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- Global report: WHO says 'evidence emerging' of airborne coronavirus spread
- The great reopening – how Britain's galleries Covid-proofed themselves
- US anti-abortion groups received millions in federal Covid-19 aid
- Coronavirus live news: US to leave WHO next year; Bolsonaro on controversial drug after positive test
- Protest anthem banned in Hong Kong schools as new security office opens
- Japan's devastating rains move north as millions told to evacuate
- 'They find you and shoot you': Chechens in fear after third Kadyrov critic killed
- Denial of women's concerns contributed to decades of medical scandals, says inquiry
- Darfur protesters call for action to end attacks on civilians by armed militias
- Donald Trump's behavior was shaped by his 'sociopath' father, niece writes in bombshell book
- Kenya calls for help in fight against rising sexual abuse by foreigners
- 'No one told me': Samoan man serves five more years in prison than he had to
- 'Brief shining of the light': Japan's fireflies dance - and mate - in isolation amid Covid-19
- Great white vanishing act: where have South Africa's famous sharks gone?
- 'We mess with this virus at our peril': Sturgeon urges caution as Covid-19 deaths fall
- Violence at Belgrade protest over renewed lockdown measures
- Why I don't have a child: I don't have enough money
- Mexico border towns try to stop Americans crossing amid Covid-19 fears
- Deadly floods and landslides in Japan – in pictures
- Coronavirus Australia live update: 147 new Covid-19 cases nationally as Melbourne prepares for lockdown
- Poor nutrition in developing countries is costing firms $850bn annually – report
- 'We squandered a decade': world losing fight against poverty, says UN academic
- Andrzej Krauze on the risks of coronavirus complacency – cartoon
- 'Will to fight together': Fiji's has taken another bold step in the battle against nuclear weapons | Vanessa Griffen and Talei Luscia Mangioni
- Killing of Islamic State expert in Baghdad marks critical moment for Iraq
- How Bolsonaro downplayed Covid-19 before, and after, he contracted the virus – video
- 'Evidence emerging' of airborne Covid-19 spread, says WHO – video
- Lagos Leap: inside a ballet school in Nigeria's suburbs - in pictures
- Jair Bolsonaro during the Covid-19 pandemic - in pictures
- Indonesia’s Yadnya Kasada festival – in pictures
- Coronavirus Victoria: Melbourne to re-enter stage 3 lockdown restrictions for six weeks – video
| Global report: WHO says 'evidence emerging' of airborne coronavirus spread Posted: 07 Jul 2020 08:36 PM PDT WHO bows to pressure from scientists about risk from aerosol transmission; Brazil's Bolsonaro tests positive; Israel health chief resigns Coronavirus latest updates The World Health Organization has acknowledged new evidence that the coronavirus spreads more widely in the air than it had previously suggested, as the Trump administration gave official notification of its withdrawal from the group. A day after a group of scientists said the global body was underplaying the risk of airborne transmission between people, a senior WHO official said there was "evidence emerging" of airborne transmission of the coronavirus, but that it was not definitive. Continue reading... |
| The great reopening – how Britain's galleries Covid-proofed themselves Posted: 07 Jul 2020 10:00 PM PDT From London to Llandudno to Dundee, museums are back in business. So is it now safe to view art – and how will they cope with the drastic drop in numbers? 'There was a moment," says Andrew Nairne, "when I was thinking, of course, we are like Nottingham Contemporary and the Hepworth Wakefield, places like that." The director of Kettle's Yard in Cambridge is guiding me around a gallery that's "in rehearsals" for a socially distanced opening in August. "Then I remembered that the others don't have a little cottage with tiny rooms and narrow corridors." Today, the National Gallery in London is reopening after Covid-19 abruptly shut the doors of British museums in mid-March. But Kettle's Yard, like many others, is taking a slower, phased approach. The institution regularly hosts shows in its new, airy galleries – an exhibition from the artist Linder will be extended into the autumn – but at its heart is the home of its founder, curator and collector Jim Ede. This takes the form of a series of knocked-through cottages, their awkward-shaped rooms brimming with art and delicate objects. It is meant to be a warm, hospitable place where visitors are allowed the freedom to sit in armchairs, leaf through books left out on tables, and generally feel at home. All of which also makes it a social-distancing nightmare. Continue reading... |
| US anti-abortion groups received millions in federal Covid-19 aid Posted: 08 Jul 2020 02:00 AM PDT Planned Parenthood also received funding from Paycheck Protection Program, which some lawmakers demanded it return Christian anti-abortion lobbying organizations received millions in taxpayer-backed forgivable loans from the US government's coronavirus aid program, even as lawmakers demanded the nation's largest abortion provider return federal loans. Pro-reproductive rights groups have also received funding from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). Planned Parenthood, America's largest network of abortion and sexual health clinics, received $80m in PPP loans. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 08 Jul 2020 02:26 AM PDT Joe Biden says he would return US to WHO if elected; Bolsonaro taking hydroxychloroquine to cure his Covid-19 infection
In Spain , Catalonia's regional authorities will today decide to make it mandatory to wear masks regardless of people's ability to maintain a safe distance, becoming the country's first region to do so, Catalan regional leader Quim Torra said.
