about his plans to make dance a human right in his home country of Mexico and elevate it as a profession within Mexican so...
The Daughter of a California Wildfire Victim Targets Utility in a Wrongful Death Suit
Time - 22 Nov 2018 04:58
The daughter of a man killed in a California's fire is suing Pacific Gas & Electric Co., saying the utility could have prevented the blaze
California wildfires death toll reaches 86, with more than 500 still unaccounted for
ABC News - 22 Nov 2018 04:20
Hundreds of people remain missing in the wake of a pair of deadly wildfires that have been burning across both ends of California.
Apple adapter bites the dust, Queen guitarist Brian May explodes - CNET
CNET - 22 Nov 2018 04:05
"My love for Apple is turning to hatred," the musician writes after his USB-C adapter hits a sour note.
Canada's Gun-Related Homicide Rate Hits Its Highest Level in 25 Years
Time - 22 Nov 2018 05:22
Canada's rate of gun-related homicides rose last year to the highest since 1992
Interpol's new chief: the 'bulldozer' with a taste for tackling cybercrime
The Guardian - 22 Nov 2018 05:18
Kim Jong-yang likely to refocus organisation and popularise South Korean police tactics known as 'K-cop wave' The election of South Korea's Kim Jong-yang as president of Interpol after months of scandal will likely see t...
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Mashable - 22 Nov 2018 03:55Goldman Sachs offers London staff free emergency nannies
The Guardian - 22 Nov 2018 16:36
Subsidised elderly care is also part of the bank's attempt to cut its 55% gender pay gap Goldman Sachs is offering London staff emergency nannies to look after sick children and elderly care in the bank's latest incentiv...
Former EPA Official Faces Ethics Charges for Trying to Block Alabama Superfund Site Cleanup
Time - 22 Nov 2018 04:34
Trey Glenn faces six felonies and 14 misdemeanors over his work with a coal company consultant
Balloons, blankets at frigid Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade
ABC News - 22 Nov 2018 17:10
Bystanders are refusing to let cold temperatures put a damper on festivities.
Caricom to waive taxes on oil as Petrotrin refinery closes
Miami Herald - 22 Nov 2018 16:59
A Caribbean trade bloc is removing taxes on imported oil and petroleum products for the region as a major refinery on the island of Trinidad prepares to close. Guyana-based Caricom …
Scrapping juries in rape trials risks rise in miscarriages of justice | Hannah Quirk
The Guardian - 22 Nov 2018 16:49
There is no evidence juries are failing their duty. Abolishing them could increase pressure on judges to boost conviction rates Ann Coffey MP is the latest to suggest that "rape myths" that play down the seriousness of s...
Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes quits 'extremist' far-right group
The Guardian - 22 Nov 2018 16:48
Move comes after the Guardian exclusively revealed that the FBI had categorized group 'with ties to white nationalism' In a video posted to YouTube on Wednesday, Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes publicly claimed to have ...
EU, UK agree on Brexit text, but gaps remain before summit
Reuters - 22 Nov 2018 16:47
Britain and the European Union agreed a draft text setting out a close post-Brexit relationship, officials said, though wrangles over fish and the future of Gibraltar must still be settled before leaders meet on Sunday.
Gibraltar chief minister says Gibraltar will be part of any Brexit agreement
Reuters - 22 Nov 2018 16:46
Gibraltar's chief minister Fabian Picardo said on Thursday that the peninsula would be part of any agreement on Britain's exit from the European Union.
Birmingham University staff to boycott UAE campus after jailing of academic
The Guardian - 22 Nov 2018 16:43
Lecturers in UK will refuse to teach at Dubai outpost after Matthew Hedges sentencing Staff at the University of Birmingham have voted for an academic boycott of its campus in the United Arab Emirates as fears grow for t...
Tunisian civil servants strike, protest for pay raises
Miami Herald - 22 Nov 2018 16:42
Tunisian civil servants have gone on strike around the country to protest the failure of negotiations with the government for wage increases, amid plunging buying power and soaring inflation. Thousands …
Trump tweets on a ‘mean & nasty world,’ unsafe judges, and, yes, Thanksgiving
USA Today - 22 Nov 2018 16:41Donald Trump doesn't understand climate change
New York Post - 22 Nov 2018 16:40
President Trump used the freezing temperatures forecast for much of the country on Thanksgiving Day to throw cold water on fears about “Global Warming.” “Brutal and Extended Cold Blast could shatter ALL RECORDS –...