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- Under-25s bearing brunt of Covid mental-health toll – survey
- How the race for a Covid-19 vaccine is getting dirty
- Brazil's island idyll reopens to tourists – as long as they have had Covid-19
- Marseille’s maverick Covid scientist: why the city took doctor to its heart
- Coronavirus live news: global cases pass 25m; India reports record rise in infections
- Boris Johnson faces Tory wrath as party slumps in shock poll
- Fresh controversy over Tony Abbott’s Brexit trade role
- Fatal shooting in Portland as Trump supporters clash with Black Lives Matter protesters
- Outcry as US intelligence stops in-person reports to Congress on election security
- Austria offers citizenship to the descendants of Jews who fled the Nazis
- Riots rock Malmö after far-right Swedish activists burn Qur'an
- 'Women are future of the Catholic church': Anne Soupa leads renewed fight for equality
- Horses slashed and ears cut off in macabre attacks across France
- Michael Moore warns that Donald Trump is on course to repeat 2016 win
- Truly, madly, deeply: meet the people turning their basements into secret fantasy worlds
- Police seek man who stabbed woman walking with child in Manchester
- How should Europe respond now its American ally has turned hostile?
- UN refugee agency calls on EU nations to let in migrants rescued in Mediterranean
- Public transit faces 'death spiral' without $32bn injection from Congress
- New Zealand coronavirus: two new cases as Auckland lockdown due to lift
- Liberal party branch-stacking: fears push for virtual state council could kill off audit
- Indigenous tribe in Ecuador appeals for help to deal with coronavirus
- Dominic Raab: new department will make aid spending more effective
| Under-25s bearing brunt of Covid mental-health toll – survey Posted: 29 Aug 2020 11:11 PM PDT Findings reveal anxiety, inability to concentrate and fears over employment at high levels among young people Young people have suffered more with mental health issues over the last few months than any other age group, according to a far-reaching study that has scrutinised the effects of the pandemic on the under-25s. A troubling picture of growing levels of anxiety and an inability to concentrate was reported by those aged between 18 and 24 as part of an extensive survey of more than 6,000 adults carried out by YouGov and designed by the Resolution Foundation, which was subsequently analysed by the independent charity the Health Foundation. Continue reading... |
| How the race for a Covid-19 vaccine is getting dirty Posted: 29 Aug 2020 11:52 PM PDT Scientists worldwide are working against the clock to find a viable coronavirus vaccine – but are corners being cut for the sake of political gain and profit? To begin with, it felt like a sleek performance from a well-honed relay team. On 11 January, only 10 days after reporting a new respiratory disease, the Chinese published the genome sequence of the virus that causes it. Researchers around the world set to work building vaccines against Covid-19, as the disease became known, and the first candidate entered human trials on 16 March; it was joined, as the months passed, by dozens of others. Scientists were jubilant, and they had every right to be. They'd broken all vaccinology records to get to that point. But then tensions began to surface among the team members, and lately even the most distracted spectator will have noticed that they appear to be trying to nobble each other openly on the track. With accusations that the Russians and Chinese hacked research groups in other countries, biotech executives criticised for cashing in on their own, as yet unapproved vaccines, and Russia approving a vaccine that is still in clinical trials, the quest for a vaccine seems to have turned sour. Continue reading... |
| Brazil's island idyll reopens to tourists – as long as they have had Covid-19 Posted: 30 Aug 2020 02:30 AM PDT Visitors will have to show test results to enter Fernando de Noronha, which has so far suffered no coronavirus deaths One of Brazil's most celebrated tourist destinations, the paradisiacal archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, has announced it is reopening to outsiders – as long as they have had Covid-19. Tourists have been banned from the Unesco World Heritage site, which Charles Darwin visited in 1832, since late March when the pandemic forced many parts of Brazil into partial shutdown. Continue reading... |
| Marseille’s maverick Covid scientist: why the city took doctor to its heart Posted: 29 Aug 2020 09:31 PM PDT Didier Raoult has touted many dubious treatments but is a hero in France's second city, which has long railed against Paris The people of Provence in the south of France have a word for a particularly comic or bizarrely dramatic situation: pagnolesque. It is a tribute to one of the region's most famous sons, the author Marcel Pagnol, who declared in his play Les Marchands de Gloire (The Glory Merchants): "In politics everything is a comedy." Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: global cases pass 25m; India reports record rise in infections Posted: 30 Aug 2020 02:49 AM PDT Latest Johns Hopkins figures show 842,702 people have died; India records world's highest single day rise; Jacinda Ardern thanks Aucklanders
The Philippines has recorded 4,284 new coronavirus cases and 102 new deaths. In a bulletin, the Department of Health said the country's confirmed cases had risen to 217,396, still the highest in Southeast Asia, while the nationwide death toll had climbed to 3,520.
