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- US and Canada follow EU and UK to sanction Chinese officials over Xinjiang
- Covid: AstraZeneca vaccine 79% effective with no increased blood clot risk – US trial
- Data shows collapse of UK food and drink exports post-Brexit
- Bangladesh: 'massive' fire in Rohingya refugee camps forces 20,000 to flee
- Saudi Arabia proposes ceasefire to Yemen's Houthi rebels to end war
- Turkish economy in turmoil following sacking of central bank head
- Italians urged to boycott Amazon to support day of strikes
- Teen Vogue photographer says Condé Nast doesn't value Asian community
- Kenyan police officers to go on trial accused of British aristocrat's murder
- UFO report details ‘difficult to explain’ sightings, says US ex-intelligence director
- Coronavirus live news: Germany extends partial lockdown; Irish PM speaks out against vaccine export ban
- UK considers Covid traffic light system for international travel
- Relaxing US Covid rules could cause 'another avoidable surge', warns CDC director – live
- ‘He was a kid with a million questions’: Fauci to star in children's book
- Alexis Petridis tests sleep remixes of pop
- Waiting for a Star to Fall: Boy Meets Girl on how they made a pop classic
- 'The fakery is all part of the fun': the hoax of the mirror selfie
- As UK considers offshore asylum plan, why Australia's system was a dangerous failure
- Spread the love! 10 scrumptious Marmite recipes, from roast potatoes to spaghetti
- How we met: ‘My sister and my dad were freaked out when I said I was getting married’
- Emrys Bryson obituary
- Sturgeon welcomes 'official, definitive, independent' ruling she did not breach ministerial code – UK politics live
- King Goodwill Zwelithini obituary
- Officials head to Guatemala and Mexico amid rise in migrants at US border
- Canadian Michael Kovrig awaits verdict after trial in China
- The attorney general v the ABC
- Girl, two, dies after being rescued from migrant boat in Canaries
- Covid 'may leave 12 million children unable to read'
- De Klerk seeks accountability. What about his own?
- UK aid budget cut unlawful, legal advice to Tory rebels says
- Covid: why has the fall in UK infection rate stalled despite vaccinations?
- 'Selfish, self-indulgent': Bristol mayor condemns 'kill the bill' protest violence – video
- Australia floods: NSW inundated with torrential rain – in pictures
- Vladimir Putin takes a holiday in Siberia – in pictures
| US and Canada follow EU and UK to sanction Chinese officials over Xinjiang Posted: 22 Mar 2021 10:44 AM PDT It is the first time for three decades UK or EU has punished China for human rights abuses Britain and the EU have taken joint action with the US and Canada to impose parallel sanctions on a senior Chinese officials involved in the mass internment of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang province. The move marked the first time for three decades the UK or the EU had punished China for human rights abuses, and both will now be working hard to contain the potential political and economic fallout. Continue reading... |
| Covid: AstraZeneca vaccine 79% effective with no increased blood clot risk – US trial Posted: 22 Mar 2021 02:50 AM PDT Study of over 32,000 people included review of risks of cerebral venous sinus thrombosis The Covid-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca was 79% effective in preventing symptomatic illness in a large trial in the US, Chile and Peru, the company said on Monday, paving the way for it to apply for US approval. The vaccine was 100% effective against severe or critical disease and hospitalisation and was safe, the drugmaker said on Monday, releasing results of the late-stage human trial study of more than 32,000 volunteers across all age groups. Continue reading... |
| Data shows collapse of UK food and drink exports post-Brexit Posted: 22 Mar 2021 08:27 AM PDT HMRC figures reveal huge year-on-year falls in trade, with whisky, cheese and chocolate worst hit Whisky, cheese and chocolate producers have suffered the biggest post-Brexit export losses in the food and drink sector, new figures from HMRC have shown. Analysis of the figures by the Food and Drink Federation (FDF) shows cheese exports in January plummeted from £45m to £7m year on year, while whisky exports nosedived from £105m to £40m. Chocolate exports went from £41.4m to just £13m, a decline of 68%. Continue reading... |
| Bangladesh: 'massive' fire in Rohingya refugee camps forces 20,000 to flee Posted: 22 Mar 2021 09:25 AM PDT
