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- Coronavirus live news: New Zealand to trace 320 'close contacts' of virus pair who stopped to meet friends
- New Zealand puts Covid-19 quarantine in hands of military after border fiasco
- Beijing coronavirus outbreak: city raises emergency level and grounds hundreds of flights
- 'Disinfection tunnel' set up to protect Vladimir Putin from coronavirus
- Soldiers fell to their deaths as India and China's troops fought with rocks
- UK begins talks with Australia and New Zealand on free trade deal for post-Brexit era
- North Korea accuses South of being like a 'mongrel dog' as relations worsen
- Emma Watson joins board of Kering, the luxury fashion giant behind Gucci
- Facebook unveils plans to boost voter turnout in US elections
- Trump’s ‘woeful’ police reform order leaves systemic racism intact, critics say
- Swiss authorities seek owner of gold worth £151,000 left on train
- Trump administration sues to block publication of John Bolton's book
- Karm Gilespie's death sentence labelled diplomatic leverage 'deliberately created' by China
- Austrian police defend decision to fine man after 'provocative' fart
- Divers in Thailand attempt to free whale shark entangled in rope – video
- Himalayan flashpoint could spiral out of control as India and China face off
- Charities call for clarity amid confusion over end to England coronavirus shielding
- Tourists return to Venice as lockdown eases in Italy – in pictures
- ‘I just need a connection’: the refugees teaching languages across borders
- Boris Johnson says we shouldn't edit our past. But Britain has been lying about it for decades | George Monbiot
- Coronavirus Australia update: Victoria's corruption watchdog to investigate branch stacking allegations as state records 21 new Covid cases – politics live
- 'Unrealistic' appeals system fails prisoners who have been victims of abuse – report
- 'Political vandalism': DfID and Foreign Office merger met with anger by UK charities
- England: are coronavirus cases falling or rising near you?
- What made a pastor want to describe white privilege as 'white blessings'? | Poppy Noor
- Covid-19 outbreaks in New Zealand and China highlight stark choices
- Indian protesters burn effigies of President Xi after China border clash – video
- Jacinda Ardern: new coronavirus cases are 'unacceptable failure of the system' - video
- Police fire teargas at largely peaceful healthcare protest in Paris – video
- Gunshots heard after demonstrators try to topple conquistador statue in New Mexico – video
- Inside Chaz, Seattle's police-free zone: 'We're proving the world can change' – video
- North Korea blows up liaison office in row over defectors' leaflet campaign – video
| Posted: 17 Jun 2020 02:30 AM PDT Beijing raises alert level and grounds hundreds of flights; Brazil suffers record case increase; six US states see record new cases
Spain's most recent employment indicators anticipate an economic recovery in the second half of the year after the severe impact of the coronavirus pandemic, the country's economy minister, Nadia Calvino, has said. "The recovery phase has started," she told parliament, adding that the trend change is backed by various indicators, mainly the latest job creation data. She said 1 million furloughed workers were working again and 300,000 new workers on social security.
