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- As Kyle Rittenhouse walks free, Kenosha is left to pick up the pieces
- The young loyalist who dared contemplate the idea of a ‘new’, united, Ireland
- New racism scandal rocks English football
- Exclusive: Boris Johnson in fresh inquiry after Jennifer Arcuri agrees to assist ethics watchdog
- ‘We need to be alarmed’: food banks in overdrive as politicians allow Australians to go hungry
- FBI investigates attempted breach of local election network in Ohio
- ‘He is responsible for torture’: nominee for Interpol chief accused by detained Britons
- Major fire breaks out in building in central Paris
- FBI searches for Jimmy Hoffa’s body in New Jersey landfill after deathbed tip
- Planned Virginia Woolf statue challenged as insensitive
- App outage locks hundreds of Tesla drivers out of cars
- Coronavirus live: thousands gather in Vienna for Covid protest; UK cannot afford to be complacent, expert says
- ‘This is an attack on human rights’: UK care homes still denying family visits to residents
- Europe’s Covid wave shows jab uptake in UK is ‘critical’, Sage member says
- WHO: Another 500,000 people in Europe could die of Covid by March
- Dr Sarah Ogilvie: ‘Generation Z are savvy – but I don’t get all their memes’
- Flouncing out: Australian Ballet stows away the tutu in 2022
- Cafes are scrambling for staff, while other economic ruptures lie hidden
- Is smart tech the new domestic battle ground?
- People said I was weak, lazy and fussy. I’m not – but I am autistic
- Smell of success: How Chanel No 5 gained a sprinkling of stardust
- ‘I just can’t believe it exists’: Peter Jackson takes us into the Beatles vault locked up for 52 years
- Large fire breaks out near Paris opera – video
- Migrant caravan and Qatar’s tarnished World Cup: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
- Biden honors transgender people killed in US: ‘Each of these lives was precious’
- No school, no hair cut: one girl’s journey through one of the world’s longest Covid lockdowns
- 'Horrifying': Djokovic voices concern for Peng Shuai as WTA threatens to pull out of China – video
- How the Covid pandemic exposed deep cracks in the Australian farm labour model
- England and Wales ‘one step closer to ending child marriage’ after MP vote
- Croatia violated rights of Afghan girl who was killed by train, court rules
- Abducted Afghan psychiatrist found dead weeks after disappearance
- ‘It was mind-boggling’: Richard Gere on the rescue boat at the heart of Salvini trial
- As millions face famine #CongoIsStarving is calling on Joe Biden to help | Vava Tampa
- Kyle Rittenhouse wasn’t convicted because, in America, white reasoning rules
- Yes, Cop26 could have gone further – but it still brought us closer to a 1.5C world | James Shaw
- Kyle Rittenhouse verdict declares open hunting season on progressive protesters | Cas Mudde
- ‘The strongman blinks’: why Narendra Modi has backed down to farmers
- Drivers scramble to grab cash that spilled on to California motorway – video
- 'I want my freedom back': thousands protest against Covid lockdown in Austria – video
- Protests erupt across US over Kyle Rittenhouse verdict – video
- Rotterdam riot: police fire shots as Covid protesters torch vehicles – video
- 'I'm not surprised': mixed reactions outside courthouse after Kyle Rittenhouse verdict – video
- Kenosha shooting: jury finds Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty – video
- 'An attack on our health system': Austria's chancellor condemns anti-vaxxers – video
| As Kyle Rittenhouse walks free, Kenosha is left to pick up the pieces Posted: 19 Nov 2021 10:39 PM PST Reactions to the verdict show a city as divided and beset by inequality as on the night of the killings in August 2020 Kyle Rittenhouse is now a free man after fatally shooting two men and wounding a third during anti-racism protests last year, but his trial has left behind a divided America – and done little to ease tensions in the city of Kenosha, Wisconsin, where the killings took place. Rittenhouse, 18, who faced charges of homicide, was acquitted in full on the grounds of self-defense. But the jury's decision did not calm the people outside the Kenosha county courthouse in the hours after news of the verdict rippled across the city, and the rest of the United States. Continue reading... |
