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- Hong Kong’s courts should reflect China’s will, says official
- Canada heatwave: dozens dead as searing plus-40C temperatures grip west
- England beat Germany as Sterling and Kane send them to Euro 2020 last eight
- North Korea Covid-19 outbreak fears after Kim Jong-un warns of ‘huge crisis’ in ‘antivirus fight’
- Huawei lawyers claim emails prove US has no grounds to extradite CFO from Canada
- Offsets being used in Colombia to dodge carbon taxes – report
- OpenStreetMap looks to relocate to EU due to Brexit limitations
- Calls to cancel Canada Day after graves found: ‘Indigenous people paid with their lives’
- Biafra separatist leader arrested and extradited to Nigeria
- Five Asian countries account for 80% of new coal power investment
- UK making trade deals with countries abusing human rights, says TUC
- Coronavirus live news: Kim Jong-un warns of ‘grave incident’ in North Korea; France ‘likely to see fourth wave’
- Australia Covid: Queensland says Pfizer vaccine supply will run out in days
- Covid: Sage scientist fears England could repeat ‘mistakes of last summer’
- UK Covid recovery at risk as furlough scheme phased out, say economists
- Wolfgang Tillmans on space, Brexit and Covid: ‘Let’s hope we get on a dancefloor soon’
- ‘I want them to feel human again’: the woman who escaped slavery in the UK – and fights to free others
- Big oil and gas kept a dirty secret for decades. Now they may pay the price
- ‘I felt betrayed’: how Covid research could help patients living with chronic fatigue syndrome
- Cameo founder on why celebrities offer video shoutouts: ‘Not all talent are motivated by cash’
- Record-breaking heatwave sweeps Canada – in pictures
- ‘Jaw-dropping’ fall in life expectancy in poor areas of England, report finds
- Northern Ireland voters split on need for Brexit checks, poll reveals
- ‘I refuse to visit his grave’: the trauma of mothers caught in Israel-Gaza conflict
- WITCH: We Intend to Cause Havoc review – the forgotten history of Zamrock
- How bad is the rise in US homicides? Factchecking the ‘crime wave’ narrative police are pushing
- Fears for Chilean indigenous leader’s safety after police shooting
- NSW records 22 new cases, Qld three; Alice Springs to enter lockdown – as it happened
- Honduran state responsible for trans woman’s murder – court
- Canada has lost its halo: we must confront our Indigenous genocide | Tara Sutton
- Sexual assault has been an epidemic in New Zealand high schools for years. Maybe now adults are listening | Catherine McFedries
- Egypt’s souvenir market awaits tourists – in pictures
- Sturgeon admits link between Euro fans travelling and rise in Covid cases – video
- Jacob Zuma sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court – video
| Hong Kong’s courts should reflect China’s will, says official Posted: 30 Jun 2021 12:46 AM PDT Statement seen as warning to judiciary to uphold Beijing's interests or risk losing independence Hong Kong's judicial system should reflect the will and interests of the Chinese nation, a senior official overseeing the national security law has said. The comments have been interpreted as a clear instruction from Beijing that Hong Kong's once-vaunted court system is now expected to operate in the interests of the central government in Beijing, rather than the rule of law. Continue reading... |
| Canada heatwave: dozens dead as searing plus-40C temperatures grip west Posted: 29 Jun 2021 09:42 PM PDT Police say a spate of sudden fatalities in normally temperate Vancouver is being caused by the unprecedentedly hot weather A searing heatwave that settled over western Canada for several days has been blamed for helping to cause the deaths of dozens of people in the Vancouver area. With a new record temperature for Canada of 47.9C (118F) set on Monday, police in the Burnaby area of Vancouver said they responded to 25 sudden-death calls in a 24-hour period starting on Monday. Continue reading... |
| England beat Germany as Sterling and Kane send them to Euro 2020 last eight Posted: 29 Jun 2021 10:51 AM PDT For England, it was always going to be about finding the moment, the one to blow apart a tight game, to cut through so much negative tournament history – particularly at the hands of Germany. And for long spells, as the tension rose to near unbearable levels at a raucous and emotional Wembley, the home crowd wondered whether it would come. Gareth Southgate had reverted to a 3-4-3, ignoring the clamour for greater fantasy and more creative players. It was the England manager sticking bravely to his principles, seeking security, the platform for the moment, and a part of the equation was patience, which was not in abundant supply inside the stadium. Continue reading... |
