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- How London's top restaurants are skewering the Covid rules
- US nears daily Covid cases record amid warning of 500,000 deaths by February
- Coronavirus live news: South Yorkshire goes into tier 3 restrictions, Polish president tests positive
- Overstuffed Nasa spacecraft Osiris-Rex losing particles after bingeing on Bennu
- US 2020 election could have the highest rate of voter turnout since 1908
- 'She left a strong legacy': children's book tells story of Daphne Caruana Galizia
- Amy Coney Barrett faces recusal questions over links to Shell
- UK has mounted covert attacks against Russian leadership, says ex-mandarin
- Plane crash of US navy trainer kills crew and burns home
- Sudan and Israel agree US-brokered deal on normalising relations
- EU border force 'complicit' in illegal campaign to stop refugees landing
- 'We cannot survive': New York's Strand bookstore appeals for help
- Prince Charles's letter to John Kerr reportedly endorsing sacking of Whitlam condemned
- 'How do we become a serious people again?' Dave Eggers, Annie Proulx and more on the 2020 election
- Man arrested after body of woman found in Oxfordshire woodland
- Polish president Andrzej Duda tests positive for Covid-19
- 'The militias are not allowing us back': Sunnis languish in camps, years after recapture of Mosul
- 'A good day for Libya': UN's Stephanie Williams announces permanent ceasefire – video
- Paraguay authorities find at least seven bodies in fertilizer shipment
- Queensland investigates Covid-19 strain on cargo ship after New Zealand alert
- Daniel Andrews says Victorian easing of coronavirus restrictions in doubt as cluster worsens
- Tova O'Brien: my 'feral' interview with Covid-19 denier Jami-Lee Ross
- With 10 days to go, time and history are not on Donald Trump's side
- Coronavirus: European leaders tighten measures as WHO warns of pandemic juncture – video report
- Joe Biden: I'm going to 'shut down the virus', not the US – video
| How London's top restaurants are skewering the Covid rules Posted: 24 Oct 2020 12:00 AM PDT An exception meant for freelancers sees a roaring lunch trade, and No 10 doesn't seem too bothered "A table for six? No, sir, that is against the Covid-19 restrictions … unless you promise that your party will discuss business, not pleasure." Some of London's fanciest restaurants have discovered a loophole in the tier-2 coronavirus lockdowns restrictions designed to prevent households from mixing and thereby slow the spread of the virus. Continue reading... |
| US nears daily Covid cases record amid warning of 500,000 deaths by February Posted: 23 Oct 2020 04:54 PM PDT A study says coronavirus is on course to claim 511,000 by 28 February as cases surge in many states, particularly upper midwest The United States on Friday was approaching a record for the number of new daily coronavirus cases, as a new study warned that the pandemic is set to cause half a million American deaths by February. Covid-19 is on course to ravage states across the nation throughout the coming winter and more than 511,000 lives could be lost by 28 February next year, modeling led by scientists from the University of Washington found. Continue reading... |
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In the UK, Prof Neil Ferguson has said a decision about whether restrictions on households mixing should be relaxed over Christmas will be a "political judgment" .
Indonesia reported 4,070 new coronavirus infections on Saturday, taking the total number of cases to 385,980, official data from the country's Covid-19 taskforce shows. It also reported 128 new deaths, taking the total to 13,205, and 4,119 people recovered from the virus on Saturday, bringing the total to 309,219. Continue reading... |
| Overstuffed Nasa spacecraft Osiris-Rex losing particles after bingeing on Bennu Posted: 23 Oct 2020 04:43 PM PDT After an asteroid encounter, scientists scrambled to minimize the loss of space rocks as the craft belched rubble A Nasa spacecraft is stuffed with so much asteroid rubble from this week's grab that it's jammed open and precious particles are drifting away in space, scientists said on Friday. Related: Nasa Osiris-Rex spacecraft lands on asteroid Bennu in mission to collect dust Continue reading... |
| US 2020 election could have the highest rate of voter turnout since 1908 Posted: 23 Oct 2020 05:51 PM PDT Data from the US Elections Project predicts a record 150m ballots, representing 65% of eligible voters, for this election More than 50 million Americans have cast ballots in the US presidential election with 11 days to go in the campaign, a pace that could lead to the highest voter turnout in over a century, according to data from the US Elections Project on Friday. The eye-popping figure is a sign of intense interest in the contest between Republican Donald Trump and Joe Biden, his Democratic challenger, as well as Americans' desire to reduce their risk of exposure to Covid-19, which has killed more than 221,000 people across the United States. Continue reading... |
| 'She left a strong legacy': children's book tells story of Daphne Caruana Galizia Posted: 24 Oct 2020 12:00 AM PDT Friend of Maltese journalist recounts her battles against corruption for young readers Her death brought thousands of people on to the streets of Malta and led to the resignation of a prime minister. Now the life of the investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has inspired a book for children. Written and illustrated by her friend Gattaldo, the designer, Fearless: The Story of Daphne Caruana Galizia is being released by a UK publisher this month to mark three years since the Maltese writer was killed by a car bomb in October 2017. Continue reading... |
