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- ‘We’re fighting a ghost’: six months on, coronavirus victories remain fragile
- Lockdown having 'pernicious impact' on LGBT community's mental health
- New Zealand unemployment at 4% in surprise fall during coronavirus pandemic
- Coronavirus live news: global death toll passes 700,000; French government warns 'do not lower your guard'
- US announces highest-level visit to Taiwan in decades, risking China anger
- New York unveils landmark antitrust bill that makes it easier to sue tech giants
- Throng of new penguin colonies in Antarctica spotted from space
- Stay apart and bring a pen: Sri Lanka goes to the polls during pandemic
- Virgin Atlantic files for bankruptcy as Covid continues to hurt airlines
- ‘Disgusting’ study rating attractiveness of women with endometriosis retracted by medical journal
- China poised to power huge growth in global offshore wind energy
- Tesco urged to ditch meat company over alleged links to Amazon deforestation
- Britons watched TV for 40% of waking hours during Covid lockdown
- Hiroshima at 75: bitter row persists over US decision to drop the bomb
- UK business demands rethink on furlough scheme wind down
- Beirut explosion: Lebanon PM laments 'catastrophe' that killed at least 100 and wounded 4,000 – live updates
- #ZimbabweanLivesMatter: celebrities join campaign against human rights abuses
- What can you do to fight the climate crisis?
- University of NSW vice-chancellor apologises for removal of tweet criticising China's human rights abuses
- Man shot by police after allegedly stabbing another officer in the face in Brisbane – reports
- How renamed streets in Mumbai's slums are encouraging children to study
- Coronavirus near me: are UK Covid cases rising in your local area?
- Andrzej Krauze on Europe's attempts to avoid further Covid-19 outbreaks – cartoon
- 'They're dying … it is what it is': key takeaways from Trump's shocking interview
- Trump's stream of subconsciousness becomes a torrent in car-crash interview | John Crace
- The aftermath of the explosion in Beirut – in pictures
- Aerial footage captures scale of destruction from Beirut explosion – video
- 'It's a catastrophe': Beirut residents describe blast as hospitals overflow – video
- Donald Trump claims Lebanon explosion 'looks like a terrible attack' – video
- Beirut explosion: scores dead and thousands hurt as blast rips through city – video report
- Beirut explosion: buildings destroyed and cars upturned in aftermath of blast – video
- Beirut explosion – in pictures
| ‘We’re fighting a ghost’: six months on, coronavirus victories remain fragile Posted: 04 Aug 2020 04:23 AM PDT Governments are at a nebulous stage: past the initial shocks but still without a clear end in sight Nobody is clapping any more. Six months since Covid-19 registered as an urgent threat, and one country after another spiralled into lockdown, the nightly outpourings of solidarity with essential workers have petered out. Governments behind which people rallied earlier in the outbreak are again facing criticism and scorn. Panic at the scenarios that filled imaginations in those first weeks – of millions of imminent deaths, medical systems buckling and food supplies running scarce – has largely abated. Continue reading... |
| Lockdown having 'pernicious impact' on LGBT community's mental health Posted: 04 Aug 2020 10:00 PM PDT UCL and Sussex University study finds younger people confined with bigoted relatives the most depressed
The coronavirus lockdown has provoked a mental health crisis among the LGBTQ community, with younger people confined with bigoted relatives the most depressed, researchers found. A study of LGBTQ people's experience during the pandemic, by University College London (UCL) and Sussex University, found 69% of respondents suffered depressive symptoms, rising to about 90% of those who had experienced homophobia or transphobia. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand unemployment at 4% in surprise fall during coronavirus pandemic Posted: 04 Aug 2020 08:37 PM PDT Data shows jobless rate at an eye-popping low of 4% after strict lockdown, but underemployment is higher Figures showing joblessness in New Zealand has fallen during the coronavirus pandemic have been welcomed by the government and provoked shock and sharp scepticism from economists. The government agency Statistics New Zealand on Wednesday produced an eye-popping figure of 4% unemployment for the three months to the end of June, down from 4.2% last quarter – before coronavirus restrictions took hold. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 05 Aug 2020 02:35 AM PDT US health secretary Alex Azar to visit Taiwan in veiled attack on China; Trump flounders in interview; France could lose control 'any time'
The Czech Republic reported its biggest daily jump in new coronavirus cases since the end of June on Wednesday as a recent uptick in infections persisted, Reuters reports. The central European country of 10.7 million recorded 290 new cases on Tuesday, Health Ministry data showed, bringing the total number of cases detected to 17,286. Of those, 11,812 have recovered and 383 have died of COVID-19.
