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- ‘Painful farewell’: Hongkongers queue for hours to buy final Apple Daily edition
- House investigates possible shadow operation in Trump justice department
- John McAfee: antivirus entrepreneur found dead in Spanish prison
- ‘I deserve to have a life’: Britney Spears asks court to end conservatorship
- France and Germany want EU summit with Vladimir Putin
- Violence towards refugees at Libyan detention centres forces MSF to pull out
- Canada: hundreds more unmarked graves found at former Indigenous school
- Settled status enforcement notices are ‘recipe for disaster’ for EU citizens in UK
- FDA to add warning about rare heart inflammation to Pfizer and Moderna vaccines
- Greek Orthodox priest held after acid attack puts bishops in hospital
- Brazil environment minister quits amid inquiry into illegal Amazon logging
- More than 2m adults in England have had long Covid for over 12 weeks – study
- Coronavirus live news: Brazil in record daily cases; rare side-effect for Pfizer and Moderna vaccines
- Pandemic probably caused biggest drop in US life expectancy since 1945 – study
- Microsoft urged to keep corporate travel to 2020 levels for good
- Magic Johnson: the NBA superstar who smashed HIV stigma – then built a huge fortune
- The revolt against liberalism: what’s driving Poland and Hungary’s nativist turn?
- Striking images: the 20th century, as told by Guardian photographers – in pictures
- Mining’s new frontier: Pacific nations caught in the rush for deep-sea riches
- ‘A haven for free-thinkers’: Pakistan creatives mourn loss of progressive arts space
- AI helps return Rembrandt’s The Night Watch to original size
- Prince Charles funded Harry and Meghan until summer 2020, accounts show
- Welcome to the US southern border: same country, different planet
- Benigno Aquino, former Philippines president, dies aged 61
- Australia politics live: Sydney won’t enter Covid lockdown after 11 new NSW cases; Qld records three new local infections and Victoria one
- Water of death: how arsenic is poisoning rural communities in India
- Brazil police use teargas and rubber bullets against indigenous protesters
- Death of Romany man knelt on by Czech police must be ‘investigated urgently’
- ‘We thought we would return’: 10 years on, Syrian refugees dream of home – photo essay
- UK aid cuts imposed with no transparency, says watchdog
- Jacinda Ardern’s global news presence was a powerful weapon – until it wasn’t | Danyl Mclauchlan
- ‘The blackest day’: Apple Daily’s demise comes as no surprise
- Democrats seek way forward after voting rights bill hits Senate roadblock
- Antivirus entrepreneur John McAfee found dead in Spanish prison – video
- Riot police use teargas on indigenous protesters for land rights in Brazil – video
- Democrats present united front in For the People Act vote – video
- 'Get vaccinated or I will have you jailed': Duterte – video
| ‘Painful farewell’: Hongkongers queue for hours to buy final Apple Daily edition Posted: 23 Jun 2021 10:29 PM PDT Million copies printed of last issue as journalists at newspaper that was forced to close mourn 'historical moment' Across Hong Kong on Thursday morning the queues stretched for hundreds of metres, wrapping around corner after corner. Starting before dawn, crowds in the city of 7.5 million people lined up for hours to buy the final print edition of the Apple Daily newspaper, forced to close by authorities which had accused it of national security offences. Normally selling 80,000 copies a day, they printed a million. It was in such hot demand that by mid morning Hongkongers were crowdsourcing an online spreadsheet of convenience stores that still had copies for sale. Continue reading... |
| House investigates possible shadow operation in Trump justice department Posted: 23 Jun 2021 10:00 PM PDT Judiciary committee want to know if officials violated policies in issuing secret subpoenas against congressional Democrats Top Democrats in the House are investigating whether Trump justice department officials ran an unlawful shadow operation to target political enemies of the former president to hunt down leaks of classified information, according to a source familiar with the matter. The House judiciary committee chairman, Jerry Nadler, is centering his investigation on the apparent violation of internal policies by the justice department, when it issued subpoenas against Democrats Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell in 2018. Continue reading... |
