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- Coronavirus live news: Greece prepares to end lockdown as Brazil’s health system nears collapse
- Are female leaders more successful at managing the coronavirus crisis?
- 'We did it to ourselves': scientist says intrusion into nature led to pandemic
- Outcry as rich Saint-Tropez residents 'given coronavirus tests'
- Brazilian government in turmoil after justice minister resigns
- Kim Jong-un: China sends doctors to check on health – report
- Trump attack on Biden highlights president's own financial dealings with China
- Saudi Arabia to end flogging as a form of punishment
- Nova Scotia gunman used fake police cruiser to flag down victims
- Sydney man charged after allegedly fighting for al-Qaida-linked Syrian terrorist group
- Britain running down the clock in Brexit talks, says Michel Barnier
- Leading Saudi activist dies in detention, say campaigners
- Twelve rangers among 16 killed in ambush at DRC gorilla park
- The bittersweet story of Marina Abramović's epic walk on the Great Wall of China
- Three held after police seize £3m worth of cocaine in Dover
- The coronavirus crisis has exposed China's long history of racism | Hsiao-Hung Pai
- Will justice finally be done for Emmett Till? Family hope a 65-year wait may soon be over
- Family of youngest officer killed in Melbourne freeway crash say 'bright light' is lost
- Africa's Covid-19 research must be tailored to its realities – by its own scientists | Monique Wasunna
- Matt Hancock can count on powerful support if not 100,000 tests a day
- What does the leaked report tell us about the UK's pandemic preparations?
- Is comparing Covid-19 death rates across Europe helpful?
- Russian police stop traffic to help family of ducks cross road - video
- Coronavirus treatments should belong to the whole world, says UN secretary general - video
| Coronavirus live news: Greece prepares to end lockdown as Brazil’s health system nears collapse Posted: 25 Apr 2020 02:48 AM PDT Bill Gates vows to fund vaccine production; Australia and New Zealand mark Anzac Day from driveways
Haberdashery shops in France have been authorised to reopen before the official end of the lockdown to allow people to buy materials to make face masks, Kim Willsher, the Guardian's Paris correspondent, reports. Only specialised shops whose primary business is "selling fabrics, material, threads and other sewing articles" are allowed to trade according to the new decree, which came into effect immediately on Friday. Bonne nouvelle ! @laurent_sceaux a obtenu du Préfet la réouverture de la mercerie (commerce de 1ère nécessité) de @Ville_de_Sceaux
South Africa remains the African country with the most cases of coronavirus, while Algeria has recorded the most deaths, according to the daily tally of figures on the continent published by the World Health Organization's regional office. A predicted surge of cases in Africa has yet to occur, with strict lockdowns across the continent apparently successfully halting the spread of the virus. However, this week the WHO's regional director for the continent, Dr Matshidiso Moeti, issued a warning that the stresses on civil society and healthcare systems caused by the response to the outbreak could lead to a doubling of deaths from malaria to 700,000. Over 28,000 #COVID19 cases reported on the African continent - with over 8,000 associated recoveries & 1,300 deaths recorded. View country figures & more with the WHO African Region COVID-19 Dashboard: https://t.co/V0fkK8dYTg pic.twitter.com/V6rAi9McrC Continue reading... |
| Are female leaders more successful at managing the coronavirus crisis? Posted: 24 Apr 2020 09:00 PM PDT Plenty of countries with male leaders have also done well. But few with female leaders have done badly On 1 April, the prime minister of Sint Maarten addressed her nation's 41,500 people. Coronavirus cases were rising, and Silveria Jacobs knew the small island country, which welcomes 500,000 tourists a year, was at great risk: it had two ICU beds. Jacobs did not want to impose a strict lockdown, but she did want physical distancing observed. So she spelled it out: "Simply. Stop. Moving," she said. "If you don't have the bread you like in your house, eat crackers. Eat cereal. Eat oats. Eat … sardines." Continue reading... |
| 'We did it to ourselves': scientist says intrusion into nature led to pandemic Posted: 24 Apr 2020 10:00 PM PDT Leading US biologist Thomas Lovejoy says to stop future outbreaks we need more respect for natural world The vast illegal wildlife trade and humanity's excessive intrusion into nature is to blame for the coronavirus pandemic, according to a leading US scientist who says "this is not nature's revenge, we did it to ourselves". Scientists are discovering two to four new viruses are created every year as a result of human infringement on the natural world, and any one of those could turn into a pandemic, according to Thomas Lovejoy, who coined the term "biological diversity" in 1980 and is often referred to as the godfather of biodiversity. Continue reading... |
