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- Coronavirus: more cases and second death reported in China
- IMF boss says global economy risks return of Great Depression
- Alan Dershowitz and Ken Starr join Trump impeachment legal team
- Meghan gets twice as many negative headlines as positive, analysis finds
- Sajid Javid: no alignment on EU regulations after Brexit
- Nepal avalanche: South Koreans among seven missing
- Rent rises force revered LGBT bookshop out of Paris's gay district
- Brazil culture secretary fired after echoing words of Nazi Goebbels
- Trump administration to roll back school lunch rules and allow more pizza
- Simpsons actor Hank Azaria says he will no longer voice character of Apu
- Harvey Weinstein trial: how finding an impartial jury became a spectacle
- 'It's a monster': the Skipsea homes falling into the North Sea
- ‘You can't handcuff my spirit’: jailed writer wins freedom of expression prize
- Trump impeachment: president's legal team to include Bill Clinton investigator Ken Starr – as it happened
- Coronavirus: Australia's top health official says there is 'no current need' to enhance airport screening
- 'Moria is a hell': new arrivals describe life in a Greek refugee camp
- Propaganda and sexism prove powerful contraceptives for Chinese women
- Iran's supreme leader says missile strikes against US were 'a day of God' – video
| Coronavirus: more cases and second death reported in China Posted: 17 Jan 2020 06:58 PM PST Experts fear numbers affected may be higher than first thought as US begins screening passengers arriving from Wuhan More cases of coronavirus have been confirmed in the Chinese city of Wuhan and a second person has died, according to local authorities. It comes as disease-modelling experts warned that far more people may have been affected by the previously unknown virus than thought. The Wuhan municipal health commission said in a statement that four patients diagnosed with pneumonia on Thursday were in a stable condition, taking the total number of cases to nearly 50. The statement released in the early hours on Saturday is the first confirmation of new cases by the commission in nearly a week. Continue reading... |
| IMF boss says global economy risks return of Great Depression Posted: 17 Jan 2020 11:01 AM PST Kristalina Georgieva compares today with "roaring 1920s" and criticises UK wealth gap The head of the International Monetary Fund has warned that the global economy risks a return of the Great Depression, driven by inequality and financial sector instability. Speaking at the Peterson Institute of International Economics in Washington, Kristalina Georgieva said new IMF research, which compares the current economy to the "roaring 1920s" that culminated in the great market crash of 1929, revealed that a similar trend was already under way. Continue reading... |
| Alan Dershowitz and Ken Starr join Trump impeachment legal team Posted: 17 Jan 2020 09:26 AM PST Dershowitz is known for defending Jeffrey Epstein while Starr led the investigation that culminated in Bill Clinton's impeachment The White House has unveiled Donald Trump's legal team for his Senate impeachment trial, a list of attorneys whose own ageing controversies threaten to overshadow their efforts to defend the president. As the impeachment process enters a major new phase next week, Trump's defense team will include Alan Dershowitz, known for defending the convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and Kenneth Starr, the dogged prosecutor who led the investigation that culminated in the 1998 impeachment of former president Bill Clinton and lost a university post in 2016 for mishandling sexual assaults on campus. Continue reading... |
| Meghan gets twice as many negative headlines as positive, analysis finds Posted: 18 Jan 2020 01:55 AM PST Guardian analysis appears to support claim Duchess of Sussex receives more critical treatment than Duchess of Cambridge The Duchess of Sussex gets more than twice as many negative headlines as positive ones, according to Guardian analysis of articles published between May 2018 and mid January 2019. The analysis – which appears to support Meghan's argument that she has faced highly critical treatment in the British press – found that of the 843 articles in 14 print newspapers since mid-May 2018, 43% were negative. Just 20% of the articles were positive, with the remaining 36% remaining neutral. Continue reading... |
| Sajid Javid: no alignment on EU regulations after Brexit Posted: 18 Jan 2020 02:21 AM PST Chancellor's comments represent 'death knell for frictionless trade', experts warn The chancellor, Sajid Javid, has warned that there will be no alignment with EU regulations once Britain's exit from the European Union is made official. In what is being seen as an opening salvo in the next stage of negotiations, he said the Treasury would not lend support to manufacturers that favour EU rules as the sector has had three years to prepare for Britain's transition. Continue reading... |
