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- Mexico protests against attacks on women turn violent, as tension with president escalates
- France underestimated impact of nuclear tests in French Polynesia
- Palace under pressure to respond to Harry and Meghan racism claims
- EU parliament strips Carles Puigdemont and two other Catalans of immunity
- Albatross faceplants to fame on New Zealand livestream
- Myanmar: military revokes licences of five media outlets in blow to press freedom
- China's treatment of Uighurs breaches UN genocide convention, finds landmark report
- Outrage as Georgia Republicans advance bill to restrict voting access
- Inaction leaves world playing ‘Russian roulette’ with pandemics, say experts
- Dove owner Unilever to ban excessive photo editing from its adverts
- Rare meteorite chunk traced by scientists to Gloucestershire driveway
- Coronavirus live news: China launches virus passport; Pfizer vaccine works on Brazil variant
- 'A once-in-a-generation event': lessons from a year of lockdown in Europe
- NHS Nightingale hospitals to close from next month
- Covid childcare crisis reversing decades of women's economic progress – report
- 'My body is unserviceable and well past its sell-by date': the last days of Avril Henry
- Naomi Klein: 'We shouldn’t be surprised that kids are radicalised'
- China’s appetite for meat fades as vegan revolution takes hold
- I'm socially anxious, and working from home has been life-changing
- ‘The idea is bonkers’: the secrets behind the success of The Circle
- 'What have they done?': What the papers say about fallout from the Meghan and Harry interview
- Thomas Markle ‘will keep speaking to media until Meghan talks to him’
- Obay Alsharani: the Syrian refugee keeping his mind free with ambient music
- On International Women's Day, let's give feminist groups the funding they need | Zoneziwoh Mbondgulo-Wondieh
- Biden immigration policy on child detention facing first test – live updates
- Humanitarian crisis looms on Chile-Bolivia border as migrants cross on foot
- Critics rubbish ClubsNSW claim gaming card would cost $1.8bn and thousands of jobs
- Afghan TV station 'can't hire women' over security fears after four killed
- Female workers at H&M supplier in India allege widespread sexual violence
- 'Amlo made us public enemy No 1': why feminists are Mexico's voice of opposition
- Tourists flock to Kazakh glaciers – in pictures
- Biden pledges to combat sexual assault in US military – video
- Myanmar protesters 'barricaded' in apartments by security forces – video
- Hundreds protest in the name of George Floyd in Minneapolis – video
- Boris Johnson warns of ‘big budget of risk’ in reopening schools during pandemic – video
| Mexico protests against attacks on women turn violent, as tension with president escalates Posted: 08 Mar 2021 10:11 PM PST Protesters angry that López Obrador has supported politician accused of sexual assault are calling for greater protections for women Women marching on International Women's Day have clashed with police at barricades surrounding the National Palace in Mexico City, where officers fired pepper spray after the protesters attempted to tear down a metal wall. Sixty-two officers and 19 civilians were injured, said Marcela Figueroa, an official of the city's police agency. The Mexico City government "categorically denied" using any kind of gas against protesters. Continue reading... |
| France underestimated impact of nuclear tests in French Polynesia Posted: 08 Mar 2021 10:00 PM PST Groundbreaking new analysis could allow more than 100,000 people to claim compensation France has consistently underestimated the devastating impact of its nuclear tests in French Polynesia in the 1960s and 70s, according to groundbreaking new research that could allow more than 100,000 people to claim compensation. France conducted 193 nuclear tests from 1966 to 1996 at Moruroa and Fangataufa atolls in French Polynesia, including 41 atmospheric tests until 1974 that exposed the local population, site workers and French soldiers to high levels of radiation. Continue reading... |
| Palace under pressure to respond to Harry and Meghan racism claims Posted: 08 Mar 2021 02:20 PM PST 'Hand grenade' Oprah interview shakes royal family to its foundations and leaves members open to suspicion Buckingham Palace was under pressure to respond to allegations of racism within the highest echelons of the royal family following an interview with the Duke and Duchess of Sussex that threatened to have a devastating effect on the reputation of the monarchy. In the most shocking disclosure, Harry and Meghan described how someone within the household had asked about how dark the skin tone of their baby son Archie would be – with the US chatshow host Oprah Winfrey clarifying later that neither the Queen nor the Duke of Edinburgh were behind the remark. Continue reading... |
| EU parliament strips Carles Puigdemont and two other Catalans of immunity Posted: 09 Mar 2021 02:18 AM PST Spain seeking extradition related to separatists' role in organising 2017 independence referendum The European parliament has voted to waive the immunity of Catalonia's former regional head of government and two other separatist politicians, taking them a step closer to extradition to Spain, where they are charged with sedition. The chamber announced on Tuesday that EU lawmakers had voted clearly in favour of stripping the immunity from prosecution of Carles Puigdemont and two former cabinet members, Antoni Comín and Clara Ponsatí. Continue reading... |
| Albatross faceplants to fame on New Zealand livestream Posted: 08 Mar 2021 08:46 PM PST Miscalculated landing ends in undignified scrambling to get back on its feet in front of chick – and cameras An ignoble landing by a royal albatross has been captured on cameras in New Zealand, catapulting the somersaulting bird to dubious fame. The video begins with a fluffy four-week-old chick looking out over the sea. Soon, to the left of the frame, an adult descends, making its landing feet first, wings back. But when the large webbed appendages hit the ground the bird tumbles forward, face first and flips on to its back. It flails around as its legs pedal furiously in the air before righting itself, staring for a moment into the distance and then shuffling out of frame. Continue reading... |