One of Brazil's most celebrated tourist destinations, the paradisiacal archipelago of Fernando de Noronha, has announced it is reopening to outsiders – as long as they have had Covid-19. Tourists have been banned from the Unesco World Heritage site, which Charles Darwin visited in 1832, since late March when the pandemic forced many parts of Brazil into partial shutdown. Related: Brazil's island idyll reopens to tourists – as long as they have had Covid-19 Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson faces Tory wrath as party slumps in shock poll Posted: 29 Aug 2020 11:45 AM PDT Party in despair, senior MP says, as Labour draws level in wake of exam chaos and Covid U-turns Boris Johnson is facing a showdown with furious Conservative MPs over his government's chaotic handling of Covid-19, as a new poll shows the Tories have surrendered a massive lead over Labour in just five months. As MPs prepare to return to Westminster on Tuesday, Charles Walker, who is vice-chair of the 1922 committee of Conservative backbenchers, told the Observer that a recent string of U-turns had left many colleagues in despair, with some struggling to support and defend their government to constituents. Governing by U-turn in this way, he said, was unsustainable. Continue reading... |
| Fresh controversy over Tony Abbott’s Brexit trade role Posted: 29 Aug 2020 11:06 PM PDT Proposed UK envoy at odds with Boris Johnson's assurances on environment and workers' rights Tony Abbott, the former Australian prime minister, boasted that he signed deals with China because he was not "sidetracked by peripheral issues such as labour and environmental standards", raising further questions over the UK government's reported intention to use him as a trade envoy. Abbott will reportedly be appointed to the Board of Trade, which advises Boris Johnson and trade secretary, Liz Truss, on future trade deals and will be a vital component of the UK's future post-Brexit trade strategy. Continue reading... |
| Fatal shooting in Portland as Trump supporters clash with Black Lives Matter protesters Posted: 29 Aug 2020 11:07 PM PDT Police say it was not clear if shooting was linked to fights between protesters and caravan of Trump supporters One person was shot and killed late Saturday in Portland, Oregon, as a large caravan of Donald Trump supporters and Black Lives Matter protesters clashed in the streets, police said. It wasn't clear if the shooting was linked to fights that broke out as a caravan of about 600 vehicles was confronted by protesters in the city's downtown. Continue reading... |
| Outcry as US intelligence stops in-person reports to Congress on election security Posted: 29 Aug 2020 07:48 PM PDT Decision to provide only updates in writing means oversight panels will not quiz intelligence officials The United States' top intelligence office has told lawmakers it will largely stop holding in-person briefings on election security, signalling that it does not trust lawmakers to keep the information secret. Donald Trump's new director of national intelligence, John Ratcliffe, notified the House and Senate intelligence panels on Friday that it would send written reports instead, giving lawmakers less opportunity to press for details as the 3 November election approaches. Continue reading... |
| Austria offers citizenship to the descendants of Jews who fled the Nazis Posted: 29 Aug 2020 10:15 PM PDT New law hailed as justice for families of refugees – and could benefit thousands of Britons Tens of thousands of British citizens are among the many descendants of Jewish refugees who can apply for Austrian citizenship from Tuesday under a new law that campaigners say finally delivers a measure of historic justice for their ancestors' expulsions under Nazi rule. About 120,000 Jewish refugees fled persecution after the Nazis took power in Austria in March 1938. The second most common destination after the US was the UK, with up to 20,000 refugees registered in 1945. Continue reading... |
| Riots rock Malmö after far-right Swedish activists burn Qur'an Posted: 29 Aug 2020 08:29 AM PDT Leading imam condemns violence after police battle more than 300 on streets of the city The disorderly phalanx of young men and teenagers, many wearing face masks and hooded tops, started to accelerate, excitement rising, as it neared the row of police vans blocking off the troubled district of Rosengård in Malmö. "We're gonna fuck this system up because they want to let a man burn the Qur'an," one of them yelled, as the group starts hurling jagged chunks of concrete paving towards the armoured riot police sheltering behind the vans. "And we're gonna fuck the police." Continue reading... |
