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- Pelosi delays vote on Biden’s infrastructure bill in defeat for Democrats
- WHO ‘should pay reparations to victims of sexual abuse by staff’
- ‘In Rome, nothing works’: citizens despair in run-up to mayoral elections
- Princess Mako wedding announcement stirs up media frenzy in Japan
- Australia set to restart international travel in November, Scott Morrison says
- Far-right militia group membership surged after Capitol attack, hack shows
- China orders energy firms to secure winter fuel supplies at all costs
- New Zealand supreme court blocks seabed mining consent
- Sarah Everard case: people stopped by lone officer could ‘wave down a bus’, says Met
- ‘He’s so majestic’: Wally the walrus hits Iceland on tour of Europe
- Coronavirus live news: record deaths in Russia; Finland starts vaccinating mink
- Scottish Covid vaccine passport app hit by problems after launch
- New York mandates vaccines for health workers – how will it play out?
- Flu and Covid jabs safe to be given at same time, study finds
- ‘I don’t know where to go’: uncertain fate of the women in Kabul’s shelters
- ‘I eat greasy fried eggs at least once a week’: Daniel Craig on Bond, being buff and crying at British Gas ads
- Bored of your wardrobe? Try wearing one colour at a time
- The raging return of Idles: ‘We’ve always used violence as part of our vocabulary’
- Brazil protesters aim to summon spirit of 84 for massive anti-Bolsonaro drive
- Mark Bonnar: ‘People say I’m in everything and they’re sick of the sight of me!’
- ‘Another miracle’: boy’s escape from Auschwitz train is made into opera
- Macron in visa cuts row as Algeria summons French envoy
- Embracing vitiligo: Ugandan artist dispels skin stigma with portraits
- California school board officials plead for protection from protesting parents
- Rare one in 30 million orange lobster rescued from grocery store tank
- Victoria Covid restrictions: Melbourne lockdown, curfew and regional Vic coronavirus rules explained
- The climate crisis is destroying the human rights of those least responsible for it | Patrick Verkooijen and AK Abdul Momen
- The US government avoided a shutdown – but what happens next?
- John Key calling New Zealand’s Covid response ‘North Korean’ isn’t just lazy rhetoric, it’s wrong | Brian Ng
- PNG must act now to stop the epidemic of violence against women and girls | Stephanie McLennan
- US congresswomen including Cori Bush share their own abortion stories – video
- Queensland Covid update: Premier says she would have 'no qualms' calling off NRL grand final – video
| Pelosi delays vote on Biden’s infrastructure bill in defeat for Democrats Posted: 30 Sep 2021 08:45 PM PDT Democrats say holdup is temporary despite stalemate over Biden's sweeping economic agenda The US House speaker, Nancy Pelosi, postponed a planned vote on a $1tn infrastructure bill on Thursday night in a stinging defeat for Democrats after progressives revolted, withholding their support until an agreement could be reached to enact the full sweep of Joe Biden's economic vision. The decision capped a frantic day of negotiations in Washington that stretched late into the evening, as the president and Democratic leaders attempted to break a stalemate between a handful of moderates, who pushed for the infrastructure vote, and progressives who believe it would be insufficient without a broader, $3.5tn social policy package. Continue reading... |
| WHO ‘should pay reparations to victims of sexual abuse by staff’ Posted: 30 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT Exclusive: UN agency must respond to the 'real needs' of the women and girls, says Julienne Lusenge, co-chair of the independent inquiry into the scandal Survivors of sexual abuse by World Health Organization aid workers during the Democratic Republic of the Congo's Ebola outbreak in 2018 should receive "substantive" reparations, the co-chair of an independent inquiry into the scandal has said. Julienne Lusenge, a prominent Congolese human rights activist, said it was "essential" that the UN's global health body drew up a workable plan for reparations to respond to the "real needs" of women and girls who became victims of abuse. Continue reading... |
| ‘In Rome, nothing works’: citizens despair in run-up to mayoral elections Posted: 01 Oct 2021 02:45 AM PDT Virginia Raggi hasn't solved waste issues while far-right candidate advocates restoring fascist salute Elio Perugini can't remember the last time he had a decent night's sleep. "It's a disaster, the noise just doesn't stop," he said. "I hardly sleep any more. The worst of it is on Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights." Sleepless nights have become the norm for many in Trastevere, a neighbourhood in central Rome once treasured for its charm and old-world feel, but now known for its rowdy nightlife, petty crime, piles of rubbish and graffiti-scarred walls. Continue reading... |
| Princess Mako wedding announcement stirs up media frenzy in Japan Posted: 01 Oct 2021 01:32 AM PDT Marriage with non-royal Kei Komuro to take place against backdrop of scandal, tabloid intrusion and public disapproval When they announced their unofficial engagement four years ago, they were cast as a perfect match: the young princess and the clean-cut trainee lawyer, for whom she was prepared to sacrifice her imperial status. Now the sound of wedding bells is within earshot, after the Imperial Household Agency announced on Friday that Princess Mako, the niece of Japan's emperor, would marry her non-royal fiance, Kei Komuro, on 26 October. Continue reading... |
