| DRC to auction oil and gas permits in endangered gorilla habitat Posted: 23 Jul 2022 04:15 AM PDT Sale calls into question protection deal signed at Cop26 as expert warns Congo auction could be a catastrophe for wildlife, health and climate The Democratic Republic of the Congo has announced it will auction oil and gas permits in critically endangered gorilla habitat and the world's largest tropical peatlands next week. The sale raises concerns about the credibility of a forest protection deal signed with the country by Boris Johnson at Cop26. On Monday, hydrocarbons minister Didier Budimbu said the DRC was expanding an auction of oil exploration blocks to include two sites that overlap with Virunga national park, a Unesco world heritage site home to Earth's last remaining mountain gorillas. Continue reading... |
| Kenyan police officers found guilty of murder of three including human rights lawyer Posted: 22 Jul 2022 09:45 AM PDT Four found guilty by a Nairobi court six years after murders of Willie Kimani, Josephat Mwenda and Joseph Muiruri prompted protests in Kenya Three police officers in Kenya have been found guilty of murdering three men, including human rights lawyer Willie Kimani, six years after their bodies were found in a river. Justice Jessie Lessit found police officers Fredrick Leliman, Stephen Cheburet and Sylvia Wanjiku as well as police informer Peter Ngugi guilty of murdering Kimani, his client Josephat Mwenda and taxi driver Joseph Muiruri on 23 June 2016. Continue reading... |
| Genocide case against Myanmar over Rohingya atrocities cleared to proceed Posted: 22 Jul 2022 08:38 AM PDT UN's international court of justice rejects arguments advanced by military junta over crackdowns against Muslim minority group The United Nations' highest court has rejected Myanmar's attempts to halt a case accusing it of genocide against the country's Rohingya minority, paving the way for evidence of atrocities to be heard. The international court of justice rejected all preliminary objections raised by Myanmar, which is now ruled by a military junta, at a hearing on Friday. Continue reading... |
| Mexico gives Tesla a dedicated lane at the border to speed up crossing into the US Posted: 22 Jul 2022 01:56 PM PDT The exclusive lane, at the remote checkpoint just north of Laredo, Texas, will be for suppliers only, not Tesla owners Tesla has reportedly gained an exclusive lane at a remote US-Mexico border crossing after Elon Musk recently struck a deal with the "pro-business" state of Nuevo León. The electric car company's suppliers traveling from Mexico into Texas can use a dedicated lane to speed up their crossing at the Colombia Solidarity site, Bloomberg reported, a less popular checkpoint just north of Laredo. Tesla relies on at least six suppliers in Nuevo León, which borders the US for about 10 miles and is closer to the car company's new headquarters in Austin. The lane is for suppliers only, not Tesla owners. Continue reading... |
| Three charged in Brazil with murder of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira Posted: 22 Jul 2022 08:42 AM PDT Prosecutors say two men confessed to killing British journalist and Indigenous expert while third participated Public prosecutors have charged three individuals with the murder in June of the British journalist Dom Phillips and Indigenous expert Bruno Pereira in the remote western reaches of Brazil's Amazon rainforest. Phillips – a regular contributor to the Guardian – and Pereira had met Indigenous people near the entrance of the Javari Valley Indigenous Territory, which borders Peru and Colombia, and were travelling along the Itaquai River back to the city of Atalaia do Norte when they were attacked. Continue reading... |
| Chinese court rules against single woman who wanted to freeze eggs Posted: 23 Jul 2022 06:24 PM PDT Court said hospital did not violate unmarried woman Teresa Xu's rights by refusing to freeze her eggs A Chinese court has overruled a rare legal challenge brought by an unmarried Beijing woman seeking the right to freeze her eggs. The Chaoyang intermediate people's court in Beijing said in a judgment that the hospital did not violate the woman's rights in denying her access to freeze her eggs. Continue reading... |
