Monthly Archives: November 2016

A man with a track record of hostility towards women, people of color and the LGBT community is simply unfit to serve in the Department of Justice One of the more famous tag lines from President-elect Trump on the campaign trail was: To my African-Americans: what do you have to lose? If Alabama senator Jeff […]

An eight-day-old girl who went missing this week after her mother was shot dead in Kansas has been discovered unharmed by law enforcement officials hundreds of miles away in Texas, police said on Saturday. Sophia Gonzales was found in a Dallas residence by local police officers at around 4:30 a.m. local time on Saturday after a […]

Airbnb is taking on the tourism industry with an ambitious expansion and a star-studded launch but it comes at a delicate time for the company Rory Carroll (@rorycarroll72) Brian Chesky unveils Airbnb’s next big thing: ‘experiences’. Customized tours. Already live. November 17, 2016 It will create a holistic travel experience, said Chesky. This is not […]

Generations of distrust between Rohingya Muslims and wider Buddhist population have boiled over into reprisals fuelling the spectre of an insurgency Kyaw Hla Aungs voice trembles as he speaks. The situation is really bad here, he says, sitting in a bamboo hut inside an internment camp on the outskirts of Sittwe, capital of Myanmars troubled […]

Photographs released by Japanese government show Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner were present for president-elects first meeting with a foreign leader Japan, one of the USs closest allies, allowed itself a cautious sigh of relief after its prime minister, Donald Trump as someone in whom he had great confidence after they met in New York […]

Namgay Zam, who faces a fine of about 10 times the average annual salary or three years in prison, says case risks further subduing deferential media It is known as the land of a petition on Change.org calling for an inquiry into the chief justice of Bhutan, who is also the son-in-law of the businessman […]

Image copyright PA The Royal Trustees, who include the prime minister and chancellor, recommended that the works be funded by a temporary increase in the Sovereign Grant. Image copyright PA BBC royal correspondent Sarah Campbell Away from the splendour of the state rooms, Buckingham Palace shows its age. It is striking while walking through the […]

Labour and SNP politicians question why the Queen is gettting so much more money at a time of austerity

“Employers cannot turn a blind eye to this problem,” she said. “Long commutes eat into our family time and can be bad for our working lives too.” The rise of the ‘extreme commuter’ Readers’ tales of extreme commuting Back in 2010, 2.8 million people made daily commutes of two hours or more, compared with 3.7 […]

Exclusive: lawsuit paints disturbing picture of company that targeted Latinos, low-income tenants and those with mental disabilities in illegal eviction scheme The Latino families all got the same threat posted on their doors: if their children played in the apartments hallways, they would be evicted. When the Spanish-speaking parents asked the Los Angeles property managers […]