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- Health workers targeted at least 120 times in Yemen conflict – report
- Study: global banks 'failing miserably' on climate crisis by funneling trillions into fossil fuels
- British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert not reported among prisoners freed among coronavirus fears
- US media accuse China of 'cold war' mentality after move to expel journalists
- Grace Millane: man convicted of British backpacker's murder to appeal
- Cuba faces squeeze on food production as US oil sanctions bite
- Decision 'imminent' on whether last abortion clinic can stay open in Missouri
- Amazon to suspend non-essential shipments to UK and US warehouses
- Erdoğan in talks with European leaders over refugee cash for Turkey
- Keep it clean: The surprising 130-year history of handwashing
- Where is the father of the Manchester Arena bomber?
- Denmark is helping those who can't work due to coronavirus – why isn't the UK? | Rosie Collington
- Coronavirus live news: Belgium goes into lockdown as global infections near 200,000
- 'Make techno black again': a social experiment subverts whitewashing in clubs
- Japanese flu drug 'clearly effective' in treating coronavirus, says China
- 'Never too late': Victorian government pledges $10m for stolen generations redress scheme
- NGOs raise alarm as coronavirus strips support from EU refugees
- Sanders pressured to exit in push for unity against twin threats: virus and Trump
- Scott Morrison had a tough message to deliver – our lives have changed. This time he got it right | Katharine Murphy
- Joe Biden's pledge to pick a female vice-president smells like tokenism | Arwa Mahdawi
- Can a face mask stop coronavirus? Covid-19 facts checked
- Smile-ing Boys Project – in pictures
- Australian leaders call for schools to remain open amid coronavirus pandemic – video
- 'Calm before the storm': Irish prime minister delivers coronavirus warnings – video
- Dealing with cabin fever during coronavirus isolation – video
- Coronavirus: Rishi Sunak announces £330bn bailout package for businesses – video
- St Patrick's day - in pictures
- Rooftop aerobics, singing and letters: how communities are coping in coronavirus quarantine – video
| Health workers targeted at least 120 times in Yemen conflict – report Posted: 17 Mar 2020 11:00 PM PDT Analysis reveals devastating impact from warring parties on country's hospitals and doctors Hospitals and doctors in Yemen have been targeted at least 120 times by the conflict's warring parties, according to a report that gives the most comprehensive analysis to date of the devastating effect of war on the country's healthcare system. There were 120 incidents across 20 of Yemen's 22 governorates between March 2015 and December 2018, including airstrikes, ground attacks, military occupation, assaults on health workers and other violations such as looting and restrictions on humanitarian aid, according to analysis co-published by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) and the Yemeni human rights group Mwatana on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Study: global banks 'failing miserably' on climate crisis by funneling trillions into fossil fuels Posted: 17 Mar 2020 09:01 PM PDT Analysis of 35 leading investment banks shows financing of more than $2.66tn for fossil fuel industries since the Paris agreement The world's largest investment banks have funnelled more than £2.2tn ($2.66tn) into fossil fuels since the Paris agreement, new figures show, prompting warnings they are failing to respond to the climate crisis. The US bank JP Morgan Chase, whose economists warned that the climate crisis threatens the survival of humanity last month, has been the largest financier of fossil fuels in the four years since the agreement, providing over £220bn of financial services to extract oil, gas and coal. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 17 Mar 2020 08:48 PM PDT Uncertainty over Moore-Gilbert's fate as 85,000 prisoners temporarily let out over coronavirus fears • Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe freed temporarily from Iranian prison British-Australian academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert has not been reported among the 85,000 prisoners temporarily released from Iranian jails out of fear coronavirus could sweep through the country's overcrowded prisons. As the Iranian government struggling to contain an exponential rise in Covid-19 cases – currently the country has 16,000 confirmed cases and nearly 1,000 deaths – a doctor on state-run TV warned more than three million people could die across the country if isolation measures aren't strictly adhered to. Continue reading... |
| US media accuse China of 'cold war' mentality after move to expel journalists Posted: 17 Mar 2020 08:07 PM PDT Three influential papers unite in criticism of Beijing, saying expulsion of 13 journalists is irresponsible during the coronavirus crisis US media outlets have hit back at China after it said it would expel at least 13 US journalists, in an unprecedented retaliation against foreign media working in the country. The New York Times's executive editor said the move to force out foreign reporters was "especially irresponsible" during the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading... |
| Grace Millane: man convicted of British backpacker's murder to appeal Posted: 17 Mar 2020 05:05 PM PDT Man, whose identity is suppressed in New Zealand, will appeal against both his conviction and his life sentence The man found guilty of the murder of British backpacker Grace Millane will appeal his conviction and life sentence, lawyers said on Wednesday. In November a jury of seven women and five men took just five hours to unanimously agree that the accused, whose name is suppressed, murdered Millane in his hotel room after the pair met on a date in Auckland's CBD. Continue reading... |
