Nauru files: how you can help people held in detention by Australia
This week the Guardian published the Nauru files, a cache of more than 2,000 leaked documents from inside the Nauru detention system. There are more than 400 people on Nauru, and more than 800 on Manus Island in Papua New Guinea. The files have revealed a shocking level of trauma and abuse – both alleged and witnessed – occurring inside the Nauru facility, and other allegations continue to emerge from Manus. Since the Salvation Army and Save the Children left, there are no longer any chariti..>> view originalTurkish sailors sentenced to 42 years for UK's biggest cocaine haul
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Thailand bombing: Authorities hunt tourist town bomb culprits Updated August 13, 2016 14:23:29 Thai authorities are hunting for culprits behind a wave of bombings targeting the country's key tourism sector, as businesses in top destinations brace for the full impact. Key points:Series of bomb blasts across five southern provinces kill four localsPolice so no arrests made but downplay possibility of terrorismPrime Minister suggests the attacks could be a backlash to new..>> view originalTurkey's most celebrated footballer wanted in connection with failed coup
Ankara: Turkey has issued an arrest warrant for its most celebrated football player, former international striker Hakan Sukur, ordering the seizure of his assets as part of an investigation into last month's failed coup, state media says.Prosecutors accuse Sukur of "being a member of an armed terror group", a reference to the organisation of the US-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen whom Ankara says was behind the abortive putsch. Gulen denies the accusation. More News Videos Pre..>> view originalEarthquake, tsunami hit Pacific Islands: Why was it barely noticeable?
An earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 hit the Pacific Ocean between the island nations Vanuatu and New Caledonia on Friday. An initial tsunami warning was issued for those islands and Fiji, but it was later rescinded by the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center because the resulting tsunami only brought normal sized waves curling toward the shore.This was a fortunate turn of events considering that both islands lie along the "Ring of Fire," a horseshoe-shaped area running around nearly the entire Paci..>> view originalCuban tobacconist attempts to break world record with 90-metre cigar for Fidel Castro's 90th birthday
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Firemen battle blaze in southern France1:10Firemen battle wildfires have ravage more than 3,000ha, injured seven in southern France, local authorities say. A member of a wildfire brigade looks on as flames of a fire burned in Arbo, northwestern Spain.Staff writer and AFPNews Corp Australia NetworkFIREFIGHTERS are making progress in quenching forest fires that have devastated parts of Portugal and France, officials say, as Spain faced a rash of possibly deliberately lit blazes. The situation ha..>> view originalUS girls' bedroom livestreamed after hacking
A US mother was horrified to discover live webcam footage shot in her young daughters' room was being streamed online for thousands of people to watch. The webcam the woman had placed in the room for security purposes had been hacked and was publicly available thanks to an app called Live Camera Viewer. "We have security cameras to protect them," the woman, identified only as Jennifer, told the US network ABC. "I feel like I've failed. People are watching my kids in their home, dressing, sle..>> view originalHillary Clinton campaign to Donald Trump: Show me your money
Washington: Amidst reports that Donald Trump probably pays no tax, Hillary Clinton piled pressure on the beleaguered Republican presidential nominee on Friday – releasing her 2015 tax return, which reveals a total tax payout in excess of 35 per cent.Over the years Trump has noisily demanded that President Barack Obama release practically everything – save for the size of his underwear. In segueing from New York property mogul to national political figure, Trump campaigned at different times for..>> view original
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