| Nepal avalanche: South Koreans among seven missing Posted: 17 Jan 2020 11:11 PM PST Four South Koreans and three Nepalis are out of contact after an avalanche close to Annapurna base camp An avalanche in Nepal's Annapurna region has left at least seven people missing, including four South Koreans and three Nepalis, officials said Saturday. The incident occurred at an altitude of around 3,230 metres close to the base camp for Annapurna, one of the highest peaks in the Himalayas, following heavy snowfall on Friday. Continue reading... |
| Rent rises force revered LGBT bookshop out of Paris's gay district Posted: 17 Jan 2020 09:00 PM PST Les Mots à La Bouche's move from the Marais shows loss of cultural heritage, activists say In the window of France's best-known gay bookshop, above the display of Lucian Freud art books, opera singer Maria Callas's memoirs and a history of the Pride movement, a poster warns in giant red letters: "Cultural heritage in danger." An urgent note on the door adds: "We need your help!" Les Mots à La Bouche, a 40-year-old Paris institution, is the top LGBT bookshop in France and considered one of the best in the world – a focal point of Paris's historic gay neighbourhood in the Marais district. But as property speculation in central Paris reaches dizzying heights – it is estimated that at certain times of year there are more Airbnb rentals than residents in the Marais – the bookshop is being forced out by rising rents. Continue reading... |
| Brazil culture secretary fired after echoing words of Nazi Goebbels Posted: 17 Jan 2020 09:25 AM PST Roberto Alvim set off a storm of outrage with comments about culture that were eerily reminiscent of Hitler's propaganda chief Brazil's culture secretary, Roberto Alvim has been fired after he appeared to paraphrase the Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels in an online video to promote a national arts prize. "Brazilian art in the next decade will be heroic and national," said Alvim, to the music from Wagner's Lohengrin, said to be Hitler's favourite opera, with a portrait of the far-right president, Jair Bolsonaro, and a Brazilian flag in the background. Continue reading... |
| Trump administration to roll back school lunch rules and allow more pizza Posted: 17 Jan 2020 02:49 PM PST Proposal to ease Michelle Obama guidelines would let schools cut the amount of vegetables required The Trump administration took further steps on Friday towards rolling back healthier standards for school lunches in America championed by Michelle Obama, proposing rules to allow more pizza, meat and potatoes over fresh vegetables, fruits and whole grains. The new proposals would allow schools more flexibility, the Department of Agriculture (USDA) said in a statement, adding: "Because they know their children best." Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Simpsons actor Hank Azaria says he will no longer voice character of Apu Posted: 17 Jan 2020 11:36 PM PST Actor stops playing immigrant Indian convenience store owner following years of controversy and accusations of racism The Simpsons actor Hank Azaria has said he will no longer be voicing the character of Apu, following years of controversy and accusations of racism. Azaria lends his voice to numerous characters in the long-running show, including Moe Szyslak, Chief Wiggum and Comic Book Guy. Continue reading... |
| Harvey Weinstein trial: how finding an impartial jury became a spectacle Posted: 18 Jan 2020 12:30 AM PST A surprise appearance from Gigi Hadid, the threat of prison for an ill-judged tweet and protests have plagued jury selection A surprise appearance from a supermodel, the threat of prison for a tweet and the intense search for an impartial jury has turned the rape trial of Harvey Weinstein into a spectacle in its early weeks and raised fears over the difficulty of picking an impartial jury. The New York supreme court called in 2,000 people as potential jurors for the case, which kicked off on 6 January. About 600 actually showed up to court, and the numbers have slowly been whittled down closer to the 12 jurors and six alternates the trial calls for. By Thursday afternoon, seven jurors had been confirmed. Opening arguments are set to take place 22 January. Continue reading... |
