Latest World News: August 2018

Friday 31 August 2018

‘The Garden Party’ Is a Tale of Mismatched Families, a Wedding and Lots of Wine

By MAGGIE SHIPSTEAD from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2LHjwx2

An All-but-Extinct Piano Plays Once More

By CLEVELAND JOHNSON from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2ort8TE

Twisting for Solos, the Violist Is a Quartet’s Odd Player Out

By CORINNA da FONSECA-WOLLHEIM from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2Poe5p3

In Classic Car Market, Exceptional Is the Rule

By SCOTT REYBURN from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2C00Fh8

Russia puts military policeman in charge of doping reform

from ESPN https://ift.tt/2ooxyKT

Dolphin stuck in aquarium prompts outrage

Animal rights groups in Japan have raised the alarm over a dolphin, 46 penguins and hundreds of fish and reptiles that are locked in an aquarium that has been closed for months.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2ME1xNB

Crossrail delay: New London line will open in autumn 2019

Transport for London says more time is needed "to ensure a safe and reliable railway".

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2LIxD5h

Rule change tries to cool players in 'nightmare' heat at US Open

Scorching temperatures took a toll on athletes competing in the US Open this week. For the first time in the event's history, an extreme heat policy was implemented to help tennis players cope with temperatures nearing 100 degrees Fahrenheit.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2PS7GmZ

Don't eat foods with liquid nitrogen

The US Food and Drug Administration issued a safety alert Thursday, warning consumers about the potential dangers of eating food prepared with liquid nitrogen.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2C2rNw3

How to prepare for ex-President Trump

Someday, Donald Trump will become ex-President Trump. After a guilty plea from his longtime "fixer," Michael Cohen, alleging that Trump directed the commission of federal crimes, perhaps that day will arrive sooner rather than later. But whether it's a week, 18 months or more than six years away, we need to start preparing now. That's because, for all of the threat to our democracy Trump poses as president, he may pose an even bigger one as an ex-president.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2wu8VRz

Scallop Wars are no red herring when it comes to Brexit

Forget territorial waters: Welcome to the Scallop Wars.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2PQyBzx

China may regret US soybean tariffs

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2N4h1tz

'Nobody ever will sing like Aretha'

Stars from the world of music have marked the life of Aretha Franklin in a tribute concert in Detroit.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2onTWUF

Karnataka Premier League players report approaches to ACU

from ESPN https://ift.tt/2NyfrNq

He Knows His Way Around a Half-Butt (That’s Snooker Talk)

By ROSLYN SULCAS from NYT Theater https://ift.tt/2PTYkai

Too Many Chinese Children Need Glasses. Beijing Blames Video Games.

By RAYMOND ZHONG from NYT Technology https://ift.tt/2onQXLX

Tenderly Photographing the End of Her Father’s Life

By JONATHAN BLAUSTEIN from NYT Lens https://ift.tt/2NACMhD

Coca-Cola Bets on Coffee With $5.1 Billion Deal for Costa

By MICHAEL J. de la MERCED from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2MI0kEU

Christian Wade: Rugby ignoring black state school kids

Christian Wade says the sport must do more to get children from state schools into the sport.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2omJaxM

China’s State Media: Trump Tweets Come From an ‘Alternative Universe’

By AUSTIN RAMZY from NYT World https://ift.tt/2Pm8O1i

'Those inside the prisons have disappeared'

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://cnn.it/2omgIfv

Coca-Cola is buying Costa Coffee for $5 billion

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2Pn7L0X

Taiwanese street food taking over the world

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://cnn.it/2C31Psb

See Tesla become airborne for over 100 feet

Security footage shows a Tesla crossing railroad tracks at a high speed and becoming airborne. The driver lost control of the car and crashed.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2NArPMQ

Hacking a Prince, an Emir and a Journalist to Impress a Client

By DAVID D. KIRKPATRICK and AZAM AHMED from NYT World https://ift.tt/2N2iqk9

Australia’s Catholic Leaders Reject Call to Report Sex Abuse Heard in Confessions

