International

• Friday, November 15th 2019 - 09:08 UTC

  Diabetes epidemic affects 460 million, 1 in 11 adults and is top-10 killer worldwide

  

  More than 460 million people - 1 in 11 adults - now suffer from diabetes, largely brought on by an over-rich lifestyle short on exercise, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) said on Thursday.

• Friday, November 15th 2019 - 08:56 UTC

  Tories leading in opinion polls, but Johnson is having a rough time with crowds

  

  British Prime Minister Boris Johnson cancelled a planned campaign visit to a bakery in southwest England on Thursday after protesters gathered outside, the BBC reported.

• Friday, November 15th 2019 - 08:51 UTC

  ICC will investigate alleged Rohingya genocide, following on case filed in Argentina

  

  The International Criminal Court on Thursday approved a full investigation into Myanmar's alleged crimes against the Rohingya, as the southeast Asian nation faced mounting legal pressure worldwide over their fate.

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 18:30 UTC

  As populism advances, beware of the Polish secret

  

  By Gwynne Dyer – There is a tension at the heart of populist political parties that may ultimately lead most of them to electoral defeat. They depend heavily on the votes of the old, the poor and the poorly educated — “I love the poorly educated,” as Donald Trump once put it — but they are also right-wing parties that do not like what they call “socialism.” (Other people call it the welfare state.)

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 18:23 UTC

  OECD report warns about the middle class “squeezed by the ultra rich”

  

  Middle-class families are seeing their incomes stagnating as they are squeezed by the ultra-rich taking a bigger slice, says an international report from the OECD economics think tank.

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 18:09 UTC

  World Medical Association reaffirms opposition to euthanasia and assisted suicide

  

  The World Medical Association has reaffirmed its long-standing policy of opposition to euthanasia and physician-assisted suicide.

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Facebook admits to have taken down some 5.4 billion fake accounts and “millions prevented every day”

  

  Facebook on Wednesday said it has taken down about 5.4 billion fake accounts this year in a sign of the persistent battle on social media against manipulation and misinformation. Amid growing efforts to create fraudulent accounts, Facebook said it has stepped up its defenses and often removes the accounts within minutes of being created.

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 09:50 UTC

  Nobel Laureate and Myanmar generals accused of crimes against Rohingya Muslims, under universal jurisdiction in Argentine court

  

  Former democracy icon Aung San Suu Kyi is among several top Myanmar officials named on Wednesday in a case filed in Argentina for crimes against Rohingya Muslims, the first time the Nobel Laureate has been legally targeted over the crisis.

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 09:30 UTC

  Migration and “Promoting the European Way of Life”, at the heart of EC controversy

  

  The incoming European Commission chief has changed the title of her migration commissioner from “Protecting our European Way of Life” following criticism it had far-right connotations, an EU official said on Wednesday.

• Thursday, November 14th 2019 - 09:15 UTC

  Exceptional high tide and sewage causing untold damage in Venice

  

  Dirty water swirls around marble tombs inside the 12th-century crypt of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, which suffered untold damage when an unprecedented high tide swept through the city. Pumps work overtime to clear the seawater from around the altar and under the pink and white stone arches, as the historic monument's custodians look on in sadness and anger.