| The young loyalist who dared contemplate the idea of a ‘new’, united, Ireland Posted: 20 Nov 2021 09:40 AM PST Activist Joel Keys says unionism would benefit from confronting, not avoiding, the things it finds most difficult He was the teenage supermarket worker who shocked MPs examining loyalist anger in Northern Ireland by claiming that sometimes violence "was the only tool you have left". Joel Keys left the committee chair, Tory MP Simon Hoare, "chilled and appalled" and he faced a media backlash. Six months on Keys, now 20, has not disappeared into oblivion after his 15 minutes of fame. Nor has he abandoned his position on violence. He has ambitions to become a local politician representing young loyalist communities that he describes as "goldmines" left behind by unionist parties and education leaders. Continue reading... |
| New racism scandal rocks English football Posted: 20 Nov 2021 11:19 AM PST Diversity report alleges that the FA's referee system is obstructing black and Asian people from reaching elite levels of the game English football has been rocked by a fresh racism scandal after black and Asian referees revealed the scale of abuse and prejudice that, they say, is holding them back. A dossier compiled by match officials, and seen by the Observer, alleges that racism in the Football Association's refereeing system is undermining efforts by black and Asian people to reach the highest levels of the game. Continue reading... |
| Exclusive: Boris Johnson in fresh inquiry after Jennifer Arcuri agrees to assist ethics watchdog Posted: 20 Nov 2021 09:57 AM PST The American businesswoman, and the prime minister's ex-lover, is to let officials at London City Hall see extracts from her diaries A fresh inquiry has opened into Boris Johnson's relationship with Jennifer Arcuri after the US businesswoman dramatically agreed to assist officials, paving the way for the prime minister to face possible criminal investigation. Arcuri has formally offered to help the Greater London Authority (GLA) ethics watchdog by allowing it to inspect extracts of her diary entries chronicling her affair with Johnson and agreeing to be questioned for the first time by investigators over the relationship. Continue reading... |
| ‘We need to be alarmed’: food banks in overdrive as politicians allow Australians to go hungry Posted: 20 Nov 2021 11:00 AM PST Food relief organisations say they are helping more people than ever before. But this is not a good news story Food banks in Australia were overwhelmed during the Covid-19 pandemic. Whole industries shut down, shedding jobs, and vulnerable people were suddenly more numerous and visible than ever. The demand for food relief exploded, and the charity sector went into overdrive. But the unique circumstances of the pandemic obscure a much more insidious problem. Continue reading... |
| FBI investigates attempted breach of local election network in Ohio Posted: 20 Nov 2021 09:57 AM PST News comes at a time when Republicans across the country claim without evidence that America's electoral system is fraudulent The FBI is investigating an attempted breach of a local election network in the state of Ohio that occurred last spring. A private laptop was plugged into the election network in the office of John Hamercheck, the chairman of the Lake county board of commissioners, on 4 May – the day of Ohio's spring primary election – according to the Washington Post. Continue reading... |
| ‘He is responsible for torture’: nominee for Interpol chief accused by detained Britons Posted: 20 Nov 2021 09:25 AM PST An academic and a football fan who were held in the United Arab Emirates claim Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi oversaw physical abuse Two British men formerly detained in United Arab Emirates are campaigning to prevent a senior Emirati official from becoming the next president of Interpol, accusing him of personal involvement in their arrests and torture. Academic Matthew Hedges, who was imprisoned in the UAE for seven months, and football fan Ali Issa Ahmad, detained while on holiday in Dubai for wearing a Qatar football shirt, accuse Major General Ahmed Naser Al-Raisi of overseeing their detention and physical abuse. Continue reading... |
| Major fire breaks out in building in central Paris Posted: 20 Nov 2021 08:53 AM PST Fire crews are attempting to put out the blaze on boulevard des Capucines, near the Place de L'Opéra A large fire has broken out in a building on boulevard des Capucines, near the Place de L'Opéra in central Paris, sending clouds of smoke rising into the air. People were told to avoid the area, which is popular with tourists, as fire crews tackled the blaze on Saturday. "Firemen are intervening," the préfecture de Police said in a statement on Twitter. Continue reading... |