| John McAfee: antivirus entrepreneur found dead in Spanish prison Posted: 23 Jun 2021 03:39 PM PDT McAfee's extradition to the US on tax charges had been approved hours earlier The antivirus software entrepreneur John McAfee has been found dead in his cell in Spain from an apparent suicide, hours after the country's highest court approved his extradition to the United States, where he was wanted on tax-related criminal charges that carry a prison sentence of up to 30 years. Catalan's regional police force, the Mossos d'Esquadra, confirmed a report in El País that McAfee, 75, had been found dead in the Brians 2 prison near Barcelona, late on Wednesday. Continue reading... |
| ‘I deserve to have a life’: Britney Spears asks court to end conservatorship Posted: 23 Jun 2021 06:22 PM PDT Singer directly addresses the court: 'This conservatorship is doing me way more harm than good' Britney Spears has called for an end to the "abusive" conservatorship that has governed her life for 13 years, delivering an emotional speech to a Los Angeles court and saying: "I just want my life back." Spears addressed the court during a hearing on the unusual legal arrangement that has stripped the singer of her independence since 2008. The conservatorship has given her father, Jamie Spears, control over her estate, career and other aspects of her personal life. Continue reading... |
| France and Germany want EU summit with Vladimir Putin Posted: 23 Jun 2021 06:22 PM PDT After Joe Biden's meeting with the Russian president, leaders think the bloc can reset relations and help contain its eastern rival France and Germany have suggested inviting Vladimir Putin to a summit with the EU as part of a broader reset of the bloc's relations with Russia. The proposal from Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel comes after Joe Biden's Geneva summit with the Russian president, and supporters of the idea argue that European leaders can deliver the same direct messages about Russian behaviour while keeping the door open to compromise and cooperation. Continue reading... |
| Violence towards refugees at Libyan detention centres forces MSF to pull out Posted: 23 Jun 2021 11:00 PM PDT Medical charity says abuse and attacks have escalated as more migrants are intercepted at sea and camps become increasingly overcrowded Increasing violence towards refugees and migrants held in Libyan detention centres has forced Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend its operations at two facilities, the medical charity said. MSF said its teams witnessed guards beating detainees, including those seeking treatment from MSF doctors, during a visit to the Mabani detention centre in Tripoli last week. Continue reading... |
| Canada: hundreds more unmarked graves found at former Indigenous school Posted: 23 Jun 2021 08:14 PM PDT First Nation in southern Saskatchewan says discovery is 'most significantly substantial' find yet in Canada A First Nation in southern Saskatchewan has discovered hundreds of unmarked graves at the site of another former residential school for Indigenous children. A statement from the Cowessess First Nation and the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous First Nations, which represents Saskatchewan's First Nations, said on Wednesday that "the number of unmarked graves will be the most significantly substantial to date in Canada." Continue reading... |
| Settled status enforcement notices are ‘recipe for disaster’ for EU citizens in UK Posted: 23 Jun 2021 10:00 PM PDT Campaigners fear for victims of trafficking, modern slavery and the elderly as 30 June deadline looms Campaigners for EU citizens have warned that the Home Office's plan to send 28-day enforcement notices to anyone who has not applied for settled status by the 30 June cut-off date is a "recipe for disaster". "We know the types of people who will not be making applications. They are the vulnerable, people like victims of trafficking, modern slavery, the elderly, children. Continue reading... |
| FDA to add warning about rare heart inflammation to Pfizer and Moderna vaccines Posted: 23 Jun 2021 04:09 PM PDT US found link between vaccines and cases of inflammation in adolescents and young adults, but say benefits outweigh risks The US Food and Drug Administration will add a warning to the Covid vaccines produced by Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna about rare cases of heart inflammation in adolescents and young adults, the agency announced on Wednesday. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory groups, meeting to discuss reported cases of the heart condition after vaccination, found the inflammation in adolescents and young adults is likely linked to the vaccines, but that the benefits of the shots appeared to clearly outweigh the risk. Continue reading... |
