On Eve of Harvard Bias Trial, Dueling Rallies Show Rifts Among Asian-Americans

The two groups dramatized the deep divisions on a case that is widely seen as a battle over affirmative action. Lire l'article

Glasgow: thousands of women to strike over pay discrimination

More than 8,000 council workers, most of whom have never been on a picket line, will take part in two-day action

Thousands of women council workers across Glasgow plan to bring the city to a standstill this week in what is believed to be the biggest equal pay strike seen in the UK.

More than 8,000 workers, mostly women who have never been on a picket line, will take part in the two-day action that starts on Tuesday and will affect homecare, schools and nurseries, cleaning and catering services across the city.

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Asian stock market losses mount amid fears over trade, oil and rates – business live

It’s a very jittery start to the week amid the Khashoggi standoff, US-China trade tensions and concern about US borrowing costs. Follow all the action live

• Saudi stocks tumble on fallout from Khashoggi disappearance
• UK: forecasts say economy could see worst year since crash
• Theresa May vulnerable as Brexit talks on knife-edge

6.01am BST

We seem to have hit a fairly quiet spot in the trading day.

The ASX200 in Sydney is down around 1% and is due to close in a few minutes.

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Talking of China, it’s worth revisiting comments by the country’s central bank governor at the close of the IMF meeting in Bali on Sunday.

Yi Gang said China still had plenty of room for adjustment in interest rates and the reserve requirement ratio (RRR) in the face of any negative impact from trade tensions with the United States.

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Theresa May's domestic vulnerability leaves Brexit talks on knife-edge

Plan to strike backstop deal falls through with PM facing possible cabinet revolt at home

The Brexit negotiations are on a knife-edge as Theresa May’s domestic vulnerability over the Irish border threatens to kill off hopes of an October deal, with the Brexit secretary, Dominic Raab, forced to make a dash to Brussels to seek more time from the EU’s chief negotiator, Michel Barnier.

Days before the crunch leaders’ summit at which the EU has demanded “maximum progress” be made to allow the talks to develop, Raab made the unexpected flying visit.

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To Avoid More California Wildfires, a Utility Tries Shutting Off the Power

As weather conditions threaten another blaze, Pacific Gas and Electric Company said it turned off power for thousands in Northern California. Lire l'article

How much damage can Saudi Arabia do to the global economy?

Should the kingdom make good on its warnings, the repercussions could be felt around the world

Saudi Arabia enjoys a privileged position both in geopolitical and economic terms. It will have a powerful hand to play if tensions with the US and the west escalate and it follows through with Sunday’s warning of retaliation.

Its vast oil reserves – it claims to have about 260bn barrels still to extract – afford the most obvious advantage. The kingdom is the world’s largest oil exporter, pumping or shipping about 7m barrels a day, and giving Riyadh huge clout in the global economy because it wields power to push up prices.

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Canadians Already Smoke a Lot of Pot. Now It’s About to Become Legal.

More than 40 percent of Canadians have tried marijuana. How will legal pot change the culture of Canada, a country known for politeness, maple syrup, hockey and, perhaps soon, high-grade bud? Lire l'article

Asia and Australia Edition: Xinjiang, South Korea, Queens: Your Monday Briefing

Here’s what you need to know to start your day. Lire l'article

Trump Gives Mattis an Inauspicious Label: ‘Democrat’

The president said he did not know whether his defense secretary would leave his job, but a breach has developed between them. Lire l'article

Pilot Killed Off Long Island Owned 2 Other Planes That Crashed

Munidat Persaud’s plane crashed in the ocean off Long Island. The bodies of two passengers were recovered on Sunday. Lire l'article

Is the Dollar Stronger Than Trump?

When the president undermines the rule of law and the independence of institutions like the Fed, he threatens a pillar of American economic strength. Lire l'article

'Hello, death': Coca-Cola mixes English and Māori on vending machine

The company’s attempt to combine English and New Zealand’s indigenous language backfired

Coca-Cola’s attempts to combine te reo Māori and English has backfired badly, with the company inadvertently writing “Hello, Death” on a vending machine in New Zealand stocked full of the drink.

