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- Contagion fear as China property giant Evergrande struggles to repay $300bn debt
- Priti Patel to send boats carrying migrants to UK back across Channel
- Taliban ban protests and slogans that don’t have their approval
- DUP may walk out of Stormont power-sharing over Brexit protocol
- ‘They roamed the city’: bears move in on South Lake Tahoe as residents flee fire
- Hong Kong police raid Tiananmen massacre museum
- Archbishop of Canterbury criticises social care tax rise
- France to offer free contraception to women under 25
- Global windfarm installations expected to surge after Covid drop, says report
- Trump White House tried to play down US injuries in attack by Iran, says ex-official
- Kristen Stewart felt Princess Diana gave her ‘sign off’ for Spencer role
- ‘I found myself’: how the pandemic brought out the best in people
- Coronavirus live news: Consultation has begun in UK on plans to mandate Covid-19 jabs for frontline health and care staff; Japan to extend emergency restrictions; WHO urges booster moratorium until 2022
- Unvaccinated health and care workers in England could be redeployed
- ‘High-risk activity’: Ardern advises hospital visitors against sex with patients during Covid
- From Lagos to Winchester: how a divisive Nigerian pastor built a global following
- How much of the world’s oil needs to stay in the ground?
- ‘The attack would have been prevented’: co-author of 9/11 report reflects on missed opportunities
- Al-Qaida: the terror group that learned the secret of longevity
- ‘I feel more secure’: how a holistic approach helps India’s beggars build a better life
- Altheia Jones-Lecointe: the Black Panther who became a Mangrove Nine hero
- Bristol petrol station staff hiding in safe room from man with knife
- Herself review – Irish abuse drama turns into home-build heartwarmer
- Morocco elections: Islamists suffer losses as liberal parties gain ground
- Inside an Oregon hospital amid an ‘absolutely stunning’ Covid surge
- ‘It feels like home’: why are Black Americans moving to Costa Rica?
- Woolworths concerned by claims salmon certification scheme ‘may not be fit for purpose’
- ‘I don’t see my mum’: Haiti’s earthquake leaves new generation of orphans
- Suicide still treated as a crime in at least 20 countries, report finds
- Case of missing spy aggravates tensions among fractious Somali leadership
- New Zealand must foster belonging for all refugees in wake of terror attack | Jay Marlowe and Bernard Sama
- NZ prime minister Jacinda Ardern struggles with tough question during Covid press conference – video
- White House asks Sean Spicer and Kellyanne Conway to quit military academy boards – video
- Jen Psaki mocks Texas governor's pledge to 'eliminate' rape amid criticism of abortion ban – video
- Removal of Confederate statue greeted with cheering in Virginia – video
- Mexico hit by powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake – video
- China's accidental feminist icon: 'I left my abusive husband for a life on the road' – video
| Contagion fear as China property giant Evergrande struggles to repay $300bn debt Posted: 09 Sep 2021 01:03 AM PDT Shares in Hong Kong-listed firm slump 10% and bond trade suspended amid fears for shaky Chinese real estate market Shares in the embattled Chinese property giant Evergrande have slumped again after two credit downgrades in two days amid concerns that it will default on parts of its massive $300bn debt pile. Evergrande, which is one of the world's most indebted companies, has seen its shares tumble 75% this year. They fell by almost 10% on Thursday morning to HK$3.35, which is below the listing price when the company floated on the Hong Kong market in 2009. Continue reading... |
| Priti Patel to send boats carrying migrants to UK back across Channel Posted: 08 Sep 2021 04:00 PM PDT Border Force is being trained on 'turn-around' tactics but France warns plan could endanger lives Priti Patel is preparing to send back small boats carrying migrants in the Channel despite warnings from the French authorities that it could endanger lives. Border Force staff are being trained to employ "turn-around" tactics at sea under plans developed for two years, a statement from the Home Office said. Continue reading... |
| Taliban ban protests and slogans that don’t have their approval Posted: 08 Sep 2021 11:56 AM PDT Rallies in Afghanistan have already been broken up violently, now 'severe consequences' are threatened for demonstrators The Taliban has moved to tighten its crackdown on escalating protests against its rule, banning any demonstrations that do not have official approval for both the gathering itself and for any slogans that might be used. In the first decree issued by the hardline Islamist group's new interior ministry, which is led by Sirajuddin Haqqani, who is wanted by the United States on terrorism charges, the Taliban warned opponents that they must secure permission before any protests or face "severe legal consequences'". Continue reading... |
| DUP may walk out of Stormont power-sharing over Brexit protocol Posted: 09 Sep 2021 01:51 AM PDT Jeffrey Donaldson says DUP is 'totally opposed to Northern Ireland protocol as it presently exists' The Democratic Unionist party leadership has warned it is prepared to walk out of power-sharing in Stormont if the Brexit Northern Ireland protocol is not changed substantially. Just days after the Brexit minister, David Frost, announced the UK would not "sweep away" the controversial arrangements, which involve checks on goods crossing into Northern Ireland from Great Britain, the DUP's leader, Sir Jeffrey Donaldson, warned the DUP could not continue in Stormont if the "protocol issues remain". Continue reading... |
