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- Joe Biden announces first steps to curb ‘epidemic’ of US gun violence
- China blasts UK for granting asylum to Hong Kong activist Nathan Law
- 3,000-year-old ‘lost golden city’ of ancient Egypt discovered
- Coronavirus live news: Hong Kong suspends AstraZeneca order; dispute grows over India’s vaccine supply to Covax
- UK offers shelter to Myanmar ambassador who condemned coup
- George Floyd died from lack of oxygen caused by restraint, lung expert testifies
- Italian PM calls Erdoğan ‘a dictator’ after Ursula von der Leyen chair snub
- Kim Jong-un warns of historic economic crisis in North Korea
- Iran releases South Korean tanker seized in January
- Belfast: police use water cannon on rioters in seventh night of unrest
- Man’s body was found after lying in Norway flat for nine years, say police
- Almost all Dutch-made AstraZeneca doses will stay in EU, says Brussels
- Scott Morrison pledges 20m more Pfizer vaccine doses for Australia’s trouble-plagued rollout
- New Zealand suspension of travel from India questioned amid fears of racist backlash
- Publish figures on long Covid to show ‘untold suffering’, MPs urge
- The rice of the sea: how a tiny grain could change the way humanity eats
- ‘It’s an utter myth’: how Nomadland exposes the cult of the western
- The ‘forgotten’ people picking your Brazil nuts – for a fraction of the price
- Iran nuclear deal talks: the key issues on the Vienna negotiating table
- The Howling at 40: a horror movie that gave us something to chew on
- Merry Clayton: 'Gimme Shelter left a dark taste in my mouth'
- Extent of mental health crisis in England at ‘terrifying’ level
- Aid agencies can be harmful, says Somaliland tycoon
- ‘My children were priceless jewels’: three families reflect on the health workers they lost
- Where and when to find a Stop Black Deaths in Custody rally across Australia
- Inside Somalia’s impasse: election talks collapse amid mistrust and blame
- Women and young people could determine Ecuador’s election outcome
- 'Mrs World' grabs crown from head of 'Mrs Sri Lanka' in on-stage fracas – video
- White House expresses concern over Northern Ireland violence – video
- Biden condemns US gun violence as 'international embarrassment' – video
- Giant lizard climbs shelves of Thai supermarket in search of food – video
- George Floyd died from lack of oxygen, says breathing expert – video
- UK Covid variant now most common in US, says CDC chief – video
| Joe Biden announces first steps to curb ‘epidemic’ of US gun violence Posted: 08 Apr 2021 11:11 AM PDT President condemned gun violence as an 'international embarrassment' after series of recent shootings around the US Joe Biden, under pressure to act after a slew of mass shootings, has announced his first steps to curb the "epidemic" and "international embarrassment" of gun violence in America. The president has prioritised the coronavirus pandemic and economic recovery during the first two and half months of his presidency. But a series of recent shooting tragedies in Georgia, Colorado and California led to renewed calls for urgent action on guns. Continue reading... |
| China blasts UK for granting asylum to Hong Kong activist Nathan Law Posted: 08 Apr 2021 10:04 PM PDT UK grants protection to pro-democracy figure who is regarded by Beijing as 'criminal suspect' Chinese authorities have accused the UK of sheltering a "criminal suspect" after it granted asylum to Hong Kong activist and former politician Nathan Law. Law, who fled Hong Kong in 2020, said on Wednesday he had been granted political asylum by the Home Office and the warrant for his arrest under the Beijing-imposed national security law showed he was "exposed to severe political persecution". At least 100 pro-democracy figures have been arrested under the law. Continue reading... |
| 3,000-year-old ‘lost golden city’ of ancient Egypt discovered Posted: 08 Apr 2021 05:47 PM PDT Experts say Aten is the largest such city ever found and one of the most important finds since unearthing Tutankhamun's tomb Archaeologists have hailed the discovery of what is believed to be the largest ancient city found in Egypt, buried under sand for millennia, which experts said was one of the most important finds since the unearthing of Tutankhamun's tomb. The famed Egyptologist Zahi Hawass announced the discovery of the "lost golden city", saying the site was uncovered near Luxor, home of the Valley of the Kings. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 09 Apr 2021 01:59 AM PDT Hong Kong tells AstraZeneca not to deliver doses as it looks for alternatives; Covax says India legally obliged to supply jabs after country restricted exports
French Health Minister Olivier Veran has said authorities are set to rule that under 55s who received a first injection of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine can be given a jab from a different producer for their second dose. France's national health authority HAS last month said that the AstraZeneca vaccine should only be given to those aged 55 and over, due to the reports of potentially deadly blood clots in a very small number of those younger people vaccinated.