Te reo Māori, the language of New Zealand’s indigenous people has been undergoing a revival and big business has taken note.

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News Analysis: In Trump’s Saudi Bargain, the Bottom Line Proudly Wins Out

President Trump has resisted pressure to postpone or cancel arms sales to Saudi Arabia despite reports that a Saudi journalist was killed and dismembered. Lire l'article

Police investigating Italian 'macrobiotic guru' over wife's death

Mario Pianesi is suspected of killing first wife by putting her on extreme form of ‘Ma-Pi’ diet

Italian police have opened a new investigation into Mario Pianesi, an influential businessman celebrated as a guru of macrobiotic food, over allegations he may have killed his first wife by putting her on an extreme form of his “Ma-Pi” diet.

Gabriella Monti died in 2001, two months after being diagnosed with acute hepatitis caused by aflatoxins, a fungal poison sometimes found in grain or nuts. Monti had had a stroke in 1997, after which she was cared for at home by her husband.

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Racial Abuse, Then a Beating, on a French Soccer Field

France’s men’s national team is the world champion, but current and former players say French soccer at the amateur level is marred by racism and discrimination. Lire l'article

Thousands in Florida May Not Get Electricity Back for Weeks

The damage done to power lines and poles by Hurricane Michael was so complete in some areas that utility workers must start from scratch, officials say. Lire l'article

Saudi Arabia to hit back in case of sanctions over Jamal Khashoggi

JP Morgan and Ford join ranks of companies pulling out of Saudi conference as UK, Germany and France call for credible investigation

Saudi Arabia has said it will retaliate against any sanctions imposed over the disappearance of Jamal Khashoggi, as JP Morgan and Ford swelled the ranks of western companies pulling out of a high-profile conference in Riyadh next week.

The diplomatic standoff over the fate of Khashoggi, who has been missing since he entered the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on 2 October and is presumed to have been murdered, threatens Prince Mohammed bin Salman’s to reform efforts to reform the kingdom’s economy. The Riyadh stock market had its biggest fall in years on Sunday.

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Bill Shorten pursues Scott Morrison over Ruddock review – politics live

The opposition leader asks the prime minister if he will join with Labor to remove discrimination. All the days events, live

6.06am BST

The @AuSenate just passed this motion acknowledging International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day, moved by me, @Malarndirri19 @janet_rice @JimMolan @Catbilyk & @senatorlucy pic.twitter.com/95aGxFLEQ1

5.56am BST

I sort of wish I could make this a flip book.

Mike Bowers captures Scott Morrison listening to a dixer answer on the economy:

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For Khashoggi, a Tangled Mix of Royal Service and Islamist Sympathies

Jamal Khashoggi had both an affinity for Islamist political movements and close ties to the Saudi royal family — until they were cut by a new crown prince. Lire l'article

Saudi Arabia and U.S. Clash Over Khashoggi Case

President Trump vowed “severe punishment” if the Saudis were behind a dissident’s disappearance. The Saudis said they would “respond with greater action.” Lire l'article

Red Sox 7, Astros 5 I Series is tied, 1-1: David Price Finally Leads Red Sox to a Postseason Victory. Sort Of.

Price was one out short of being able to claim the win, but he did enough over four and two-thirds innings to help Boston tie the A.L.C.S. against the Astros. Lire l'article

Behind the viral fundraiser: meet the aid group reuniting families

A Facebook campaign turned Raices into a symbol of zero tolerance opposition almost overnight. The Guardian visits the team on the ground

From the outside it does not look like much – a tucked-away corner unit opposite a health-food shop in a low-slung, low-rent strip mall in a humdrum suburb on the outskirts of San Antonio.

Despite the modest surrounds, this is the home of a fiercely determined force battling one of the highest-profile and controversial policies of the Trump administration, the separation of families at the southern border.

