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- Coronavirus live news: Covid-19 'taking different path in Africa', says WHO
- Business groups brand UK's quarantine plan for arrivals 'isolationist'
- Pressure on Dominic Cummings to quit over lockdown breach
- No masks allowed: stores turn customers away in US culture war
- US security officials 'considered return to nuclear testing' after 28-year hiatus
- Boris Johnson forced to reduce Huawei’s role in UK’s 5G networks
- Chris Patten: China's security laws a betrayal of Hong Kong people
- Pakistan plane crash survivor: 'All I could see was smoke and fire'
- Car rental firm Hertz files for bankruptcy protection in US
- Indonesia investigates leak of more than two million voters' personal information
- ‘There are too many’: bones of 60 mammoths found in Mexico
- Man confesses to fatally stabbing his father on Zoom video conference call
- Australian worker sacked over Downfall meme video wins job back in federal court
- Donald Trump press secretary inadvertently reveals president's bank details
- André Leon Talley: 'My story is a fairytale, and in every fairytale there is evil and darkness'
- Community mourns 'brilliant student' Aya Hachem as five charged with murder
- Khashoggi sons' pardon is step towards killers' release, says UN investigator
- Mory Kanté: Guinean musician dies aged 70 from chronic health problems
- Trump press secretary appears to show president's bank details – video
- Covid commission boss Nev Power steps back at gas company amid conflict of interest concerns
- 'Where are the women?' Outcry over all-male government meeting in Afghanistan
- Guatemala's white flags indicate pandemic's deadly side-effect: hunger
- 'Planes spray the city at night': Covid-19 conspiracy theories in Mexico's motor town
- Manila lockdown diary: 'I went into labour but had to walk to the clinic to give birth'
- 'The issue now is surviving': countries react with shock to Oxfam withdrawal
- Can New Zealand's National party reinvent itself under Todd Muller? | Jennifer Curtin
- Why reassertion of Xi Jinping's authority spells violence in Hong Kong
- UK quarantine plan: what will it mean for travellers?
- Joe Biden pushed to embrace radicalism of FDR by scale of economic crisis
- Coronavirus: Donald Trump demands places of worship reopen 'right now' – video
- Rare white grizzly bear spotted in Canada's Rocky Mountains – video
- Priti Patel announces 14-day quarantine for travellers to UK – video
- Biden tells voters 'you ain't black' if you're still deciding between him and Trump – video
- Why has Brazil been so badly hit by coronavirus? – video explainer
- Pakistan plane crash: smoke billows over residential area in Karachi – video
- Llama deliveries, ice cream by drone and a penguin field trip: this week's uplifting clips – video
| Coronavirus live news: Covid-19 'taking different path in Africa', says WHO Posted: 23 May 2020 02:25 AM PDT China reports no cases on mainland for 22 May as US president says worship 'essential' and Muslims worldwide prepare for Eid
The Philippines has reported 180 more cases of coronavirus, and six more deaths. In a bulletin, the health ministry said total infections have risen to 13,777, while deaths have reached 863. Eighty-five more patients have recovered, bringing total recoveries to 3,177. Updates from @DOHgovph this 23 May:
Splits are already emerging in plans for the economic recovery of Europe, which has been ravaged economically by the coronavirus lockdowns which paralysed the continent for much of this year. Four EU countries dubbing themselves the "frugal four" presented their own proposal Saturday for post-coronavirus economic recovery, AFP reports. Continue reading... |
| Business groups brand UK's quarantine plan for arrivals 'isolationist' Posted: 22 May 2020 10:34 AM PDT All incomers – including British citizens – must disclose where they will be staying, Priti Patel says Business groups have accused the government of pursuing an "isolationist" policy after the home secretary, Priti Patel, confirmed that arrivals in the UK will have to quarantine themselves for a fortnight or face a £1,000 fine. From 8 June, almost everyone arriving at ports and airports, including UK citizens, will be required to travel directly to an address they provide to the authorities, where they must then self-isolate for a fortnight. The French interior ministry expressed its "regret" that it would not be exempt from the quarantine plan, after assurances this month that the country would be. Continue reading... |
| Pressure on Dominic Cummings to quit over lockdown breach Posted: 22 May 2020 12:00 PM PDT Exclusive: PM's adviser was with parents away from London home when he had coronavirus symptoms Police spoke to Dominic Cummings about breaching the government's lockdown rules after he was seen in Durham, 264 miles from his London home, despite having had symptoms of coronavirus, the Guardian can reveal. Officers approached Boris Johnson's key adviser days after he was seen rushing out of Downing Street when the prime minister tested positive for the virus at the end of March, a joint investigation by the Guardian and the Mirror has found. There are now calls for his resignation. Continue reading... |