| Cuba faces squeeze on food production as US oil sanctions bite Posted: 18 Mar 2020 02:00 AM PDT Oxen are replacing tractors as the island gets by on just 30% of petroleum deliveries thanks to Trump-ordered measures Justo Rodríguez mashes through the mud, whipping the two oxen that guide his iron plough as it slowly carves a furrow in the dry soil. In normal times Rodríguez, 60, uses a tractor to plough these fields. But for months, the farm where he works 12 miles east of Havana, hasn't had any diesel. Continue reading... |
| Decision 'imminent' on whether last abortion clinic can stay open in Missouri Posted: 18 Mar 2020 12:00 AM PDT Republican state officials refused to relicense the state's last clinic amid nationwide efforts to restrict abortion A decision about whether Missouri's last abortion clinic can remain open is "imminent", advocates involved in the case have said. Last summer Republican state officials refused to relicense the state's last clinic, a Planned Parenthood in St Louis. If it shuts, Missouri will be the first state in the US to have no abortion clinic since abortion was legalized in 1973 in the Roe v Wade supreme court decision. Continue reading... |
| Amazon to suspend non-essential shipments to UK and US warehouses Posted: 17 Mar 2020 11:15 AM PDT The company is prioritising five categories of goods which it classifies as essential products Online retail giant Amazon is stopping sellers from sending non-essential items to its UK and US warehouses until 5 April, to make space for vital items needed by its customers during the coronavirus outbreak. Amazon wrote to its third-party sellers, some of whom use the company's logistics to store and dispatch their products, to inform them that stocks of medical supplies and certain household items are running low due to increased demand from online shoppers. Continue reading... |
| Erdoğan in talks with European leaders over refugee cash for Turkey Posted: 17 Mar 2020 10:39 AM PDT Border issue and other matters discussed in conference call with Germany, France and UK Turkey has pressed European leaders to make fresh cash pledges to prevent tens of thousands of refugees from leaving the country and trying to reach Europe amid a Russian-Syrian offensive in north-west Syria. After intense bombardment in Idlib province last month, Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, encouraged thousands of refugees in the country to move on towards the Greek islands and the Baltics, in a repeat of the surge to Europe in 2015. Continue reading... |
| Keep it clean: The surprising 130-year history of handwashing Posted: 18 Mar 2020 01:00 AM PDT Until the mid-1800s, doctors didn't bother washing their hands – they would go from dissecting a cadaver to delivering a child. Then a Hungarian medic made an essential, much-resisted breakthrough It felt strange when Boris Johnson emerged from the first Covid-19 Cobra meeting on 2 March and told us to wash our hands while singing Happy Birthday. The preppers among us had panic-shopped while awaiting his pronouncements, and others fretted about vulnerable loved ones, travel plans, the nightmare of simultaneous homeworking and home-schooling, and not being able to work at all. And all our leader had was this? As one of the few things we can do to significantly stop the spread of coronavirus while out in the infectious world, the new rules for this everyday habit have become the meme du jour. The Killers' frontman, Brandon Flowers, tweeted a video of himself lathering up while crooning his hit Mr Brightside to 4 million followers. Judi Dench and Gyles Brandreth have posted themselves online reciting The Owl and the Pussycat with sudsy hands. A website for generating handwashing infographics to the song lyrics of your choice has gone viral. Continue reading... |
| Where is the father of the Manchester Arena bomber? Posted: 18 Mar 2020 12:00 AM PDT Exclusive: Bomber's brother Hashem Abedi was extradited from Libya for trial, but father Ramadan has vanished The dissident father of the Manchester Arena bomber, who was arrested in Libya the day after the blast alongside his other terrorist son, was quietly released without charge and has vanished. Ramadan Abedi, 54, fought against the Gaddafi regime in Libya with a militant group that was designated a terrorist organisation by the US. After his arrest, he and his son Hashem were held by the Rada Special Deterrence Force, the most powerful of Tripoli's militias, at its base at Mitiga airport with dozens of other terrorist suspects and fighters. Continue reading... |
| Denmark is helping those who can't work due to coronavirus – why isn't the UK? | Rosie Collington Posted: 18 Mar 2020 03:00 AM PDT The Danish government will pay workers 75% of their salaries while British employees face financial ruin At just after 5pm on Monday, my phone rang. I missed the call – I was in one of Copenhagen's supermarkets, buying groceries and toilet paper and soap and things I still do not need to think twice about getting hold of. Danes aren't panic-buying, or at least not in a way that resembles anything like the videos I've seen on social media from my home country, the UK. When I looked down at my phone, I saw a string of messages from a close family member. "Oh my god," read the first text. And the second. And the third. "Oh my god. Oh my god." And then: "I've lost my job." Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: Belgium goes into lockdown as global infections near 200,000 Posted: 18 Mar 2020 02:42 AM PDT EU implements strictest travel ban in history; outbreak reaches every US state; Australian PM declares 'human biosecurity emergency'. Follow the latest updates.