| China says Xi Jinping given local Covid jab as it seeks to ease vaccine safety fears Posted: 23 Jul 2022 06:07 PM PDT Rare disclosure comes as China struggles to increase elderly immunisation rates amid online rumours of side-effects China's Covid-19 vaccines are safe and have been given to leaders of the state and ruling Communist party, officials said, as Beijing steps up efforts to allay public concerns about safety that risk hampering its vaccination drive. "China's state and party leaders have all been vaccinated against Covid-19 with domestically made shots," said Zeng Yixin, deputy head of the National Health Commission, on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| Australian activist Drew Pavlou arrested in London but denies sending Chinese embassy bomb threat Posted: 23 Jul 2022 06:04 PM PDT Pavlou says the emailed threat was intended to frame him after he staged a peaceful protest carrying a Uyghur flag outside the embassy Australian activist Drew Pavlou has been arrested in the UK over a false "bomb threat" delivered to the Chinese embassy in London that he claims came from a fake email address designed to frame him. Pavlou said the "absurd" email claimed he would blow up the embassy over Beijing's oppression of its Uyghur Muslim minority, but that it was confected by the embassy in order to have him arrested. Continue reading... |
| Chinese man executed for murder of former wife during live stream Posted: 23 Jul 2022 02:57 AM PDT Tang Lu was found guilty of killing social media star Lhamo by setting fire to her online in September 2020 A Chinese man has been executed after a court found him guilty of setting his former wife on fire while she was livestreaming on social media. The Ngawa Tibetan and Qiang autonomous prefecture intermediate people's court said in a short online statement on Saturday morning that it had carried out the execution of Tang Lu. Continue reading... |
| China braces for ‘big heat’ day with temperatures set to soar Posted: 22 Jul 2022 06:32 PM PDT Readings above 40C expected on Saturday with some cities at highest alert level and warnings of dam failures due to melting glaciers China is set for the return of more heatwaves over the next 10 days, with temperatures set to start spiking in parts of the country on Saturday. Some coastal cities are already on their highest alert level and inland regions warning of dam failure risks because of melting glaciers. Continue reading... |
| Gaga for goo goo: Wellington named the global capital of baby talk Posted: 22 Jul 2022 12:00 PM PDT Residents of the New Zealand city have the world's most extreme vocal changes when speaking to babies, a study has found From small tribes in the remote Pacific islands to the teeming cities of China, humans share the common language of baby talk – but new research has discovered that Wellington, New Zealand, is the global capital of cooing. An international study, published in Nature Human Behaviour, collected 1615 recordings of 410 people from 21 societies speaking and singing to an adult and then a baby in more than a dozen languages. Continue reading... |
| Australia news live: PM says border with Indonesia will not be closed amid FMD threat; three dead after Sydney house fire; 36 Covid deaths Posted: 23 Jul 2022 09:39 PM PDT Anthony Albanese says existing biosecurity measures to control spread of foot and mouth disease are Australia's strongest ever Labor wants consensus between business and unions – Burke Burke says "everything is on the table" including the potential for fixed enterprise bargaining. He also says that the government would like to seek consensus between business and union groups if it can. Asked specifically about a deal struck between the ACTU and the Business Council last year, Burke says he doesn't know whether that is possible now but he'd be interested in exploring it. If I can find agreements where there's consensus I don't know whether the consensus of that agreement of a couple of years ago still existed in identical form, but if a consensus like that turns up at the job summit you could work on the basis I will be inclined to grab it, because that did have safeguards around it to prevent workers from in fact going backwards. When you don't have an energy policy for a decade that's inflationary. When you have a skills crisis and refuse to invest in skills, that's inflationary. So in establishing the first bill will be dealing with in the Parliament will be jobs and Skills Australia, we have already had Chris Bowen taking action in terms of making sure we are dealing with the energy crisis. But none of this turns around straight away. Continue reading... |