By RICK ROJAS from NYT World https://ift.tt/2POWjfT

15 Chapters of Grand Slam Drama for the Williams Sisters

By BEN ROTHENBERG and VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2PgNfyY

Numbers of elderly in 24-hour care set to double by 2035

The social care system is "at breaking point", a local government official warns.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PTOqWy

Solihull murders: Man held over mum and daughter deaths

A man, 21, is arrested on suspicion of murdering a mother and her 22-year-old daughter in Solihull.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2LJwxGF

Homebase future in doubt as creditors meet

If landlords do not approve a rescue deal for the DIY chain, it is likely to go into administration.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Pmcekv

Frank Field: Labour MP says anti-Semitism is 'more than tolerated' in party

Frank Field says he backed Jeremy Corbyn for leader to be "inclusive", but the party is now intolerant.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2wzfvp0

Coca-Cola to buy Costa chain for £3.9bn

The UK's biggest coffee chain is being sold by owner Whitbread, which also owns Premier Inns.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2ooSGRa

Theresa May shows off dance moves in Kenya

Theresa May danced with a group of scouts during a visit to the UN offices in Nairobi, Kenya.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2wwZNut

Astronauts tackle air leak on International Space Station

A "micro-fracture" from a possible collision with a rock fragment sets off alerts on the ISS.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2N6ClOU

Trump threatens to pull US out of World Trade Organization

The US president says he will abandon the global trade body "if they don't shape up".

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PMYsse

Man with dwarfism describes street abuse

Eugene Grant is regularly abused by people as he walks around Newcastle.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PQWRBK

New asthma treatment set for wider NHS distribution

The new 'melting muscle' treatment has proved to be safe and effective, health experts say.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2C20bqX

Breakdancing 'helped man escape gang culture'

Paco Box said he carried a gun and robbed people to fund his former lifestyle.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PS6WhW

Dominic Raab prepares for six-hour Brexit talks in Brussels

The Brexit secretary will meet the EU's chief negotiator as work on a divorce deal continues.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2LIgMiR

Stéphane Pauwels arrest: Football presenter charged over armed robbery

One of Belgium's top football TV presenters is charged with being an accomplice to an armed robbery.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2NytToH

The Papers: MP quits 'nasty' Labour and Grenfell fraud

Many of Friday's papers lead on the resignation of Frank Field over Labour's anti-Semitism row.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2NaQNFX

News Daily: Labour culture 'appalling' and Trump threatens WTO

Your morning briefing for Friday 31 August 2018.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PSpEWw

Five back-to-school sleeping tips for kids

It's back-to-school time. Here are five top tips for getting your kids back into a school-friendly bedtime routine.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2LIkAkc

Quiz: Who went wild about Harry?

It's the weekly news quiz - have you been paying attention to what's been going on in the world over the past seven days?

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2NymWEb

The first cyclist to 'Everest' on Everest

JJ Zhou took on a fiendish cycling challenge on the world's highest mountain.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2NC2pyG

McCain and Biden's long friendship

The Arizona senator and the former vice-president shared a decades-long friendship.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2opOXms

Why a plane is dropping trout into a lake from above

A mountain lake is being re-stocked with trout from the air by the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PPH2LJ

Giant Sadiq Khan bikini-clad balloon to fly over London

The 29ft giant inflatable, bought by protesters, shows the London mayor wearing a yellow bikini.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2C2t3iV

Errant swan captured on M5

Worried motorists called the police after spotting the bird on the hard shoulder.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2wxWPWx

Imran Khan mocked for helicopter home-to-work commute

People are unimpressed the Pakistan prime minister takes a helicopter to work despite his austerity policies.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PRUte6

High suicide risk for 'men in construction'

The suicide rate among low-skilled male labourers is three times higher than the national average for men, according to figures by the ONS.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2MXbzJ1

Sharing a one-night stand with Crohn's Disease

Philip's date was going well until Crohn's Disease turned up the morning after the night before.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2BY3lfj

Mum, how should I talk to my son about you?

