Latest News Now: August 2018

Friday, August 31, 2018

Duterte Jokes About Rape, Again. Philippine Women Aren’t Laughing.

By FELIPE VILLAMOR from NYT World https://ift.tt/2C3Gi2v

One Last Time, McCain Counterprograms Trump

By JAMES PONIEWOZIK from NYT Arts https://ift.tt/2NzXKNH

Washington Prepares to Honor John McCain: The Senator Is to Lie in State in U.S. Capitol

By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2MGXVdB

How to Manage in ‘Support the Girls’

By MEKADO MURPHY from NYT Movies https://ift.tt/2PRZZ0c

‘Support the Girls’ | Anatomy of a Scene

By MEKADO MURPHY from NYT Movies https://ift.tt/2Nzh25M

When We Almost Stopped Climate Change

By Unknown Author from NYT Podcasts https://ift.tt/2Nyov4U

Summer Road-Tripping While Black

By ALLYSON HOBBS from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2PQjCFQ

The Catholic Church Is Sick With Sex

By TIMOTHY EGAN from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2onxOtw

We Are Not a ‘Cabal,’ Just Critics of Trump

By BEN RHODES from NYT Opinion https://ift.tt/2wtX59K

New York Today: A Maple Syrup Boom

By ALEXANDRA S. LEVINE and LUIS FERRÉ-SADURNÍ from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2LKLwA9

Son, Given Up for Adoption, Leads Birth Parents to Altar 36 Years Later

By NATALIE SHUTLER from NYT Fashion & Style https://ift.tt/2wy0qUA

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

India winking song: Actress not blasphemous, court rules

India's top court dismisses a Muslim group's complaint over a video that has gone viral this year.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Najm6o

Aretha Franklin: Four Tops lead Detroit tribute concert before funeral

Stars of soul, gospel and jazz honour the music legend on the eve of her funeral in Detroit.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PSUXjV

Who is getting dressed up to watch a goat race?

A selection of the best photos from across Africa and of Africans elsewhere this week.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LIqIca

Cambodian Court Sentences Australian Filmmaker to 6 Years for Espionage

By JULIA WALLACE from NYT World https://ift.tt/2N6lETR

The Notorious Kimi Raikkonen

By LUKE SMITH from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2CcuGdY

Formula One Uses Technology to Make Drivers Safer

By KATE WALKER from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2N6YyMO

After Years of Dismal Results, a Reorganization at McLaren

By IAN PARKES from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2LI4eIB

Nafta, John McCain, Coca-Cola: Your Friday Briefing

By CHRIS STANFORD from NYT Briefing https://ift.tt/2BZUSIq

Clock changes: EU backs ending daylight saving

Time could be up for the practice of changing clocks in the autumn and spring in the EU.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2N5Ap9q

China targets video gaming to tackle myopia in children

New restrictions will try to tackle rising levels of near-sightedness among children.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NAnadV

He’s a Doctor. To Syria’s Regime, He’s an Enemy.

By Unknown Author from NYT World https://ift.tt/2wsIQSQ

A Mother’s Fragmented Identity

By SARAH MENKEDICK from NYT Well https://ift.tt/2NGjgQA

Beto O’Rourke Dreams of One Texas. Ted Cruz Sees Another Clearly.

By MATT FLEGENHEIMER and TAMIR KALIFA from NYT U.S. https://ift.tt/2CaSaQi

How Modern Medicine Has Changed the Supreme Court

By DHRUV KHULLAR and ANUPAM B. JENA from NYT The Upshot https://ift.tt/2PkyECM

Why the Artist Mari Andrew Loves Solo Travel

By KELLY DINARDO from NYT Travel https://ift.tt/2oqwW7D

How to Protect Your Cellphone (and Your Data) When You Travel

By SHIVANI VORA from NYT Travel https://ift.tt/2NzSDwS

Michigan and Notre Dame Bolster a Sport Built on Rivalries

By MARC TRACY from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2MHEd1d

College Football’s Biggest Rivalries

By MARC TRACY from NYT Sports https://ift.tt/2PViAsv

Lot-Line Window? Keep Your Fingers Crossed

By SARA CLEMENCE from NYT Real Estate https://ift.tt/2opdlo3

Home Alone, With a Spy Cam

By RONDA KAYSEN from NYT Real Estate https://ift.tt/2BZPcy6

How Burak Cakmak, Dean of Fashion at Parsons, Spends His Sundays

By SHIVANI VORA from NYT New York https://ift.tt/2omCy2G

Trump Approach on Nafta Relieves Automakers’ Worst Fears

By NEAL E. BOUDETTE from NYT Business Day https://ift.tt/2wvnxiE

A Parade of Francophiles, With Peter Mayle in the Lead

By CHRISTINE MUHLKE from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2wxGpgU