| Covid hits a third of Australia’s aged care homes as 6,000 residents infected Posted: 23 Jul 2022 06:24 PM PDT Providers call for urgent support as 3,400 staff infected in 1,013 facilities and fears two-thirds of homes could soon have outbreaks Aged care providers are calling for urgent action to protect residents and staff from a winter Covid-19 wave which is hitting more than one-third of the country's facilities. The Aged and Community Care Providers Association said 6,000 residents and 3,400 staff were infected in 1,013 facilities as of Thursday. Continue reading... |
| International doctors unable to work in Australia due to ‘broken system’, experts say Posted: 23 Jul 2022 01:00 PM PDT Health leaders call for streamlining of complex registration process as overseas-trained doctors look elsewhere for work Hundreds of foreign-trained doctors living in Australia have been unable to work due to what critics say is a "broken system", amid calls for the process to be improved to help address chronic workforce shortages in the health sector. The health minister, Mark Butler, had flagged his concerns about the registration for international medical graduates (IMGs), saying he has sought advice about how to speed up registration for doctors already in the country. Continue reading... |
| Dfat concerned about ability to help Australians overseas amid international crises, documents show Posted: 23 Jul 2022 01:00 PM PDT Department's incoming brief to Penny Wong warns of consular and passport issues as well as citizens detained in Syria The incoming brief for the foreign affairs minister, Penny Wong contained the stark admission that cascading international crises including Afghanistan and Ukraine "have strained our ability to provide a high-level consular service to Australians overseas". The heavily redacted document, given to the incoming minister as part of a briefing to help them get across Australia's foreign affairs portfolio and obtained by Guardian Australia under FOI laws, warned the "need for global collaboration and solutions is more acute than ever". Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| A 120km drive to job agency: confusion reigns over Australia’s jobseeker requirements, union says Posted: 23 Jul 2022 01:00 PM PDT Australian Unemployed Workers Union survey reveals challenges for those seeking work, from lack of information to unreasonable demands Jobseekers have reported broad confusion about the new Workforce Australia system – including among the employment consultants tasked with running it – with some asked to drive more than 120km to job agency appointments. Hundreds of respondents to a survey conducted by the Australian Unemployed Workers Union (AUWU) this month listed issues they'd faced during the transition to the $1.5bn-a-year scheme, which replaced Jobactive at the start of the month. Continue reading... |
| Australia records 102 Covid deaths – as it happened Posted: 23 Jul 2022 12:50 AM PDT This blog is now closed New South Wales has reported similarly high numbers, with 41 deaths and 14,953 new cases in the 24-hours to 4pm yesterday. There are 2,176 people with Covid-19 in hospital, and 59 in intensive care. Just over 68% of people have received their third shot, despite a fourth booster now being available. Continue reading... |
| Zelenskiy hits out at Russian ‘barbarism’ over attack on Odesa port hours after grain deal Posted: 23 Jul 2022 09:18 PM PDT Ukrainian president says attack shows Moscow can't be trusted to implement deal to unblock exports agreed less than a day before Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has accused Russia of "barbarism" after missiles hit the southern port of Odesa, threatening a deal signed just a day earlier to unblock grain exports from Black Sea ports and ease global food shortages caused by the war. Barely 12 hours after Moscow signed a deal with Kyiv to allow monitored grain exports from Ukraine's southern ports, Russia targeted Odesa – through which shipments would take place – with cruise missile strikes. Continue reading... |
| Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 151 of the invasion Posted: 23 Jul 2022 04:52 PM PDT Russian missiles hit Odesa hours after deal to allow resumption of grain exports; US accuses Russia of deepening global food crisis Russia has targeted Ukraine's main port of Odesa – through which grain shipments would take place – with cruise missile strikes, barely 12 hours after Moscow signed a deal with Ukraine to allow monitored grain exports from Ukraine's southern ports. "The enemy attacked the Odesa sea trade port with Kalibr cruise missiles," Ukraine's operational command south wrote on Telegram, raising doubts about the viability of the deal that was intended to release 20m tonnes of grain to ward off famine in large parts of the developing world. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy claimed the strikes on Odesa showed Moscow could not keep its promises. "This proves only one thing: no matter what Russia says and promises, it will find ways not to implement it," he said during a meeting with US lawmakers, according to a statement from the presidency. The US secretary of state condemned the Russian attack against Odesa, accusing Russia of deepening the global food shortage. In a statement posted on Twitter, Antony Blinken said: "The United States strongly condemns Russia's attack on the port of Odesa today. It undermines the effort to bring food to the hungry and the credibility of Russia's commitments to the deal finalized yesterday to allow Ukrainian exports." Ukraine's defence ministry has urged citizens in Enerhodar, a key area seized by Russia, to reveal where Russian troops are living and who among the local population was collaborating with the occupying authorities. "Please let us know as a matter of urgency the exact location of the occupying troops' bases and their residential addresses … and the places of residence of the commanding staff," it said on Saturday, adding that exact coordinates were desirable. The governor of Zaporizhizhia has said that Russia is keeping 170 people captive in the Zaporizhizhia oblast, the Kyiv Independent reports. According to the governor, Oleksandr Starukh, Russian forces have abducted at least 415 people in the southern region since 24 February – the day Russian forces invaded Ukraine – and at least 170 individuals are still being kept captive. The UNHCR says 3.7 million Ukrainian refugees have received temporary protection status in the European Union. In a new report released Friday, the UNHCR cited that 3.7 million Ukrainians have registered for Temporary Protection or similar national protection schemes in Europe. Video footage has emerged of a powerful explosion that took place in the Russian-occupied territory of Horlivka on Saturday in the Donetsk oblast, Euromaidan reports. Reports from outlets have been claiming that Ukrainian armed forces have hit a Russian ammunition depot. The former deputy secretary of Ukraine's Security Council has been suspected of high treason, the Kyiv Independent reports. According to a report released on Saturday by the Ukrainian State Bureau of Investigations, Volodymyr Sivkovych is suspected of collaborating with Russian intelligence services and managing a network of agents in Ukraine that spied on behalf of Russia. Germany has delayed weapons delivery to Ukraine, the Kyiv Independent reports. The outlet, sourcing German media organisation German Welt, reported that anonymous Ukrainian officials had reported that Ukraine's application for eleven IRIS-T air missile defence systems is currently being held up by Germany's Federal Security Council. Hungary's nationalist prime minister Viktor Orbán called for US-Russian peace talks to end the war in Ukraine, lashing out at the European Union's strategy on the conflict. In a speech in Romania on Saturday, the 59-year-old rightwing leader also defended his vision of an "unmixed Hungarian race" as he criticised mixing with "non-Europeans". Orban has condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February, but maintains an ambiguous position on the conflict. Two US citizens recently died in the Donbas region, CNN reported on Saturday, citing a US state department spokesperson. The spokesperson, not named in the report, did not provide any details about the individuals or the circumstances of their deaths but said the US administration was in touch with the families and providing "all possible consular assistance," according to CNN. Continue reading... |
| US accuses Russia of deepening global food crisis – as it happened Posted: 23 Jul 2022 04:00 PM PDT We are now pausing our live coverage of the war in Ukraine. We will return in a few hours to bring you all the latest developments. Three people were killed as 13 Russian missiles hit a military airfield and railway infrastructure in Ukraine's central Kirovohrad region on Saturday, the local governor said. Reuters reports that speaking on television, governor Andriy Raikovych said two security guards at an electricity substation had been killed. He also said that one Ukrainian soldier had been killed and nine more wounded. Russian forces are using artillery fire along the Ingulets River, a tributary of the Dnipro, the UK's Ministry of Defence said.
