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- Biden tells Xi US and China must not ‘veer into conflict’ in first call for months
- Afghanistan flight carrying more than 100 foreign passengers lands in Doha
- Emma Raducanu roars past Sakkari to set up US Open final against Fernandez
- Denmark lifts all Covid restrictions as vaccinations top 80%
- Hong Kong: Tiananmen vigil organisers charged with inciting subversion
- Queen supports Black Lives Matter, says senior royal representative
- England v India fifth Test called off at last minute over Covid concerns
- Canada election: rivals force Justin Trudeau on to defensive in leaders’ debate
- Upside down rhinos and nose-clearing orgasm studies win Ig Nobel prize
- West to decide on Iran censure after damning UN nuclear watchdog report
- Musician Phil Collins can ‘barely hold’ a drumstick as health deteriorates
- Coronavirus live news: Biden’s vaccine mandate for 100 million workers; Los Angeles requires students to be vaccinated
- ‘Maybe the guy’s a masochist’: how Anthony Fauci became a superstar
- Ivermectin: Australian regulator bans drug as Covid treatment after sharp rise in prescriptions
- Pfizer accused of holding Brazil ‘to ransom’ over vaccine contract demands
- How 9/11 led the US to forever wars, eroded rights – and insurrection
- Experience: a stranger secretly lived in my home
- ‘We had little choice’: volunteers clear up after German floods
- China’s cultural crackdown: few areas untouched as Xi reshapes society
- ‘Tomorrow they will kill me’: Afghan female police officers live in fear of Taliban reprisals
- A new start after 60: ‘I pitied women who travelled alone – then I tried it and found true joy’
- Death in the Black Forest: how a historical tragedy became a play for today
- Rebel forces accused of killing more than 100 civilians in north Ethiopia
- The quest to find African American graves before they’re lost to climate crisis
- ‘He has adapted’: Bruce the disabled New Zealand parrot uses tools for preening
- NSW Labor says Berejiklian must hold daily updates; Queensland to reinstate border bubble – as it happened
- ‘£3k just to hold the bed’: Exorbitant Covid care costs push Indians into poverty
- Afghans at risk of near-universal poverty, UN report warns
- ‘Chaotic’ UK response criticised as Afghan babies wait for milk and donations turned away
- Mexico activists celebrate abortion ruling as a sign of culture change
- Return of migrant vessels: a violation of maritime law and moral duty
- It’s shameful that it took so long to bring down the statue of Robert E Lee
- Biden: 'Patience wearing thin with unvaccinated Americans' – video
- Muslim Americans on life after 9/11: 'The toll has been huge' – video
- Biden administration sues Texas for 'unconstitutional' abortion law – video
- Afghan journalists describe violent Taliban beatings when reporting on protests – video
- Trudeau lambasts far-right site for spreading Covid misinformation – video
- North Korea celebrates 73rd anniversary – in pictures
| Biden tells Xi US and China must not ‘veer into conflict’ in first call for months Posted: 09 Sep 2021 09:24 PM PDT White House says leaders agree to engage 'openly and straightforwardly' amid US frustration at lack of progress in advancing countries' relations US president Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping have spoken in their first phone call for seven months, amid continuing frustrations over attempts to find common ground. During the 90-minute call, which was initiated by Biden, the two leaders discussed their shared responsibility to ensure competition does not "veer into conflict", according to a transcript of the conversation from the White House. Continue reading... |
| Afghanistan flight carrying more than 100 foreign passengers lands in Doha Posted: 09 Sep 2021 07:28 PM PDT Antony Blinken thanks Qatar and Taliban for facilitating flight that he says shows US commitment to help citizens and others who assisted US A flight carrying more than 100 international passengers out of Kabul has landed in Doha, the first such civilian flight since the chaotic evacuation of 124,000 foreigners and at-risk Afghans sparked by the Taliban's swift takeover of the country. About 113 people were aboard the flight to Doha operated by state-owned Qatar Airways, officials said. The passengers included US, British, Canadian, Ukrainian, Dutch and German citizens. Continue reading... |
| Emma Raducanu roars past Sakkari to set up US Open final against Fernandez Posted: 09 Sep 2021 08:43 PM PDT
When Emma Raducanu arrived at Flushing Meadows this year, she did not have the faintest idea of where to go. So unfamiliar was she with her surroundings, she needed help from her fellow players just to navigate the tournament's vast grounds. Her growth over the past three weeks since those timid first steps has been astounding as she outplayed everyone put in front of her. And under the lights of the Arthur Ashe Stadium on Thursday night she went even further, producing yet another brilliant performance to reach her first grand slam final. Continue reading... |
