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- Immunity to Covid-19 could be lost in months, UK study suggests
- 'It takes a toll': researchers struggle with lockdown cull of lab mice
- Coronavirus brings tension and prejudice to Italy's beaches
- Incumbent Andrzej Duda wins Polish presidential election - commission
- China floods: 'wartime' measures brought in to tackle worst deluge in decades
- Coronavirus live news: WHO reports record global cases as South Africa reinstates alcohol ban
- Manchester City’s two-year Champions League ban lifted by Cas – live!
- Super-rich call for higher taxes on wealthy to pay for Covid-19 recovery
- Seoul mayor funeral: anger at use of public funds for five-day service
- 'Historic corruption': Republicans and Democrats react to Trump's Stone ruling
- Palace letters to be released 45 years after Australian government sensationally dismissed
- Markets strengthen amid economic recovery hopes - business live
- First federal execution in US since 2003 set to proceed on Monday
- Kelly Preston, actor and wife of John Travolta, dies aged 57 from breast cancer
- Naomi Klein: 'We must not return to the pre-Covid status quo, only worse'
- A Big Fat Sky – around the east coast of the UK – photo essay
- The world needs grown-up leadership. Time for Germany to step up | Shada Islam
- 'No one is pure evil': the documentary bringing a human face to the Iraq war
- USS Bonhomme Richard fire: US warship rocked by explosion in San Diego – video
- Covid-19 is no excuse for sovereign creditors to move the goalposts on debt
- NSW braces for potential coronavirus outbreak as cases at Crossroads Hotel grow
- Brutal deaths of exploited migrants shine a spotlight on Italy's farms
- Bono campaign group accuses UK of wasting international aid budget
- As Covid-19 persists around the world, death is not the only outcome to fear | Gideon Meyerowitz-Katz
- British pilot leaves Vietnam hospital after four-month battle with Covid-19 – video
- 'Deeply saddened': Pope Francis on Hagia Sophia reverting to mosque – video
- 'My civil right': Hong Kong citizens vote in unofficial pro-democracy poll – video
- Israelis protest over Netanyahu's handling of economy during Covid-19 outbreak – video
- Donald Trump publicly wears face mask for first time during hospital visit – video
| Immunity to Covid-19 could be lost in months, UK study suggests Posted: 12 Jul 2020 09:31 AM PDT Exclusive: King's College London team found steep drops in patients' antibody levels three months after infection People who have recovered from Covid-19 may lose their immunity to the disease within months, according to research suggesting the virus could reinfect people year after year, like common colds. In the first longitudinal study of its kind, scientists analysed the immune response of more than 90 patients and healthcare workers at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS foundation trust and found levels of antibodies that can destroy the virus peaked about three weeks after the onset of symptoms then swiftly declined. Continue reading... |
| 'It takes a toll': researchers struggle with lockdown cull of lab mice Posted: 12 Jul 2020 10:00 PM PDT Coronavirus restrictions on research made colonies of rodents surplus to requirements, leading to an 'emotionally overwhelming' mass killing Xiao-Tong Su, a postdoctoral fellow researching hypertension at Oregon Health and Science University (OHSU) apologizes to mice when she euthanizes them. "I try to think that they're sacrificed for human health and for science," she told me over the phone. As the owner of two pet rabbits, she had to switch to working with mice early in her career after repeatedly becoming too attached to rabbits she worked with. In the world of medical research, mouse and rat euthanasia are par for the course. Once an experiment is complete, mice are typically rendered extraneous since they can no longer be used as a control, and are humanely euthanized. Most universities abide by a reductionist policy, using as few mice as possible – so whenever possible, one mouse can be used for more than one study. Depending on their work, grad students and postdocs will euthanize one animal per day. "It never gets easier," Sayra Garcia, a second-year PhD student at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, said. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus brings tension and prejudice to Italy's beaches Posted: 12 Jul 2020 03:37 AM PDT Tempers fray over social distancing and visitors from Lombardy tell of discrimination Tensions are breaking out on beaches and tourists from Lombardy have reported instances of discrimination as Italy's first holiday season since the coronavirus outbreak gets under way. Residents of Codogno, in Lodi province, the first town in the country's badly affected Lombardy region to be quarantined, have claimed attempts to book holidays elsewhere in Italy were rebuffed after they revealed they would be travelling from a former "red zone". Continue reading... |