"Supply lines of the Russian forces west of the river are increasingly at risk," the ministry said in an intelligence update. Continue reading... |
| France says it is ‘not responsible for Brexit’ amid row over Dover travel chaos – as it happened Posted: 23 Jul 2022 12:06 PM PDT French transport minister hits back at Liz Truss's suggestion that France needed to fix the 'avoidable and unacceptable' situation Authorities in Kent have declared a "major incident" due to traffic jams in and around Dover, with officials saying the disruption could be worse than on Friday.
There are currently 3,000 lorries parked on the M20 and traffic is building at the port. We are operating in a post-Brexit environment which does mean that passports need to be checked, they need to be stamped and indeed the capable people that do man the booths – police aux frontieres – they're doing their job that they need to do now. Continue reading... |
| Russia fires missiles at Odesa port hours after signing grain export deal Posted: 23 Jul 2022 10:12 AM PDT Strikes raise doubts about viability of agreement as Russia also launches series of attacks across Ukraine Barely 12 hours after Moscow signed a deal with Ukraine to allow monitored grain exports from Ukraine's southern ports, Russia targeted Ukraine's main port of Odesa – through which grain shipments would take place – with cruise missile strikes. "The enemy attacked the Odesa sea trade port with Kalibr cruise missiles," Ukraine's operational command south wrote on Telegram, raising doubts about the viability of the deal that was intended to release 20m tonnes of grain to ward off famine in large parts of the developing world. Continue reading... |
| France rejects blame for Dover gridlock, saying it is ‘not responsible for Brexit’ Posted: 23 Jul 2022 10:03 AM PDT Travellers told to allow three to four hours to pass through security and French border checks at port French authorities have hit back at claims by the Port of Dover that French border control staff were to blame for a second day of hours-long delays, saying: "France is not responsible for Brexit." It came after the port blamed delays on insufficient border staff at police aux frontières. Continue reading... |
| Flooding in southern Iran kills at least 22 people Posted: 23 Jul 2022 12:05 PM PDT Vehicles carried away by rising waters after heavy rainfall in the largely arid country Flooding in southern Iran has killed at least 22 people and left one person missing after heavy rainfall in the largely arid country, a local official has said. Videos posted on local and social media on Saturday showed vehicles being carried away by the rising waters of the Roodball river in the southern province of Fars. One video showed adults pulling a child from a car as it began to shift downstream. Continue reading... |
| Man dies after being sucked into swimming pool sinkhole in Israel Posted: 22 Jul 2022 09:58 AM PDT A couple are under house arrest after a 30-year-old man died during a private party at a house in Karmi Yosef Police in Israel have placed a couple under house arrest, a day after a man attending a party at their villa died after being sucked into a sinkhole that formed at the bottom of their swimming pool. The man and woman, both in their sixties, are suspected of causing death by negligence, police said. They were arrested on Thursday night and a court decided to release them Friday under "restrictive conditions of house arrest" for five days. Continue reading... |
| Russian airstrike on rebel-held region in Syria kills seven people Posted: 22 Jul 2022 07:26 AM PDT Four siblings under 10 among those to die in assault on Jisr al-Shughur in Idlib, with others still trapped under rubble Seven people, among them four children, have been killed in a Russian airstrike in north-western Syria, one of five carried out by Vladimir Putin's air force during the deadliest day in the country in months. The deaths occurred on Friday near the opposition-held town of Jisr al-Shughur, in the rebel enclave of Idlib, where jihadist units and anti-Assad groups uneasily coexist among more than 4 million people, many of them Syrians from elsewhere in the country. Continue reading... |