| Denmark lifts all Covid restrictions as vaccinations top 80% Posted: 10 Sep 2021 02:51 AM PDT Scandinavian country declares it no longer considers coronavirus a 'socially critical' disease Denmark's high vaccination rate has enabled it to become one of the first EU countries to lift all domestic restrictions, after 548 days with curbs in place to limit the spread of Covid-19, The return to normality has been gradual, but as of Friday, the digital pass – a proof of having been vaccinated – is no longer required when entering nightclubs, making it the last virus safeguard to fall. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong: Tiananmen vigil organisers charged with inciting subversion Posted: 09 Sep 2021 09:45 PM PDT Hong Kong Alliance leaders face charges under national security law Beijing imposed last year Hong Kong police have charged the group that organises the city's annual Tiananmen candlelight vigil and three of its leaders with subversion under the national security law, amid an ongoing crackdown on dissent. The Hong Kong Alliance in Support of Patriotic Democratic Movements of China said that the group, its chairman, Lee Cheuk-yan, as well as vice-chairs Albert Ho and Chow Hang-tung were charged late on Thursday with "inciting subversion of state power", under the national security law Beijing imposed more than a year ago. Continue reading... |
| Queen supports Black Lives Matter, says senior royal representative Posted: 09 Sep 2021 03:15 PM PDT Sir Ken Olisa, first black Lord-Lieutenant for London, reveals he has talked about racism with royal household The Queen and the royal family are supporters of the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement, one of the monarch's representatives has said. Sir Ken Olisa, the first black Lord-Lieutenant for London, revealed to Channel 4 that he had discussed the topic of racism with members of the royal household in the wake of George Floyd's murder in the US. Continue reading... |
| England v India fifth Test called off at last minute over Covid concerns Posted: 10 Sep 2021 12:52 AM PDT
England's summer of Test cricket has ended in dramatic fashion after their series finale against India at Old Trafford was cancelled on the first morning of the match following the recent Covid-19 outbreak among the touring party. The England and Wales Cricket Board believed the fifth Test would go ahead on Thursday evening after India's players cleared a full round of emergency PCR tests in response to a fourth member of their backroom staff contracting the virus. Continue reading... |
| Canada election: rivals force Justin Trudeau on to defensive in leaders’ debate Posted: 09 Sep 2021 09:04 PM PDT The prime minister was under fire for his record on climate change, Indigenous affairs and economic hardship ahead of 20 September poll Justin Trudeau has been forced to defend his government's plans for fighting climate change, Canada's fractured relationship with Indigenous peoples and a growing affordability crisis in the country as the prime minister faced off with contenders ahead of the federal election. For two hours on Thursday evening, federal party leaders from the Liberal, Conservative, New Democratic, Green and Bloc Québécois parties sparred in the only official English-language debate before the 20 September vote. Party leaders debated in French on Wednesday evening. Continue reading... |
| Upside down rhinos and nose-clearing orgasm studies win Ig Nobel prize Posted: 09 Sep 2021 03:00 PM PDT Research from the more unusual realms of science is recognised every year at this alternative awards ceremony Groundbreaking studies into how well beards soften punches to the face, the benefits of transporting rhinoceroses upside down, and orgasms as a nasal decongestant were honoured on Thursday night with one of the most coveted awards in science: the Ig Nobel prize. Not to be confused with the more prestigious – and lucrative – Nobel awards, to be announced from Stockholm and Oslo next month, the Ig Nobels celebrate the quirkier realms of science, rewarding research that first makes people laugh and then makes them think. Continue reading... |
| West to decide on Iran censure after damning UN nuclear watchdog report Posted: 09 Sep 2021 09:00 PM PDT IAEA says new hardline government in Tehran making oversight of nuclear programme impossible European powers and the US will decide on Friday whether to censure Iran in response to a damning report by the UN nuclear inspectorate the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) showing that the new hardline government in Tehran had made it impossible for inspectors to oversee the country's nuclear programme. The Iranian president, Ebrahim Raisi, has warned any such censure motion, or a reference to the UN security council, could delay or prevent Iran returning to the talks in Vienna on how the US and Iran could come back into compliance with the 2015 nuclear deal. Continue reading... |
