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- Revealed: big shortfall in Covax Covid vaccine-sharing scheme
- Concerns over climate finance for poorer nations as White House summit begins
- Revealed: residency loophole in Malta’s cash-for-passports scheme
- Russia: we’ll leave International Space Station and build our own
- Joe Biden set to formally recognize Armenian genocide, officials say
- Indonesia continues search for missing submarine carrying 53 people
- Chauvin verdict a blow to ex-police trio awaiting trial over George Floyd death
- Four killed in bomb at Pakistan hotel hosting Chinese ambassador
- The Gambia becomes second African state to end trachoma
- Black man shot and killed by sheriff’s deputy in North Carolina
- Federal government tears up Victoria’s Belt and Road agreements with China
- Coronavirus live: global record 314,835 new India cases; Covid no longer England and Wales leading cause of death
- Covid-19: India's response to second wave is warning to other countries
- Campaign to waive Covid jab patent highlights $26bn shareholder payouts
- Scientific paper claiming smokers less likely to acquire Covid retracted over tobacco industry links
- ‘This was our music, and our conscience’: how I fell in love with French hip-hop
- The clitoris, pain and pap smears: how Our Bodies, Ourselves redefined women’s health
- Why New York mayor is ‘second toughest job in US’
- Burnt out: is the exhausting cult of productivity finally over?
- ‘An ill day can still be a good day’: 10 ways to live well with long Covid and chronic illness
- Growing pains: Zimbabwe’s female tobacco farmers struggle to compete
- Scandal of unequal commemoration of UK’s WW1 dead known about ‘for years’
- Credit Suisse records almost £600m loss on Archegos collapse
- Iran sets trial dates for dual nationals before nuclear deal talks in Vienna
- Pipeline tells Black Memphis landowners: sell us the rights to your land or get sued
- Joe Biden’s billions won’t stop Brazil destroying the Amazon rainforest | Marina Silva and Rubens Ricupero
- Greensill liquidators in Australia to investigate directors after company wound up
- India reels from second Covid wave as families beg for supplies on social media
- No impact assessment made of Yemen aid cuts, official admits
- Trump-era policy forces families to make life-altering decisions at US-Mexico border
- ‘Extraordinary’ Covid jab data is misleading, but the numbers are still hugely positive
- Compete, confront, cooperate: climate summit test for Biden’s China watchwords
- The creation of a Māori health authority is good news – but the devil will be in the details | Gabrielle Baker
- Amazon’s arrival in New Zealand is not an opportunity we should welcome | Morgan Godfery
- India: officials scramble to stop oxygen tank leak that left 22 Covid-19 patients dead – video
- US jogger talks bear out of pursuing him further – video
- Stadiums, museums and churches: mass vaccination centres around the world – in pictures
| Revealed: big shortfall in Covax Covid vaccine-sharing scheme Posted: 22 Apr 2021 02:35 AM PDT Only a fifth of doses expected by May delivered as export bans, hoarding and supply shortages bite The global vaccine-sharing initiative Covax has so far delivered about one in five of the Oxford/AstraZeneca doses it estimated would arrive in countries by May, according to a Guardian analysis, starkly illustrating the cost of exports bans, hoarding and supply shortages on a scheme that represents a key lifeline for many in the developing world. The organisations that run Covax had predicted that countries would receive fewer vaccines that expected after the Indian government restricted exports from its largest manufacturer in response to a catastrophic second wave there, but the figures reveal the shortfall to be severe, leaving many governments scrambling to secure doses elsewhere. Continue reading... |
| Concerns over climate finance for poorer nations as White House summit begins Posted: 21 Apr 2021 10:00 PM PDT As world leaders meet to discuss the climate crisis, campaigners say wealthier countries need to do more Developing countries are increasingly concerned that their need for financial assistance to cope with the climate crisis will go unmet, as leaders of the world's biggest economies meet for a virtual White House summit on the climate. Joe Biden, the US president, is hosting more than 40 world leaders virtually over the next two days to discuss ways of fulfilling the 2015 Paris climate agreement, and to encourage leading economies to bring forward plans for cutting greenhouse gas emissions in the next decade. Continue reading... |
