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- Channel drownings: UK and France trade accusations after tragedy at sea
- ‘A long fight’: relief across the US as men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery
- China seeks to spin Peng Shuai’s #MeToo allegation into an ideological dispute
- Logbooks linked to Antarctic explorers Shackleton and Scott found in storage room
- Sweden’s first female prime minister resigns after less than 12 hours
- New Zealand opposition leader Judith Collins ousted after move to demote rival backfires
- Pakistan orders Monday closure of schools and offices in Lahore to cut smog
- North American fertilizer shortage sparks fears of higher food prices
- Honiara’s Chinatown targeted as violent protests break out for second day in Solomon Islands
- Bosnia and surrounding region still heading for crisis, says top official
- South Korea trials robots in preschools to prepare children for high-tech future
- Scientists warn of new Covid variant with high number of mutations
- ‘Bawled my eyes out’: tears and cheers of New Zealanders free to head home
- Novavax expected to be approved as fourth Covid vaccine in UK
- Boris Johnson accused of flouting request to wear mask at theatre
- Dinghy deaths tragedy brings home our hostility to the world’s desperate
- How the murder of Ahmaud Arbery further exposes America’s broken and racist legal system
- Do lobsters have feelings? – podcast
- Inside the mind of Magnus Carlsen: ‘I am happy to win in any way possible’ | Sean Ingle
- ‘She’s the only option’: Hondurans hope Xiomara Castro can lead the nation in a new direction
- Time to sashay away? Why Drag Race UK risks losing its cheeky charm
- Fabrice Monteiro’s best photograph: a spirit emerges from a rubbish dump in Senegal
- Dozens of people drown after refugee boat capsizes in Channel – latest
- Muammar Gaddafi’s son disqualified from standing in Libya election
- Ahmaud Arbery verdict: all three white men found guilty of murdering Black man as he jogged – as it happened
- Australia politics live update: Labor targets Morrison over federal integrity bill in question time; Christensen ‘clarifies’ Hitler, Mao comments
- El Salvador rights groups fear repression after raids on seven offices
- The world finally has a malaria vaccine. Now it must invest in it | Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
- India’s apple farmers count cost of climate crisis as snow decimates crops
- Camels bearing healthcare deliver hope in Kenya – photo essay
- I got help for postnatal depression that saved me. Most women in India do not | Priyali Sur
- Erdoğan gambles on economy amid protests and rocketing inflation
- In a crisis, you want Jacinda Ardern. That’s why her poll numbers will remain robust | Morgan Godfery
- West weighs up costs of boycotting China’s Winter Olympics
- Another Covid Christmas: Britons urged to delay festive plans
- Sweden’s first female prime minister resigns less than 12 hours into job – video
- Ahmaud Arbery: the moment Travis McMichael received guilty verdict – video
- Key moments from the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial – video report
- Australia's Covid pandemic in 60 seconds: Victoria and Melbourne map – video
- Violence breaks out in Brussels in protests against Covid restrictions – video
- Social media footage shows SUV speeding through Wisconsin Christmas parade – video
- 'We need your criticism', Pope tells young people – video
| Channel drownings: UK and France trade accusations after tragedy at sea Posted: 24 Nov 2021 09:10 PM PST Boris Johnson renews calls for France to agree to joint patrols along its coast, while Emmanuel Macron urges UK not to politicise the flow of migrants British and French leaders have traded accusations after at least 27 people died trying to cross the Channel in the deadliest incident since the current migration crisis began. In a phone call with Boris Johnson on Wednesday night, French president Emmanuel Macron stressed "the shared responsibility" of France and the UK, and told Johnson he expected full cooperation and that the situation would not be used "for political purposes", the Élysée said. Continue reading... |
| ‘A long fight’: relief across the US as men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery Posted: 24 Nov 2021 01:37 PM PST 'I never thought this day would come,' says Ahmaud Arbery's mother as some say it's 'not true justice' Relief, emotion and a sense of hope came flooding out in Brunswick, on social media, from the White House and across the US as the nation came to terms with the Ahmaud Arbery verdicts and their place in history. Outside the Georgia courthouse, a joyous, flag-waving crowd repeatedly chanted: "Ahmaud Arbery! Say his name!" as the Arbery family, surrounded by their attorneys, emerged to address them. Continue reading... |
| China seeks to spin Peng Shuai’s #MeToo allegation into an ideological dispute Posted: 24 Nov 2021 08:35 PM PST Analysis: experts say emphasis on the west and international diplomacy obfuscates the original allegation Despite endless speculation from international press in recent weeks, there has been barely a mention of tennis star Peng Shuai's bombshell allegation against Zhang Gaoli, the country's former vice-premier, in domestic news coverage. Outside the country, the event was initially referred to by the editor of the official nationalist tabloid Global Times, Hu Xijin, only as "the thing people talked about". "For some years now, China has responded to negative global attention either by giving an unconvincing explanation, or by stoically pretending the criticism isn't there," Zhang Ming, a retired professor of politics at Renmin University told Reuters this week. Continue reading... |
