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- ‘Big line in the sand’: China promises no new coal-fired power projects abroad
- US-UK ‘special relationship’ faces new challenges despite signs of healing
- ‘Everyone was nervous’: Victoria avoids serious damage after major earthquake rocks Melbourne
- Gabby Petito: coroner confirms death by homicide as search for fiance continues
- Evergrande vows to meet local debt deadline, but doubts remain over dollar bond
- Most Europeans believe US in new cold war with China and Russia – poll
- Most infants in 91 countries are malnourished, warns Unicef
- Lithuania tells citizens to throw out Chinese phones over censorship concerns
- Fears for democracy in El Salvador after president claims to be ‘coolest dictator’
- Netflix acquires works of Roald Dahl as it escalates streaming wars
- Willie Garson, Sex and the City and White Collar actor, dies at 57
- Covid live: Brazil health minister who shook hands with maskless Boris Johnson at UN tests positive
- ‘Calculated risk’: Ardern gambles as New Zealand Covid restrictions eased
- Biden under pressure to close the ‘vaccination gap’ with poorer nations
- Tucker Carlson claims US military vaccine mandate a ‘purity test’ for ‘men with high testosterone’
- Zahra Joya: the Afghan reporter who fled the Taliban – and kept telling the truth about women
- Generation X are heavy, risky drinkers. Will anything ever persuade us to stop?
- 16 years in 16 words: the sayings that sum up Merkel’s Germany
- ‘People are drawn to it’: how the Gabby Petito case fascinated internet sleuths
- Evergrande: will it collapse and what would happen if it did?
- This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes review – a wickedly honest memoir
- New Unite leader skips Labour conference to prioritise work disputes
- Iran’s president denounces US sanctions as ‘crimes against humanity’
- ‘Ecofeminism is about respect’: the activist working to revolutionise west African farming
- ‘We’re trying to survive’: workers face cuts as US public sector lags in recovery
- Haitian migrants and refugees cross the Rio Grande – in pictures
- UK to send 1m Pfizer vaccine doses to South Korea in swap deal
- Victoria police disperse Melbourne protesters; NSW records 1,035 cases, five deaths as lockdown orders lifted for five LGAs – As it happened
- Argentina to lift almost all Covid restrictions as cases and deaths fall
- Trudeau didn’t win the majority but still has chance to pass sweeping legislation
- Brexit made an unlikely hero of Angela Merkel for Britain's remainers | Rafael Behr
- Joe Biden warns UK not to damage Northern Ireland peace over Brexit – video
- China to stop building new coal-fired power projects abroad, says Xi Jinping – video
- Migrants continue to cross into US as Kamala Harris criticises treatment by border patrol – video
- US is 'opening a new era of relentless diplomacy' says Joe Biden in UN speech – video
- 'The world must wake up': António Guterres ‘sounds the alarm’ in UN speech – video
- Lava fills swimming pool as La Palma eruption continues – video
- Canada's opposition leader concedes defeat after Trudeau victory – video
| ‘Big line in the sand’: China promises no new coal-fired power projects abroad Posted: 21 Sep 2021 06:59 PM PDT Experts welcome Xi Jinping's announcement at UN as hugely influential, but concerns remain over domestic emissions President Xi Jinping has announced that China will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad, using his address at the United Nations General Assembly to add to pledges to deal with climate change. Depending on how the policy is implemented, the move could significantly limit the financing of coal plants in the developing world. |
| US-UK ‘special relationship’ faces new challenges despite signs of healing Posted: 21 Sep 2021 09:30 PM PDT Relationship between Biden's US and Johnson's post-Brexit UK remains complicated and inevitably transactional What a difference a month makes. In August Joe Biden was being denounced in the British parliament for a "shameful" retreat from Afghanistan that blindsided the UK and other allies. The US president reportedly took a day and a half to return prime minister Boris Johnson's call. Continue reading... |
| ‘Everyone was nervous’: Victoria avoids serious damage after major earthquake rocks Melbourne Posted: 21 Sep 2021 08:18 PM PDT Seismologists believe 5.9 magnitude earthquake that hit Mansfield Wednesday morning is 'probably largest in 175 to 200 years'
Victoria appears to have escaped widespread damage and no injuries have yet been reported after a major earthquake shook Melbourne. Geoscience Australia said the magnitude 5.9 earthquake hit the Mansfield region, about two hours north-east of Melbourne, about 9.15am. Emergency services reported tremors as far north as Dubbo and Sydney, both about 700km from the epicentre. Continue reading... |
| Gabby Petito: coroner confirms death by homicide as search for fiance continues Posted: 21 Sep 2021 06:23 PM PDT Human remains found near Grand Teton nation park confirmed as those of 22-year-old Petito who disappeared on a road trip The FBI says a county coroner has confirmed that human remains found in remote northern Wyoming along the border of Grand Teton national park are those of 22-year-old Gabby Petito, who disappeared while on a cross-country road trip with a fiance who is now being sought by authorities in Florida. The Teton county coroner, Brent Blue, determined her manner of death was homicide, but did not disclose a cause of death pending final autopsy results, officials said Tuesday. Petito's body was found Sunday near an undeveloped camping area that's surrounded by woodlands and brush, located about 30 miles (48km) northeast of Jackson, Wyoming. Continue reading... |