Belgium is the latest country to go into lockdown, with citizens asked to stay at home and limit contact to their closest family, writes Jennifer Rankin. From noon local time (CET), all non-essential shops and open-air markets will close and people will be expected to work at home. Belgium's new government with King Philippe, observing social distancing (some much more than others). pic.twitter.com/aZzeRPNyAv These decisions were not taken lightly and were taken because we are obliged to by the evolving situation. Success in our struggle against Covid-19 is inextricably linked to the efforts of each person.
Related: UK coronavirus live: CBI urges government to pay firms directly, saying £350bn package not enough This blog will retain a global focus. For news relating more specifically to the UK please do also keep an eye on our UK coronavirus liveblog. Continue reading... |
| 'Make techno black again': a social experiment subverts whitewashing in clubs Posted: 18 Mar 2020 03:00 AM PDT Rave Reparations, a social experiment, is working to make LA's dance parties more black – through donations and discounts based on oppression How did house music become so whitewashed? How did a black musical art form pioneered by black DJs during the '80s and '90s in black neighborhoods become so detached from its origins? In recent years, these questions and conversations around the gentrification of techno, house and rave music have increased. Continue reading... |
| Japanese flu drug 'clearly effective' in treating coronavirus, says China Posted: 17 Mar 2020 11:55 PM PDT Shares in Fujifilm Toyama Chemical, which developed favipiravir, surged after praise by Chinese official Medical authorities in China have said a drug used in Japan to treat new strains of influenza appeared to be effective in coronavirus patients, Japanese media said on Wednesday. Zhang Xinmin, an official at China's science and technology ministry, said favipiravir, developed by a subsidiary of Fujifilm, had produced encouraging outcomes in clinical trials in Wuhan and Shenzhen involving 340 patients. Continue reading... |
| 'Never too late': Victorian government pledges $10m for stolen generations redress scheme Posted: 17 Mar 2020 10:56 PM PDT Scheme will involve measures including counselling, funeral or memorial fund and redress payments The Victorian government will put $10m into a stolen generations redress scheme that the premier, Daniel Andrews, says is a step to right history's wrongs. Announcing scheme with the premier, Victoria's Aboriginal affairs minister, Gavin Jennings, said on Wednesday that Aboriginal families were historically "torn apart by parliaments like this one". Continue reading... |
| NGOs raise alarm as coronavirus strips support from EU refugees Posted: 18 Mar 2020 12:00 AM PDT NGOs warn lone children in particular have been effectively abandoned as Covid-19 forces support services to shutter Governments across Europe are facing calls to urgently put into place measures to protect refugees and migrants – in particular lone children – as the coronavirus epidemic sees volunteer numbers plunge and many vital support services close. On Tuesday, groups working with refugees and unaccompanied children in France and Greece implored the authorities in both countries to provide urgent help to refugees and unaccompanied minors, whom they say have been effectively abandoned by the authorities. Continue reading... |
| Sanders pressured to exit in push for unity against twin threats: virus and Trump Posted: 17 Mar 2020 09:11 PM PDT Joe Biden's latest string of victories prompts renewed calls for senator to call it quits for the national good For more than three years it seemed impossible to millions of Americans that anything could be more important than voting for an alternative to Donald Trump. Yet right now the US president is no longer seen as the most pressing threat to national security. The coronavirus crisis has temporarily turned the US presidential election into a sideshow. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 17 Mar 2020 08:48 PM PDT By laying out the arguments about the coronavirus pandemic the prime minister is telling voters that there are no perfect choices There needs to be an overt caveat placed on all political commentary at the moment. Given how rapidly events are changing, and given we are all enduring circumstances well outside any recent frame of reference, we can only snapshot particular moments in time. Let me be clear. It is dumb, and counterproductive for people like me, the first draft of history people, to bloviate, or grandstand, or speculate, or have righteous feelings, or make wild predictions at a time when people are overwhelmed and deeply anxious. It's best to report forensically, and share what can be known. Continue reading... |