| Musician Phil Collins can ‘barely hold’ a drumstick as health deteriorates Posted: 09 Sep 2021 04:39 PM PDT The 70-year-old singer and drummer calls his upcoming Genesis tour putting the band 'to bed' British musician Phil Collins says he can barely hold a drum stick because of deteriorating health that has also forced him to sit while singing during live performances. The 70-year-old drummer and singer told the BBC in an interview broadcast on Thursday that he was frustrated at the challenges he faced. He underwent surgery on his back in 2009 and again in 2015 that affected his nerves, and he also has diabetes. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 10 Sep 2021 03:12 AM PDT All US companies with more than 100 employees to ensure workers are vaccinated or tested weekly; LA mandates vaccines for 630,000 students 12 and older
Staff at US colleges and universities have spoken about being nervous about returning to teaching as term begins. Even institutions requiring masks and vaccinations are dealing with unexpectedly high rates of Covid, while others lack transparent contact tracing systems. Earlier this week, the University of Delaware told faculty not to inform students if their classmates test positive for Covid-19. Related: 'I'm nervous': US colleges wrestle with Covid safety as fall semester begins
Hello, I'm Clea Skopeliti and I'll be bringing you the latest developments in the coronavirus pandemic for the next few hours. You can reach me via Twitter DM if you'd like to draw my attention to something. Thanks in advance. Continue reading... |
| ‘Maybe the guy’s a masochist’: how Anthony Fauci became a superstar Posted: 09 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT The US diseases expert has been spoofed by Brad Pitt and lauded as the 'sexiest man alive'. Now the pop culture phenomenon is the focus of a documentary Beer and bobbleheads. Candles, colouring books, cupcakes and cushions. Dolls, doughnuts, hoodies, mugs and socks. T-shirts and yard signs that declare "Dr Fauci is my hero" and "In Fauci we trust". Anthony Fauci, an 80-year-old scientist, doctor and public servant, has become an unlikely cult hero for millions of people during the Covid pandemic. Continue reading... |
| Ivermectin: Australian regulator bans drug as Covid treatment after sharp rise in prescriptions Posted: 10 Sep 2021 01:29 AM PDT Therapeutic Goods Administration concerned people taking controversial medication instead of seeking proper treatment or vaccine Australia's drug regulator has banned medical practitioners from prescribing the anti-parasitic drug ivermectin for "off-label" uses, such as for treating Covid-19. The move comes after prescriptions for the drug increased between three and four times in Australia in recent months. Continue reading... |
| Pfizer accused of holding Brazil ‘to ransom’ over vaccine contract demands Posted: 09 Sep 2021 10:01 PM PDT Leaked supply document reveals clauses to protect US pharma company from legal action in the event of serious side-effects Pfizer has been accused of holding Brazil "to ransom" over demands to shield itself from possible vaccine side-effect lawsuits in its contract to supply the country with 100m Covid jabs. In its $1bn (£700m) deal with Pfizer Export BV, signed in March, despite its prior complaints, the Brazilian government agreed that "a liability waiver be signed for any possible side-effects of the vaccine, exempting Pfizer from any civil liability for serious side-effects arising from the use of the vaccine, indefinitely". Continue reading... |
| How 9/11 led the US to forever wars, eroded rights – and insurrection Posted: 10 Sep 2021 02:15 AM PDT The legal carte blanche signed days after the 2001 attacks is still used to authorise military action – just one way US society has been shaped, or corroded, by its backlash to terror Over the past few weeks, the Biden administration has launched drone strikes against suspected terrorist targets in Somalia and Afghanistan, based on congressional authority dating to September 2001. This week, five terror suspects have been in court for pre-trial hearings now entering their ninth year in Guantánamo Bay, which opened its prison gates in January 2002. The aftershocks of 9/11 are everywhere. The families of the nearly 3,000 victims are still struggling with the justice department to lift the secrecy over the FBI investigation into the attacks and the possible complicity of Saudi officials. Last week they asked the department's inspector general to look into FBI claims to have lost critical evidence, including pictures and video footage. Continue reading... |
| Experience: a stranger secretly lived in my home Posted: 10 Sep 2021 02:00 AM PDT Late one night, I noticed the attic hatch was open. All the puzzle pieces fell into place – someone was in my apartment In 1995, when I was 20, I moved to Enumclaw, a farming town in the US state of Washington, to be close to my brother and his family. I rented an apartment. My room was on the top floor but on my first night, lying in bed, I heard footsteps above me. Over the months, I started to notice things going missing. I would buy a six-pack of soda, drink one, come home from work and find only four left. It was the same with packets of soup and ramen noodles. I also noticed that doors I had left open were closed, or vice versa. Mostly, I found it amusing – I assumed that my brother, who had a key, was coming over and eating my food. (Looking back, I should have known it wasn't him because there would have been dirty dishes everywhere.) Continue reading... |