| 'It's a monster': the Skipsea homes falling into the North Sea Posted: 17 Jan 2020 10:00 PM PST Residents on fastest-eroding coastline in northern Europe told of 'imminent risk' For those who long to live by the sea, the thought of gently breaking waves and waking by the beach sums up the irresistible charm of coastal life. But not, perhaps, in the Yorkshire village of Skipsea. Residents in the tiny seaside parish were warned this week that a large number of homes are at "imminent risk" of tumbling into the North Sea within 12 months because of the rapid erosion of the East Yorkshire coast. Continue reading... |
| ‘You can't handcuff my spirit’: jailed writer wins freedom of expression prize Posted: 17 Jan 2020 03:51 AM PST Stella Nyanzi, imprisoned in Uganda after writing poem about president's mother's vagina, lambasts regime's 'fear of writers' The Ugandan academic, writer and feminist activist Dr Stella Nyanzi, imprisoned for criticising the country's president, has been awarded the Oxfam Novib/PEN International award for freedom of expression. Nyanzi has been in Luzira women's prison in Kampala, the capital, for nearly 15 months after writing a poem about President Yoweri Museveni's mother's vagina. The poem uses the metaphor of her vagina and Museveni's birth to criticise his near 35-year rule. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 17 Jan 2020 05:09 PM PST Donald Trump's legal team for the impeachment trial will include Starr, Harvard professor Alan Dershowitz and Robert Ray
We're ending our live coverage now, thanks for following along. Some links and key events from the day:
The House intelligence committee has released new documents this evening relating to Lev Parnas, the close associate of Trump's personal lawyer, Rudy Giuliani. Parnas made headlines this week when he added to evidence that Trump personally directed an effort to pressure Ukraine to investigate a political rival. The new records include contact between Parnas and a top aide to Devin Nunes, the Republican congressman and Trump ally: JUST IN: New evidence filed by House Intel Committee shows frequent contact between Parnas and top Nunes aide Derek Harvey.https://t.co/UqmIzJgWb0 Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 18 Jan 2020 02:29 AM PST Sars-like virus has infected nearly 50 people in China, killing two, with cases also detected in Japan and Thailand Australia's top health official says there is "no current need" to enhance existing airport screening measures to target an unknown Sars-like virus that has infected nearly 50 people in China and killed two since it was reported on New Year's Eve. Australia's chief medical officer, Prof Brendan Murphy, said authorities in Australia were "watching developments very closely" but had not issued a travel warning. Continue reading... |
| 'Moria is a hell': new arrivals describe life in a Greek refugee camp Posted: 16 Jan 2020 11:00 PM PST Originally intended to hold 3,000 people, 19,000 now live at the Moria refugee camp – with no electricity, scant water and, for many, no shelter at all. Journalist Harriet Grant and photographer Giorgos Moutafis met some of those attempting to cope with life there Above a hill on the north shore of Lesbos, volunteers watch the sea and the twinkling lights of Turkey day and night with binoculars. The coastguard hurry to respond when they see a boat approaching, trying to arrive in time to stop children falling in the icy cold water as they clamber onto rocks and beaches. On the morning of 11 January, a group of migrants from Afghanistan make it ashore without being spotted and walk to an olive grove where they light a fire and call for help. Continue reading... |
| Propaganda and sexism prove powerful contraceptives for Chinese women Posted: 17 Jan 2020 10:18 AM PST China's push for more births fails to convince a generation of only-children China's government has been trying to manage a public U-turn on one of its biggest, longest running and most powerful policy and propaganda campaigns for several years now, urging a generation of only-children – born under its one-child policy – that they should have more babies themselves. But the posters, public information campaigns and official exhortations appear to have had almost no discernible effect. Beijing on Friday reported its lowest birthrate since the founding of Communist China over seven decades ago. Continue reading... |
| Iran's supreme leader says missile strikes against US were 'a day of God' – video Posted: 17 Jan 2020 05:51 AM PST Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Iran's missile strikes on US targets in Iraq earlier this month show it has divine support in delivering a 'slap on the face' to a 'bullying' world power. Addressing Friday prayers, Khamenei added that the killing of general Qassem Suleimani showed the US's 'terrorist nature' Continue reading... |
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