| Australia set to restart international travel in November, Scott Morrison says Posted: 01 Oct 2021 01:11 AM PDT Prime minister announces plans to allow vaccinated passengers into Australia with a pre-flight Covid test and one week of home quarantine
Australian states will be able to reopen to international travellers in November once they hit their 80% vaccination targets, under a plan outlined by Scott Morrison on Friday. The plan would see states follow the New South Wales lead in allowing travel for vaccinated passengers with pre-flight Covid testing and one week of home quarantine. Seven-day home quarantine for Australian citizens and permanent residents fully vaccinated with a vaccine approved for use in Australia or "recognised" by the Therapeutic Goods Administration. Fourteen-day hotel quarantine for anyone not vaccinated or vaccinated with a vaccine not approved or recognised by the TGA, with increased arrival caps for these travellers Continue reading... |
| Far-right militia group membership surged after Capitol attack, hack shows Posted: 01 Oct 2021 02:00 AM PDT Hundreds of people joined Oath Keepers or renewed membership after many of group's members participated in riot Hacked materials from the website of the rightwing militia group the Oath Keepers show that hundreds of people either joined or renewed their membership after many of the group's members participated in the attack on the Capitol on 6 January. They included people who joined under their military ranks, including combat veterans, retired servicepersons, at least one serving national guardsman, several members of the clergy and others involved in security contracting and the firearms industry. Continue reading... |
| China orders energy firms to secure winter fuel supplies at all costs Posted: 01 Oct 2021 12:12 AM PDT World's second biggest economy is grappling with power cuts that have affected industrial output China's central government officials have ordered the top state-owned energy companies to secure fuel supplies for winter at all costs as the country battles a power crisis that threatens to hit growth in the world's second biggest economy. The vice-premier, Han Zheng, has told energy companies to make sure there is enough fuel to keep the country running and made it clear that Beijing would not tolerate blackouts, according to a report by Bloomberg. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand supreme court blocks seabed mining consent Posted: 30 Sep 2021 10:30 PM PDT Campaigners hail ruling preventing TTR dredging 50m tonnes of iron-sands from South Taranaki coast, though mining firm says it will try again A New Zealand offshore mining company has lost its supreme court bid to overturn a decision preventing it from mining millions of tonnes of iron-sand off the coast of South Taranaki, on New Zealand's North Island. Thursday's unanimous ruling by New Zealand's supreme court, which upheld previous high court and appeal court decisions revoking Trans-Tasman Resources' (TTR) permission to mine, was welcomed by environmentalists and the mining company, albeit from opposing perspectives. Continue reading... |
| Sarah Everard case: people stopped by lone officer could ‘wave down a bus’, says Met Posted: 01 Oct 2021 02:38 AM PDT Minister speaks of 'devastating blow' as Scotland Yard suggests actions to take if feeling unsafe Police will have to work hard to rebuild public confidence after the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving officer, a minister has said, as Scotland Yard said people stopped by a lone plainclothes officer should challenge their legitimacy and could try "waving a bus down" to escape a person they believe is pretending to be police. Wayne Couzens, who joined the Metropolitan police in 2018, was handed a rare whole-life sentence on Thursday for the kidnap, rape and murder of 33-year-old Everard as she walked home in south London in March. Continue reading... |
| ‘He’s so majestic’: Wally the walrus hits Iceland on tour of Europe Posted: 01 Oct 2021 02:06 AM PDT Experts hope he is resting and building up blubber reserves before returning to Arctic to look for mate When Wally the walrus disappeared after more than five months of appearances around the UK and Ireland, interspersed with visits to France and Spain, observers feared the worst. But after about three weeks at sea he re-emerged in Iceland, looking skinnier but much closer to his Arctic home. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: record deaths in Russia; Finland starts vaccinating mink Posted: 01 Oct 2021 02:58 AM PDT Russia reports 887 deaths; Finnish authorities grant temporary approval to animal vaccine
In England, NHS tests and scans are to be offered at football stadiums and shopping centres to help deal with the backlog caused by the coronavirus pandemic. The health service is launching 40 "one-stop shop" diagnostic centres across England, which will carry out a wide range of health checks after referrals from GPs. Continue reading... |
