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- Coronavirus live news: China marks one month with no Covid-19 deaths as virus pushes Germany into recession
- Global report: Trump threat to cut trade ties over Covid-19 branded 'lunacy' by Chinese media
- World agog as Trump flails over pandemic despite claims US leads way
- Flying long haul during Covid-19: air travel has never been stranger
- Richard Burr steps down as Senate committee chair over FBI investigation
- Brexit: 'serious risk' EU will fail to protect UK citizens, says Gove
- Hopes for peace appear to be slipping away in Afghanistan
- Off the property ladder: China clifftop villagers relocated in anti-poverty drive
- ‘A great embarrassment’: records offer insight into Ahmaud Arbery suspect
- Ikea France to face trial over claims it spied on staff and customers
- Kenya's pastoralists face hunger and conflict as locust plague continues
- Trio chase and lasso escaped tiger in Mexico street
- FBI offers $1m reward for captors of Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle
- Cruise firm Carnival slashes jobs and pay in face of Covid-19 crisis
- Canada's Calgary zoo to return two giant pandas after bamboo supply disruption
- The best games of 2020 so far
- Transport for London faces £3bn funding gap despite £1.6bn bailout
- More US children ill from rare syndrome with possible link to coronavirus
- Coronavirus live Australia: second McDonald's in Victoria closed over Covid-19 case – latest news
- 'People are more scared of hunger': coronavirus is just one more threat in Nigeria
- Africa facing a quarter of a billion coronavirus cases, WHO predicts
- Coronavirus cases among refugees on Lesbos spark fresh calls for evacuation
- Gordon Brown: coronavirus must be 'eradicated in every continent'
- The budget has given New Zealand an opportunity it can’t afford to squander | Brad Olsen
- Coronavirus map of the US: latest cases state by state
- New Zealand budget: housing shortfall puts vulnerable people at risk, say advocates
- Fighting a locust plague amid Covid-19 in east Africa – video
- Escaped tiger caught with lasso on streets of Guadalajara – video
- Armed protesters clash at Michigan's state capitol over coronavirus lockdown - video
- Trump: 'We could cut off relationship with China' - video
- US could face 'darkest winter in modern history', warns former vaccine official – video highlights
- How Trump has berated, insulted and demeaned female reporters – video
| Posted: 15 May 2020 02:24 AM PDT Trump says he could cut China ties; Mexico sees record increase in cases; EU insists vaccine must be available to all countries
Slovenia has become the first European country to proclaim an end to the coronavirus epidemic at home, AP reports. It said on Friday that the Covid-19 spread is under control and there is no longer a need for extraordinary health measures. The government says EU residents are free to cross into Slovenia from Austria, Italy and Hungary at predetermined checkpoints, while most non-EU nationals will have to undergo a mandatory 14-day quarantine. Trend obolelosti s koronavirusom v Sloveniji na dan 14. 5. 2020 (00:00-24:00):
Russia has announced more than 10,000 new coronavirus infections on Friday bringing the country's total to 262,843, the second-highest in the world after the United States. Russian President Vladimir Putin this week announced that a nationwide lockdown aimed at slowing the spread of the virus would be eased, even as health officials record a steady increase in new cases. Continue reading... |
| Global report: Trump threat to cut trade ties over Covid-19 branded 'lunacy' by Chinese media Posted: 14 May 2020 08:32 PM PDT President says he doesn't want to speak to counterpart Xi; Brazil passes 200,000 infections; Baltic travel 'bubble' begins An escalation of rhetoric between Donald Trump and China over the coronavirus pandemic has sparked concerns that a trade deal between the nations is in peril, as Chinese state media dismissed as "lunacy" a suggestion by the US president that he could "cut off relations" with Beijing. The US president said he was very disappointed with China's failure to contain Covid-19 in an interview with Fox Business news. Trump said the pandemic had cast a pall over his January trade deal with Beijing and that he had no interest in speaking to President Xi Jinping at the moment. Continue reading... |
| World agog as Trump flails over pandemic despite claims US leads way Posted: 15 May 2020 01:00 AM PDT The president's outlandish behavior as Americans suffer has inspired horror and confusion while alienating allies The Trump administration has repeatedly claimed that the US is "leading the world" with its response to the pandemic, but it does not seem to be going in any direction the world wants to follow. Across Europe, Asia, Africa and Latin America, views of the US handling of the coronavirus crisis are uniformly negative and range from horror through derision to sympathy. Donald Trump's musings from the White House briefing room, particularly his thoughts on injecting disinfectant, have drawn the attention of the planet. Continue reading... |