| ‘We had little choice’: volunteers clear up after German floods Posted: 09 Sep 2021 09:00 PM PDT Two months after 133 people died in the Ahr valley, residents say they feel abandoned by politicians When she heard on the radio just weeks after floods had devastated her family-run restaurant and her home town that German authorities no longer classed it as a disaster zone, Paddy Amanatidis felt like she had been punched in the stomach. "It's hard to be told that everything is supposedly OK when you have no electricity, no clean water, no heating," she said. Continue reading... |
| China’s cultural crackdown: few areas untouched as Xi reshapes society Posted: 09 Sep 2021 10:16 PM PDT Vast range of new regulations prompt fears of a return to tight social control of pre-reform days On the second floor of a nondescript concrete building in north-east Beijing, the Youyou internet cafe is less than half full. Quiet and dark, the cafe's customers are all adults, sitting in brown sofas in front of screens set up for hours of comfortable online gaming. Minors aren't allowed in, and a poster on the glass entrance reads: "The whole society together cares about the healthy growth of underage teens." Under new regulations from the Chinese government, minors are limited to just a few hours of gaming a week, with tech platforms ordered to enforce it. The intervention is just one of a recent rush of directives from Beijing aimed at reshaping society. Continue reading... |
| ‘Tomorrow they will kill me’: Afghan female police officers live in fear of Taliban reprisals Posted: 10 Sep 2021 12:00 AM PDT With at least four women, including a pregnant mother, targeted and killed by Taliban fighters, female ex-officers feel abandoned by the world Negar Masumi, a female police officer with 15 years of experience, was determined not to flee when the Taliban took control of her home province of Ghor in central Afghanistan. On Saturday night, gunmen, who called themselves Taliban mujahideen, stormed Negar's home. They took her husband and four of her sons into another room and tied them up. Then they beat Negar with their guns and shot her dead, according to a family member, who spoke on condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. Continue reading... |
| A new start after 60: ‘I pitied women who travelled alone – then I tried it and found true joy’ Posted: 09 Sep 2021 11:00 PM PDT As a child, Charlotte Simpson and her family were excluded from many hotels in the deep south. Now she has visited more than 80 countries The Christmas after her husband died, Charlotte Simpson went on holiday with her daughter. In their tour group to Morocco were two women who travelled alone. "I felt sorry for them," Simpson says, laughing. "It seemed preposterous. I would ask them from time to time how they felt and they just loved it. Both ladies said: 'Seeing you here on the trip, I think you'd really enjoy it.' I was like, 'I don't know what makes anybody think I'd like to be by myself on a trip!'" On her next holiday, Simpson went to China with her sister-in-law. There, they met a woman who was celebrating her 80th. "And she was alone. She had a real spirit of adventure. A very cool lady." Continue reading... |
| Death in the Black Forest: how a historical tragedy became a play for today Posted: 10 Sep 2021 03:02 AM PDT In 1936, five English schoolboys on a hike died at the whim of a foolhardy teacher – and became fodder for Nazi propaganda. Now the story of populist idiocy is being retold for our times The day after the Brexit referendum the playwright Pamela Carter wrote to her German publishers, Suhrkamp, to apologise. "I felt the need to say sorry to a European for the terrible mistake," she said. Two weeks later in a Dundee hotel, still steeped in bewilderment, she came across a Guardian Long Read I'd written, recalling the events of April 1936, when a group of London schoolboys had set out from their youth hostel in Freiburg, southern Germany, for a hike in the Black Forest. They were led by their charismatic teacher, who ignored numerous warnings and made a series of fatal decisions that resulted in five of them losing their lives. Continue reading... |
| Rebel forces accused of killing more than 100 civilians in north Ethiopia Posted: 09 Sep 2021 10:57 AM PDT Massacre was perpetrated by fighters loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front, officials say Rebel forces in northern Ethiopia have been accused of killing more than a hundred civilians during fierce battles. Local government officials said the massacre in a village 6 miles (10km) from the town of Dabat took place just over a week ago and was perpetrated by fighters loyal to the Tigray People's Liberation Front. Continue reading... |