| Evergrande vows to meet local debt deadline, but doubts remain over dollar bond Posted: 21 Sep 2021 11:00 PM PDT Embattled Chinese property giant allays some market concerns despite lack of guidance over $83.5m due on a separate offshore debt Chinese property developer Evergrande has said it would pay some of the bond interest due on Thursday, allaying fears of an imminent and messy collapse that had spooked investors. Markets in Taiwan and China reopened lower after a two-day break, catching up with a sharp sell-off around the world triggered by concern over Evergrande's predicament. Continue reading... |
| Most Europeans believe US in new cold war with China and Russia – poll Posted: 22 Sep 2021 12:00 AM PDT Few view their own country as a direct participant but larger proportion feel EU is part of conflict A majority of Europeans believe a new cold war is under way between the US and its chief geopolitical rivals, China and Russia, according to a report – but few view their own country as a direct participant. Based on polling in 12 member states, the study by the European Council on Foreign Relations (ECFR) found, however, that more Europeans believed the EU leadership in Brussels was a party to the new international conflict. Continue reading... |
| Most infants in 91 countries are malnourished, warns Unicef Posted: 21 Sep 2021 10:01 PM PDT Climate crisis, conflict and Covid stunting progress on nutrition, UN says on eve of food security summit Only a third of children under two in many developing countries are fed what they need for healthy growth and no progress has been made on improving their nutrition over the past decade. Unicef, the UN's children's agency, said in a report published on Wednesday that a combination of crises from Covid-19 to conflict and the climate breakdown had stunted progress on children's nutrition in 91 countries. Continue reading... |
| Lithuania tells citizens to throw out Chinese phones over censorship concerns Posted: 21 Sep 2021 09:18 PM PDT Defence ministry says certain Xiaomi phones have built-in ability to censor sensitive phrases Lithuania's Defence Ministry has recommended that consumers avoid buying Chinese mobile phones and advised people to throw away the ones they have now, after a government report found the devices had built-in censorship capabilities. Flagship phones sold in Europe by China's smartphone giant Xiaomi Corp have a built-in ability to detect and censor terms such as "free Tibet", "long live Taiwan independence" or "democracy movement", Lithuania's state-run cybersecurity body said on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Fears for democracy in El Salvador after president claims to be ‘coolest dictator’ Posted: 21 Sep 2021 02:05 PM PDT US diplomat raises concerns after Nayib Bukele makes outlandish claim on Twitter and replaces judges to permit future re-election The top US diplomat in El Salvador has warned of "a decline in democracy" in the country, whose president, Nayib Bukele, recently changed his Twitter profile to read "the coolest dictator in the world". Speaking after the state department put five Salvadoran supreme court justices on a list of "undemocratic and corrupt actors", the US embassy chargé d'affaires in San Salvador said the action was taken because the justices voted to allow the president's re-election, "which is clearly not allowed under the constitution". Continue reading... |
| Netflix acquires works of Roald Dahl as it escalates streaming wars Posted: 22 Sep 2021 12:40 AM PDT Content deal over author of children's classics such as Matilda and the BFG is firm's biggest to date Netflix has acquired the works of Roald Dahl, the author of children's classics including Matilda, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the BFG, in the streaming company's biggest content deal to date. The agreement struck by Netflix, which already has a deal in place with the Roald Dahl Story Company (RDSC) to license 16 titles, will help it build its content arsenal in the streaming wars against rivals including Disney+, Amazon Prime Video and HBO Max. Continue reading... |
| Willie Garson, Sex and the City and White Collar actor, dies at 57 Posted: 21 Sep 2021 06:35 PM PDT Stars pay tribute to 'dear, funny, kind man' who played Carrie Bradshaw's friend Stanford in the popular HBO TV series Willie Garson, the actor best known for his role as Stanford Blatch in the original series of Sex and the City, has died at the age of 57. Garson won the hearts of fans of the popular HBO series, which first aired in 1998 and ran for six seasons, playing Carrie Bradshaw's closest male friend, the talent agent Stanford. Garson also appeared in the follow-up films, Sex and the City, and Sex and the City 2. He was recently reprising the role in a reboot of the TV series, And Just Like That, which is currently in production. Continue reading... |
| Covid live: Brazil health minister who shook hands with maskless Boris Johnson at UN tests positive Posted: 22 Sep 2021 02:36 AM PDT Marcelo Quiroga tests positive at UN general assembly in New York; Australia tourism minister says on track to reopen borders 'by Christmas'
The UK government has said it is working as "quickly as possible" to remove the requirement for PCR testing for international travellers. The transport secretary, Grant Shapps, told a transport committee hearing today that while he did not have a precise date for when it would be lifted he said his colleagues at the department of health are "aware of half term" when families might want to go on holiday. It's clear the range of measures I introduced this week and last week are going to make a big difference and people will be able to travel much more freely. Part of that is the removal of the PCR test on day two and replacing it with a much simpler lateral flow test. They [the department of health] are aware of half term and are working closely with the private-sector providers to ensure we can do this as quickly as possible.