| Outcry as rich Saint-Tropez residents 'given coronavirus tests' Posted: 24 Apr 2020 11:00 PM PDT Neighbourhood of Les Parcs de Saint Tropez reportedly screened as local hospital staff do without On the sunny Côte d'Azur, playground of the rich and famous, lockdown life in Les Parcs de Saint Tropez is good. The Mediterranean – accessed via a private beach – is a little cool this time of year, but the luxury mansions and château here on the Cap Saint Pierre have swimming pools and if the temperature drops below 70F, as it did briefly this week, there is always the tennis courts or vast landscaped gardens. Continue reading... |
| Brazilian government in turmoil after justice minister resigns Posted: 24 Apr 2020 03:32 PM PDT President Jair Bolsonaro denies he sought to influence federal police inquiries Brazil's government has been plunged into turmoil after the resignation of one of Jair Bolsonaro's most powerful ministers sparked protests, calls for the president's impeachment and an investigation into claims he had improperly interfered in the country's federal police. In a rambling televised address late on Friday, Brazil's embattled president denied claims from his outgoing justice minister Sérgio Moro that he had sought to appoint a new federal police chief in order to gain access to secret intelligence reports – for reasons that remain murky. Continue reading... |
| Kim Jong-un: China sends doctors to check on health – report Posted: 24 Apr 2020 06:17 PM PDT Speculation continues about dictator's condition after reports of heart surgery and absence from important events China has sent a team to North Korea including medical experts to check on Kim Jong-un, according to three people familiar with the situation. The trip by the Chinese doctors and officials comes amid conflicting reports about the health of the North Korean ruler. It was not immediately clear what the trip by the Chinese team signalled in terms of Kim's health. Continue reading... |
| Trump attack on Biden highlights president's own financial dealings with China Posted: 24 Apr 2020 10:14 PM PDT Trump Organisation's far-flung real estate business has involved dealings with Chinese state-owned firms on several occasions Donald Trump has a share in a New York property development that borrowed tens of millions of dollars from China, it was reported on Friday. The debt derived from a 30% share the US president owns in a billion-dollar building on the Avenue of the Americas in Manhattan, which was refinanced in 2012 with $211m of the funding coming from the state-owned Bank of China, Politico reported on Friday. Continue reading... |
| Saudi Arabia to end flogging as a form of punishment Posted: 25 Apr 2020 01:50 AM PDT Form of corporal punishment will be replaced by jail terms, fines or a mixture of both Saudi Arabia is ending flogging as a form of punishment, according to a document from the kingdom's top court. The decision by the general commission for the supreme court, taken sometime this month, will mean the punishment will be replaced by prison sentences, fines or a mixture of both. Continue reading... |
| Nova Scotia gunman used fake police cruiser to flag down victims Posted: 24 Apr 2020 10:43 AM PDT Gabriel Wortman also beat and handcuffed his girlfriend before the shooting, police said, which might have been 'the catalyst' The Nova Scotia gunman used his replica police cruiser to flag down motorists before murdering them, and also targeted passersby who offered to help and a lone walker out for a Sunday morning stroll. Gabriel Wortman – who killed 22 people on Saturday and Sunday – also stole weapons from a police officer he murdered, switched vehicles and changed clothes to elude capture during his 12-hour killing spree. Continue reading... |
| Sydney man charged after allegedly fighting for al-Qaida-linked Syrian terrorist group Posted: 24 Apr 2020 06:53 PM PDT Police allege the 44-year-old travelled to Syria in 2012 and 2013 to fight 'for months at a time' A Sydney man has been charged after allegedly fighting for an al-Qaida-linked Syrian terrorist group "for months at a time" in 2012 and 2013. The 44-year-old was due to face Parramatta bail court on Saturday after tactical police arrested him in a car park in Mount Lewis on Friday. Continue reading... |
| Britain running down the clock in Brexit talks, says Michel Barnier Posted: 24 Apr 2020 08:29 AM PDT EU negotiator expresses frustrations at UK refusal to discuss key issues of transition Michel Barnier has suggested the UK is running down the clock in talks over the future trade and security relationship with the EU. The claim by the bloc's chief negotiator during a virtual press conference at the end of a difficult week of videoconference talks was swiftly denied by the government. Continue reading... |