Norwegian police said on Friday they have fined prime minister Erna Solberg for breaking Covid-19 social distancing rules when organising a family gathering to celebrate her birthday. Reuters report the fine is for 20,000 Norwegian crowns (£1,715 GBP / $2,352 USD) police chief Ole Saeverud told a news conference. Continue reading... |
| UK offers shelter to Myanmar ambassador who condemned coup Posted: 09 Apr 2021 12:44 AM PDT Kyaw Zwar Minn locked out of London embassy by pro-junta diplomats Britain has said it is willing to offer shelter to Myanmar's ambassador to London after he was ousted from his embassy by pro-junta diplomats. Kyaw Zwar Minn met Nigel Adams, the minister for Asia, at the UK Foreign Office, after the envoy's colleagues said they could no longer recognise him as ambassador because of the junta's decision to terminate his posting. Continue reading... |
| George Floyd died from lack of oxygen caused by restraint, lung expert testifies Posted: 08 Apr 2021 02:24 PM PDT
A leading pulmonary expert has told the Derek Chauvin murder trial that George Floyd was killed by a lack of oxygen because a knee was pressed into his neck while he was held facedown in handcuffs. As the trial entered its ninth day of testimony, Dr Martin Tobin, a pulmonary and critical care specialist for 40 years, told the jury that the 46-year-old Black man was caught in a "vice" between Chauvin and the street as the breath was squeezed out of him. Continue reading... |
| Italian PM calls Erdoğan ‘a dictator’ after Ursula von der Leyen chair snub Posted: 08 Apr 2021 02:53 PM PDT Diplomatic spat erupts as Mario Draghi accuses Turkish president of humiliating European commission president A diplomatic spat has erupted between Turkey and Italy, after prime minister Mario Draghi accused president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan of humiliating European commission president Ursula von der Leyen, and described him as a "dictator". Von der Leyen – the commission's first female president – was left without a chair during a meeting on Tuesday with Erdoğan and the European council president Charles Michel met Erdoğan. The commission chief was clearly taken aback when the two men sat on the only two chairs prepared, relegating her to an adjacent sofa. Continue reading... |
| Kim Jong-un warns of historic economic crisis in North Korea Posted: 08 Apr 2021 10:23 PM PDT Leader uses the term 'arduous march' in party speech, a term used to refer to devastating 1990s famine in which hundreds of thousands died North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for another "arduous march" against severe economic difficulties, appearing to compare the situation to a 1990s famine during which hundreds of thousands of people died. Kim had previously said his country faces the "worst-ever" situation due to factors including the coronavirus pandemic, US-led sanctions and natural disasters, but this is the first time he has publicly drawn a parallel with the deadly famine. Continue reading... |
| Iran releases South Korean tanker seized in January Posted: 09 Apr 2021 01:49 AM PDT Unclear whether deal reached to release billions in oil revenue frozen because of US sanctions Iran has released a South Korean ship that was seized in January after the conclusion of an investigation and at the request of Seoul's government, the Iranian foreign ministry has said. There was no immediate sign that a parallel three-way agreement had been reached between Seoul, Tehran and Washington to release as much as $7bn (£5.1bn) in Iranian assets that had been frozen in South Korean bank accounts because of US sanctions. Continue reading... |
| Belfast: police use water cannon on rioters in seventh night of unrest Posted: 09 Apr 2021 12:53 AM PDT Gangs of youths gathered near the scene of Wednesday night's violence and hurled stones and fireworks at police Police in Northern Ireland have used water cannon and dogs to contain fresh rioting in Belfast. Armoured Land Rovers and officers with helmets and shields were deployed on Thursday night after crowds clashed at the Lanark Way interface that separates the nationalist Springfield Road from the loyalist Shankill Road. Continue reading... |
