Monthly Archives: November 2016

Tribunal has failed to live up to hopes of international community, Moscow says day after court report on Russian annexation of Crimea Russia has said it is formally withdrawing its signature from the founding statute of the international criminal court, a day after the court published a report classifying the Russian annexation of Crimea as […]

The first lady of the United States gave Marc Brown a call after the publication of his popular 1991 children’s book, Arthur Meets the President. Barbara Bush, wife of President George H.W. Bush and creator of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, wanted to include the democracy-themed story  which features an aardvark family going […]

Users discriminate when leaving reviews, and workers discriminate when choosing customers.Image: LANE TURNER/THE BOSTON GLOBE VIA GETTY IMAGES Researchers are finding racial and gender disparities in just about every corner of the on-demand labor market. A new study showed black people received more negative reviews than white workers on online labor marketplaces TaskRabbit and Fiverr […]

Media captionSteve Walters: ‘I was inconsolable’ Four ex-footballers have appeared together in an emotional interview to tell of their torment after being abused as children by a coach. Andy Woodward, who was the first to go public last week, wept as Steve Walters, Chris Unsworth and Jason Dunford spoke of being abused by ex-Crewe Alexandra […]

Tropical storm Otto heads towards Pacific after becoming the southernmost hurricane on record to hit central America Hurricane Otto weakened to a tropical storm early on Friday after making landfall as the southernmost hurricane on record to hit central America. It headed toward the Pacific ocean early on Friday after dumping rain on Costa Rica […]

Legal action against Iceland Foods over trademark claims it limits countrys companies abroad The government of Iceland has launched legal action against its namesake British grocery chain over the use of its name. The island of Iceland is challenging Iceland Foods exclusive ownership of the European-wide trademark registration for the word Iceland which it said […]

Media captionSteve Walters: ‘I was inconsolable’ Four police forces say they are now investigating allegations of historical child sex abuse within football. Hampshire Police said it was looking into claims of “non-recent child abuse within the football community”. Cheshire Police said allegations had been made against more than one person while the Northumbria and Metropolitan […]

Rio de Janeiro (CNN)A key minister in Brazilian President Michel Temer’s government resigned Friday over a scandal that has cast a shadow over the President himself. Geddel Vieira Lima, the minister in charge of relations with Congress, signed a letter of resignation following an accusation that he and the President had pressured another minister to […]

The president-elects picknmix approach since his victory has the nation wondering whether it will get a statesman, a businessman, or a provocateur Fresh from his Thanksgiving Florida break, Donald Trump is due to finalise his cabinet in the coming days in an unconventional presidential transition that has kept supporters and critics alike in suspense as […]

Sherri Papini flagged down a driver on Thanksgiving, authorities say as details of her three-week captivity remain unclear A woman who was kidnapped and held captive for three weeks after leaving her northern California home to jog was found safe on the side of a rural road bound in restraints, a local sheriff said Friday. […]