| Leading Saudi activist dies in detention, say campaigners Posted: 24 Apr 2020 10:40 AM PDT Reported death of Abdullah al-Hamid puts spotlight back on kingdom's human rights record A leading activist serving an 11-year prison sentence has died in detention in Saudi Arabia, campaigners have said, highlighting the kingdom's human rights record. Abdullah al-Hamid, 69, died after a stroke in his prison cell earlier this month, according to multiple rights groups, including Amnesty International. Continue reading... |
| Twelve rangers among 16 killed in ambush at DRC gorilla park Posted: 24 Apr 2020 09:31 AM PDT Sixty Hutu rebel fighters suspected of attack on civilians in Virunga national park Suspected Hutu militiamen have killed 16 people, including 12 rangers, in the Virunga national park, a Democratic Republic of the Congo government official has said, in the deadliest attack in the park's recent history. The park in eastern DRC, home to critically endangered mountain gorillas as well as hundreds of other rare species, has faced repeated incursions and attacks by local armed groups. Continue reading... |
| The bittersweet story of Marina Abramović's epic walk on the Great Wall of China Posted: 24 Apr 2020 11:00 PM PDT In 1988 Abramović and Ulay trekked from opposite ends of the wall to meet in the middle, but this act of love and performance art was doomed from the start From the moment in 1976 that Serbian and German performance artists Marina Abramović and Ulay (Frank Uwe Laysiepen, who died last month aged 76) clapped eyes on each other they were inseparable. Ulay found Abramović witchy and otherworldly; she found him wild and exciting. Even their initial encounter was propitious: they met in Amsterdam on their shared birthday of 30 November. The pair began to perform together, describing themselves as a "two-headed body". For years they lived a nomadic lifestyle, travelling across Europe in a corrugated iron van and performing in villages and towns. Their artistic collaborations matched their personalities: they focused on performances that put them in precarious and physically demanding situations, to see how they and their audience would respond. In one, called Relation in Time, they remained tied together by their hair for 17 hours. They explored conflict, taking their ideas to extremes: running full pelt into each other, naked, and slapping each other's faces until they could take no more. Continue reading... |
| Three held after police seize £3m worth of cocaine in Dover Posted: 25 Apr 2020 02:17 AM PDT National Crime Agency and Border Force officers recover at least 36kg of class A drug Three men are being held in custody after cocaine with a potential street value of about £3m was seized in Dover, the National Crime Agency said. At least 36 kg of the drug was recovered by NCA investigators and Border Force officers from a "purpose-built hide" inside a lorry that had travelled to Dover on a ferry from France, the NCA said. Continue reading... |
| The coronavirus crisis has exposed China's long history of racism | Hsiao-Hung Pai Posted: 25 Apr 2020 01:00 AM PDT Today Africans in Guangzhou are being demonised over Covid-19, but the roots of this prejudice go back centuries "Clean up the foreign trash!". "Don't turn our hometown into an international rubbish dump." "This is China, not Nigeria!" Resembling the anti-migrant racist hatred you frequently see on UK social media, these are just a few examples of countless anti-African rants from Weibo users in China in a surge of popular racism over the past month. Despite the huge amount of censorship on China's social media, none of these posts have been removed. Migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have become the primary target of suspicion, racial discrimination and abuse amid public fear of a second wave of Covid-19. And this intolerance has peaked in Guangzhou, a city of 12 million people in the highly industrialised Guangdong province. Continue reading... |
| Will justice finally be done for Emmett Till? Family hope a 65-year wait may soon be over Posted: 24 Apr 2020 11:00 PM PDT Not a day has been spent in jail nor a penny paid in compensation for the brutal murder of a 14-year-old boy in Mississippi that helped spark the civil rights movement Thelma Wright Edwards knows this is the last chance for justice for Emmett Till. The next few weeks and months will determine whether there will ever be closure for her beloved cousin "Bobo", as the family affectionately call the child. The Guardian has learned that a reinvestigation of the boy's murder that has been carried out by the FBI over the past three years could be wrapped up in weeks. For Thelma and the rest of the Till family, a decades-long struggle for justice is fast approaching its conclusion. Continue reading... |