| Revealed: residency loophole in Malta’s cash-for-passports scheme Posted: 21 Apr 2021 09:00 PM PDT Leaked files show applicants leave homes empty for most of year while claiming 'genuine link' to EU country Super-rich Russians, Chinese and Saudis have secured unrestricted access to the EU via a Maltese cash-for-passports scheme that requires them to spend less than three weeks in the country, a leak from a passport brokerage has revealed. The cache of thousands of emails and documents from Henley & Partners provides an unprecedented window into the mechanics of so-called "golden passport" schemes, whereby countries sell citizenship to wealthy foreigners. Continue reading... |
| Russia: we’ll leave International Space Station and build our own Posted: 21 Apr 2021 04:29 PM PDT 'If you want to do well, do it yourself' says head of space agency as collaboration with US strained by earthly disputes Russia is ready to start building its own space station with the aim of launching it into orbit by 2030 if President Vladimir Putin gives the go-ahead, the head of its Roscosmos space agency has said. The project would end more than two decades of close cooperation with the United States aboard the ageing International Space Station (ISS). Continue reading... |
| Joe Biden set to formally recognize Armenian genocide, officials say Posted: 21 Apr 2021 07:07 PM PDT The anticipated move could further complicate an already tense relation ship with Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, the Turkish leader Joe Biden is expected to formally recognize the massacre of Armenians by the Ottoman Empire during the first world war as an act of genocide, according to US officials. Continue reading... |
| Indonesia continues search for missing submarine carrying 53 people Posted: 22 Apr 2021 12:47 AM PDT Officials believe vessel may have sunk to depth of 600-700 metres, more than twice depth it was designed for Hope is fading for the 53 crew members on a missing Indonesian submarine, as the search for the vessel continues off the coast of Bali. The Indonesian navy has revealed that an oil spill at sea was spotted near the early diving position of the KRI Nanggala-402 before it went missing. Continue reading... |
| Chauvin verdict a blow to ex-police trio awaiting trial over George Floyd death Posted: 21 Apr 2021 11:00 PM PDT Tou Thao, J Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane to go on trial in August, charged with aiding and abetting Floyd's murder As millions of Americans welcomed Derek Chauvin's murder conviction, three of his former colleagues who still face trial for their part in George Floyd's death will have greeted it with dismay. Tou Thao, J Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane face charges of aiding and abetting the murder and manslaughter of Floyd nearly a year ago. The Minnesota attorney general's office is attempting to add charges of third-degree murder against the men at a court hearing next month. Continue reading... |
| Four killed in bomb at Pakistan hotel hosting Chinese ambassador Posted: 21 Apr 2021 02:16 PM PDT At least four dead and dozens wounded from explosion in car park of luxury hotel in the city of Quetta At least four people have been killed and a dozen others wounded when a powerful car bomb exploded at a top hotel hosting the Chinese ambassador in south-western Pakistan. The blast took place in the car park of the Serena – a luxury hotel chain throughout Pakistan – in the city of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province where the military has been fighting a decade-long low level insurgency. Continue reading... |
| The Gambia becomes second African state to end trachoma Posted: 21 Apr 2021 11:00 PM PDT Health workers spent years targeting agonising and blinding eye disease, which was rife in rural areas The Gambia has become the second country in Africa to eliminate trachoma, one of the leading causes of blindness. The achievement, announced by the World Health Organization on Tuesday, came after decades of work on the disease, which has damaged the sight of about 1.9 million people worldwide. Ghana was the first country in Africa to eliminate the disease in 2018. Continue reading... |