| North Korea Covid-19 outbreak fears after Kim Jong-un warns of ‘huge crisis’ in ‘antivirus fight’ Posted: 30 Jun 2021 12:35 AM PDT Leader speaks of a grave incident and sacks officials for neglecting duties in fighting 'global health crisis' The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has sacked several senior party officials over a "grave" coronavirus incident that had threatened public safety, fuelling speculation that the coronavirus has breached the country's defences. "In neglecting important decisions by the party that called for organisational, material and science and technological measures to support prolonged anti-epidemic work in face of a global health crisis, the officials in charge have caused a grave incident that created a huge crisis for the safety of the country and its people," the state-run KCNA news agency quoted Kim as telling a meeting of the ruling party's politburo. Continue reading... |
| Huawei lawyers claim emails prove US has no grounds to extradite CFO from Canada Posted: 29 Jun 2021 03:18 PM PDT Lawyers will try to persuade Canadian court to permit new documents to be introduced as evidence to clear Meng Wanzhou US justice department's battle to extradite Meng Wanzhou from Canada has taken a fresh turn as lawyers for Huawei's chief financial officer claimed that internal emails and bank documents prove there is no grounds to extradite her to the US. Meng, 48, was arrested on a US warrant at Vancouver airport in late 2018, and has been battling extradition to the US. Her detention infuriated the Chinese government and has helped drag relations between Beijing and Ottawa to their lowest point in years. Continue reading... |
| Offsets being used in Colombia to dodge carbon taxes – report Posted: 29 Jun 2021 10:00 PM PDT Fossil fuel levy can be avoided by buying carbon offsets that may have no benefit for climate Forest protection carbon offsets that may have no benefit to the climate have been used by polluters to avoid paying carbon taxes in Colombia, according to a report. In 2016, a levy of about $5 (£3.60) was introduced in the South American country to cover the use of some fossil fuels. However, companies that emit carbon dioxide can avoid paying the tax by buying carbon offsets from Colombian emission reduction projects, including those that conserve threatened natural carbon banks such as peatlands, forests and mangrove swamps. Continue reading... |
| OpenStreetMap looks to relocate to EU due to Brexit limitations Posted: 29 Jun 2021 11:00 PM PDT Open-source UK tech company cites copyright issues, rising costs and prospect of more influence in EU OpenStreetMap, the Wikipedia-for-maps organisation that seeks to create a free and open-source map of the globe, is considering relocating to the EU, almost 20 years after it was founded in the UK by the British entrepreneur Steve Coast. OpenStreetMap Foundation, which was formally registered in 2006, two years after the project began, is a limited company registered in England and Wales. Following Brexit, the organisation says the lack of agreement between the UK and EU could render its continued operation in Britain untenable. Continue reading... |
| Calls to cancel Canada Day after graves found: ‘Indigenous people paid with their lives’ Posted: 30 Jun 2021 02:00 AM PDT Two grim discoveries on the grounds of former residential schools have shifted country's mood as national day looms Indigenous groups have called for Canada's national celebration to be cancelled over the discovery of nearly 1,000 unmarked graves, most of which are believed to belong to Indigenous children. July 1 marks 154 years since Canada became a country – and until recently, festivities in cities across the country were expected, amplified by the arrival of summer and the pent-up excitement of a country emerging from the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading... |
| Biafra separatist leader arrested and extradited to Nigeria Posted: 29 Jun 2021 01:30 PM PDT British national Nnamdi Kanu has been wanted since 2015 when he was charged with terrorism and incitement The fugitive leader of a prominent Biafra secessionist group has been arrested and extradited to Nigeria to face trial, in a move likely to inflame separatist unrest in south-east Nigeria. Nnamdi Kanu, a British national who has lived in south London, had been wanted by Nigerian authorities since 2015, when he was charged with terrorism offences and incitement, after broadcasts aired on Radio Biafra, a digital station he founded and ran from his home in Peckham. Continue reading... |