| Family of youngest officer killed in Melbourne freeway crash say 'bright light' is lost Posted: 25 Apr 2020 02:08 AM PDT Parents of constable Josh Prestney, 28, say they 'cannot fathom the circumstances' that led to their son's death The family of a police officer killed alongside three colleagues when they were struck by a truck on a Melbourne freeway on Wednesday say they have lost their "bright light". Constable Josh Prestney, 28, was the youngest of the four officers killed in the incident, which is the single largest loss of police lives in Victoria since 1878, when three officers were killed in a shootout with the Kelly gang. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 25 Apr 2020 01:00 AM PDT Trust is essential in the pandemic and scientists here can set the priorities that make the most sense for our people Research to find a cure and effective treatment for Covid-19 is well under way, with hundreds of trials already announced. But very few involve African researchers, and this is a mistake. Although Africa has yet to feel the full force of the coronavirus, preventing severe cases is a higher priority than it is elsewhere. Africa needs research that is tailored to our reality. Continue reading... |
| Matt Hancock can count on powerful support if not 100,000 tests a day Posted: 24 Apr 2020 08:55 AM PDT NHS chiefs and No 10 endorse the health secretary as flaws emerge in the structure he leads Matt Hancock sounded tetchy and exhausted on Friday morning as he took to the airwaves once again to explain the latest swerve in the government's strategy for tackling coronavirus: recruiting an army of contact-tracers in an attempt to track its spread. Asked whether his self-imposed target of testing 100,000 people a day by the end of next week would be met, he let out a self-deprecating laugh. The health secretary knows there's a lot in the balance: the health of millions, his standing among the public and colleagues, perhaps even his career. Continue reading... |
| What does the leaked report tell us about the UK's pandemic preparations? Posted: 24 Apr 2020 07:30 AM PDT Leaked National Security Risk Assessment describes threats posed by flu- and non-flu-type infectious diseases
Careful analysis of the National Security Risk Assessment document illustrates how the Covid-19 pandemic represents a hybrid of two of the major threats to the UK anticipated by the British government. The first, an influenza-type disease pandemic, predicts waves of a novel flu virus striking several months apart. This type of threat represents the basis of the UK government's blueprint for how it would respond to a pandemic. Continue reading... |
| Is comparing Covid-19 death rates across Europe helpful? Posted: 24 Apr 2020 06:26 AM PDT Belgium appears hardest hit on paper, but not all countries count non-hospital fatalities Every day, the statistics bring more grim headlines: "Italian death toll passes 20,000", "Record UK daily death toll", "Europe's fatalities pass 100,000". Across the world, people await national updates on the coronavirus – and compare their country with others. The comparison game has been especially marked in Belgium, which on paper has the unhappy title of highest number of Covid-19 deaths per capita in Europe. Belgium – population 11.5 million – has counted at least 6,675 deaths since the start of the outbreak, more than Germany, which is nearly eight times more populous. Continue reading... |
| Russian police stop traffic to help family of ducks cross road - video Posted: 24 Apr 2020 10:46 AM PDT Police in Russia's southern city of Krasnodar stopped traffic on a busy road to allow a family of ducks to cross safely. In a video that has gone viral on Russian social media, police are seen moving a traffic sign to stop the flow of cars and guide the ducks to the side of the road. The incident reportedly happened near a police checkpoint that was set up to enforce restrictions on movement in the city due to the coronavirus pandemic. The ducks reportedly made it safely to their destination — a pond a few hundred metres away. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus treatments should belong to the whole world, says UN secretary general - video Posted: 24 Apr 2020 09:05 AM PDT António Guterres joined leaders from the European Union and beyond on Friday to ensure all countries receive the tools to fight the coronavirus outbreak. Speaking during a virtual WHO launch event, Guterres said treatments and vaccines should belong to the whole world, not to individual countries or regions. 'Not a vaccine or treatments for one country or one region or one-half of the world,' Guterres said, 'but a vaccine and treatment that is affordable, safe, effective, easily administered and universally available for everyone, everywhere.'
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