07/10/18

[Maik]

Austerity is the wrong prescription for the world's wellbeing

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2018/oct/07/austerity-is-the-wrong-prescription-for-the-world-wellbeing

Focuses on Greece in latter half or article.

[Maik]

The Reykjavik Confessions - BBC News

The mystery of why six people admitted to roles in two murders, when they couldn't remember anything about the crimes.

This story was first published in May 2014.

In September 2018, Iceland's Supreme Court acquitted five men jailed for the murders.

A sixth person, Erla Bolladottir, is still campaigning to get her perjury conviction overturned.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-sh/the_reykjavik_confessions

A l-o-n-g read and quite scary.

[Maik]

Jogger in Netherlands finds lion cub

A jogger running through a field in the central Netherlands got a surprise on Sunday when an abandoned lion appeared on the route.

Police said they wanted to hear from "anybody who had recently bought a lion" or anyone who could help with information about this particular cub.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-45777842