| The quest to find African American graves before they’re lost to climate crisis Posted: 10 Sep 2021 03:00 AM PDT As both the climate crisis and development intensify, Black cemeteries are now at a disproportionate risk of being lost, some before they have even been officially found On a cloudy weekend day in May, Jennifer Blanks took a trip to Canaan cemetery in Bryan, Texas. The six-acre site is the final resting place for a community of primarily Black farmers and veterans, with generations stretching back to the 1800s. Among the interred is Powell Harvey, the first Black man to serve as the Brazos county constable. If Blanks hadn't known this before visiting, though, she might have missed many of the graves completely. Continue reading... |
| ‘He has adapted’: Bruce the disabled New Zealand parrot uses tools for preening Posted: 10 Sep 2021 03:00 AM PDT Alpine Kea with damaged beak teaches himself to use pebbles for grooming, in a first under scientific observation Bruce, a disabled alpine parrot from New Zealand, may just be one of the most unique birds in the world. He comes from good stock – the Kea, the only alpine parrot, is considered to be among the most intelligent birds. When they aren't dismantling tourists' cars, stealing passports or occasionally killing sheep, they are known to weigh up probabilities to help them make choices. Related: Hear be kiwis: New Zealand celebrates as distinctive cry of iconic bird returns Continue reading... |
| Posted: 10 Sep 2021 02:41 AM PDT NSW confirms record high 1,542 cases; Victoria has linked 149 of its 334 new cases to known outbreaks. This blog is now closed
With that, we'll wrap up the news blog for the day. Here were the top headlines today:
Prof Sharon Lewin, director of the Doherty Institute that has provided modelling for Australia's reopening plan agreed to by national cabinet, has responded to NSW's roadmap to freedom that was unveiled this week. Of the plan to reopen at 70% double vaccination in NSW, Lewin told ABC's The Drum: "I think the with situation in NSW, I'd be going slowly, slowly". We will see interpretations that will vary around the country and I think that is going to cause confusion." When you don't have optimal TTIQ then you've got to bring in public health measures. That's why this slow exit from the lockdown is probably going to be important. I think the biggest challenge for NSW at the moment is keeping an eye on the burden on the healthcare system. Continue reading... |
| ‘£3k just to hold the bed’: Exorbitant Covid care costs push Indians into poverty Posted: 09 Sep 2021 11:01 PM PDT A struggling healthcare system and inflated prices mean hospital treatment can result in a lifetime of debt for many Anil Goel remembers the night in May when he received a call from his desperate nephew asking for money for his Covid treatment. The nephew had been admitted to a private hospital with his wife and four other family members with Covid complications but had used up all of his savings. "I was shocked by the request as this was a young man who was doing well in life otherwise. But the high hospital bills and the black marketing just exhausted all of his savings within days. After all, six family members were on life support," said Goel. Continue reading... |
| Afghans at risk of near-universal poverty, UN report warns Posted: 09 Sep 2021 10:00 AM PDT Study suggests a worst-case scenario where 97% of Afghans would sink below poverty line by 2022 Afghanistan's population of 38 million people risks being plunged into near-universal poverty faced with a "catastrophic deterioration" of the country's heavily aid-dependent economy, according to a warning issued by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). The study, which examines a series of scenarios facing the already impoverished country under the Taliban's new hardline rule, suggests a worst-case scenario where as many as 97% of Afghans would sink below the poverty line by next year – a staggering increase of 25%. Continue reading... |
| ‘Chaotic’ UK response criticised as Afghan babies wait for milk and donations turned away Posted: 09 Sep 2021 06:38 AM PDT Volunteers 'operating blind' about refugees' needs, while hotels left with no staff to distribute aid The government's response towards families evacuated from Afghanistan to Britain has been "chaotic and uncoordinated", hampering volunteers' efforts to help, charities have said. One hotel where 50 babies were in quarantine with their families after fleeing the Taliban had no formula milk, they said. In other hotels, supplies of clothes, toiletries and nappies donated by the public were turned away by managers who had no staff to distribute them. Continue reading... |
| Mexico activists celebrate abortion ruling as a sign of culture change Posted: 09 Sep 2021 03:15 AM PDT Justices decision to decriminalise abortion was based on human rights arguments and will mean fewer criminal investigations Activists in Mexico have hailed a supreme court decision to decriminalise abortion, saying it would stop the legal prosecution of women who terminate their pregnancies – and those reported to the authorities after suffering miscarriages. The decision, handed down unanimously on Tuesday, declared that criminal sanctions for abortion in the northern state of Coahuila were unconstitutional. The decision sets precedent, according to lawyers involved in abortion cases, and will be applicable across the country. Continue reading... |