| 'Women are future of the Catholic church': Anne Soupa leads renewed fight for equality Posted: 30 Aug 2020 02:12 AM PDT French academic's bid to become archbishop of Lyon reflects growing calls for women in leadership roles A French female academic has put herself forward to be the next Catholic archbishop of Lyon in a move that is gathering support around the world even though she stands no chance of succeeding. Anne Soupa, 73, a theologian and biblical scholar, says there is "an awakening of women within the Catholic church". Seven other Catholic women in France have followed her move in applying for ministries that are open only to men. Continue reading... |
| Horses slashed and ears cut off in macabre attacks across France Posted: 29 Aug 2020 11:15 AM PDT About 30 incidents have been reported in stables and equine clubs in suspected ritual mutilations Attackers are targeting horses and ponies in pastures across France armed with knives in what may be ritual mutilations. Police are baffled by the macabre attacks, which include slashings. Most often, an ear – usually the right one – has been cut off, recalling the matador's trophy in a bullring. Continue reading... |
| Michael Moore warns that Donald Trump is on course to repeat 2016 win Posted: 29 Aug 2020 09:39 AM PDT Film-maker says enthusiasm for president in swing states is 'off the charts' and urges everyone to commit to getting 100 people to vote The documentary film-maker Michael Moore has warned that Donald Trump appears to have such momentum in some battleground states that liberals risk a repeat of 2016 when so many wrote off Trump only to see him grab the White House. "Sorry to have to provide the reality check again," he said. Continue reading... |
| Truly, madly, deeply: meet the people turning their basements into secret fantasy worlds Posted: 29 Aug 2020 11:53 PM PDT It's one thing turning your basement into a wine cellar, but some people are building replica streets, theme parks and even trains beneath their homes When Jason Shron and his wife, Sidura, were house hunting in 2007, the Canadian model-train-seller would always head to the basement before viewing any other room. In fact, Shron had only viewed the basement of his current family home when he told his estate agent he'd purchase the property: provided Sidura liked the upstairs, he was ready to go. Shron needed the perfect basement because, for nearly 30 years, he had dreamed of building a life-size replica of a 1970s Canadian VIA Rail railway carriage inside his house, the exact train that took him from Toronto to Montreal to visit his grandmother when he was a little boy. Step inside Shron's basement today and you will be greeted by a 200lb blue-and-yellow train door. As you pass through it, an MP3 player will hiss the sounds of air circulation accompanied by the squeaking of gangway connections. Inside the carriage there are rows of vintage reclinable red-and-orange-striped seats, luggage racks, a real VIA garbage can removed from a scrapped train and a metal sign instructing passengers that smoking is indeed permitted. What Shron couldn't find on the scrap heap, he made. He printed out orange litter bags, custom-printed napkins and engraved wine glasses. Continue reading... |
| Police seek man who stabbed woman walking with child in Manchester Posted: 30 Aug 2020 01:36 AM PDT Police issue plea for help after 'vicious attack' in Withington on Saturday afternoon A man is being sought by police after a "vicious and unprovoked attack" on a young woman out walking with her five-year-old child in Manchester. Greater Manchester Police (GMP) were called at 1.30pm on Saturday following reports of a stabbing on Rudheath Avenue in Withington, south Manchester. Continue reading... |
| How should Europe respond now its American ally has turned hostile? Posted: 30 Aug 2020 12:30 AM PDT As trusted friends join the ranks of predators, it could be time to take a tougher line – soft power is no longer enough Making his celebrated return from exile in April 1917 to take up the reins of the Russian revolution, Vladimir Lenin caught a ferry to Sweden from Sassnitz, a small Baltic coastal town in north-east Germany, before taking the train to Finland station in Petrograd, the city that became Leningrad and is now St Petersburg. Sassnitz's moment in the historical spotlight was fleeting. Now, thanks to Donald Trump's blundering buddies, it's back there again. A trio of Republican senators – Ted Cruz, Tom Cotton and Ron Johnson – are threatening to wreak terrible punishment on Sassnitz, its elected officials and residents who make their living from the port. Luckily, Trump's three stooges seem unaware of Sassnitz's role in propelling the Bolshevik leader to power. Their beef concerns its present-day dealings with Russia and the almost-completed Nord Stream 2 Baltic pipeline project. Continue reading... |