| No masks allowed: stores turn customers away in US culture war Posted: 22 May 2020 11:35 AM PDT Shops around the US make headlines for denying entry to those wearing masks as protesters argue against preventative measures in the name of freedom In the last few weeks a spate of American stores have made headlines after putting up signs telling customers who wear masks they will be denied entry. On Thursday, Vice reported on a Kentucky convenience store that put up a sign reading: "NO Face Masks allowed in store. Lower your mask or go somewhere else. Stop listening to [Kentucky governor Andy] Beshear, he's a dumbass." Another sign was posted by a Californian construction store earlier this month encouraging hugs but not masks. In Illinois, a gas station employee who put up a similar sign has since defended herself, arguing that mask-wearing made it hard to differentiate between adults and children when selling booze and cigarettes. Continue reading... |
| US security officials 'considered return to nuclear testing' after 28-year hiatus Posted: 22 May 2020 11:35 PM PDT Discussion held this month as way to press Russia and China into agreeing arms control deal, officials say US officials have debated whether to carry out the first US nuclear tests in 28 years as a way to pressure Russia and China into make a trilateral arms control deal, according congressional aides and former officials. They said the discussion took place at a "deputies meeting" of senior national security officials at the White House on 15 May, but that the proposal was shelved for the time being. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson forced to reduce Huawei’s role in UK’s 5G networks Posted: 22 May 2020 03:36 PM PDT PM set to shrink Chinese firm's involvement to zero by 2023 after caving to backbench pressure Boris Johnson has been forced to cave into to Conservative backbench rebels opposed to the presence of Huawei in 5G networks and has drawn up plans to reduce the Chinese company's involvement to zero by 2023. The prime minister's retreat is designed to stave off what could have been an embarrassing defeat when his existing proposal to reduce Huawei to a 35% market share was to be voted on in the Commons. Continue reading... |
| Chris Patten: China's security laws a betrayal of Hong Kong people Posted: 23 May 2020 01:48 AM PDT Last governor of former British colony says UK must stand up to Beijing rather than kowtow China has betrayed the people of Hong Kong and the UK has a moral, economic and legal duty to stand up for them, Chris Patten, the last governor of the former British colony, has said. Beijing is set to impose new national security legislation on Hong Kong after a sustained campaign of pro-democracy protests last year in the city, which enjoys many freedoms not allowed on mainland China. Continue reading... |
| Pakistan plane crash survivor: 'All I could see was smoke and fire' Posted: 22 May 2020 08:14 PM PDT One of two survivors recalls how Airbus crashed during second attempt to land at Karachi airport, killing at least 97 people One of the two survivors of the Pakistan plane crash has described his escape from the burning plane after it came down during a second attempt at a landing. "All I could see around was smoke and fire," engineer Muhammad Zubair told Geo News. "I could hear screams from all directions. Kids and adults. All I could see was fire. I couldn't see any people – just hear their screams." Continue reading... |
| Car rental firm Hertz files for bankruptcy protection in US Posted: 23 May 2020 01:25 AM PDT Hertz, which has 38,000 staff, is one of the largest firms to be undone by the pandemic The 102-year-old car rental firm Hertz has filed for bankruptcy protection after its business all but vanished during the coronavirus pandemic. Hertz said in a US court filing on Friday that it had voluntarily filed for Chapter 11 reorganisation. Its international operating regions including Europe, Australia and New Zealand were not included in the US proceedings. Continue reading... |
| Indonesia investigates leak of more than two million voters' personal information Posted: 22 May 2020 05:37 PM PDT Data breach included names, home addresses and national identification numbers Indonesia is investigating how 2.3 million voters' personal information was leaked online, the election commission said. The data breach, which included names, home addresses and national identification numbers, appeared to be from the 2014 election voter list, the General Election Commission revealed on Friday. Continue reading... |
| ‘There are too many’: bones of 60 mammoths found in Mexico Posted: 22 May 2020 12:05 PM PDT Archaeologists face surfeit of mammoths after bones found at airport under construction north of Mexico City Archaeologists have found the bones of about 60 mammoths at an airport under construction just north of Mexico City, near human-built "traps" where more than a dozen mammoths were found last year. Both discoveries reveal how appealing the area – once a shallow lake – was for the mammoths, and how erroneous was the classic vision of groups of fur-clad hunters with spears chasing mammoths across a plain. Continue reading... |