For UK politics news, please follow Andrew Sparrow's live blog which is now up and running: Continue reading... |
| ‘Calculated risk’: Ardern gambles as New Zealand Covid restrictions eased Posted: 21 Sep 2021 06:38 PM PDT Elimination still the strategy but PM is relying on luck and people doing the right thing in easing measures while there are still new cases, say experts New Zealand is loosening its Covid restrictions, even as a handful of cases continue to circulate in the community, a move experts say represents a roll of the dice for a country that has steadfastly pursued an elimination strategy. "It is a gamble," says epidemiologist and public health professor Michael Baker. "The one phrase that I think you'll hear all the epidemiologists and modellers use is 'a calculated risk'. But of course that implies you have a number you can apply to it – you could actually call it an uncalculated risk. Continue reading... |
| Biden under pressure to close the ‘vaccination gap’ with poorer nations Posted: 22 Sep 2021 12:00 AM PDT In low-income countries fewer than 2% of the population has received a shot Joe Biden convenes a virtual coronavirus summit of world leaders on Wednesday under pressure to close the vaccination gap with poorer nations. The meeting on the margins of the UN general assembly offers the US president a chance to exercise soft power and gain an edge on rivals such as China in "vaccine diplomacy". Continue reading... |
| Tucker Carlson claims US military vaccine mandate a ‘purity test’ for ‘men with high testosterone’ Posted: 21 Sep 2021 06:30 AM PDT Fox News host says mandates are meant to identify 'free thinkers' and 'sincere Christians' to exclude them from military Vaccine mandates for the US military are meant to identify "sincere Christians … free thinkers" and "men with high testosterone levels", the Fox News host Tucker Carlson claimed on Monday night. Related: Alabama population on course to shrink for first time ever as Covid takes toll Continue reading... |
| Zahra Joya: the Afghan reporter who fled the Taliban – and kept telling the truth about women Posted: 22 Sep 2021 02:00 AM PDT As a child in Afghanistan, she pretended to be a boy in order to get an education, before starting her own women's news agency. Now living in Britain, her fight continues Just over a month ago, Zahra Joya left her house in Kabul to walk to her office, as she had been doing every day. From this small office, Joya, a journalist, ran Rukhshana Media, the news agency she founded last year to report on the stories of women and girls across Afghanistan. By the time she returned home in the afternoon, however, men with guns were on street corners and her sisters were shut inside their house, shaking with fear. In just a few hours, normal life had been obliterated. "Right to the end, on that afternoon of 15 August, I couldn't believe what was happening," she says. "It was like a bad dream. Even on that day, it just seemed impossible that the Taliban could come to power so quickly, wipe away 20 years and drag us all back to the past." Continue reading... |
| Generation X are heavy, risky drinkers. Will anything ever persuade us to stop? Posted: 21 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT Alcohol's allure was powerful when we were growing up and those born after us consume far less. Now booze is falling out of fashion, is it time to assess old habits? My first job in journalism was editing a free magazine called Rasp. In 1995, we ran a competition for a year's supply of Two Dogs lemon brew, the Australian alcopop. Two Dogs tried to send us 365 bottles, and I negotiated them up to 1,000, indignant that a bottle a day could constitute a "supply". It is the only time I've ever played hard ball. Nobody entered the competition because we didn't have any readers, and nor did we have any staff. The two of us, me and the designer, drank the whole lot in the space of two months. A constant drip feed of 4.5% ABV, all day. If anybody asked – there was a much larger team upstairs running TNT, a freesheet for expat Australians – we'd say it was a British tradition, going back to medieval times, when workers would sip ale because of the contaminated water supply. "But medieval ale would have been more like 0.5%," they might have protested, except they were also constantly drunk, and at lunchtime we'd all go to the pub, 60 people in crocodile formation marching down the street, like a misbegotten nursery outing. So the cliche of the drunken journalist happens to be true, but in the early 90s it was also true of teachers. Dave Lawrence, 56, co-author of Scarred for Life, of which more shortly, remembers his teacher training: "There was a pub across the road and at lunchtime, all the teachers would head over there, and all afternoon they would reek of booze." It wasn't really sectoral – this was just generation X. Colin Angus, a senior research fellow in the Sheffield Alcohol Research Group, is 39. He's not generation X, which is usually defined as those born between 1965 and 1980. But in his pre-academic career in electrical wholesaling, "Everyone was always talking about the good old days of long, boozy lunches." Continue reading... |