| Five Asian countries account for 80% of new coal power investment Posted: 29 Jun 2021 04:01 PM PDT China, India, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam plan to build more than 600 coal power units Five Asian countries are jeopardising global climate ambitions by investing in 80% of the world's planned new coal plants, according to a report. Carbon Tracker, a financial thinktank, has found that China, India, Indonesia, Japan and Vietnam plan to build more than 600 coal power units, even though renewable energy is cheaper than most new coal plants. Continue reading... |
| UK making trade deals with countries abusing human rights, says TUC Posted: 29 Jun 2021 10:00 PM PDT TUC says UK should use its leverage to ensure countries respect labour and human rights Boris Johnson's government has been accused of rushing into post-Brexit trade deals with countries where workers' rights are systematically violated or denied, including five out of the 10 worst offenders worldwide. Trade union leaders and Labour said the UK government was turning its back on workers around the world and neglecting its commitment to fundamental human and labour rights in the scramble to demonstrate the benefits of Brexit by striking free trade deals outside the EU. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 30 Jun 2021 03:00 AM PDT North Korean leader says there is 'huge crisis' in antivirus fight; French government's leading scientific adviser blames Delta variant
Although still quite low, the number of Indonesian children contracting the coronavirus has almost tripled since May, with infant deaths from Covid rising sharply as the country suffers its most severe wave of infections so far, a senior paediatrician has said. Indonesia has been hit by a surge in cases this month, with new records on six days since 21 June including a daily high of over 21,807 today, putting pressure on the government to impose tighter measures. |
| Australia Covid: Queensland says Pfizer vaccine supply will run out in days Posted: 29 Jun 2021 10:06 PM PDT State health minister voices anger at federal authorities on vaccine rollout amid further outbreaks and a lockdown in Alice Springs The Australian state of Queensland has just eight days of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine left, authorities warned on Wednesday, as confusion over who should receive the AstraZeneca jab continued and outbreaks across the country grew. The state's health minister, Dr Yvette D'ath, said the federal government had denied Queensland's request for more doses of the Pfizer vaccine, despite having given another state, Victoria, 100,000 doses three weeks ago. Continue reading... |
| Covid: Sage scientist fears England could repeat ‘mistakes of last summer’ Posted: 30 Jun 2021 02:23 AM PDT Prof Stephen Reicher says restrictions may have to be reimposed if reopening leads to surge in infections A scientific adviser to the government's Covid-19 response has expressed fears England could be in danger of repeating "the mistakes of last summer". Prof Stephen Reicher, from the University of St Andrews and a member of the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (Sage) subcommittee on behavioural science, said the government may have to reimpose restrictions if the reopening leads to a surge in infections. Continue reading... |
| UK Covid recovery at risk as furlough scheme phased out, say economists Posted: 29 Jun 2021 10:00 PM PDT Business leaders also warn of renewed threat to jobs and growth as Delta variant drives up infections
Britain's economic recovery from Covid-19 is coming under pressure amid worker shortages and lengthier pandemic restrictions, as the Delta variant of coronavirus drives up infection rates. As the government begins to wind down the furlough scheme on Thursday – despite delaying its roadmap out of lockdown by four weeks until 19 July – the Guardian's monthly snapshot of economic developments suggests the pace of recovery has plateaued. Continue reading... |
| Wolfgang Tillmans on space, Brexit and Covid: ‘Let’s hope we get on a dancefloor soon’ Posted: 29 Jun 2021 11:00 PM PDT From tiny weeds to distant galaxies, the photographer likes to scrutinise the interconnectedness of everything. He talks about coping with lockdown – and living through his second pandemic Wolfgang Tillmans and I talk on the phone on 23 June, which he calls the "fifth anniversary horribilis", referring to the Brexit vote. He's at home in Berlin: a day later, he will travel to the UK to install his new exhibition, Moon in Earthlight, in the seaside town of Hove. To conform to Covid protocols, he'll be doing it on his own, without his usual assistants, carefully placing his photographic images around the space – a former Regency flat owned by his gallerist Maureen Paley. These photographs range from an image of wet concrete pouring out of a nozzle to one of a root's tendrils creeping along a gap in the pavement. They are presented in a variety of formats, from huge printouts suspended on bulldog clips to small photographs tacked to the wall. Like all his shows, Moon in Earthlight will serve as an installation in its own right, a manifestation of Tillmans' tender scrutiny of the universe. It also includes a collection of astronomical yearbooks dating back to 1978, when the artist was a stargazing 10-year-old. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 29 Jun 2021 10:00 PM PDT Analiza Guevarra ended up in a living hell in London after fleeing poverty in the Philippines. Now, her organisation rescues scores of people in domestic servitude every year The streets of west London were dark and empty as Analiza Guevarra walked towards a large, white mansion block in South Kensington in February 2019. Just after 5am, she stood at a corner, well away from any street lights. "I'm here," she tapped into her phone. Seconds later, her phone pinged back. "I'm coming, I'm carrying a green bag. Please wait for me." Continue reading... |
| Big oil and gas kept a dirty secret for decades. Now they may pay the price Posted: 30 Jun 2021 12:00 AM PDT Via an unprecedented wave of lawsuits, America's petroleum giants face a reckoning for the devastation caused by fossil fuels After a century of wielding extraordinary economic and political power, America's petroleum giants face a reckoning for driving the greatest existential threat of our lifetimes. An unprecedented wave of lawsuits, filed by cities and states across the US, aim to hold the oil and gas industry to account for the environmental devastation caused by fossil fuels – and covering up what they knew along the way. Continue reading... |
| ‘I felt betrayed’: how Covid research could help patients living with chronic fatigue syndrome Posted: 29 Jun 2021 10:00 PM PDT People with ME/CFS face debilitating symptoms but often feel dismissed by doctors. The focus on long Covid could help change that In the fall of 2016, Ashanti Daniel, a nurse in Beverly Hills, California, went to an infectious disease physician looking for answers about a weird illness she couldn't shake. After falling sick with a virus four months earlier, she still felt too tired to stand up in the shower. The appointment lasted five minutes, she said. The doctor didn't do a physical exam or check her vitals. His assessment: her illness was psychogenic, resulting from something psychological. Continue reading... |
| Cameo founder on why celebrities offer video shoutouts: ‘Not all talent are motivated by cash’ Posted: 30 Jun 2021 02:00 AM PDT Earlier this year, shoutout service Cameo earned itself a $1bn valuation by connecting fans with their favourite celebrities. Its founder, Steven Galanis, discusses modern fandom What do Ghostface Killa, James Van Der Beek and Carole Baskin of Tiger King fame have in common? They're all available through Cameo, an online "shoutout" service where subscribers can book a personalised video message from a growing army of actors, athletes, entertainers and more. The brainchild of founder Steven Galanis, Chicago-based Cameo has been around since 2017, but it was during the pandemic that it struck gold. Providing a much-needed revenue stream for performing artists hit hard by lockdown, and offering users a safe and memorable way to send some love, it boomed. Right now there are over 40,000 celebrities ready to say happy birthday to your mom, or give your boyfriend a pep talk, with roughly 1.3m messages sent last year alone. Continue reading... |
| Record-breaking heatwave sweeps Canada – in pictures Posted: 30 Jun 2021 01:27 AM PDT A searing heatwave that settled over western Canada has been blamed for contributing to the deaths of dozens of people in the Vancouver area Continue reading... |
| ‘Jaw-dropping’ fall in life expectancy in poor areas of England, report finds Posted: 29 Jun 2021 11:27 PM PDT Sir Michael Marmot's report says Covid figures from Manchester reveal sharp decline in social conditions Boris Johnson's post-Covid "levelling up" agenda will fail unless it addresses declining life expectancy and deteriorating social conditions in England's poorest areas, a leading authority on public health has warned, as he published figures showing the impact of the pandemic on Greater Manchester. Sir Michael Marmot revealed the coronavirus death rate in Greater Manchester was 25% higher than the England average during the year to March, leading to "jaw-dropping" falls in life expectancy and widening social and health inequalities across the region over the past year. Continue reading... |