| Greek Orthodox priest held after acid attack puts bishops in hospital Posted: 23 Jun 2021 01:31 PM PDT Priest who faced defrocking for allegedly hiding cocaine under his cassock is detained as incident leaves church in shock Ten people, including seven senior Greek Orthodox bishops, have been hurt in an acid attack by a priest undergoing a disciplinary hearing in Athens, authorities have alleged. Three of the bishops were still in hospital following the attack late on Wednesday, while two lawyers were also being treated. A police officer at the scene, who arrested the suspect, was also rushed to hospital. Three of the clerics were in serious condition according to the country's health minister, Vasilis Kakilias, who described the incident as "unprecedented and tragic". Continue reading... |
| Brazil environment minister quits amid inquiry into illegal Amazon logging Posted: 23 Jun 2021 04:46 PM PDT As talks with US over protecting the rainforest stall, Ricardo Salles faces a criminal investigation Brazil's environment minister has quit amid a criminal investigation into whether he obstructed a police inquiry into illegal logging in the Amazon rainforest. A supreme court justice authorised the investigation of Ricardo Salles after federal police raids targeted the minister and other officials alleged to have allowed illegal wood exports. Continue reading... |
| More than 2m adults in England have had long Covid for over 12 weeks – study Posted: 23 Jun 2021 04:01 PM PDT Research says people tend to fall into two categories: those with respiratory illness and those with fatigue-related symptoms More than 2 million adults in England have experienced coronavirus symptoms lasting over 12 weeks, government data suggests – double the previous estimate for long Covid. The study, one of the largest to date, found that people with ongoing symptoms tended to fall into two categories: those with respiratory symptoms, who often experienced more severe illness when they first got sick, and a second group with fatigue-related symptoms. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 23 Jun 2021 11:27 PM PDT Brazil records 115,228 new cases; Pfizer and Moderna will include warnings about heart inflammation; Hong Kong halts flights from Indonesia.
My colleague Frances Ryan writes for us this morning that during Covid, to be 'vulnerable' is to be told by the state that your life doesn't matter: High-risk people who hoped ministers would protect them ended up becoming victims of inaction and indifference. A shielding programme in England so inept that nearly two million people were missed off it. Staff sent into care homes without adequate PPE. Shielding workers with no financial support forced into workplaces to pay their bills. This is what institutional neglect looks like: a perfect storm of systematic injustice and old-fashioned disregard. Related: During Covid, to be 'vulnerable' is to be told your life doesn't matter | Frances Ryan
UK minister George Eustice on Sky News has also just been suggesting that when England lifts all restrictions, that may not include all face mask requirements in all settings. Environment Sec George Eustice says the final lifting of restrictions will mean there will be "no legal compulsion" to wear masks. He says there may still be advice to in some settings. But adds that he would not wear a mask if he is told it is safe not to. Continue reading... |
| Pandemic probably caused biggest drop in US life expectancy since 1945 – study Posted: 23 Jun 2021 03:30 PM PDT
The coronavirus pandemic probably caused the worst decline in life expectancy in the US since the second world war, with disproportionately worse declines for Black and Hispanic Americans, new research published in the British Medical Journal has found. Between 2018 and 2020, life expectancy for Americans declined 1.87 years, 8.5 times worse than the average decline in life expectancy in 16 peer nations, and the most precipitous decline since the second world war. Continue reading... |
| Microsoft urged to keep corporate travel to 2020 levels for good Posted: 23 Jun 2021 10:00 PM PDT Firm should set example by using its videoconferencing tools to reduce flying, campaigners say Microsoft is being urged to limit its corporate travel to 2020 levels for good, to set an example that others can follow by using its videoconferencing tools to limit its impact on the environment. The Just Use Teams campaign, launched by a group of climate activists and Microsoft customers, says the company has spoken about the urgent need to tackle climate change but remains among the top 10 corporate flyers globally, despite being the only one to own and operate a videoconferencing platform. Continue reading... |