France has again reported more than 1,000 new confirmed coronavirus cases in the previous 24 hours. There are now 184 active clusters under investigation, 13 more than the previous day. Officials said the number of admissions to intensive care had risen for a second consecutive day, to 21, having been dropping since April. The latest government figures show a total of 30,296 people have died from the coronavirus in France. The summer, the holidays, meeting friends and family, so many good moments that we wish to profit from: do not lower your guard and keep up the good reflexes including protection measures. The efficiency of a mask depends on everyone wearing it correctly. Continue reading... |
| US announces highest-level visit to Taiwan in decades, risking China anger Posted: 04 Aug 2020 10:32 PM PDT In thinly veiled comments, coronavirus taskforce chair Alex Azar praises island as 'model of transparency and cooperation' during pandemic A senior US official is to lead a delegation to Taiwan in the highest-level visit since 1979 to discuss the coronavirus pandemic and to "celebrate the shared values" of the two democracies – prompting China to urge the US not to "send the wrong signals to Taiwan secessionists". The US health secretary, Alex Azar, said he would be the first cabinet member to visit in six years, in the most significant trip there since the US formally cut diplomatic ties decades ago to pursue relations with the Chinese Communist party. Taiwan said the visit would take place in the coming days. Continue reading... |
| New York unveils landmark antitrust bill that makes it easier to sue tech giants Posted: 05 Aug 2020 01:30 AM PDT The legislation comes as a federal panel is investigating the market power of Facebook, Amazon, Apple and Google New York state is introducing a bill that would make it easier to sue big tech companies for alleged abuses of their monopoly powers. New York is America's financial center and one of its most important tech hubs. If successfully passed, the law could serve as a model for future legislation across the country. It also comes as a federal committee is conducting an anti-trust investigation into tech giants amid concerns that their unmatched market power is suppressing competition. Continue reading... |
| Throng of new penguin colonies in Antarctica spotted from space Posted: 04 Aug 2020 04:01 PM PDT Satellite images reveal guano patches, boosting known emperor penguin colonies by 20% Satellite images have revealed 11 previously unknown emperor penguin colonies in Antarctica, boosting the number of known colonies of the imperilled birds by 20%. The discoveries were made by spotting the distinctive red-brown guano patches the birds leave on the ice. The finds were made possible by higher-resolution images from a new satellite, as previous scans were unable to pick up smaller colonies. Continue reading... |
| Stay apart and bring a pen: Sri Lanka goes to the polls during pandemic Posted: 04 Aug 2020 08:13 PM PDT Rajapaksa expected to dominate elections held five months after president Gotabaya Rajapaksa sacked parliamentary assembly Sri Lankans have begun voting in parliamentary elections twice delayed by the coronavirus, with results expected to further entrench the Rajapaksa family's dominance of the island's politics. Voters have been asked to observe social distancing and bring their own pens to the polls – with special booths set up for those who are quarantining – for a contest that will end months of constitutional limbo in Sri Lanka. Continue reading... |
| Virgin Atlantic files for bankruptcy as Covid continues to hurt airlines Posted: 04 Aug 2020 03:22 PM PDT Airline seeks protection under US's bankruptcy code, allowing it to shield assets in the country Virgin Atlantic has declared itself bankrupt and is seeking protection from creditors in the US, according to a court filing in New York on Tuesday. The airline is seeking the protection under chapter 15 of the US bankruptcy code, which allows a foreign debtor to shield assets in the country. The announcement comes little more than a month after Virgin Atlantic announced it had secured funding to survive for another 18 months. Continue reading... |