More than 50,000 people crossed the border into New South Wales on Wednesday, with hours-long queues forming at checkpoints in Albury-Wodonga as police and residents were hampered by delays in the online permit system. It comes as the premier, Gladys Berejiklian, warned NSW residents living along the Murray River that they could face travel restrictions within their own state due to the "extremely high" risk of the virus spreading north from Melbourne. Related: Hours-long queues as more than 50,000 cross NSW-Victoria border after Covid-19 closure Continue reading... |
| Protest anthem banned in Hong Kong schools as new security office opens Posted: 07 Jul 2020 10:15 PM PDT Glory to Hong Kong deemed politically dangerous, while China opens office to oversee enforcement of sweeping national security legislation China has continued to tighten its grip on Hong Kong by banning the singing of the unofficial pro-democracy anthem in schools and turning a city centre hotel into the new headquarters of its national security office. Hong Kong's education secretary, Kevin Yeung, said on Wednesday that Glory to Hong Kong, a song written last year which grew from the popular street protests in 2019, would be outlawed in schools. |
| Japan's devastating rains move north as millions told to evacuate Posted: 07 Jul 2020 10:43 PM PDT Heavy downpours in southern Japan, which have killed more than 50, now battering the country's main island Pounding rains that have already caused deadly floods in southern Japan have moved northeast, hammering large areas of Japan's main island, swelling rivers, triggering mudslides and destroying homes and roads. At least 58 people have died over several days of flooding. By Wednesday morning, parts of Nagano and Gifu in central Japan were flooded by unremitting downpours. Continue reading... |
| 'They find you and shoot you': Chechens in fear after third Kadyrov critic killed Posted: 07 Jul 2020 09:00 PM PDT Chechens who sought safety in EU countries say 'everyone is scared' after shooting in Vienna Chechens in Europe have expressed renewed fears for their safety, after a strident critic of the Kremlin-backed Chechnya leader, Ramzan Kadyrov, was shot dead in Vienna on Saturday. "Everyone is scared. We all left to find safety and forget about home, and they find you and shoot you like a dog," said a Chechen man who has received asylum in Austria and asked to remain anonymous, shortly after attending a wake for the dead man in Vienna on Monday afternoon. Continue reading... |
| Denial of women's concerns contributed to decades of medical scandals, says inquiry Posted: 07 Jul 2020 04:01 PM PDT Review into vaginal mesh and other products reveals much patient harm was 'avoidable' An arrogant culture in which serious medical complications were dismissed as "women's problems" contributed to a string of healthcare scandals over several decades, an inquiry ordered by the government has found. The review of vaginal mesh, hormonal pregnancy tests and an anti-epilepsy medicine that harmed unborn babies paints a damning picture of a medical establishment that failed to acknowledge problems even in the face of mounting safety concerns, leading to avoidable harm to patients. Continue reading... |
| Darfur protesters call for action to end attacks on civilians by armed militias Posted: 07 Jul 2020 11:15 PM PDT The peaceful sit-in taking place in Nertiti county is demanding an end to the violence and punishment for the perpetrators Thousands of people have joined a sit-down protest in front of local authority buildings in Central Darfur demanding action against the armed groups that patrol the region. A large number of women have joined the first peaceful demonstration – now in its second week – in Nertiti county since war erupted in 2003. Continue reading... |
| Donald Trump's behavior was shaped by his 'sociopath' father, niece writes in bombshell book Posted: 07 Jul 2020 12:19 PM PDT
Donald Trump's extraordinary character and outrageous behaviour "threaten the world's health, economic security and social fabric" and were shaped by his "high-functioning sociopath" father during childhood, according to a bombshell book written by the president's niece. Related: Fox News apologises for cropping Trump out of Epstein and Maxwell photo Continue reading... |