| FBI searches for Jimmy Hoffa’s body in New Jersey landfill after deathbed tip Posted: 20 Nov 2021 08:08 AM PST FBI confirms search for the Teamster boss, who disappeared in July 1975, had begun again after a 2020 deathbed tip from landfill worker A half-century American fixation on the whereabouts of the remains of International Brotherhood of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa has finally led investigators to a landfill in New Jersey. The area of suspicion is on a Little League diamond on the landfill beneath the General Pulaski Skyway, a three-mile bridge that arches over a cinematically criminal evocative expanse of industrial wasteland and marshes west of Manhattan – one that once featured in marketing for the Sopranos TV show. Continue reading... |
| Planned Virginia Woolf statue challenged as insensitive Posted: 20 Nov 2021 09:44 AM PST Memorial to novelist would be by Thames, which would evoke her suicide by drowning Concerns have been raised about a planned statue of Virginia Woolf overlooking the Thames, which has been called insensitive because of the way she killed herself. The memorial the author, designed by Laury Dizengremel, would be positioned on a park bench overlooking the river on Richmond riverside in south-west London, where she lived for about a decade from 1914. Continue reading... |
| App outage locks hundreds of Tesla drivers out of cars Posted: 20 Nov 2021 09:38 AM PST Dozen of motorists report error as company's CEO, Elon Musk, apologises on Twitter Hundreds of Tesla drivers were locked out of their cars at the start of the weekend after the manufacturer's mobile app suffered an outage – and dozens voiced their complaints on social media. Elon Musk, Tesla's chief executive, said on Friday that the company's mobile application was coming back online after the app server outage. Musk was responding to a Tesla owner's tweet, who said that he was experiencing a "500 server error" to connect his Model 3 through the iOS app in Seoul, South Korea. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 20 Nov 2021 12:22 PM PST
The Coronavirus infections rate in the Czech Republic hit a new record for the second time this week, the health ministry said on Saturday. It announced that the daily tally rose to 22,936 on Friday, almost 500 more than the previous record set on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| ‘This is an attack on human rights’: UK care homes still denying family visits to residents Posted: 20 Nov 2021 09:33 AM PST Relatives and support groups claim that the sector has been 'left behind' as the rest of society opens up Dozens of care homes are still denying people access to their elderly relatives 20 months after the pandemic began, according to support groups. Although ministers have urged care homes to allow relatives to visit, groups including the Relatives & Residents Association and Unlock Care Homes say that many are still unable to see elderly residents. Continue reading... |
| Europe’s Covid wave shows jab uptake in UK is ‘critical’, Sage member says Posted: 20 Nov 2021 08:57 AM PST Prof John Edmunds says millions still unvaccinated and warns that surge on continent 'shows how quickly things can go wrong' The surge in coronavirus infections across Europe shows the "critical" need for people in the UK to get vaccinated, a government scientific adviser has said. Prof John Edmunds, of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, told Sky News that the rise in cases on the continent underlined "how quickly things can go wrong". He pointed out that there were still "many millions" across the UK who were still not fully vaccinated, while some have not had any Covid shots at all. Continue reading... |
| WHO: Another 500,000 people in Europe could die of Covid by March Posted: 20 Nov 2021 07:22 AM PST WHO's Europe director calls more public health measures to be implemented as fresh wave of infections spreads across continent The World Health Organization has said another 500,000 people in Europe could die of Covid by March next year unless urgent action is taken. The WHO's Europe director, Dr Hans Kluge, said he was very worried about a fresh wave of infections that had spread across the continent and led countries to announce new restrictions. Continue reading... |
| Dr Sarah Ogilvie: ‘Generation Z are savvy – but I don’t get all their memes’ Posted: 20 Nov 2021 09:00 AM PST The linguist and computer scientist discusses her optimistic assessment of a misunderstood generation – and delves into the nuanced ways to text 'OK' Dr Sarah Ogilvie is a linguist, lexicographer and computer scientist at Harris Manchester College, Oxford, who works at the intersection of technology and the humanities. With Roberta Katz, Jane Shaw and Linda Woodhead, she is the author of Gen Z, Explained: The Art of Living in a Digital Age, which paints an optimistic portrait of a much misunderstood generation that has never known a world without the internet. Define Gen Zers. |