| Logbooks linked to Antarctic explorers Shackleton and Scott found in storage room Posted: 24 Nov 2021 12:07 PM PST 'Priceless' artefacts recording details of the famed expeditions of the 1910s were discovered in the vaults of New Zealand's meteorological service "Priceless" artefacts linked to Antarctic explorers Ernest Shackleton and Capt Robert Falcon Scott have been unearthed in a surprise discovery within the dark storage room of New Zealand's meterological service. Metservice staff came across a set of logbooks from some of the most famous Antarctic expeditions while preparing to move buildings in Wellington. Continue reading... |
| Sweden’s first female prime minister resigns after less than 12 hours Posted: 24 Nov 2021 10:15 AM PST Magdalena Andersson quits on day one after the Green party withdraws support for her budget Sweden's first female prime minister, the Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson, has resigned less than 12 hours into the job when her coalition collapsed, plunging the country into further political uncertainty. Andersson said a decision by the Green party, the junior party in the coalition, to quit had forced her to resign. She added that she had told the speaker of parliament she hoped to be appointed prime minister again as the head of a single-party government. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand opposition leader Judith Collins ousted after move to demote rival backfires Posted: 24 Nov 2021 04:28 PM PST New National party leader will be chosen next week, with former Air New Zealand boss Chris Luxon a favourite for the job Judith Collins, leader of New Zealand's opposition National party, has been toppled after months of poor polling and a shock move to strip a political rival of his portfolios. MPs voted to end Collins' leadership at a crisis caucus meeting on Thursday. The meeting was prompted after Collins demoted Simon Bridges, a former party leader and one of her rivals. Late on Wednesday night, she stripped Bridges of all of his portfolios, citing an inappropriate comment made by Bridges in 2017 in front of a female colleague– where Bridges says he discussed "old wives tales" about how he and his wife might produce a female child. Collins described the comment as "serious misconduct". Continue reading... |
| Pakistan orders Monday closure of schools and offices in Lahore to cut smog Posted: 24 Nov 2021 09:00 PM PST Officials hope three-day weekend will help reduce toxic pollution levels in country's second largest city Pakistan has ordered private offices and schools to remain closed on Mondays in Lahore in the hope that a three-day weekend will help reduce toxic levels of smog in the country's second-largest city. The directive, issued by Punjab relief commissioner Babar Hayat Tarar, aimed to act "as a preventive and speedy remedy" during the winter smog season and will last until 15 January. Continue reading... |
| North American fertilizer shortage sparks fears of higher food prices Posted: 24 Nov 2021 04:54 PM PST Warning to 'get your fertilizer now' as farmers postpone nitrogen purchases, raising threat of rush on supplies before planting season A global shortage of nitrogen fertilizer is driving prices to record levels, prompting North America's farmers to delay purchases and raising the risk of a spring scramble to apply the crop nutrient before planting season. Farmers apply nitrogen to boost yields of corn, canola and wheat, and higher fertilizer costs could translate into higher meat and bread prices. Continue reading... |
| Honiara’s Chinatown targeted as violent protests break out for second day in Solomon Islands Posted: 24 Nov 2021 08:47 PM PST Protesters reportedly from neighbouring island, which opposed government's 2019 decision to switch allegiance from Taiwan to China Fresh protests have broken out in Solomon Islands' capital Honiara, witnesses have said, a day after demonstrators attempted to storm parliament and topple prime minister Manasseh Sogavare. Protesters defied a 36-hour lockdown imposed in the wake of Wednesday's unrest and again took to the streets on Thursday targeting police and businesses in the capital's Chinatown area, a Honiara resident told AFP. Continue reading... |
| Bosnia and surrounding region still heading for crisis, says top official Posted: 24 Nov 2021 12:37 PM PST International community's high representative calls for diplomatic engagement from US and Europe The top international official in Bosnia has said that the Serb separatist threat to re-establish their own army had receded for now, but the country and surrounding region were still heading for crisis without substantial diplomatic engagement from the US and Europe. Christian Schmidt, a German former minister serving as the international community's high representative to Bosnia-Herzegovina, said the Serb separatist leader, Milorad Dodik, had been persuaded by regional leaders to suspend his plans to pull Serb soldiers out of the Bosnian national army and reconstitute a Bosnian Serb force. Continue reading... |
