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- Coronavirus live news: Dutch PM condemns Covid riots; Australia suspends NZ travel bubble
- Navalny protests: EU to consider ‘next steps’ after Russia carries out mass arrests
- Schumer promises quick but fair trial as Trump impeachment heads to Senate
- British Virgin Islands at a crossroads as outgoing governor decries corruption
- Portugal's centre-right president re-elected but far right gains ground
- Greece and Turkey in talks to try to avert military escalation
- Global ice loss accelerating at record rate, study finds
- North Korean envoy defects in possible sign that Kim's power base is 'drifting'
- English and Scottish get drunk most often, 25-nation survey finds
- 'Nowhere is safe': Colombia confronts alarming surge in femicides
- Green shoots: Spanish firm tackles plastic waste from shotgun cartridges
- Motorcade rallies call for impeachment of Bolsonaro in Brazil
- Fauci says he was the 'skunk at the picnic' in Trump's Covid team
- The information warriors fighting 'robot zombie army' of coronavirus sceptics
- 'Don’t talk to papa until he’s had his cup of tea': parents juggling work and family – photo essay
- Jon Bon Jovi on wealth, love and his ugly tussle with Trump: 'It was seriously scarring'
- Girl A: Abigail Dean on her shocking debut novel that's taking the book world by storm
- The 20 best curry recipes
- How the Arab spring unfolded – visualising how the protests spread
- Drexciya: how Afrofuturism is inspiring a memorial to slavery at sea
- Sony WH-1000XM4 review: Bose-beating noise cancelling headphones
- London woman admits killing disabled son after breakdown
- Someone you loved: how British pop could fade out in Europe
- Jonas Gwangwa, South African jazz musician and activist, dies aged 83
- Trump impeachment: Nancy Pelosi to formally send article of impeachment to Senate today – live updates
- Four Palmas football players and club president killed in Brazil plane crash
- Australia news live: New Zealand travel bubble suspended; no new local Covid cases in NSW, Queensland and Victoria
- 'The lockdown was political': Chad under strain ahead of election
- Mexico faces challenge to light-touch Covid approach as US restricts travel
- Mitch McConnell 'plays the long game' to retain some power as it slips away
- Māori knowledge can help New Zealand get rid of predators but it mustn't be whitewashed | Tame Malcolm
- Workers rescued from China mine after two weeks trapped underground – video
| Coronavirus live news: Dutch PM condemns Covid riots; Australia suspends NZ travel bubble Posted: 25 Jan 2021 02:08 AM PST Mark Rutte says weekend violence is criminal action, not protest; case of South African variant in New Zealand led to decision
Hospitals in Texas are overwhelmed with more than 13,500 coronavirus patients after the Republican governor rejected lockdowns. Read more here: Related: Texas governor's hands-off approach to Covid-19 has allowed the virus to thrive
The European Union will meet AstraZeneca executives today to seek further clarification on why they unexpectedly announced a large cut in supplies of vaccine to the bloc, Reuters reports. AstraZeneca, which developed its shot with Oxford University, told the EU on Friday that it could not meet the agreed supply targets running up to the end of March, with an EU official telling Reuters that meant a 60% cut to 31m doses. Continue reading... |
| Navalny protests: EU to consider ‘next steps’ after Russia carries out mass arrests Posted: 24 Jan 2021 07:53 PM PST Poland and senior German leader call for more sanctions as bloc's foreign ministers meet to discuss detention of Kremlin critic European Union foreign ministers will consider potential "next steps" against Russia after western nations condemned the Kremlin's harsh treatment of demonstrators calling for the release of opposition politician Alexei Navalny. The United States, Britain and EU countries criticised Vladimir Putin's government on Sunday, with the French foreign minister, Jean-Yves Le Drian, describing the mass arrest of thousands of protesters in several Russia cities as "an intolerable affront" and a "slide towards authoritarianism". Continue reading... |
| Schumer promises quick but fair trial as Trump impeachment heads to Senate Posted: 25 Jan 2021 02:00 AM PST
The single article of impeachment against Donald Trump will on Monday evening be delivered to the Senate, where Democratic majority leader Chuck Schumer is promising a quick but fair trial. Related: Trump's second impeachment trial: the key players Continue reading... |
| British Virgin Islands at a crossroads as outgoing governor decries corruption Posted: 24 Jan 2021 10:00 PM PST With a judicial inquiry looming and the EU looking to blacklist the territory, the BVI is debating where its future lies The shuffling of diplomats around the UK's Caribbean territories rarely makes much of a splash. But Gus Jaspert ensured his last days as governor of the British Virgin Islands would be remembered. In an emotional Facebook video post to the BVI's 30,000 inhabitants, he accused the country's government of overseeing a "plague" of corruption, interfering in the criminal justice system and attempting to silence anyone who raised concerns about the misuse of funds, including £30m given by the UK to help the islands' fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading... |