| ‘Disgusting’ study rating attractiveness of women with endometriosis retracted by medical journal Posted: 05 Aug 2020 12:34 AM PDT Fertility and Sterility took seven years to take down Italian study, which was criticised by doctors for ethical concerns and dubious justifications A widely criticised peer-reviewed study that measured the attractiveness of women with endometriosis has been retracted from the medical journal Fertility and Sterility. The study, Attractiveness of women with rectovaginal endometriosis: a case-control study, was first published in 2013 and has been defended by the authors and the journal in the intervening years despite heavy criticism from doctors, other researchers and people with endometriosis for its ethical concerns and dubious justifications, with one advocate calling the study "heartbreaking" and "disgusting". Continue reading... |
| China poised to power huge growth in global offshore wind energy Posted: 04 Aug 2020 10:01 PM PDT Report finds the offshore industry could create 900,000 jobs globally over next decade The world's offshore windfarm capacity could grow eightfold by the end of the decade powered by a clean energy surge led by China, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). A new industry report has revealed stronger than expected growth for the offshore wind industry, which could reach 234GW by 2030, from a global tally of just over 29GW at the end of last year. Continue reading... |
| Tesco urged to ditch meat company over alleged links to Amazon deforestation Posted: 04 Aug 2020 11:01 PM PDT Responding to Greenpeace campaign to cut links to Brazilian meat giant JBS, supermarket calls on government to ensure all UK food is deforestation-free Tesco has called on the UK government to order food companies to ensure all food sold in the UK is deforestation-free. The move comes in response to a new Greenpeace campaign calling on the supermarket to cut links to JBS, the world's biggest meat company, over its alleged links to farms involved in Amazon deforestation. The supermarket says the UK should introduce due diligence across supply chains to monitor for deforestation. Germany is also weighing up a due diligence law on supply chains, reportedly supported by Angela Merkel. And more than half of Britons would consider rejecting meat products linked to deforestation, a YouGov poll for Greenpeace has found. Continue reading... |
| Britons watched TV for 40% of waking hours during Covid lockdown Posted: 04 Aug 2020 04:01 PM PDT Ofcom says 12m UK adults signed up to streaming services such as Netflix or Amazon Britons spent 40% of their waking hours watching TV during the height of the coronavirus pandemic, with 12 million new sign-ups to services such as Netflix, as the public sought to relieve the boredom of the nationwide lockdown. The typical person spent six hours and 25 minutes each day keeping informed and entertained at the height of the lockdown in April – almost a third more, about 90 minutes each day – than during the same month last year. Continue reading... |
| Hiroshima at 75: bitter row persists over US decision to drop the bomb Posted: 04 Aug 2020 10:45 PM PDT Historians and military differ on whether 1945 bombing ended the war and saved countless lives – or was an unconscionable act of brutality Seventy-five years after it dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the Enola Gay stands, restored and gleaming, as a museum exhibit close to Washington's Dulles airport. It was not always so well looked after. For decades after the war, the B-29 Superfortress bomber was left to rot. It was disassembled, its pieces were scattered, birds nested in its engines, and someone smashed its gun turret. Continue reading... |
| UK business demands rethink on furlough scheme wind down Posted: 04 Aug 2020 04:01 PM PDT Leading lobby group warns Rishi Sunak's summer statement plans risk mass unemployment Business leaders have warned Rishi Sunak that his multibillion-pound summer statement plan to save jobs is failing to prevent an unemployment crisis from taking hold. The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) is demanding an urgent rethink from the chancellor, as the government starts scaling back its Covid-19 economic response, and warned that fewer than half of firms were planning to take up jobs support measures announced by Sunak last month. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 05 Aug 2020 02:40 AM PDT Hassan Diab appeals for international assistance as search continues for missing in devastated city
Some more aerial imagery from the scene of the explosion, which has destroyed silos containing 85% of the country's grain, as well as a warehouse containing medical supplies.
