Backlash after gay actor’s middle school appearance cancelled over his ‘lifestyle’ pred 21 urami in 30 minutami 30 Rock star and children’s book author Maulik Pancholy had been due to speak against bullying at Pennsylvania schoolA Pennsylvania school board’s cancellation of an upcoming appearance by the actor and children’s book author Maulik Pancholy was ill-advised and sends a hurtful message, especially to the LGBTQ+ community, education officials said.A member of Cumberland Valley school district’s board cited concerns about what he described as Pancholy’s activism and “lifestyle” before the board voted unanimously on Monday to cancel his appearance at a 22 May assembly at the Mountain View middle school. Pancholy, who is gay, was scheduled to speak against bullying. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Swedish police shoot man after three women attacked in Vasteras pred 22 urami in 6 minutami Report says man carrying knife at time of arrest after attack left two women seriously injuredSwedish police have shot and arrested a man who allegedly injured three women with a sharp object in Vasteras, a town in central Sweden.The women, aged between 65 and 80, were taken to hospital, police said on their website. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Bid to secure spot for glacier in Icelandic presidential race heats up pred 22 urami in 21 minutami Idea Angela Rawlings had a decade ago for Snæfellsjökull has snowballed into a full blown campaign with a team of 50 peopleStanding in the shadow of Iceland’s Snæfellsjökull, – a 700,000-year-old glacier perched on a volcano and visible to half the country’s population on any given day – in 2010, Angela Rawlings was struck by an unconventional thought.“It suddenly just came to me. What if the glacier was president?” said Rawlings. It was a seemingly unorthodox way to push forward a movement that was already swiftly advancing; Ecuador had enshrined legal rights for nature while Māori in New Zealand were working to secure legal personhood for the Whanganui River. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
French PM criticised over crackdown on teenage violence pred 22 urami in 22 minutami Gabriel Attal accused of drawing on far-right ideas in speech saying the state needed ‘real surge of authority’The French prime minister, Gabriel Attal, is facing criticism for his proposed crackdown on teenage violence in and around schools, after he said some teenagers in France were “addicted to violence”, just as the government seeks to reclaim ground on security issues from the far right before European elections.In his speech in Viry-Châtillon, a town south of Paris where a 15-year-old boy was beaten and killed this month by a group of youths, Attal said the state needed “a real surge of authority”. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
FBI chief says Chinese hackers have infiltrated critical US infrastructure pred 22 urami in 28 minutami Volt Typhoon hacking campaign is waiting ‘for just the right moment to deal a devastating blow’, says Christopher WrayChinese government-linked hackers have burrowed into US critical infrastructure and are waiting “for just the right moment to deal a devastating blow”, the director of the FBI, Christopher Wray, has warned.An ongoing Chinese hacking campaign known as Volt Typhoon has successfully gained access to numerous American companies in telecommunications, energy, water and other critical sectors, with 23 pipeline operators targeted, Wray said in a speech at Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Bloody Sunday: families decry move not to prosecute 15 ex-soldiers for perjury pred 22 urami in 37 minutami Decision extinguishes one of few remaining hopes of legal action over killing of 13 civil rights demonstrators in Derry in 1972Relatives of Bloody Sunday victims have condemned a decision not to prosecute 15 former soldiers for perjury, calling it an affront to the rule of law.Northern Ireland’s Public Prosecution Service (PPS) on Friday announced the 15 army veterans plus a former alleged member of the Official IRA would not face prosecution for allegedly giving false evidence to the Bloody Sunday inquiry. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Carers describe ‘avalanche of utter stress’ from DWP clawing back benefits pred 23 urami in 10 minutami Department under fire for forcing people to repay huge sums as data shows widespread ill health among those caring for relatives‘We’re already vulnerable’: the carers told to repay huge sums by the DWPCarers have described suffering an “avalanche of utter stress” due to the government’s “abhorrent” approach to clawing back benefits, as official figures revealed the widespread ill health of those caring for loved ones.The Department for Work and Pensions has been under fire since the Guardian revealed that tens of thousands of unpaid carers are being forced to pay back huge sums – and in some cases prosecuted for fraud – over “honest mistakes” that it could have spotted years earlier. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Belarusian held in Poland suspected of ordering hammer attack on Navalny ally pred 23 urami in 12 minutami Two Polish citizens detained earlier on suspicion of attacking Russian opposition figure Leonid Volkov in LithuaniaA Belarusian national has been detained in Poland on suspicion of ordering the attack on a top Russian opposition leader, Leonid Volkov, on Moscow’s behalf, the Polish prime minister, Donald Tusk, has announced.Volkov, a close aide of the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny, was briefly admitted to hospital last month after he was ambushed and attacked outside his house in Vilnius, the capital of Lithuania. The assailant smashed open Volkov’s car window and repeatedly struck him with a hammer, breaking Volkov’s left arm and damaging his left leg before fleeing the scene. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Brittany Higgins received $2.4m in compensation. Why are some now saying she should pay it back? pred 23 urami in 13 minutami Judgment in Bruce Lehrmann defamation case has prompted calls for anti-corruption commission to investigate the payout, but one expert says it’s ‘nonsense’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastOn Monday, Justice Michael Lee handed down his decision in the explosive defamation case brought by Bruce Lehrmann against Network Ten and Lisa Wilkinson.He found – on the balance of probabilities – that Lehrmann raped Brittany Higgins. Lehrmann has always denied the allegation and his criminal trial was aborted and the charge later dropped. Continue reading...(The Guardian)
Muslim and Arab Australians do not feel heard by Labor on war in Gaza, Ed Husic says pred 23 urami in 13 minutami Exclusive: Minister says he has spoken out on Israel’s military operations so others believe ‘their concerns have somewhere … to be vented and aired’Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastEd Husic has conceded many Muslim and Arab Australians do not feel the Albanese government has listened to their concerns about the war in Gaza, while saying he is speaking out despite his role as a cabinet minister to amplify their views.Husic told Guardian Australia he had felt driven to make several public interventions against the scale of Israel’s military operations in Gaza, in part so that people believed “that their concerns have somewhere to go to be vented and aired”.Sign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup Continue reading...(The Guardian)