The quarantine blunder that led to two women in New Zealand – who had recently arrived from Britain and were infected with Covid-19 – leaving quarantine without being tested for the virus appears to have gone from bad to worse for the country's health authorities. Officials initially said the women had driven from the city of Auckland to Wellington – a trip of nearly 650km, taking about eight hours – without stopping for fuel or bathroom breaks after they were allowed to leave quarantine early on compassionate grounds because one of their parents had died. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand puts Covid-19 quarantine in hands of military after border fiasco Posted: 16 Jun 2020 08:14 PM PDT Prime minister says release of two overseas arrivals without being tested 'should never have happened and it cannot be repeated' The New Zealand prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has branded as an "unacceptable failure" a quarantine blunder that meant two arrivals from Britain left managed isolation in New Zealand without being tested for the coronavirus – which they were later diagnosed with. "It should never have happened and it cannot be repeated," Ardern said on Wednesday, adding that the defence force would now oversee the quarantine of new arrivals and audit the quarantine process. Continue reading... |
| Beijing coronavirus outbreak: city raises emergency level and grounds hundreds of flights Posted: 16 Jun 2020 09:41 PM PDT All movement in and out of the city will be 'strictly controlled' as dozens more test positive for Covid-19 amid fears of a second wave China's capital has raised its emergency level as dozens of new coronavirus cases emerged and residents were barred from any "unessential" travel outside Beijing following a new outbreak of the virus that is yet to be brought under control. Hundreds of flights were cancelled, schools suspended and all residential compounds ordered to reinstate strict screening after authorities raised the city's four-tiered Covid emergency response level from three to two on Tuesday evening. All movement in and out of the city will be "strictly controlled", officials said at the briefing. Continue reading... |
| 'Disinfection tunnel' set up to protect Vladimir Putin from coronavirus Posted: 16 Jun 2020 05:11 PM PDT Anyone visiting the Russian president at his official residence must pass through a special disinfection chamber, state TV says The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, has been protected from the coronavirus by a special disinfection tunnel that anyone visiting his residence outside Moscow must pass through, according to state television. The special tunnel, manufactured by a Russian company based in the town of Penza, has been installed at his official Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow where he receives visitors, RIA news agency reported on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Soldiers fell to their deaths as India and China's troops fought with rocks Posted: 17 Jun 2020 02:09 AM PDT India shocked by Himalayan border clash in which unarmed troops fought in the dark The hand-to-hand combat lasted hours, on steep, jagged terrain, with iron bars, rocks and fists. Neither side carried guns. Most of the soldiers killed in the worst fighting between India and China in 60 years lost their footing or were knocked from the narrow Himalayan ridge, plunging to their deaths. India has reacted with shock and caution to the loss of at least 20 soldiers on its disputed border with China, with images of the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, burned in Indian cities even as senior leaders including prime minister Narendra Modi had issued no public comment by Wednesday afternoon in Delhi. Continue reading... |
| UK begins talks with Australia and New Zealand on free trade deal for post-Brexit era Posted: 16 Jun 2020 10:20 PM PDT Australian and New Zealand ministers say they are eager to do deals with the UK as their economies emerge from the coronavirus crisis Australia and New Zealand are about to begin negotiations on a free trade agreement with the UK in what the Australian trade minister said was "a strong signal of our mutual support for free trade" in a post-Covid-19 world. Simon Birmingham said Australia was "ready to help the UK find new beginnings post-Brexit and in doing so, open up new doors for our farmers, businesses and investors". Continue reading... |
| North Korea accuses South of being like a 'mongrel dog' as relations worsen Posted: 16 Jun 2020 10:59 PM PDT Pyongyang news agency steps up war of words against Seoul as Kim Jong-un's sister says South's president has put his neck in 'noose of US flunkyism' North Korea has accused South Korea of behaving like a "mongrel dog" bent on confrontation in a state media report that explains the regime's decision to blow up a liaison office – a move that has significantly raised tensions between the two countries. A commentary carried by the state KCNA news agency said the South's defence ministry was "bragging and bluffing, rattling the dialogue partner and stoking a confrontational atmosphere", and warned that Tuesday's destruction of the office – which opened in 2018 to foster better cross-border ties – could be a prelude to a "total catastrophe" in North-South relations. Continue reading... |