| Joe Biden's pledge to pick a female vice-president smells like tokenism | Arwa Mahdawi Posted: 17 Mar 2020 08:00 AM PDT Of course I want him to choose a woman as his running mate. But his grand gesture feels more like pandering than policy Stacey Abrams? Kamala Harris? Elizabeth Warren? Nobody knows for sure whom Joe Biden will choose as a running mate if – as is almost certain – he wins the Democratic nomination, but we do know it will be a woman. "I'll pick a woman to be vice-president," Biden promised during Sunday's presidential debate with Bernie Sanders. "There are a number of women qualified to be president tomorrow." While none of those eminently qualified women will be president any time soon, one lucky lady may have the privilege of playing second fiddle to a gaffe-prone white guy. To cement his position as intersectional male feminist of the year, Biden also promised to appoint an African American woman to the supreme court. Continue reading... |
| Can a face mask stop coronavirus? Covid-19 facts checked Posted: 17 Mar 2020 02:41 AM PDT The truth about how you can catch coronavirus, who is most vulnerable and what you can do to avoid infection
Wearing a face mask is certainly not an iron-clad guarantee that you won't get sick – viruses can also transmit through the eyes and tiny viral particles, known as aerosols, can penetrate masks. However, masks are effective at capturing droplets, which is a main transmission route of coronavirus, and some studies have estimated a roughly fivefold protection versus no barrier alone (although others have found lower levels of effectiveness). Continue reading... |
| Smile-ing Boys Project – in pictures Posted: 18 Mar 2020 02:40 AM PDT Kay Rufai's portraits of smiling black boys from south London came out of an initiative that investigated the lack of mental health provisions for black teenagers. The photographs will be on display at Brixton Village Continue reading... |
| Australian leaders call for schools to remain open amid coronavirus pandemic – video Posted: 17 Mar 2020 11:25 PM PDT Prime minister Scott Morrison and chief medical officer Brendan Murphy say schools should remain open despite calls to restrict gatherings of more than 100 people. NSW premier Gladys Berejiklian says schools remaining open is the 'best option from a health perspective' Continue reading... |
| 'Calm before the storm': Irish prime minister delivers coronavirus warnings – video Posted: 17 Mar 2020 05:24 PM PDT Leo Varadkar delivers stark warnings and calls for unity in the wake of the coronavirus crisis. Speaking on St Patrick's Day, he called for citizens to isolate, for pubs and restaurants to close, and social gatherings to be cancelled. Varadkar also said the most vulnerable would be looked after, insisting banks, government and utilities were there to help Continue reading... |
| Dealing with cabin fever during coronavirus isolation – video Posted: 17 Mar 2020 01:14 PM PDT Australian academic, psychologist and author Lea Waters has three handy hints to avoid cabin fever during the coronavirus crisis. The video is the first in a multi-part series looking at ways we can all stay positive during the coronavirus crisis.
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| Coronavirus: Rishi Sunak announces £330bn bailout package for businesses – video Posted: 17 Mar 2020 11:35 AM PDT Boris Johnson and Rishi Sunak delivered a coronavirus update to the UK on Tuesday where the chancellor announced that £330bn of guaranteed loans would be made available for businesses, among a number of other loans for smaller businesses. Johnson meanwhile said that 'we must act like a wartime government'
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| St Patrick's day - in pictures Posted: 17 Mar 2020 10:42 AM PDT On the day after 54 new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed in Ireland, deserted streets and shuttered pubs stripped of cheers, speeches and marching bands marked a St Patrick's day like no other. Continue reading... |
| Rooftop aerobics, singing and letters: how communities are coping in coronavirus quarantine – video Posted: 17 Mar 2020 06:57 AM PDT As more countries take extreme measures to deal with the outbreak of coronavirus, people around the world have been finding novel ways of helping one another and lifting each other's spirits. From singing opera on balconies to playing table tennis through a window, here's a look at how people are coping with life in coronavirus quarantine
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