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Among the Ruins of Mexico Beach Stands One House, Built ‘for the Big One’

Hurricane Michael wrecked every other beachfront house on the block, but one came through the storm nearly pristine, as if protected by grace. How did it survive? Lire l'article

The Senate: Affirmative Action for White People

And why it’s time to make Puerto Rico and Washington, D.C., the 51st and 52nd states. Lire l'article

Offshore wealth: loopholes found in EU anti-tax evasion rules

Foreign accounts can still be kept secret from tax authorities, says report

European rules designed to make it harder for wealthy individuals and companies to hide their cash offshore have loopholes that mean foreign accounts can be kept secret from tax collectors, a report has warned.

Countries in the EU have exchanged financial information about accounts held by overseas residents since the introduction of the “common reporting standard” in 2017, designed to reduce tax evasion.

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Polish film The Clergy sparks hundreds of allegations of abuse

Based on real events, Kler has broken box office records and divided Catholic country

A film depicting Polish clerics as corrupt, drunken fornicators and paedophiles is smashing box office records in Poland, sparking controversy and encouraging hundreds of people to come forward with allegations of recent and historical abuse.

Based on real events, Kler (The Clergy), by the director Wojciech Smarzowski, which includes testimonies of survivors, features an alcoholic priest who encourages his lover to have an abortion, a priest accused of abusing a young boy, a senior cleric engaged in corruption and blackmail, and a grotesque, foul-mouthed archbishop cutting deals with politicians and mobsters, all operating with impunity against the backdrop of a passive and credulous society portrayed as complicit in the crimes being committed.

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Macedonia MPs to vote on name change in key moment for Balkans

Stakes are high with Nato and EU membership and prime minister’s future in balance

In a vote with repercussions for the stability of one of Europe’s most conflict-prone regions, MPs in Macedonia are poised to decide on Monday whether to accept changing the Balkan country’s name.

The country’s prime minister, Zoran Zaev, is locked in battle to secure the requisite support, and the MPs’ ballot will be knife-edge. “It is going to be decisive for him,” said Branko Geroski, a prominent political commentator speaking from Skopje, the former Yugoslav republic’s capital. “Either he wins the two-thirds majority needed to ratify the Prespa agreement with Greece or he calls early elections.”

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How Fascism Works review: a vital read for a nation under Trump

Yale professor Jason Stanley enters a growing literary field with a sober examination of an inflammatory political concept

One of the insidious ironies of fascist politics, the philosopher Jason Stanley writes in his arresting new book, is that talk of fascism itself becomes more difficult because it is made to seem outlandish.

Related: Trump: The Blue Collar President review: Scaramucci skips the trite fandango

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Trump’s Callous Use of Kanye

Trump never cared about criminal justice reform. Lire l'article

He’s ‘One of Us’: The Undying Bond Between the Bible Belt and Trump

Although President Trump often paints a rosy picture of his national support, his descriptions of mutual love with voters in parts of the South match reality. Lire l'article

Lorde concert boycott: New Zealanders fined by Israel raise thousands for Gaza

Crowdfunding campaign easily covers $18,000 fine, but money will instead be sent to mental health charity

Two New Zealand women who were ordered to pay damages by an Israeli court for their role in Lorde cancelling a Tel Aviv concert have raised the sum through donations – but plan to give the money to the Gaza Mental Health Foundation instead.

Last week an Israeli court ruled Justine Sachs and Nadia Abu-Shanab of New Zealand must pay damages to Israeli teenagers Shoshana Steinbach, Ayelet Wertzel and Ahuva Frogel totalling more than NZ$18,000 ($11,700) for writing a letter urging Lorde to cancel her gig, which she did.

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Democrats Want to Beat Scott Walker. But the Wisconsin Economy Is a Hurdle.

As Mr. Walker, the Republican governor, seeks a third term, Democrats look for a way to successfully make an economic argument in a state where the indicators are strong. Lire l'article

Sears, the Original Everything Store, Files for Bankruptcy

The retail chain struggled to adapt to changes in how Americans shop and engaged in risky financial engineering, racking up big losses. Lire l'article