| Magic Johnson: the NBA superstar who smashed HIV stigma – then built a huge fortune Posted: 23 Jun 2021 10:22 PM PDT He stunned basketball fans and transformed HIV awareness by announcing his diagnosis in 1991. Thirty years on, he discusses his relationship with Anthony Fauci, the meaning of money and why he's still optimistic On 7 November 1991, a press conference in Inglewood, California, brought America to a standstill. Against a black-draped backdrop, dressed in a black suit, white shirt and multicoloured tie, Earvin "Magic" Johnson, spoke calmly into a single microphone and told the world that he had been diagnosed with HIV. Cameras flashed and reporters clamoured to ask questions, but Johnson, National Basketball Association (NBA) superstar and one of the world's most revered athletes, appeared unfazed as he announced his immediate retirement. Had he grappled with his own mortality? When had he found out? How had he acquired the virus? What would he do next? Continue reading... |
| The revolt against liberalism: what’s driving Poland and Hungary’s nativist turn? Posted: 23 Jun 2021 10:00 PM PDT For the hardline conservatives ruling Poland and Hungary, the transition from communism to liberal democracy was a mirage. They fervently believe a more decisive break with the past is needed to achieve national liberation In the summer of 1992, a 29-year-old Hungarian with political ambitions made his first visit to the US. For six weeks he toured the country with a coterie of young Europeans, all expenses paid by the German Marshall Fund, a thinktank devoted to transatlantic cooperation. America had long fascinated Viktor Orbán, but he seemed disengaged and unaffected as the group walked around downtown Los Angeles, which was still reeling from the Rodney King riots two months earlier. One Dutch journalist on the trip recalled that the eastern Europeans in the group preferred to spend their daily stipends on "a Walkman and other electronics" rather than on food or fancy hotels. The free market and cutting-edge technologies certainly appealed more to Orbán than American debates and struggles over equality, justice or the rights of people of colour. Continue reading... |
| Striking images: the 20th century, as told by Guardian photographers – in pictures Posted: 23 Jun 2021 11:00 PM PDT From the Irish civil war to anti-apartheid protests, a new exhibition delves into the legendary Guardian picture library It was in 1905 that the Manchester Guardian published its first ever photograph, of the Angel Stone in Manchester Cathedral. Three years later, the paper hired its first staff photographer, Walter Doughty. In many ways the story of photography at the Guardian mirrors the story of the 20th century itself. And it's a story that's currently being told in a new exhibition, The Picture Library, at the Photographers' Gallery, London, opening this week. Continue reading... |
| Mining’s new frontier: Pacific nations caught in the rush for deep-sea riches Posted: 23 Jun 2021 01:00 PM PDT Miners are pushing hard to extract metals from the ocean floor, but there is mounting concern about what it might do to the marine environment Travel thousands of metres below the surface of the ocean, and you reach the seabed. Pitch black and quiet, it is largely unexplored, untouched, unknown. What is known is extraordinary. The landscape at the bottom of the sea is as varied as the earth surface: 4,000m (13,000ft) down, abyssal plains stretch for miles like deserts; there are trenches large enough to swallow the Earth's largest mountains; venting chimneys rise in towers like underwater cities; seamounts climb thousands of metres. Hot thermal vents – believed by some to be the places where all life on Earth started – gush highly acidic water at temperatures of up to 400C, drawing in an array of creatures. Continue reading... |
| ‘A haven for free-thinkers’: Pakistan creatives mourn loss of progressive arts space Posted: 23 Jun 2021 10:00 PM PDT 'Tragic' closure of Sabeen Mahmud's community venue T2F in Karachi comes as PM Imran Khan accused of fostering censorship and intolerance Danial Shah turned to Sabeen Mahmud, who founded PeaceNiche, which promotes free speech through culture, for help with his first photo exhibition when all other organisations refused to show his work. Shah's photographs cover political and cultural issues, such as local elections and women's rights. Some refused to work with him on political grounds, while others did not reply at all. After a meeting at Mahmud's community space, T2F, in Karachi, Pakistan's biggest city, she agreed to host his exhibition. But Mahmud, a 40-year-old human rights activist who oversaw a programme of progressive arts at T2F, did not get to see Shah's first exhibition. She was murdered a few months after their meeting. Continue reading... |