| Amy Coney Barrett faces recusal questions over links to Shell Posted: 24 Oct 2020 01:15 AM PDT Barrett previously recused herself from cases because her father worked for Shell but has failed to commit to doing so in future Amy Coney Barrett is poised to make critical rulings on whether oil and gas companies will be held accountable for the effects of the climate crisis once she is confirmed to the supreme court, even though she has acknowledged in the past that she has a conflict of interest in cases involving Royal Dutch Shell. Related: Trump and Barrett's threat to abortion and LGBTQ rights is simply un-American | Robert Reich Continue reading... |
| UK has mounted covert attacks against Russian leadership, says ex-mandarin Posted: 24 Oct 2020 12:45 AM PDT Former cabinet secretary Mark Sedwill says UK used offensive cyber-capability to exploit Moscow's 'vulnerabilities' Britain has carried a series of covert attacks on Russia's leaders and their allies, the former cabinet secretary has disclosed. Mark Sedwill said the UK had sought to exploit Moscow's "vulnerabilities", including through the deployment of its recently declared offensive cyber-capability. Continue reading... |
| Plane crash of US navy trainer kills crew and burns home Posted: 23 Oct 2020 09:53 PM PDT Two dead on board T-6B Texan II aircraft with a house and cars on fire in 'heavily populated' area outside Foley, Alabama A US navy training plane that took off from Florida crashed on Friday in an Alabama residential neighbourhood near the Gulf Coast, killing both crew on board, authorities said. Zach Harrell, a naval air forces spokesperson, said both people in the T-6B Texan II training plane died. No injuries were reported on the ground. Continue reading... |
| Sudan and Israel agree US-brokered deal on normalising relations Posted: 23 Oct 2020 10:56 AM PDT Donald Trump seeks to score points from deal; Palestinians call it 'a new stab in the back' Israel and Sudan have agreed to work towards normalising relations in a deal brokered by the US that would make Sudan the third Arab country to set aside hostilities with Israel in the past two months. Donald Trump sealed the agreement in a phone call on Friday with the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, his Sudanese counterpart, Abdalla Hamdok, and Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the head of Sudan's transitional military council. Continue reading... |
| EU border force 'complicit' in illegal campaign to stop refugees landing Posted: 23 Oct 2020 11:00 PM PDT Evidence including footage of Frontex ship making waves near a migrant dinghy appears to contradict agency's denial of involvement in pushbacks The EU's border agency has been accused of complicity in illegal and often dangerous pushbacks aimed at preventing asylum seekers crossing the Aegean Sea. Even as evidence of an aggressive maritime campaign by Greece has emerged, Frontex has denied knowledge of, or involvement in, pushbacks. But new evidence, including video footage showing a Frontex ship manoeuvring dangerously near a crowded dinghy full of people and creating waves that drove them back, appears to contradict the EU agency. Continue reading... |
| 'We cannot survive': New York's Strand bookstore appeals for help Posted: 23 Oct 2020 11:00 PM PDT Proprietor Nancy Bass-Wyden appeals to customers as literary landmark suffers the effects of the pandemic The Strand Bookstore, a landmark of literary New York, is in serious trouble, appealing for customers to help it stave off closure amid the coronavirus pandemic. Related: New York's Strand bookstore fights back over landmark status Continue reading... |
| Prince Charles's letter to John Kerr reportedly endorsing sacking of Whitlam condemned Posted: 23 Oct 2020 10:52 PM PDT Historian Jenny Hocking and Australian Republican Movement say letter inappropriate A newly revealed letter, reportedly from Prince Charles to former Australian governor general Sir John Kerr endorsing his decision to dismiss prime minister Gough Whitlam, has been condemned as "inappropriate". The letter, which was published by News Corp on Saturday, is dated 27 March 1976 – several months after the constitutional crisis as Kerr was facing a fierce backlash by the Australian public. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'How do we become a serious people again?' Dave Eggers, Annie Proulx and more on the 2020 election Posted: 24 Oct 2020 01:00 AM PDT How is America faring after four years of Donald Trump? Which way will voters turn? US authors including Richard Powers, Ocean Vuong and Kiley Reid share their hopes and fears |
| Man arrested after body of woman found in Oxfordshire woodland Posted: 24 Oct 2020 01:01 AM PDT Man held on suspicion of murder after body was found at National Trust's Watlington Hill estate A man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the body of a woman was discovered at a National Trust estate. Thames Valley police found the body in woodland on the Watlington Hill estate just before 6pm on Friday and are linking the murder to reports of a man seen acting suspiciously by a pub a few hours earlier. Continue reading... |
| Polish president Andrzej Duda tests positive for Covid-19 Posted: 24 Oct 2020 02:25 AM PDT Diagnosis comes as Poland imposes new restrictions in an effort to contain coronavirus The Polish president, Andrzej Duda, has tested positive for coronavirus. Duda's spokesman, Błażej Spychalski, said on Twitter on Saturday that the 48-year-old conservative leader had been tested on Friday. He said the president felt well and was in isolation. Continue reading... |