| Myanmar: military revokes licences of five media outlets in blow to press freedom Posted: 08 Mar 2021 08:30 PM PST The outlets have reported extensively on protests over the coup over recent weeks, as well as the brutal response by the security forces Myanmar's military junta has revoked the licences of five media outlets as it seeks to clampdown on independent coverage of anti-coup protests, a major blow to press freedom in the country. Mizzima, Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), Khit Thit Media, Myanmar Now and 7Day News have each been ordered to close, according to an announcement on state broadcaster MRTV. It said the companies were "no longer allowed to broadcast or write or give information by using any kind of media platform or using any media technology." Continue reading... |
| China's treatment of Uighurs breaches UN genocide convention, finds landmark report Posted: 09 Mar 2021 02:41 AM PST First non-governmental legal examination of China's actions finds every article of 1948 convention broken The Chinese government has breached every single article of the UN genocide convention in its treatment of Uighurs in Xinjiang, and bears responsibility for committing genocide, according to a landmark legal report. The 25,000 page report, published by a non-partisan US-based thinktank, is the first independent, non-government legal examination of China's treatment of Uighurs under the 1948 genocide convention. Continue reading... |
| Outrage as Georgia Republicans advance bill to restrict voting access Posted: 08 Mar 2021 03:45 PM PST Democrats decry 'modern-day voter suppression' as Republican-controlled senate votes to curtail no-excuse absentee voting Georgia lawmakers have advanced a measure that would significantly curtail voting access after a record number of voters propelled Democratic victories in the 2020 race. Related: Biden to sign order expanding voting rights on Bloody Sunday anniversary Continue reading... |
| Inaction leaves world playing ‘Russian roulette’ with pandemics, say experts Posted: 08 Mar 2021 11:00 PM PST New coalition calls on governments to tackle root cause of emerging infections – the destruction of nature Governments must fill a major gap in post-Covid recovery plans with action on the root cause of pandemics – the destruction of nature – a new coalition of health and environment groups has warned. Crucial investments and actions are missing, the Preventing Pandemics at the Source coalition said, leaving the world playing an "ill-fated game of Russian roulette with pathogens". Continue reading... |
| Dove owner Unilever to ban excessive photo editing from its adverts Posted: 08 Mar 2021 04:01 PM PST Company will remove word 'normal' from packaging of 200 products and increase its activist marketing The company behind brands including Dove soap and Sure deodorant will ban excessive Photoshopping of models and remove the word "normal" from beauty product advertising, in its latest response to social and environmental concerns. Unilever said it would eliminate "all digital alterations to body shape, size, proportion and skin colour" from its advertising. The Photoshop ban will cover Unilever adverts as well as influencers paid by the company to promote products. Continue reading... |
| Rare meteorite chunk traced by scientists to Gloucestershire driveway Posted: 08 Mar 2021 04:01 PM PST 'Dream come true' to locate first carbonaceous chondrite seen in UK, part of fireball that caused sonic boom A lump of a rare meteorite that lit up the night sky over the UK and northern Europe last week has been recovered from a driveway in Gloucestershire. The fragment, weighing nearly 300 grams, and other pieces of the space rock were located after scientists reconstructed the flight path of the fireball that unleashed a sonic boom as it tore across the sky shortly before 10pm UK time on Sunday 28 February. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: China launches virus passport; Pfizer vaccine works on Brazil variant Posted: 09 Mar 2021 02:43 AM PST China launches digital certificate showing vaccination status and virus test results; Biden urged to establish temporary Covid health credentials; Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine 'neutralises' new variant
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, the international financial talking shop, has increased its global growth forecast, citing the deployment of coronavirus vaccines and a huge economic stimulus programme in the US as reasons for greater optimism. The Paris-based organisations said it now expects the global economy to grow 5.6%, an increase of 1.4 percentage points from its December forecast. It said in its economic outlook report published on Tuesday: Global economic prospects have improved markedly in recent months, helped by the gradual deployment of effective vaccines, announcements of additional fiscal support in some countries, and signs that economies are coping better with measures to suppress the virus. Global #GDP will grow by 5.6% this year, an upward revision of more than 1 percentage point since our last projection in Dec 2020. There are increasing signs of divergence across countries and sectors. Strict containment measures will hold back growth in some countries and service sectors in the near term, while others will benefit from effective public health policies, faster vaccine deployment and strong policy support. Sizeable risks remain. Faster progress in vaccine deployment in all countries would enable restrictions to be lifted more quickly and enhance confidence and spending. Slow progress in vaccine rollout and the emergence of new virus mutations resistant to existing vaccines would result in a weaker recovery, larger job losses and more business failures.
