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- British American Tobacco circumventing ad ban, experts say
- Apple fined record €1.1bn by French competition regulator
- True numbers of FGM victims could be far higher as countries fail to record cases
- Samoan chief found guilty of enslaving villagers in New Zealand over 25 years
- Kenya split over campaign to give women the right to safe abortions
- Amazon bans sale of most editions of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf
- Child killed in Lesbos refugee camp fire
- Salmond accused of trying to force official to re-enact painting kiss
- UK's air war against Isis ends after five years
- Covid-19 prompts all major British theatres to close doors
- Real estate for the apocalypse: my journey into a survival bunker
- Police arrest man over double murder in Birmingham
- Coronavirus news: UK measures to last at least 'several months' as restrictions increased globally – live updates
- Three states hold primaries as coronavirus upends 2020 election
- 'Come back Monday, OK?' Hundreds of prisoners escape in Brazil amid Covid-19 anger
- Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should I see a doctor?
- Coronavirus school closures: dozens of Australian private schools move to online learning
- African nations impose stricter measures as coronavirus spreads
- Europe's populists will try to exploit coronavirus. We can stop them | Catherine Fieschi
- New Zealand's coronavirus stimulus leaves the working poor most exposed | Brad Olsen
- Penguins openly explore Chicago aquarium closed due to Covid-19 – video
- Drone footage shows empty roads in Italy amid coronavirus lockdown – video
- Coronavirus: Johnson asks Britons to stop 'non-essential contact' – video
- Coronavirus, racism and solidarity, before and after Italy's lockdown – video
- 'Test, test, test': WHO calls for more coronavirus testing – video
- The week that Covid-19 shut the US down – in pictures
- Coronavirus: actors, singers and footballers share advice on staying safe – video
| British American Tobacco circumventing ad ban, experts say Posted: 17 Mar 2020 12:00 AM PDT BAT seems to be running accounts to promote e-cigarettes after crackdown on hiring influencers British American Tobacco (BAT) is marketing e-cigarettes and heated cigarettes with pictures of attractive models and using hashtags such as "I dare you to try it", despite a crackdown last year after it paid social media influencers to promote its products. BAT had come under fire after hiring young models to sell its products despite having an explicit policy banning under-25s from appearing in adverts. Continue reading... |
| Apple fined record €1.1bn by French competition regulator Posted: 16 Mar 2020 11:55 AM PDT Tech giant conspired with wholesalers Tech Data and Ingram Micro to align prices, says watchdog Apple has been fined a record €1.1bn (£990m) by antitrust regulators in France for engaging in anti-competitive agreements with two wholesalers. The penalty imposed on the US tech giant is the largest ever handed out to a company by the Autorité de la Concurrence. Commenting on the move, Isabelle de Silva, head of the French competition watchdog, said: "Apple and its two wholesalers agreed to not compete against each other and prevent resellers from promoting competition between each other, thus sterilising the wholesale market for Apple products." Continue reading... |
| True numbers of FGM victims could be far higher as countries fail to record cases Posted: 17 Mar 2020 12:00 AM PDT New report calls for national surveys by governments to underline scale of worldwide abuse The number of women and girls who have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM) could be much higher than previously estimated, as a new report shows the practice is carried out in more than 90 countries around the world. The UN estimates that 200 million women and girls have undergone FGM. But this figure is drawn from only 31 countries – 27 in Africa – where national data has been collected. Continue reading... |
| Samoan chief found guilty of enslaving villagers in New Zealand over 25 years Posted: 16 Mar 2020 07:12 PM PDT Joseph Auga Matamata, who brought people to Hastings where they were forced to work without pay and subjected to abuse, also convicted of slavery A New Zealand-based Samoan chief has been found guilty of human trafficking and using 13 of his countrymen as slaves over a 25 year period. Joseph Auga Matamata, 65, also known as Villiamu Samu, was found guilty on 10 counts of trafficking and 13 counts of slavery following a five-week trial at the High Court in Napier. Continue reading... |
| Kenya split over campaign to give women the right to safe abortions Posted: 17 Mar 2020 01:00 AM PDT MP Esther Passaris says lives are being put at risk in a country where 40% of pregnancies are unplanned The pills arrived with no instructions. Delivered on a Sunday to Joy's home in Kayole, an informal settlement in Kenya's capital Nairobi, by someone she didn't know. She had ordered them because she was pregnant, and didn't want to be. At 19, she said, she couldn't support a baby, and the father had stopped answering his phone after she told him. Desperate, she had asked an older friend, who said she knew someone who could help. Continue reading... |
| Amazon bans sale of most editions of Adolf Hitler’s Mein Kampf Posted: 16 Mar 2020 08:14 AM PDT Ban, which also includes other Nazi propaganda books, follows decades of campaigning by Holocaust charities Amazon has banned the sale of most editions of Hitler's Mein Kampf and other Nazi propaganda books from its store following decades of campaigning by Holocaust charities. Booksellers were informed in recent days that they would no longer be allowed to sell a number of Nazi-authored books on the website including Hitler's autobiographical screed and children's books designed to spread antisemitic ideas among children. Continue reading... |
