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- Revealed: Monsanto predicted crop system would damage US farms
- Islamic State prisoners escape from Syrian jail after militants riot
- Houthis launch air attacks on Saudi capital
- Donald Trump refuses to pay security bill for Harry and Meghan
- Revealed: Saudis suspected of phone spying campaign in US
- John Prine: singer-songwriter critically ill with Covid-19 symptoms, family says
- Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe under consideration for clemency
- Endangered sea turtles hatch on Brazil's deserted beaches
- Donald Trump in 'near tie' with Joe Biden, new poll finds
- Looking for a distraction? Here are 25 of our favourite long reads
- Country diary: last of the winter reed
- Coronavirus: Moscow and Lagos in lockdown as countries tighten restrictions
- Coronavirus upends US election cycle as officials scramble to protect voters
- Bolsonaro government thanked Johnson for Amazon fire support
- From tight purse strings to massive fiscal firepower: the Coalition’s staggering transformation | Katharine Murphy
- 'We're not ready': coronavirus looms over the fragile Afghan health system
- As the wealthy quaff wine in comfort, India’s poor are thrown to the wolves
- Will sky-high unemployment lead to authoritarianism or progress? | Barry Eichengreen
- Coronavirus has forced New Zealanders abroad to choose: do I stay or do I go? | Elle Hunt
- We need to be physically distant, but we need to share our collective pain | Tim Costello
- Disunited states of America: responses to coronavirus shaped by hyper-partisan politics
- 'Maybe worse than hoarding': Trump implies hospital staff stealing masks – video
- Keeping up your exercise during the coronavirus crisis – video
- 'As the president fiddles, people are dying': Nancy Pelosi slams Trump's coronavirus delays – video
- UK coronavirus restrictions could last 'up to six months', says top health official – video
- Spanish hospital workers meditate to cope with coronavirus stress – video
- UK’s coronavirus lockdown will be in place for significant period, says Gove – video
| Revealed: Monsanto predicted crop system would damage US farms Posted: 30 Mar 2020 02:15 AM PDT Internal documents describe how to profit from farmer losses and desire to oppose some independent testing The US agriculture giant Monsanto and the German chemical giant BASF were aware for years that their plan to introduce a new agricultural seed and chemical system would probably lead to damage on many US farms, internal documents seen by the Guardian show. Risks were downplayed even while they planned how to profit off farmers who would buy Monsanto's new seeds just to avoid damage, according to documents unearthed during a recent successful $265m lawsuit brought against both firms by a Missouri farmer. Continue reading... |
| Islamic State prisoners escape from Syrian jail after militants riot Posted: 30 Mar 2020 02:31 AM PDT Unconfirmed reports of deaths as inmates overwhelm SDF guards in city of Hasakah Several members of Islamic State have escaped from prison after militants sparked a riot and seized control of part of a large jail in north-east Syria, Kurdish and US military sources have said. Prisoners broke down walls and tore off internal doors during the unrest on Sunday night at Ghouiran prison in the city of Hasakah, overwhelming guards from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), Washington's Kurdish-led ground partner in the fight against Isis. Continue reading... |
| Houthis launch air attacks on Saudi capital Posted: 30 Mar 2020 02:43 AM PDT Missiles fired at Riyadh and 'sensitive' sites near Yemen border Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi rebels launched ballistic missiles towards the Saudi Arabian capital, Riyadh, and southern areas near the Yemeni border on Saturday night. Related: Revealed: £1bn of taxpayers' cash to help foreign countries buy British arms Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump refuses to pay security bill for Harry and Meghan Posted: 29 Mar 2020 01:55 PM PDT President tweets his intention as Duke and Duchess of Sussex reportedly move to California Donald Trump has said the United States will not pay for the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's security protection after they reportedly moved to California. Harry and Meghan are said to have left their rented home in Vancouver, Canada after taking a private flight to the US before the border closed between the two countries last week. Continue reading... |
| Revealed: Saudis suspected of phone spying campaign in US Posted: 29 Mar 2020 06:30 AM PDT Exclusive: Whistleblower's data suggests millions of tracking requests sent over four-month period Saudi Arabia appears to be exploiting weaknesses in the global mobile telecoms network to track its citizens as they travel around the US, according to a whistleblower who has shown the Guardian millions of alleged secret tracking requests. Data revealed by the whistleblower, who is seeking to expose vulnerabilities in a global messaging system called SS7, appears to suggest a systematic spying campaign by the kingdom, according to experts. Continue reading... |