When she gave birth to her son Teddy, Robyn Hollingworth wanted to share the news with her own mum

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2PMziKt

Why were there so many serial killers in the 1980s?

One historian suggests in a new book that the ravages of World War Two might have contributed.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2Pm5AL3

'My robot makes me feel like I haven't been forgotten'

How internet-connected robots are helping combat the scourge of isolation and loneliness.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2MGfoCX

How the Hogwarts Express was saved from a Welsh scrapyard

The real-life story of the Hogwarts Express is almost as magical as the engine itself.

from BBC News - Home https://ift.tt/2LDmGC4

New Zealand spinner Morna Nielsen retires from all forms of cricket

from ESPN https://ift.tt/2PTgA3D

Teddy Bridgewater of New Orleans Saints says he doesn't mind waiting a year to grow under Drew Brees

from ESPN https://ift.tt/2ooW12v

Jason Heyward of Chicago Cubs injures hamstring, out at least next two games

from ESPN https://ift.tt/2N6CNwC

Aggies start season with 59-7 win vs. Northwestern St

from ESPN https://ift.tt/2NyB2Wa

Robert Griffin III sits Baltimore Ravens preseason finale

from ESPN https://ift.tt/2MZXiLB

Boston Red Sox not sure when David Price will pitch next after being hit

from ESPN https://ift.tt/2MCUx3f

Houston Rockets trade Ryan Anderson, De'Anthony Melton to Phoenix Suns

from ESPN https://ift.tt/2omR0rk

Devon Walker has No. 18 retired by Tulane Green Wave athletic program

from ESPN https://ift.tt/2C1PbcW

NFL, NFLPA unlikely to reach national anthem resolution by Week 1 of regular season

from ESPN https://ift.tt/2NwsjDJ

from ESPN https://ift.tt/2MGKYjK

Australian Catholic leaders reject suggestion that priests report confessions of abuse

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2NzYYbH

Biden's McCain eulogy explained what's wrong with American politics

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2C4HkLY

Australian found guilty of spying in Cambodia

Australian filmmaker James Ricketson has been sentenced to six years in a Cambodian prison, after being found guilty of spying for an unnamed country.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2PTzkQP

China may regret US soybean tariffs

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2PjQwxO

Get close to an erupting volcano

The Kilauea volcano eruption began in early May and isn't slowing down. Now, the lives of thousands of Hawaiians have been turned upside down. But the eruption has also attracted enthusiasts like Demain, who documents the lava's beauty and destructive power.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2PRxJe7

Hundreds of immigrant kids remain separated from parents

Hundreds of children separated from their parents at the US-Mexico border remain separated from them, including 497 in government custody, according to a new court filing Thursday.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2BXWna9

Judge orders couple to hand over money raised to homeless man

After Johnny Bobbitt Jr., a homeless man with just $20 in his pocket, gave stranded motorist Kate McClure the money for gas last October, the woman and her boyfriend raised $400,000 to help him out.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2N4bvH7

Japan to attempt robot landing on asteroid

Japan's space agency will attempt to land a robotic unmanned landing craft on the surface of an asteroid 300 million-kilometers (186.4 million-miles) away from Earth next month.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2wAoCWn

Prince Harry sings, stuns 'Hamilton' cast

Prince Harry sings like a king. CNN's Jeanne Moos reports on his "Hamilton" debut.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2PmoNwb

See Tess Holliday on latest Cosmo cover

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2onmJZl

This life-size, drivable Bugatti is made out of 1 million Legos

Over 1 million plastic blocks and 13,000 hours later, Lego accomplished an unlikely feat: a functional Bugatti made largely out of the iconic construction toys drove down a track in Germany.

from CNN.com - RSS Channel - App International Edition https://ift.tt/2NFryYY

Search This Blog

Pages

Friday 31 August 2018

Thursday 30 August 2018