| Child killed in Lesbos refugee camp fire Posted: 16 Mar 2020 10:03 AM PDT Blaze broke out in living container, exacerbating tensions inside the dangerously overcrowded Greek camp A child has died in a fire in the Moria refugee camp on Lesbos, according to the Hellenic Fire service. The fire broke out in one of the living containers situated inside the camp on Monday afternoon and was fanned by strong winds, but has since been brought under control. The child has not been named and the cause of the fire is as yet uncertain. Continue reading... |
| Salmond accused of trying to force official to re-enact painting kiss Posted: 16 Mar 2020 09:41 AM PDT Civil servant says Scotland's former first minister grabbed her wrists in attempt to re-enact Jack Vettriano work A female civil servant has accused Alex Salmond of trying to force her to re-enact a painting of an older man kissing a "scantily clad" woman by the Scottish painter Jack Vettriano. The senior official, who cannot be named for legal reasons, said Salmond repeatedly grasped her wrists and refused to let go as he pulled her towards him, after an evening meeting at Bute House, the first minister's residence in Edinburgh. Continue reading... |
| UK's air war against Isis ends after five years Posted: 16 Mar 2020 10:31 AM PDT RAF has launched no attacks in Syria or Iraq since September, but controversy continues over civilian casuality numbers Britain's five-year air war against Isis has quietly come to an end, with official figures revealing no bombs have been dropped since September – yet the MoD still acknowledges only one civilian casualty in the entire conflict. The data shows that over a period longer than the first world war, 4,215 bombs and missiles were launched from Reaper drones or RAF jets in Syria and Iraq, and a wide discrepancy has emerged between UK and US estimates of the number of civilians killed. Continue reading... |
| Covid-19 prompts all major British theatres to close doors Posted: 16 Mar 2020 12:57 PM PDT Fifty London theatres and 250 throughout UK to close, says industry body
All major British theatre will cease and several cultural institutions will close or postpone shows as the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the UK's arts and culture sector grows following the government's call for "drastic action" to halt its spread. The Society of London Theatre (Solt) and UK Theatre, the industry body that represents nearly every British theatre, announced that, as of Monday night, all its members would close their doors. The groups represent about 50 London theatres and almost 250 others throughout the UK. Continue reading... |
| Real estate for the apocalypse: my journey into a survival bunker Posted: 16 Mar 2020 11:00 PM PDT Doomsday luxury accommodation is a booming business, offering customers a chance to sit out global pandemics and nuclear wars in comfort – as long as they have the money to pay for it. By Mark O'Connell • Coronavirus – latest updates • See all our coronavirus coverage Not long ago, I travelled to the Black Hills of South Dakota to see the place from which humanity would supposedly be reborn after global civilisational collapse. The end of the world was trending, and it seemed as good a time as any to visit a place for sitting out the last days. Over the previous few months, perhaps as a means of sublimating my own anxieties about raising a small child in an increasingly dark and volatile world, I had become preoccupied with the apocalyptic tone of our culture. One of the more perverse aspects of this obsession was a months-long binge of doomsday prepper content, of blogs and forums and YouTube videos in which burly American guys, most of whom were called things like Kyle or Brent, explained how to prepare for a major catastrophe – your global pandemics, your breakdowns of law and order, your all-out nuclear wars – by pursuing various strategies for "tactical survival". And this had opened out on to a broader vista of apocalyptic preparedness, and to a lucrative niche of the real estate sector catering to individuals of means who wanted a place to retreat to when things truly went sideways. Continue reading... |
| Police arrest man over double murder in Birmingham Posted: 16 Mar 2020 11:24 AM PDT Man, 40, held after two women, aged 43 and 52, stabbed to death in neighbouring homes A 40-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering two women who were stabbed to death in neighbouring homes. Police found a 43-year-old woman with fatal stab wounds after being called to a house in the suburb of Moseley, in Birmingham, on Monday. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 17 Mar 2020 02:32 AM PDT England's deputy chief medical officer does not rule out further curbs; Ohio primary polls ordered to close; France in lockdown; WHO urges widespread testing. Follow the latest updates
Germany's foreign minister, Heiko Maas, has just announced that today the government is going to start an operation to bring back thousands of German citizens home, who have been stranded abroad due to the coronavirus. He has set aside 50 million Euros to do so. We are expecting more details on that soon. Meanwhile across the country, people are scrambling to buy last minute items from shops considered non-essential for daily life, after the government's surprise announcement yesterday evening that from tomorrow most shops will be forced to close. Supermarkets, chemists and medical stores are allowed to stay open, even on Sundays (there is normally a Sunday trading ban for most shops in Germany). Ikea has closed its 53 German stores, but has said its online store remains open.