| ‘They roamed the city’: bears move in on South Lake Tahoe as residents flee fire Posted: 08 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT Ursine invaders trash popular tourist destination on the California-Nevada border after evacuations After the Caldor fire forced 22,000 residents of South Lake Tahoe, California, to evacuate, bears in the region took it upon themselves to patrol the mostly empty area. With residents gone, garbage service suspended last week and fire burning through their habitat, bears dug through the resort town's trash cans and broke into homes in search of food. They were spotted in homes, at gas stations and outside grocery stores. Neighborhoods were littered with trash and bear break-ins, which have long been a problem in this area and are common this time of year, rose significantly with dozens of homes and vehicles affected, the El Dorado county sheriff's office said. Continue reading... |
| Hong Kong police raid Tiananmen massacre museum Posted: 09 Sep 2021 12:29 AM PDT Crackdown follows arrest of four members of civil society group that ran June 4th Museum Hong Kong authorities have raided the city's Tiananmen massacre museum a day after arresting four members of the civil society group that ran it. The raid is the latest act by police in a sweeping crackdown on dissent and civil society groups that do not toe a pro-Beijing line, and came on the same day 12 activists pleaded guilty over a banned Tiananmen vigil last year. Continue reading... |
| Archbishop of Canterbury criticises social care tax rise Posted: 09 Sep 2021 02:12 AM PDT Justin Welby says favouring wealthy pensioners over young and poor not a 'people-centred policy' Boris Johnson's plan to increase national insurance contributions to raise £12bn for the NHS and social care could pose a "serious problem" for low-income workers, the archbishop of Canterbury has said. Justin Welby said privileging wealthy pensioners over the poorest young people was "not a people-centred policy", as he stressed the need for "intergenerational equity". Continue reading... |
| France to offer free contraception to women under 25 Posted: 09 Sep 2021 02:05 AM PDT Move aims to tackle decline in use of contraception 'because it costs too much', says health minster Young French women will be offered free contraception from next year, the health minister has announced. Olivier Véran said those under 25 would not be charged for medical appointments, tests, or other medical procedures related to birth control. Continue reading... |
| Global windfarm installations expected to surge after Covid drop, says report Posted: 08 Sep 2021 11:00 PM PDT Offshore energy boom in China will grow world's windfarm capacity by more than 12GW in 2021 Windfarm installations are expected to double to record global levels this year, after a short-lived Covid-19 slowdown, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). The group's annual report found that the world's offshore windfarm capacity grew by 6.1GW last year, down slightly from a record 6.24GW in 2019, but would rebound to more than 12GW in 2021 powered by an offshore wind boom in China. Continue reading... |
| Trump White House tried to play down US injuries in attack by Iran, says ex-official Posted: 08 Sep 2021 09:00 PM PDT Alyssa Farah says she was pressured to delay reporting of injuries to more than 100 US troops in Iraq from attack avenging Qassem Suleimani Donald Trump's White House asked the Pentagon to play down and delay reports of brain injuries suffered by US troops from an Iranian missile attack on Iraq last year, according to a former defense spokeswoman. Alyssa Farah said she fended off the pressure from the White House, which came after Trump had first claimed there had been no casualties and then dismissed the injuries as "headaches" and "not very serious". Continue reading... |
| Kristen Stewart felt Princess Diana gave her ‘sign off’ for Spencer role Posted: 09 Sep 2021 02:43 AM PDT Actor who plays the Princess of Wales in critically lauded drama says there were moments during the shoot when it felt as if Diana was 'trying to break through' Kristen Stewart has spoken about getting a "sign-off" from Diana, Princess of Wales for her performance in the biopic Spencer, recently premiered to considerable acclaim at the Venice and Telluride film festivals. In an interview with the LA Times after the film's North American premiere at Telluride, Stewart said she had some "spooky, spiritual feelings making this movie", which takes place over three days during the 1991 Christmas break, when Diana was staying at Sandringham house. "Even if I was just fantasising. I felt like there were moments where I kind of got the sign-off." Continue reading... |
| ‘I found myself’: how the pandemic brought out the best in people Posted: 08 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT From a GP urging patients to get vaccinated to a Covid-bereaved support group founder, Covid, for some people, has meant helping others "When there's an absolute catastrophe, you really find yourself. And I think I love being a GP." Continue reading... |
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North Macedonia's government is holding an emergency meeting today over an overnight fire that ripped through a field hospital set up to treat COVID-19 patients, leaving 14 people dead, AP reports The blaze broke out late on Wednesday in the western city of Tetovo, where the hospital had been set up following a recent spike in infections in the region that left local hospitals full.