| From battlefields to CBD: can hemp pioneer wean Afghanistan off opium? Posted: 22 Jul 2022 05:51 AM PDT Oil from the versatile plant makes cannabis medicine CBD and its fibre has a range of uses but the Taliban need convincing The smell seemed unmistakable, the dried buds looked familiar and the Taliban checkpoint guards, who had never heard of CBD, a non-psychoactive cannabis compound, were disgusted by the pungent cargo of Amin Karim's truck. "They said to me: 'Aren't you ashamed of yourself, Haji?'" using an honorific for an older man, as they poked through the piles of hemp headed for Kabul last October. Continue reading... |
| Just one in 100 Tory MPs came from a working-class job, new study shows Posted: 23 Jul 2022 04:01 PM PDT Institute for Public Policy Research study also shows proportion of working-class Labour MPs has halved since 1980s Only about 1% of the current crop of Tory MPs entered parliament from a working-class job, according to new research that suggests a growing "representation gap" in parliament. Just 7% of all MPs can be considered "working class", compared with 34% of all UK working-age adults. While 13% of Labour MPs joined parliament from a working-class occupation, the proportion has halved since the 1980s. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson’s plan to create large number of new peers comes under fire Posted: 23 Jul 2022 03:47 PM PDT Lord Speaker raises concerns about public loss of confidence in parliament due to huge quantity of new and planned peers Boris Johnson's plans for a major list of peerages has come under criticism, with the Lord Speaker saying it could erode "public confidence in our parliamentary system". The House of Lords Appointment Commission (Holac), the body responsible for vetting peerages, is holding up the outgoing prime minister's plans, Whitehall sources told the Sunday Times, who also reported that such moves could be restricted in future. Continue reading... |
| Rishi Sunak says as PM he would cap number of refugees UK accepts Posted: 23 Jul 2022 02:31 PM PDT Tory leadership candidate's pledge follows favourite Liz Truss's claim she would extend Rwanda scheme Rishi Sunak, who is battling with Liz Truss to win the backing of the Conservative grassroots in his attempt to replace Boris Johnson, has announced plans for an annual cap on the number of refugees the UK accepts. The former chancellor, who trails Truss by 24%, according to a YouGov poll of Conservative members earlier this week, will on Sunday promise to tackle illegal migration and regain control of the UK's borders if he becomes the next Conservative leader and prime minister. Continue reading... |
| Deborah James cancer podcast You, Me and the Big C wins top award Posted: 23 Jul 2022 12:07 PM PDT Champion prize at the British Podcast Awards given to series co-hosted by bowel cancer campaigner who died in June Dame Deborah James' podcast You, Me and the Big C, has been honoured at the British Podcast Awards winning the champion prize. James, who hosted the podcast alongside Rachael Bland and Lauren Mahon, died last month aged 40 after receiving end of life care for bowel cancer at home. Bland died in September 2018 aged 40, nearly two years after being diagnosed with breast cancer. Continue reading... |
| Travel chaos is ‘the new normal’ after Brexit, British tourists are warned Posted: 23 Jul 2022 12:00 PM PDT Anger over lack of cash for Dover upgrade as Tory candidates vie to blame France for delays Long summer queues at the border risk becoming the "new normal" after Brexit, holidaymakers have been warned, as a fierce diplomatic row erupted with France over the lengthy tailbacks affecting Dover. Both Tory leadership candidates rushed to blame a shortage of French border staff for delays that saw some travellers waiting for hours. Former chancellor Rishi Sunak said the French "need to stop blaming Brexit and start getting the staff required to match demand". Foreign secretary Liz Truss said she was in touch with her French counterparts, blaming a "lack of resources at the border". Continue reading... |
| Thatcher ministers turn on Liz Truss over tax cut plans Posted: 23 Jul 2022 12:00 PM PDT Chris Patten, Norman Lamont and Malcolm Rifkind warn former PM would never have approved borrowing to fund £30bn cuts Tory grandees who served in Margaret Thatcher's final cabinet have warned that the former prime minister would never have approved of Liz Truss's plan to slash £30bn off taxes funded by borrowing, as Rishi Sunak denounced his opponent's plans as "immoral". With a bitter row over tax emerging as the defining issue in the race to succeed Boris Johnson, three members of Thatcher's cabinet told the Observer that she would have taken a dim view of slashing taxes at a time of high inflation.This follows repeated claims that Truss has attempted to model herself on Thatcher in her attempt to win the leadership, which she has denied. Continue reading... |
