The Guardian:
If the president had talked instead about Jiwai or Fanfou – Twitter's Chinese rivals – China would have been less confusedWhen Barack Obama told students in Shanghai last week that he had never used Twitter, there were two responses. In the west, surprise from some of his 2.6 million followers. And in China, reportedly, a s (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Society:
• Support groups explore masculinity as a concept• Critics claim societies a front for 'macho activities'After decades of feminism, equal rights and "women-only" support networks, a lower, deeper voice is attempting to make itself heard at some of Britain's leading universities.Male students are "manning-up", setting up men (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
• Levy on City trading aimed at restoring trust in banks• Survey shows more than 50% of voters back planGordon Brown will take his radical proposal to tax City trading to Britain's business leaders today, as a survey shows that more than half of voters would back the plan, if the proceeds went to help the poorest in society (Read More)
The Guardian:
The credit crunch has changed everything, says the Archbishop of York. Now people are beginning to realise that there are more important things than choice and the free marketThis is not going to be easy. John Sentamu, the Archbishop of York, is all for pulling out of the interview the day before we meet. Whereas he want (Read More)
The Guardian:
• Supporters admit international levy needs US support• Obama administration and Wall Street unenthusiasticAdvocates of a Tobin tax on financial transactions accept that any international levy would need US support and an increasingly vocal coalition of Democrats in Washington is pressing a sceptical Obama administration to (Read More)
The Guardian:
The former Alaska governor represents thwarted aspirations and brooding resentment. But she backs policies which would increase themIn the film, The American President, the president's speechwriter Lewis Rothschild (played by Michael J Fox) appeals to the commander-in-chief to take a firm, clear stand against the Right. "P (Read More)
The Guardian:
If we scuttle away from Afghanistan we will inflict horror on its people. The wrong people will win: in three years they might notThere is a low shelf deep in the stacks of the London Library that holds the sad story of this country's engagement with Afghanistan. Its dusty contents come alive in the claims of those who say (Read More)
The Guardian:
Martin Wainwright reports from Cockermouth in Cumbria after the worst rainfall on record causes devastating floods.Education editor Polly Curtis assesses fresh criticisms of Ofsted from MPs, headteachers and children's services heads.Ed Pilkington reports from New York on the Birthers, rightwing conspiracy theorists who cha (Read More)
The Guardian:
Authorities say 104 people have been killed in country's worst mining disaster for two yearsGrieving relatives scuffled with police today as the death toll from China's worst mining disaster for almost two years rose to 104.Authorities said they feared another four workers who were trapped underground after a huge gas explo (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Politics:
The Sikhs who join in the hatred of Muslims are deluded if they expect to avoid racial exclusionRajinder Singh, a British Sikh with an extreme dislike of Muslims, is, according to the BNP, "the kind of immigrant you want if you're going to have them". And if, as expected, the party members vote to allow ethnic minorities to (Read More)
The Guardian:
The legitimate questions raised by Dispatches deserve better than to be dismissed as Islamophobia and antisemitismSo what's it like to go from being Britain's top Islamophobe (Dispatches' Undercover Mosque) to Britain's top antisemite (Dispatches' Inside Britain's Israel Lobby)? Well, it's a remarkably easy, not to say faci (Read More)
The Guardian:
Veteran dissident Huang Qi given three years for critical website articles about regime's response to Sichuan disasterA Chinese court has sentenced a veteran dissident convicted of spying to three years in prison.Huang Qi was convicted of illegally possessing state secrets by the Wuhou district court in the western city of (Read More)
The Guardian:
Thousands of homes and businesses cut off, while receding waters in Cockermouth reveal devastationCumbria is facing up to the aftermath of the most severe flooding in its history, with thousands affected by the devastation.Many homes and businesses remain cut off in the county and several schools are shut. Six bridges have (Read More)
guardian.co.uk Sport:
• 'It all went too far, I was very worked up' says Henry• 'The day after the match I felt alone, really alone'Thierry Henry says he considered ending his international career, and that he felt "let down" by the France Football Federation following his handball against Ireland which helped put France through to the World Cup (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Pessimism about a climate change deal in Copenhagen is not merited. Vitally so for developing countries, there is all to play forWaking up one drearymorning in Copenhagen (where I've recently moved to prepare for the upcoming climate talks in December), I was met with a barrage of headlines, mostly from US media, telling me (Read More)