Seventeen European countries received doses from a batch of Oxford/AstraZeneca vaccine that authorities in Austria have stopped using while investigating a death and an illness, a senior health official has told Reuters. The warning came after a 49-year-old nurse in Zwettl, a town northwest of Vienna, died as a result of severe coagulation disorders after receiving the vaccine. Another nurse from Zwettl who is 35 and received a dose from the same batch, ABV 5300, developed a pulmonary embolism and is recovering. We informed all European colleagues in the European network as this batch, which amounted to roughly a million doses in total, was sent to 17 European countries. Continue reading... |
| 'A once-in-a-generation event': lessons from a year of lockdown in Europe Posted: 08 Mar 2021 09:00 PM PST Measures first imposed in Italy a year ago seemed shocking at first but soon became the new normal across the continent They seemed, this time last year, almost unimaginable: the most severe restrictions imposed on a western nation since the second world war. "The whole of Italy is closed now," was the shocked headline in Corriere della Sera the next day. On 9 March 2020, a population of more than 60 million was ordered to stay at home, permitted to venture out only under specific circumstances – solitary exercise close to home, grocery shopping, going to the doctor – on pain of a €400-€3,000 fine. Continue reading... |
| NHS Nightingale hospitals to close from next month Posted: 08 Mar 2021 04:29 PM PST The seven temporary sites were built during first wave of Covid-19 but treated few patients The NHS has announced the emergency Nightingale hospitals built in the first Covid-19 wave to cope with anticipated pressures on the health service are to close from next month. Seven of the temporary hospitals were hastily constructed in England, starting last April with a 4,000-bed facility at London's ExCeL centre. Continue reading... |
| Covid childcare crisis reversing decades of women's economic progress – report Posted: 08 Mar 2021 07:30 AM PST Calls for recovery plans to address unequal burden of looking after children to advance equality and 'because it makes fiscal sense' The childcare crisis is at a "tipping point", threatening to reverse decades of women's economic progress, according to a new report published on Monday. The report warned that the female-dominated childcare sector risked collapse, as coronavirus lockdowns and rising poverty levels had led to a "steep drop" in demand for formal and informal services. Continue reading... |
| 'My body is unserviceable and well past its sell-by date': the last days of Avril Henry Posted: 08 Mar 2021 10:00 PM PST Avril Henry lived a fulfilling life, but as age took hold and her body failed, it was one she no longer believed was worth living. Why did the law stand in her way? In the late morning, on the day she planned to die, in April 2016, Avril Henry went to get the poison from the downstairs bathroom. She walked past the padded rocking chair where she sometimes sat for hours with her feet tilted above her head to ease the swelling in her ankles. She steadied herself against the countertop before reaching up to the top shelf and feeling around for the glass bottles that she had hidden there, behind the toilet cleaner and the baby powder. "I got it imported illegally," Avril had said of the drug supply. "It's quite easy to do, but very risky." She was at her home in Brampford Speke, a small village in south-west England with 300 residents, a pub called the Lazy Toad, a church, St Peter's, and a parish council on which Avril had served several terms, earning a reputation as brilliant and steadfast, if sometimes needlessly adversarial. Continue reading... |
| Naomi Klein: 'We shouldn’t be surprised that kids are radicalised' Posted: 09 Mar 2021 02:00 AM PST With How to Change Everything, the activist has written her first book for young people. She explains how she has been inspired by a new, very young generation of protesters When Naomi Klein toured North America with her 2019 book about the Green New Deal, she and her assistant liaised with local campaigners from the Sunrise Movement. This youthful climate action group was organised to set up a table at each event, with petitions and actions, so audiences could become activists, right there. When they reached Palo Alto, they discovered that the Sunrise Movement contact they'd been "bossing about" was a 13-year-old, who was organising the whole thing between her classes. This shock inspired Klein, who began her activism in her 20s with the anti-corporate bible No Logo, to write her first book specifically for young people. How to Change Everything joins a burgeoning library of new books seeking to mobilise a new generation: alongside the iconoclastic Jay Griffiths' Why Rebel, and youthful activist Hendrikus van Hensbergen's How You Can Save the Planet, an excellent down-to-earth handbook for teens and pre-teens. Continue reading... |