| South Korea trials robots in preschools to prepare children for high-tech future Posted: 24 Nov 2021 09:10 PM PST The 25cm-tall robots that sing, dance and do kung-fu used as teaching aids in 300 childcare centres across Seoul Seoul has started trialling pint-sized robots as teaching aids in kindergartens – a pilot project the city government said would help prepare the next generation for a hi-tech future. The "Alpha Mini" is just 24.5 centimetres tall and can dance, lead sing-a-longs, recite stories and even teach kung fu moves as children mimic its push-ups and one-legged balances. Continue reading... |
| Scientists warn of new Covid variant with high number of mutations Posted: 24 Nov 2021 10:30 AM PST The B.1.1.529 variant was first spotted in Botswana and six cases have been found in South Africa Scientists have said a new Covid variant that carries an "extremely high number" of mutations may drive further waves of disease by evading the body's defences. Only 10 cases in three countries have been confirmed by genomic sequencing, but the variant has sparked serious concern among some researchers because a number of the mutations may help the virus evade immunity. Continue reading... |
| ‘Bawled my eyes out’: tears and cheers of New Zealanders free to head home Posted: 24 Nov 2021 08:04 PM PST Lifting of strict isolation rules brings wave of relief – but some say being locked out has soured their view of 'home' forever New Zealanders stranded overseas and desperate to return home have shed tears of relief they will soon be able to skip the country's managed isolation system. But for many the news is bittersweet as they still face another summer separated from loved ones, amid anger that a decision did not come sooner. The country will reopen its borders to vaccinated visitors in the opening months of 2022, for the first time since the prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, announced their snap closure in the first month of the Covid-19 pandemic. The country's borders have been closed to unrestricted travel for more than a year and a half. Continue reading... |
| Novavax expected to be approved as fourth Covid vaccine in UK Posted: 24 Nov 2021 06:33 AM PST Trials show the protein-based jab causes fewer side-effects – and hundreds of British jobs depend on it Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Moderna. Britons have become so accustomed to the three Covid vaccines available in the UK that most have forgotten about another jab, Novavax – even though the government has ordered 60m doses and hundreds of British jobs depend on it. Late last month the US company, with a factory on Teesside primed to manufacture doses, submitted final data to UK regulators and a positive decision is anticipated within days or weeks. It will bring to an end what feels like a long wait compared with the speedy development and approval of the other jabs, including for those who took part in trials. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson accused of flouting request to wear mask at theatre Posted: 24 Nov 2021 04:09 AM PST Exclusive: Audience member at Almeida theatre says PM was not wearing mask during Macbeth performance Boris Johnson once again flouted official requests to wear a mask as he watched a performance of Macbeth at a busy theatre in north London on Tuesday night, witnesses say. The prime minister was in the audience to see the Shakespearean tragedy at the Almeida theatre in Islington, after a torrid few days in which backbench Tories have accused him of losing the plot. Continue reading... |
| Dinghy deaths tragedy brings home our hostility to the world’s desperate Posted: 24 Nov 2021 02:22 PM PST Closing off all safer options forces abject refugees to approach our shores by the most perilous means The sheer terror of crossing the busy, dark and freezing cold Channel between France and the UK in a flimsy, unseaworthy boat was best described by 12-year-old Mohammad, who made the journey with his mother and eight-year-old sister in June after fleeing Afghanistan before the Taliban takeover. "It was like a horror movie," he said. And that was summer – not the depths of November. Mohammad and his sister survived the 21-mile journey made through the night. They are among thousands of children thought to have crossed the Channel in small boats this year. Continue reading... |
| How the murder of Ahmaud Arbery further exposes America’s broken and racist legal system Posted: 24 Nov 2021 01:50 PM PST The shooting of a man who was 'running while Black' has prompted calls for racial justice in the US For many observers, the high-profile case of the three white men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was out jogging, revealed the racist ways the American legal system has been designed to treat Black people differently. Arbery was killed in February 2020 in the coastal town of Satilla Shores, Georgia. None of the men involved were charged until eyewitness footage was made public months later, shortly before the murder of George Floyd in Minneapolis, prompting widespread protests. Continue reading... |
