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- Coronavirus live news: WHO reports worrying infection trends in southern Europe and Balkans
- The proof is in the sewage: hundreds of Yosemite visitors may have had coronavirus
- 'We suffer in silence': coronavirus takes heavy toll on Brazil's army of gravediggers
- The psychological toll of coronavirus in Britain – a visual guide
- First active leak of sea-bed methane discovered in Antarctica
- China says US ordered abrupt closure of its Houston consulate
- Global report: nearly a quarter of people in Delhi have had coronavirus, study finds
- World is legally obliged to pressure China on Uighurs, leading lawyers say
- Daphne Caruana Galizia murder: middleman found with stab wounds ahead of court date
- Labour pays out six-figure sum and apologises in antisemitism row
- British security services to get extra powers in wake of Russia report
- Twitter announces broad crackdown on QAnon accounts and content
- Cytus II game removed in China over links to pro-Hong Kong morse code message
- Race to the bottom: museum curators in battle for #BestMuseumBum
- Mary Trump on her Uncle Donald: ‘I used to feel compassion for him. That became impossible’
- Israelis protest against Netanyahu in Jerusalem – in pictures
- Who needs Tokyo? Meet South Africa's Olympic chameleons
- 'She's a household name': Nia Wilson's mother on the impact of her daughter's death
- Femicides rise in Mexico as president cuts budgets of women's shelters
- AFP chief warns of rising risks of rightwing extremism and 'despicable' child exploitation
- ‘Coronavirus ruined everything’: the long wait for new limbs in Kurdistan
- ‘It’s just too long’: children in detention may face Covid-19 restrictions until 2022
- Coronavirus near me: are UK Covid-19 cases rising or falling in your area?
- Are official figures overstating England's Covid-19 death toll?
- 'I wish her well': Donald Trump on Ghislaine Maxwell – video
- Tsunami warning sirens ring out after 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Alaska – video
- 'He's quit on you': Joe Biden says Trump does not care about America – video
- EU leaders seal 'historic' €750bn Covid-19 recovery plan – video
- UK government 'did not want to know' about Russian interference in EU referendum – video
| Coronavirus live news: WHO reports worrying infection trends in southern Europe and Balkans Posted: 22 Jul 2020 02:46 AM PDT Trump urges people to wear masks; Victoria state reports 484 new cases, higher than previous national record; Mike Pompeo attacks WHO
Spain's Tourism Minister Reyes Maroto said on Wednesday a resurgence in coronavirus cases in Catalonia was coming under control and she hoped there would be no need for France to close the border. Tourism accounts for about 12% of Spain's economic output. With the pandemic wreaking havoc on the summer season ministers in Madrid have voiced concern after French Prime Minister Jean Castex said on Sunday that he was not ruling out closing the border.
Worrying trends of coronavirus infection are emerging in southern Europe and in the Balkan region, Mike Ryan, head of the World Health Organization's emergencies programme, said on Wednesday. "Obviously the Americas is clearly still the major hot spot, North, Central and South America, but we have disease beginning to accelerate in Africa," Ryan told the Newstalk radio station in his native Ireland. Continue reading... |
| The proof is in the sewage: hundreds of Yosemite visitors may have had coronavirus Posted: 22 Jul 2020 02:00 AM PDT No one had tested positive via nasal swabs, but researchers' investigation tells a different story Yosemite national park officials suspect that hundreds of visitors this summer may have had Covid-19 thanks to an unorthodox approach – testing sewage. The San Francisco Chronicle reported last week that the county health department has been collecting untreated wastewater flowing from the idyllic Yosemite Valley for testing. Prior to this effort, according to the Chronicle, no one had tested positive for the virus through nasal swab testing at the park's health clinic. Scientists at a lab called Biobot Analytics in Cambridge, Massachusetts, have examined the sewage water to determine if there are traces of genetic material from Sars-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes Covid-19, in the human feces. From the traces in a given sample, they can estimate how many people passing through Yosemite might be infected with Covid-19 at that time. Continue reading... |