| John Prine: singer-songwriter critically ill with Covid-19 symptoms, family says Posted: 29 Mar 2020 04:35 PM PDT Musician has been hospitalized since Thursday and has been placed on a ventilator The country musician John Prine has been hospitalised in a critical condition after experiencing symptoms of coronavirus. A post to his official Twitter account said that Prine, 73, had been hospitalised on Thursday and intubated on Saturday. "This is hard news for us to share," it says. "But so many of you have loved and supported John over the years, we wanted to let you know, and give you the chance to send on more of that love and support now. And know that we love you, and John loves you." Continue reading... |
| Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe under consideration for clemency Posted: 29 Mar 2020 09:01 AM PDT British-Iranian dual national has had her temporary release from prison extended because of the coronavirus outbreak Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, the British-Iranian dual national on temporary release from a five-year jail sentence, is for the first time under formal consideration for clemency, her family has been told. A decision will be made by the highest level of Iran's multi-layered government. There is no guarantee that clemency will be granted, or that she will be allowed to return to the UK. Zaghari-Ratcliffe, seen by some as a bargaining chip in the wider diplomatic dispute between the UK and Iran, was given a temporary fortnight's release from Evin prison, Tehran, on 17 March along with 85,000 other prisoners at risk from the coronavirus outbreak. She has been allowed to stay at her parents' house in Tehran but made to wear an ankle brace that keeps her within 300 metres of her parents' home. Continue reading... |
| Endangered sea turtles hatch on Brazil's deserted beaches Posted: 29 Mar 2020 08:49 AM PDT Coronavirus keeps crowds that usually greet hatching of hawksbill turtles away Nearly 100 critically endangered sea turtles have hatched on a deserted beach in Brazil, their first steps going almost unnoticed because of coronavirus restrictions that prohibit people from gathering on the region's sands. The 97 hawksbill sea turtles, or tartarugas-de-pente as they are known in Brazil, were born last Sunday in Paulista, a town in the north-eastern state of Pernambuco. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump in 'near tie' with Joe Biden, new poll finds Posted: 29 Mar 2020 05:47 AM PDT Washington Post-ABC News poll puts former vice-president ahead by 49% to 47% among registered voters Donald Trump has gained ground on his probable challenger in November's presidential election and is in a "near tie" with Joe Biden, according to a new poll released on Sunday. The Washington Post-ABC News poll put the former vice-president ahead by 49% to 47% among registered voters. In February, the same poll put the US president seven points behind. Continue reading... |
| Looking for a distraction? Here are 25 of our favourite long reads Posted: 29 Mar 2020 10:00 PM PDT If you feel like reading about something other than coronavirus – and filling some more time during lockdown – then dive into a few of these highlights from the long read archive When a drilling platform is scheduled for destruction, it must go on a thousand-mile final journey to the breaker's yard. As one rig proved when it crashed on to the rocks of a remote Scottish island, this is always a risky business Continue reading... |
| Country diary: last of the winter reed Posted: 29 Mar 2020 09:30 PM PDT Haddiscoe Island, Norfolk: Wally Mason may well be the last person in Britain to cut thatching reed the traditional way It's easy to lose your bearings among the vast horizons of Haddiscoe Island. This triangular grazing marsh on the borders of Norfolk and Suffolk, enclosed by the rivers Waveney and Yare, feels far bigger than its 2,000 acres, and more remote than its position just off the A413 to Great Yarmouth should allow. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Coronavirus: Moscow and Lagos in lockdown as countries tighten restrictions Posted: 30 Mar 2020 03:27 AM PDT Global death toll passes 34,000 and 725,000 have been infected as 3bn people live in isolation Europe's largest city and Africa's most populous capital have gone into lockdown and countries including the US have prolonged and tightened already strict confinement orders as the coronavirus epidemic continues to spread across the globe. Moscow on Monday imposed strict isolation measures after many residents ignored official requests to stay indoors, confining citizens to their homes unless for a medical emergency, to travel to essential jobs, shop for food or medicines or walk their dogs. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus upends US election cycle as officials scramble to protect voters Posted: 30 Mar 2020 03:00 AM PDT Primaries have been delayed and conventions are in question as calls for voting by mail raise concerns of their own When Spelman College announced this month it was suspending in-person classes and closing residence halls in response to coronavirus, Ashee Groce, a junior, had a question: how would she vote? Groce, who serves as president of Young Democrats of America at Spelman, had registered herself and a number of fellow students in the Atlanta area. But they had now lost their housing and would have to return home before Georgia's presidential primary. Continue reading... |
| Bolsonaro government thanked Johnson for Amazon fire support Posted: 29 Mar 2020 11:00 PM PDT UK prime minister's refusal to criticise Amazon fires and sharp rise in deforestation praised by Brazilian ambassador Boris Johnson was personally thanked by the Brazilian government for refusing to support European action over the Amazon fires, according to documents obtained by the Bureau of Investigative Journalism. As the rainforest burned last summer – fuelled by a sharp rise in deforestation that critics blame partly on President Jair Bolsonaro's agenda – Johnson criticised a threat by the French president, Emmanuel Macron, to block the EU's Mercosur trade deal with Brazil. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 30 Mar 2020 02:52 AM PDT The RBA begged the government for stimulus to kickstart the economy – to no avail. But coronavirus has seen a radical change in thinking On 12 March Scott Morrison came to his courtyard with $17.6bn. A week later the Reserve Bank of Australia cut the cash rate to 0.25% and pumped more than $100bn into the financial system in an effort to keep struggling businesses afloat and stave off substantial job losses. On 22 March Morrison returned to his courtyard with another $66bn. Then on 30 March, Monday, the prime minister came back with $130bn for wage subsidies. Monday's $130bn will be spent not over the four-year forward estimates, which is the budgetary convention. It will be spent over the next six months. Continue reading... |
| 'We're not ready': coronavirus looms over the fragile Afghan health system Posted: 30 Mar 2020 12:00 AM PDT As Western NGOs remove staff and the US strips support, an influx of Afghans from Iran could add pressure on an already depleted medical system In the Guzargah reception centre for returnees and repatriates in Herat, Afghanistan, 17-year-old Yunos rests on a thin mattress in a small, empty room. The previous night fatigued him. He spent it sleeping rough in the desert along with thousands of other Afghans, awaiting the opening of the Iran-Afghanistan border. The frigid desert air froze him to the bone and hunger disturbed his sleep. Continue reading... |
| As the wealthy quaff wine in comfort, India’s poor are thrown to the wolves Posted: 29 Mar 2020 11:00 PM PDT With the country in lockdown because of coronavirus, deep social inequalities have been exposed more sharply than ever "Sauvignon blanc or viognier"? As the words left my mouth, my son and I locked eyes, our expressions flashing from shame-faced to half laughing at the irony. My live-in maid Ranjita had just laid out dinner and, since the fish and lyonnaise potatoes looked appetising, I thought it deserved a bottle of wine. For people like us, under lockdown, the existential questions that punctuate our daily lives are: is it to be Curb Your Enthusiasm or Line of Duty, Netflix or Hotstar? Continue reading... |
| Will sky-high unemployment lead to authoritarianism or progress? | Barry Eichengreen Posted: 30 Mar 2020 03:30 AM PDT The fallout from coronavirus could help undermine Reagan-era principles and renew a sense of national interdependence Does the huge surge in US unemployment claims announced on Thursday mean that we are doomed to endure the 30% unemployment of which the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis has warned? The answer is no. How high unemployment rises will depend on how quickly we ramp up testing and the provision of protective equipment, enabling us to determine when and where it is safe to return to work. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus has forced New Zealanders abroad to choose: do I stay or do I go? | Elle Hunt Posted: 29 Mar 2020 07:10 PM PDT Many left for home without even the chance to say goodbye, knowing that their big overseas experience may be lost forever Swapping in "aubergine" for "eggplant" and "pepper" for "capsicum" – when you remember. Watching two clocks, one 13 hours fast. Smugly renouncing Boris Johnson as "not MY prime minister". To some extent, the experience of being a New Zealander in London has always been one of being split between two places. Now the coronavirus crisis has forced us to pick one. Continue reading... |