| Flying long haul during Covid-19: air travel has never been stranger Posted: 14 May 2020 10:58 PM PDT I knew my journey home would be complicated, but I wasn't prepared for the sense of isolation as I moved from one dystopian scene to another When I booked my flight home after spending more than two-and-a-half months in Europe, I knew what my journey would entail. With no more direct flights between Paris and Hong Kong, I would have a brief layover in London. I knew that when I landed at the Hong Kong airport, I would be tested and held at a facility for roughly eight hours until my results came back. In the best case scenario – if I were negative – I would be spending two weeks in home quarantine, my whereabouts tracked by an app and a chunky device worn on my wrist. If I were positive, I would be sent to the hospital. Continue reading... |
| Richard Burr steps down as Senate committee chair over FBI investigation Posted: 14 May 2020 11:26 AM PDT Burr's cellphone seized overnight in inquiry into claims he used private coronavirus briefing to sell stocks before market plunge A Republican US senator stepped down from a key committee leadership role in Congress on Thursday after his phone was seized overnight by investigators with a warrant looking into allegations that he used private briefings as inside information to dump shares before the market plummeted over the coronavirus crisis. Related: Republican senator urged to quit after report he sold stocks before Covid-19 market plunge Continue reading... |
| Brexit: 'serious risk' EU will fail to protect UK citizens, says Gove Posted: 15 May 2020 01:21 AM PDT Letter to European commission says British residents living in bloc have raised concerns The British government has said there is "a serious risk" that the European Union will fail to meet its duties to protect the rights of UK nationals living in the bloc, in the latest sign of tensions over Brexit. In a letter to the European commission, Michael Gove said British residents living in the EU had raised concerns, while the coronavirus pandemic had diverted the attention of many governments from implementing the Brexit withdrawal agreement, which is intended to protect the rights of an estimated 1.2 million British nationals in the EU and 3.5 million Europeans in the UK. Continue reading... |
| Hopes for peace appear to be slipping away in Afghanistan Posted: 14 May 2020 09:00 PM PDT Peace process between the government and Taliban was crumbling before talks began In the wake of a devastating attack in Kabul on Tuesday on a maternity unit that saw gunmen shoot women in labour, new mothers and their newborn babies, hopes of a peace process for Afghanistan appear to be slipping away as both the government and Taliban ramp up military operations. The Taliban on Thursday attacked a city in Afghanistan's east, killing five civilians and at least one soldier, and injuring dozens more with a truck bomb. The bomber had been targeting an army base in Gardez, but the explosives detonated before he reached it, leaving a too-familiar tangle of rubble and bodies. Continue reading... |
| Off the property ladder: China clifftop villagers relocated in anti-poverty drive Posted: 14 May 2020 10:33 PM PDT Village of Atulie'er gained worldwide fame for precarious ladder journey 800 metres up a cliff face Residents from a famous village perched 800 metres up a cliff are among thousands being relocated by the Chinese government into apartment complexes as part of a national poverty alleviation program. Atulie'er village in Sichuan province drew worldwide fame in 2016 after images emerged of the residents climbing perilous rattan ladders – some hundreds of years old – up the cliffside to reach their homes. Continue reading... |
| ‘A great embarrassment’: records offer insight into Ahmaud Arbery suspect Posted: 14 May 2020 01:30 PM PDT Gregory McMichael lost his power of arrest in 2006 after failing to complete sufficient basic law enforcement training Gregory McMichael, the white retired law enforcement officer who helped chase down and kill Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed 25-year-old African American man, failed to complete sufficient basic law enforcement training for years, a deficiency that led to him losing his power of arrest. McMichael, who worked as an investigator in the Brunswick judicial circuit district attorney's office from 1995 to 2019, lost his power of arrest in January 2006 for failing to complete the required 20 hours of training the previous year, according to personnel records obtained by the Guardian. Continue reading... |