| AI helps return Rembrandt’s The Night Watch to original size Posted: 23 Jun 2021 06:42 AM PDT Rijksmuseum reproduces Dutch master's work in all its glory, 300 years after it was cut to fit between doors The Night Watch by Rembrandt has enraptured millions visiting Amsterdam's Rijksmuseum and its previous homes over the centuries, dazzling with its scale and fine detail. But it is only from today, thanks to the use of artificial intelligence to recapture some of the Dutch master's genius, including the sweep of his brush strokes and perspective of his eye, that it can for the first time in 300 years be enjoyed in its complete form. Continue reading... |
| Prince Charles funded Harry and Meghan until summer 2020, accounts show Posted: 23 Jun 2021 11:32 PM PDT Buckingham Palace also said it aims to improve diversity of staff as Queen's annual financial accounts released Buckingham Palace has admitted it "must do more" in terms of diversity and is "not where we would like to be" as figures show people from ethnic minority backgrounds make up 8.5% of its staff. It also emerged that Prince Charles funded Harry and Meghan with a "substantial sum" until the summer of 2020. Harry had told Oprah Winfrey that his family had "literally cut me off financially" in the early part of last year. Continue reading... |
| Welcome to the US southern border: same country, different planet Posted: 23 Jun 2021 11:30 PM PDT Migrants are integral to border communities, and today's 'crisis' would be dwarfed by the economic fallout if they were gone Grabbing the selfie was Sister Norma Pimentel, head of the Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley and the woman I call the Mother Teresa of south Texas. For the half-dozen years that I have known Sister Norma, she has been ministering to the needs of migrants on both sides of the US-Mexico border. She's known as the pope's favorite nun after he once publicly declared that he loved her for her efforts with migrants. In the photo, Sister Norma is celebrating with a bus full of migrants who have lived a harrowing existence for the past several years as part of a Trump-era immigration policy called the Migrant Protection Protocols, more popularly known as the Remain in Mexico policy. It was controversial, perhaps illegal and effective as hell at tamping down the kind of bad political press that now plagues President Biden in the infancy of his administration. Continue reading... |
| Benigno Aquino, former Philippines president, dies aged 61 Posted: 23 Jun 2021 09:15 PM PDT Known as Noynoy, he followed his mother Corazon Aquino into office and ruled for six years Benigno Aquino, former president of the Philippines, has died at 61 after being hospitalised in Manila. Flags flew at half mast on the senate building in Manila on Thursday after news of the death of Aquino, who was president from 2010 to 2016. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 23 Jun 2021 11:34 PM PDT Victoria turning away people from Sydney hotspots; Queensland warns residents against travel to NSW. Follow latest updates
Does not being number one on the Tasmanian senate ticket free him up to say these things? Eric Abetz: Since Malcolm Turnbull dumped me from the frontbench, I have had that liberty, I was on the front bench for 17 years, but when Malcolm Turnbull was Prime Minister, he and his Foreign Minister Julie Bishop sought to promote an extradition treaty with China, I was the only one in the party room to stand up and say how on earth could you equate our democracy with their dictatorship? How can you equate our sophisticated rule of law with their corrupt legal system? So I have been consisted of this for a long time, and I continue to be so, because I am concerned for the human rights of... Christians to the Uighers, to Falun Gong practitioners, and the list goes on. But I think we need to make a stand, I think we are, and the rest of the world is coming aboard with that as well. I just hope that we could avoid that which
The Liberal senator Eric Abetz has set up a Change.org petition asking for Australia to boycott the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games. He tells Patricia Karvelas he sees comparisons between China's regime and Nazi Germany: Q: Do you stand by your comparison between China hosting the 2022 Winter Olympics and Nazi Germany hosting the 1936 Games? The comparisons are spookily there. Can I just remind you of the history, a dictator, people in concentration camps, and all of the atrocities that occurred, similarly to what is happening in China today. I do [think it is] a brutal dictatorship. One million people in concentration camps as we speak. Slave labour, forced organ harvesting ... The comparisons unfortunately are there. The trade between countries has gone on, will continue to go on, and if we can get reform within this regime and within this country, that is what I am seeking to pursue, but I think that a boycott of the Olympics would be a very good start in relation to achieving such a result. Continue reading... |