| Man confesses to fatally stabbing his father on Zoom video conference call Posted: 22 May 2020 03:14 PM PDT Authorities say Thomas Scully-Powers, 32, stabbed his father multiple times as horrified call participants scrambled to dial 911 A Long Island man suspected of fatally stabbing his father on a live Zoom call confessed to the caught-on-camera killing after police found him trying to wash blood off his body with Dr Pepper, prosecutors said on Friday. Thomas Scully-Powers, 32, was arraigned via video and ordered jailed without bail after pleading not guilty to a murder charge in the attack on Long Island, New York, on Thursday that left 72-year-old Dwight Powers nearly decapitated as horrified call participants scrambled to dial 911. Continue reading... |
| Australian worker sacked over Downfall meme video wins job back in federal court Posted: 22 May 2020 06:42 PM PDT The BP technician privately shared the video to parody heated pay negotiations A BP worker who was sacked after privately sharing a version of a Hitler parody video during pay negotiations has had a win in the federal court. The Downfall meme format has been widely circulating on the internet for more than a decade, with users adding their own subtitles to a clip from the 2004 German film Downfall, showing a highly agitated Adolf Hitler in his bunker screaming at his military commanders in the final days of the war. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump press secretary inadvertently reveals president's bank details Posted: 22 May 2020 07:45 PM PDT Kayleigh McEnany appears to accidentally show private details while displaying Trump donation to fight coronavirus pandemic Efforts to highlight Donald Trump's largesse during his time in office have backfired after his press secretary appeared to display the US president's personal bank details to the world. At a press conference on Friday, Kayleigh McEnany announced that Trump would donate his quarterly pay cheque to the Department of Health and Human Services to "support the efforts being undertaken to confront, contain and combat the coronavirus". So far, so laudable. Continue reading... |
| André Leon Talley: 'My story is a fairytale, and in every fairytale there is evil and darkness' Posted: 23 May 2020 02:00 AM PDT As US Vogue's editor-at-large, he was Anna Wintour's right-hand man. But then, he reveals in our exclusive interview, he was 'thrown under the bus' • Read an extract from Talley's explosive new memoir André Leon Talley – legendary fashion editor, prince of excess – has taken a fair few luxury holidays in his time. First-class flights to Biarritz, private jets, shopping trips to Florence by Concorde. But sometimes he keeps it simple and spends a quiet weekend with his friend, the shoe designer Manolo Blahnik, in Bath "at his residence on the Crescent". "Manolo will be in the kitchen cooking his wonderful cuisine, and I'll be in the larder, lacquering my Louis Vuitton cases with yacht varnish, bringing them to a high shine," he tells me. Continue reading... |
| Community mourns 'brilliant student' Aya Hachem as five charged with murder Posted: 22 May 2020 03:55 PM PDT Islamic prayer said near scene where law student, who fled Lebanon as a child, died The family of a "remarkable and inspirational" law student killed in a botched drive-by shooting have said their only comfort is that she died during the holy month of Ramadan, as tributes flowed in for a teenager whose "whole ethos was to commit everything to this country". Aya Hachem, 19, was fatally shot from a passing car as she shopped for groceries near her home in Blackburn on Sunday afternoon. She was not the intended victim, police said. Continue reading... |
| Khashoggi sons' pardon is step towards killers' release, says UN investigator Posted: 22 May 2020 08:27 AM PDT Agnès Callamard says Saudi authorities playing out 'final act in their parody of justice' A UN investigator has predicted Saudi Arabia will eventually release the convicted killers of the Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, after the killers were said to have been forgiven by Khashoggi's sons in a move she said represented the kingdom's "absolute impunity". Agnès Callamard, the special rapporteur for extrajudicial killings who has said the 2018 murder was committed at the behest of the Saudi state, said on Friday that the message of forgiveness represented the "first steps towards their eventual release" under Saudi and sharia law. Continue reading... |
| Mory Kanté: Guinean musician dies aged 70 from chronic health problems Posted: 22 May 2020 08:23 AM PDT The Yé Ké Yé Ké singer's son said he was unable to travel to France for his usual treatment owing to coronavirus-related restrictions The Guinean musician Mory Kanté has died aged 70. His son Balla Kanté told the AFP news agency that his death was the result of untreated chronic health problems. "He suffered from chronic illnesses and often traveled to France for treatment, but that was no longer possible with the coronavirus," said Balla. "We saw his condition deteriorate rapidly, but I was still surprised because he'd been through much worse times before." Kanté died in hospital in the capital, Conakry. Continue reading... |
| Trump press secretary appears to show president's bank details – video Posted: 23 May 2020 01:55 AM PDT Kayleigh McEnany appeared to accidentally reveal Donald Trump's private bank details while displaying evidence of the president's $100,000 donation to efforts to rein in the coronavirus. McEnany announced Trump would donate his quarterly pay cheque, and when she held up the cheque for White House reporters, Trump's banking details were not obscured Continue reading... |