| Incumbent Andrzej Duda wins Polish presidential election - commission Posted: 13 Jul 2020 12:24 AM PDT Duda has promised another term of backing legislative agenda of ruling populist party Andrzej Duda has won Poland's presidential election, after results released on Monday morning gave the incumbent 51.2% of votes with almost all the ballots counted, the national electoral commission said. His Liberal challenger, Rafał Trzaskowski, the mayor of Warsaw, trailed with 48.8%. Continue reading... |
| China floods: 'wartime' measures brought in to tackle worst deluge in decades Posted: 12 Jul 2020 11:46 PM PDT Thirty-three rivers break water level records as relief funds criticised as inadequate Torrential rains have continued to batter China, destroying homes and rendering millions of people homeless as residents fear they may be facing a repeat of floods that devastated the country more than 20 years ago. The country has raised its national emergency response to the second-highest level as water levels broke records not seen since 1998, when floods killed more than 3,000 people. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: WHO reports record global cases as South Africa reinstates alcohol ban Posted: 13 Jul 2020 02:44 AM PDT Cases rise by over 230,000 worldwide in 24 hours; Florida cases increase by record total for a US state; Brazil cases near 2m
You can find the Coronavirus UK map, on the latest deaths and confirmed Covid-19 cases in the UK here. Related: Coronavirus UK map: the latest deaths and confirmed Covid-19 cases
Islamic religious students wearing face masks and socially distanced attend their final examinations in Karachi, Pakistan. Continue reading... |
| Manchester City’s two-year Champions League ban lifted by Cas – live! Posted: 13 Jul 2020 02:44 AM PDT
I'm not saying that Barney Ronay started it, but "RIP FFP" has been trending on Twitter since approximately 9.30am + 30 seconds. Lots of predictable rival club soreness, but in among it all plenty of concern over whether a surge in "financial doping" may be on the way, which could be particularly disastrous at a time when so many clubs below the very top of the game are feeling the coronavirus-related squeeze.
Celebrity City fan and renowned swearer weighs in … What was that about being banned from Europe sit down PISSFLAPS MCFC x Continue reading... |
| Super-rich call for higher taxes on wealthy to pay for Covid-19 recovery Posted: 12 Jul 2020 09:01 PM PDT Exclusive: Group of 83 wealthy individuals demands 'immediate, substantial and permanent' higher taxes 'on people like us' A group of 83 of the world's richest people have called on governments to permanently increase taxes on them and other members of the wealthy elite to help pay for the economic recovery from the Covid-19 crisis. The super-rich members, including Ben and Jerry's ice cream co-founder Jerry Greenfield and Disney heir Abigail Disney, called on "our governments to raise taxes on people like us. Immediately. Substantially. Permanently". Continue reading... |
| Seoul mayor funeral: anger at use of public funds for five-day service Posted: 13 Jul 2020 02:36 AM PDT More than 500,000 people sign petition calling for quiet family funeral for Park Won-soon amid sexual harassment allegations A row has broken out over whether the mayor of Seoul, who was found dead last week in an apparent suicide, should have been given a publicly funded funeral amid allegations he sexually harassed a member of his staff. The South Korean capital's administrative court dismissed an 11th-hour injunction to block the use of taxpayer funds for the funeral on Monday morning of Park Won-soon, whose body was found in mountain woods in Seoul on Friday. Continue reading... |
| 'Historic corruption': Republicans and Democrats react to Trump's Stone ruling Posted: 12 Jul 2020 02:15 PM PDT The president commuted the prison sentence of his long-time associate on Friday, prompting outcry from politicians on both sides of the aisle In a statement released on Friday evening, the White House denounced the prosecution of Stone on charges stemming from "the Russia Hoax" investigation. "Roger Stone has already suffered greatly," the statement read. "He was treated very unfairly, as were many others in this case. Roger Stone is now a free man!" Continue reading... |