| 'We suffer in silence': coronavirus takes heavy toll on Brazil's army of gravediggers Posted: 22 Jul 2020 02:45 AM PDT Alcoholism and depression 'part and parcel' for those who bury the bodies of Covid-19 victims – more than 80,000 so far Miguel Braga has done many things in life: sold lollipops, hawked cleaning products, guarded cars. This year, as Covid-19 shook Brazil, he turned his hand to burying bodies. "Someone has to do it," said the 30-year-old father-of-two, who earns £200 ($250) a month carving 2m x 1m resting places into the caramel coloured soils of Latin America's largest cemetery. Continue reading... |
| The psychological toll of coronavirus in Britain – a visual guide Posted: 22 Jul 2020 02:47 AM PDT From anxiety to grief, our charts illustrate five areas of mental strain faced by people across the country Continue reading... |
| First active leak of sea-bed methane discovered in Antarctica Posted: 21 Jul 2020 04:01 PM PDT Researchers say potent climate-heating gas almost certainly escaping into atmosphere The first active leak of methane from the sea floor in Antarctica has been revealed by scientists. The researchers also found microbes that normally consume the potent greenhouse gas before it reaches the atmosphere had only arrived in small numbers after five years, allowing the gas to escape. Continue reading... |
| China says US ordered abrupt closure of its Houston consulate Posted: 22 Jul 2020 02:46 AM PDT Beijing condemns move that could mark dramatic escalation in diplomatic tensions The closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston threatens to spart a fresh diplomatic row between China and the US, with Beijing accusing the US of giving it 72 hours to shut the diplomatic mission in a move it described as "unprecedented" and an "outrageous" escalation. China said the US told the consulate on 21 July to cease all operations and events, and that Beijing threatened retaliation if the decision was not withdrawn. Continue reading... |
| Global report: nearly a quarter of people in Delhi have had coronavirus, study finds Posted: 21 Jul 2020 10:34 PM PDT Antibodies found in more than 23% of Indian capital's residents; Trump admits virus getting worse; Victoria reports record Australian daily tally Almost a quarter of people in the Indian capital of Delhi have been infected with the coronavirus, according to scientists, raising fears there could be many more cases in the country of 1.3 billion people. Random testing of more than 20,000 people in Delhi by India's national disease control centre found that 23.48% had antibodies to the virus. Adjusting for false positives and negatives, it was estimated that 22.86% of the population had been infected, Sujeet Kumar Singh, who heads the institute, said on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| World is legally obliged to pressure China on Uighurs, leading lawyers say Posted: 21 Jul 2020 11:27 PM PDT Exclusive: Sanctions on China and companies operating there, along with use of treaty agreements, can bring Beijing to account, British barristers argue The international community is legally obliged to take action on China's alleged abuse of Uighur and other Turkic minorities, a prominent group of British lawyers has said, suggesting nations use sanctions, corporate accountability mechanisms, and international treaties preventing racial discrimination to pressure Beijing. China's refusal to be held legally accountable for the widespread and documented allegations did not absolve the global community of responsibility, the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC) said in a report released on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Daphne Caruana Galizia murder: middleman found with stab wounds ahead of court date Posted: 22 Jul 2020 02:29 AM PDT Go-between in car bombing of Maltese journalist was found in pool of blood despite 24-hour police guard The self-confessed middleman in the murder of the Maltese anti-corruption journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has suffered multiple knife injuries to his neck, torso and wrist, hours before he was due to give evidence in the case. Melvin Theuma, a former taxi driver, was found in a pool of blood at his home on Tuesday evening and was rushed to hospital where he underwent surgery. He is in a stable condition, police said at a press conference on Wednesday morning. Continue reading... |
| Labour pays out six-figure sum and apologises in antisemitism row Posted: 22 Jul 2020 02:57 AM PDT Party settles with whistleblowers and BBC reporter John Ware over 'false allegations' The Labour party has apologised "unreservedly" and paid out a six-figure sum to seven former employees and a veteran BBC journalist, admitting it defamed them in the aftermath of a Panorama investigation into its handling of antisemitism. Continue reading... |