| Ikea France to face trial over claims it spied on staff and customers Posted: 14 May 2020 08:00 AM PDT Two former chief executives and four police officials among 15 individuals charged in case Ikea's French subsidiary and 15 individuals including former executives and police officials are to go on trial on charges of spying on employees and customers, prosecutors have announced. Two former Ikea France CEOs are among those charged in a case dating back to 2012 when the Swedish-based home furnishings firm was accused of paying for illegal access to police files. Continue reading... |
| Kenya's pastoralists face hunger and conflict as locust plague continues Posted: 15 May 2020 12:00 AM PDT As herds are devastated and crops destroyed across east Africa, there are fears of violence as competition for grazing increases Tiampati Leletit had heard tales of massive desert locust swarms darkening Kenya's horizon. But when they hit his farm the devastation was all too real. They ate everything. "I have never seen anything like this. When the swarms of locust invaded, they consumed everything and all the vegetation was gone. The livestock had nothing to eat," says the 32-year-old. In January, he had 80 goats. Today he has four. Continue reading... |
| Trio chase and lasso escaped tiger in Mexico street Posted: 14 May 2020 10:53 PM PDT Footage shows three men chasing the animal and appearing to capture it using folding chair and rope It was the most surreal of Mexican moments: a man clad in cowboy hat lassoing a tiger on the sidewalk of a suburban Guadalajara street. In a 23-second video shot from a passing car, the tiger can be seen trotting along a sidewalk, while the man with the lasso – along with another carrying a folding chair and a third man – chased the feline. Continue reading... |
| FBI offers $1m reward for captors of Caitlan Coleman and Joshua Boyle Posted: 14 May 2020 09:46 AM PDT
The FBI has offered a $1m reward for the arrest and prosecution for those responsible for the kidnapping of US citizen Caitlan Coleman and her Canadian husband Joshua Boyle, eight years ago in Afghanistan. The offer of a reward for their captors is the latest twist in the protracted saga of Coleman and Boyle, who were the subject of intense media scrutiny following their dramatic rescue in 2017 – and a subsequent trial over allegations of abuse by Boyle. Continue reading... |
| Cruise firm Carnival slashes jobs and pay in face of Covid-19 crisis Posted: 14 May 2020 09:03 AM PDT World's largest cruise company declines to give details for extent of redundancies Cruise ship company Carnival has announced a wide-ranging programme of job losses and pay cuts as it desperately seeks to cut costs in the face of the coronavirus pandemic. The world's largest cruise company said it would save "hundreds of millions of dollars" over the course of a year after making the cuts but declined to give details of the extent of redundancies and furloughs. Continue reading... |
| Canada's Calgary zoo to return two giant pandas after bamboo supply disruption Posted: 14 May 2020 07:51 AM PDT Scarcity of flights due to coronavirus pandemic has caused problems with getting enough bamboo to feed them The Calgary zoo will be returning two giant pandas on loan from China because a scarcity of flights due to Covid-19 has caused problems with getting enough bamboo to feed them. Er Shun and Da Mao arrived in Calgary in 2018 after spending five years at the Toronto zoo and were to remain in the Alberta city until 2023. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 14 May 2020 10:00 PM PDT Resident Evil was reanimated, Coffee Talk brewed up a mindful treat and Final Fantasy VII made our dreams come true The desert-island alternate-life game that's spawned a thousand memes, Animal Crossing offers a cute, stress-free and eminently controllable little world to escape into. Compelling and full of character, it gives plenty of reasons to come back every day. Continue reading... |
| Transport for London faces £3bn funding gap despite £1.6bn bailout Posted: 15 May 2020 01:46 AM PDT Full-year forecast suggests TfL will need more help after 90% fall in income from journeys Transport for London has said it is facing a £3bn finance gap this year owing to the coronavirus pandemic, suggesting it may need more cash from the government despite securing a £1.6bn bailout on Thursday. TfL, which agreed the bailout deal to keep the business running until October, has reported a 90% fall in income as journeys on public transport in London have dried up during the nationwide lockdown. Continue reading... |
| More US children ill from rare syndrome with possible link to coronavirus Posted: 15 May 2020 02:00 AM PDT