| Palace letters to be released 45 years after Australian government sensationally dismissed Posted: 13 Jul 2020 02:06 AM PDT 'Dramatic revelations' expected from 200 exchanges between the Queen, her private secretary and governor general The imminent release of secret royal correspondence linked to the dismissal of prime minister Gough Whitlam will again call the role of the monarchy in modern Australia into question, experts say. Australia's national archives will on Tuesday morning release the much-anticipated "palace letters", a series of more than 200 exchanges between the Queen, her private secretary, Martin Charteris, and Sir John Kerr, Australia's then-governor general, in the critical period leading up to Kerr's hugely controversial dismissal of Gough Whitlam's Labor government in November 1975. Continue reading... |
| Markets strengthen amid economic recovery hopes - business live Posted: 13 Jul 2020 02:48 AM PDT Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
Britain's property sector emerged from its Covid-19 freeze in June, according to new data from property group Andrews. It has reported that instructions picked up last month (although they were still lower than a year ago). Viewings also increased sharply - with some people checking out properties remotely. Instructions in April and May 2020 were down 90% and 73% respectively on the equivalent months in 2019 as the property market felt the full impact of lockdown and Covid-19. But June 2020 saw a significant rebound, with instructions down just 26% on the corresponding month last year, up 178% on May 2020, when the property market reopened mid-month, and 624% on April — when Andrews saw just 55 instructions across its south of England branches.
The ONS has looked at how households were set-up to cope with a loss of income when lockdown hit. Using data from its wealth and assets survey, it found households where the head works in accommodation and food services were the least equipped to manage with a loss of income. Households where the head is employed in industries with lower rates of furloughing, such as IT and professional services, were more likely to be able to cover a drop in employment income with savings https://t.co/pU4AZWtGHw pic.twitter.com/0GF2lxTVz5 Continue reading... |
| First federal execution in US since 2003 set to proceed on Monday Posted: 12 Jul 2020 11:47 PM PDT Daniel Lewis Lee due to die by lethal injection despite objections from victims' families The US government is planning to carry out the first federal execution in nearly two decades, despite the objections of the family of the victims and after a volley of legal proceedings surrounding risks caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Daniel Lewis Lee, of Yukon, Oklahoma, is scheduled to die by lethal injection at 4pm on Monday at a federal prison in Indiana. He was convicted in Arkansas of the 1996 killings of William Mueller, a gun dealer, his wife, Nancy, and her eight-year-old daughter, Sarah Powell. Continue reading... |
| Kelly Preston, actor and wife of John Travolta, dies aged 57 from breast cancer Posted: 12 Jul 2020 10:55 PM PDT Travolta says 'Kelly's love and life will always be remembered' after revealing actor's death after two-year illness • Kelly Preston – a life in pictures Kelly Preston, who played dramatic and comic foil to actors ranging from Tom Cruise in Jerry Maguire to Arnold Schwarzenegger in Twins, has died, her husband, John Travolta, said. She was 57. Travolta said in an Instagram post that his wife of 28 years, who was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago, died on Sunday. Continue reading... |
| Naomi Klein: 'We must not return to the pre-Covid status quo, only worse' Posted: 12 Jul 2020 10:00 PM PDT What kind of world will the coronavirus crisis leave us with? Interviewed for a Guardian Live event, the activist and author insists that the climate, equality and fairness must be at the heart of the post-pandemic recovery Katharine Viner: Hello, Naomi. How are you finding lockdown? Naomi Klein: For those of us who were teaching our students by Zoom, as I was – home schooling, doing that juggle and figuring out how to bake – we had it really cushy. Now I am back in Canada for the summer with my family, in quarantine because in Canada, if you come from the US, you have to be in very strict quarantine. I have not left the house in almost two weeks. I am actually developing some phobias about leaving lockdown. Continue reading... |
| A Big Fat Sky – around the east coast of the UK – photo essay Posted: 12 Jul 2020 11:00 PM PDT Photographer Max Miechowski explores the scenes and details of the communities of the British east coast A Big Fat Sky is a body of work exploring the shifting landscapes and unsung communities of the British east coast. Through contrasting images of beach scenes, resort details and industrial silhouettes, the work documents the subtle complexities of life at the country's edge. Continue reading... |