| Water of death: how arsenic is poisoning rural communities in India Posted: 23 Jun 2021 10:30 PM PDT 'A crisis is brewing', experts warn, with contaminated water exposing villagers to increased risk of cancer and affecting children's brain development Nine members of Pankaj Rai's family have died from cancer over the past 20 years. But the 25-year-old farmer from Bihar only found out their deaths were likely a result of arsenic poisoning when his father got sick. In 2017, Pankaj took his father, Ganesh Rai, to the Mahavir Cancer Institute & Research Centre in Patna. Ganesh had stage 4 kidney cancer. But Dr Arun Kumar, a scientist at the institute, identified the severe skin lesions on his body as signs of arsenic poisoning. Continue reading... |
| Brazil police use teargas and rubber bullets against indigenous protesters Posted: 23 Jun 2021 10:44 AM PDT • Three protesters injured and three police hit by arrows • Congress mulls diluting protection for indigenous territories Riot police have fired teargas and rubber bullets at indigenous activists protesting outside Brazil's congress against new legislation that would undermine legal protections for indigenous territories, and open them up to commercial agriculture and mining. Thick clouds of teargas enveloped the demonstrators, including children and the elderly, as police attempted to clear the camp in Brasília on Tuesday where they have been protesting for the past two weeks. Continue reading... |
| Death of Romany man knelt on by Czech police must be ‘investigated urgently’ Posted: 23 Jun 2021 09:25 AM PDT Council of Europe and human rights groups demand answers after footage shows man being pinned to the ground Human rights organisations are leading calls for an urgent investigation into the death of a Czech man who died after being restrained by police, after footage of the incident went viral on social media. The neck restraint technique used during the arrest of a Romany man was "reckless, unnecessary and disproportionate, and therefore unlawful", according to Amnesty International, who also called on the local authorities for an immediate, impartial investigation and a ban on coercive techniques that severely restrict breathing. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| ‘We thought we would return’: 10 years on, Syrian refugees dream of home – photo essay Posted: 23 Jun 2021 05:16 AM PDT A decade after civil war broke out, women who fled to Lebanon are still struggling to build a life amid the country's unfolding economic crisis Millions of Syrians have fled fighting over the past 10 years. The vast majority of refugees – more than 3.5 million – are living in Turkey, but more than 850,000 are living in informal settlements in Lebanon. Continue reading... |
| UK aid cuts imposed with no transparency, says watchdog Posted: 23 Jun 2021 02:43 AM PDT Icai review cites lack of access to officials and papers to assess aid budget since Foreign Office-DfID merger UK aid cuts have been imposed with inadequate transparency, according to an independent watchdog, which said it was becoming increasingly difficult to interact with the government. The Independent Commission for Aid Impact (Icai), a public body that reports to parliament, said the lack of cooperation, partly due to the disruption of aid cuts, has meant it was unable even to assess whether recommendations it had previously made had been followed. Continue reading... |
| Jacinda Ardern’s global news presence was a powerful weapon – until it wasn’t | Danyl Mclauchlan Posted: 23 Jun 2021 06:20 PM PDT The international media's adulation of the New Zealand prime minister has complicated her challenges at home Jacinda Ardern rarely repeats her mistakes. When she rose to power in 2017 New Zealand's newly elected prime minister became a subject of fascination for progressives around the world; they regarded her as a kind of avatar of anti-Trumpism; a symbol of resistance to rightwing populism. This fascination intensified when she announced her pregnancy in early 2018. It grew again in the wake of the 15 March terror attack in 2019. She was praised as a beacon of hope; her image projected on to the side of the Burj Khalifa. The flattering media profiles multiplied. Initially, Ardern leaned into this. New Zealand is small and remote – publishers of international maps forget we're down here. So we're often flattered when distance looks our way. Someone noticed we exist! Ardern's international coverage was picked up by local media, delivering coverage the prime minister's competitors couldn't possibly match. Her global news presence was a deliberate strategy and a powerful weapon. Continue reading... |