Italy's medicines agency, AIFA, has given the go-ahead to the administration of Covid-19 booster shots. The roll-out will begin at the end of September, with 500,000 immunosuppressed people receiving a third dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. The programme will then be expanded to include 4.2m older people and care home residents as well as healthcare workers. Continue reading... |
| Unvaccinated health and care workers in England could be redeployed Posted: 09 Sep 2021 01:03 AM PDT Remarks by UK care minister come amid consultation on mandatory vaccines for frontline health staff Health and care sector workers in England who decline to be fully vaccinated could be moved to back-office roles, a UK government minister has suggested, as a consultation on plans to mandate Covid-19 and flu vaccinations was launched. Related: Care home staff in England: share your experiences of vaccination Continue reading... |
| ‘High-risk activity’: Ardern advises hospital visitors against sex with patients during Covid Posted: 08 Sep 2021 09:57 PM PDT New Zealand prime minister's face shows full range of emotions after being asked about Auckland patient's liaison that health chief called a 'high-risk activity' New Zealand's prime minister Jacinda Ardern may have kept her cool through a global pandemic, but a question about a patient and a visitor having sex at an Auckland hospital had the typically unflappable leader struggling to contain her expressions. Ardern and the director general of health Dr Ashley Bloomfield were giving their daily Covid-19 press conference, when a reporter asked them whether an allegation involving a patient and visitor who had "sexual relations" at Auckland hospital was considered a "high-risk activity, in the current climate". Continue reading... |
| From Lagos to Winchester: how a divisive Nigerian pastor built a global following Posted: 08 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT I first encountered TB Joshua as a teenager, when his preaching captivated my evangelical Christian community in Hampshire. Many of my friends became his ardent disciples and followed him to Lagos. How did he have such a hold over people? On the second day of TB Joshua's funeral in Lagos, his disciples took to the stage. A microphone was passed around as more than 60 disciples introduced themselves by name and nationality. They came from 18 different countries, among them Nigeria, South Africa, Indonesia, Mexico, the US and the UK. Some seemed barely out of their teens; others were in late middle age, having spent decades serving Joshua, the millionaire Nigerian pastor and self-proclaimed prophet being laid to rest. A senior Nigerian disciple, recently promoted to prophetess, began her tribute. "How to describe someone so indescribable?" she said. "How to define someone so indefinable? Human and divine?" Joshua died on 5 June 2021, a few days before his 58th birthday. The news spread on social media, before the Synagogue, Church of All Nations, known as Scoan, made an official announcement. "God has taken His servant Prophet TB Joshua home," the statement read, "as it should be by divine will." Over a month later, his funeral under way, there had been no mention of a cause of death. Continue reading... |
| How much of the world’s oil needs to stay in the ground? Posted: 08 Sep 2021 08:00 AM PDT Analysis shows future is bleak for fossil fuel industry with trillions of dollars of assets at stake The vast majority of fossil fuel reserves owned today by countries and companies must remain in the ground if the climate crisis is to be ended, an analysis has found. The research found 90% of coal and 60% of oil and gas reserves could not be extracted if there was to be even a 50% chance of keeping global heating below 1.5C, the temperature beyond which the worst climate impacts hit. Continue reading... |
| ‘The attack would have been prevented’: co-author of 9/11 report reflects on missed opportunities Posted: 09 Sep 2021 12:00 AM PDT Thomas Kean on conspiracy theories, intelligence sharing and a scarred nation "Tuesday, September 11, 2001, dawned temperate and nearly cloudless in the eastern United States," begins the 9/11 Commission Report in limpid prose. "Millions of men and women readied themselves for work." Thomas Kean, however, had spent a rough night with an aching jaw. "I was recovering from a dentist appointment," he recalls by phone, "and my dentist called to see how I was feeling and he said, 'Turn on the television. There's something happening at the World Trade Center.' So I turned it on and kept it on until the second plane came in." Continue reading... |