Dozens more children in the US are reported to have developed a rare but potentially lethal inflammatory syndrome that may be linked to coronavirus infections. The New York governor, Andrew Cuomo, confirmed on Wednesday that at least 100 children had been diagnosed in the state, including three who had died. Cuomo noted the illness affects children of all races and that they "may have been exposed [to Covid-19] weeks before". Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live Australia: second McDonald's in Victoria closed over Covid-19 case – latest news Posted: 15 May 2020 01:59 AM PDT PM and chief medical officer say elective surgery can resume when states are comfortable to allow it. Follow live
And with that, we'll be closing the blog for today. We'll be back following all the news tomorrow. Stay safe and thanks for reading. Here is what happened today:
The deadline for expressions of interest in Virgin Australia has passed. While not all the bidders are out yet, it is confirmed that the parent company of IndiGo airlines is interested. So here it is confirmed - InterGlobe Enterprises, the biggest shareholder of IndiGo and owned by billionaire Rahul Bhatia, has signed an agreement to participate in Virgin Australia sale process, co says in a statement to @business Continue reading... |
| 'People are more scared of hunger': coronavirus is just one more threat in Nigeria Posted: 15 May 2020 01:15 AM PDT The pandemic has left many people in Orile, Lagos state, struggling for survival – and compounded the risks of the area's heavily polluted air and water supply
For Nurudeen Olugbade taking photographs of life in Orile-Iganmu, Lagos state, during the pandemic is a way to affirm that the disruption it has wrought on the neglected town does matter. "We are not really seen. There's very little attention paid to us but the struggle out here is real," says Olugbade, 28, who has documented the crisis on his phone. Continue reading... |
| Africa facing a quarter of a billion coronavirus cases, WHO predicts Posted: 14 May 2020 09:00 PM PDT But continent will have fewer deaths than Europe and US because of its younger population and other lifestyle factors Nearly a quarter of a billion people across 47 African countries will catch coronavirus over the next year, but the result will be fewer severe cases and deaths than in the US and Europe, new research predicts. A model by the World Health Organization's (WHO) regional office for Africa, published in the BMJ Global Health, predicts a lower rate of transmission and viral spread across the continent than elsewhere, resulting in up to 190,000 deaths. But the authors warn the associated rise in hospital admissions, care needs and "huge impact" on services such as immunisation and maternity, will overwhelm already stretched health services. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus cases among refugees on Lesbos spark fresh calls for evacuation Posted: 14 May 2020 06:51 AM PDT NGOs say infections among arriving refugees show urgent need to move more migrants from Moria camp to mainland Two migrants arriving by sea to the Greek island of Lesbos tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday, leading to increased calls for evacuation of the overcrowded local camps. The Moria camp in Lesbos has so far not reported cases of the virus, though two other camps and a hotel where asylum-seekers are staying were locked down in April after positive coronavirus tests were returned. Continue reading... |
| Gordon Brown: coronavirus must be 'eradicated in every continent' Posted: 14 May 2020 05:32 AM PDT Britain's former prime minister says only international cooperation can bring the pandemic to an end Gordon Brown has warned that a second or third wave of coronavirus infection could emanate from poor countries with undeveloped health systems, saying the risks can be controlled only by coordinated international action. The global crisis of the Covid-19 pandemic will not end until it is "eradicated in every continent", the former prime minister said. Continue reading... |
| The budget has given New Zealand an opportunity it can’t afford to squander | Brad Olsen Posted: 14 May 2020 04:48 PM PDT By taking out a mortgage against the economy, the government is investing in jobs and our economic recovery With the economic storm of the Covid-19 pandemic raging on, the government has opened the umbrella to shield New Zealand from an even worse economic fate and set the foundation for its recovery. Although the finance minister, Grant Robertson, has accepted that the government can't save every job, Thursday's announcements show he is doing everything he can to save as many as possible. Overall, New Zealand's 2020 budget was one of the most comprehensive economic packages seen around the world, walking the fine line between responding to the crisis and keeping up economic momentum, while setting down the conditions for recovery and rebuilding. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus map of the US: latest cases state by state Posted: 14 May 2020 03:10 PM PDT