| Emma Watson joins board of Kering, the luxury fashion giant behind Gucci Posted: 16 Jun 2020 05:27 PM PDT Actor and eco-fashion advocate to take a seat on board of conglomerate that oversees Gucci, Balenciaga, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta and Alexander McQueen Emma Watson, the actor and activist who made her name as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter films, has joined the board of the French fashion giant Kering, in a major coup for the world's second-biggest luxury group. The British star, who was born in Paris, is the face of the Good On You app, which rates fashion brands on their ethical and sustainability credentials. Watson is also known for her work with Eco Age's Green Carpet Challenge. She wears sustainable red carpet looks, frequently custom-made by top-tier designers, for most public appearances. Continue reading... |
| Facebook unveils plans to boost voter turnout in US elections Posted: 17 Jun 2020 12:07 AM PDT Firm aims to double number of registered voters of previous drives and prevent 'malicious' interference Facebook will launch "the largest voting information effort in US history" in the run-up to November's general election, the company has said, aiming to help 4 million Americans register to vote with a new voting information centre. That goal, spread across Facebook, Instagram and Messenger, is double the number of voters registered as a result of its previous drives, in the 2016 and 2018 elections. The company is also hoping it can prevent a repeat of the foreign interference that plagued the last US presidential election. Continue reading... |
| Trump’s ‘woeful’ police reform order leaves systemic racism intact, critics say Posted: 16 Jun 2020 11:24 AM PDT President's discussion of measure discouraging chokeholds soon shifts to focus on stock market and retail sales Donald Trump faced renewed criticism on Tuesday for what critics said was a "woeful" attempt at police reform that failed to address systemic racism and fell far short of the demands of Black Lives Matter activists seeking fundamental change. The US president issued an executive order that would discourage police from using chokeholds and create a national database for police misconduct. Continue reading... |
| Swiss authorities seek owner of gold worth £151,000 left on train Posted: 16 Jun 2020 03:32 PM PDT Officials say mystery passenger has five years to present 'justified claims' of ownership If you happened to leave more than £150,000 worth of gold bars in a Swiss train, you can now come forward to claim it. Authorities in the central city of Lucerne have said a package containing bars worth about 182,000 Swiss francs was found in a train that arrived from the northern town of St. Gallen in October, and efforts to find the owner failed. Continue reading... |
| Trump administration sues to block publication of John Bolton's book Posted: 16 Jun 2020 05:49 PM PDT Officials claim book, which is critical of administration, contains classified information and would compromise national security The Trump administration has sued to block the publication of a forthcoming book by John Bolton, the US president's former security adviser, about his time in the White House, arguing that it contained classified information and would compromise national security. The civil lawsuit came one day after Trump said Bolton would be breaking the law if the book were published. Trump fired Bolton last September after roughly 17 months as national security adviser. Continue reading... |
| Karm Gilespie's death sentence labelled diplomatic leverage 'deliberately created' by China Posted: 16 Jun 2020 06:44 PM PDT Verdict is political play at time of escalating tension with Australia, former detainees say The Australian man Karm Gilespie's death sentence is diplomatic leverage deliberately created by China, a former investigator who was detained in China for two years has said. Peter Humphrey, a former fraud investigator and foreign correspondent who was detained in China with his wife from 2013 to 2015, said it was inconceivable that the death sentence was unrelated to diplomatic tensions with Australia, and the sentence had "nothing to do with the original case against him". Continue reading... |
| Austrian police defend decision to fine man after 'provocative' fart Posted: 16 Jun 2020 08:51 AM PDT Vienna force write on Twitter that 'no one is reported for accidentally letting one go' A man in Vienna has been fined €500 (£447) for breaking wind loudly in front of police in a move the Austrian capital's police force was at pains to defend. The Österreich newspaper reported that the penalty stemmed from an incident on 5 June and that the offender was fined for offending public decency. Continue reading... |
| Divers in Thailand attempt to free whale shark entangled in rope – video Posted: 16 Jun 2020 08:37 PM PDT A group of divers in Thailand tried to save a whale shark whose tail was tied by rope. Video filmed on Saturday shows the whale shark swimming with a nylon rope tied around its tail. But the knife was too small and could not cut through the rope. Injured and with a rope still tied to its tail, the whale shark eventually swam away |