| Northern Ireland voters split on need for Brexit checks, poll reveals Posted: 29 Jun 2021 04:01 PM PDT High political stakes in NI protocol shown in research released hours before unveiling of new UK-EU deal Voters in Northern Ireland are evenly split over the need for Brexit checks on goods coming in from Great Britain, a new survey has shown just hours before a new deal between the EU and the UK is revealed. The EU will on Wednesday say it is retreating from the threat of a trade war and confirm a "package" of arrangements to take the heat out of the bitter dispute over the sales of British sausages, secondhand cars and potted plants in Northern Ireland. Continue reading... |
| ‘I refuse to visit his grave’: the trauma of mothers caught in Israel-Gaza conflict Posted: 29 Jun 2021 11:00 PM PDT Many women have lost children, been separated from newborns or are unable to breastfeed and bond with their babies because of the war In the last month of her pregnancy, May al-Masri was preparing dinner when a rocket landed outside her home in northern Gaza, killing her one-year-old son, Yasser. Masri had felt the explosion's shockwave when the attack happened last month, but was largely unharmed. Running outside once the air had cleared, she found her husband severely wounded and her child's body covered in blood. Continue reading... |
| WITCH: We Intend to Cause Havoc review – the forgotten history of Zamrock Posted: 30 Jun 2021 02:00 AM PDT Film-maker Gio Arlotta and two young musicians are on a quest to track down the legendary leader of a 1970s Zambian rock band Who knew 1970s Zambia had its own thriving musical genre? This modest documentary revisits the brief, almost-forgotten history of "Zamrock" – or at least what remains of it, which appears to be very little beyond the back catalogue of its leading band, Witch. Witch's rhythmic blend of British blues, funk, psychedelic and garage rock has aged very well, and reissues of their albums in the 2010s found a new audience, including Italian film-maker Gio Arlotta, who consequently undertook an expedition to Zambia to try to find the band, accompanied by two young Dutch musicians, Jacco Gardner and Nic Mauskovic. There's now a well-trodden route for such musical travelogues, laid down by the likes of Buena Vista Social Club and Searching for Sugar Man, and while this lacks the polish or drama of either of those, it's an engaging and uplifting journey. One of the problems it runs into is a lack of surviving footage of Witch in action. Arlotta and co scour Zambia's pre-digital archives, but the best they come up with is some unseen footage of James Brown. Nor does it help that most of Witch's original lineup are dead. Continue reading... |
| How bad is the rise in US homicides? Factchecking the ‘crime wave’ narrative police are pushing Posted: 30 Jun 2021 03:00 AM PDT Homicides were up across the US in 2020 and appeared to be primarily driven by rising gun violence, but other crimes fell There's been a wave of media coverage this summer about an increase in homicides across the United States, with attention often focused on the same political question: will Americans still want to defund or even reform the police if "violent crime" is on the rise? Anxiety about violent crime is often used to win elections. Police and politicians routinely share misleading, out-of-context crime statistics to advance their agendas. Fearmongering about rising crime has also been used for decades to undermine Black Americans' protests for civil rights. So it's important to ask: is this homicide increase actually significant? And how much evidence is there for any of the explanations about why killings are going up? Continue reading... |
| Fears for Chilean indigenous leader’s safety after police shooting Posted: 30 Jun 2021 02:52 AM PDT Alberto Curamil, an award-winning environmental activist, was seriously injured during a protest against the burning of a Mapuche home Former recipients of a prestigious environmental award, together with Amnesty International and the lawyer of indigenous land rights defender Alberto Curamil, have launched an appeal for Curamil's safety after he was seriously injured in a shooting by police. Curamil, an indigenous Mapuche leader who in 2019 won the Goldman Environmental Prize (GEP), also known as the "green Nobel", was left with 18 riot shotgun pellets embedded in his body after police chased his truck and opened fire after a protest against an arson attack on a Mapuche home on contested land in southern Chile. Continue reading... |
| NSW records 22 new cases, Qld three; Alice Springs to enter lockdown – as it happened Posted: 30 Jun 2021 01:38 AM PDT Queensland health minister Yvette D'Ath says state is running out of Pfizer vaccines, and Alice Springs will enter a three-day lockdown. This blog is now closed.