Governments in Asia are preparing to tackle a "boomerang wave" of coronavirus cases as their nationals flee Europe, North America and the Middle East. The latest tally from mainland China, where the outbreak first began, showed 21 new confirmed cases on Monday, of which 20 involved infected travellers arriving from abroad, mostly Chinese nationals, Reuters reported. Hong Kong said most of the recent confirmed cases in the past two weeks were imported. In many countries the number of confirmed cases can be described as explosive. If we don't adopt some strict measures...I'm afraid all precaution efforts done in the past two months would be wasted. It is safer home than in Britain as the policy to contain the outbreak under Boris Johnson is doubtful. Continue reading... |
| Three states hold primaries as coronavirus upends 2020 election Posted: 16 Mar 2020 11:00 PM PDT Joe Biden poised for another successful night as Arizona, Florida, Illinois, but not Ohio, head to the polls Three states will hold their presidential primaries as scheduled on Tuesday, but an election in Ohio was thrust into chaos when the state defied a judge's orders and proceeded to delay the election hours before polls open amid concerns over the coronavirus outbreak. Related: Joe Biden's pledge to name a woman as running mate fires speculation Continue reading... |
| 'Come back Monday, OK?' Hundreds of prisoners escape in Brazil amid Covid-19 anger Posted: 16 Mar 2020 08:20 PM PDT Holiday for minimum security prisoners is cancelled because of outbreak, so many simply run off Hundreds of prisoners have escaped from four semi-open prisons in São Paulo state in the south-east of Brazil after Easter prison holidays were cancelled and restrictions on visitors tightened because of coronavirus. Videos showed dozens of prisoners fleeing down a street near one coastal prison and flooding across a soccer pitch on a beach. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus symptoms: what are they and should I see a doctor? Posted: 17 Mar 2020 02:08 AM PDT What are the symptoms caused by the virus from Wuhan in China, how does it spread, and should you call a doctor?