| British security services to get extra powers in wake of Russia report Posted: 22 Jul 2020 01:37 AM PDT Counter-espionage laws to be strengthened as government accused of failing to respond to security threat Legislation to clamp down on foreign spying is being considered by Downing Street in the wake of a damning report laying bare the impact of Russian influence in Britain and accusing the government of "badly" underestimating the threat posed by the Kremlin. Under the new legislation, foreign agents would have to register in the UK in a move modelled on similar requirements in the US and Australia. Continue reading... |
| Twitter announces broad crackdown on QAnon accounts and content Posted: 21 Jul 2020 07:04 PM PDT The company's restrictions, which will affect about 150,000 accounts, will include blocking URLs and not recommending content Twitter announced a broad crackdown on accounts and content related to the QAnon conspiracy theory on Tuesday, citing its policies against "behavior that has the potential to lead to offline harm". The company said it would block URLs associated with QAnon from being shared on the platform, and would no longer recommend content and accounts associated with QAnon or highlight them in search and conversations. These restrictions will affect approximately 150,000 accounts, a Twitter spokesperson confirmed. NBC News first reported the crackdown. Continue reading... |
| Cytus II game removed in China over links to pro-Hong Kong morse code message Posted: 21 Jul 2020 08:13 PM PDT Distributor of popular music game 'strongly condemns' director who hid message in song uploaded to personal account A popular mobile music game has been removed in China for "rectification and internal evaluation" after it emerged its music director wrote a song containing a pro-Hong Kong message hidden in morse code. Cytus II, a game by Taiwan's Rayark Games, would be relaunched soon, its Chinese distributor Dragonest said, following the discovery of the phrase "Liberate Hong Kong, the revolution of our times", a message that China considers secessionist. Continue reading... |
| Race to the bottom: museum curators in battle for #BestMuseumBum Posted: 21 Jul 2020 11:51 PM PDT Yorkshire museum calls on collections around the world to display their best behinds as visitor numbers fall during the coronavirus pandemic Museum curators have engaged in an online battle of the bottoms, assembling on Twitter to present their most captivating behinds, as part of a campaign designed to engage would-be museum visitors who, with many galleries closed because of the coronavirus pandemic, cannot ogle the buns in person. The #CuratorBattle began in April, but it was June's theme, #BestMuseumBum, that has had people enthralled for weeks. Continue reading... |
| Mary Trump on her Uncle Donald: ‘I used to feel compassion for him. That became impossible’ Posted: 22 Jul 2020 02:36 AM PDT She is a psychologist who used to deny being related to Donald – now she has written an explosive bestseller about him. She discusses his racism, incompetence, cruelty and why he never laughs Dinner in the Trump household was a hierarchical affair. Fred Trump, the patriarch, sat at the head of the table, with son Donald on his right and daughter Maryanne on his left. Other family members took their places in descending order of assigned importance. But one Thanksgiving, the eldest son, Fred Jr, found himself relegated to the junior end of the table with his daughter Mary. "During the course of the meal, my grandmother choked," Mary Trump recalls. "My dad had been a volunteer ambulance driver in the late 60s and early 70s so he knew the Heimlich manoeuvre and he very gently manoeuvred her into the kitchen and gave her the Heimlich, and that basically saved her from choking. Continue reading... |
| Israelis protest against Netanyahu in Jerusalem – in pictures Posted: 22 Jul 2020 12:46 AM PDT About 2,000 Israelis rallied outside the prime minister's residence in Jerusalem on Tuesday amid protests against Benjamin Netanyahu over his handling of the coronavirus crisis and alleged corruption Continue reading... |