| Black man shot and killed by sheriff’s deputy in North Carolina Posted: 21 Apr 2021 06:59 PM PDT Eyewitness says Andrew Brown was shot while he tried to drive away from police in Elizabeth City, spurring angry protests A sheriff's deputy in North Carolina has shot and killed a black man while serving a search warrant, authorities said, raising tensions over policing in the wake of the Derek Chauvin trial and Ma'Khia Bryant killing. The deputy in Elizabeth City, close to the Atlantic coast, was placed on leave pending a review by the state bureau of investigation, Pasquotank county sheriff Tommy Wooten said at a news conference on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| Federal government tears up Victoria’s Belt and Road agreements with China Posted: 21 Apr 2021 05:45 PM PDT Foreign minister Marise Payne cancels two deals between Victoria and China under new foreign veto laws The Morrison government has used its sweeping new foreign veto laws to tear up Victoria's Belt and Road agreements with China, in what the Chinese embassy has denounced as a "another unreasonable and provocative move". The foreign minister, Marise Payne, said she would cancel those two deals, along with two older agreements between the Victorian government and Iranian and Syrian entities, because they were "inconsistent with Australia's foreign policy or adverse to our foreign relations". Continue reading... |
| Posted: 22 Apr 2021 02:46 AM PDT Some hospitals in north of India run out of oxygen after record rise in cases; Covid no longer leading cause of death in England and Wales in March
Michael Safi and Ashley Kirk report for us this morning: Revealed – big shortfall in Covax Covid vaccine-sharing scheme: The global vaccine-sharing initiative Covax has so far delivered about one in five of the Oxford/AstraZeneca doses it estimated would arrive in countries by May, according to a Guardian analysis, starkly illustrating the cost of exports bans, hoarding and supply shortages on a scheme that represents a key lifeline for many in the developing world. Related: Revealed: big shortfall in Covax Covid vaccine-sharing scheme
New Delhi's deputy chief minister, Manish Sisodia, has said that some hospitals in the city had run out of oxygen, and authorities in neighbouring states were stopping supplies being taken to the capital to save it for their own needs. Harshit Sabarwal reports for the Hindustan Times: "We've been making internal arrangements for now, but it will become tough to save lives after some time," Sisodia said at a press conference and added he has been receiving emails and messages regarding the shortage. "Some Delhi hospitals have run out of oxygen completely. They have no options left," he added. Continue reading... |
| Covid-19: India's response to second wave is warning to other countries Posted: 21 Apr 2021 09:00 PM PDT Analysis: India's surveillance of the virus missed its real prevalence earlier this year The blindspots in India's response to its second, devastating wave of coronavirus infections serve as a stark warning to other countries. In retrospect it was clear that the figures for new infections that India was reporting in January and February were probably too good to be true, with a country of more than 1.3 billion people seeing its caseload drop from its first peak last year of over 100,000 cases a day to under 10,000. Continue reading... |
| Campaign to waive Covid jab patent highlights $26bn shareholder payouts Posted: 21 Apr 2021 04:01 PM PDT People's Vaccine Alliance says profits inappropriate when poorer countries are struggling to get access Three of the leading Covid vaccine manufacturers have paid out $26bn in dividends and stock buyouts to shareholders in the last year – enough to cover the cost of vaccinating the population of Africa, say campaigners. The People's Vaccine Alliance argues that the profits made by the companies are inappropriate when most of the world cannot get the vaccines they need, which are expensive and in short supply. Campaigners want to see the companies waive their patents and help set up factories to make affordable versions of their vaccines around the world. Continue reading... |
| Scientific paper claiming smokers less likely to acquire Covid retracted over tobacco industry links Posted: 21 Apr 2021 10:07 PM PDT Analysis of the paper identified several biases 'which may give the false impression that smoking is protective in Covid-19' A scientific paper claiming current smokers are 23% less likely to be diagnosed with Covid-19 compared to non-smokers has been retracted by a medical journal, after it was discovered some of the paper's authors had financial links to the tobacco industry. The World Health Organization has warned that because smoking impairs lung function, there is an increased risk of severe symptoms if respiratory infections, including coronaviruses, are acquired by smokers. Covid-19 is an infectious disease that primarily attacks the lungs. Continue reading... |