| Scottish Covid vaccine passport app hit by problems after launch Posted: 01 Oct 2021 01:18 AM PDT NHS app needed to enter nightclubs, large events and for overseas travel, but users complain it does not work Scotland's Covid vaccine passport app is experiencing problems hours after its launch. The app, which proves someone is fully vaccinated, is needed from Friday to enter nightclubs, large events and for overseas travel. But a number of users have complained it does not work and that the app cannot find their data. Continue reading... |
| New York mandates vaccines for health workers – how will it play out? Posted: 01 Oct 2021 12:00 AM PDT Some hospitals have experienced staff shortages after new rules went into effect – but the mandate appears to be working Erie County Medical Center, a hospital in the western New York city of Buffalo, just recorded its highest single-day patient count ever – 553 patients in a facility licensed for 573 beds – but not because of an influx of Covid-19 cases. Instead, hospital leaders said the caseload is the result of a New York state vaccine mandate – the first statewide "vaccinate or terminate" mandate to be implemented in the nation. Continue reading... |
| Flu and Covid jabs safe to be given at same time, study finds Posted: 30 Sep 2021 02:00 PM PDT Clinical trial on joint flu, Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccinations reported only mild to moderate side-effects Flu jabs are safe to give at the same time as the Pfizer or AstraZeneca Covid vaccines, according to the first clinical trial to investigate co-administering the shots in a single appointment. While some people experienced more side-effects with certain combinations of flu and Covid shots, the ailments were mainly mild to moderate, the study found. The most common side effects included pain at the injection site and temporary fatigue, headache or muscle pain. Continue reading... |
| ‘I don’t know where to go’: uncertain fate of the women in Kabul’s shelters Posted: 30 Sep 2021 11:00 PM PDT Women in refuges have been sent home to their abusers or to prison since the Taliban takeover. Those in the few shelters still open fear what lies ahead Zari was seven years old when her parents died, forcing her to move in with her uncle. But when he died four years later, his two widows beat Zari and forced her to work long hours weaving carpets. During her teenage years, Zari tried to kill herself. After her suicide attempt, Zari, now 28, moved into a shelter for abused women. For the past eight years she has held on to the belief that things would get better. She made friends and learned to sew clothes, eventually teaching others to do the same. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 30 Sep 2021 10:00 PM PDT With his final turn as James Bond in No Time to Die filling cinemas, the actor takes questions from readers and fellow actors about the role, from being smacked around his nether regions to getting over his fear of heights Most movie stars look tiny up close. Action lads especially. You can't stop thinking: Vin Diesel is dinky! Statham's a titch! Am I actually taller than Fassbender? Daniel Craig is different. He doesn't loom, but he is bulky. Stonehenge legs, whacking hands, just right for killing a man or mending a washing machine. Continue reading... |
| Bored of your wardrobe? Try wearing one colour at a time Posted: 01 Oct 2021 03:00 AM PDT Dress in 'monoclo', says artist Pascal Anson, and you'll rethink your relationship with clothes for ever. Jess Cartner-Morley gives it a go
"On the day, what I loved was that people were in everyday pieces of clothing – normal stuff from Gap or wherever, not fancy dress – but there was a newness and strangeness to it," says Anson, now a tutor at the Royal College of Art (he is also one of two mentors on the BBC's Big Painting Challenge). Christmas jumper day but make it art school, if you like. Monoclo grew into an Instagram project, with Anson styling himself in immaculately curated single-shade outfits (when stumped, he occasionally went shoeless) that not only look glorious, but make a serious point. "Monoclo is about re-enjoying what you already have," he says. "It has rewired how I think about clothes, and how I think about myself." |
| The raging return of Idles: ‘We’ve always used violence as part of our vocabulary’ Posted: 01 Oct 2021 03:00 AM PDT After scoring a No 1 in lockdown, the post-punk band's singer Joe Talbot reflects on writing about car crashes, substance abuse and Rishi Sunak on their new album Towards the end of Idles' upcoming fourth album, Crawler, lead singer Joe Talbot comes to a euphoric realisation. "In spite of it all," the 37-year-old howls, "life is beautiful." It's an apt conclusion for a band who have endured personal tragedy and childhood trauma, and in just four years cemented their status as the face of British post-punk. Their debut album, Brutalism, burst forth with Talbot raging about rape culture ("Sexual violence doesn't start and end with rape / It starts in our books and behind our school gates," he shouts on fan favourite Mother), NHS funding and white privilege. Its follow-up Joy As an Act of Resistance swiped at toxic masculinity via similarly seething anthems and catapulted its creators to No 5 in the UK album chart. Last year's Ultra Mono, a more diversified flurry of synths, pianos and hummed vocals, did even better, finding its way to No 1. Continue reading... |