We'll leave it there for today. Here are the main developments of the day:
At the NSW Covid update earlier today, it was announced that a 24-year-old student nurse had tested positive for Covid-19, which forced hospital wards at Fairfield and Royal North Shore hospitals into lockdown. NSW Health have just clarified further details about this case, issuing an alert that the student was infectious for a five-day period from 24-28 June while working across the two hospitals. Continue reading... |
| Honduran state responsible for trans woman’s murder – court Posted: 29 Jun 2021 07:47 AM PDT Landmark ruling orders state to pay reparations, protect trans people and legalise gender change In a landmark ruling for transgender rights, the Honduras government has been found responsible for the 2009 murder of the trans woman and activist Vicky Hernández. The ruling, at the inter-American court of human rights, was published on the 12th anniversary of Hernández's death, and marks the first time the highest regional human rights court has held a state accountable for failing to prevent, investigate and prosecute the death of a trans person. The court has ordered Honduras, which has the world's highest rate of murders of trans people, to pay reparations to Hernández's family and implement a sweeping range of measures designed to protect trans people, including anti-discrimination training for security forces and state collection of data on violence against LGBTQ+ people. Continue reading... |
| Canada has lost its halo: we must confront our Indigenous genocide | Tara Sutton Posted: 29 Jun 2021 04:00 AM PDT Hundreds of unmarked graves, and testimonies of countless horrors, belie our angelic self-image It's not often that Canadians have to apologise for their country. I've travelled the world reporting on conflict and human rights and am always greeted positively when I say I'm Canadian. "It is a beautiful country," I am told. "Your country cares for its citizens." In Canada, people make sympathetic noises when I retell whatever tragic story I have been working on. "We are so lucky to live in Canada," they say. Canadians like the idea of a "good" country full of "good" people. There's even a name for it: "the angel complex". Look at all the immigrants and refugees we welcome here, goes the doctrine – we're not like those American racists, or those European xenophobes. Canada see itself as proudly multicultural, tolerant, peace-loving and polite. A beacon of light to the world. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 29 Jun 2021 09:47 PM PDT My old high school in Christchurch has had the guts to listen to the reality that too many of us have girlhood stories of being groped, objectified or worse I was at Christchurch girls' high in the 90s. I still remember arriving in chemistry class at the start of a new year, and news getting round about a summer rape. No one would probe, but everyone knew, and there was a silent acknowledgement amongst my peers that it could have been any of us. In the years since, it seems like little has changed. It was unsurprising when a survey released this week found 20 young women at the school alleging they had been raped, and more than half saying they had been sexually harassed, many multiple times. For almost all of them, these violations happen before they turn 17. Continue reading... |
| Egypt’s souvenir market awaits tourists – in pictures Posted: 29 Jun 2021 11:00 PM PDT At the Egyptian government's Konouz (Treasures) factory in Obour, east of Cairo, replicas of ancient items are produced in anticipation of a resurgent tourism industry Continue reading... |
| Sturgeon admits link between Euro fans travelling and rise in Covid cases – video Posted: 29 Jun 2021 08:45 AM PDT The Scottish first minister has said she thinks there is a link between Scotland fans travelling for Euro 2020 games and the rise in Covid cases in Scotland. Asked if the Scottish government should have done more to stop fans travelling to matches, Sturgeon denied taking a soft approach. She added the government could not stop fans without tickets travelling to Wembley. Public Health Scotland will be doing more analysis of this, she said |
| Jacob Zuma sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court – video Posted: 29 Jun 2021 05:15 AM PDT The former president of South Africa Jacob Zuma has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court after he failed to appear before a corruption inquiry earlier this year. The inquiry is examining allegations of high-level graft during Zuma's period in power. Judge Sisi Khampepe said: 'I am left with no option but to commit Mr Zuma to imprisonment, with the hope that doing so sends an unequivocal message … the rule of law and the administration of justice prevails' Continue reading... |
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