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- Christchurch gunman pleads guilty to New Zealand mosque attacks that killed 51
- Coronavirus measures could cause global food shortage, UN warns
- Clashing UAE and Saudi interests are keeping the Yemen conflict alive
- Groggy grizzly bear caught emerging from hibernation in viral video
- Great Barrier Reef’s latest bleaching confirmed by marine park authority
- Robert Levinson's family confirms former FBI agent died in Iranian custody
- Global efforts on ozone help reverse southern jet stream damage
- Julian Assange denied bail in UK after claiming 'high risk' of catching coronavirus
- Kanye West likens backlash over support for Trump to racial profiling
- Spring-heeled: concept that could see Usain Bolt rocket to 50mph
- Amy Poehler: 'One must try to be a good citizen at this time'
- Coronavirus crisis leads to precipitous drop in recorded crime
- Spain before and after Covid-19 state of emergency – in pictures
- Despite coronavirus, it's 'business as usual' for World Cup workers in Qatar
- Fish ponds and water harvesting: climate-smart farming comes to Kenya
- The ER Diaries: inside a California hospital, a sneeze can cause a panic
- South Korea's booming drive-ins - in pictures
- NSW Port Authority warned in January of ‘gaping hole’ in coronavirus biosecurity checks
- Tokyo and Hong Kong brace amid fears of fresh wave of coronavirus cases
- Indonesia’s hidden coronavirus cases threaten to overwhelm hospitals
- 'Sensitise to sanitise': Bobi Wine uses song to fight coronavirus across Africa
- Coronavirus threatens to turn aid crises into 'humanitarian catastrophes'
- The Sultan's Trail was good practice for lockdown | Adrian Chiles
- How did Spain get its coronavirus response so wrong?
- New Zealand in lockdown: a surreal experience when you can't see the enemy
- Finger-pointing over the Ruby Princess debacle won't help solve coronavirus crisis
- 'Coronavirus wants to kill you': patient issues plea from ICU – video
- Jacinda Ardern hosts coronavirus Q&A from home after putting child to bed - video
- London in coronavirus lockdown: aerial footage shows landmarks deserted – video
- Ill man makes plea for public to take coronavirus seriously – video
- Boris Johnson: 405,000 NHS volunteers signed up in 24 hours – video
- Ranger captures moment grizzly bear emerges from hibernation in Canada – video
- Squats, drones and angry mayors: policing coronavirus lockdowns around the world – video report
| Christchurch gunman pleads guilty to New Zealand mosque attacks that killed 51 Posted: 25 Mar 2020 04:32 PM PDT Sudden change of plea by Australian attacker accused of killing dozens of worshippers comes as a shock to victims' families The Australian man charged with murdering 51 people in two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, has suddenly changed his plea to admit all charges at a hastily arranged court appearance. On 15 March last year, a man dressed in military fatigues and armed with several automatic weapons shot dead 51 worshippers at Al Noor and Linwood mosques in inner-city Christchurch. Forty-nine people were also injured in the attacks, which were livestreamed on the internet. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus measures could cause global food shortage, UN warns Posted: 25 Mar 2020 11:00 PM PDT Exclusive: Protectionist policies and shortage of workers could see problems start within weeks Protectionist measures by national governments during the coronavirus crisis could provoke food shortages around the world, the UN's food body has warned. Harvests have been good and the outlook for staple crops is promising, but a shortage of field workers brought on by the virus crisis and a move towards protectionism – tariffs and export bans – mean problems could quickly appear in the coming weeks, Maximo Torero, chief economist of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation, told the Guardian. Continue reading... |
| Clashing UAE and Saudi interests are keeping the Yemen conflict alive Posted: 25 Mar 2020 10:00 PM PDT As the fifth anniversary of the Saudi and Emirati coalition intervention dawns, the prospect of peace is further away than ever Aisha al-Temmimi, 21, has never adjusted to the dust and heat of the Yemeni desert city of Marib. Her family are from the lush green highlands of Hajjah in the country's north, but were forced to leave after fighting between the Iran-backed Houthis and government forces reached their village two years ago. Marib, already rich in oil and gas reserves, has become something of a boom town since Yemen's war broke out, a place where those displaced by violence elsewhere in the country have found relative safety. Even Marib's stability, however, has proven fragile after fierce new battles to the north and west of the city. Continue reading... |