| Man’s body was found after lying in Norway flat for nine years, say police Posted: 08 Apr 2021 08:35 PM PDT Oslo death sparks questions about role of technology in reducing physical contact in society A man lay dead in his Oslo flat for nine years before being discovered by a caretaker in December, Norwegian police have said. The man, who was in his 60s, had been married more than once and also had children, according to the state broadcaster NRK. Continue reading... |
| Almost all Dutch-made AstraZeneca doses will stay in EU, says Brussels Posted: 08 Apr 2021 03:00 PM PDT Vaccine tsar says EU will get doses over which UK made claim, and tourist season could be 'almost normal' AstraZeneca has agreed that almost all the Covid vaccine doses made in the Netherlands over which the UK has made a claim will stay in the EU, as Brussels' vaccine tsar said Europe was now on track for an "almost normal" tourist season. Thierry Breton, the European commissioner leading the bloc's vaccine taskforce, said the chief executive of AstraZeneca had confirmed to him that all but 1.2m to 1.5m doses at the Dutch plant would now be delivered to EU member states. Continue reading... |
| Scott Morrison pledges 20m more Pfizer vaccine doses for Australia’s trouble-plagued rollout Posted: 09 Apr 2021 12:41 AM PDT PM rejects criticism the government has not done enough to secure alternative supplies as officials advise people under 50 avoid the AstraZeneca jab
The Morrison government says it has secured an additional 20m doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine – but they won't arrive until late this year – as the Coalition faces increasing political pressure over the trouble-plagued rollout. A day after Australian health officials recommended people aged under 50 be offered alternatives to the AstraZeneca vaccine because of the extremely rare chance of blood-clot side-effects, Scott Morrison met with premiers and chief ministers to discuss the impact on the national rollout. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand suspension of travel from India questioned amid fears of racist backlash Posted: 08 Apr 2021 06:29 PM PDT Community leader says: 'We don't feel like a part of the "team of 5 million" when Indians are singled out like this' Community leaders have questioned the New Zealand government's decision to temporarily close the border to people travelling from India, and say they fear the move could prompt racism and stigma. "The question of 'Why India?' must be asked, and a clear answer should be given," said Sunil Kaushal, president of the Waitakere Indian Association. He asked why the ruling applied only to India, when other nations including the United States, Brazil, France and the UK had also experienced soaring infection rates, especially when compared per-capita. Continue reading... |
| Publish figures on long Covid to show ‘untold suffering’, MPs urge Posted: 08 Apr 2021 10:00 PM PDT Cross-party group urge PM to give greater priority to potential harm posed by post-viral condition The number of people suffering with long Covid should be published routinely, as happens with those infected with or hospitalised with coronavirus, MPs and peers are urging Boris Johnson. The cross-party group of parliamentarians want the prime minister to ensure that the "untold human suffering" that the condition involves helps shape future government policy towards the pandemic. Continue reading... |
| The rice of the sea: how a tiny grain could change the way humanity eats Posted: 08 Apr 2021 10:00 PM PDT Ángel León made his name serving innovative seafood. But then he discovered something in the seagrass that could transform our understanding of the sea itself – as a vast garden Growing up in southern Spain, Ángel León paid little attention to the meadows of seagrass that fringed the turquoise waters near his home, their slender blades grazing him as he swam in the Bay of Cádiz. It was only decades later – as he was fast becoming known as one of the country's most innovative chefs – that he noticed something he had missed in previous encounters with Zostera marina: a clutch of tiny green grains clinging to the base of the eelgrass. Continue reading... |