| 'The militias are not allowing us back': Sunnis languish in camps, years after recapture of Mosul Posted: 24 Oct 2020 12:00 AM PDT At least 400,000 people who fled Isis are still interred in the north of the country, fearing they are not wanted in postwar Iraq On a midsummer morning six years ago, Ziad Abdulqader Nasir's short walk to Friday prayers at Mosul's Great Mosque of al-Nuri, one of Iraq's oldest shrines, was abruptly interrupted by the arrival of stern men carrying guns. Nasir and his neighbours were ushered inside, some of the newcomers set up cameras, and others sat the puzzled worshippers in neat lines on the carpet. Continue reading... |
| 'A good day for Libya': UN's Stephanie Williams announces permanent ceasefire – video Posted: 23 Oct 2020 11:31 AM PDT Stephanie Williams, the acting head of the United Nations mission in Libya, announced that rival forces in Libya had agreed a permanent nationwide ceasefire, including the departure of all foreign fighters and mercenaries from the country for a minimum of three months. 'This is a good day for the Libyan people,' she said as UN chief António Guterres asked nations to respect the 'fundamental step towards peace and stability in Libya' Continue reading... |
| Paraguay authorities find at least seven bodies in fertilizer shipment Posted: 23 Oct 2020 01:57 PM PDT Bodies, which public prosecutor said appeared to be stowaways, discovered when container opened on Friday Authorities in Paraguay have found at least seven badly decomposed bodies inside a shipment of fertilizer that left Serbia three months ago. The container, which came via Argentina, was unloaded earlier this week at a port on the outskirts of the Paraguayan capital, Asunción, and was collected by an agricultural company. Continue reading... |
| Queensland investigates Covid-19 strain on cargo ship after New Zealand alert Posted: 23 Oct 2020 10:08 PM PDT MV Sofrana Surville barred from docking after officials in New Zealand said crew members on departing cargo ship might have new strain Queensland health officials are working to determine the strain of Covid-19 infecting the crew of a cargo ship anchored off the Australian state's Sunshine Coast. The MV Sofrana Surville was blocked from docking in Brisbane after New Zealand warned it could be carrying a new strain of the virus. Continue reading... |
| Daniel Andrews says Victorian easing of coronavirus restrictions in doubt as cluster worsens Posted: 23 Oct 2020 11:41 PM PDT Victoria records seven new Covid-19 cases, four in Preston, with five in NSW and four in WA
Hope for further significant easing of coronavirus restrictions in Victoria on Sunday are in doubt as an outbreak in Melbourne's northern suburbs grows. Victoria recorded seven new cases on Saturday, six linked to known outbreaks, prompting the government to order all staff and students from two schools in north-east Melbourne to immediately get tested for Covid-19. Continue reading... |
| Tova O'Brien: my 'feral' interview with Covid-19 denier Jami-Lee Ross Posted: 23 Oct 2020 08:48 PM PDT Good journalists know balanced reporting is not as simple as providing both sides of the story. You have to squash falsehoods Like the families of 1.14 million people worldwide, our family has lost people we love to Covid-19. They are people who would not have died were it not for this deadly, hyper-contagious virus. We are in a global pandemic that is at least 15 times more fatal than seasonal influenza. When people argue otherwise it puts more lives at risk; more families will mourn. Covid-19 conspiracies are dangerous. In New Zealand those conspiracies were driven by arguments against lockdowns and misinformation about the seriousness of the virus. Continue reading... |
| With 10 days to go, time and history are not on Donald Trump's side Posted: 23 Oct 2020 05:21 AM PDT Covid has tanked the gains he made in the economy and any new stimulus could be too late It all looked so simple for Donald Trump as he took the stage at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January this year. At the start of an election year, the annual gathering of the global business elite was an opportunity to launch his campaign. It was one Trump eagerly seized. The next 30 minutes was one long boast, detailing how a US economy that had allegedly been on its knees under Barack Obama had been transformed under his stewardship. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus: European leaders tighten measures as WHO warns of pandemic juncture – video report Posted: 23 Oct 2020 03:16 PM PDT The World Health Organization has warned of a 'critical juncture' of the pandemic, particularly in the northern hemisphere, and urged heads of state to take action to reduce the spread of Covid-19. European leaders have increased restrictions as cases have continued rising. Wales has started a two-week 'firebreak' lockdown and Portugal's parliament has passed a law making the wearing of masks mandatory in many outdoor situations Continue reading... |
| Joe Biden: I'm going to 'shut down the virus', not the US – video Posted: 23 Oct 2020 01:13 PM PDT Joe Biden said he would not shut down the country in response to the coronavirus pandemic during a campaign event in Wilmington, Delaware, reinforcing his answers during Thursday's presidential debate. Donald Trump had claimed Biden would force a nationwide lockdown if he became president, but the Democratic nominee has repeatedly said he does not believe that will be necessary to get the virus under control
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