| 16 years in 16 words: the sayings that sum up Merkel’s Germany Posted: 22 Sep 2021 02:00 AM PDT Refugees, Russian sympathisers and half-dressed footballers: Germany's forever chancellor had words for them all Angela Merkel's 16-year tenure at the top of German politics will leave lasting legacies in many fields, but the art of political oratory is unlikely to be one of them. When the chancellor addresses the public she is rarely snappy and quotable, and she has even admitted she didn't believe in governance by speech-making. "The idea that a person can touch other people so much with words that they change their minds is not one I have ever shared, but it's a beautiful idea nonetheless," she told Der Spiegel in 2016. And yet during her decade and a half in power, which is set to end after Sunday's election, there have been numerous additions to German dictionaries that sum up something about her leadership, be it phrases she used herself or those that others used to describe changes in the country she has led. Continue reading... |
| ‘People are drawn to it’: how the Gabby Petito case fascinated internet sleuths Posted: 21 Sep 2021 02:41 PM PDT As the case unfolded on social media, people have pored over the wealth of online video and photos for clues The disappearance and death of Gabby Petito and the police hunt for her boyfriend have generated a whirlwind online, with a multitude of armchair detectives and others sharing tips, possible sightings and theories by way of TikTok, Instagram and YouTube. Whether the frenzy of attention and internet sleuthing has helped the investigation is not clear, but it has illuminated the intersection between social media and the public's fascination with true-crime stories. Continue reading... |
| Evergrande: will it collapse and what would happen if it did? Posted: 21 Sep 2021 10:29 AM PDT If Chinese property company Evergrande sinks under its $300bn debt its failure would resound across the global economy Evergrande Real Estate – or Heng Da Group in Chinese – owns more than 1,300 building projects in more than 280 cities across China. Continue reading... |
| This Much Is True by Miriam Margolyes review – a wickedly honest memoir Posted: 21 Sep 2021 11:30 PM PDT With her naughty stories and cutting remarks, the comic actor spares no blushes – but her account is poignant too I'm quite sure you picked up this book hoping I'd make you laugh," Miriam Margolyes writes in her memoir, This Much Is True. She more than delivered. When I was reading it this book on a train, a stranger asked if I was OK because I was crying with laughter at Margolyes's description of her interview to study English literature at Oxford ("'Do you like Milton?' the tutor barked. I did like Milton and could honestly say so. 'DAMN GOOD POET,' she boomed, slapping her thigh like a principal boy in pantomime. This convinced me Somerville College would not be the place for me"), and then, many decades later, acclimatising to global fandom after playing Professor Sprout in the Harry Potter films ("Usually when Jews are mobbed in Lithuania, it's to kill them, but this was because of Harry Potter"). And, of course, there's the sex. "I am now better known for my naughty stories than almost anything else," she writes, a little regretfully, although that then sparks a thought about the hilarity of penises ("Such an odd dangler to have"). Margolyes is one of Britain's most prolific actors, whose career began with the Cambridge Footlights in one of its more legendary phases, not that she has any sentimentality about it. She was the only girl in the show and the boys showed her "studied cruelty": John Cleese, Bill Oddie and Graham Chapman were "total shits," she writes. "My dislike of that whole, largely male, world of comedy has never left me." The Footlights lot "thought I was a jumped-up, pushy, overconfident, fat little Jew". Continue reading... |
| New Unite leader skips Labour conference to prioritise work disputes Posted: 22 Sep 2021 02:05 AM PDT Sharon Graham is believed to be first in the job to miss annual event but says it is 'definitely not a snub' The new leader of Unite will miss Labour's annual conference, saying she needs to prioritise her job of sorting out industrial disputes. Sharon Graham, who was elected as Unite leader on a promise to take the union "back to the workplace", is believed to be the first in the job to miss the annual event. Continue reading... |