| Return of migrant vessels: a violation of maritime law and moral duty Posted: 09 Sep 2021 10:43 AM PDT Analysis: experts say blocking right to apply for asylum is an infringement of Universal Declaration of Human Rights Gaspare, a fisher from Sciacca in Sicily, had rescued dozens of migrants attempting to reach Italy by boat from Libya when the Italian authorities threatened to arrest him and his crew for aiding illegal immigration. "I wonder if even one of our politicians has ever heard the desperate cries for help at high sea in the black of night," he said in 2019. "I wonder what they would have done. No human being – sailor or not – would have turned away." Continue reading... |
| It’s shameful that it took so long to bring down the statue of Robert E Lee Posted: 09 Sep 2021 09:35 AM PDT Let's hope Richmond makes its removal more than an empty gesture When they lifted the enormous statue of the Confederate general Robert E Lee from his pedestal and set him on the ground in Richmond, Virginia, on Wednesday, it was symbolically huge to me. On high, he was undeservedly venerated. And for years of walking under him on Monument Avenue, going about my day, I always felt the city was in an embarrassing time warp, unable to completely shake its status as the former capital of the Confederacy. Continue reading... |
| Biden: 'Patience wearing thin with unvaccinated Americans' – video Posted: 10 Sep 2021 12:06 AM PDT US president Joe Biden has announced new vaccination mandates for 100 million workers as he looks to stop the surge of Covid-19 across the country. Biden said said the Department of Labor is developing an emergency temporary standard that will require all employers with more than 100 employees to ensure their workers are vaccinated or tested weekly. 'Many of us are frustrated with the nearly 80 million Americans who are still not vaccinated even though the vaccine is safe, effective and free'.
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| Muslim Americans on life after 9/11: 'The toll has been huge' – video Posted: 09 Sep 2021 11:00 PM PDT In the years that followed the terrorist attacks, Muslim Americans faced intense suspicion and discrimination. Here, Kausam Salam, Zainab Johnson, Sabiha Hussain, Mehdi Hasan and Jaime 'Mujahid' Fletcher reflect on the events of that day – and how stereotypes, disinformation and the 'war on terror' changed their everyday lives Continue reading... |
| Biden administration sues Texas for 'unconstitutional' abortion law – video Posted: 09 Sep 2021 01:44 PM PDT The US attorney general has announced that the Biden administration is suing Texas over the state's 'clearly unconstitutional' abortion law, which amounts to a near-total ban on abortion. Senate Bill 8 bans abortion around six weeks after a pregnancy starts, and is enforced by private citizens being invited to report any woman seeking an abortion after this time, with a prize of $10,000 (£72,000) for each report. Merrick Garland said the law that came into effect at the beginning of September was one 'all Americans should fear' because it opened the possibility for other constitutional rights to be put in danger by 'bounty hunting' private citizens Continue reading... |
| Afghan journalists describe violent Taliban beatings when reporting on protests – video Posted: 09 Sep 2021 12:14 PM PDT Two reporters from Kabul have said they were beaten for about 10 minutes by at least six men then locked in a cell, after reporting on protests in Panjshir valley. An acting Taliban minister, who declined to be identified, said attacks on journalists would be investigated. The founder of Afghan publication Etilaat Roz said the beatings sent a chilling message to the media in Afghanistan Continue reading... |
| Trudeau lambasts far-right site for spreading Covid misinformation – video Posted: 09 Sep 2021 09:28 AM PDT The Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, said Rebel News needed to take responsibility for polarising opinion across the country about coronavirus vaccines. After the official French-language federal leaders' election debate, Trudeau was questioned by an employee of Rebel News, which counts Katie Hopkins and Tommy Robinson among its contributors, about Canada's rules, which exclude some from election press conferences. 'I salute all extraordinary hardworking journalists who put science and facts at the heart of what they do and ask me tough questions every day, but make sure that they are educating and informing Canadians from a broad range of perspectives – which is the last thing that you guys do,' he responded Continue reading... |
| North Korea celebrates 73rd anniversary – in pictures Posted: 09 Sep 2021 03:58 AM PDT Civil defence units and health personnel wearing gas masks and hazmat suits featured in celebrations in Pyongyang to mark the 73rd anniversary of North Korea's founding, in a departure from previous militaristic displays Continue reading... |
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