At least 20,000 Rohingya have fled a huge blaze engulfing shanty homes at refugee camps in south-eastern Bangladesh, officials said on Monday, in the third fire to hit the settlements in four days. Nearly 1 million of the Muslim minority from Myanmar live in cramped and squalid conditions at the camps in the Cox's Bazar district, with many fleeing a military crackdown in their homeland in 2017. Continue reading... |
| Saudi Arabia proposes ceasefire to Yemen's Houthi rebels to end war Posted: 22 Mar 2021 10:13 AM PDT Moves aimed at ending six-year war include partial lifting of blockade on Sana'a airport and some sea ports Saudi Arabia has offered Yemen's Houthi rebels a nationwide ceasefire in a series of proposals aimed at ending the brutal six-year war in the country, including the partial lifting of the blockade on Sana'a international airport and some seaports. Riyadh also said it would support a UN humanitarian corridor in the oil rich city of Marib, which has been under months of bombardment by the Houthis. Continue reading... |
| Turkish economy in turmoil following sacking of central bank head Posted: 22 Mar 2021 09:49 AM PDT Lira plunged by 15% on Monday after Erdoğan replaced governor with party loyalist Turkey's economy has been thrown into renewed turmoil after President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan sacked the head of the country's central bank days after raising interest rates to tackle soaring inflation. The Turkish lira plunged by almost 15% on Monday, while the Istanbul stock exchange shed a 10th of its value after the president shocked global investors by replacing Naci Ağbal with a party loyalist. Continue reading... |
| Italians urged to boycott Amazon to support day of strikes Posted: 22 Mar 2021 07:28 AM PDT About 40,000 logistical workers hold national walkout over working conditions Italian consumers were urged by unions to refrain from buying from Amazon for the day on Monday as about 40,000 of the online shopping giant's logistical workers held a national strike over working conditions. It is the first walkout in Italy to affect Amazon's entire supply chain and involves warehouse and logistical hub workers as well as drivers provided by third-party services. Continue reading... |
| Teen Vogue photographer says Condé Nast doesn't value Asian community Posted: 22 Mar 2021 08:37 AM PDT Yu Tsai condemns magazine publisher for offering editor's role to Alexi McCammond, who then resigned over racist tweets A Teen Vogue photographer has said the hiring and swift axing of editor-in-chief Alexi McCammond over anti-Asian tweets shows Condé Nast does not "value" its Asian staff members. McCammond apologised for comments she tweeted in 2011 and which had been reported before. Condé Nast announced last week that she would no longer start in the job on Wednesday as planned. Continue reading... |
| Kenyan police officers to go on trial accused of British aristocrat's murder Posted: 22 Mar 2021 07:07 AM PDT Alexander Monson, son of Lord Monson, died in 2012 after allegedly being beaten in a police cell Four Kenyan police officers will stand trial for murder after a judge ruled they had a case to answer in the death of the British aristocrat Alexander Monson, who died in 2012 a day after allegedly being beaten in a police cell. The ruling, handed down by a high court judge in Mombasa, follows a years-long legal battle by his family after the 28-year-old died after he was arrested outside a nightclub at the Diani beach resort on suspicion of smoking cannabis. Continue reading... |
| UFO report details ‘difficult to explain’ sightings, says US ex-intelligence director Posted: 22 Mar 2021 06:43 AM PDT US military pilots and satellites have recorded 'a lot more' UFO sightings than have been made public, John Ratcliffe says US military pilots and satellites have recorded "a lot more" sightings of unidentified flying objects, or UFOs, than have been made public, Donald Trump's former intelligence director John Ratcliffe said. Related: The truth is out there … perhaps: CIA releases thousands of UFO files Continue reading... |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2021 10:52 AM PDT German leaders extend restrictions until 18 April amid rising infections; Micheál Martin says EU restrictions would be 'retrograde step'
Austria has postponed the reopening of cafe, restaurant and bar terraces planned for March 27 due to rising coronavirus cases, Reuters reports. The government is preparing for regions to adapt restrictions locally.
