Emmanuel Macron's French presidential campaign hacked
Updated 1150 GMT (1950 HKT) May 6, 2017
The front-runner in France's presidential race, Emmanuel Macron, has been the victim of a "massive and coordinated hacking operation," his campaign team said, slamming the attack as a last-ditch attempt to undermine the candidate's lead.
The document dump happened Friday night, less than 48 hours before the country votes in the final round of the presidential election, which pits the independent centrist Macron against the far-right Marine Le Pen.
The files were released just before 2 p.m. ET Friday, around four hours before the election campaign period officially closed with its restrictions on campaigning, reporting and polling. These restrictions are aimed at preventing last-minute scandals from emerging and influencing the election's outcome.
Hugo Chávez statue torn down as death toll rises in Venezuela protests
Young protester shot in the head amid continuation of demonstrations that brand President Nicolás Maduro a dictator and demand elections
A 20-year-old Venezuelan protester has died after being shot in the head, authorities said, taking fatalities from a month of anti-government unrest to at least 37, as the opposition geared up for more demonstrations.
Hecder Lugo was hurt during fighting between demonstrators and security forces in Valencia on Thursday that also injured four others, the local opposition mayor, Enzo Scarano, said in a series of tweets.
The state prosecutor’s office, which keeps an official count of deaths since protests began against socialist President Nicolás Maduro in early April, confirmed he died after being shot in a protest.
Donald Trump's dangerous flattery of foreign dictators shows how little he cares about human rights
The President continues to sing the praises of strongmen such as Kim Jong-un, Rodrigo Duterte and Vladimir Putin, which de-emphasises American values and causes a profound and unnerving shift in foreign policy
Republicans reaching for their blood pressure tablets each time their President utters some new blasphemy against the bedrock philosophies of their party, routinely insisting that his words matter less than the deeds that follow. If it’s a Monday he is going to pull out of Nafta, the free-trade treaty with Canada and Mexico. If it’s a Tuesday, he is not. Right now, it seems that he will not.
So it will turn out, they pray, with the cosying of Donald Trump with his counterpart from the Philippines, Rodrigo Duterte. Recently, they had a “friendly discussion” by phone which ended with Trump inviting him to Washington. The White House said the two men had discussed how Manila “is fighting very hard to rid its country of drugs”. That’s one way of putting it.
Small step for womenkind as Saudi kingdom relaxes male guardianship
A move by Saudi Arabia to give women more control over their life choices by further relaxing a controversial male guardian system was tentatively welcomed on Friday as another small step for women in the conservative kingdom.
Saudi Arabia is well known as one of the world’s most gender-segregated nations, where women live under the supervision of a male guardian, cannot drive, and in public must wear head-to-toe black garments.
Women need approval from a man to travel, study and get some health treatments.
However local media outlets reported this week that the king of Saudi Arabia has issued an order allowing women to benefit from government services such as education and healthcare without getting the consent of a male guardian.
However local media outlets reported this week that the king of Saudi Arabia has issued an order allowing women to benefit from government services such as education and healthcare without getting the consent of a male guardian.
Yamaguchi woman’s death recognized as case of ‘karoshi’ despite overtime figures falling below official threshold
A 50-year-old female office worker from Yamaguchi Prefecture who took just four days off in six months before her death in 2015 has been recognized by labor authorities as a victim of karoshi, or death from overwork, a lawyer for her bereaved family said.
The Yamaguchi Labor Standards Office recognized the death of Tomomi Saito, of Hofu, Yamaguchi Prefecture, as karoshi in February in view of her extremely limited days taken off. This recognition came despite her overtime figures having not hit official thresholds.
A death is likely to be considered the result of overwork if an employee worked 100 hours or more of overtime in the previous one-month period, or 80-plus hours of overtime in at least two straight months in the previous six months.
THE FORGOTTEN HISTORY OF CINCO DE MAYO: IT’S NOT ABOUT BEER, IT’S ABOUT RICH COUNTRIES STRANGLING POOR ONES
TODAY IS CINCO DE MAYO, May 5. To the degree most Americans think about it all, it’s as a day to drink lots of Mexican beer.
But the forgotten history behind Cinco de Mayo is fascinating and remains extremely relevant today. In fact, it’s so relevant for small countries around the world that it’s hard not to believe that’s exactly why it’s been forgotten.
Cinco de Mayo celebrates the victory of Mexican troops over the invading French army at the Battle of Puebla southeast of Mexico City on May 5, 1862. Because the Mexican soldiers were badly outnumbered and outgunned, the unexpected triumph was a watershed in forging the country’s national identity. (Militarily it wasn’t that significant — the next year France captured the Mexican capital and installed a member of the Austrian nobility as Maximillian I, “Emperor of Mexico.”)
But here’s important part for everyone else to remember today: France was invading Mexico essentially because Mexico owed France money.
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