| The world needs grown-up leadership. Time for Germany to step up | Shada Islam Posted: 13 Jul 2020 02:01 AM PDT With Germany at the EU helm, there's a unique chance for Europe to fill the vacuum left by the retreating US With Trump's US missing in action from the global stage, the European Union should be stepping into the vacuum. Germany, which has just taken over the bloc's rotating presidency, could use the next six months to provide the leadership to boost Europe's global impact. But is it ready to shake off its traditional reticence? Immediate economic challenges will dominate EU leaders' first in-person encounter since the lockdown, on 17 and 18 July. And Berlin is right to prioritise agreement on the EU's new seven-year budget and a pandemic recovery plan, a task complicated by internal rifts and new forecasts warning of an even deeper recession than expected across the 27-nation bloc. As Angela Merkel said in a recent Guardian interview: "For Europe to survive, its economy needs to survive." Continue reading... |
| 'No one is pure evil': the documentary bringing a human face to the Iraq war Posted: 13 Jul 2020 02:06 AM PDT Once Upon a Time in Iraq offers an in-depth look at lives devastated by conflict, as director James Bluemel and Waleed Nesyif – who was 18 when the US invaded – tell Remona Aly Um Qusay, dressed in a black, sequined abaya and hijab, takes a slow drag on her cigarette as she recalls the execution of Iraqi men in her village who tried to assassinate their president. A Rambo-esque former US marine readies himself with a swig of tequila before sharing his violent tale. Once Upon a Time in Iraq, a new documentary series airing on BBC Two from tonight, conveys the complex road to the Iraq war through the eyes of civilians, journalists and soldiers, 17 years on from an invasion that has fractured the world. Continue reading... |
| USS Bonhomme Richard fire: US warship rocked by explosion in San Diego – video Posted: 12 Jul 2020 07:21 PM PDT More than 20 people suffered minor injuries on Sunday after an explosion and fire on board a ship at a naval base in San Diego, military officials said. The blaze was reported shortly before 9am on USS Bonhomme Richard, said Mike Raney, a spokesman for the navy's Pacific fleet. Four civilians and 17 sailors were taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Raney said. Continue reading... |
| Covid-19 is no excuse for sovereign creditors to move the goalposts on debt Posted: 12 Jul 2020 10:00 PM PDT Vulture funds want to change Argentina's debt structure. We need to stop them from setting a dangerous precedent In the wake of Covid-19, there is an urgent need for sovereign debt restructuring, including debt relief. In the circumstances caused by the pandemic, many countries' repayment obligations could have devastating social consequences if they are not adjusted. Financial markets face risks of sovereign default. While some ad hoc relief has already been promised by official creditors, indebted poor countries are again facing private creditors without a sovereign-debt restructuring mechanism – the global equivalent of a bankruptcy regime. In the absence of such a framework, called for by the United Nations General Assembly and advocated by many experts and stakeholders, there have nevertheless been some constructive innovations in contractual approaches to sovereign debt. These address at least some of the collective-action problems of restructuring, including opportunistic holdout behaviour. Continue reading... |
| NSW braces for potential coronavirus outbreak as cases at Crossroads Hotel grow Posted: 13 Jul 2020 02:22 AM PDT Patrons who attended the Casula pub last week say there was 'in excess of 100' diners at the venue
More than 20 Covid-19 cases have now been linked to a popular pub in Sydney's south-west, with authorities increasingly anxious about the worsening situation in New South Wales. Meanwhile, some 1,000 ADF personnel are headed for Victoria, where 177 new cases were reported on Monday and more than five million Melburnians remain under stage three restrictions. Continue reading... |
| Brutal deaths of exploited migrants shine a spotlight on Italy's farms Posted: 12 Jul 2020 11:45 PM PDT Covid-19 exposed the country's reliance on 'invisible workers' enduring wretched conditions – and a new visa scheme has not addressed the problem Earlier this summer, as millions of Italians were locked down inside their homes, fruit and vegetables were left to rot in the fields despite the cost to the country's economy. Italy's informal refugee and migrant workforce, who had previously worked long hours in wretched conditions for paltry wages to bring produce off the fields, were absent from the farms. Continue reading... |