| ‘It’s an utter myth’: how Nomadland exposes the cult of the western Posted: 08 Apr 2021 10:00 PM PDT From cowboys to 'van-dwellers', itinerant Americans are often portrayed as heroic lone wolves. Chloé Zhao's film shows that the truth is more complicated and less glamorous It has been a wild ride for Nomadland, Chloé Zhao's roving portrait of the US's rootless modern migrants. Shot for $5m and largely featuring amateur actors, it is the little movie that could: this year's rags-to-riches story, beloved by the critics and odds-setters alike. The road has been cleared, the gold rush is on, but the Hollywood happy ending feels at odds with the film. As Nomadland steers its westerly course – from the Baftas in London to the Oscars in Los Angeles – it is living a dream that it knows is a lie. Condé Nast Traveler called it "a love letter to America's wide open spaces", which is true up to a point, but this ignores the pathos, poverty and desperation at its core. Adapted from Jessica Bruder's nonfiction bestseller, the film bounces Frances McDormand's hard-bitten loner through a modern American badland in which the saloon and the sheriff's office have been replaced by the RV park and the Amazon warehouse. I would file the film as an anti-western, a wholesale repudiation of manifest destiny, the pursuit of happiness, all the Hollywood snake oil we have long been fed. "Yeah, OK," Bruder says. "But it's more complicated than that." Frustratingly, I think she may be right. Continue reading... |
| The ‘forgotten’ people picking your Brazil nuts – for a fraction of the price Posted: 09 Apr 2021 12:00 AM PDT Rich profits from the prized nut have failed to benefit those finding them. Now cooperatives hope to shake up the system On a steamy March morning, Edivan Kaxarari walks with a few other villagers in single file down a trail in the Amazon rainforest of Brazil's Rondônia state, near the border with Bolivia. His sister-in-law Cleiciana carries her 11-month-old son in one arm and a rifle in the other, and his brother Edson clears the path ahead with a machete. It is hunting season for the seeds of the Amazonian Brazil nut tree. Continue reading... |
| Iran nuclear deal talks: the key issues on the Vienna negotiating table Posted: 08 Apr 2021 09:00 PM PDT As talks resume, Iran and the signatories to the 2015 agreement face a web of sanctions to untangle A joint commission responsible for overseeing the 2015 Iran nuclear deal is looking for a way for the US to rejoin the agreement – abandoned under Donald Trump – and lift its sanctions on Tehran, and for Iran to end its retaliatory breaching of the limits placed on its nuclear programme. Continue reading... |
| The Howling at 40: a horror movie that gave us something to chew on Posted: 08 Apr 2021 11:02 PM PDT Joe Dante's sly and smart breakout, about a reporter uncovering a colony of werewolves, was a fun ride that had space for satire "I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked …" So begins Allen Ginsberg's radical poem Howl, which upon close study has absolutely nothing to do with werewolves. And yet it appears on a reporter's desk in Joe Dante's horror classic The Howling, one among many blink-or-you'll-miss it visual jokes that Dante tucks into the movie, like a small-town sheriff scarfing down a can of Wolf-brand chili or an old Little Boy Blue cartoon featuring the Big Bad Wolf that's airing on TV. His best films are loaded with such peripheral delights, which have the feel of inside jokes, but mostly point to the movie-crazy spirit of a Dante production. The more movies you've seen, the more you tend to love Joe Dante. Continue reading... |
| Merry Clayton: 'Gimme Shelter left a dark taste in my mouth' Posted: 08 Apr 2021 04:10 AM PDT The singer who backed the Rolling Stones, Coldplay and more weathered a miscarriage, then the loss of her legs in a car accident – but her new album Beautiful Scars shows she refuses to give up Merry Clayton has an excellent memory. The 72-year-old singer tells tales with such particular detail: the warmth of falling asleep between gospel legends Mahalia Jackson and Linda Hopkins in the pews of her father's church in Louisiana; the recording sessions with Bobby Darin, Lynyrd Skynyrd and the Rolling Stones, for whom she delivered the searing holler of Gimme Shelter. What Clayton has no memory of is the 2014 car accident that was so severe that doctors were forced to amputate both of her legs below the knee. She remembers waking up in hospital, but the incident itself, and much of the five months she spent recovering, is lost. "It was like I was in another place," she explains, speaking from her home in Los Angeles. "I knew I was here in the world, but it was just like I was somewhere else. I was in la-la land." Continue reading... |