The number of confirmed cases of Covid-19 continues to grow in the US. Mike Pence, the vice-president, is overseeing the US response to the coronavirus. So far, 80% of patients experience a mild form of the illness, which can include a fever and pneumonia, and many of these cases require little to no medical intervention. That being said, elderly people and those with underlying conditions such as diabetes or heart and lung issues are the most vulnerable. The coronavirus death rate in China for people 80 or over in the government's study of more than 72,000 cases, was 14.8%. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand budget: housing shortfall puts vulnerable people at risk, say advocates Posted: 14 May 2020 01:00 PM PDT Eight thousand new houses promised but 15,000 are on wait lists; experts worry mental health not a focus, one year after 'Wellbeing' budget New Zealand's most vulnerable people have been neglected by the government as it desperately attempts to kickstart the economy following a seven-week lockdown, advocates say. The country of 5 million has been in strict lockdown for seven weeks and the International Monetary Fund is predicting the economy could contract by as much as 8%, while thousands have joined the dole queue during the pandemic. Continue reading... |
| Fighting a locust plague amid Covid-19 in east Africa – video Posted: 15 May 2020 12:00 AM PDT The recent coronavirus pandemic is only exacerbating the problems currently facing herders, also known as pastoralists, in Kenya. They've seen their livestock devastated and crops destroyed after the worst locust invasions in 70 years and vlllagers are bracing themselves for another swarm, 400 times larger if left unchecked. With less vegetation for grazing, herders can sometimes infringe on neighbours land, causing violent conflict. We follow Josephine Ekiru, a peace-builder, who is trying to help as economic insecurity caused by the pandemic fuels attacks Continue reading... |
| Escaped tiger caught with lasso on streets of Guadalajara – video Posted: 14 May 2020 10:45 PM PDT An escaped tiger has been captured by a lasso after three men gave chase to the animal on the streets of Guadalajara, Mexico. The tiger escaped from a local house. Continue reading... |
| Armed protesters clash at Michigan's state capitol over coronavirus lockdown - video Posted: 14 May 2020 09:01 PM PDT Demonstrators returned to Michigan's state capitol two weeks after armed protesters attempted to enter the chamber. The protests come as tensions rise over Democratic governor Gretchen Whitmer's stay-at-home orders due to the Covid-19 threat Continue reading... |
| Trump: 'We could cut off relationship with China' - video Posted: 14 May 2020 06:51 PM PDT US president Donald Trump says he could 'cut off' the relationship with China following the coronavirus outbreak. In an interview wth Fox Business, Trump expressed his disappointment with China for failing to contain the Covid-19 outbreak before adding he maintained a good relationship with leader, Xi Jinping, but 'right now, I don't want to speak with him' Continue reading... |
| US could face 'darkest winter in modern history', warns former vaccine official – video highlights Posted: 14 May 2020 09:00 AM PDT Rick Bright, a former top vaccine official, has told a Congressional committee that the US faces its 'darkest winter in modern history' if it does not develop a coordinated response to the pandemic. Bright has turned whistleblower and claims his removal from his federal government role last month was retaliation by the Trump administration for his resistance to the promotion of unproven drugs to treat Covid-19
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| How Trump has berated, insulted and demeaned female reporters – video Posted: 14 May 2020 05:53 AM PDT Donald Trump abruptly halted a press conference on Monday after being challenged by two female reporters. The US president told Weijia Jiang, an Asian American journalist who works for CBS, to 'ask China' in response to her question over why he sees coronavirus testing as a global competition when more than 80,000 Americans have died. Trump then refused to respond to another White House reporter, CNN's Kaitlan Collins. Trump has frequently clashed with journalists, but some have suggested a pattern is emerging in the way the president responds to being held to account by members of the press who are women, particularly those of color. Here's a look back at several key exchanges Continue reading... |
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