| Thousands evacuated over wildfire near Yosemite as California governor declares emergency Posted: 23 Jul 2022 08:15 PM PDT Oak fire prompts Gavin Newsom to declare state of emergency for Mariposa County as firefighters scramble to contain the blaze California governor Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency for Mariposa County on Saturday after a fast-moving wildfire near Yosemite national park exploded in size, prompting evacuation orders for thousands of people. The Oak fire, which began Friday afternoon south-west of the park near Midpines in Mariposa County, grew to 10.2 sq miles (26.5 sq km) by Saturday morning, according to the California department of forestry and fire protection, or CalFire. Continue reading... |
| Critical elements of leading Alzheimer’s study possibly fraudulent Posted: 23 Jul 2022 09:57 AM PDT The highly influential paper, first published in 2006, has helped guide billions of dollars in US federal research into the disease Critical elements of one of the most cited pieces of Alzheimer's disease research in the last two decades may have been purposely manipulated, according to a report in Science. Alzheimer's is the most common cause of dementia globally, according to the World Health Organization. The highly influential paper, which was published in Nature in 2006, has helped guide billions of dollars in US federal government research into Alzheimer's, according to Science. Continue reading... |
| Trump and Pence duel in Arizona in fight for Republican future Posted: 23 Jul 2022 06:04 AM PDT Former president and his one-time wingman appear at rival events – and it's all to play for as the US midterms approach Eddie Palazuelos drove 200 miles and lined up for five hours under the baking sun to to see Donald Trump at a campaign event for candidates he is backing in the forthcoming Arizona Republican primaries. It's the fifth Trump rally the 27-year-old has attended since the former president lost the White House in 2020 – because Palazuelos vehemently believes the election was stolen. Any judge or lawmaker who concludes otherwise is "willfully ignorant", he said, referring to the dozens of lawsuits and recounts nationwide which ruled out fraud. Continue reading... |
| Renton shooting: one dead and five injured in Seattle suburb Posted: 23 Jul 2022 05:23 AM PDT Police say initial investigation suggests dispute outside of large gathering that led to gunfire, possibly by more than one suspect One person was confirmed dead and five others were treated for gunshot wounds after multiple shots were fired in the Seattle suburb of Renton, Washington, police said. The Renton police department tweeted that officers were called before 1am Saturday and found multiple victims, five of whom were treated for injuries. Police confirmed one fatality in the shooting. Continue reading... |
| Vince McMahon retiring from WWE amid sexual misconduct inquiry Posted: 23 Jul 2022 04:01 AM PDT Reports earlier this month said McMahon agreed to pay $12m to suppress allegations of sexual misconduct and infidelity The World Wrestling Entertainment impresario Vince McMahon has said he is retiring. The announcement comes amid an investigation into alleged misconduct. In a brief statement issued by WWE, McMahon said he is retiring as the company's chair and CEO. He remains its majority shareholder. Continue reading... |
| Inside the remote California county where the far right took over: ‘Civility went out the window’ Posted: 23 Jul 2022 03:00 AM PDT In Shasta county the pandemic intensified political divisions, and many officials quit or were pushed out amid bitter tensions At some point in the last two years, Janine Carroll started avoiding certain grocery stores in her hometown of Redding, California. The retired grandmother could hear the taunts people made to those like her who chose to wear a face mask to fend off Covid-19. "You never know anymore what the atmosphere is going to be when you walk into any given place," she said. Masks are just one symbol of the divisions gripping Shasta county, a remote, heavily forested region in far northern California that has long considered itself an outlier in a deep Blue state. Continue reading... |