| ‘The blackest day’: Apple Daily’s demise comes as no surprise Posted: 23 Jun 2021 06:46 AM PDT Analysis: a palpable chill has run through the Hong Kong media, amid warnings about 'fake news' The fate of Apple Daily, one of Hong Kong's bestselling tabloids, should not come as a surprise. On the day Jimmy Lai, its founder, was sentenced to 14 months in prison in April, a commentary in the pro-Beijing newspaper Ta Kung Pao called for a ban on Apple Daily in order to "close national security loopholes". The 72-year-old media tycoon and his 26-year-old newspaper have been among the most high-profile critics of Beijing and the controversial national security law (NSL), which they deem "draconian", but which the authorities say is "necessary". The law bars secession, subversion and foreign collusion. Continue reading... |
| Democrats seek way forward after voting rights bill hits Senate roadblock Posted: 22 Jun 2021 11:00 PM PDT The White House warned democracy was 'in peril' but while key Democrats stay committed to the filibuster, progress looks difficult After nearly six months of watching Republicans relentlessly make it harder to vote in the US, Democrats suffered a major blow on Tuesday after GOP senators used a legislative maneuver to halt a sweeping voting rights and ethics bill. The vote doesn't kill the bill, but it marks one of the most significant setbacks for Democrats in Joe Biden's presidency so far. Democrats heralded the legislation as their No 1 priority, even knowing they were unlikely to get any Republican votes for it. The bill would amount to the most significant expansion of the right to vote in a generation, requiring early voting and automatic and same-day registration, while prohibiting excessive manipulation of electoral district boundaries, a process often called gerrymandering. Continue reading... |
| Antivirus entrepreneur John McAfee found dead in Spanish prison – video Posted: 23 Jun 2021 07:09 PM PDT Antivirus software entrepreneur John McAfee has been found dead in his cell inside a Spanish prison hours after the country's highest court approved his extradition to the United States where he was wanted on tax charges. The 75-year-old shot to prominence after creating the antivirus software that bears his name. However McAfee's personal life and erratic behaviour also claimed as much interest as his professional achievements. Continue reading... |
| Riot police use teargas on indigenous protesters for land rights in Brazil – video Posted: 23 Jun 2021 10:31 AM PDT Riot police used teargas and rubber bullets to disperse a group of indigenous people protesting on Tuesday outside Brazil's Congress against a bill that lawmakers were about to debate that would undermine the recognition of protected reservation lands. The bill, known as PL 490 and backed by Brazil's powerful farm caucus in Congress, seeks to open up protected indigenous lands to commercial agriculture and mining |
| Democrats present united front in For the People Act vote – video Posted: 22 Jun 2021 02:40 PM PDT Democrats demonstrated unity in the US senate as the West Virginia senator Joe Manchin said he would vote in favor of advancing voting rights legislation known as the For the People act to the debate stage. The Republican Senate minority leader, Mitch McConnell, denied any voter suppression was happening despite around 400 bills introduced in more than 43 states which could restrict the right to vote. The legislation would remove hurdles to voting. In the evenly split Senate, Republican votes mean the bill will not garner the necessary 60 votes to advance. Continue reading... |
| 'Get vaccinated or I will have you jailed': Duterte – video Posted: 22 Jun 2021 03:40 AM PDT Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte has threatened to jail people who refuse to be vaccinated against the coronavirus as the country battles one of Asia's worst outbreaks, with a cumulative total of more than 1.3 million cases and 23,000 deaths. "You choose, get vaccinated or I will have you jailed," Duterte said in a televised address on Monday following reports of low turnouts at vaccination sites in the capital, Manila Continue reading... |
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