| Flouncing out: Australian Ballet stows away the tutu in 2022 Posted: 20 Nov 2021 11:00 AM PST Corsets and crystals will be traded for 'abandon and a free-flowing physicality' next year, but tulle lovers needn't despair Flipping through the Australian Ballet 2022 season program, you could be forgiven for thinking something was missing. Where are the tutus? Continue reading... |
| Cafes are scrambling for staff, while other economic ruptures lie hidden Posted: 20 Nov 2021 11:00 AM PST Labour shortages in Covid's wake loom in industries from software to construction and could affect interest rates as well as the federal election When Sandy Green, the owner of Green Refectory, a popular cafe in Melbourne's inner north, advertised a job before the Covid pandemic, she could expect a flood of applicants. Nowadays, as economies roar out of lockdown, the tables appear to have turned. Continue reading... |
| Is smart tech the new domestic battle ground? Posted: 20 Nov 2021 08:00 AM PST Now that Alexa, Siri and Google have moved in, it's only a matter of time before some of us are left out in the cold, says Emma Beddington I came into the kitchen recently to find my husband cradling our electricity smart meter with the kind of tender attention more usually directed to a new-born, his phone clutched in his free hand. "You didn't turn your office heater off last night," he said. I didn't like his tone. "I did! I went in this morning to turn it on again!" Continue reading... |
| People said I was weak, lazy and fussy. I’m not – but I am autistic Posted: 20 Nov 2021 05:00 AM PST The late diagnosis of Melanie Sykes and Christine McGuinness came as no surprise to those who, like Sara Gibbs, have trodden the same path The news of Melanie Sykes and Christine McGuinness's late autism diagnoses may have come as a surprise to many. After all, they are glamorous career women. They look nothing like the stereotype of autism we as a culture are used to. I, however, was not shocked, knowing only too well that you can't tell anything about someone's private reality from their public image. As I read their stories, I couldn't help but imagine what they might be feeling. Were they elated? Confused? Excited? Terrified? Angry? Relieved? All of the above? Continue reading... |
| Smell of success: How Chanel No 5 gained a sprinkling of stardust Posted: 20 Nov 2021 05:05 AM PST As the fragrance turns 100, Chanel's perfumer-in-chief Olivier Polge describes what it takes to create and curate a classic brand Through the floor-to-ceiling windows of his seventh-floor office at Chanel's chic Parisian HQ, Olivier Polge can look out over the French capital. From here, in the western suburb of Neuilly-sur-Seine, much of the city's iconic skyline is in full view: the Eiffel Tower, mansard roofs, and the greenery of Bois de Boulogne; the Sacré-Cœur atop Montmartre opposite. It's a vista that has captivated some of Europe's most celebrated visual minds, but from here Polge takes inspiration for another of his senses. He is, after all, the fashion house's nose, Chanel's perfumer-in-chief: the steward of its iconic scents past, and the man charged with creating their fragrances of the future. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 20 Nov 2021 04:00 AM PST Ahead of his epic series Get Back, the director reveals the secrets of 60 hours of intimate, unseen footage of the Fab Four – and why it turns everything we know about their final days upside down When the world closed down in March 2020, most of us had to make do with pretending to enjoy video calls with friends or baking bread. Peter Jackson, meanwhile, was busy sifting through a mountain of unseen footage – 60 hours in total – of the Beatles, shot by the director Michael Lindsay-Hogg in 1969. His four-year project is now finished – "we finally completed it on Friday," says a relieved-looking Jackson from his home in New Zealand – and the resulting series, The Beatles: Get Back, will be released on Disney+ from 25 November. Originally envisaged as a feature film, Covid uncertainty saw plans revised. It is now three two-hour episodes, using the mass of outtakes from Lindsay-Hogg's work on what would become Let It Be, the band's fourth feature film. Continue reading... |
| Large fire breaks out near Paris opera – video Posted: 20 Nov 2021 09:36 AM PST A large fire has broken out in a building on Boulevard des Capucines, near the Place de L'Opéra in central Paris, sending clouds of smoke rising into the air. People were told to avoid the area, which is popular with tourists, as fire crews tackled the blaze Continue reading... |
