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- Coronavirus live news: three White House Covid-19 taskforce members go into self-quarantine
- Hundreds queue for food parcels in wealthy Geneva
- Two-week quarantine will cripple us, aviation industry warns Boris Johnson
- Elon Musk threatens to move Tesla HQ out of California over Covid-19 restrictions
- 'They lynched him': Ahmaud Arbery's father on the killing of his son
- Venezuela seizes empty Colombian combat boats days after failed invasion plot
- Israel threatens to pull evangelical Christian TV station aimed at Jews
- Little Richard, rock'n'roll pioneer, dies aged 87
- The 'United States of Europe' speech that Winston Churchill so nearly made
- Only 50% of Britons would download NHS tracing app – poll
- Conservation society clashes with Disney over missing historic letters
- Oligarch's wife brings son into high-stakes divorce case
- Australian government tells ICC it should not investigate alleged war crimes in Palestine
- Who is Kayleigh McEnany – and why is she saying nice things about Donald Trump?
- UK coronavirus live: Scotland won't change slogan as Johnson due to announce alert system
- Greeks marvel at Britain's Covid chaos as their lockdown lifts after 150 deaths
- 'You are still a soldier to me': The forgotten African hero of Britain's colonial army
- The day police bombed a city street: can scars of 1985 Move atrocity be healed?
- ‘You can’t recover from death’: Argentina’s Covid-19 response has been the opposite of Brazil’s
- South Korea takes first cautious steps into a post-Covid world
- Coronavirus Australia latest: at a glance
- Can Iraq's new PM, and the region, escape Suleimani's long shadow?
- Thousands attend Belarus military parade despite pandemic – video
- Donald Trump says coronavirus will 'go away without a vaccine' - video
| Coronavirus live news: three White House Covid-19 taskforce members go into self-quarantine Posted: 10 May 2020 01:53 AM PDT Anthony Fauci and top advisers from CDC and FDA to work remotely because of potential exposure to Covid-19; global cases pass 4 million; Russia cases approach 200,000. Follow the latest updates
New coronavirus infections are accelerating again in Germany just days after its leaders loosened social restrictions, raising concerns that the pandemic could once again slip out of control. The Robert Koch Institute for disease control said in a daily bulletin the number of people each sick person now infects- known as the reproduction rate, or R - had risen to 1.1.
Afghanistan has announced its highest one-day rise of new infections as the government issued a decree to distribute bread to those affected by coronavirus. This comes as at least six people were killed in a protest against unfair distribution of aid. Continue reading... |
| Hundreds queue for food parcels in wealthy Geneva Posted: 09 May 2020 10:40 AM PDT Over 1,000 poorer working people and undocumented migrants waited for hours for basics More than 1,000 people queued on Saturday to get free food parcels in Geneva, underscoring the impact of the coronavirus epidemic on the working poor and undocumented immigrants even in wealthy Switzerland. The line of people stretched for more than 1km outside an ice rink where volunteers were handing out about 1,500 parcels to people who started queuing as early as 5am. Continue reading... |
| Two-week quarantine will cripple us, aviation industry warns Boris Johnson Posted: 09 May 2020 01:20 PM PDT Air travel bosses want assurances that science is driving the move, and that a clear exit strategy is in place A two-week quarantine period for all travellers arriving in Britain risks devastating an aviation industry already crippled by the Covid-19 outbreak, Boris Johnson is being warned. It is understood that the 14-day quarantine period will be announced by the prime minister, alongside a slight loosening of the lockdown measures that were introduced to slow the spread of the virus. Mass quarantine upon arrival has not previously been used as part of Britain's response. Continue reading... |
| Elon Musk threatens to move Tesla HQ out of California over Covid-19 restrictions Posted: 09 May 2020 07:25 PM PDT Tesla sues state authorities over lockdown after Fremont factory stopped from reopening Tesla is suing local authorities in California as the electric carmaker pushes to reopen its factory there and chief executive Elon Musk threatens to move the company's headquarters to Texas or Nevada. Musk has been pushing to reopen Tesla's Fremont, California, factory after Alameda County's health department said the carmaker must not reopen because local lockdown measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus remain in effect. Continue reading... |
