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Burnt body of British missionary and activist against oil companies in the Amazon found in Peru

teleSUR
Wed, 03 Apr 2019 21:56 UTC

Paul McAuley, a British environmental activist and missionary was found dead in Peru. He used to fight against oil companies' invasion in the Amazon.

The burnt body of Paul McAuley, a 71-year old British environmental activist and Catholic missionary, was found in the Amazon city of Iquitos on Tuesday.

His body was found in a shelter house he founded for Indigenous students, "La Salle," located in the district of Bethlehem (Iquitos). Some students informed the police after finding the body.

Authorities are questioning six Indigenous men who lived in the hostel.

McAuley was a Catholic brother of the De La Salle teaching order. He moved to Peru in 2000 to support the Indigenous activists and set up an association Red Ambiental Loretana.

India disputes Pakistani army's claim it killed seven Indian soldiers in clash

Aamir Latif, Zahid Rafiq
Anadolu Agency
Wed, 03 Apr 2019 00:00 UTC

Pakistan's army Tuesday claimed it had killed seven Indian soldiers in a fresh clash along the disputed Kashmir border, a claim rejected by New Delhi.

In a statement, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), the Pakistani army's media wing, accused Indian border guards of rising cease-fire violations during the last 48-72 hours along the Line of Control (LoC), a de facto border that divides the disputed Himalayan valley between the two countries.

"Pakistan's Army is responding befittingly, which has caused heavy damage on the Indian side. The exchange of fire has damaged many Indian posts, [and] killed 7 Indian soldiers while 19 [were] injured," the statement claimed. Three Pakistani soldiers were also killed in the clash, the ISPR said.

Lt. Col. Devender Anand, Indian Defense Ministry spokesman, however, said that an Indian border officer and two civilians, including a 5-year-old girl, were killed on Monday in the clash, which occurred after a break of only a couple of weeks. At least 18 others, including four armed forces personnel, were also wounded, Anand told reporters.

Defense lawyers say the 'only possible conclusion' from gov't allegations is that Chelsea Manning was illegally spied on

Colin Kalmbacher
Law and Crime
Tue, 02 Apr 2019 19:30 UTC

Attorneys for Chelsea Manning believe the government has recently conducted illegal surveillance operations against their client.

The former U.S. Army intelligence analyst who served 7 years of a 35-year prison sentence after leaking thousands of documents to WikiLeaks was arrested again in early March after refusing to testify in front of a grand jury in the Eastern District of Virginia.

On Monday, Manning's legal team filed a motion to secure her release from jail pending an appeal filed with the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals last week. The appeal seeks to overturn the contempt finding issued by U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton three weeks ago.

The appeal notes Manning's belief that an unlawful surveillance operation was recently run against her by federal agents:

The government's allegation that she made statements inconsistent with her court-martial testimony leads Ms. Manning and counsel to believe that she has been and is subject to illegal electronic surveillance. The only possible conclusion is that the government has intercepted, misunderstood, and misattributed electronic communications. Ms. Manning firmly denies that her prior testimony was false.

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RT reports: Locals slam Macron's empty promises on the environment, French city plagued by pollution

RT
Wed, 03 Apr 2019 08:23 UTC

Emmanuel Macron is known as an advocate of combating pollution globally, but did he succeed in doing so in France? RT visited one of Europe's largest industrial zones, where noxious fumes are putting people's lives at risk.

Fos-sur-Mer looks like an idyllic seaside city in southern France, but it accommodates a sizeable port and industrial facilities, including oil refineries, chemical factories and steel plants. Day and night, all of these are releasing toxic fumes into the air, RT's Charlotte Dubenskij reported.

Residents claim that these compounds are having a devastating effect on their health, with the number of cancer, diabetes and asthma patients higher than the national average. "The main problem comes from the industrial port area which emits ultrafine particles that get into our lungs and blood streams," said Daniel Moutet, president of a local environmental group.

Moutet, who has diabetes, explained that the high rate of diseases could have been lower if noxious waste was disposed of properly by Fos-sur-Mer factories. "Just 50km from here, none of this is happening, so this is a local problem," he added.

Russian sovereign bonds selling like hotcakes as demand breaks all-time record

RT
Thu, 04 Apr 2019 18:28 UTC

Despite the imminent threat of US sanctions targeting Russia's financial sector, the country's ruble-denominated government bonds are selling at record pace.

Following the results of two auction sessions, the Russian Ministry of Finance raised 83 billion rubles ($1.26 billion). However, the figure failed to reach the 91.4 billion rubles reached on March 13, when demand for Russia's ruble-denominated domestic OFZs reportedly hit an all-time high.

On Wednesday, total bids received from investors for the bonds amounted to 145 billion rubles ($2.2 billion), more than half as much as the Finance Ministry raised a week ago, and 800 million rubles more than investors purchased on average during abnormally active sessions during mid-March.

The share of foreigners investing in Russia's sovereign debt is back to 30 percent, with the Finance Ministry reportedly planning to increase the number of bonds on offer this year and even double the overall year-on-year issues.

Mali massacre raises questions about French operations inflaming ethnic tensions

RT
Thu, 04 Apr 2019 17:52 UTC

A brutal massacre in central Mali which killed 160 people, including children, has raised concerns that US and French anti-terrorism operations in the African nation are inflaming ethnic tensions.