| ‘This was our music, and our conscience’: how I fell in love with French hip-hop Posted: 21 Apr 2021 10:00 PM PDT Moving to Paris in 1992 as a black American kid was totally disorienting. Its underground rap scene became my map to the city, and the soundtrack to my formative years In 1988, no one in France took the hip-hop movement seriously. It was the rec-room era. JoeyStarr and Kool Shen were just two kids from Seine-Saint-Denis, the 93rd ward, a neglected tract of housing projects on the northern outskirts of Paris. One black, the other white, they shared a love and a talent for breakdancing and got together practising moves in bleak lots and house parties. They started crews and listened to Doug E Fresh, Masta Ace, Grandmaster Flash, and Marley Marl. DJs played the breakbeats looped over jazzy horn riffs, cats sported Kangol hats and Cosby sweaters, and they tagged the walls of the city with their calling card: NTM, an acronym for "Nique Ta Mère" (Fuck Your Mother). There were no labels, no official concerts or shows, and the only airplay was after midnight on Radio Nova, a station dedicated to underground and avant garde music, created and directed by French countercultural hero Jean-François Bizot. I was at a house party in a spacious bourgeois apartment somewhere in the 16th arrondissement when I first heard DJ Cut Killer's track La Haine, better known by its infamous refrain "Nique la police" (Fuck the police). I hadn't yet seen the film La Haine, which made the song famous, and remains arguably the most important French film of the 90s. I was at a boum, slang for a teenage house party and a tradition of Parisian coming of age that involves a great deal of slow dancing and emotional espionage. Sophie Marceau immortalised it as a mesmerising ingénue in the greatest French teen romance ever produced, La Boum. But I wasn't dancing with Sophie Marceau. I was dancing with Caroline. Continue reading... |
| The clitoris, pain and pap smears: how Our Bodies, Ourselves redefined women’s health Posted: 22 Apr 2021 02:00 AM PDT First published 50 years ago, the feminist classic was hugely influential, telling truths about women's bodies long obscured by a chauvinist medical establishment In 1969, Wendy Sanford was still in the early days of her marriage, living in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband and their newborn son. A couple of years earlier, she had graduated with high honours from the prestigious Radcliffe College, and yet the path before her was clear: domesticity, home decor, dinner parties. She struggled with this new life. "My husband was so disappointed that I wasn't happy," Sanford remembers. "I cried a lot. I was in the middle of postpartum depression, and had no words for it at all." Sanford spoke to her doctor, who suggested she find solace in raising the next generation and supporting her husband. He also prescribed a diaphragm. She asked when she ought to put it in, and the doctor gave her the same mantra he gave all of his female patients: dinner, dishes, diaphragm. "So that was the era," Sanford says. "And he was a very kind man, but he embodied sexist medical care. He had no idea that he was just pushing me into the arms of feminism." Continue reading... |
| Why New York mayor is ‘second toughest job in US’ Posted: 21 Apr 2021 11:00 PM PDT The next mayor faces profound challenges: a city ravaged by the pandemic and beset by deep income inequality a reckoning over racial discrimination It was during the administration of Fiorello LaGuardia that the position of New York City mayor became known as the "second toughest job in America". LaGuardia, New York's 99th mayor and a man whose name now graces the city's streets, parks, schools and an airport labeled one of the worst in the country, became regarded as one of the city's greatest ever leaders, despite facing a collapsing economy, all-powerful crime mobs and civic unrest when he took office in January 1934. Continue reading... |