New in Paperback: ‘Unbelievable,’ ‘Improvement’

By JOUMANA KHATIB from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2PovbTY

Letters to the Editor

By Unknown Author from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2CfpIgz

‘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

‘In the Garden of the Fugitives’: A Literary Tale of Love and Obsession

By S. KIRK WALSH from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2LHUmi1

Poetry’s Hanging Judge Tries On a Detective Hat

By ROBERT P. BAIRD from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2wtJwqW

He Wrote a Memoir About Infiltrating the Ku Klux Klan. Then Spike Lee Turned It Into a Film.

By EMILY EAKIN from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2wtbDGX

Are Ben Marcus’s Dark and Disturbing New Stories the Literary Answer to ‘Black Mirror’?

By JEFF GILES from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2Pn9vqZ

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

Cambodia jails Australian filmmaker found guilty of espionage

James Ricketson was arrested while he was flying a drone over an opposition rally in Cambodia.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2C0O51l

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

Man charged over threats against reporters who criticised Trump

The man is charged after allegedly saying he would kill journalists who criticised Donald Trump.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2CaU4AO

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

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

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

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 - World https://ift.tt/2PMYsse

Catholic Church rejects Australian call to overhaul confession

Catholic leaders in Australia confirm they will not force priests to report sexual abuse.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2METYWM

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 - World https://ift.tt/2N6ClOU

UN 'alarmed' by reports of China's mass detention of Uighurs

The UN says credible reports suggest that up to a million Muslim Uighurs are held in detention camps.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PUJJf9

Gérard Depardieu: French actor accused of rape

French actor Gérard Depardieu is accused of rape and sexual assault - accusations he denies.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2wsF4c5

John McCain: Sarah Palin 'excluded from his funeral'

A "stay-away message" was reportedly conveyed to Sarah Palin via McCain family intermediaries.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PSPrhA

Bobi Wine: Uganda's pop star MP 're-arrested at airport'

A young MP facing treason charges is allegedly detained while attempting to board a plane.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2wuUg8p

Argentina raises rates as peso plummets

Central bank raises benchmark interest rate in an effort to stabilise the country's financial crisis.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LAbd6h

Florida sheriff backs Uber driver who killed 'goofball'

"This is a justifiable homicide all day long," says a Florida sheriff about the shooting.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2C0VU6Z

Hayabusa-2: Japan sets date for spacecraft's asteroid touchdown

Japan's space agency sets dates for its plan to explore the surface of an asteroid with robots.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PhwP9M

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 - World https://ift.tt/2NytToH

McCain and Biden's long friendship

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

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

The power of 'pink money' in India

Some businesses in India have found that catering to the LGBT community makes financial sense.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PkzZJE

Colorado police tell handcuffed journalist: 'Act like a lady'

Susan Greene was arrested as she used her phone to record police detaining an African American.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2Pkjaii

The first cyclist to 'Everest' on Everest

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

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

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 - World https://ift.tt/2PPH2LJ

Tablet bends 'like ancient scroll'

A Canadian university has developed a tablet with a flexible screen that can rolled up.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2NyuA1l

How Eto'o helped homeless ex-Cameroon captain

Cameroon's Norbert Owona, homeless for two years, thanks Samuel Eto'o for promising him a new house.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2PRs5bR

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 - World https://ift.tt/2Pm5AL3

Why Australia is talking about a French au pair

A minister's decision to personally intervene in a visa case is attracting national attention.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2or6hqZ

Movie madness: Why Chinese cinemas are empty but full

Chinese government investigators say certain investment companies are faking box office results.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2wv3oKd

Iosif Kobzon: Russians mourn 'Soviet Sinatra'

Iosif Kobzon was the soundtrack to the lives of many Russians but had a controversial career.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LHKRPL

Why India activist arrests have kicked up a storm

The issue has heated up online and people are staging protest rallies against the arrests.

from BBC News - World https://ift.tt/2LDapxu

Multiple Violent Attacks Against Believers Reveal Just How Dangerous it is For Pakistani Christians

Two recent attacks against Christians in Pakistan emphasize the worsening conditions for believers in the predominately Muslim country.

from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2N17qDI

Nigerian Schoolgirl Who Refuses to Denounce Jesus Begs for Freedom

A Nigerian Christian schoolgirl who remains in captivity because she refuses to denounce Christ is calling on her government to fight for her release.

from CBNNews.com https://ift.tt/2PRlOgn