| China’s appetite for meat fades as vegan revolution takes hold Posted: 09 Mar 2021 02:07 AM PST Concerns over carbon emissions and food crises are fuelling a move away from meat consumption as a symbol of wealth The window of a KFC in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou hosts the image of a familiar mound of golden nuggets. But this overflowing bucket sporting Colonel Sanders' smiling face is slightly different. The bucket is green and the nuggets within it are completely meat free. Over the last couple of years, after many years of rising meat consumption by China's expanding middle classes for whom eating pork every day was a luxurious sign of new financial comforts, the green shoots of a vegan meat revolution have begun to sprout. Although China still consumes 28% of the world's meat, including half of all pork, and boasts a meat market valued at $86bn (£62bn), plant-based meat substitutes are slowing carving out a place for themselves among a new generation of consumers increasingly alarmed by food crises such as coronavirus and African swine fever. Continue reading... |
| I'm socially anxious, and working from home has been life-changing Posted: 09 Mar 2021 02:00 AM PST I have always been better with the written word than the spoken one. Chatting online allows me to be more of the person I aspire to be Working from home, while very much a privilege, has been a mixed bag. I live alone and often realize, as the sun begins to set, that my mouth has not actually emitted a word all day. The lack of interaction can make it easy for minor anxieties and frustrations to spiral into existential crises. On the other hand, there are plenty of benefits; off the top of my head, I'd place rolling out of bed seconds before work begins, devoting milliseconds to choosing my outfit, and a minimal commute – from my bed to the platform above it – near the top of the list. Continue reading... |
| ‘The idea is bonkers’: the secrets behind the success of The Circle Posted: 09 Mar 2021 01:00 AM PST The isolating, app-based Channel 4 show feels eerily relevant to the past 12 months. Former and current contestants discuss the experience – and the struggle of readjusting to normal life It is September 2019 and Richard Madeley is twerking alone in a high-security flat in Salford. The presenter is taking part in the second season of the Channel 4 reality show The Circle, on which he is catfishing as a 27-year-old PR girl called Judy. Dressed in a motion-capture suit, he is gyrating seductively, his lips pursed in concentration. The other contestants, who are oblivious to Madeley's true identity, are watching an anonymous rendering of his movements on their screens. "Oh my God, that's twerking isn't it?" screams one. "That's twerking!" The Circle is not a typical reality TV show. Part popularity contest, part social experiment, part dystopian drama, its premise feels eerily relevant to the past 12 months. Contestants are moved into a refurbished block of flats, where they are confined to their own space and isolated from each other. The only way they can communicate is through a bespoke, text-based social media app called The Circle. Continue reading... |
| 'What have they done?': What the papers say about fallout from the Meghan and Harry interview Posted: 08 Mar 2021 05:49 PM PST Palace crisis is splashed across the front pages, with several papers asking what racism accusations will mean for the royal family The fallout following the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's explosive television interview with Oprah Winfrey dominates Britain's front pages. After the initial shock over the damning content of the interview, focus has moved to what the accusations of racism and animosity mean for the royal family. The Guardian leads with "Palace in crisis following devastating racism claim". Meghan said that Harry had been asked questions by family about how dark their son Archie's skin might be when he was born. The couple would not reveal which family member asked the question, but Oprah on Monday said that it was neither the Queen nor Prince Philip. Continue reading... |
| Thomas Markle ‘will keep speaking to media until Meghan talks to him’ Posted: 09 Mar 2021 02:40 AM PST Father of Duchess of Sussex tells Good Morning Britain he did lie to her about working with the press Thomas Markle, the estranged father of the Duchess of Sussex, has vowed to keep speaking to the media until Meghan talks to him again. Speaking on Good Morning Britain on Tuesday, Markle said he did lie to his daughter about working with the press in 2018 and that he has not spoken to her since before her wedding to Prince Harry in May that year. Continue reading... |