| Burnt out: is the exhausting cult of productivity finally over? Posted: 21 Apr 2021 10:00 PM PDT In the last decade, employees have been encouraged to see work and life as interchangeable, and to hustle ever harder. But the pandemic has brought a new reckoning In the US, they call it "hustle culture": the idea that the ideal person for the modern age is one who is always on, always at work, always grafting. Your work is your life, and when you are not doing your hustle, you have a side-hustle. Like all the world's worst ideas, it started in Silicon Valley, although it is a business-sector thing, rather than a California thing. Since the earliest days of tech, the notion of "playbour", work so enjoyable that it is interchangeable with leisure, has been the dream. From there, it spiralled in all directions: hobbies became something to monetise, wellness became a duty to your workplace and, most importantly, if you love your work, it follows that your colleagues are your intimates, your family. Continue reading... |
| ‘An ill day can still be a good day’: 10 ways to live well with long Covid and chronic illness Posted: 22 Apr 2021 12:00 AM PDT Being chronically ill is challenging and often upsetting – but there can be hope and happiness along the way. Start by giving yourself a break and some appreciation More than 1 million people in the UK are experiencing long Covid, according to the Office for National Statistics. Much of the media coverage of this has been bleak and upsetting. That is understandable. Chronic illness is bleak and upsetting, particularly the early stages of falling sick. But there is something else that no one tells you: it can be hopeful and happy, too. I fell ill with postviral fatigue from the flu a few years ago and what I craved above anything was advice and reassurance. I will not claim I am sorted. I am writing this in bed. There may be cheese in my hair. But I will offer my top 10 tips on living well, even when knackered and sore. Continue reading... |
| Growing pains: Zimbabwe’s female tobacco farmers struggle to compete Posted: 22 Apr 2021 12:00 AM PDT At the mercy of international markets and denied access to mainstream finance, the enterprising growers face a precarious existence Moreen Tanhara waits patiently for officials to inspect her tobacco. The 49-year-old has travelled nearly 100 miles (150km) overnight in an old lorry to reach Tobacco Sales Floor, an auction house in Harare. Tanhara sits quietly on one of the fragrant sacks she has brought from Guruve, a farming area north of Zimbabwe's capital, while on the auction floor workers prepare tobacco leaves for the first sales of the season. Related: Zimbabwe urged to take action against child labour on tobacco farms Continue reading... |
| Scandal of unequal commemoration of UK’s WW1 dead known about ‘for years’ Posted: 22 Apr 2021 02:35 AM PDT Commonwealth War Graves Commission apologises after report shows thousands of black and Asian troops not commemorated The failure to properly commemorate hundreds of thousands of black and Asian troops who died fighting for the British empire has been known about for years, the head of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) has acknowledged. Claire Horton, the director general of the CWGC, acknowledged that research revealing black and Asian soldiers had not been equally commemorated had been in the public domain for years. The commission had only taken steps to address the imbalance following a 2019 documentary featuring Labour MP David Lammy. Continue reading... |
| Credit Suisse records almost £600m loss on Archegos collapse Posted: 22 Apr 2021 01:34 AM PDT Loss branded 'unacceptable' as Swiss bank says hedge fund failure wiped out best quarterly performance in a decade Credit Suisse swung to a 757m Swiss franc loss (£592m) in the first quarter, as the bank reeled from the collapse of US hedge fund Archegos that wiped out what would have otherwise been its best quarterly performances in at least a decade. The bank has taken the biggest hit from the Archegos collapse among its peers, logging a SFr4.4bn charge in the first quarter. It comes after one of its prime brokerage clients Archegos was forced to liquidate almost $20bn (£14bn) in assets last month, in a fire sale that reverberated across global markets. Continue reading... |
| Iran sets trial dates for dual nationals before nuclear deal talks in Vienna Posted: 21 Apr 2021 07:22 AM PDT Trials coincide with Iran announcing desire for 'all for all' simultaneous prisoner exchanges with west Iran has set trial dates for two dual nationals, one British-Iranian and the other German-Iranian, in cases that may increase the pressure before the next stage of talks on the future of the Iran nuclear deal in Vienna. The news of the trials set for next Wednesday comes as the lead Iranian foreign ministry spokesman, Saeed Khatibzadeh, said at a Clubhouse event on Tuesday that Iran wants a big "all for all" prisoner exchange. Continue reading... |