| Kenya calls for help in fight against rising sexual abuse by foreigners Posted: 08 Jul 2020 12:30 AM PDT Anti-trafficking organisations say widespread trust in white outsiders makes children an easy target for abusers from the west Child protection organisations in Kenya say more needs to be done to protect young people from exploitation by overseas perpetrators, as the country reports a rising number of abuse cases. The warning follows the arrest of Gregory Dow, a 61-year-old missionary, who last month pleaded guilty in a US court to sexually abusing girls at an orphanage he ran in Kenya. Continue reading... |
| 'No one told me': Samoan man serves five more years in prison than he had to Posted: 07 Jul 2020 06:58 PM PDT Sio Agafili was given concurrent sentences and should have got out in 2015. But he served them consecutively until a judge spotted the mistake A Samoan man has spent nearly five extra years in prison because neither he, nor prison authorities realised that his two sentences should have been served concurrently, not consecutively. Sio Agafili, 45, should have been released in December 2015, but he remained in jail until a judge spotted the error when he appeared in court on another matter. Continue reading... |
| 'Brief shining of the light': Japan's fireflies dance - and mate - in isolation amid Covid-19 Posted: 07 Jul 2020 08:49 PM PDT Next year visitors to Tatsuno 'will once again see fireflies dance wonderfully', says mayor As the sun sets in the Japanese town of Tatsuno, thousands of fireflies begin glowing, producing a spectacle that usually draws crowds of delighted visitors. But this year, the dance of the incandescent insects is being performed without spectators, after coronavirus prevention measures forced organisers of a popular firefly festival to cancel the event. Continue reading... |
| Great white vanishing act: where have South Africa's famous sharks gone? Posted: 07 Jul 2020 11:00 PM PDT Longline fishing, pollution, the arrival of orcas – what's causing these crowd-drawing sharks to shun Cape Town's waters? For those who watch the waves, rocks and beaches for the distinctive silhouettes and dorsal fins, there is still hope. If the great white sharks are gone for now, they will return, one day soon. Not so long ago, there were 200 or more annual sightings in South Africa's False Bay of the most famous of sharks. The sheer numbers gathering around one island off the stunning curve of sand just east of the Cape of Good Hope and the city of Cape Town made it the "great white capital of the world". Continue reading... |
| 'We mess with this virus at our peril': Sturgeon urges caution as Covid-19 deaths fall Posted: 07 Jul 2020 10:00 PM PDT Public health academic applauds leadership of Scotland's first minister on coronavirus strategy In Scotland the days when Nicola Sturgeon had to report scores of Covid-19 deaths at the height of the pandemic are a distant memory. Over the past weekend there was a four-day period without a single death recorded in the country's hospitals. Buoyed by those figures, and a continuing, steady, decline in coronavirus infections, the first minister hopes Scotland could soon eliminate the virus so is resisting heavy pressure from businesses to quickly ease the strict lockdown. Continue reading... |
| Violence at Belgrade protest over renewed lockdown measures Posted: 08 Jul 2020 02:25 AM PDT Protesters clash with police in Serbian capital after weekend curfew announced Protesters and police clashed violently in Belgrade on Tuesday evening amid anger over the return of strict lockdown measures to tackle coronavirus. Earlier on Tuesday a weekend curfew was announced after a rise in Covid-19 cases in Serbia and across the western Balkans. A group of protesters stormed the parliament in Belgrade, and police responded with teargas and a show of force. A police spokesperson said protesters threw rocks, bottles and other objects at officers and set five police vehicles on fire. Police said 23 people were detained and 43 police officers were injured. Seventeen demonstrators also sustained injuries. Continue reading... |