| We need to be physically distant, but we need to share our collective pain | Tim Costello Posted: 29 Mar 2020 09:30 AM PDT The wave of illness and death brought on by coronavirus is only beginning. How do we prepare for the sadness that will be thrust upon us? Like many people, I am re-reading The Plague by Albert Camus. I haven't picked it up for years. "The first thing the plague brought to our town was exile ... It was undoubtedly the feeling of exile – that sensation of a void within which never left us ... they drifted through life rather than lived, the prey of aimless days and sterile memories, like wandering shadows that could have acquired substance only by consenting to root themselves in the solid earth of their distress." Continue reading... |
| Disunited states of America: responses to coronavirus shaped by hyper-partisan politics Posted: 29 Mar 2020 03:00 AM PDT Democratic states have tended to be more proactive while some Republican governors followed Trump in downplaying the crisis It was a tale of two beaches. On Florida's Atlantic coast, at the height of spring break season, the sand was deserted in the cities of Miami Beach and Fort Lauderdale, where Democratic mayors had imposed closures to fight the spread of coronavirus. Across the narrow neck of the state, the Gulf coast beaches in Clearwater were a world apart. There the Republican mayor had declined to impose a closure, and photos that would circle the world captured the result: thousands of carefree sunbathers lining the sand and mingling in the water. Continue reading... |
| 'Maybe worse than hoarding': Trump implies hospital staff stealing masks – video Posted: 29 Mar 2020 09:13 PM PDT US president Donald Trump insinuates during a news conference that hospital staff in coronavirus hot spots such as New York city are stealing hundreds of thousands of surgical masks. He asked how the numbers of masks requested could shoot up from 10,000 to 300,000 overnight and said: 'Are they going out the back door?'. Trump also lashed out at reporters who asked questions he did not like about his previous statements, telling, PBS NewsHour's Yamiche Alcindor: 'Don't be threatening. Be nice' Continue reading... |
| Keeping up your exercise during the coronavirus crisis – video Posted: 29 Mar 2020 04:29 PM PDT Australian academic, psychologist and author Lea Waters discusses the physiological and emotion benefits from keeping up, or developing, an exercise routine while self-isolating. 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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| 'As the president fiddles, people are dying': Nancy Pelosi slams Trump's coronavirus delays – video Posted: 29 Mar 2020 11:04 AM PDT The House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, delivered a devastating critique of Donald Trump on Sunday, accusing the president directly of costing American lives through his constant denials and delays in response to the coronavirus outbreak. 'The president's denial at the beginning was deadly,' the House Speaker told CNN's State of the Union. 'His delay in getting equipment to where it's needed is deadly … As the president fiddles, people are dying' Continue reading... |
| UK coronavirus restrictions could last 'up to six months', says top health official – video Posted: 29 Mar 2020 10:31 AM PDT The deputy chief medical officer for England, Dr Jenny Harries, has said restrictions could remain in place for up to six months, and that lifting them too soon would risk a second wave of infection. She said the current measures would be reviewed three weeks after implementation. 'We actually anticipate our numbers will get worse over the next week, possibly two, and then we are looking to see whether we have managed to push that curve down and we start to see a decline,' she said Continue reading... |
| Spanish hospital workers meditate to cope with coronavirus stress – video Posted: 29 Mar 2020 09:08 AM PDT Health workers in Madrid meditate together as many Spanish hospitals are stretched to near breaking point. The country has posted record single-day death tolls in succession and more than 9,000 health workers have been infected, but the head of Spain's health emergency service said the country may be nearing the peak of its coronavirus outbreak Continue reading... |
| UK’s coronavirus lockdown will be in place for significant period, says Gove – video Posted: 29 Mar 2020 03:52 AM PDT The Cabinet Office minister, Michael Gove, has said the peak of the coronavirus outbreak in Britain will depend on people's actions. He told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show and that the lockdown would remain in place for a significant period Continue reading... |
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