Melanesia Indonesian president calls for calm after violent protests in West PapuaThe Guardian - Helen Davidson and Ben DohertyThe Indonesian president has called for calm after days of violent protests against and by ethnic West Papuans. President Joko Widodo urged people to forgive each other “as fellow countrymen” instead getting
Media Industry Seven's 'tired' shows face shake-up as new boss confronts $445m lossThe Guardian - Ben ButlerThe new Seven West Media chief executive, James Warburton, is pinning his hopes on entrepreneurial thinking to turn around the ailing media group, saying he will shake up some of the company’s “tired”
Greenland Trump tweets image of enormous Trump Tower on GreenlandThe Guardian - Lauren GambinoDonald Trump may still want to purchase Greenland – but the US president has no plans to embellish the island’s coast with a Trump Tower. On Monday night, Trump tweeted an edited photo of a coastal town
Music (UK) Beyond the 'dead white dudes': how to solve the gender problem in Australian classical musicThe Guardian - Clarissa Sebag-MontefioreWestern Sydney composer Holly Harrison grew up wanting to make music. But she cannot remember learning about a single female composer at school – except, that is, Clara Schumann. Schumann was a child a
Jeffrey Epstein Jeffrey Epstein signed a will just two days before his deathGuardian US - Sign inJeffrey Epstein signed a will just two days before he killed himself in jail, new court records show, opening a new legal front in what could be a lengthy battle over the disgraced financier’s fortune.
World News Sky NZ fined for broadcasting live stream of Christchurch massacreThe Guardian - Eleanor Ainge RoySky NZ has been fined by the country’s broadcasting watchdog for airing live footage of the Christchurch terror attack that killed 51 people. On 15 March a lone gunmen killed 51 people in two inner-city
Fremantle, WA AFL coach Ross Lyon sacked by FremantleThe Guardian - Guardian sport and agenciesCoach Ross Lyon and chief executive Steve Rosich have reportedly been sacked by Fremantle in a significant shake-up at the struggling AFL club. The decision to show Lyon the door comes at the end of another
Nationalism BHP boss: nationalism a potential threat to world economyThe Guardian - Martin FarrerThe rise of nationalism and governments that interfere in markets pose a threat to the global economic system, the boss of BHP, the world’s biggest mining company, has warned. Despite announcing a 124%
Books 'Is that bum trap missing a flesh-bag?': a guide to Australia’s convict slangThe Guardian - Simon BarnardIf you were one of the 164,000 convicts transported to the Australian colonies, chances are you forked clys for screeves and clouts or worked the hoist to nail lobs and serve coves. Keeping one step ahead
Pacific Islands Forum Vanuatu will host the next Pacific Islands Forum. We want to know if Australia really wants a seat at the tableThe Guardian - Ralph RegenvanuLast week at the close of the Pacific Islands Forum in Tuvalu I described the leaders’ discussions as frank and fierce. It is now well-known that the leaders debated the text of the Kainaki II Declaration
Canadian News Canada manhunt fugitives recorded final video messages, family saysThe Guardian - Australian Associated PressA mobile phone with a video shot by Kam McLeod and Bryer Schmegelsky could hold the key to why they embarked on a killing spree in Canada. The two teenagers suspected of killing Australian tourist Lucas
Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe Boris Johnson criticised as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's conditions worsenThe Guardian - Kevin RawlinsonPM has not met family of woman held in Iran jail where she can no longer call husband The husband of a British-Iranian woman being held in Tehran has castigated Boris Johnson for failing to meet the family
UK News Plans for anti-sex toilets in seaside town 'submitted in error'The Guardian - PA MediaA council has said plans for public toilets in a seaside town – with design features to deter vandalism, rough sleeping and sexual activity – were submitted in “error”. Plans for the toilets in Porthcawl’s
Media Industry ABC's Sabra Lane breaks down on air over child abandoned by surrogate parentsThe Guardian - Amanda MeadeABC Radio’s AM presenter Sabra Lane was unable to hide her emotions on Tuesday morning after the program broadcast a heart-wrenching story about a little girl who was allegedly abandoned in Ukraine by
Detention Center Caged alone 24 hours a day, denied medicine: lawsuit claims 'torture' in US migrant jailsGuardian US - Sam Levin in Los AngelesMelvin Murillo Hernandez suffered allergic reactions so bad he had to be hospitalized four times. Martín Muñoz had no access to insulin for ten long days. Denied a wheelchair, Faour Abdallah Fraihat was
UK News City of London tightens rules on skyscrapers over wind tunnel fearsThe Guardian - Gwyn Topham and Adelina AdjeiTougher building rules for skyscrapers have been drawn up by the City of London because of concerns that a high-rise, urban microclimate will generate winds capable of knocking over cyclists and pedestrians.