| Portugal's centre-right president re-elected but far right gains ground Posted: 24 Jan 2021 09:12 PM PST Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa wins 61% of vote amid low turnout on a night marked by 12% support for populist Andre Ventura Portugal's centre-right president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has won re-election after a poll held at the height of the country's coronavirus crisis that also saw the far-right candidate gain a lot of new support in third place. Rebelo de Sousa, who had been widely expected to win another term, took 60.7% of the vote, with almost all the results declared amid very low turnout of around 40%. Continue reading... |
| Greece and Turkey in talks to try to avert military escalation Posted: 24 Jan 2021 09:00 PM PST Countries resume dialogue aimed at calming tensions in Aegean and Mediterranean after five-year gap After a five-year hiatus marked by increasingly heated relations, sabre-rattling and near conflict, Greece and Turkey will hold talks on Monday in an attempt to avert further military escalation in the Aegean and eastern Mediterranean. The prospect of high-level contacts being resumed has been met with international relief following protracted tensions that had pushed the historical rivals to the brink of war over offshore energy exploitation rights. Continue reading... |
| Global ice loss accelerating at record rate, study finds Posted: 25 Jan 2021 01:00 AM PST Rate of loss now in line with worst-case scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change The melting of ice across the planet is accelerating at a record rate, with the melting of the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets speeding up the fastest, research has found. The rate of loss is now in line with the worst case scenarios of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world's leading authority on the climate, according to a paper published on Monday in the journal The Cryosphere. Continue reading... |
| North Korean envoy defects in possible sign that Kim's power base is 'drifting' Posted: 25 Jan 2021 12:59 AM PST Acting ambassador to Kuwait fled for South last year, says fellow defector North Korea's acting ambassador to Kuwait has defected to South Korea in the latest high-profile escape from the isolated country. Ryu Hyun Woo had led North Korea's embassy in Kuwait since former ambassador So Chang Sik was expelled after a 2017 UN resolution sought to scale back the country's overseas diplomatic missions. Continue reading... |
| English and Scottish get drunk most often, 25-nation survey finds Posted: 24 Jan 2021 10:00 PM PST Average of more than 33 times last year is more than twice the rate of several other nationalities The English and Scottish have topped an international league table of how often people get so drunk that they lose their balance and slur their speech. The Global Drugs Survey (GDS) for 2020 suggests the UK's drink problem is far more dangerous than use of any other drug. More than 5% of people under 25 in the UK reported having sought hospital treatment after getting drunk, compared with a global average of 2%. Continue reading... |
| 'Nowhere is safe': Colombia confronts alarming surge in femicides Posted: 24 Jan 2021 11:15 PM PST Vice-president joins activists in calling for zero tolerance of 'machismo' that has left hundreds of women and girls dead When authorities pulled the lifeless body of four-year-old María Ángel Molina out of a river in rural Colombia on 13 January, the South American country mourned what was the 14th documented case of femicide this year. Her murderer, Juan Carlos Galvis, also kidnapped María's sister, and later admitted to authorities that he committed the brutal crimes in order to punish the girls' mother for seeing another man. Continue reading... |
| Green shoots: Spanish firm tackles plastic waste from shotgun cartridges Posted: 24 Jan 2021 09:00 PM PST BioAmmo aims to make 50m of its plastic-free, biodegradable cartridges this year One day a little over 12 years ago a Spanish entrepreneur, Enrique López-Pozas, was playing Airsoft when he was struck not by an opponent's shot but by an equally uncomfortable realisation. What, he wondered, would become of all the little plastic pellets being fired? And, come to that, what about all the shotgun cartridges discarded by hunters and sports shooters around the world? Continue reading... |
| Motorcade rallies call for impeachment of Bolsonaro in Brazil Posted: 24 Jan 2021 08:57 AM PST Protests take place across country at what many see as president's shambolic Covid response Thousands of Brazilians have taken to the streets in their cars to demand Jair Bolsonaro's impeachment as polls showed support for the far-right president slipping over his handling of the coronavirus pandemic. On Saturday, as Brazil's official Covid-19 death toll hit 216,000, leftwing and centrist protesters organised motorcade rallies in more than 20 state capitals, including Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte and Belém. Continue reading... |