| Pipeline tells Black Memphis landowners: sell us the rights to your land or get sued Posted: 22 Apr 2021 02:00 AM PDT The legal battle over Byhalia pipeline has become a flashpoint in the conversation about environmental justice and the right of energy companies to take private land This story is a collaboration between Southerly, MLK50: Justice Through Journalism, and the Guardian. The only things Karmen Johnson-Tutwiler has left to remind her of her mother are a few photographs and just under a quarter acre of land covered in bramble and wildflowers that backs up to a railroad track. When her mother, Sharon Watson, died in 2010, she and her sister inherited it. "She always told me it was important to have a piece of property as your own," Johnson-Tutwiler said. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 22 Apr 2021 12:00 AM PDT Funds offered to persuade Jair Bolsonaro's ruinous government to stop deforestation are meant well, but badly misjudged
As a candidate, Joe Biden built up the world's hopes when he committed the US to rejoining the Paris agreement, confronting the climate denialism of his opponent and signalling that he was ready to treat the climate crisis as a strategic priority. So far, that hope has become certainty – and relief for those of us who are striving to find structural and global solutions to the crisis. For the Brazilian government, presided over by the climate change sceptic Jair Bolsonaro, the promise to rejoin the Paris accords sounded like a threat, even more so because it was followed by a promise made during one of the debates to mobilise $20bn (£14bn) in international funds for tropical rainforests – including for Brazil – to stop the destruction of the Amazon. Bolsonaro reacted by calling the plans "coward threats". Continue reading... |
| Greensill liquidators in Australia to investigate directors after company wound up Posted: 22 Apr 2021 02:22 AM PDT Creditors vote in favour of winding up the Australian company that sat atop the globe-spanning finance empire The Australian company that sat atop the globe-spanning Greensill finance empire will be wound up owing $4.9bn allowing liquidators to investigate its collapse. At a meeting on Thursday, creditors of Greensill Capital voted 23 to 0 – with three abstentions – in favour of winding up the company. Continue reading... |
| India reels from second Covid wave as families beg for supplies on social media Posted: 21 Apr 2021 10:32 AM PDT Rapid glut of cases stretches supplies of beds in intensive care units, ventilators and oxygen Hundred of Indians, including Delhi government administrators, have begged for help finding oxygen and other crucial medical supplies on social media as India reels from a devastating second wave of coronavirus, leading to caseloads growing by nearly 300,000 every day. Faulty oxygen supplies at a western Indian hospital have killed more than 20 Covid-19 patients, adding to the country's highest-ever daily death toll from the virus. Continue reading... |
| No impact assessment made of Yemen aid cuts, official admits Posted: 21 Apr 2021 03:38 AM PDT Minister tells MPs that cuts come at 'terrible' time, with 16m close to famine as Covid infections double The UK government has admitted that no assessment has been carried out of how "dire" the impact of the 60% cut in foreign aid to Yemen will be. Related: UK 'balancing books on backs of Yemen's starving people', says UN diplomat Continue reading... |
| Trump-era policy forces families to make life-altering decisions at US-Mexico border Posted: 21 Apr 2021 02:45 AM PDT Families with older children are turned around under Title 42, invoked last year by Trump due to supposed health risk from Covid Dazed and dejected, Mimi was sitting on a park bench in the Mexican city of Reynosa, Mexico, not far from the border with Texas. Clinging to her side was her six-year-old daughter. The young Honduran mother seemed shocked by how close they had come to their American dream – and the realization that her own words had pushed it out of reach. Continue reading... |
| ‘Extraordinary’ Covid jab data is misleading, but the numbers are still hugely positive Posted: 21 Apr 2021 10:00 PM PDT Analysis: The vaccine won't protect everyone, but whatever figure scientists settle on, the data is highly encouraging Is it really true that only 32 vaccinated people have been hospitalised with Covid? People might have reason to think so after the claim circulated in the media on Wednesday. The story was prompted by a Telegraph "exclusive" that stated "just 32 vaccinated people" had been hospitalised "in recent months", according to data described as "extraordinary". And it would be extraordinary, were it true. Sadly, the real number of people admitted to hospital even several weeks after receiving a shot of vaccine – the time it takes for the immune system to mount a good defence – will be many times higher. Continue reading... |