| Himalayan flashpoint could spiral out of control as India and China face off Posted: 16 Jun 2020 04:03 PM PDT At least 20 died after soldiers fought with clubs and rocks along the disputed border, making de-escalation hard for the nuclear states The forces of two nuclear weapons states have set about each other with clubs and rocks at one of the most forbidding flashpoints in the world, in a bloody incident that highlights the constant dangers posed by expansionist nationalism. India has confirmed that it lost at least 20 of its men in a clash with Chinese soldiers near the disputed mountain border running along the Ladakh area of Kashmir. It is the first fatal confrontation since 1975 and the most serious since 1967, and so can be expected to have a powerful galvanising effect on the populations of both countries, already primed by a constant stream of nationalist rhetoric. Continue reading... |
| Charities call for clarity amid confusion over end to England coronavirus shielding Posted: 16 Jun 2020 11:06 PM PDT Conflicting reports sow doubt about whether extremely vulnerable will be told to stop isolating in July Healthcare charities have called for clarity amid growing confusion over government plans to end the coronavirus shielding programme in England. The scheme affects roughly 2.2 million "clinically extremely vulnerable" people, a category which includes those who have had transplants, are having certain cancer treatments, have severe lung conditions or have immune systems are particularly vulnerable to infection. Continue reading... |
| Tourists return to Venice as lockdown eases in Italy – in pictures Posted: 17 Jun 2020 12:42 AM PDT After three months of empty squares and alleys, and stranded gondoliers, Venice is welcoming tourists back Continue reading... |
| ‘I just need a connection’: the refugees teaching languages across borders Posted: 16 Jun 2020 11:30 PM PDT A unique platform lets teachers from Venezuela to Syria to Burundi earn a living teaching their language online Louisa Waugh and Ghaith Alhallak have met for language lessons in seven countries. "We counted it up the other day," says Waugh, recalling the list of places from which she has video-called Alhallak: Britain, Mali, Senegal and Greece. Alhallak has answered from Lebanon, France and Italy, where he is now studying for a master's degree in political science at the University of Padua. "You just need a connection," he says. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 16 Jun 2020 09:06 AM PDT If we really shouldn't lie about our history, as the prime minister says, let's finally open up about the atrocities of empire When Boris Johnson claimed last week that removing statues is "to lie about our history", you could almost admire his brass neck. This is the man who was sacked from his first job, on the Times, for lying about our history. He fabricated a quote from his own godfather, the historian Colin Lucas, to create a sensational front-page fiction about Edward II's Rose Palace. A further lie about history – his own history – had him sacked from another job, as shadow arts minister under the Conservative leader Michael Howard. But, Johnson tells us: "We cannot now try to edit or censor our past. We cannot pretend to have a different history". Yet lies and erasures are crucial to the myths on which Britain's official self-image is founded, and crucial to hiding the means by which those who still dominate us acquired their wealth and power. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 17 Jun 2020 02:36 AM PDT The anti-corruption body is urging anyone with relevant information to reach out; fifteen of the people who have tested positive in Vic are in quarantine. Follow live
Labor's attempt to extend the $1,500 fortnightly jobkeeper wage subsidy to 5,500 workers at airline catering company Dnata has failed by the narrowest margin – blocked with a 30-all tie in the Senate. Labor's Tony Sheldon had implored One Nation to join Labor and the rest of the crossbench and allow the payment to workers of foreign government owned companies – on the basis it goes direct to workers, not the companies.
Any plans you might have to go to Tasmania (if you're not already there) will have to wait nine more days at least, with Tasmania holding off announcing when it will open the border until 26 June, and that the relaxing of the border probably won't happen until late July. Via AAP: Continue reading... |
| 'Unrealistic' appeals system fails prisoners who have been victims of abuse – report Posted: 17 Jun 2020 12:30 AM PDT One month window to challenge convictions in England and Wales means women who have experienced trauma are unfairly criminalised, campaigners say Women who have been unfairly convicted or sentenced to jail are being denied the chance to redress miscarriages of justice because the appeals system in England and Wales is not fit for purpose, the law group Appeal has alleged. In particular, those who have been victims of trauma or domestic abuse are unable to make a legal challenge due to the "unrealistic" 28-day window allowed to make an application to the criminal Court of Appeal, the report highlights. Continue reading... |
| 'Political vandalism': DfID and Foreign Office merger met with anger by UK charities Posted: 16 Jun 2020 09:23 AM PDT Unicef, Save the Children and Christian Aid among organisations warning move will harm those most in need and reduce UK's power overseas The prime minister's announcement on Tuesday that the Department for International Development (DfID) will be merged with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) has been met with widespread anger and disappointment among UK aid charities. Stephanie Draper, the CEO of Bond, a UK network for international development NGOs, said the announcement on Tuesday, during the coronavirus pandemic, couldn't have come at a worse time. Continue reading... |