| Brazil protesters aim to summon spirit of 84 for massive anti-Bolsonaro drive Posted: 01 Oct 2021 02:30 AM PDT Demonstrators who took part in rally that hastened end of Brazil's dictatorship hope for similar show of force this weekend Nearly 40 years have passed since downtown Rio was overrun with what one awestruck reporter declared "the greatest and most fantastical popular demonstration of all time". It was 10 April 1984, the twilight of Brazil's two-decade dictatorship, and more than a million dissenters from across the political spectrum had hit the streets with a deafening and unified call for change. Continue reading... |
| Mark Bonnar: ‘People say I’m in everything and they’re sick of the sight of me!’ Posted: 01 Oct 2021 01:00 AM PDT He used to sell alarms door-to-door then turned to acting, clawing up the TV ranks in grabby supporting roles. Now, as a violent sociopath in Guilt, the Scot has hit his stride as a leading man Two brothers are driving home from a wedding slightly the worse for wear. In the middle of an argument, the car careers into an old man, killing him instantly. The older brother, played by Mark Bonnar, snaps into focus. If they call the police and admit their crime, he says, their lives will be over. However, if they do exactly what he says – move the body, drive off, forget about it – then it will be like it never happened. But can they live with themselves afterwards? Could you? That's how Guilt – the gripping, Hitchcockian show about their descent into more and more law-breaking – kicked off, instantly living up to its name. "I didn't need to read any more than that," says Bonnar, recalling his decision to take the role. "It's an amazing opening. I went: 'Absolutely, yes.'" Continue reading... |
| ‘Another miracle’: boy’s escape from Auschwitz train is made into opera Posted: 01 Oct 2021 03:19 AM PDT Push will be performed in Boortmeerbeek, where Simon Gronowski fled to safety, nine days before his 90th birthday The 90th birthday of Simon Gronowski, who at the age of 11 escaped a train destined for Auschwitz thanks to three Belgian resistance fighters, is being honoured with the staging of an opera inspired by his story near the rail tracks where he fled the Nazis eight decades ago. Sitting alongside Gronowski during Sunday's performance in Boortmeerbeek, a village north-east of Brussels, will be the sculptor Koenraad Tinel, whose elder brother was the Flemish SS guard who ordered him and his mother, Chana, on to the train on 19 April 1943. Chana did not escape from the transport and was killed in the gas chambers on arrival at the death camp. Continue reading... |
| Macron in visa cuts row as Algeria summons French envoy Posted: 30 Sep 2021 09:17 AM PDT President accused of chasing rightwing votes by making sudden, tough gestures on immigration The Algerian foreign ministry has summoned the French ambassador for talks in "formal protest" against France's decision to sharply reduce the number of visas granted to Algerian nationals, as opposition parties in Paris accused Emmanuel Macron of using the row to court rightwing voters. The French government announced this week that it would substantially cut the number of visas granted to people from Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia, three north African countries which were all part of France's former colonial empire and where many people have strong family ties in France. Continue reading... |
| Embracing vitiligo: Ugandan artist dispels skin stigma with portraits Posted: 01 Oct 2021 12:01 AM PDT People with the condition can face being seen as 'cursed' in the east African country, says Martin Senkubuge, whose art aims to make them proud of their skin It was a confrontation with a female Michael Jackson fan that first drew Martin Senkubuge's attention to the skin condition vitiligo. Senkubuge, a Ugandan artist, was describing his tattoo of the musician to the woman at an art exhibition in Kampala in 2019, when he accused the pop star of bleaching his skin. Continue reading... |
| California school board officials plead for protection from protesting parents Posted: 01 Oct 2021 03:00 AM PDT Meetings across the state have been disrupted by aggressive family refusing to wear masks and threatening board members The California school boards association has pleaded with the governor to protect education officials facing an "unprecedented increase in hostility", as board meetings across the state have been rocked by aggressive protests over Covid-19 restrictions. In a letter to Gavin Newsom, the association, which represents nearly 1,000 education agencies across the state, said school board members have been "accosted, verbally abused, physically assaulted, and subjected to death threats against themselves and their family members". Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Rare one in 30 million orange lobster rescued from grocery store tank Posted: 01 Oct 2021 03:00 AM PDT The manager of the Ontario store noticed the carroty crustacean was being 'picked on' and took it to the Toronto aquarium An extremely rare orange lobster was rescued from certain death – and the humiliation of spending its final days in a grocery store tank – after the manager noticed it was being "picked on" by the other lobsters. "Obviously it stood out. It's not every day you see a lobster that looks like it's pre-cooked walking around," said Niki Lundquist, whose husband manages the grocery store in Ontario's Durham region. Continue reading... |
