oldephartte(in training): 1 June

Wednesday, June 01, 2016

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Insight - Could a millionaire businessman save Iraq’s Sunnis?
For at least a decade, Iraqi business mogul Khamis Khanjar has bankrolled Sunni politicians and fighters alike. Now, he wants to use his multi-million...
Merkel to skip disputed German vote on Armenia killings
Chancellor Angela Merkel has public commitments that mean she will miss a disputed vote in Germany's parliament on Thursday on a resolution that...
Traffickers in India force 300,000 children to beg in streets - police
At least 300,000 children across India are drugged, beaten and forced to beg every day, in what has become a multi million rupee industry controlled...

Philippines won't be 'lackey' to anyone - incoming foreign minister
The Philippines will not distance itself from its long-time security ally, the United States, but neither will it be a lackey to any foreign power,...
Fickle rains torture Madagascar's drought-stricken south
Like many people in Madagascar's parched south, Ranotongae had been hoping for the heavens to open up and ease the country's poorest rainy season in...
Hong Kong Pokeman fans offended by Pikachu's new Chinese name
Calling it "absurd", their fury taps in to concerns in the semi-autonomous city that its Cantonese culture is being eroded as Beijing's influence...

Insight - Could a millionaire businessman save Iraq’s Sunnis?
For at least a decade, Iraqi business mogul Khamis Khanjar has bankrolled Sunni politicians and fighters alike. Now, he wants to use his multi-million...
Merkel to skip disputed German vote on Armenia killings
Chancellor Angela Merkel has public commitments that mean she will miss a disputed vote in Germany's parliament on Thursday on a resolution that...
Traffickers in India force 300,000 children to beg in streets - police
At least 300,000 children across India are drugged, beaten and forced to beg every day, in what has become a multi million rupee industry controlled...

Universities agree to publish 'real' ATARs
Universities are going to come clean on their admissions processes.
'Not in our national interest:' Universities slammed over ATAR leniency
Plummeting university admission standards have been confirmed by new government data and one degree stands out as most concerning.
Vivid 2016: The skill that 65 per cent more employers want
Cassandra Mao is backing humans in the tech race.

Hospitals unclog emergency departments of ambulance patients, but waiting times rise
Doctors warn any improvements in the health system will blow out elsewhere, as hospitals reach peak efficiency.
'Cold-pressed raw milk' method wins regulatory approval
A newly approved process will allow unpasteurised milk to be sold in Australia.
Women's avoidance of drinking milk hitting 'concerning' levels, research shows
One in six Australians is avoiding a recommended food group without any medical reason, new research shows.

Citizen Science: Gamers help solve quantum questions
It turns out that playing is a great way to advance science.
Space tech: India prepares to take on Bezos and Musk
It's early days yet, but India is shaping up as a serious player in next-gen space travel. Anurag Kotoky and Ganesh Nagarajan report.
Photography: Pricey camera now has pricey lens to match
Sony's excellent but expensive R-series cameras now have their own suite of equally expensive lenses.

Richard Flanagan, Tom Keneally tussling with paper tigers
Leading authors concerned about cuts to copyright don't seem to have done their homework.
Fear of a feral Senate
A feral Senate is an untamed Senate and that is what many Australians wish for, seeing it as a positive not a negative.
Playing the woman's card in the US presidential elections
Being a woman is an added burden for Hillary Clinton as she battles against Donald Trump.

French vessel detects signals likely from EgyptAir black box
Egypt says search for black boxes intensifies ahead of arrival of deep ocean vessel within a week to retrieve the devices.
Paris closes roads as Seine River overflows with heavy rain
The Seine River has overflowed embankments in Paris as floods hit or threaten cities and towns around France.
North Korea praises Donald Trump while criticising Hillary Clinton
North Korea has backed presumptive US Republican nominee Donald Trump.

Sister of pregnant missing teen Natasha Boko calls for compassion
The sister of missing 14-year-old Natasha Boko has lashed out at critics on social media who have made negative comments about teen pregnancy.
Public service goes blind to solve its women problem
Asking women what they want from their jobs works wonders for gender diversity, bureau finds.
Five more ex-students allege abuse against St Edmund's College since revelations
Police and lawyers continue to urge other Canberra survivors to come forward.