| Groggy grizzly bear caught emerging from hibernation in viral video Posted: 25 Mar 2020 11:41 AM PDT Ranger in Canadian Rockies says video she captured was 'something everybody needed' in a time of isolation On a bright spring day, a hulking grizzly bear named Boo emerged from his winter den, shaking a dusting of snow from his thick coat as he looked around groggily. The moment was filmed in a remarkable viral video – which also captures the elated reaction of one of the bear's closest humans, the manager of grizzly refuge in the Canadian Rockies. Continue reading... |
| Great Barrier Reef’s latest bleaching confirmed by marine park authority Posted: 26 Mar 2020 12:39 AM PDT Severity of damage has increased, with areas spared in previous years experiencing moderate or severe bleaching The government agency responsible for the Great Barrier Reef has confirmed the natural landmark has suffered a third mass coral bleaching episode in five years, describing the damage as "very widespread". The Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority said the assessment was based on information from in-water and aerial observations, and built on the best available science and technology to understand current conditions. Continue reading... |
| Robert Levinson's family confirms former FBI agent died in Iranian custody Posted: 25 Mar 2020 03:56 PM PDT Levinson disappeared 13 years ago after being sent on a mission to Kish island by CIA analysts who had no authority to do so Robert Levinson, a former FBI agent who disappeared in Iran in 2007, died in Iranian custody, according to a statement from his family. The statement said Levinson's family received the news from US officials but did not know how or when he died, only that his death preceded the coronavirus outbreak that has ravaged Iran. Continue reading... |
| Global efforts on ozone help reverse southern jet stream damage Posted: 25 Mar 2020 09:00 AM PDT Jet stream appears to have stopped moving south and may be moving back towards normal International cooperation on ozone-depleting chemicals is helping to return the southern jet stream to a normal state after decades of human-caused disruption, a study shows. Scientists say the findings prove there is the capacity to heal damaged climate systems if governments act promptly and in coordination to deal with the causes. Continue reading... |
| Julian Assange denied bail in UK after claiming 'high risk' of catching coronavirus Posted: 25 Mar 2020 04:28 PM PDT District Judge Vanessa Baraitser refused Assange's release from Belmarsh Prison in London believing he still poses a flight risk WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange's application for bail to avoid contracting the novel coronavirus has been denied by a British judge. Assange was denied bail after arguing that his release from a UK prison would mitigate his "high risk" of catching coronavirus. Continue reading... |
| Kanye West likens backlash over support for Trump to racial profiling Posted: 25 Mar 2020 01:38 PM PDT Rapper says anger over his views reminds him of racial assumptions he once faced: 'You're black, so you're a Democrat' Kanye West has reaffirmed his support for Donald Trump, whom he has previously called "his brother", in a new interview with the Wall Street Journal. West says people make assumptions about his political views because of his race, automatically assuming he would disagree with Trump's views. Continue reading... |
| Spring-heeled: concept that could see Usain Bolt rocket to 50mph Posted: 25 Mar 2020 05:01 PM PDT Prototype of revolutionary running device being worked on by scientists at US university A wearable spring-based contraption that attaches to the legs has the potential to boost human running speeds by 50%, according to researchers who hope to build the first prototype over the next year. Scientists came up with the concept after computer models showed that it was possible to dramatically increase the amount of energy people put into each running step by enabling them to do work when their feet are in the air. Continue reading... |