| Obay Alsharani: the Syrian refugee keeping his mind free with ambient music Posted: 09 Mar 2021 02:30 AM PST The music producer escaped Assad's Syria and ended up in a Swedish refugee centre, where the space and minimalism of ambient allowed him to express his alienation The 30-year-old Syrian producer Obay Alsharani's debut album, Sandbox, is stunning. Its textural layers and floating fragments of melody easily match Burial or Boards of Canada's abilities to deliver devastating emotion with a dreamy lightness of touch. But where many talk about ambient music and virtual worlds as providing sanctuary and succour, for Alsharani, the reality of that is deadly serious. Sandbox was conceived and written while trapped in limbo in a refugee centre, north of the Arctic circle and around 2,000 miles from home, struggling to come to terms with the terrors that had brought him there. Talking via video chat from Stockholm, Alsharani is as disarmingly gentle as his music, maintaining a friendly, matter-of-fact tone whether discussing his tastes, or the realities of Bashar al-Assad's Syria. "From when I was eight," he says, "my father worked in Saudi Arabia, he had a good job, and I got used to moving around, which is useful to me now." The family lived in four different Saudi cities, returning to Damascus for the summer each year. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 08 Mar 2021 07:00 AM PST In Cameroon, and across the world, grassroot organisations like mine have been on the Covid frontline. Now we need proper support When Covid-19 first entered Cameroon, where I live and work, I knew that women would be among the worst affected by the ensuing crisis. Across the world during the pandemic, violence against women and girls has soared, and women are also bearing the brunt of the economic fallout. These same dynamics are at play in Cameroon, but many women here now find themselves in a doubly difficult situation. As the world has gone online, digital gaps in Cameroon have left the majority of women disconnected, unable to access education or connect with one another. A 2015 report revealed that only 36% of women in Cameroon were internet users – and very little has changed since then. Continue reading... |
| Biden immigration policy on child detention facing first test – live updates Posted: 09 Mar 2021 02:37 AM PST More than 3,250 children reported detained at border as number triples in two weeks
NBC News have carried some extra detail about the conditions in which the children are being kept, and it is not a ringing endorsement of a new dawn for immigration under Joe Biden's administration: Nearly half of the children — 1,400 — have been held beyond the three-day legal limit. The CBP holding cells, sometimes known as "hieleras," or iceboxes, are not designed for children. They are typically small concrete rooms with concrete or metal benches and no beds. In addition, nearly 170 of the detained unaccompanied children are younger than 13, a source said. Many of the children arriving at the border initially immigrated during the Trump administration but were expelled under an order from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meant to protect immigrants and U.S. residents from Covid-19. The Biden administration reversed the policy for unaccompanied children.
There's a lot of focus in the US media this morning on the challenge the Biden administration is facing on the country's southern border, with numbers of migrants increasing as the new president sets out on his stated aim of building a more humane immigration system. Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Michael Shear report for the New York Times in particular on a surge of unaccompanied children: The number of migrant children in custody along the border has tripled in the past two weeks to more than 3,250, according to federal immigration agency documents obtained by The New York Times, and many of them are being held in jail-like facilities for longer than the three days allowed by law. The problem for the administration is both the number of children crossing the border and what to do with them once they are in custody. Under the law, the children are supposed to be moved to shelters run by the Health and Human Services Department, but because of the pandemic the shelters until last week were limiting how many children they could accommodate. Continue reading... |
| Humanitarian crisis looms on Chile-Bolivia border as migrants cross on foot Posted: 09 Mar 2021 01:45 AM PST Chile closed land borders last year due to Covid but authorities report surge in crossings, mostly Venezuelan migrants Activists are warning of a looming humanitarian crisis on the border between Chile and Bolivia as growing numbers of migrants brave the harsh terrain of the Chilean altiplano to cross the frontier on foot. Chile closed its land borders last year as a preventive measure during the Covid-19 pandemic, but authorities have reported a surge in irregular crossings, mostly caused by Venezuelan migrants fleeing economic instability and political turmoil in their home country. Continue reading... |