| Covid commission boss Nev Power steps back at gas company amid conflict of interest concerns Posted: 22 May 2020 08:26 PM PDT The Morrison government commission has promoted gas as a key way to boost the economy after the coronavirus crisis The head of the Morrison government commission tasked with coming up with plans to revitalise the economy after the coronavirus crisis, Nev Power, is to step aside from his position as deputy chairman of a gas company over conflict of interest concerns. "Because of the perceptions of conflict of interest he has stepped back from participating in board meetings and will not participate in the decisions of the board" of Strike Energy, a spokesman for the National Covid-19 Coordination Commission said on Friday evening. Continue reading... |
| 'Where are the women?' Outcry over all-male government meeting in Afghanistan Posted: 22 May 2020 06:13 AM PDT Tweet showed 12 male political leaders after Ghani promised women would be involved in high-level decision-making People in Afghanistan protested on social media that no women were present at a high-level government meeting, despite assurances from the president that they would be involved in important decision-making roles. The outcry followed a tweeted photo of a meeting of 12 political leaders at the presidential palace – all of them men. Continue reading... |
| Guatemala's white flags indicate pandemic's deadly side-effect: hunger Posted: 22 May 2020 03:30 AM PDT The coronavirus lockdown has brought the country's informal economy grinding to a halt with desperate results América Reyes sits on the steps of Guatemala's National Cathedral, with her four-year-old son at her side and white flag in her hand. It is a symbol not of surrender, but of gnawing hunger amid the strict coronavirus lockdown which has brought the country's informal economy to a grinding halt. Continue reading... |
| 'Planes spray the city at night': Covid-19 conspiracy theories in Mexico's motor town Posted: 21 May 2020 11:45 PM PDT In San Luis Potosí, cases of Covid-19 are rising, but not everyone is taking lockdown seriously. Photographer Mauricio Palos looks at how the outbreak has affected his home town In San Luis Potosí, a city in central Mexico, some people believe the coronavirus is an invention by the government. They are sharing memes, videos and recordings with misinformation, in which people tell you that in the hospitals they drain the fluid from your knees and planes spray the city with the virus at night. Continue reading... |
| Manila lockdown diary: 'I went into labour but had to walk to the clinic to give birth' Posted: 21 May 2020 11:15 PM PDT Poverty, hunger and the threat of being shot by police make life under strict lockdown harder for one expectant mother Millions of people in the Philippine capital, Manila, have spent more than two months under lockdown. The densely populated city, once notorious for its heaving traffic, has been transformed into a ghost town. Residents who do not perform essential work have been asked to stay at home and are barred from leaving their neighbourhoods. Rights groups have warned over the brutal manner in which the restrictions have been enforced. In one instance, curfew violators were put in dog cages, while others have been forced to sit in the midday sun as punishment. President Rodrigo Duterte has told police they can shoot anyone deemed to be causing trouble during the lockdown. Last week, the government announced an extension of the lockdown until 31 May, making it one of the strictest and longest quarantines in the world. Continue reading... |
| 'The issue now is surviving': countries react with shock to Oxfam withdrawal Posted: 21 May 2020 08:21 AM PDT Locals, NGOs and politicians express fears for world's most vulnerable as charity announces withdrawal from 18 countries due to financial impact of Covid-19 Oxfam International's announcement that it will close operations in countries including Afghanistan and Haiti has prompted fears that regions are being abandoned just as the coronavirus pandemic makes them more vulnerable. Oxfam said the impact of Covid-19 on its finances had forced it to fast-track a global restructuring programme, which entails the closure of 18 country offices. Continue reading... |
| Can New Zealand's National party reinvent itself under Todd Muller? | Jennifer Curtin Posted: 22 May 2020 06:38 PM PDT The new opposition leader must win back centrist voters, just four months out from the election It was never a foregone conclusion, but with three poll results in the last three weeks putting National's support at around 30%, the chances of Bridges remaining as leader were increasingly slim. By 1pm on 22 May, the parliamentary National party had sealed his, and deputy Paula Bennett's, fate. The new leader, Todd Muller, now faces the unenviable task of clawing back the centre right voters who appear, for now, to have deserted National in droves. Continue reading... |
| Why reassertion of Xi Jinping's authority spells violence in Hong Kong Posted: 22 May 2020 10:52 AM PDT Sedition legislation would allow Chinese security forces on to streets and may mean end of city's autonomy Around this time last year, criticism was mounting in Hong Kong over a proposed bill that would allow people wanted by the Chinese authorities to be sent to the mainland. Demonstrators marched on the city's legislature and scuffles broke out between pro-democracy and pro-Beijing lawmakers. Within a few weeks, more than a million people took to the streets, decrying legislation they believed would mark the end of Hong Kong and the freedoms that set it apart from China. A protest movement was born and for months the city was engulfed in violent street battles, in what has been described as Hong Kong's worst crisis since the 1997 handover of the former British colony to Chinese control. Continue reading... |