| 'They lynched him': Ahmaud Arbery's father on the killing of his son Posted: 09 May 2020 11:00 PM PDT Marcus Arbery Sr says Ahmaud's death at the hands of two white men, while he was out for a run, was an act of racism Marcus Arbery Sr says his son was just like him, fit and athletic. Related: 'Every stone will be uncovered': how Georgia officials failed the Ahmaud Arbery case Continue reading... |
| Venezuela seizes empty Colombian combat boats days after failed invasion plot Posted: 09 May 2020 09:50 PM PDT Caracas has accused Colombia and US of plotting to overthrow president Maduro; says military found abandoned vessels in Orinoco river Venezuela's military says it has seized three abandoned Colombian light combat vessels that soldiers found while patrolling the Orinoco river on Saturday, several days after the government accused its neighbour of aiding a failed invasion plot. In a statement, the defence ministry said the boats were equipped with machine guns and ammunition, but had no crew, adding they were discovered as part of a nationwide operation to guarantee Venezuela's "freedom and sovereignty". Continue reading... |
| Israel threatens to pull evangelical Christian TV station aimed at Jews Posted: 09 May 2020 11:02 PM PDT State forbids preaching to under-18s without parents' permission The Israeli government is threatening to take off air a Christian television channel that launched in the country to preach to Jews, warning that it will be barred if it breaks strict rules around proselytising. GOD TV, an evangelical media network that broadcasts across the world, signed a seven-year deal with a major Israeli cable television provider, HOT, to host its new Hebrew-language channel that began airing last month. Continue reading... |
| Little Richard, rock'n'roll pioneer, dies aged 87 Posted: 09 May 2020 11:08 AM PDT His 1955 song Tutti Frutti, with the lyric 'awopbopaloobop alopbamboom', and a series of follow-up records helped establish the genre and influence a multitude of other musicians Little Richard, one of the pioneers of the first wave of rock'n'roll, has died. He was 87. Related: Little Richard – a life in pictures Continue reading... |
| The 'United States of Europe' speech that Winston Churchill so nearly made Posted: 09 May 2020 11:12 PM PDT A recently discovered document sheds new light on the wartime leader's 'iron curtain' address It was a speech that electrified the world, one that coined a phrase that was to characterise the political era that followed the second world war. But its content could have been very different, reveals a document freshly unearthed by a historian researching the life of Winston Churchill. On 5 March 1946 in Fulton, Missouri, before a huge crowd which included the US president, Harry Truman, Britain's wartime leader issued a famous description of the political division that was opening across Europe between the Soviet-dominated Communist east and the western democracies. "From Stettin in the Baltic to Trieste in the Adriatic," Churchill declared, "an iron curtain has descended across the continent." Continue reading... |
| Only 50% of Britons would download NHS tracing app – poll Posted: 09 May 2020 10:16 PM PDT Teething problems threaten the effectiveness of government 'test, track and trace' strategy Just over half the population is likely to download the NHS app developed to track and trace cases of coronavirus, new polling suggests, amid concerns that test result delays could hamper its effectiveness. A narrow majority of 52% of people told an Opinium poll for the Observer that they were likely to download the app, which alerts users if they have been in close contact with someone who has tested positive for the virus. Continue reading... |
| Conservation society clashes with Disney over missing historic letters Posted: 09 May 2020 11:39 PM PDT Campaigners call for return of 1930s wording to Twentieth Century Fox Film Co former offices Disney, titan of the media and entertainment world, has enraged a group of Londoners attempting to preserve one of Soho's best-known squares. And the battle is over one word: "Fox". In the south-west corner of Soho Square stands Twentieth Century House, a grand emblem of the American film industry's key role in this part of the city since 1937. It is now in the hands of Disney. Continue reading... |