| Fauci says he was the 'skunk at the picnic' in Trump's Covid team Posted: 24 Jan 2021 03:37 PM PST Public health expert says he could not resign as someone had to push back against 'nonsense' Dr Anthony Fauci was the "skunk at the picnic" in Donald Trump's White House coronavirus taskforce, the top US public health expert told the New York Times in a candid interview on Sunday. Related: Deborah Birx says Covid deniers in Trump White House 'derailed' response Continue reading... |
| The information warriors fighting 'robot zombie army' of coronavirus sceptics Posted: 24 Jan 2021 11:00 PM PST The Anti-Virus website takes on figures like Toby Young and Allison Pearson - and its creators think it has them on the run Sometimes, Stuart Ritchie feels like he's being pursued by an army of smiley faces. The lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at King's College London, is not delusional: instead, and somewhat to his surprise, he is on the frontline of a coronavirus information war. The emojis often decorate the Twitter profiles of the self-proclaimed "lockdown sceptics", a subset of social media users who remain unconvinced that coronavirus restrictions are necessary, even as the number of deaths in the UK approaches 100,000. Continue reading... |
| 'Don’t talk to papa until he’s had his cup of tea': parents juggling work and family – photo essay Posted: 24 Jan 2021 11:00 PM PST The new lockdown measures has meant parents are back to home schooling their children and juggling their own work and life commitments. A photographic project by Graeme Robertson shows families behind windows of their homes. Some happy to be locked away, other desperate to be heard and seen again Continue reading... |
| Jon Bon Jovi on wealth, love and his ugly tussle with Trump: 'It was seriously scarring' Posted: 24 Jan 2021 10:00 PM PST The big hair and bombast have long gone and the thoughtful singer-songwriter remains. He talks about politics, pain and meeting his wife of 40 years in history class Jon Bon Jovi is singing Livin' on a Prayer to me. No, this is not another crazy lockdown dream; it is actually happening. "Tommy used to work on the docks …" he begins, strumming a guitar he produces out of nowhere, his still impressive bouffant ("I'm the only man in my field brave enough to let it go grey!") bouncing in time to the music. Continue reading... |
| Girl A: Abigail Dean on her shocking debut novel that's taking the book world by storm Posted: 24 Jan 2021 10:00 PM PST Has this Google lawyer written the book of the year? The part-time author talks about the inspiration for her thriller about siblings who flee abusive parents and their 'house of horror' Abigail Dean was about to turn 30 when she suddenly realised that her job as a lawyer was using up all the oxygen in her life. "If I didn't make a change," she says, "I was going to still be there on my 40th birthday." She took three months off, writing every day at Dulwich library in London, and ended up with the seeds of what would become her debut novel, Girl A. "You don't know me," Lex, or Girl A, tells us as the novel opens, "but you'll have seen my face. In the earlier pictures, they bludgeoned our features with pixels, right down to our waists; even our hair was too distinctive to disclose. But the story and its protectors grew weary, and in the danker corners of the internet we became easy to find." Continue reading... |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2021 12:00 AM PST From Asma Khan's saag paneer to Lopè Ariyo's suya lamb, our exploration of the wider world of curry takes in recipes from south Asia, Nigeria and Japan It was dal that done it, in Luton, Lucknow, London. When the raisin-studded school dinners of my childhood were replaced with sophisticated south-Asian cooking. Here we also celebrate some of the wider world of curry: recipes from Nigeria, Japan, Vietnam, the Caribbean. From Uyen Luu's ginger duck to Shuko Oda's keema curry, and Asma Khan's saag paneer to Lopè Ariyo's suya lamb. There is a pumpkin curry, a prawn curry, a black-eyed bean curry; Vivek Singh's perfect vindaloo, Meera Sodha's tomato curry and Madhur Jaffrey's peerless chicken korma. In short, the 20 best curry dishes from some of the finest cookery writers around. Continue reading... |
| How the Arab spring unfolded – visualising how the protests spread Posted: 25 Jan 2021 12:00 AM PST An era of uprisings, nascent democracy and civil war in the Arab world started with protests in a small Tunisian city. This is how the unrest grew to engulf the Middle East, shake authoritarian governments and unleash consequences that still shape the world a decade later A decade ago this month, protests forced Tunisia's authoritarian president, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, to flee his country. It was a quick and relatively peaceful revolution, coming after decades of stagnant but entrenched regimes across the Arab world. Few at the time understood the power of the images of unrest being broadcast online and into homes across the Middle East. Within weeks, other significant protest movements would emerge, and by the middle of 2011, leaders in Cairo, Tripoli, Sana'a, Damascus and elsewhere were under serious pressure or had been swept away by a tidal wave of peaceful demonstrations and armed resistance. Continue reading... |