| Why I don't have a child: I don't have enough money Posted: 08 Jul 2020 01:00 AM PDT My wages barely let me support myself, let alone a child, and has interfered with my dream of having a child Over the last few years I've been an outspoken advocate for raising wages and winning union rights for fast-food workers, and workers in other industries. As a fast-food worker myself, I know how hard it is to survive on near-minimum wage pay. I am a vocal member of the Fight for $15 and a union and I'm not afraid to demand better workplace conditions and pay. The one thing I've never talked about – until now – is how my low pay has interfered with my dream of having a child. My story starts in Mississippi, where I grew up with my four siblings. I remember my parents having a hard time paying the bills. My dad was fired after being badly injured on the job. His unemployment led to depression and drug use, so my mom went to work full time to support us. My extended family was very important at this crucial time – my grandmother would get us ready and dressed for school and our uncle would drop us off. Continue reading... |
| Mexico border towns try to stop Americans crossing amid Covid-19 fears Posted: 08 Jul 2020 02:00 AM PDT Townspeople block road to beach resort popular with US tourists as cases surge in states including Arizona As he campaigned for the presidency, Donald Trump promised to build a "big beautiful wall" along the US-Mexico border, claiming it would keep migrants out of the country and stop everything from drugs to disease. But with Covid-19 cases surging on both sides of the frontier, towns in northern Mexico are pleading to restrict cross-border movement – this time to stop tourists and travellers bringing in coronavirus from the US. Continue reading... |
| Deadly floods and landslides in Japan – in pictures Posted: 08 Jul 2020 01:22 AM PDT Heavy rain that caused deadly floods in southern Japan has moved north-east, hammering large areas of the country's main island, swelling rivers, triggering mudslides and destroying homes and roads. At least 58 people have died over several days of flooding Continue reading... |
| Posted: 08 Jul 2020 02:34 AM PDT Confusion over NSW-Victoria border closure as the state's northern border closes for the first time in a century. Follow the latest news
That's where I'll leave you for tonight. Thanks for reading on what has been an eventful day. Here's what we learned today:
Voices from the Blocks, the group of public housing residents under hard lockdown in Melbourne, have released a statement, saying "institutional red tape (is) suffocating community volunteering efforts". The statement said: These are literally our family members, our friends. Volunteers are stepping up and filling gaps as they are hearing directly from residents of the epic failures of government. On the ground, police officers outnumber all of the volunteers, departmental workers, services and medical staff combined. They have the largest physical presence and present the greatest risk to community, volunteers and residents. Continue reading... |
| Poor nutrition in developing countries is costing firms $850bn annually – report Posted: 07 Jul 2020 10:30 PM PDT Business is paying a high price for inadequate diets of employees, research shows, with experts calling on companies to provide living wage and subsidised food Malnutrition among workers in developing countries is costing businesses up to $850bn (£676bn) a year, according to analysis of the hidden impact of poor diet on productivity. Worst affected were industries relying on manual labour, including mining, agriculture and construction, according to a report [pdf] by Chatham House and the consultancy Vivid Economics. But it found big losses caused by malnutrition in all 13 business sectors studied, including health and education. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| 'We squandered a decade': world losing fight against poverty, says UN academic Posted: 07 Jul 2020 03:44 AM PDT Goal to eradicate poverty by 2030 'completely off track', says outgoing special rapporteur, with Covid-19 likely to impoverish millions more International institutions are losing the fight against global poverty despite "self congratulatory" messages to the contrary, according to the UN's outgoing special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. In his final report in the post, the Australian academic Philip Alston warns that states and global organisations are "completely off track" to meet the goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030, with more people instead likely to become highly impoverished by new shocks, including coronavirus and existing challenges like the climate crisis. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Andrzej Krauze on the risks of coronavirus complacency – cartoon Posted: 07 Jul 2020 10:00 PM PDT As life across Europe gets back to normal, Covid-19 prepares the next wave of outbreaks |