| Iran’s president denounces US sanctions as ‘crimes against humanity’ Posted: 21 Sep 2021 02:26 PM PDT Ultra-conservative Ebrahim Raisi uses debut on international stage to deliver sustained attack on Washington Iran's new ultra-conservative president has used his debut on the international stage to deliver a sustained assault on US, denouncing sanctions as "crimes against humanity" and hailing what he called the end of Washington's hegemony. "Sanctions are the US new way of war with the nations of the world," President Ebrahim Raisi told the UN general assembly in a pre-recorded address from Tehran. Continue reading... |
| ‘Ecofeminism is about respect’: the activist working to revolutionise west African farming Posted: 22 Sep 2021 12:01 AM PDT Mariama Sonko is an unstoppable force who continued her work even when she was ostracised by her community in Senegal Outside Mariama Sonko's home in the Casamance region of southern Senegal pink shells hang on improvised nets that will be placed in mangroves to provide a breeding spot for oysters. Normally, women collecting oysters chop at the branches – a method that can harm the mangroves. But these nets allow them to harvest sustainably, says Sonko, who is trying to revolutionise agriculture in west Africa. Continue reading... |
| ‘We’re trying to survive’: workers face cuts as US public sector lags in recovery Posted: 22 Sep 2021 02:00 AM PDT Working in US public sector feels untenable for many amid lack of benefits, low pay and lack of general investment Mopping, sweeping, waxing floors, trash removal, sanitizing, scrubbing bathrooms and cleaning student apartments. For $10.65 an hour, Nelly Nunez and Pamala Greathouse have worked as janitorial custodians at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque through the pandemic as essential workers, facing extra workloads, understaffing and Covid-19 safety concerns, while struggling to make ends meet on low pay. Continue reading... |
| Haitian migrants and refugees cross the Rio Grande – in pictures Posted: 22 Sep 2021 12:14 AM PDT In the past few weeks more than 12,000 Haitians have arrived in Del Rio, Texas, gathering in a huge makeshift camp. Many have to cross the Rio Grande from Del Rio to Ciudad Acuña to seek food and supplies in Mexico to bring back to family members waiting in the US. Others are crossing back into Mexico to avoid deportation flights Continue reading... |
| UK to send 1m Pfizer vaccine doses to South Korea in swap deal Posted: 22 Sep 2021 02:36 AM PDT Doses will help South Korea boost full vaccination rates, and UK will get same number back later in year One million doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine are being sent from the UK to South Korea as part of a swap deal. South Korea will return the same "overall volume of doses" before the end of the year, the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) said. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 22 Sep 2021 02:18 AM PDT
And breathe. Another hectic day today, but we'll leave it there for tonight. Here's what we learned today:
Victoria police say they arrested more than 200 people today. The deputy commissioner Ross Guenther says approximately 300 people attended today's protest at the Shrine of Remembrance, but it was difficult to pin down a specific number: We estimated that there were probably around 300. There could have been more there. It is very difficult because they were both on the east and western sides of the shrine and moving around, so out of that, I would say at least probably 20-30% of those who have received infringement notices. It could be higher, but this event only finished an hour ago, so we are yet to assess that. I know even as I came in here this evening, we have units patrolling around the city that are still picking up people for breaching the directions. Continue reading... |
| Argentina to lift almost all Covid restrictions as cases and deaths fall Posted: 21 Sep 2021 12:33 PM PDT Masks will no longer be required outdoors as government says country could be at 'end of pandemic' Masks will no longer be required outdoors in Argentina as the country's government announced the lifting of almost all Covid restrictions following a dramatic fall in Covid cases and deaths in recent months. Related: 'People die in less than a week': Covid wave catches Argentina off-guard Continue reading... |
| Trudeau didn’t win the majority but still has chance to pass sweeping legislation Posted: 21 Sep 2021 11:47 AM PDT Canadian prime minister will stay in power but will be forced to navigate a parliament that he needs to woo in order to survive Justin Trudeau went into Monday's federal election with one of the world's highest Covid-19 vaccination rates, billions spent on pandemic aid and the hope that he could convert the earned goodwill into a majority government. He fell short of that aim: after a 36-day campaign and a C$610m election, the makeup of parliament remained largely unchanged, with the Liberals holding roughly 158 seats – short of the 170 needed for a majority. Continue reading... |