| Migrant caravan and Qatar’s tarnished World Cup: human rights this fortnight – in pictures Posted: 19 Nov 2021 11:30 PM PST A roundup of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Pakistan to Poland Continue reading... |
| Biden honors transgender people killed in US: ‘Each of these lives was precious’ Posted: 20 Nov 2021 11:13 AM PST President issues statement on Transgender Day of Remembrance and notes 2021 has been deadliest year on record for trans people Joe Biden issued a statement in honor of Transgender Day of Remembrance, memorializing the dozens of transgender people who were killed this year in America and saying "each of these lives was precious". Biden noted that 2021 has been the deadliest year on record for transgender Americans, particularly Black and Latino individuals. A recent study found that transgender people are over four times more likely to experience violent crimes than cisgender people. Continue reading... |
| No school, no hair cut: one girl’s journey through one of the world’s longest Covid lockdowns Posted: 20 Nov 2021 04:00 AM PST Antonella Bordon's hair was her family's pride and joy. But as the pandemic kept her out of school for 18 months, the 12-year-old Argentinian vowed to lop it all off as soon as she could return to class When she finally cut her hair, Antonella Bordon had trouble sleeping. At the age of 12, her first haircut meant more to her than a simple change of style. For most of her childhood, Bordon's silky hair ran all the way down her back to her calves, such a deep brown it looked like a black mane. Her mother and sister would comb it every day, rubbing the locks with rosemary oil, and helping her style it in a way to keep her cool during the hot Argentinian summer. Continue reading... |
| 'Horrifying': Djokovic voices concern for Peng Shuai as WTA threatens to pull out of China – video Posted: 20 Nov 2021 04:49 AM PST The men's world No 1 Novak Djokovic voiced his concern for missing Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai. Djokovic said he supported "100%" the WTA's threat to pull events out of China. Peng, a former doubles world No 1, has not been seen in public since she accused the former high-ranking official Zhang Gaoli of sexual assault on 2 November. A journalist from China's state broadcaster has revealed a set of photos, which he said were posted on Peng's WeChat social media account on Friday, but analysts debated the authenticity of the images.
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| How the Covid pandemic exposed deep cracks in the Australian farm labour model Posted: 20 Nov 2021 11:00 AM PST Astute farm business owners and managers are recognising the need to invest in and develop their people – whether they are related or not The Covid pandemic turned off the cheap labour tap. That has delivered a "come to Jesus" moment for employers of farm labour. But people shortages are not a new thing in the bush. The underemployment dilemma has been building for a while. John Goldsmith, the former principal of Longerenong Agricultural College, said a decade ago: "It's not a skills shortage, it's a people shortage." Continue reading... |
| England and Wales ‘one step closer to ending child marriage’ after MP vote Posted: 19 Nov 2021 09:33 AM PST Second reading of bill to ban marriage for under-18s receives cross-party support A ban on child marriage in England and Wales came a step closer Friday with cross-party support for a new bill in the House of Commons. The marriage and civil partnership (minimum age) bill had its second reading in parliament, with government and opposition MPs supporting the private member's bill brought by Conservative MP Pauline Latham. Continue reading... |
| Croatia violated rights of Afghan girl who was killed by train, court rules Posted: 19 Nov 2021 09:29 AM PST Madina Hussiny, 6, died after police refused to let her family apply for asylum and made them walk back to Serbia After four years of legal struggle, the European court of human rights (ECHR) has ruled that Croatian police were responsible for the death of a six-year-old Afghan girl when they forced her family to return to Serbia via train tracks without giving them the opportunity to seek asylum. The little girl, named Madina Hussiny, was struck and killed by a train after being pushed back with her family by the Croatian authorities in 2017. Continue reading... |