| Extent of mental health crisis in England at ‘terrifying’ level Posted: 09 Apr 2021 01:42 AM PDT Psychiatrists warn of overrun NHS after record number of children and adults sought help amid pandemic England is "in the grip of a mental health crisis" because of the Covid pandemic, with under-18s suffering the most, psychiatrists are to warn on Friday. Record numbers of children and adults sought NHS help last year for problems such as anxiety, depression and eating disorders, or because they ended up in a mental health crisis. Continue reading... |
| Aid agencies can be harmful, says Somaliland tycoon Posted: 08 Apr 2021 11:00 PM PDT Ismail Ahmed, a refugee turned multimillionaire, says his country has had to battle 'negative PR' Aid agencies are hindering development and undermining efforts to attract investment in Somaliland, according to a former World Bank and UN official turned entrepreneur. Ismail Ahmed, founder of the money-transfer company WorldRemit, claims Somaliland, his birthplace, has had to battle "negative PR" from aid agencies exaggerating their role to protect their interests. Somaliland declared itself a sovereign state independent of Somalia in 1991, but it is not recognised internationally. Continue reading... |
| ‘My children were priceless jewels’: three families reflect on the health workers they lost Posted: 08 Apr 2021 09:00 PM PDT The parents and children of doctors and nurses who died from Covid tell of how grief has affected them Dr Reza Chowdhury was a beloved internist with a private practice in the Bronx and a trusted voice in New York's Bengali community. His daughter, Nikita Rahman, said despite underlying health issues that put him at higher risk of developing Covid complications, he saw patients through mid-March when he developed symptoms. He died on 9 April. Nikita Rahman My therapist says grief is the final act of love. Every time I miss him, I think about how that is my love for him, showing up again. I like that framing of it. I think I only recently realized just how much I loved him. Continue reading... |
| Where and when to find a Stop Black Deaths in Custody rally across Australia Posted: 09 Apr 2021 01:39 AM PDT A national day of action will be held on Saturday, with rallies in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Alice Springs and Lismore – and in Perth on 15 April The families of Aboriginal people who have died in custody are holding a national day of action on Saturday to mark 30 years since the royal commission into Aboriginal deaths in custody handed down its final report. An investigation by Guardian Australia found that at least 474 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have died in custody since then, including five people since the start of March this year. Continue reading... |
| Inside Somalia’s impasse: election talks collapse amid mistrust and blame Posted: 08 Apr 2021 06:25 AM PDT Leaders holed up inside Mogadishu's high-security international airport have failed to agree a plan, risking further unrest For nearly a month, men from the militias of at least two of Somalia's five federal member states have been stationed inside Mogadishu's high-security international airport compound as their leaders attend a circuit of meetings to end the electoral impasse. The huge complex bristles with barbed wire and armed men in and out of uniforms. In the car park of one of the compound's hotels, a four-wheel pickup truck mounted with a large gun idles. A handful of young men have built a makeshift camp around the car. Continue reading... |
| Women and young people could determine Ecuador’s election outcome Posted: 08 Apr 2021 03:15 AM PDT Andrés Arauz and Guillermo Lasso are seeking to expand support by broadening agendas to include LGBTQ+ rights, race and gender Women and young people could play a decisive role in determining the outcome of Ecuador's elections this weekend – and the two male candidates are doing all they can to attract the oft-sidelined sectors of the country's electorate. Andrés Arauz, the protegé of former president Rafael Correa won 32.7% of the vote in the first-round vote in February and faces three-time presidential candidate, conservative banker Guillermo Lasso, who won 19.7%, in a runoff vote on this Sunday, 11 April. Continue reading... |