| Who needs Tokyo? Meet South Africa's Olympic chameleons Posted: 22 Jul 2020 01:30 AM PDT Scientists are putting dwarf chameleons through their paces in a series of speed and endurance challenges to study how the species is adapting The tension is palpable. The first athlete is placed on the starting line and the official timer, Dr Anthony Herrel, resets the stopwatch on his smartphone. Once given the go-ahead, Dr Krystal Tolley tickles the yellowy-green chameleon's tail and the two-inch reptile springs into action. About 10 seconds later, after reaching the end of the 1-metre dowel in a season's best time, it returns to the resting area and the next competitor is given a chance to strut its stuff. In the coming days, 120 Knysna dwarf chameleons (Bradypodion damaranum) – male and female, from forest habitats, gardens and parks – will be put through their paces in a series of speed and endurance challenges that the scientists refer to as the Chameleon Olympics. They will run on horizontal and vertical dowels of varying diameter; have the strength of their bite and gripping forces measured in newtons, and be tested on their ability to thermoregulate along a course that has a temperature gradient. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'She's a household name': Nia Wilson's mother on the impact of her daughter's death Posted: 22 Jul 2020 03:00 AM PDT After her daughter's killer received a life sentence, Alicia Grayson reflects on Wilson's role in a national uprising Amost two years after Nia Wilson was stabbed to death on a train platform in Oakland, California, a judge last week sentenced the man convicted of her murder to life in prison without the possibility of parole. To Wilson's family, John Lee Cowell's sentencing marks the end of a lengthy and high-profile trial. "It feels like all of this started yesterday, and at the same time it feels like the process took forever," said Alicia Grayson, Wilson's mother. "It's been a long journey and having the verdict is bittersweet." Continue reading... |
| Femicides rise in Mexico as president cuts budgets of women's shelters Posted: 22 Jul 2020 03:00 AM PDT New figures reflect surge in violence against women during pandemic while government implements austerity measures Violence against women has surged in Mexico since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, but the country's president has downplayed the problem and slashed the budgets of agencies charged with addressing women's issues. Figures released this week show that crimes such as femicides climbed 7.7% in the first half of 2020, when compared with the same period last year, and shelters have reported a sharp rise in the number of women attempting to flee domestic violence. Continue reading... |
| AFP chief warns of rising risks of rightwing extremism and 'despicable' child exploitation Posted: 22 Jul 2020 03:00 AM PDT Reece Kershaw signals he may seek new powers if tech giants push ahead with greater use of end-to-end encryption The head of the Australian federal police has backed warnings about the rising threat of rightwing extremism and vowed to clamp down on terrorism regardless of the ideology behind it. The commissioner, Reece Kershaw, used his address to the National Press Club on Wednesday to also raise the alarm about the growing number of child exploitation cases – and signalled he may seek new powers if tech giants like Facebook push ahead with greater use of end-to-end encryption. Continue reading... |
| ‘Coronavirus ruined everything’: the long wait for new limbs in Kurdistan Posted: 21 Jul 2020 11:15 PM PDT Decades of war have resulted in a high demand for prosthetics – and patients are anxious to visit clinics as they finally reopen Concentration is etched on Hussein's face as he walks along a scuffed yellow line painted on the floor of the clinic's rehabilitation room. He's getting a feel for his new prosthetic. Hussein lost his left leg below the knee in 1987 when he stepped on a landmine while fishing at Lake Dukan, around 100km (62 miles) east of Erbil in the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq. Mines and other unexploded remnants of successive wars litter the landscape, causing new injuries every year. More than half the clinic's 15,100 patients are amputees. Roughly 4,600 of them lost limbs as a result of conflict – 2,500 of these to landmines. Continue reading... |
| ‘It’s just too long’: children in detention may face Covid-19 restrictions until 2022 Posted: 21 Jul 2020 03:54 AM PDT Rules allowing up to 22 hours of solitary confinement for young offenders could continue, in move lawyers say is 'very concerning' The Ministry of Justice has said that new rules that allow youth detention facilities to hold children in solitary confinement for up to 22 hours a day to prevent the spread of Covid-19 could remain in place for two years despite lockdown measures being relaxed for the rest of the UK. Lawyers have told the Guardian that time out of cells and access to education are still being severely curtailed in many facilities across the country. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus near me: are UK Covid-19 cases rising or falling in your area? Posted: 22 Jul 2020 01:05 AM PDT Latest updates: how has Covid-19 progressed where you live? Check the week-on-week changes across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland The map shows local authorities where the number of cases has increased week-on-week and where it has fallen. Some of this is due to natural fluctuations, especially in areas where there are very few cases, and so a rise from 1 to 2 is a doubling. Increased testing also means that more cases may be being detected than previously, although the impact of this between one week and the next is likely to be slight. Continue reading... |
| Are official figures overstating England's Covid-19 death toll? Posted: 21 Jul 2020 04:56 AM PDT PHE figures include deaths of anyone who tested positive, even if it was months ago Matt Hancock has announced an urgent review into how Public Health England (PHE) counts Covid-19 deaths after discovering what appeared to be a serious issue in how rates are calculated. Following the health secretary's move on Friday, Yoon K Loke and Carl Heneghan, of the Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at Oxford University, wrote in a blogpost: "It seems that PHE regularly looks for people on the NHS database who have ever tested positive, and simply checks to see if they are still alive or not. PHE does not appear to consider how long ago the Covid test result was, nor whether the person has been successfully treated in hospital and discharged to the community." Continue reading... |
| 'I wish her well': Donald Trump on Ghislaine Maxwell – video Posted: 22 Jul 2020 01:38 AM PDT Donald Trump has said he wishes Ghislaine Maxwell well. The British socialite faces federal charges for allegedly enabling the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein's sex trafficking of minor girls. When asked if Trump thought Ghislaine might implicate some of the 'powerful men' who formed part of Epstein's jet set social circle, Trump replied "I don't know – I haven't really been following it too much." Continue reading... |
| Tsunami warning sirens ring out after 7.8-magnitude earthquake in Alaska – video Posted: 22 Jul 2020 01:17 AM PDT An earthquake of magnitude 7.8 struck off the south-east coast of the Alaskan peninsula on Tuesday, according to the US Geological Survey (USGS). The quake, whose focus was at a depth of 10 km (six miles), prompted the US National Tsunami Warning Center to issue a tsunami warning for the region - with many residents on social media posting videos of alert sirens ringing out in their areas. The Tsunami Warning Center said a tsunami warning was in effect for South Alaska and the Alaska Peninsula, Pacific coasts from Kennedy Entrance, Alaska to Unimak Pass, Alaska Continue reading... |
| 'He's quit on you': Joe Biden says Trump does not care about America – video Posted: 21 Jul 2020 12:54 PM PDT Joe Biden, in a scathing speech in his campaign to become the next US president, said Donald Trump had 'quit' on US citizens and did not care about America. In a speech on his plan for the economy, in which he promised to expand access to preschool for working families, directly linking the need for affordable childcare to America's economic recovery, Biden said Trump was not taking the public health crisis seriously.
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| EU leaders seal 'historic' €750bn Covid-19 recovery plan – video Posted: 21 Jul 2020 10:16 AM PDT EU leaders have reached an agreement on a €750bn coronavirus recovery fund and long-term spending plans after more than four days of debate at the bloc's longest summit in nearly two decades. EU states will jointly borrow debt to be disbursed through grants on an unprecedented scale, in the face of an economic downturn not seen since the Great Depression. The leaders say the new plan will also put the EU's climate objectives at the forefront of policies for the first time in its history
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| UK government 'did not want to know' about Russian interference in EU referendum – video Posted: 21 Jul 2020 05:44 AM PDT Long-delayed findings on Russia's influence over UK politics reveals that the British government and intelligence agencies failed to conduct any proper assessment of Kremlin attempts to interfere with the 2016 EU referendum. Parliament's intelligence and security committee revealed the findings in a long overdue report that said ministers, in effect, ignored allegations of Russian disruption |
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