| Posted: 07 Jul 2020 04:44 PM PDT Ratification of United Nations treaty banning atomic weapons honours a half-century of anti-nuclear activism On the streets of Suva in the 1970s it was the young who carried the cause. In afros, headbands and bell-bottom jeans they handed out pamphlets and printed newsletters, performed skits and variety shows, gave lectures, and led rallies on the streets of Fiji's capital. Crowds heard firebrand speeches from church leaders, trade unionists, university staff and student leaders. Continue reading... |
| Killing of Islamic State expert in Baghdad marks critical moment for Iraq Posted: 07 Jul 2020 10:13 AM PDT Hisham al-Hashimi backed action to tackle Iraq's powerful militias, despite knowing risks As Hisham al-Hashimi pulled up outside his Baghdad home on Monday night, a gunman strode purposefully towards the Iraqi official's white four-wheel drive, drew a pistol and fired four shots through the driver's window. Each jolting flash was captured by security footage from a camera on Hashimi's roof. So was the hitman's escape on the back of a motorbike, and the helpless vigil of his three young children as their father's body was dragged on to the driveway. Continue reading... |
| How Bolsonaro downplayed Covid-19 before, and after, he contracted the virus – video Posted: 08 Jul 2020 12:29 AM PDT Jair Bolsonaro has announced live on television he has tested positive for coronavirus - after months of repeatedly trivializing the pandemic and flouting social distancing guidelines. In March, as Covid-19 claimed its first victims in Brazil, the far-right populist leader bragged that, if infected, he would quickly shake off the illness thanks to his 'athlete's background'. Since then, the president has continued to attend social events and political rallies, often wearing masks incorrectly, if at all. Brazil has suffered one of the world's worst outbreaks, with more than 1.6m confirmed cases and 65,000 related deaths, according to official data released on 6 July.
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| 'Evidence emerging' of airborne Covid-19 spread, says WHO – video Posted: 08 Jul 2020 12:21 AM PDT Members of the World Health Organization's technical committee have said they are working on publishing a scientific brief about how and if the coronavirus can spread in the air, following a letter signed by more than 200 scientists who have called for the WHO and others to acknowledge that the disease can spread in the air. Committee member Prof Benedetta Allegranzi said evidence on airborne transmission was emerging but 'is not definitive'
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| Lagos Leap: inside a ballet school in Nigeria's suburbs - in pictures Posted: 08 Jul 2020 12:00 AM PDT The Leap of Dance academy has brought ballet to children in a poor district in Africa's largest megacity Continue reading... |
| Jair Bolsonaro during the Covid-19 pandemic - in pictures Posted: 07 Jul 2020 11:19 AM PDT Brazilian president, Jair Bolsonaro, announced live on television he has tested positive for coronavirus. 'It came back positive,' a mask-wearing Bolsonaro told a handpicked group of reporters on Tuesday lunchtime outside his official residence Continue reading... |
| Indonesia’s Yadnya Kasada festival – in pictures Posted: 07 Jul 2020 08:03 AM PDT During the annual Yadnya Kasada festival, the Tenggerese people climb Mount Bromo, an active volcano, and seek the blessing of the gods by presenting offerings of rice, fruit, livestock and other items. Inside the crater villagers use nets to try to catch the offerings Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus Victoria: Melbourne to re-enter stage 3 lockdown restrictions for six weeks – video Posted: 07 Jul 2020 04:07 AM PDT Metropolitan Melbourne will go into stage-three lockdown for six weeks from 11.59pm on Wednesday after the state of Victoria recorded 191 new cases of coronavirus since Monday, the highest daily increase since the pandemic began. The Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, announced that people living in the Melbourne metropolitan area and Mitchell shire would again be subject to restrictions, meaning they can only leave their house for work, education, exercise, for necessary goods or services or for medical or compassionate reasons until 11.59pm on Wednesday 19 August.
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