| UN refugee agency calls on EU nations to let in migrants rescued in Mediterranean Posted: 29 Aug 2020 03:33 PM PDT UNHCR and IOM say 200 rescued people urgently need to get off Banksy-funded ship The UN refugee agency urged European nations on Saturday to let in hundreds of migrants rescued from the Mediterranean by humanitarian boats, including one financed by the British street artist Banksy. The UNHCR and the International Organization of Migration (IOM) said more than 200 rescued refugees and migrants needed immediately to get off the nonprofit search-and-rescue ship Louise Michel, saying it was far beyond its safe capacity. Continue reading... |
| Public transit faces 'death spiral' without $32bn injection from Congress Posted: 30 Aug 2020 02:00 AM PDT People of color and those on low incomes likely to be hit hardest as transport systems struggle with effects of pandemic America faces a mobility crisis that will have "profound" implications – especially for those on low incomes and people of color – if Congress does not step in to fill the nation's $32bn public transport funding gap, experts have warned. Looming public transport cuts caused by the pandemic could have far-ranging repercussions, including on people's ability to vote in November, and inflict damage to services that will take years to recover from. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand coronavirus: two new cases as Auckland lockdown due to lift Posted: 29 Aug 2020 08:23 PM PDT Masks will be compulsory on public transport and strongly encouraged elsewhere, says prime minister, as restrictions wind back on Monday New Zealand's prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has thanked Aucklanders who come out of lockdown after Sunday night for their commitment to suppressing the latest coronavirus flare-up. Two new cases of Covid-19 have been reported on Sunday, both in the community and linked to the latest Auckland cluster. Ardern thanked the residents of New Zealand's largest city for their adherence to the stringent lockdown requirements. Continue reading... |
| Liberal party branch-stacking: fears push for virtual state council could kill off audit Posted: 29 Aug 2020 11:20 PM PDT Insiders say campaign for digital Victorian council could scuttle forensic audit of new members Federal electorate conference chairs in 14 Victorian seats are campaigning for a virtual state council of the Liberal party – a sortie which party insiders fear is an effort to scuttle a forensic audit to deal with fresh branch stacking allegations. Labor has ratcheted up pressure on Scott Morrison to take action after fresh allegations were aired by the Nine network last weekend about Liberal party branch-stacking orchestrated by a conservative party powerbroker with links to the Victorian frontbencher Michael Sukkar and veteran MP Kevin Andrews. Continue reading... |
| Indigenous tribe in Ecuador appeals for help to deal with coronavirus Posted: 29 Aug 2020 04:00 PM PDT Achuar people blame illegal logging for spread and are asking international community for aid Climate change and multinational corporations have long posed a threat to the people of the Amazon rainforest. Now, however, the region's indigenous tribes face an even more immediate danger: coronavirus. Despite living deep in the heartland of Ecuadorian rainforest, the indigenous Achuar tribal people have fallen victim to the pandemic. Over the last several weeks, Covid-19 has struck at the heart of the Achuar community in Ecuador, which is made up of 13,000 people living in 88 groups over 800,000 hectares (3,000 sq miles) along the Pastaza River basin. A further 15,000 Achuar are based in neighbouring Peru. Continue reading... |
| Dominic Raab: new department will make aid spending more effective Posted: 29 Aug 2020 04:33 AM PDT Merger of Foreign Office and Department for International Development will mean better value for money, minister says Dominic Raab has pledged that the controversial merger of the Foreign Office and Department for International Development (DfID) will give taxpayers better value for money on government aid spending. The foreign secretary has ordered a review into the Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI), the body for overseeing government aid, in a move he said would lead to "more effective and accountable aid spending" when the new Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is formally launched next week. Continue reading... |
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