| Victoria Covid restrictions: Melbourne lockdown, curfew and regional Vic coronavirus rules explained Posted: 01 Oct 2021 02:32 AM PDT Victoria's premier Daniel Andrews has announced a further easing of restrictions as the state reaches its 80% first-dose vaccination target. Here's what you need to know about schools, travel, childcare and work
Melbourne restrictions eased slightly from Wednesday 29 September when Victoria hit its 80% first dose vaccination target. The Moorabool shire and Shepparton were to enter seven-day lockdowns from 11.59pm on Friday 1 October. Shopping for essentials; Authorised work, if you cannot work from home, or education; Exercise for up to four hours; Caregiving, compassionate and medical reasons; To get vaccinated. Limited outdoor social interaction will be allowed. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Posted: 30 Sep 2021 04:20 AM PDT The UN must urgently appoint a special rapporteur on climate change and human rights to galvanise action on the biggest threat to fundamental freedoms Climate breakdown is making a mockery of human rights. Start with the most fundamental right of all: the right to life, liberty and security. Two million people have died as a result of a five-fold increase in weather-related disasters in our lifetimes. And given that 90% of these deaths have occurred in developing countries, which have contributed the least to global heating, the climate crisis is also making a mockery of the notion that we are all born equal – as the UN Declaration of Human Rights and numerous national constitutions assert. Continue reading... |
| The US government avoided a shutdown – but what happens next? Posted: 30 Sep 2021 08:51 PM PDT Congress passed a bill to fund the government into December. But questions remain over the debt ceiling and Biden's agenda The US government went into Thursday embroiled in a game of three-dimensional chess with time running out and trillions of dollars at stake. The first dimension was a must-do: fund the government by midnight to avoid it shutting down. In a typical shutdown, hundreds of thousands of federal employees stop getting paid and many stop working; some services are suspended and numerous national attractions and national parks temporarily close. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 30 Sep 2021 05:58 PM PDT Irresponsible statements are fuel for those who falsely believe their rights have been taken away When former prime minister John Key referred to New Zealand as a "smug hermit kingdom" in his widely disseminated op-ed, I thought it was pushing it a bit, but not completely off the mark – we closed our borders to outsiders, after all. What I didn't expect was for him to start calling the government's response "North Korean". This isn't just lazy rhetoric, it's obviously wrong. This is what North Korea's been through: it closed its borders at the beginning of 2020, before most of the world put itself into lockdown. It stopped all shipments in and out of the country, including China, which is its largest trading partner and aid donor. Fishing in its surrounding waters and even salt harvesting was halted, for fear Covid may be transmitted that way. Foreign diplomatic staff left on one-way tickets: one group of Russians took a hand-powered rail cart out of the country. Continue reading... |
| PNG must act now to stop the epidemic of violence against women and girls | Stephanie McLennan Posted: 30 Sep 2021 01:00 PM PDT Last year 15,444 cases of domestic violence were reported but only 250 people were prosecuted and 100 convicted. Victims deserve better A woman is beaten every 30 seconds in Papua New Guinea, and more than 1.5 million people experience gender-based violence in the country each year. On 3 September in Mt Hagen, one of the country's largest cities, three men were released from prison after being accused of murdering a 31-year-old woman, Imelda Tupi Tiamanda. One of the men was her husband. Continue reading... |
| US congresswomen including Cori Bush share their own abortion stories – video Posted: 01 Oct 2021 01:23 AM PDT Democratic lawmakers including Missouri representative Cori Bush shared personal stories behind their decisions to have abortions during a House oversight committee meeting about reproductive rights on Thursday. Representatives Barbara Lee of California and Pramila Jayapal of Washington also shared their stories during the committee hearing Continue reading... |
| Queensland Covid update: Premier says she would have 'no qualms' calling off NRL grand final – video Posted: 30 Sep 2021 06:48 PM PDT Annastacia Palaszczuk says she would have no qualms calling off Sunday's NRL grand final after the state recorded two new locally acquired cases of Covid-19. Brisbane is set to host the rugby league decider between the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Penrith Panthers on Sunday with an already reduced 75% capacity due to Queensland's latest outbreak. Both the premier and chief health officer Jeannette Young say they will not hesitate to call off the game if the outbreak worsens. Townsville in the state's north has been mooted as a possible replacement venue Continue reading... |
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