| England: are coronavirus cases falling or rising near you? Posted: 17 Jun 2020 12:56 AM PDT How has Covid-19 progressed where you live? The map shows local authorities where the number of cases has increased week-on-week and where it has fallen. Some of this is due to natural fluctuations, especially in areas where there are very few cases, and so a rise from 1 to 2 is a doubling. Increased testing also means that more cases may be being detected than previously, although the impact of this between one week and the next is likely to be slight. Continue reading... |
| What made a pastor want to describe white privilege as 'white blessings'? | Poppy Noor Posted: 16 Jun 2020 03:28 PM PDT Louie Giglio said his choice of words was poor, but his attempt to rebrand white privilege should also grab our attention On Monday evening, Atlanta megachurch pastor Louie Giglio apologized for calling slavery a blessing. In an online church service, he was apparently aiming to have an "honest conversation around how racism has plagued our city for generations". Then he said: "We understand the curse that was slavery, white people do, and [we] say 'that was bad'. But we miss the blessing of slavery, that it actually built up the framework for the world that white people live in and lived in." Continue reading... |
| Covid-19 outbreaks in New Zealand and China highlight stark choices Posted: 16 Jun 2020 11:51 AM PDT To stay coronavirus free, countries face unsustainable social and economic losses Beijing and New Zealand had both declared themselves Covid-19-free by mid-June, life returning to an enviable normality of schools and shops, work and human contact. It didn't last long. Last week, parts of the Chinese capital went back on a "wartime" footing after a cluster of cases emerged linked to the city's biggest wholesale food market. Movement restrictions are back and residents have already been warned against leaving the city. Schools are closed. Continue reading... |
| Indian protesters burn effigies of President Xi after China border clash – video Posted: 17 Jun 2020 02:11 AM PDT Protesters in India burned effigies of the Chinese president, Xi Jinping, and called for boycotts of Chinese goods on Wednesday after a deadly clash at a disputed border site in the western Himalayas left 20 Indian soldiers dead. The deaths were the first since the last major border clash in 1967 between the nuclear-armed neighbours - also the world's two most populous countries - which have been unable to settle the dispute along their lengthy frontier
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| Jacinda Ardern: new coronavirus cases are 'unacceptable failure of the system' - video Posted: 17 Jun 2020 12:20 AM PDT Jacinda Ardern said New Zealand's defence force will oversee the country's quarantine facilities and strengthen border requirements, after a slip-up allowed two arrivals from Britain to leave managed isolation without being tested for coronavirus - for which they later diagnosed positive. The prime minister said she would temporarily remove the compassionate exemption under which the pair were released from quarantine early
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| Police fire teargas at largely peaceful healthcare protest in Paris – video Posted: 16 Jun 2020 02:14 PM PDT French nursing unions called for a national strike to ask for better working conditions and to demand the government keep its promise to overhaul France's hospital system in response to the coronavirus crisis. Police fired teargas after being pelted with objects by a small minority that overturned a car during the demonstration led by healthcare workers
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| Gunshots heard after demonstrators try to topple conquistador statue in New Mexico – video Posted: 16 Jun 2020 10:21 AM PDT A man was shot after a scuffle broke out when demonstrators tried to remove a bronze sculpture of a Spanish conquistador outside a museum in Albuquerque, New Mexico. A group of armed men had tried to protect the statue of Juan de Oñate. The injured man was in a critical but stable condition, police said. Authorities later announced the monument would be removed until the next step could be determined Continue reading... |
| Inside Chaz, Seattle's police-free zone: 'We're proving the world can change' – video Posted: 16 Jun 2020 08:09 AM PDT The Capitol Hill Autonomous Zone (otherwise known as Chaz or Chop) was established by George Floyd protesters after the Seattle police department vacated its East Precinct building on the site. Over the past week, organizers have created a community garden, painted murals, opened free co-op grocery stores – all in an effort to push the message of Black Lives Matter forward Continue reading... |
| North Korea blows up liaison office in row over defectors' leaflet campaign – video Posted: 16 Jun 2020 04:07 AM PDT North Korea has blown up a liaison office set up to improve communications with South Korea in a row over defectors' plans to send anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets across the heavily armed border. North Korea appears to have acted on a warning by Kim Yo-jong, the increasingly influential sister of the country's leader, Kim Jong-un, to destroy the 'useless' office. The office opened in September 2018 to facilitate inter-Korean cooperation after successful talks between Kim Jong-un and the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in. Continue reading... |
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