It is caused by a member of the coronavirus family that has never been encountered before. Like other coronaviruses, it has come from animals. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus school closures: dozens of Australian private schools move to online learning Posted: 16 Mar 2020 11:43 PM PDT New South Wales teachers union warns it is 'impossible' for schools to practise social distancing measures recommended by the government
Dozens of independent schools across Australia are going ahead with shutdowns as the New South Wales teachers union warns it is "impossible" for them to practise social distancing measures recommended by the government. On Tuesday, Pymble Ladies College in Sydney joined dozens of private schools in Victoria when it announced it would move to online classes from Thursday. Continue reading... |
| African nations impose stricter measures as coronavirus spreads Posted: 16 Mar 2020 08:11 AM PDT Governments warn disease will cause huge challenges for continent's health services Countries across Africa have imposed wide-ranging and stringent new measures as the coronavirus begins to spread more rapidly across the continent. Though the continent is still far behind Europe and Asia in the total numbers of Covid-19 cases, the disease has now reached about half of its countries. Algeria has 48 confirmed cases, Egypt 110, while South Africa has 62, according to the World Health Organization and national governments on Monday. Other countries have fewer cases, mostly in single figures. Continue reading... |
| Europe's populists will try to exploit coronavirus. We can stop them | Catherine Fieschi Posted: 17 Mar 2020 01:00 AM PDT Salvini and others could weaponise people's despair. Democratic governments must fight them with transparency If the coronavirus pandemic is fuelling any political hope, it is that this crisis is a robust nail in the coffin of populist politics. Surely, some argue, in the face of an entirely indiscriminate, unforeseen and formidable plague, for which no one can be blamed (unlike, say, greedy bankers and unscrupulous lenders in the global financial crisis, or the terrorists of 9/11) people will turn to the truth, to science and to expert-led government. And, true, populist leaders seem to have lost their voice, for now: the attempts to blame migrants, porous borders and the forces of globalisation for the coronavirus have received short shrift. Fear and deference have, momentarily at least, rendered citizens less inclined to question mainstream governments and turn to populism's snake oil vendors. Better still: it looks as though governments led by populists or populists-lite, such as Donald Trump and Boris Johnson, are set for a rough ride, too, unless they change their ways. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand's coronavirus stimulus leaves the working poor most exposed | Brad Olsen Posted: 16 Mar 2020 10:44 PM PDT Though significant, Jacinda Ardern's measures will not avert a downturn, and lower-income workers will be hardest hit The New Zealand government's announcement of a NZ$12.1bn spending package is massive – that's undeniable. But the economic downturn that New Zealand faces will be even larger. The downturn is going to cause economic chaos, and it will see job losses. The key to limiting the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the economy is supporting employment and businesses, and although the package assists these aims, it doesn't go far enough. The stimulus package mirrors similar measures around the world, with wage support and paid self-isolation leave. It boldly focuses on businesses, with support for employment as we enter a downturn – and that's exactly the right area to be targeting. In New Zealand, increased payments to those already out of work have been announced, as have measures to free up business cashflow. It also includes a suite of additional measures. However, there is a glaring gap, with little support for lower-income workers themselves. Continue reading... |
| Penguins openly explore Chicago aquarium closed due to Covid-19 – video Posted: 16 Mar 2020 11:15 PM PDT An aquarium in Chicago has let its penguins wander around freely after closing to visitors indefinitely due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Shedd Aquarium said on social media: 'While this may be a strange time for us, these days feel normal for animals at Shedd'
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| Drone footage shows empty roads in Italy amid coronavirus lockdown – video Posted: 16 Mar 2020 11:29 AM PDT Drone footage shows a motorway in Baranzate, near Milan, almost completely empty amid a nationwide lockdown imposed by the Italian government. The European Union on Monday proposed suspending all non-essential inbound travel for 30 days
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| Coronavirus: Johnson asks Britons to stop 'non-essential contact' – video Posted: 16 Mar 2020 10:47 AM PDT Boris Johnson has announced new measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak in Britain. The measures include whole household isolation and avoiding mass gatherings
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| Coronavirus, racism and solidarity, before and after Italy's lockdown – video Posted: 16 Mar 2020 10:36 AM PDT Meet Sonia Zhou who runs a popular Chinese restaurant in Rome's Chinatown. She has been forced to shut up shop, in part, due to people avoiding the area after the coronavirus outbreak. Italy has seen increased incidences of anti-Chinese racism but also much-needed acts of solidarity as it goes into national lockdown.
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| 'Test, test, test': WHO calls for more coronavirus testing – video Posted: 16 Mar 2020 10:05 AM PDT The World Health Organization director general, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, says he has a simple message to countries on how to deal with the coronavirus outbreak sweeping the globe: 'Test, test, test.' Speaking during a news conference on Monday he urged countries to test more suspected cases, warning that they 'cannot fight a fire blindfolded' Continue reading... |
| The week that Covid-19 shut the US down – in pictures Posted: 16 Mar 2020 08:42 AM PDT Cities and states across the US, from New York to Washington state, saw empty streets, sporting games cancelled and Disneyland shuttered over the coronavirus pandemic Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus: actors, singers and footballers share advice on staying safe – video Posted: 16 Mar 2020 05:43 AM PDT Celebrities have been advising people about what to do to minimise the risk of contracting coronavirus. Arnold Schwarzenegger, accompanied by his miniature horse and pet donkey, suggested people should not leave their homes, while others focused on demonstrating different activities that people can do to make sure they are washing their hands for long enough – from reciting poems to kicking a football around
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