| Abducted Afghan psychiatrist found dead weeks after disappearance Posted: 19 Nov 2021 06:44 AM PST Family say the body of Dr Nader Alemi, who was taken by armed men in September, showed signs of torture One of Afghanistan's most prominent psychiatrists, who was abducted by armed men in September, has been found dead, his family has confirmed. Dr Nader Alemi's daughter, Manizheh Abreen, said that her father had been tortured before he died. Continue reading... |
| ‘It was mind-boggling’: Richard Gere on the rescue boat at the heart of Salvini trial Posted: 19 Nov 2021 06:00 AM PST Exclusive: the Hollywood actor, who lawyers have listed as a key witness, describes scenes of desperation on the Open Arms vessel The Hollywood actor Richard Gere has revealed for the first time the full story behind his mercy mission to the NGO rescue boat Open Arms as he prepares to testify as a witness against Italy's former interior minister and far-right leader, Matteo Salvini, who is on trial for attempting to block the 147 people onboard from landing in Italy. In an exclusive interview with the Guardian, Gere, 72, who lawyers have listed as a key witness to the situation aboard the NGO rescue boat Open Arms, described the scenes of desperation he saw when he arrived on the vessel being held off the Italian island of Lampedusa in the summer of 2019 with conditions rapidly deteriorating. Continue reading... |
| As millions face famine #CongoIsStarving is calling on Joe Biden to help | Vava Tampa Posted: 19 Nov 2021 04:40 AM PST Only a UN tribunal, sponsored by the US president, can end the culture of impunity fuelling violence and poverty in the DRC The numbers are difficult to absorb. According to a new IPC report, a record 27 million Congolese – roughly a quarter of the Democratic Republic of the Congo's (DRC's) population – are facing hunger, with 860,000 children under five acutely malnourished. The DRC is home to more starving people than any other country in the world. This could have been prevented. Without faith that their own president Félix Tshisekedi will act, people are turning to the US president, hoping that lobbying using the hashtag #CongoIsStarving on Twitter will urge Joe Biden to back the creation of an international criminal tribunal for the DRC to end the impunity fuelling violence and famine risk. Shockingly, it could be that simple to bring an end to this suffering; we are asking for solidarity, not charity, to save lives and end this nightmarish crisis. Continue reading... |
| Kyle Rittenhouse wasn’t convicted because, in America, white reasoning rules Posted: 19 Nov 2021 10:00 PM PST When white people find Black protesters scary, and white vigilantes heroic, where does that leave the legal concept of 'reasonable belief'? Before sending a Kenosha, Wisconsin, jury to deliberate if Kyle Rittenhouse is a murderer, Judge Bruce Schroeder informed Rittenhouse's hand-picked jury that his fate rests on the "privilege" of self-defense. We now know what the jury decided. Continue reading... |
| Yes, Cop26 could have gone further – but it still brought us closer to a 1.5C world | James Shaw Posted: 19 Nov 2021 04:45 PM PST The window to achieve that goal is vanishingly small, but it is there. Now we must seize this one last chance Like many others, I would like to have seen a stronger outcome from Cop26. But we shouldn't lose sight of the fact that much was achieved – and the final outcome does get us much closer to where we need to be than where we were a few weeks ago. For the first time countries agreed to take action on fossil fuels. Yes, it could have gone further – but let's not forget that never before has there been a single word uttered on fossil fuels in any Cop agreement. So the agreed text is significant. Continue reading... |
| Kyle Rittenhouse verdict declares open hunting season on progressive protesters | Cas Mudde Posted: 19 Nov 2021 01:53 PM PST Demonstrators in the US must fear not only police brutality but also rightwing vigilantes Kyle Rittenhouse – the armed white teenager who traveled from Illinois to Wisconsin to allegedly "protect" local businesses from anti-racism protesters in Kenosha, whereupon he shot and killed two people and injured another – has been acquitted of all charges. I don't think anyone who has followed the trial even casually will be surprised by this verdict. After the various antics by the elected judge, which seemed to indicate where his sympathies lay, and the fact that the prosecution asked the jurors to consider charges lesser than murder, the writing was on the wall. I do not want to discuss the legal particulars of the verdict. It is clear that the prosecution made many mistakes and got little to no leeway from the judge, unlike the defense team. Moreover, we know that "self-defense" – often better known as vigilantism – is legally protected and highly racialized in this country. Think of the acquittal of George Zimmerman of the killing of Trayvon Martin in 2013. Continue reading... |