| Bono campaign group accuses UK of wasting international aid budget Posted: 12 Jul 2020 10:01 PM PDT Campaign group One, founded by U2 frontman, is calling for a reorganisation of aid spending A development campaign group founded by Bono has accused the UK government of wasting a large chunk of its international aid budget and called for spending on overseas assistance to be cut by £1.6bn. In a report that echoes criticisms by some Conservative MPs, the U2 singer's One campaign said there was too much spending on projects that failed to reduce poverty. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 12 Jul 2020 10:30 AM PDT There are worrying trends about long-term damage, even in those with milder symptoms
There are a lot of unknowns about Covid-19. This makes sense, because despite six months of the most amazing scientific effort of our lifetimes, the coronavirus is a novel disease which means that we are constantly finding out new things about it. Even now, the debate about the most likely method of spread of the disease rages on, in part because the idea of masks has in many places become somehow a political decision rather than a scientific one. Sometimes 2020 feels like living in the Bad Place (but with less frozen yoghurt). Continue reading... |
| British pilot leaves Vietnam hospital after four-month battle with Covid-19 – video Posted: 12 Jul 2020 10:03 AM PDT A British pilot who spent more than two months on life support in Vietnam after contracting the coronavirus has been discharged from hospital and has returned to the UK. Stephen Cameron, 42, was the sickest patient medics had treated during the coronavirus outbreak in the country and had been given 10% chance to live. The Vietnam Airlines pilot from Motherwell, Scotland, spent four months in hospitals in Ho Chi Minh City, including 10 weeks on a ventilator. Vietnam has recorded no official deaths related to the pandemic after a fast and proactive response Continue reading... |
| 'Deeply saddened': Pope Francis on Hagia Sophia reverting to mosque – video Posted: 12 Jul 2020 08:47 AM PDT The pope said he feels 'deeply saddened' by the decision of Turkey's president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to convert Istanbul's Hagia Sophia from a museum back into a mosque. The Unesco-listed building was first constructed as a cathedral in the Christian Byzantine empire but was converted into a mosque after the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453 Continue reading... |
| 'My civil right': Hong Kong citizens vote in unofficial pro-democracy poll – video Posted: 12 Jul 2020 08:16 AM PDT Hundreds of thousands of Hongkongers queued to cast ballots over the weekend in an unofficial poll to select the strongest pro-democracy candidates, who will aim to seize control from pro-Beijing rivals for the first time. The vote might fall foul of the new national security law imposed by Beijing, according to senior Hong Kong officials. But residents visited 250 polling stations in what the Chinese-ruled city's opposition camp says is a symbolic protest vote
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| Israelis protest over Netanyahu's handling of economy during Covid-19 outbreak – video Posted: 12 Jul 2020 06:12 AM PDT Huge crowds of people have demonstrated in Tel Aviv against the Israeli prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu. Unemployment has increased to 21% since the country went into partial lockdown in March and aid packages promised by the government have been slow to come through, frustrating Israelis who fear they are on the verge of financial collapse. In keeping with restrictions on public gatherings, police limited the number of people allowed into Tel Aviv's Rabin Square for the rally on Sunday as nearby streets filled with demonstrators wearing face masks
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| Donald Trump publicly wears face mask for first time during hospital visit – video Posted: 12 Jul 2020 02:11 AM PDT Donald Trump wore a face mask in public for the first time during a visit to a military hospital on Saturday evening. 'When you're in a hospital, especially … I think it's expected to wear a mask,' the US president said as he left the White House in a helicopter to visit the Walter Reed national military medical centre in suburban Washington DC to meet wounded service members and healthcare providers caring for Covid-19 patients. Coronavirus cases have surged to record levels in the US, with guidelines recommending the wearing of face masks in certain circumstances to stop the spread of the virus Continue reading... |
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