Ilhan Omar 'We have an obligation': Ilhan Omar calls on lawmakers to visit IsraelGuardian US - Lauren Gambino in WashingtonThe Minnesota representative Ilhan Omar called on her colleagues to visit Israel to prevent Donald Trump and the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, “succeed in hiding the cruel reality of the
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Wolves Traoré justifies Nuno’s faith but more hurdles await Wolves marathon menThe Guardian - Stuart James at MolineuxThis was the first of five fixtures in 14 days for Wolves, taking them up to double figures for the season by the start of September, into Northern Ireland, Armenia and Italy in the process, and leading
Prince Harry Elton John defends Harry and Meghan over use of private jetsThe Guardian - PA MediaSir Elton John has defended the Duke and Duchess of Sussex over their use of private jets, revealing that he had paid for a flight for them and their son Archie to “maintain a high level of much-needed
Paul Pogba Ole Gunnar Solsjkær has faith in Paul Pogba to keep taking penaltiesThe Guardian - Paul Doyle MolineuxOle Gunnar Solskjær says he has no intention of taking away Paul Pogba’s penalty-taking privileges despite the midfielder missing from the spot as Manchester United drew 1-1 at Wolverhampton Wanderers.
News El Salvador rape victim acquitted over stillbirth murder chargeThe Guardian - Associated PressA young rape victim who was suspected of having an abortion and charged with homicide after having a stillborn child has been acquitted by a judge at a retrial in a case that attracted international attention
Planned Parenthood Planned Parenthood withdraws from federal program over Trump ruleGuardian US - Associated PressPlanned Parenthood said on Monday it was withdrawing from the federal family planning program rather than abide by a new Trump administration rule prohibiting clinics from referring women for abortions.
The Theatre Sarah Keyworth review – one of comedy's most engaging new voicesThe Guardian - Brian LoganSarah Keyworth’s 2018 fringe show – which secured her a best newcomer nomination – fretted at the signification of the words “boy” and “girl”. A big subject, and one she clearly hasn’t exhausted, given
Monkeys Labour commits to total ban on keeping monkeys as petsThe Guardian - Rowena Mason Deputy political editorA total ban on keeping monkeys as pets would be brought in under a Labour government to stop up to 5,000 primates being kept in cages in the UK. Labour announced it would make it illegal to train or keep
Brexit Corbyn demands release of latest no-deal Brexit assessmentsThe Guardian - Rowena Mason and Rajeev SyalJeremy Corbyn has demanded that Boris Johnson immediately publish the Operation Yellowhammer assessments of how disruptive a no-deal Brexit would be after ministers claimed a leaked version from less three
Boris Johnson EU unconvinced by Johnson's fresh bid to remove Brexit backstopThe Guardian - Rowena Mason, Rajeev Syal and Jennifer RankinBoris Johnson has written to the EU suggesting the backstop could be replaced by some form of commitment to prevent a hard Irish border in his first major move to explain the UK government’s new position
Paul Pogba Manchester United held to draw at Wolves after Paul Pogba fails from spotThe Guardian - Paul Doyle at MolineuxFor a while it looked like Manchester United would enjoy the rare feeling of leaving Molineux with a victory and renewed optimism. In the end they departed with a solitary point, some encouragement and
The Day Mountbatten Died review – an atrocity that still haunts lives four decades onThe Guardian - Emine SanerIt has been 40 years since Lord Mountbatten was killed – or “executed” as the IRA put it – while on a boat trip during his annual Irish summer holiday, in a bomb blast that also killed three others, including
UK News Man, 20, charged with the murder of PC Andrew HarperThe Guardian - Kevin RawlinsonA man has been charged with the murder of the newlywed police officer Andrew Harper, who was killed on Thursday night while investigating a burglary. The 28-year-old constable died from multiple injuries