| Critics rubbish ClubsNSW claim gaming card would cost $1.8bn and thousands of jobs Posted: 09 Mar 2021 01:22 AM PST Gambling reform advocates accuse industry of 'crying poor' over proposal to cut money-laundering and problem gambling Gambling reform advocates have rubbished modelling by ClubsNSW reportedly showing that a proposed mandatory gaming card in New South Wales would cost thousands of jobs and $1.8bn. The report into Crown casino, conducted by Patricia Bergin, recommended introducing a cashless gambling card that would work much like those used on public transport. Bergin suggested the card, which would require poker machine players to "pre-load" money, would help tackle money-laundering, but gambling reform advocates argue it would also help reduce problem gambling. Continue reading... |
| Afghan TV station 'can't hire women' over security fears after four killed Posted: 08 Mar 2021 11:15 PM PST Government blamed for not ensuring safety as broadcaster's female staff told to stay home after attacks by Isis A radio and television broadcaster in eastern Afghanistan that has had four of its female employees murdered since December has said it will not hire any more women until security in the country improves. The broadcaster, Enikass Radio and Television, has also told all female employees to work from home. Islamic State (Isis) has claimed responsibility for killing all four women, but Enikass also blames the Afghan government for not providing adequate security. Continue reading... |
| Female workers at H&M supplier in India allege widespread sexual violence Posted: 08 Mar 2021 10:00 PM PST Multiple women at Natchi Apparels have reported abuse weeks after 21-year-old worker was allegedly killed by her supervisor Women in India making children's clothes for H&M have spoken out about widespread sexual violence they claim to have faced at one of the company's suppliers in India. The allegations come just weeks after the body of Jeyasre Kathiravel, a 21-year-old Dalit garment worker, was found in a field close to her family home after she failed to return from her shift at the Natchi Apparels factory in Tamil Nadu. Continue reading... |
| 'Amlo made us public enemy No 1': why feminists are Mexico's voice of opposition Posted: 08 Mar 2021 03:00 AM PST A president who claims to represent the dispossessed faces widespread backlash over his tacit support for a politician accused of rape Mexico's president had a confession to make. Women on social media were holding up signs reading, "President, break the pact" and Andrés Manuel López Obrador was confused. He turned to his wife to set him straight. The women were describing the pact of the patriarchy, she told him. Continue reading... |
| Tourists flock to Kazakh glaciers – in pictures Posted: 09 Mar 2021 12:00 AM PST Prevented from travelling abroad by the Covid pandemic, locals are instead visiting the magnificent glaciers of the Tian Shan mountain range near Kazakhstan's biggest city, Almaty Continue reading... |
| Biden pledges to combat sexual assault in US military – video Posted: 08 Mar 2021 06:18 PM PST Joe Biden pledged to combat sexual assault in the US military as he announced the nomination of two female officers, Gen Jacqueline Van Ovost and Lt Gen Laura Richardson, to become four-star commanders. The president, who spoke on International Women's Day, said: "Sexual assault is abhorrent and wrong at any time. And in our military, so much of unit cohesion is built on trusting your fellow service members to have your back – there's nothing less than a threat to our national security" Continue reading... |
| Myanmar protesters 'barricaded' in apartments by security forces – video Posted: 08 Mar 2021 03:02 PM PST Hundreds of anti-coup protesters were 'barricaded' by Myanmar security forces in apartment buildings in Yangon on Monday, the UN secretary-general said, calling for their release 'without violence or arrests'. The police and military have responded with an increasingly brutal crackdown on demonstrators protesting the military coup in February. More than 50 people have been killed and nearly 1,800 arrested. Continue reading... |
| Hundreds protest in the name of George Floyd in Minneapolis – video Posted: 08 Mar 2021 11:45 AM PST Hundreds of protesters rallied outside the Minneapolis courthouse demanding racial justice and the conviction of a former police officer accused of murdering George Floyd on Monday. Derek Chauvin, who is white, was fired and charged with murder after he knelt on Floyd's neck when the Black man had been forced to the ground during an attempted arrest last May Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson warns of ‘big budget of risk’ in reopening schools during pandemic – video Posted: 08 Mar 2021 09:23 AM PST The reopening of schools will have an impact on infection rates that could affect the roadmap for lifting restrictions, Boris Johnson has warned, as England's deputy chief medical adviser said infections were still at a rate where a fourth wave could take off. Johnson warned that the number of patients being admitted to hospital with Covid-19 each day was eight times higher than 'the lows of last summer' – and reiterated that people must still follow the 'stay at home' message Continue reading... |
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