| Compete, confront, cooperate: climate summit test for Biden’s China watchwords Posted: 21 Apr 2021 09:00 PM PDT Xi Jinping is likely to push back against US claim to global leadership, but both know their interests overlap on tackling environment Observers of the US and China this week may ponder whether a joint call to tackle the climate crisis marks a positive change in their fraught relationship, as the two leaders meet for the first time since Joe Biden was sworn into office. After four years of Donald Trump, the bilateral relationship has reached its lowest ebb since formal ties were established in January 1979. In both capitals, fear of a "new cold war" is on the rise. Many highlight growing competition, and the opposing nature of the two countries' political systems. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 21 Apr 2021 08:13 PM PDT The critical questions of who is really in charge and who has the money still need to be answered After decades of neglect, inequality, and outright racism in New Zealand's health system, a shift toward indigenous sovereignty and tino rangatiratanga in healthcare is long overdue. The Māori Health Authority that the government announced this week seems like a step in the right direction. But the devil will be in the details, as we wait to see if this will produce true change, or just more window dressing. The failure of the health and disability system to serve Māori has been apparent for decades. A visit to the Ministry of Health website will yield report after report documenting the seven-year life expectancy gap between Māori and non-Māori, higher rates of cancer and other preventable illness, worse outcomes in care, and a myriad of other inequities. Being able to describe Māori health inequities is necessary. But ultimately, it's insufficient. Continue reading... |
| Amazon’s arrival in New Zealand is not an opportunity we should welcome | Morgan Godfery Posted: 21 Apr 2021 03:49 PM PDT The company is notorious as an employer and its expansion here may not be in the country's best interests The future of capitalism is the distribution centre. Or it's the future of retail at least, if Amazon is the innovator its executives sell it as; the increasingly efficient warehouse where capacity management happens in the cloud, where drones scan tags to take an inventory or mark goods for dispatch, and where autonomous vehicles handle delivery to your door. The advantage, this time for Amazon's shareholders, is that cloud computing, drones, and autonomous vehicles never tire, let alone ask for a toilet break. Continue reading... |
| India: officials scramble to stop oxygen tank leak that left 22 Covid-19 patients dead – video Posted: 21 Apr 2021 11:05 AM PDT At least 22 patients have died in a western Indian hospital after their oxygen supply was interrupted. The leak was plugged by the fire service within 15 minutes, but there was disruption in the Zakir Hussain Hospital in Nashik, a city in Maharashtra state, that is the worst-hit by the latest surge in coronavirus cases in India. Television showed images of people with empty oxygen cylinders crowding refilling facilities as they scrambled to save stricken relatives in hospital.
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| US jogger talks bear out of pursuing him further – video Posted: 21 Apr 2021 06:49 AM PDT A runner filmed a face-off with a large bear that pursued him for several minutes in Grand Teton national park in Wyoming, producing a three-minute video that went viral. Evan Matthews said he often saw bears on his runs, but none had dared to come so close. 'This one was interested in me, so I had to change its mind,' he wrote. Rather than use his bear spray, Matthews opted to reason with his ursine inquisitor. Continue reading... |
| Stadiums, museums and churches: mass vaccination centres around the world – in pictures Posted: 21 Apr 2021 01:08 AM PDT Governments and health organisations from LA to Siberia are setting up vaccination centres in underused stadiums, airports, trains and churches in an effort to vaccinate enough people to reach herd immunity Continue reading... |
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