Jordan reported 109 new deaths from Covid-19 on Monday, the highest daily death toll since the pandemic surfaced in the country, the health ministry said. Reuters reports: Continue reading... |
| UK considers Covid traffic light system for international travel Posted: 22 Mar 2021 06:39 AM PDT Countries could be rated red, green and amber based on vaccine passport arrangements A traffic light system is being considered by ministers for when international travel restarts, which could rate countries green, amber and red depending on the state of vaccine passport agreements. The Guardian has been told the scheme could come into operation from August, with hotel quarantining continuing until at least 21 June for UK nationals and residents returning to England from countries with high prevalence of coronavirus variants of concern. Continue reading... |
| Relaxing US Covid rules could cause 'another avoidable surge', warns CDC director – live Posted: 22 Mar 2021 10:38 AM PDT Dr Rochelle Walensky pleads with Americans to remain vigilant about taking precautions to limit spread of coronavirus
The Democratic congressman Henry Cuellar brought more pain for the Biden administration by releasing pictures of an overcrowded immigration facility in Texas where he said more than 400 male minors were being held in one section meant for 250. The White House is under growing pressure over conditions at the southern border, where federal authorities are trying to cope with an increase in migrant crossings from Mexico, many by unaccompanied minors, while staying true to Biden's promise to implement a more humane policy than that pursued by Donald Trump. Related: Officials head to Guatemala and Mexico amid rise in migrants at US border
A bizarre moment on Fox News earlier today, when host Harris Faulkner told her phone interview guest, one Donald J Trump, formerly of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington DC, that homeland security secretary Alejandro Mayorkas had resigned. "Mr President," Faulkner said, "your thoughts." Harris Faulkner: The DHS secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has resigned. Related: Mayorkas blames Trump for border woes as Republicans attack Biden Continue reading... |
| ‘He was a kid with a million questions’: Fauci to star in children's book Posted: 22 Mar 2021 09:29 AM PDT Publisher says expert did not endorse book titled Dr Fauci: How a Boy from Brooklyn Became America's Doctor The leading US public health expert Anthony Fauci will be the subject of a new book – for children. Related: 'I can't wait to hug my daughter': how it feels to finally get the vaccine Continue reading... |
| Alexis Petridis tests sleep remixes of pop Posted: 22 Mar 2021 08:39 AM PDT 'Sleep-inducing' is rarely a compliment, but Meditation app Calm hopes to have listeners nodding off with its hour-long remixes of hits by the likes of Ariana Grande and Katy Perry It is 11.30pm on a Thursday and I have taken to my bed with my headphones on and an hour-long "sleep remix" of Post Malone's multi-platinum 2019 hit Circles for company. As you've presumably guessed, the idea is that the remix is supposed to help me drift off to sleep: the vastly successful meditation app Calm has just launched a Sleep Remix Series of tracks by big pop artists – Post Malone, Ariana Grande, Shawn Mendes and Katy Perry among them – as the latest addition to their huge library of sounds designed to send users off for the night. If the author of Beerbongs & Bentleys – a man who has barbed wire tattooed across his forehead, and indeed the words "always tired" inked beneath his eyes – doesn't seem the most obvious candidate for a job as a soothing bedtime accompanist, the arrival of Calm's Sleep Remix Series isn't entirely unexpected. For one thing, not since the chillout compilation boom of the early 2000s – when record stores shelves were groaning under the weight of collections featuring Röyksopp, Zero 7, Kinobe, Blue States, tracks from Moby's album Play and a variety of other purveyors of gentle advert-soundtrack-friendly electronica – has music that wafts unobtrusively in the background been such a big deal. Continue reading... |
| Waiting for a Star to Fall: Boy Meets Girl on how they made a pop classic Posted: 22 Mar 2021 08:33 AM PDT 'We were at a Whitney Houston concert in LA. I glanced up and saw a shooting star. It felt like a sign from the heavens' We'd written How Will I Know and I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me) for Whitney Houston, so were given tickets when she played the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles on her first tour in 1986. After she sang How Will I Know, I glanced up and there was a shooting star in the night sky above the amphitheatre. I pulled out my notebook and wrote down: "Waiting for a star to fall." It felt like a sign from the heavens. Continue reading... |