Last month, an ethnic militia composed of Dogon hunters is suspected of massacring a village in central Mali, killing 160 men, women and children. The villagers were targeted for being part of the Fulani ethnic group, which has been accused of supporting Al-Qaeda.

French President Emmanuel Macron has promised to carry out an "uncompromising" fight against terrorism in Mali, but many fear that the foreign troops are actually inflaming ethnic strife.

Ethiopia calls on Boeing to review its control systems, says pilots followed correct procedures

David Reid
CNBC
Thu, 04 Apr 2019 17:49 UTC

Ethiopia has said Boeing must review the "controllability" of the 737 MAX 8 aircraft model and that aviation authorities should verify that the flight control system was "adequately addressed" by the U.S. plane manufacturer.

A Boeing 737 Max 8 plane killed all 157 people on board on March 10 just minutes into its flight from Addis Ababa to Nairobi. Speaking at a press conference Thursday, the Ethiopian Transport Minister Dagmawit Moges outlined a preliminary report into the crash and said pilots on board had followed flight procedures given by Boeing.

Boeing and the U.S. Federal Aviation Authority have suggested that the crash may have been avoided had pilots simply followed established safety procedures.

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Canadian man fined $55,000 for calling a male who identified as a woman a male

Michael Brown
The Stream
Thu, 04 Apr 2019 00:00 UTC

© Youtube/Screenshot
Bill Whatcott's supporters pray over him just before he turned himself in for a "hate crime." June 2018.

We told you this was coming. We warned you it would happen. We were not crying wolf. We were telling you the truth. And now it is here, as a headline announces: "Canadian tribunal fines Bill Whatcott $55,000 for expressing Christian views on 'transgenderism.'" In other words, Whatcott called a biological male (who identifies as a female) a "biological male." That was his crime.

What a miscarriage of justice. What an assault of freedom of speech and expression.

John Carpay, president of the Justice Center for Constitutional Freedom, defended Whatcott, noting in protest that, "The Supreme Court of Canada has long held that freedom of expression is the lifeblood of democracy." But not when it crosses the lines of transgender activism. Freedom halts there.

Carpay added, "Society is full of people with diverse views and the Tribunal's decision undermines the foundational principles of the free society and jeopardizes the health of Canada's democracy."

Japanese authorities arrest ex-Nissan head Carlos Ghosn, again, on financial misconduct charges

Fox Business
Thu, 04 Apr 2019 18:09 UTC

Japanese prosecutors arrested Carlos Ghosn again on Thursday on suspicion the former Nissan boss had tried to enrich himself at the automaker's expense, in another dramatic twist that his lawyers said was an attempt to muzzle him.

The arrest, which legal experts not connected to the case described as highly rare for someone already released on bail, marks the fourth time that prosecutors have arrested the once-feted executive, a scandal that has rocked the global auto industry and shined a harsh light on Japan's judicial system.

Tokyo prosecutors said Ghosn had caused Nissan Motor Co $5 million in losses over a 2-1/2-year period to July 2018, in breach of his legal duties to the company and with the goal of personal gain.

The Kyodo news agency reported that the losses involved the shifting of funds through a dealer in Oman to the account of a company Ghosn effectively owned. The agency did not cite any sources.

Disney hit with class-action lawsuit over alleged gender pay gap

Gene Maddaus
Variety
Tue, 02 Apr 2019 18:06 UTC

A class action law firm sued the Walt Disney Co. on Tuesday, alleging that the company systematically underpays its female employees.

The firm of Andrus Anderson LLP, based in San Francisco, seeks to represent all women employed by the Walt Disney Studios in California since 2015. The suit claims that corporate policies - including setting a new hire's salary based on her salary at previous employers - has a discriminatory effect on women.

The suit also alleges that Disney does not have an internal mechanism to ensure that women are not paid less than their male counterparts for the same work.

"Like other companies that operate without transparency, consistency, and accountability, Disney's leadership tends to value male workers more than female workers," the suit alleges. "Taken together, Disney's compensation policies, procedures and practices are not valid, job-related, or justified by business necessity."

Got a lot of banning to do now if songs have to only contain official, literal, "truths" I reckon.

Neizvestno

We must believe lies as truth or face the consequences. I am not sure if I can assimilate into the Brave New World.

nuggatron

This figure is such an obvious parody and insult of the voters, I don't know why the whole deepfake administration was not court-martialled and...

codis

Only space aliens or pedojewzskies would abuse a child at school: [Link]

Jibrish

Good luck to them, to us all.

Demore

Society's Child

Burnt body of British missionary and activist against oil companies in the Amazon found in Peru

India disputes Pakistani army's claim it killed seven Indian soldiers in clash

Defense lawyers say the 'only possible conclusion' from gov't allegations is that Chelsea Manning was illegally spied on

RT reports: Locals slam Macron's empty promises on the environment, French city plagued by pollution

Russian sovereign bonds selling like hotcakes as demand breaks all-time record

Mali massacre raises questions about French operations inflaming ethnic tensions

Ethiopia calls on Boeing to review its control systems, says pilots followed correct procedures

Canadian man fined $55,000 for calling a male who identified as a woman a male

Japanese authorities arrest ex-Nissan head Carlos Ghosn, again, on financial misconduct charges

Disney hit with class-action lawsuit over alleged gender pay gap

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