22 of the top 30 most polluted cities in the world are in India
Updated 0811 GMT (1611 HKT) March 5, 2019
India accounts for seven of the world's 10 cities with the worst air pollution, according to a new report, but previously smogbound Chinese cities have seen a marked improvement.
Gurugram, a suburb of the Indian capital New Delhi, is the world's most polluted city, according to Greenpeace and AirVisual, which found it had an average air quality index of 135.8 in 2018 -- almost three times the level which the US Environmental Protection Agency regards as healthy.
In two months of last year, the AQI in Gurugram -- as measured by levels of fine particulate matter known as PM 2.5 -- was above 200. The EPA regards this as "very unhealthy" and warns that "everyone may experience more serious health effects" if exposed.
I tried to help Dubai’s Princess Latifa to escape – a year on, I dream of her release
Tiina Jauhiainen tried to help her best friend leave her stifling, traditional existence as the daughter of Dubai’s ruler. But in a dramatic intervention at sea, the princess was returned to the UAE. A year on, Jauhiainen is campaigning for Latifa’s freedom
“Iwish I’d said something to her when they were taking her away,” says Tiina Jauhiainen, looking down at her now cold tea. We are in a cafe in central London, but Jauhiainen’s mind is 5,000 miles away in the Arabian sea, reliving the night of 4 March 2018, when she attempted to help her best friend escape from her family. “There were guns everywhere. Latifa was screaming and kicking. But I was paralysed with fear. I couldn’t say a word.” She pauses. “I just wish that I’d said, I’m sorry this has failed. That I’d told her I love her.”
That was the last time that Jauhiainen, 42, saw Latifa bint Mohammed al-Maktoum, the 33-year-old daughter of Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, ruler of Dubai and the prime minister of the United Arab Emirates. The women were captured and separately taken back to Dubai – the emirate from which they had been trying to escape. But while Jauhiainen was released after a fortnight, Latifa’s whereabouts are still unknown.
Armed men emboldened by Boslonaro invade indigenous tribe's lands
Attacks increase by 150 per cent following president's election with some tribes forming militias to protect land, campaigners say
Emma Snaith
Invasions by armed attackers attempting to drive out indigenous people from protected lands in Brazil have surged since president Jair Bolsonaro was elected, campaigners have said.
Hours after his inauguration in January, the right-wing leader issued an executive order which made the ministry of agriculture responsible for decisions about lands claimed by indigenous tribes.
The move means Mr Bolsonaro can deny any new land claims by them and open their land up to commercial mining and farming, which could see tribal lands destroyed as a result.
Germany to strip 'Islamic State' fighters' citizenship — report
Germany's Interior Ministry and Justice Ministry have reportedly agreed on a proposal to expatriate IS fighters. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer had tried to link the legislation with broader citizenship reform.
Germany's governing coalition has agreed to strip fighters of the "Islamic State" (IS) militant group of their citizenship, according to German outlets Süddeutsche Zeitung, NDR and WDR.
The new law would apply only to jihadis who are of age, have a second nationality and take part in future battles as part of IS. It would not be applied retrospectively, and thus would not affect IS fighters who are currently imprisoned.
Tokyo court grants ex-Nissan chief Ghosn bail, prosecutors appeal
A Japanese court granted bail to ousted Nissan Motor Co Ltd chairman Carlos Ghosn on Tuesday more than three months after his arrest for alleged financial crimes, on condition he submit to video monitoring and stay in Japan.
Prosecutors appealed against the decision and demanded the architect of the Renault-Nissan automaking partnership, and until his arrest in November one of the global auto industry's most feted executives, remain in jail pending his trial.
Judges at the Tokyo District Court earlier accepted defence lawyers' assurances that Ghosn would submit to extensive surveillance and set his bail at 1 billion yen ($8.9 million), a win for his new legal team on his third bail request.
Judges at the Tokyo District Court earlier accepted defence lawyers' assurances that Ghosn would submit to extensive surveillance and set his bail at 1 billion yen ($8.9 million), a win for his new legal team on his third bail request.
Ryan Gallagher
GOOGLE EMPLOYEES HAVE carried out their own investigation into the company’s plan to launch a censored search engine for China and say they are concerned that development of the project remains ongoing, The Intercept can reveal.
Late last year, bosses moved engineers away from working on the controversial project, known as Dragonfly, and said that there were no current plans to launch it. However, a group of employees at the company was unsatisfied with the lack of information from leadership on the issue — and took matters into their own hands.
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