| Oligarch's wife brings son into high-stakes divorce case Posted: 09 May 2020 11:15 PM PDT Tatiana Akhmedova wants high court to have access to son's papers in her fight for £453m – but he says her claim is unlawful It is proving to be a very modern divorce. Armies of lawyers and advisers; hundreds of millions of pounds at stake; priceless art; a superyacht; a key lieutenant switching sides; the son dragged into the proceedings by his mother. No wonder some involved have likened it to The War of the Roses, the dark Hollywood comedy about a feuding couple starring Kathleen Turner and Michael Douglas. But now attempts to secure the assets awarded following Britain's biggest, bitterest marital breakup may hinge on how the high court views an arcane financial practice dating back to feudal times. Continue reading... |
| Australian government tells ICC it should not investigate alleged war crimes in Palestine Posted: 09 May 2020 01:00 PM PDT Prosecutor rejects Australia's argument International Criminal Court has no jurisdiction because Palestine is 'not a state' The Australian government has told the International Criminal Court it should not investigate alleged war crimes in Palestine because Palestine is "not a state", arguing the court prosecutor's investigation into alleged attacks on civilians, torture, attacks on hospitals, and the use of human shields, should be halted on jurisdictional grounds. Australia was lobbied to make the submission to the court by Israel, which is not a party to the court. But the office of the prosecutor has rejected Australia's argument, saying it had not formally challenged Palestine's right to be a party to the court before. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Who is Kayleigh McEnany – and why is she saying nice things about Donald Trump? Posted: 09 May 2020 10:00 PM PDT The White House press secretary has made a confident start in a notoriously difficult role. Those who know her say the media and opponents underestimate her at their peril It was a mic drop designed to thrill conservatives and infuriate liberals and the media. Related: 'You can't ask the virus for a truce': reopening America is Trump's biggest gamble Continue reading... |
| UK coronavirus live: Scotland won't change slogan as Johnson due to announce alert system Posted: 10 May 2020 01:57 AM PDT Only 50% of Britons would download NHS tracing app, according to a poll, as photos of gatherings at parks on Saturday cause scrutiny of mixed message from government
The WHO has warned that lockdown restrictions must be eased carefully, saying it would be "traumatising" for people to re-enter lockdown in the case of a second wave. "This is the advice we give really to every country is to be very, very cautious when taking these decisions to ease down the restrictions, because really what we don't want to see is that there is a second wave and that we have to go back to the lockdown. That would be traumatising I think for everyone," Tarik Jasarevic from the WHO told Sky News' Sophy Ridge.
The lockdown could be eased differently in different regions as Northern Ireland's rate of transmission is higher than other parts of the UK, Northern Ireland's First Minister Arlene Foster said. Speaking on Sky's Sophy Ridge On Sunday, she said: "Sage and indeed our own medical officer do acknowledge that there are different rates of transmission across the United Kingdom. Continue reading... |
| Greeks marvel at Britain's Covid chaos as their lockdown lifts after 150 deaths Posted: 10 May 2020 12:05 AM PDT Still resilient after taking tough and early action, Greece can now look forward to a summer tourist season beginning in July When Pavlos Pandelides realised the coronavirus pandemic was moving west, he bought a plane ticket and flew from Athens to London. He then drove north to Nottingham to collect his daughter, a student at the city's university, before returning with her the next day to Greece. An ardent admirer of all things British, the businessman had absolutely no doubt that what he was doing was right. "The British are fighters but I could see they were underestimating this," he said. While Covid-19 was tearing through northern Italy, Boris Johnson was still faltering, with his government showing worrying signs of complacency. There was, said Pandelides, no time to waste. "It was more than a protective father thing. It was clear they were about to really mess up." Continue reading... |