| UK quarantine plan: what will it mean for travellers? Posted: 22 May 2020 09:08 AM PDT Major shift in border policy will require people arriving in UK to self-isolate for 14 days
The government has unveiled a major shift in border policy to be introduced next month in a bid to prevent a second wave of Covid-19 in the UK. Continue reading... |
| Joe Biden pushed to embrace radicalism of FDR by scale of economic crisis Posted: 22 May 2020 07:46 AM PDT The presumptive Democratic nominee who once promised 'nothing would fundamentally change' now has a different tune When Joe Biden launched his campaign for president in April last year, the unemployment rate was 3.6%, the lowest it had been in nearly half a century. Now, months into a once-in-a-century public health crisis, unemployment in the US is nearly four times that, soaring to levels not seen since the Great Depression. Related: Coronavirus US live: experts urge caution on first holiday weekend of summer as deaths pass 94,000 Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus: Donald Trump demands places of worship reopen 'right now' – video Posted: 22 May 2020 12:47 PM PDT Donald Trump has demanded that states reopen churches, synagogues and mosques for in-person services, threatening to 'override' governors who refuse. The president said he was identifying houses of worship as 'essential services' and suggested he was correcting the 'injustice' that liquor stores and abortion clinics had reopened in some states while places of worship had not Continue reading... |
| Rare white grizzly bear spotted in Canada's Rocky Mountains – video Posted: 22 May 2020 11:57 AM PDT A rare white grizzly bear has been spotted in Canada's Rocky Mountains. According to experts, the colouring is the result of a recessive gene in the cub – not albinism. Local wildlife officials have known about the white grizzly since 2017, but Cara Clarkson's mobile phone video of the bear, which went viral, marks the first time the public has caught a glimpse of the predator Continue reading... |
| Priti Patel announces 14-day quarantine for travellers to UK – video Posted: 22 May 2020 10:11 AM PDT From 8 June people arriving in the UK will have to tell the authorities where they will be staying and face spot checks to ensure they self-isolate for 14 days, the home secretary, Priti Patel, has confirmed. Anyone failing to comply could face a fine of £1,000 |
| Biden tells voters 'you ain't black' if you're still deciding between him and Trump – video Posted: 22 May 2020 09:23 AM PDT Joe Biden has been criticised after saying,'If you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black'. The former vice-president made the comment in an interview with Charlamagne tha God, a co-host of the radio show 'The Breakfast Club'. After a campaign aide said Biden had to wrap up the conversation, Charlamagne said: 'Listen, you've got to come see us when you come to New York, VP Biden. It's a long way until November. We've got more questions.' 'You've got more questions?' Biden replied. 'Well I tell you what, if you have a problem figuring out whether you're for me or Trump, then you ain't black.' He said Charlamagne and voters should 'take a look at my record, man!'
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| Why has Brazil been so badly hit by coronavirus? – video explainer Posted: 22 May 2020 09:17 AM PDT The spread of coronavirus has been catastrophic in Brazil, with the country now ranking third for infections behind only the US and Russia. The infection rate has been growing rapidly in Latin America, and as global infections passed 5 million, Brazil reported a record 19,951 cases on 20 May, according to the ministry of health, taking total infections to 291,579. From a sceptical president to a healthcare system on the verge of collapse, the Guardian's Tom Phillips explains the factors that have put Brazil at risk of becoming the next hotspot for the virus
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| Pakistan plane crash: smoke billows over residential area in Karachi – video Posted: 22 May 2020 05:40 AM PDT There are fears of mass casualties after a passenger aircraft carrying more than 100 people crashed into a residential area in the Pakistani city of Karachi. The Pakistan International Airlines jet, carrying 99 passengers and eight crew members, was on its final approach to Karachi airport when it went down near Model Colony Continue reading... |
| Llama deliveries, ice cream by drone and a penguin field trip: this week's uplifting clips – video Posted: 22 May 2020 04:24 AM PDT With rising uncertainty around the coronavirus pandemic and most of the world still practising physical distancing, people are finding new ways to keep each others' spirits up. From a llama delivering essentials to older people, drive-in concerts and Capt Tom Moore's reaction to a knighthood, these are the week's most uplifting clips Continue reading... |
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