| Al-Qaida: the terror group that learned the secret of longevity Posted: 08 Sep 2021 09:00 PM PDT Twenty years after 9/11, 33 years after it was first conceived, and against all the odds, the terrorist group survives In the summer of 1988, a dozen or so men gathered in the sweltering Pakistani frontier town of Peshawar. Across the border in Afghanistan, the war was reaching a bloody climax, as hundreds of thousands of local mujahideen took on the Soviet occupiers and their local auxiliaries. The men, who probably met in one of the guesthouses that acted as offices and hostels for foreign visitors to Peshawar, were all from the Middle East. Most had been in Pakistan for several years but had played only a very marginal role in the bloody war raging to the west. But a handful had been with their de facto leader, a wealthy Saudi Arabian called Osama bin Laden, when he had fought off a Soviet attack on a base inside Afghanistan a year earlier. Continue reading... |
| ‘I feel more secure’: how a holistic approach helps India’s beggars build a better life Posted: 09 Sep 2021 12:30 AM PDT In Rajasthan a project developing self-esteem and skills is getting people off the streets and into work Pandit Tulsidas, 52, was resting under a tree by a road junction in Jaipur, Rajasthan, where he had begged for years. When an official approached him about a government scheme that would teach him job skills, he rejected the offer. When the man said his meals would be looked after and he would have a room to share with only one other person, he refused again. Continue reading... |
| Altheia Jones-Lecointe: the Black Panther who became a Mangrove Nine hero Posted: 08 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT She was at the forefront of the Black power movement in Britain in the 1960s and 70s – one of a group who took on and defeated the police in court Dr Altheia Jones-Lecointe describes her arrival in the UK as more than just a complete shock. The woman who would be labelled by Special Branch as "the brains behind the Black Panther Movement", and go on to win a groundbreaking legal case against the government, says her move to Britain at the age of 20 was "mind-shattering". Swapping Trinidad for 1960s Britain was, she recounts, being transplanted from a "safe, warm place [where] your presence is normal" to a country where racism was so widespread she felt her very humanity was consistently under scrutiny. It was, she remembers, "a mind-boggling experience to recognise that you [aren't] the person that you thought you were". Continue reading... |
| Bristol petrol station staff hiding in safe room from man with knife Posted: 09 Sep 2021 02:28 AM PDT One person has been taken to hospital and armed police and negotiator are at scene Staff at a petrol station in Bristol have been forced to hide in a safe room after it was stormed by a man armed with a knife. One person has been taken to hospital after leaving the petrol station in Hengrove Way, Avon and Somerset police said. Continue reading... |
| Herself review – Irish abuse drama turns into home-build heartwarmer Posted: 09 Sep 2021 03:00 AM PDT Clare Dunne stars in and writes this self-empowering story of a battered Dublin cleaner who builds her own house, directed by The Iron Lady's Phyllida Lloyd Clare Dunne is the young Irish stage and screen performer who takes a commanding role in this heartfelt and engrossing personal movie: she is the star and co-writer with Malcolm Campbell (who scripted Lenny Abrahamson's What Richard Did). The director is Phyllida Lloyd, known for mainstream films like Mamma Mia! and The Iron Lady, and she shows a confident touch with both the subdued moments, the intestine-clenching spasms of domestic abuse and the big C-major chords of emotional uplift. It's a really unexpected drama: unexpected for a heartwarmer, unexpected for a tough social-realist picture, these being the two genres in which it finds a Venn overlap. Sandra (Dunne) is a young woman in Dublin who has had to separate from her toxic and violently abusive husband Gary (scarily portrayed by Ian Lloyd Anderson), taking her two young daughters with her, taking cleaning jobs and living in state-funded hotel accommodation near the airport where she is humiliatingly told to come in through the service door at the back so her evident distress and poverty won't upset the well-heeled customers. The hatchet-faced concierge icily reminds her of this arrangement whenever she cowers past the sleek flight attendants and pilots in their uniforms who are overnighting there. Here is how Sandra gets her nose rubbed in the glamorous world of international travel, a brutal reminder of how she is imprisoned at home – and doesn't even actually have a home. Continue reading... |
| Morocco elections: Islamists suffer losses as liberal parties gain ground Posted: 08 Sep 2021 08:59 PM PDT Preliminary results show a huge turnaround in fortunes for the RNI party as voters turn their backs on hardline ruling PJD Morocco's liberal RNI party has won the most seats in the country's parliamentary elections, while the co-ruling moderate PJD Islamists suffered a crushing defeat, preliminary results showed. RNI, led by billionaire agriculture minister Aziz Akhannouch, took 97 of the 395-seat parliament. Another liberal party, PAM, secured 82 seats and the conservative Istiqlal took 78 seats. Continue reading... |