| Amy Poehler: 'One must try to be a good citizen at this time' Posted: 26 Mar 2020 12:00 AM PDT The Parks & Recreation star on the joy of Galentine's Day and classic British sitcoms – and how Leslie Knope would be getting on in quarantine In the week that I speak to Amy Poehler, three different friends have told me that they are planning to rewatch Parks & Recreation to distract them from what's happening in the world. "I hear that a lot," says the star of the show, the woman who played the irrepressibly upbeat civil servant Leslie Knope, for 10 years and 125 episodes. Poehler is the kind of comedian, writer, actor and director who has plenty of "best known for" roles to choose from. She joined the cast of Saturday Night Live in 2001 and her and Tina Fey, who played the Sarah Palin to her Hillary Clinton, became the first female duo to flank the famous Weekend Update of the show. Then came Parks & Recreation, a workplace comedy that became so popular it was able to introduce a whole new holiday, called Galentines' Day, into the calendar on 14 February. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus crisis leads to precipitous drop in recorded crime Posted: 25 Mar 2020 11:00 PM PDT Offences including burglary and violence fall by as much as 20% in some areas The coronavirus crisis has led to a drop in recorded crime, by as much as 20% in some areas. Offences such as burglary and violence were down last week compared with the previous seven days, after Boris Johnson made his first request for people to stay home on the Monday. Continue reading... |
| Spain before and after Covid-19 state of emergency – in pictures Posted: 26 Mar 2020 02:00 AM PDT Dramatic changes seen from the village of Ronda in the southern province of Malaga On 14 March the Spanish government formally declared a state of emergency to combat coronavirus, placing the country in lockdown and ordering people to stay at home for the two weeks unless they had to buy food or medicine or go to work or hospital. Continue reading... |
| Despite coronavirus, it's 'business as usual' for World Cup workers in Qatar Posted: 26 Mar 2020 12:00 AM PDT As the Gulf state outlaws 'all forms of gatherings', migrant workers continue to toil on construction sites Migrant labourers building stadiums and infrastructure for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar are still being sent to work on crowded construction sites, despite a government order outlawing "all forms of gatherings" because of the coronavirus pandemic. With less than 1,000 days to go until the tournament kicks off, workers said it was "business as usual" as construction continued at a relentless pace. Continue reading... |
| Fish ponds and water harvesting: climate-smart farming comes to Kenya Posted: 26 Mar 2020 02:00 AM PDT Unable to rely on the catch from Lake Victoria, locals are finding success with new and sustainable agriculture methods It might not be clear why a fish pond project should take root in a region surrounding the great Lake Victoria. After all, as the second largest freshwater lake in the world, it should be able to support the fish and the people that depend on its resources. But the fact that fish farming is fast expanding here highlights a worrying trend – that the fish population in Lake Victoria has been in steady decline and the quality of what is being caught has been going down too, jeopardising the livelihoods of millions. Continue reading... |
| The ER Diaries: inside a California hospital, a sneeze can cause a panic Posted: 26 Mar 2020 03:00 AM PDT In the second installment of The ER Diaries, a nurse returns to a corona tent in full swing My second shift is already feeling "normal" with the questions, the absence of family member and staff milling about in the halls. The echo of my footsteps off the cold, sterile floors reminds me of the times we are living in. We're in this together but it feels awfully lonely. Today's pre-shift meeting has its moments. We're instructed to test for Covid-19 only if the patient is critical enough for admission to the hospital. So the goal doesn't appear to be to find the positive cases to isolate, but to identify the truly sick as evidence of what we probably already know. The honeymoon is over. Continue reading... |
| South Korea's booming drive-ins - in pictures Posted: 26 Mar 2020 02:00 AM PDT Box office numbers for drive-in cinemas in Seoul, South Korea, are on the rise as people find a way to avoid crowds during the coronavirus outbreak Continue reading... |
| NSW Port Authority warned in January of ‘gaping hole’ in coronavirus biosecurity checks Posted: 25 Mar 2020 11:55 PM PDT Maritime union said the requirement for ships to 'self-declare' illness was 'woefully inadequate' 50 days before Ruby Princess allowed to offload sick passengers in Sydney
The New South Wales Port Authority ignored warnings in January of the need for tighter biosecurity checks, the Maritime Union of Australia says. In an email seen by Guardian Australia, MUA secretary Paul Garrett warned the NSW Port Authority chief executive, Philip Holliday, that ship captains could not be relied upon to self-disclose illnesses on board. Continue reading... |