| 'The fakery is all part of the fun': the hoax of the mirror selfie Posted: 22 Mar 2021 08:09 AM PDT An influencer has claimed that the popular social media pose is a form of visual trickery. But why would you bother, when it's so easy to do by yourself? And does it matter if it's fake or not? Even if the phrase "mirror selfies" isn't in your daily lexicon, you likely know what it means: a selfie which, rather than being taken directly – camera-phone to face – is taken using a mirror, giving you a photograph of your own reflection. Last week the internet trope - a mainstay of influencers such a Kendall Jenner, recognisable for the placement of a phone in front of the face - became freshly controversial. Continue reading... |
| As UK considers offshore asylum plan, why Australia's system was a dangerous failure Posted: 22 Mar 2021 02:30 AM PDT Australia's asylum processing centres on the islands of Manus and Nauru have been widely condemned for systemic abuses, and human rights violations Eight years and the equivalent of £5bn. Twelve deaths and thousands of lives damaged, disrupted, and left in limbo. Australia's "offshore processing" regime for asylum seekers achieved little and resolved less, a refugee held at the heart of the system for seven years has said. "Australia has created a tragedy," journalist and author Behrouz Boochani, an Iranian Kurdish refugee detained on Manus Island, told the Guardian. "I don't think the people of the UK want their government to create the same tragedy in their name." Continue reading... |
| Spread the love! 10 scrumptious Marmite recipes, from roast potatoes to spaghetti Posted: 22 Mar 2021 04:30 AM PDT The divisive paste has emerged as an ingredient in its own right, lending a warm, umami flavour to all manner of dishes. Here are a few to try Last year, this newspaper said that "Marmite is having a massive foodie moment", after noticing that the divisive yeast extract was increasingly featuring as an ingredient, rather than simply being smeared on toast. Yes, Marmite has come into its own. As a sandwich filling, it remains polarising, but as an ingredient it is much more subtle, lending a warm, umami bite to all manner of dishes – as demonstrated by the 10 magnificent recipes below. Continue reading... |
| How we met: ‘My sister and my dad were freaked out when I said I was getting married’ Posted: 22 Mar 2021 04:00 AM PDT Benjamin and Blanca, 41 and 40, hit it off after their first meeting, but didn't meet up again for another year. They are now married and live in LA Benjamin Speed was on holiday in Los Angeles when his friend suggested he meet Blanca Lista, a film producer. "I am a composer working in the film and TV industry, and he thought we'd have common interests," Benjamin remembers. Blanca set aside some time one afternoon for the meeting. "I noticed he was handsome and radiated confidence, which was very attractive." Benjamin instantly fell for her and asked her out via email, but she turned him down. "I thought he was just passing through town and I had my mum staying at the time," she says. Benjamin says he returned home to Australia feeling "really sad". A year later, in September 2012, Blanca was offered the chance to visit Australia for work. She visited four states over the course of her month-long trip, ending in New South Wales. Once there, she visited Sydney, where Benjamin was living. "Our old mutual friend recommended getting in touch again, so I wrote to him." He was delighted to hear from Blanca and took her to his favourite restaurant in Chinatown. Blanca had been due to leave the following day, but before their meeting she extended her trip another 24 hours. "I think I already knew I would want more time with him." Continue reading... |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2021 10:41 AM PDT My father, Emrys Bryson, who has died aged 93, was a feature writer and theatre critic for the Nottingham Evening Post for 40 years. His reviews, often hammered out at midnight in the deserted newsroom, were always sparky and entertaining. Thanks to his funny weekly column, On-Spec, and the books he wrote about Nottingham, he became a recognisable and much-loved part of the fabric of the city he had adopted as his own. Emrys was born in Tipton in the West Midlands to Frank, a railway worker, and his wife, Gertrude (nee Jevons). He went to Queen Mary's school in Walsall before joining the weekly Walsall Times at the age of 16. In 1946 he began as a general reporter for the Nottingham Evening Post and its sister morning paper, the Nottingham Guardian. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 22 Mar 2021 10:46 AM PDT Latest updates: Scotland first minister had been accused over investigation into allegations against Alex Salmond