| Inside an Oregon hospital amid an ‘absolutely stunning’ Covid surge Posted: 09 Sep 2021 03:00 AM PDT Flood of unvaccinated patients prompts comparisons to New York and Italy early in the pandemic There was a time earlier this summer when April Rivera and the staff at the drive-through Covid testing site in southern Oregon where she worked had considered closing their doors because demand was so low. Now, hundreds of patients are lining up at the Asante Rogue regional medical center's testing site in Medford every day, filling the temporary drive-through in a strip mall parking lot. Even the national guard has been called in to help. Some patients are arriving so sick they've been taken away in ambulances while still in line. |
| ‘It feels like home’: why are Black Americans moving to Costa Rica? Posted: 09 Sep 2021 02:00 AM PDT The Caribbean coast of Central America's safest and most stable country offers Black expats a life that is less stressful, more affordable, and free from the burdens of everyday racism When she first set foot in Costa Rica, Davia Shannon knew instantly that she would eventually return permanently. She loved being able to do yoga with the jungle as her backdrop and surf whenever she pleased. Even more, she valued the sense of freedom she gained. Free of the fear, anxiety and pain driven by not feeling accepted in the US, Shannon had found her future home. Upon arriving back in California after her 10-day visit, Shannon, now 46, developed a one-year exit plan which consisted of renting out her house, selling her car, rehoming her furniture and downsizing to 12 suitcases. Continue reading... |
| Woolworths concerned by claims salmon certification scheme ‘may not be fit for purpose’ Posted: 09 Sep 2021 02:11 AM PDT Supermarket 'closely reviewing' report that found the certification system failed to prevent a mass fish kill in Tasmania Supermarket giant Woolworths says it is concerned by claims an environmental certification scheme used to assess the Tasmanian salmon it sells may not be "fit for purpose". The comments were in response to an independent report commissioned by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) that found an Aquaculture Stewardship Council (ASC) certification system had failed to prevent a mass fish kill in Macquarie Harbour, on the state's west coast, in 2018 because it was not designed to identify and address potential threats before they occurred. Continue reading... |
| ‘I don’t see my mum’: Haiti’s earthquake leaves new generation of orphans Posted: 08 Sep 2021 11:00 PM PDT The number of children without carers is still not known, leaving them prey to gangs and abuse Lilian, six years old and alone, still asks when her mother will return from the market on the edge of Les Cayes in southern Haiti. When last month's earthquake struck, Lilian was at home, occasionally checked on by her neighbours as her mother, Genieve, was selling fruit a few blocks away. When the ground began to convulse, the market partly collapsed. Genieve was hit by falling concrete and buried under rubble. Her death has left Lilian without anyone to care for her. Continue reading... |
| Suicide still treated as a crime in at least 20 countries, report finds Posted: 08 Sep 2021 10:01 PM PDT One in every 100 deaths is a suicide: campaigners say criminalisation deters people seeking the help they need Suicide is still considered a crime in 20 countries, punishable by fines of thousands of pounds and up to three years in prison, research has revealed. In many nations children can be prosecuted for attempted suicide and in Nigeria, children as young as seven can be arrested, tried and prosecuted, said the report by United for Global Mental Health, a group calling for decriminalisation. A further 20 countries make suicide punishable under sharia law. Continue reading... |
| Case of missing spy aggravates tensions among fractious Somali leadership Posted: 08 Sep 2021 10:27 AM PDT President and prime minister in row over disappearance of cybersecurity expert, reportedly killed by al-Shabaab The Somali prime minister, Mohamed Hussein Roble, has fired the head of the country's intelligence unit over the disappearance of a female spy. Roble accused the spy chief, Fahad Yasin Haji Dahir, a former close ally of the president, of mixing politics and security and ordered him to hand over power within three days. He said the handling of the case of the missing 24-year-old was "inappropriate". Continue reading... |