| Tokyo and Hong Kong brace amid fears of fresh wave of coronavirus cases Posted: 25 Mar 2020 10:18 PM PDT Tokyo governor warns of measures to prevent 'explosion' of cases as Hong Kong health expert calls for curfew to handle cases arriving from overseas Tokyo faces further isolation measures to prevent an "explosion' of coronavirus cases and there are calls in Hong Kong for a curfew to stop the health system collapsing amid fears of a second wave of infections in eastern Asia. The governor of Tokyo has asked the city's residents to stay at home this weekend "at all costs" to avoid an "explosion" of Covid-19 infections following a rise in the number of local cases. Continue reading... |
| Indonesia’s hidden coronavirus cases threaten to overwhelm hospitals Posted: 25 Mar 2020 10:05 PM PDT The country already has the most deaths in south-east Asia, but research suggests the official 800 infections so far may only be 2% of the total It was just last month that Indonesia's coronavirus cases stood at zero, with officials fiercely rejecting suggestions that infections were spreading undetected. Weeks later, 58 fatalities have now been linked to the virus, the highest number in south-east Asia. Seven health workers are among those who have died. Continue reading... |
| 'Sensitise to sanitise': Bobi Wine uses song to fight coronavirus across Africa Posted: 25 Mar 2020 09:20 PM PDT Ugandan star among those taking to the airwaves with a message on how to avoid spreading Covid-19 Bobi Wine, a Ugandan musician and rising political force, has joined the likes of footballer-turned-president George Weah in resorting to song to help stem the spread of coronavirus in Africa. Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, worked with fellow artist Nubian Li to release a song on Wednesday laced with east Africa's signature rhumba melodies about the importance of personal hygiene. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus threatens to turn aid crises into 'humanitarian catastrophes' Posted: 25 Mar 2020 07:40 AM PDT Restrictions on movement prevent food and medicine from reaching people in adversity, experts warn Stringent new international restrictions on movement introduced because of the coronavirus pandemic are threatening the lives of millions of people across the world already caught up in humanitarian emergencies. UN agencies, aid groups and international experts have warned that the new restrictions, which have closed borders and ports, and severely limited the movement of key staff from Africa to South America and Asia, threaten a "dramatic" knock-on effect in countries suffering from conflict, extreme climate events and other crises. Continue reading... |
| The Sultan's Trail was good practice for lockdown | Adrian Chiles Posted: 26 Mar 2020 01:00 AM PDT My experience on the Sultan's trail found that two Christians, two Muslims, a Jew and two atheists could live peaceably together, although the mountain scenery seems a lifetime away now Back in early autumn I went on a pilgrimage from Belgrade to Istanbul with six others to film a television programme that airs on Friday. At the best of times, the mountains of Bulgaria would feel a lifetime away, but now it all feels so much further. I took part because I enjoy talking about faith, and love walking. Our route was part of the Sultan's Trail, a long-distance footpath from Vienna to Istanbul. It marks the 16th-century marches taken by Suleiman the Magnificent and his Ottoman armies as they conquered Belgrade and most of Hungary before the Viennese held out against them. The trail is styled the "path of peace", along which all cultures and religions can come together. Continue reading... |
| How did Spain get its coronavirus response so wrong? Posted: 25 Mar 2020 10:00 PM PDT Spain saw what happened in Iran and Italy – and yet it just overtook China's death toll in one of the darkest moments in recent Spanish history It is one of the darkest and most dramatic moments in recent Spanish history. In the chilling table of daily dead from the coronavirus pandemic, Spain has taken top position from Italy - with 738 dying over 24 hours. Spain is now the hotspot of the global pandemic, a ghoulish title that has been passed from country to country over four months – starting in Wuhan, China, and travelling via Iran and Italy. As it moves west, we do not know who will be next. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand in lockdown: a surreal experience when you can't see the enemy Posted: 25 Mar 2020 07:02 PM PDT In Wellington it felt downright bizarre as people took exaggerated arcs on the footpath to avoid each other, while near-empty buses sped past By the time they locked down Italy, it seemed like it was already too late. Hundreds of people there had died of Covid-19 , with thousands infected. Over the next two weeks, the death toll soared. In New Zealand, we have oddly been in the opposite position: no one has died from the virus. Seven people are in hospital but they're not in intensive care or on ventilators. There are more than 280 people confirmed to have the disease. Yet this country has begun at least four weeks of some of the strictest restrictions anywhere in the world to fight Covid-19, clamping down on most movement, association and – to the chagrin of some – shopping, in the hope that a tragedy like the one unfolding in Italy and elsewhere can be avoided. Continue reading... |
| Finger-pointing over the Ruby Princess debacle won't help solve coronavirus crisis Posted: 25 Mar 2020 09:30 AM PDT It will take a full inquiry to determine what really happened, but clearly Australia's protocols for assessing disease risk were inadequate
There is nothing more unedifying than different levels of government finger-pointing during a crisis. In the aftermath of the bushfires, there was sniping via the media as the prime minister's office blamed the New South Wales premier, Gladys Berejiklian, for refusing offers of defence help. Continue reading... |
| 'Coronavirus wants to kill you': patient issues plea from ICU – video Posted: 26 Mar 2020 02:36 AM PDT A 40-year-old pastor suspected of having coronavirus has issued a plea from his hospital bed over social distancing. Struggling to speak, Mark McClurg, from County Down in Northern Ireland, said the virus 'wants to kill you' and 'take all the life out of your lungs'. 'Don't think for one moment that this is just a wee cold and cough you'll get', he warned Continue reading... |
| Jacinda Ardern hosts coronavirus Q&A from home after putting child to bed - video Posted: 25 Mar 2020 05:30 PM PDT After putting her daughter to bed, New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern hosted a Facebook live Q&A focused on coronavirus. Ardern implored New Zealanders to remain in self-isolation, while explaining the number of confirmed Covid-19 cases in the country will go up, but not to be discouraged |
| London in coronavirus lockdown: aerial footage shows landmarks deserted – video Posted: 25 Mar 2020 04:44 PM PDT Parts of London were almost entirely deserted on the second full day of national lockdown, after Boris Johnson ordered the country to stay at home unless absolutely necessary to halt the spread of the coronavirus
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| Ill man makes plea for public to take coronavirus seriously – video Posted: 25 Mar 2020 11:42 AM PDT A 51-year-old man suspected of having coronavirus has made an emotional plea for the public to take Covid-19 seriously. Gasping for breath and struggling to speak, Andy Hardwick says he has been floored by it. 'I wouldn't wish it on my enemy,' he says. 'My spine hurts, my back hurts. You don't want to talk, you get shortness of breath if you move around.' Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson: 405,000 NHS volunteers signed up in 24 hours – video Posted: 25 Mar 2020 11:33 AM PDT Boris Johnson has thanked the 405,000 people who have responded to the government's call for volunteers to help the NHS support vulnerable people during the coronavirus crisis. On Tuesday, health secretary Matt Hancock asked for 250,000 volunteers
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| Ranger captures moment grizzly bear emerges from hibernation in Canada – video Posted: 25 Mar 2020 10:48 AM PDT A hulking grizzly bear has found online stardom after he was caught groggily emerging from hibernation on camera. Canadian ranger Nicole Gagnon filmed the end of Boo's hibernation on her phone, a moment she said she had been waiting to document for eight years. It has since been viewed over 100,000 times on Twitter. Boo, 18, draws thousands of tourists every year to his 20-acre enclosure near the town of Golden, Canada Continue reading... |
| Squats, drones and angry mayors: policing coronavirus lockdowns around the world – video report Posted: 25 Mar 2020 10:39 AM PDT A third of the world's population is under lockdown as countries tighten measures to stop the spread of Covid-19. We take a look at some of the strategies – from drones to armed forces, exercises to fines – that governments are using to police their citizens
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