Patrick Harvie, the co-leader of the Scottish Greens, has strongly criticised the Scottish Conservatives for calling for Nicola Sturgeon's resignation (see 3pm) ahead of the publication of the Hamilton report. He said: In lodging a vote of no confidence before this report was published, just as they called for the First Minister's resignation before she even gave evidence to the parliamentary committee, the Tories have shown that they have no interest in establishing the truth. This entire saga should have been about examining a process that let down women and ensuring that was never repeated. Members of the parliamentary committee have shown utter contempt for the women involved, and for the rules of the Scottish parliament, by leaking confidential evidence and their own conclusions. If anyone's resignation is still needed, it is these MSPs who should step down now, and who should not be candidates for re-election in May. We are issuing a statement on behalf of the two complainers whose evidence to the inquiry has been leaked: https://t.co/RmgsMHYgcu pic.twitter.com/HwxiVFcleo
Anas Sarwar, the new Scottish Labour leader, has just told BBC News that his party will consider what the report from the Scottish parliament's committee on the Scottish government's handling of harassment complaints, which is out at 8am tomorrow, before deciding how it will vote in the no confidence debate on Nicola Sturgeon. Continue reading... |
| King Goodwill Zwelithini obituary Posted: 22 Mar 2021 10:30 AM PDT Leader of the Zulu nation in Kwazulu-Natal who remained a key figure in democratic South Africa The emergence of South Africa into an era of majority rule in 1994 was accompanied by a constitution that enshrined a wide range of equalities – not just racial equality, but gender equality and recognition of diverse sexual orientations. It was highly modern in its range, but all the same enshrined the position of traditional monarchs. Thus King Goodwill Zwelithini of the Zulu nation, who has died aged 72, was made part of a modern South Africa, while representing an old lineage and old practice. The recognition in particular of the Zulu king was important in that the four years of negotiation, from Nelson Mandela's release to the achievement of elections under universal franchise, were marked not just by black/white racial unease, but by Zulu/ANC communal violence in the province of KwaZulu-Natal, on South Africa's Indian Ocean coast. Pogroms and slaughters by Zulu militants, and the reprisal attacks that followed, marked the unease of a process in which traditionally powerful communities sought not to be marginalised in the new dispensation. Recognition of the Zulu king, and the inclusion at a high level of Jacob Zuma, a Zulu himself, in the ANC cabinet – Thabo Mbeki appointed him deputy president in 1999 – helped to assuage these fears. Continue reading... |
| Officials head to Guatemala and Mexico amid rise in migrants at US border Posted: 22 Mar 2021 09:25 AM PDT Officials aim to 'develop an effective and humane plan to manage migration' as migrants flee violence in Central America The Biden administration announced on Monday that two senior officials will travel to Mexico and Guatemala to discuss the increase in migrants attempting to enter the US. Related: Is there a crisis at the border? Advocates in Texas say it's 'political manipulation' Continue reading... |
| Canadian Michael Kovrig awaits verdict after trial in China Posted: 22 Mar 2021 05:40 AM PDT Closed-door hearing takes place days after trial of another Canadian, with diplomats barred from attending The trial of a Canadian man detained for more than two years in China on espionage charges has taken place, with relations between Ottawa and Beijing in freefall. The hearing in the case of Michael Kovrig came days after the closed-door trial of another Canadian man, with both detained in apparent retaliation for Canada's arrest of the Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou under a US extradition warrant. Continue reading... |
| The attorney general v the ABC Posted: 22 Mar 2021 09:30 AM PDT Christian Porter is suing the ABC for defamation over an article reporting that an anonymous senior cabinet minister had been accused of rape in 1988. Porter later identified himself as the minister in question and strenuously denied the allegation. Paul Karp explores how this case could play out, and whether Porter can continue to do his job while fighting to clear his name The crisis support and suicide prevention service Lifeline can contacted on 13 11 14. Support for sexual assault is available at 1800RESPECT. Read more: |