The Red Cross is coordinating with the Lebanese health ministry to set up morgues because hospitals have become so overwhelmed, George Kettani, the head of Lebanon's Red Cross, has told Reuters. In the aftermath of the attack, hopsitals asked people with non-life-threatening injuries to stay at home because they were unable to cope with a huge influx in patients. Several hospitals were damaged in the explosion. In Gemmayze district, medical staff have been forced to treat patients in a car park, while others have reported shortages of key medicines including antibiotics. |
| #ZimbabweanLivesMatter: celebrities join campaign against human rights abuses Posted: 04 Aug 2020 10:00 PM PDT Stars and politicians including Ice Cube and Ellen Johnson Sirleaf have spoken out adding to pressure on President Emmerson Mnanagwa's regime A campaign drawing attention to human rights abuses in Zimbabwe is attracting international celebrities and politicians as pressure mounts on President Emmerson Mnanagwa's government to act. The #ZimbabweanLivesMatter campaign, which originated in South Africa this week, is currently No 1 on the list of trending topics on Twitter and prominent on other social media platforms. Continue reading... |
| What can you do to fight the climate crisis? Posted: 04 Aug 2020 11:00 PM PDT Individual acts alone won't stop the climate crisis, but there are things we can do. We asked several experts what they do in their daily lives to make a difference. As the climate crisis intensifies, scientists and experts agree that systemic change is critical. But while individual efforts alone aren't enough to reverse global heating, that doesn't mean there's nothing we can do. We asked several climate scientists and advocates about individual actions that can make a difference. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 05 Aug 2020 02:25 AM PDT Prof Ian Jacobs says university has 'unequivocal commitment to freedom of expression and academic freedom' The vice-chancellor of the University of New South Wales has apologised for his university deleting a tweet that quoted a director of Human Rights Watch that was critical of China's human rights abuses. Prof Ian Jacobs wrote in an email to staff that the university had an "unequivocal commitment to freedom of expression and academic freedom" and the tweet "should not have been removed". Continue reading... |
| Man shot by police after allegedly stabbing another officer in the face in Brisbane – reports Posted: 05 Aug 2020 02:34 AM PDT A crime scene has been established in South Brisbane after a man was reportedly shot by police after allegedly stabbing another officer Multiple police and ambulance crews have attended a south Brisbane street after a man reportedly stabbed an officer in the face and was then shot. The incident occurred on Wednesday afternoon on Hillgrove Street in Upper Mount Gravatt, and Queensland Police say a crime scene has been established. Continue reading... |
| How renamed streets in Mumbai's slums are encouraging children to study Posted: 04 Aug 2020 11:45 PM PDT A mobile school helped Rehmuddin Shaikh become a rugby star. Now a street named after him is inspiring a new generation No map of Mumbai mentions Rehmuddin Shaikh Road. But a local taxi driver would find the narrow lane between the huts in Ambedkar Nagar, Colaba, behind Mumbai's elite Cuffe Parade. Despite not being officially named by the city authorities, the road boasts a new signpost. Rehmuddin Chittasahab Shaikh grew up and still lives here. Today, he is a rugby star, winning national gold and silver medals and and now coaching the Indian women's team. He is one of the only four coaches in India to qualify for the World Rugby Level 3 coaching course. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus near me: are UK Covid cases rising in your local area? Posted: 05 Aug 2020 01:41 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... |
| Andrzej Krauze on Europe's attempts to avoid further Covid-19 outbreaks – cartoon Posted: 04 Aug 2020 10:00 PM PDT Quarantine is again being used as a means to try to stop the spread of coronavirus Continue reading... |