| Brexit made an unlikely hero of Angela Merkel for Britain's remainers | Rafael Behr Posted: 21 Sep 2021 08:46 AM PDT The German chancellor's record is mixed, but her exit brings home how adrift Europhiles in the UK now are Angela Merkel is used to being unimpressed by British prime ministers. She was appalled by David Cameron's casual surrender of influence in Europe, all to placate fringe elements in his party. She was stunned, on first sitting down with Theresa May, to discover that there was no plan and no substance behind the "Brexit means Brexit" platitudes. With Boris Johnson there was no danger of disappointment. His style and methods were known in advance to be everything Merkel is not. He is a bumptious improviser; she is a systematic problem-solver. She sifts evidence and builds consensus. He tells lies and divides to rule. Continue reading... |
| Joe Biden warns UK not to damage Northern Ireland peace over Brexit – video Posted: 22 Sep 2021 12:44 AM PDT Joe Biden has underlined the importance of ensuring peace in Northern Ireland is not jeopardised by post-Brexit tensions. Asked about a UK-US trade deal, the US president told reporters in Washington on Tuesday: 'There are two separate issues: on the deal with the UK, that continues to be discussed, but on the protocols, I feel very strongly about those. It was a major bipartisan effort made, and I would not at all like to see – nor, I might add, would many of my Republican colleagues – like to see a change in the Irish accords, and the end result having a closed border again' Continue reading... |
| China to stop building new coal-fired power projects abroad, says Xi Jinping – video Posted: 21 Sep 2021 05:40 PM PDT Chinese president Xi Jinping said on Tuesday that China will step up support for other developing countries in developing green and low-carbon energy, and will not build new coal-fired power projects abroad. Xi made the announcement in his statement delivered via video at the general debate of the 76th session of the United Nations General Assembly. Continue reading... |
| Migrants continue to cross into US as Kamala Harris criticises treatment by border patrol – video Posted: 21 Sep 2021 03:57 PM PDT Thousands of Haitians encamped under and near a bridge in the town of Del Rio faced a ramped-up US exclusion effort on Tuesday, with six flights to their homeland. More than 6,000 migrants had been removed by Monday, officials said. Asked on Tuesday about footage of the incident, Kamala Harris said: 'What I saw depicted, those individuals on horseback treating human beings the way they were, was horrible' |
| US is 'opening a new era of relentless diplomacy' says Joe Biden in UN speech – video Posted: 21 Sep 2021 09:55 AM PDT Joe Biden has promised to the United Nations that the withdrawal from Afghanistan is a turning point in history, in which 'relentless war' would be supplanted by 'relentless diplomacy', pledging a renewed commitment to the UN and to his nation's alliances. Speaking to the general assembly on Tuesday, the president also touched on his country's withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and the Covid-19 pandemic.
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| 'The world must wake up': António Guterres ‘sounds the alarm’ in UN speech – video Posted: 21 Sep 2021 08:31 AM PDT The United Nations secretary general, António Guterres, painted a stark picture of unsustainable inequalities, runaway climate change and feckless leadership in a speech to the UN general assembly on Tuesday. 'I'm here to sound the alarm. The world must wake up,' Guterres said, pointing to gross inequalities in the global distribution of Covid vaccines, among other issues Continue reading... |
| Lava fills swimming pool as La Palma eruption continues – video Posted: 21 Sep 2021 03:43 AM PDT Drone footage captures the moment boiling lava seeps into a swimming pool on the Canary island of La Palma, as volcanic eruptions continue on the Spanish island forcing thousands to be evacuated. The island had been on high alert after more than 22,000 tremors were reported within a week in Cumbre Vieja, one of the most active volcanic regions in the archipelago Continue reading... |
| Canada's opposition leader concedes defeat after Trudeau victory – video Posted: 21 Sep 2021 12:58 AM PDT Canada's opposition leader, Erin O'Toole, conceded defeat early on Tuesday, despite his Conservative party leading in the national popular vote. O'Toole's centrist campaign failed to persuade enough voters to toss out the Liberal party after six years in power. The last time the Conservative party won an election federally was in 2011. |
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