| Girl, two, dies after being rescued from migrant boat in Canaries Posted: 22 Mar 2021 05:14 AM PDT Toddler from Mali has died in hospital after being resuscitated on a dock last week A two-year-old girl from Mali who was rescued from a migrant boat and resuscitated on a dock in the Canary Islands last week has died in hospital, becoming the latest victim of the perilous Atlantic route from Africa to Europe. The girl was one of 52 people travelling on a boat that had left the city of Dakhla in Western Sahara bound for the Spanish archipelago. Continue reading... |
| Covid 'may leave 12 million children unable to read' Posted: 22 Mar 2021 04:21 AM PDT UN finds pandemic is widening education inequality with millions of girls unlikely to return to school More than half of all children who turn 10 this year will reach their milestone birthday without being able to read a simple sentence, according to a new analysis of UN data. Of those 70 million 10-year-olds, 11.5 million of them could be unable to read as a direct result of the impact on education of the Covid pandemic. Continue reading... |
| De Klerk seeks accountability. What about his own? Posted: 22 Mar 2021 01:00 AM PDT Apartheid-era South African president calls for justice for female victims of violence in Guardian article but some say his own record needs scrutiny South Africans don't give much thought to FW de Klerk these days. Like Mikhail Gorbachev, his fellow Nobel peace laureate, the last apartheid president is more highly regarded outside his own country than in it. But some South Africans were taken aback to see De Klerk putting himself forward in a Guardian article on 10 March as an advocate of protecting women from violence and asserting that "holding perpetrators accountable, irrespective of how long ago the crime was committed, is essential to stamping out impunity and preventing future atrocities". Continue reading... |
| UK aid budget cut unlawful, legal advice to Tory rebels says Posted: 21 Mar 2021 06:39 AM PDT Government could face judicial review if it does not reinstate its spending commitment, advice adds The government will be in clear breach of the law and exposed to a judicial review if it presses ahead with a multibillion-pound cut in the UK's foreign aid programme, according to legal advice given to Tory backbenchers. Advice issued by the QC and peer Ken Macdonald said No 10 had acted outside the law when it abandoned its commitment to spend 0.7% of national income on aid. Continue reading... |
| Covid: why has the fall in UK infection rate stalled despite vaccinations? Posted: 21 Mar 2021 03:30 AM PDT Hospital admissions and deaths are declining as priority groups vaccinated but number of new diagnoses has stabilised The UK's Covid-19 statistics remain encouraging despite continuing rows over vaccine deliveries in Europe. Admissions to hospital and daily deaths from the disease continue to decline with numbers in the latter category now down to double digits while the former have dropped to around a 10th of their total two months ago. However, one other category – numbers of new diagnoses a day – has reached a plateau with cases, having plunged from 60,000, stabilising at around 5,000 to 6,000. So why has this figure apparently stalled while deaths and hospitalisations continue to decline? Continue reading... |
| 'Selfish, self-indulgent': Bristol mayor condemns 'kill the bill' protest violence – video Posted: 22 Mar 2021 06:34 AM PDT Bristol's mayor, Marvin Rees, has said violence that broke out during demonstrations in the city against the government's anti-protest bill was counterproductive and may be used as evidence of why the legislation is necessary. Rees said the perpetrators were 'living out their fantasies of being revolutionaries' and had made no contribution to furthering justice for marginalised communities. He added: 'It goes against everything we have been doing in the city these recent years to build partnership and collective action'
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| Australia floods: NSW inundated with torrential rain – in pictures Posted: 21 Mar 2021 08:28 PM PDT Three weather systems are colliding to cause extreme rainfall and flooding across New South Wales, with intense rainfall likely to continue until late on Tuesday. The state's mid-north coast is facing a once-in-a-century flood and residents are bracing for the worst. Some areas of the northern NSW coast have had more than 70cm of rain since last Thursday.
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| Vladimir Putin takes a holiday in Siberia – in pictures Posted: 21 Mar 2021 06:41 AM PDT The Russian president and his defence minister, Sergei Shoygu, are spending the weekend in Siberia Continue reading... |
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