| 'They're dying … it is what it is': key takeaways from Trump's shocking interview Posted: 04 Aug 2020 11:53 AM PDT President floundered in conversation with Axios, claiming Covid-19 was 'under control' and attacking mail-in voting Donald Trump stumbled through his second damaging interview in as many weeks, floundering in a conversation with the news website Axios over key issues he is tasked with responding to as president. It's been just over two weeks since the president made a series of shocking statements in a one-on-one interview with Fox News, but he packed another host of extraordinary claims into a 37-minute interview released on Monday night by Axios. Continue reading... |
| Trump's stream of subconsciousness becomes a torrent in car-crash interview | John Crace Posted: 04 Aug 2020 10:01 AM PDT The president's incoherence and unchecked narcissism were given full rein for 40 long minutes in a TV evisceration I take it all back. I regularly mock British politicians for their lies and hypocrisy, not least Boris Johnson, the UK's Donald Trump-lite, who only last Friday had hit a new low for cronyism, corruption and nepotism with his appointments to the House of Lords. But all this was amateur hour compared with Donald Trump's interview with Axios's political correspondent, Jonathan Swan, that was broadcast on HBO on Monday evening. Continue reading... |
| The aftermath of the explosion in Beirut – in pictures Posted: 05 Aug 2020 01:12 AM PDT Lebanon is in mourning and surveying the damage to its capital, Beirut, after a massive explosion ripped through the city's port and surrounding areas on Tuesday. At least 100 people were killed and 4,000 injured, with many still feared trapped under rubble Continue reading... |
| Aerial footage captures scale of destruction from Beirut explosion – video Posted: 04 Aug 2020 11:16 PM PDT Aerial video captures the devastating impact of the explosion that left dozens dead and thousands injured in the Lebanese capital. The full scale of the blast is yet to be felt as rescue efforts continued the morning after the explosion flattened much of the city's port Continue reading... |
| 'It's a catastrophe': Beirut residents describe blast as hospitals overflow – video Posted: 04 Aug 2020 08:30 PM PDT Residents of Beirut have described the major explosion that has left dozens dead in the Lebanese capital. Footage from the blast zone showed extensive damage, with residents moving through rubble and cleaning up broken glass and overturned furniture in their homes. Hospitals in the city were also overflowing with patients and people searching for loved ones Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump claims Lebanon explosion 'looks like a terrible attack' – video Posted: 04 Aug 2020 08:23 PM PDT The US president Donald Trump says an explosion that killed dozens of people in Lebanon's capital, Beirut, looks like an attack. 'We will be there to help. It looks like a terrible attack,' he said at a press briefing. Trump was later asked why he called the explosion an attack, not an accident, saying he met with generals who felt it was 'a bomb of some kind' Continue reading... |
| Beirut explosion: scores dead and thousands hurt as blast rips through city – video report Posted: 04 Aug 2020 03:37 PM PDT Beirut has been rocked by a huge explosion, devastating parts of the city and injuring thousands of people. Eyewitness footage shared widely on social media showed a section of the city's port area on fire before a huge blast engulfed nearby neighbourhoods, flattening buildings and leaving streets littered with broken glass and debris. The Lebanese security chief, Abbas Ibrahim, later blamed combustible chemicals stored in a warehouse. Lebanon's prime minister, Hassan Diab, said those responsible would 'pay a price' for the disaster.
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| Beirut explosion: buildings destroyed and cars upturned in aftermath of blast – video Posted: 04 Aug 2020 12:22 PM PDT Two large explosions have devastated Lebanon's capital city, Beirut. Footage taken in the immediate aftermath shows windows blown out, streets littered with debris and cars upturned by the strength of the blasts. The impact was reportedly felt 200km away in Cyprus
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| Beirut explosion – in pictures Posted: 04 Aug 2020 10:22 AM PDT An explosion has rocked central Beirut in Lebanon, shattering windows and shaking buildings for several hundred feet. The source of the blast is still unclear
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