| 'Mrs World' grabs crown from head of 'Mrs Sri Lanka' in on-stage fracas – video Posted: 08 Apr 2021 02:32 PM PDT Police have arrested the reigning "Mrs World" on charges of assault over an on-stage fracas in which she pulled the crown off the head of the new "Mrs Sri Lanka". Caroline Jurie yanked the crown off Pushpika de Silva minutes after she was declared "Mrs Sri Lanka 2020" during a gala in Colombo on April 4. Jurie declared that Pushpika de Silva was ineligible as the winner because she was divorced, and forcibly removed her crown. De Silva needed hospital treatment after the incident, seen by stunned spectators in a packed venue as well as a live social media audience. To qualify for the title, contestants must be married. De Silva is estranged from her husband, but they are still legally married. The local franchise holder for the pageant, Chandimal Jayasinghe, said they were "deeply disturbed and sincerely regret" the behaviour of Jurie and the told the media the crown would be returned to De Silva Continue reading... |
| White House expresses concern over Northern Ireland violence – video Posted: 08 Apr 2021 01:02 PM PDT The White House has expressed concern over a week of riots in Northern Ireland, with Joe Biden joining Boris Johnson and the Irish prime minister in calling for calm after what police described as the worst violence in Belfast for years. The president's press secretary, Jen Psaki, said that Biden remained 'steadfast' in his support for a 'secure and prosperous Northern Ireland in which all communities have a voice and enjoy the gains of the hard-won peace' Continue reading... |
| Biden condemns US gun violence as 'international embarrassment' – video Posted: 08 Apr 2021 12:38 PM PDT In his first gun control measures since taking office, Joe Biden announced a half-dozen executive actions aimed at addressing the proliferation of gun violence across the nation that he called an 'epidemic and an international embarrassment'. Greeting the families of gun violence victims and activists in the Rose Garden, Biden thanked them for their presence and continued action. And he assured them: 'We're absolutely determined to make change.' But the announcement underscores the limitations of Biden's executive power to act on guns, facing as he is an evenly divided Senate, where Republicans remain near-unified against most proposals Continue reading... |
| Giant lizard climbs shelves of Thai supermarket in search of food – video Posted: 08 Apr 2021 11:05 AM PDT A giant monitor lizard climbs up a fully-stacked wall unit at a supermarket on the outskirts of Bangkok, unperturbed by the falling cartons and packages it dislodges as it searches for footholds, then appears to rest on the top shelf, watched by staff and customers. According to reports the 6ft-long reptile emerged from a nearby canal and ran into the 7-Eleven store. Police arrived with reptile handlers to snare the creature, which is believed to have struggled to find food outside, following months of dry weather, which has led to canals and lakes drying up Continue reading... |
| George Floyd died from lack of oxygen, says breathing expert – video Posted: 08 Apr 2021 09:29 AM PDT George Floyd died from a lack of oxygen, which damaged his brain and caused his heart to stop, a medical expert testified on Thursday at the former police officer Derek Chauvin's murder trial. Floyd's breathing was too shallow to take in enough oxygen while he was pinned face down with his hands cuffed behind his back for nine and a half minutes as Chauvin knelt on his neck and back, said Dr Martin Tobin, a lung and critical care specialist at the Edward Hines Jr VA hospital and Loyola University's medical school in Chicago Continue reading... |
| UK Covid variant now most common in US, says CDC chief – video Posted: 08 Apr 2021 04:09 AM PDT The B117 variant of coronavirus first detected in the UK is now the most dominant in the US, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday. During the White House coronavirus response team's briefing, Dr Rochelle Walensky warned the rising number of coronavirus cases in dozens of US states is probably attributable to the spread of variants Continue reading... |
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