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Immoral fruit causes university evacuation 0

Immoral fruit causes university evacuation

Image copyright Reuters Image caption The rotting durian was found in a library cupboard More than 500 students and teachers were evacuated from a university in Melbourne, Australia, as a result of a smell initially suspected to be gas. But it turned out the « gas » that students smelt at the RMIT’s library was a rotting…

Second wave of Arab revolutions ‘inevitable’, specialists issue 0

Second wave of Arab revolutions ‘inevitable’, specialists issue

Doha, Qatar – Eight years after the so-called Arab Spring, the region is facing the prospect of another phase of revolts due to pressing financial, urbanisation and unemployment challenges, experts have argued. Several Arab leaders were deposed in the aftermath of the popular 2010 and 2011 uprisings, while others’ grip on power was loosened. Speaking…

Syria battle: Government forces proceed Yarmouk bombardment 0

Syria battle: Government forces proceed Yarmouk bombardment

Syrian government air strikes continued on the Palestinian refugee camp Yarmouk on Sunday, prompting fresh concerns about the humanitarian situation in the area. Yarmouk over the past week has seen a dramatic increase in violence, as government forces stepped up efforts against rebels forces said to be hiding in the camp, which is situated near the…

Rwanda’s Paul Kagame accuses ICC of bias towards Africa 0

Rwanda’s Paul Kagame accuses ICC of bias towards Africa

Kigali, Rwanda – Rwandan President Paul Kagame has repeated his harsh criticism of the International Criminal Court (ICC) for what he calls open bias against Africa, saying it has failed to mete out justice in any other part of the world. « The ICC was supposed to address the whole world, but it ended up covering…

Julia Klöckner: Agrarministerin will falsche Lebensmittelkennzeichnung verhindern 0

Julia Klöckner: Agrarministerin will falsche Lebensmittelkennzeichnung verhindern

Bundesagrarministerin Julia Klöckner (CDU) will verhindern, das Angaben auf Lebensmittelpackungen unklar und falsch sind. « Schönrechnen und Schönreden darf nicht sein », sagte Klöckner. Außerdem seien manche Informationen ungenau. Beispielsweise hätten die auf Verpackungen angegebenen Portionsgrößen bei Cornflakes und Müsli « oft nicht viel mit einem realistischen Verzehrverhalten zu tun ». Verbraucherschützer kritisieren seit langem, dass Hersteller den Kaloriengehalt…

North Korea’s Kim promises transparency in nuclear space shutdown 0

North Korea’s Kim promises transparency in nuclear space shutdown

« At the talks both sides had a candid and open-hearted exchange of views on the matters of mutual concern including the issues of improving the North-South relations, ensuring peace on the Korean Peninsula and the denuclearization of the peninsula, » KCNA said. It added that the night wrapped up with a dinner that had an « amicable…

Larry Harvey, the Man In the serve of Burning Man, Is Dull at 70 0

Larry Harvey, the Man In the serve of Burning Man, Is Dull at 70

The festival’s 10 official principles, written by Mr. Harvey, include civic responsibility, communal effort, gifting and immediacy. But the one cited most often is radical self-expression. Photo The finale of Burning Man, the globally celebrated anti-establishment, anti-consumerist festival that Mr. Harvey began with a friend, in Nevada in 2013. Credit Andy Barron/The Reno Gazette-Journal, via…

‘You hypocrite!’ Graeme Souness plans a £2m home – in his lend a hand backyard 0

‘You hypocrite!’ Graeme Souness plans a £2m home – in his lend a hand backyard

The former Liverpool and Scotland captain has been accused of hypocrisy When his neighbour in an exclusive millionaires’ row wanted to build new homes in their garden, football legend Graeme Souness didn’t hesitate to put the boot in and successfully challenged the plans. But now, the former Liverpool and Scotland captain has been accused of…