| Posted: 08 Sep 2021 07:27 PM PDT A sense of belonging is crucial to stop refugees becoming isolated, yet our policies define them as the 'deserving' and 'undeserving' The New Lynn mall terror attack in west Auckland on Friday last week that left five people in hospital and the perpetrator shot dead underscores how isolation and a lack of belonging can create fertile ground for extremist ideas to take root. As the public conversation moves from descriptions of the event to suggestions of what comes next, we also need to consider why he became so isolated. While the details of this individual continue to be released, the larger context about how people seek asylum, and how they are treated, warrant consideration. Continue reading... |
| NZ prime minister Jacinda Ardern struggles with tough question during Covid press conference – video Posted: 08 Sep 2021 09:24 PM PDT At Thursday's daily Covid-19 briefing, the typically unflappable prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, could barely contain her expression when asked to respond to an allegation that a visitor and a patient had sex in a shared room at Auckland hospital. The allegation comes as the Auckland District Health Board faces criticism for allowing hundreds of visitors a day into hospitals, despite the strict lockdown measures in place to help the country stamp out an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant. ► Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTube
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| White House asks Sean Spicer and Kellyanne Conway to quit military academy boards – video Posted: 08 Sep 2021 07:48 PM PDT The White House has confirmed that Trump appointees to military service academy advisory boards, among them former press secretary Sean Spicer and adviser Kellyanne Conway, have been asked to step down or be fired. During a White House press briefing Jen Psaki responded to questions about whether this risked politicising these appointments: 'I will let others evaluate whether they think Kellyanne Conway and Sean Spicer and others were qualified, or not political, to serve on these boards, but the president's qualification requirements are not your party registration, they are whether you're qualified to serve and whether you're aligned with the values of this administration.' Continue reading... |
| Jen Psaki mocks Texas governor's pledge to 'eliminate' rape amid criticism of abortion ban – video Posted: 08 Sep 2021 06:46 PM PDT White House press secretary Jen Psaki was asked for her response to Texas governor Greg Abbott's latest defense of the six-week abortion ban in his state. Abbott pledged to 'eliminate all rapists from the streets of Texas' when he was asked why rape and incest victims should be forced to carry a pregnancy to term. Psaki said in response: 'If governor Abbott has a means of eliminating all rapists or all rape from the US then there'd be bipartisan support for that'. She went on to say that no leader in the history of the world has been able to eliminate rape and that is one of the many reasons that women in Texas should have access to safe abortions through their healthcare.
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| Removal of Confederate statue greeted with cheering in Virginia – video Posted: 08 Sep 2021 09:41 AM PDT A bronze statue of General Robert E Lee was removed from its pedestal in Richmond, Virginia, the former capital of the Confederacy. In summer 2020, after Black Lives Matter protests connected to the death of George Floyd, it was ordered that the statue, one of the largest Confederate statues in the US, should be taken down. It was removed after a year of litigation. Crews took down the statue in front of a crowd of about 200 chanting people Continue reading... |
| Mexico hit by powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake – video Posted: 08 Sep 2021 02:49 AM PDT A powerful earthquake has struck south-west Mexico near the beach resort of Acapulco, killing at least one person who was crushed by a falling post and causing rockfalls and damaging buildings. The 7.0-magnitude quake shook the hillsides around the resort, downing trees and pitching large boulders on to the road Continue reading... |
| China's accidental feminist icon: 'I left my abusive husband for a life on the road' – video Posted: 08 Sep 2021 02:37 AM PDT 56-year-old Su Min decided to leave her abusive relationship and embark on an open-ended solo road trip. In China, where women are frequently expected to serve the role of a dutiful housewife and support their husbands, her decision to strike out on her own could be seen as controversial. But after she began live-streaming her journey and her struggles, she became a Chinese internet sensation with online fans sending her donations to fund her new life. Su has become an accidental feminist icon, inspiring other women to leave behind restrictive gender expectations for a life of adventure. |
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