| ‘The strongman blinks’: why Narendra Modi has backed down to farmers Posted: 19 Nov 2021 08:14 AM PST Analysis: the authoritarian PM's first retreat is a much needed triumph of democracy "The strongman finally blinks," was how one commentator put it. On Friday morning, India woke to a surprise announcement by the prime minister, Narendra Modi, that he was repealing the farm laws, which have been at the heart of one of the greatest challenges his government had faced in almost eight years in power. It was a significant turning point, not only for the farmers, but for Indian politics and the reputation of the Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) government. Since Modi was first elected in 2014, his modus operandi has been that of a tough, unyielding, authoritarian strongman leader who does not bow to public pressure. Continue reading... |
| Drivers scramble to grab cash that spilled on to California motorway – video Posted: 20 Nov 2021 08:15 AM PST Drivers in southern California have scrambled to pick up cash after bags of money fell out of an armoured vehicle on a motorway. Several bags broke open, spreading mainly $1 and $20 bills all over the lanes and bringing the motorway to a chaotic halt. Videos posted online showed people laughing and jumping into the air as they held wads of money Continue reading... |
| 'I want my freedom back': thousands protest against Covid lockdown in Austria – video Posted: 20 Nov 2021 07:31 AM PST Thousands of people gathered in central Vienna to protest against new tough pandemic measures in Austria. Whistling, clapping, blowing horns and banging drums, protesters – many of them far-right supporters – streamed into Heroes' Square on Saturday. With daily infections still setting records, the government said it would put the countryt back in lockdown from Monday and make it compulsory to get vaccinated from 1 February Continue reading... |
| Protests erupt across US over Kyle Rittenhouse verdict – video Posted: 20 Nov 2021 05:48 AM PST WARNING: This video contains strong language Demonstrators take to the streets after a jury cleared Kyle Rittenhouse on charges related to his shooting dead two people at an anti-racism protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year. Shouting matches flared on the courthouse steps in the town, and protest marches were held in Portland, Chicago and New York Continue reading... |
| Rotterdam riot: police fire shots as Covid protesters torch vehicles – video Posted: 19 Nov 2021 08:26 PM PST A demonstration against Dutch government plans to impose restrictions on unvaccinated people turned violent. Police said rioters in Rotterdam started fires and threw fireworks, to which they responded by firing warning shots and using water cannon Continue reading... |
| 'I'm not surprised': mixed reactions outside courthouse after Kyle Rittenhouse verdict – video Posted: 19 Nov 2021 12:54 PM PST A jury acquitted teenager Kyle Rittenhouse on Friday of murder after the fatal shooting of two men in a trial that highlighted divisions over gun rights and stirred fierce debate about the boundaries of self-defence in the United States. Amid a heavy law enforcement presence, several dozen protesters lined the steps outside the courthouse after the verdict was read, some carrying placards in support of Rittenhouse and others expressing disappointment
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| Kenosha shooting: jury finds Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty – video Posted: 19 Nov 2021 10:40 AM PST A jury on Friday found Kyle Rittenhouse not guilty on charges related to his shooting dead two people at an anti-racism protest and injuring a third in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last year, after a tumultuous trial that gripped the US |
| 'An attack on our health system': Austria's chancellor condemns anti-vaxxers – video Posted: 19 Nov 2021 07:52 AM PST Austria is to go into a national lockdown to contain a fourth wave of coronavirus cases, the chancellor, Alexander Schallenberg, announced on Friday, as new infections hit a record high amid a pandemic surge across Europe. Despite all the persuasion and campaigns, too few people had decided to get vaccinated, Schallenberg said, leaving the country no other choice but to introduce mandatory vaccinations in February Continue reading... |
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