| Drexciya: how Afrofuturism is inspiring a memorial to slavery at sea Posted: 25 Jan 2021 01:14 AM PST The alternative Black history of a deep-sea civilisation has planted the seed for proposals to memorialise the 1.8 million Africans who died in the Atlantic Somewhere in the dark, vast abyss of the Atlantic Ocean, deep beneath the waves, lies a civilisation. For centuries the Drexciyans have lived in peaceful isolation on the seabed, occupying their bubble metropolis, unaware of the land-based realm their ancestors were forced to leave behind. The Drexciyans trace their lineage back to the pregnant African women – considered by their captors to be sick or disruptive – who were thrown off slave ships to drown. Baby Drexciyans swam from their mothers' wombs, never needing to breathe air, and gave rise to a subaqueous empire. Continue reading... |
| Sony WH-1000XM4 review: Bose-beating noise cancelling headphones Posted: 24 Jan 2021 11:00 PM PST Top sound, noise-cancelling and comfort with long battery life, plus connection to two devices at once Sony's top of the line noise-cancelling headphones have long had a winning formula and the latest edition has a much-requested addition – multiple device connectivity – to make them the best of class. The WH-1000XM4 have an RRP of £350 and on initial inspection little has changed for the fourth edition of the 1000X line, with its understated design. The high-quality plastic body is well made and lightweight at 254g but doesn't feel as premium as some metal or carbon fibre competitors that weigh more than 300g. Continue reading... |
| London woman admits killing disabled son after breakdown Posted: 25 Jan 2021 01:55 AM PST Olga Freeman, who struggled to care for son during lockdown, admits manslaughter on grounds of diminished responsibility A woman has admitted killing her disabled 10-year-old son after undergoing a mental breakdown while struggling to care for him during the lockdown. Olga Freeman, 40, was charged with the murder of Dylan Freeman, who was found dead at their home in Acton, west London, on 15 August last year. Continue reading... |
| Someone you loved: how British pop could fade out in Europe Posted: 25 Jan 2021 02:00 AM PST Brexit rule changes that make it tricky to tour the EU will hold back UK artists from a fast-growing market Limiting UK artists from working and touring in the EU post-Brexit will destroy the development of British music, say European industry experts, amid thriving competition from German rap, Spanish pop and more. British artists now face the need for visas, work permits and equipment carnets when working in the EU, with emerging acts most likely to feel the impact of this costly and time-consuming admin. Over the last month, the UK and the EU have blamed each other for the inability to strike a deal to help the creative industries. Continue reading... |
| Jonas Gwangwa, South African jazz musician and activist, dies aged 83 Posted: 25 Jan 2021 01:38 AM PST Trombonist heralded by president Cyril Ramaphosa as 'a giant of our revolutionary cultural movement' Jonas Gwangwa, the Oscar-nominated South African jazz musician who campaigned against apartheid for decades, has died aged 83. The cause of death has not been announced. South African president Cyril Ramaphosa led tributes, saying: Continue reading... |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2021 02:05 AM PST Former president charged with 'incitement of insurrection' after assault on Capitol by pro-Trump mob
The single article of impeachment against Donald Trump will this evening be delivered to the Senate, where Democratic majority leader Chuck Schumer is promising a quick but fair trial. "It will be a fair trial but it will move relatively quickly," Schumer, from New York, told reporters on Sunday. The trial would not take up too much time, he said, because "we have so much else to do". Related: Schumer promises quick but fair trial as Trump impeachment heads to Senate
Joe Biden on Monday will sign an executive order that aims to fulfill his "Buy American" campaign promise by tightening the rules to increase federal spending on products that are manufactured in the United States. During his campaign, Biden vowed that his administration would invest an additional $400nn in federal purchases of domestically-made products as a way of reviving American manufacturing. Previewing the directive on Sunday night, an administration official emphasized that the order was only a "first step" toward that goal. This order is deeply intertwined with the president's commitment to invest in American manufacturing, including clean energy and critical supply chains, grow good-paying, union jobs, and advance racial equity. Continue reading... |
| Four Palmas football players and club president killed in Brazil plane crash Posted: 25 Jan 2021 02:04 AM PST