| 'You are still a soldier to me': The forgotten African hero of Britain's colonial army Posted: 09 May 2020 11:15 PM PDT Jaston Khosa was one of 600,000 men from African countries who fought for Britain. He was quietly buried on VE Day after a life of abject poverty In a crowded, Zambian slum on VE Day, a family gathered to bury one of the last veterans of Britain's colonial army. Jaston Khosa of the Northern Rhodesia Regiment was laid to rest on the day the world commemorated the end of the war in which he fought. The 95-year-old great-grandfather was among 600,000 Africans who fought for the British during World War Two, on battlefields across their own continent as well as Asia and the Middle East. Although their service has largely been forgotten, the mobilisation of this huge army from Britain's colonies triggered the largest single movement of African men overseas since the slave trade. Continue reading... |
| The day police bombed a city street: can scars of 1985 Move atrocity be healed? Posted: 10 May 2020 01:00 AM PDT Eleven people, including five children, died and a Philadelphia neighborhood burned down in the airstrike against a black liberation group. Now an effort at reconciliation is under way Frank Powell, a Philadelphia police officer who in 1985 was chief of the city's bomb disposal squad, remembers vividly the moment he was given his instructions. "Wow," he recalls thinking. "You want me to do that?" On 13 May 1985 Powell was handed an army-style green satchel containing a bomb made of C-4 plastic explosives of the sort widely deployed in Vietnam. He boarded a state police helicopter, and took up his position balanced precariously on the skids of the aircraft. Continue reading... |
| ‘You can’t recover from death’: Argentina’s Covid-19 response has been the opposite of Brazil’s Posted: 10 May 2020 02:00 AM PDT Argentina closed swiftly, while Brazil downplayed the crisis. The difference is reflected in their pandemic figures When Alberto Fernández took office as Argentina's president in December, his inauguration was boycotted by Brazil's hard-right leader, who dismissed Fernández and his vice-president, the two-time former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, as "leftwing bandits". Related: Brazil: largest rise in Covid-19 deaths follows Bolsonaro 'worst is over' claim Continue reading... |
| South Korea takes first cautious steps into a post-Covid world Posted: 09 May 2020 10:41 PM PDT Some bars and restaurants are open – with distancing – and schools are starting back, but the country isn't taking freedom for granted On a recent evening in Seoul, colleagues and students sat around plastic tables outside restaurants, their chatter interrupted only by the filling of tiny glasses with soju spirit. They had something to celebrate. Last week, South Korea, once the hardest-hit country outside China, took a cautious first step into a post-coronavirus world, less than four months since it reported its first case. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus Australia latest: at a glance Posted: 10 May 2020 01:05 AM PDT A summary of the major developments in the coronavirus outbreak across Australia
Good evening and here is our daily roundup of the latest developments on the coronavirus pandemic in Australia. This is Calla Wahlquist bringing you the main stories on Sunday 10 May. Continue reading... |
| Can Iraq's new PM, and the region, escape Suleimani's long shadow? Posted: 09 May 2020 09:05 AM PDT Rise of spy chief to premier comes as Iran struggles to maintain momentum months after killing of powerful general In late February, six weeks after the Iranian general Qassem Suleimani was killed by a US drone, a candidate for Iraq's vacant premiership was nervously preparing for an interview that would secure him the role. Mustafa al-Kadhimi's rise from intelligence chief to the seat of national power had been unorthodox, as was the journey he had just made – from Baghdad, where high-stakes appointments like his had mostly been made over the past decade. Continue reading... |
| Thousands attend Belarus military parade despite pandemic – video Posted: 09 May 2020 08:37 AM PDT Thousands of people, including elderly veterans of the second world war, turned out for Belarus's Victory Day parade despite the coronavirus epidemic. Images from the parade showed large crowds as the country's leader, Alexander Lukashenko, boasted of holding the only parade in the former Soviet Union to mark the defeat of Nazi Germany Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump says coronavirus will 'go away without a vaccine' - video Posted: 09 May 2020 07:51 AM PDT Donald Trump has asserted with no evidence that the coronavirus pandemic will 'go away without a vaccine'. Without mentioning specifics, he pointed to other viruses and flus that 'disappeared' before vaccines were created. 'They've never shown up again. They die, too. Like everything else, they die,' Trump said. 'It's going to go away. And we're not going to see it again, hopefully, after a period of time.'
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