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| How aid agency failings end in exploitation Haitians receive water at an aid distribution point after the earthquake in January 2010. Photograph: Roberto Schmidt/AFP/Getty Images. The year after Oxfam secretly forced out top officials for using prostitutes in Haiti, a UN agency fired one of its own senior figures after allegations of sexual misconduct ...
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Tasmania election: pokies squabble puts donations in spotlight In a Tasmanian election campaign yet to raise its voice much above a background hubbub, Liberal premier Will Hodgman reached to land a blow last week on Labor opposition leader Rebecca White by accusing her of accepting "money under the table" from the gambling industry while planning to ban ...
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| EU says Bayer Monsanto must not hurt competition in digital farming: paper A Danish politician who is serving as Europe's top anti-trust watchdog, Verstager told the paper the European Commission's role was not to block mergers, but to ensure they are structured in a way which does not hinder competition. "It is our task to ensure that farmers still have a choice over seeds, ...
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| West Hills in Southwest Portland Offers Laid-Back Luxury The West Hills neighborhood in southwest Portland has been attracting wealthy Portlanders since the late 19th century. Individuals who made their fortunes through the city's then-booming timber industry relocated from the city center to its forested hills for scenic views and natural surroundings. Set over ...
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| Saudi cleric says abayas 'not necessary' for women in ultra-conservative kingdom "More than 90 percent of pious Muslim women in the Muslim world do not wear abayas," Sheikh Mutlaq said on Friday. "So we should not force people to wear abayas." While not necessarily signalling a change in the law, the statement is the first of its kind from a senior religious figure. It follows the ...
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| John Cooper Clarke: 'The last time I did exercise was in rehab in the 1980s' I thrive on four hours. There is always something on telly, and I consider the morning hours to be golden. I go to bed about 4-5am and I'm up by 10 at the latest. There are only three things that stop me sleeping: hunger, the odd bad dream and cramp in the arches of my feet – it's crippling, as if ...
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| Elena Ferrante: 'My belief in some kind of beyond, acquired during childhood, has faded' As a result, the idea of death itself seems increasingly pallid. What is terrifying, instead, is the end of enjoyable life, of a full life. And for me that's because the belief in some kind of beyond, acquired during childhood, has faded over time. When I was a child, my grandmother was the most active person in ...
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| Isaiah Thomas to come off bench vs. Mavericks in Lakers debut 2. "This is about Isaiah and what he can do to help this young team continue to grow and to win," Thomas' agent, Aaron Goodwin, told ESPN on Saturday morning. "He's met with Luke and [assistant coach] Brian Shaw and he understands the direction of the team, and wants to come in and contribute the ...
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