Four players and the president from Brazilian football club Palmas died in a plane crash on Sunday. The players were travelling separately from the rest of the team after testing positive for coronavirus, the club have said. The private plane carrying the group plunged to the ground at the end of the runway shortly after take-off at an airport in the northern state of Tocantins. The pilot also died in the accident, with the cause of the crash not immediately clear. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2021 01:52 AM PST Move to suspend trans-Tasman arrangement for 72 hours prompted by Covid variant case in Auckland. Also, late February Pfizer vaccine rollout planned. Follow all the latest updates, live • NSW hotspots; Queensland hotspots
And, breathe. That was quite a hectic day for a Monday, so here's a quick summary of everything that went down today:
Tame has given a powerful speech, calling for structural and social change, and for Australia to have some uncomfortable discussions. It starts with conversation. We're all welcome at this table. Communication breeds understanding and understanding is the foundation of progress. Lived experience informs structural and social change. When we share, we heal. Yes, discussion of child sexual abuse is uncomfortable but nothing is more uncomfortable than the abuse itself. Let us redirect this discomfort to where it belongs - at the feet of perpetrators of these crimes. Together, we can redefine what it means to be a survivor. Together, we can end child sexual abuse. Survivors, be proud, our voices are changing history. 11 years ago, I was in hospital, anorexic with atrophied muscles, I struggled to walk. Last year I ran a marathon. We do transform as individuals and as a community. When I was first reported I was shamed and ridiculed by shame. But now my truth is helping to reconnect us. Continue reading... |
| 'The lockdown was political': Chad under strain ahead of election Posted: 24 Jan 2021 11:45 PM PST Opposition cries foul as Covid restrictions cut off incomes and health care in country where two-thirds live in severe poverty For Abdulgadir Sanousi the decision to lock down the capital of Chad was "a nightmare". His work driving from N'Djamena to Moundou in the south four times a week dried up overnight. This month any work has involved bribing police to let him through the checkpoints at N'Djamena's four main entry points. "The situation is just a nightmare for us. We are faced with difficulties by the police. In order to deal with them you need to bribe them, if not they would confiscate your vehicle," says 27-year-old Sanousi. Continue reading... |
| Mexico faces challenge to light-touch Covid approach as US restricts travel Posted: 24 Jan 2021 02:30 AM PST Biden administration's demand that travelers provide a negative test and self-quarantine could hit Mexico's tourist industry hard New US coronavirus travel restrictions are likely to have an outsized impact on Mexico, which is also struggling with an uncontrolled outbreak of the virus and record-breaking deaths. Related: Covid fatalities soar in Mexico as president condemned for inaction Continue reading... |
| Mitch McConnell 'plays the long game' to retain some power as it slips away Posted: 25 Jan 2021 02:00 AM PST Out of power in the chamber, the Republican now faces unruly politicians and pressure over how to handle Trump impeachment For Mitch McConnell, the top Republican in the Senate, the first few days of Joe Biden's presidency has not been about fighting the new Democratic majority in government, it's been about gaming out how much power he now has. McConnell, the leader of Senate Republicans for over a decade, now finds himself in the position every caucus leader dreads: out of power in the chamber, in charge of a somewhat unruly bunch of politicians, and under pressure over how to handle the impeachment of the last Republican president. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2021 01:00 PM PST Indigenous methods of tackling ecological problems were developed by dint of necessity - there is no better impetus for success When I was taught how to trap possums, I was encouraged to combine the traditional knowledge of my Māori ancestors with modern technologies. An example of this is when the kawakawa plant bears fruit – the best lure to use is cinnamon. This is because the scents complement each other in the forest, to which the possums become attracted. I assumed this was also the case when taught to use curry powder as a lure for when the hangehange flowers blossom. Instead, it was because wasps were very active at the time and I learned curry powder is one of the few lures to which wasps are not attracted; and no one wants to fiddle with traps covered in wasps! Continue reading... |
| Workers rescued from China mine after two weeks trapped underground – video Posted: 24 Jan 2021 03:31 AM PST Chinese rescuers pull 11 gold miners to safety, two weeks after they were trapped by an underground explosion. Crowds gather to watch the miners, one of whom shines a torch on his face and all of whom have been blindfolded to protect their eyes, being helped to waiting ambulances. Twenty-two workers were trapped in the Hushan mine by the blast on 10 January in Qixia, a gold-producing region under the administration of Yantai in coastal Shandong province Continue reading... |
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