| Do lobsters have feelings? – podcast Posted: 24 Nov 2021 09:00 PM PST Last week the UK government confirmed it would be extending its Animal Welfare (Sentience) Bill to include decapods (such as crabs, lobsters and crayfish), and cephalopods (such as octopuses, squid and cuttlefish). The move followed a government-commissioned review of the scientific evidence, which found strong evidence that cephalopods and decapods do have feelings. Madeleine Finlay spoke to Dr Jonathan Birch, who led the review, to ask what it means for lobsters to have feelings, and what difference it should make to how we treat – and eat – them Continue reading... |
| Inside the mind of Magnus Carlsen: ‘I am happy to win in any way possible’ | Sean Ingle Posted: 24 Nov 2021 11:01 AM PST The world champion shares his motivational struggles before an intriguing showdown with his old rival Ian Nepomniachtchi "I'm less hungry. I think you're always going to be if you're playing for the world title for the fifth time, rather than the first." It is quite the opening gambit from Magnus Carlsen, in his final newspaper interview before he puts his crown on the line again. But sport's deepest thinker is merely revving up before he truly opens up. Carlsen has long established himself as the greatest chess player of his generation. Perhaps any generation, given he is the highest-rated of all time and has held the Fide world title since 2013. But there is something else that marks the Norwegian out in an era where sporting superstars are increasingly bland and on brand: his unflinching honesty. Continue reading... |
| ‘She’s the only option’: Hondurans hope Xiomara Castro can lead the nation in a new direction Posted: 24 Nov 2021 03:00 AM PST Candidate would be the country's first female president who vows to stop the violence and corruption causing many to flee A week ahead of what may be Honduras's most consequential election since the country's return to democracy in 1982, the leading opposition candidate for president delivered her final address to an audience of fervent supporters. "Today we are united as an opposition to say enough! Enough of so much theft, corruption and drug trafficking," said Xiomara Castro, 62, as she addressed the crowd in Tegucigalpa on Sunday. "Enough suffering for the Honduran people." Continue reading... |
| Time to sashay away? Why Drag Race UK risks losing its cheeky charm Posted: 24 Nov 2021 08:03 AM PST With shock eliminations and rushed challenges, the third series hasn't compared to previous brash, irreverent outings. It's time to bring back the authenticity – and the joy In recent years, RuPaul's Drag Race has become a mainstay of international TV, with outposts from Spain and Australia to Thailand and Canada. The UK version debuted at the end of 2019 to much acclaim, with two more series filmed in London and Manchester following in quick succession. The third – currently airing on BBC Three – has seen a number of twists on the format, however, with shock eliminations and surprise saves, and lip-syncs used to separate both the top and the bottom of the pile. It's the closest the UK series has felt to its US counterpart, but in doing so it risks losing the subversive, cheeky charm that made it so irresistible. In fact, the first two series of Drag Race UK were worlds away from the heavily produced and polished US series. Embracing the camp irreverence of its queens, it allowed them to shine on their own terms, relishing their rough edges and quintessentially British pop culture references (think EastEnders, Gemma Collins and, er, Margaret Thatcher). Breathing new life into Drag Race, it struck the balance between revering and ridiculing the franchise. It also celebrated queer people and shared their stories in a way that many shows struggle to do, with British drag celebrated on the global stage. Continue reading... |
| Fabrice Monteiro’s best photograph: a spirit emerges from a rubbish dump in Senegal Posted: 24 Nov 2021 07:45 AM PST 'The model is holding a child's doll, looking out over the wreckage. It represents the future generations we're condemning to environmental catastrophe' Outside Dakar, Senegal's capital, is a rubbish dump with its own name: Mbeubeuss. The land on which it sits was once flat swampland. It began as a landfill site in 1968; today, it is a mountain of rubbish. It has accumulated so much plastic waste from the city that to reach it you have to drive on a road of compacted trash. This is not the Africa I grew up in. As a child here in the 1970s and 80s, it was not like this. But when I returned in 2012, I was shocked at what I found. Here in Senegal, there was plastic waste everywhere – at roadsides, in trees, everywhere. The younger generation don't know any different: it's just part of their environment now. I decided I wanted to shoot a series to raise awareness of environmental issues in Senegal, in the hope that people would realise that things do not have to be this way. I wanted to connect environmental issues with the cultural interests of the population, and started researching animism – the belief that objects and the natural world are imbued with spirits. Continue reading... |
| Dozens of people drown after refugee boat capsizes in Channel – latest Posted: 24 Nov 2021 09:19 PM PST French interior minister Gérald Darmanin says five women and one young girl among those who have drowned The MP for Calais Pierre Henri Dumont told Sky News that he believes 29 bodies have been found. British Red Cross chief executive Mike Adamson said: "Reports of more lives lost today in theChannel are truly heartbreaking and come far too soon after other recent deaths on this route. Continue reading... |
| Muammar Gaddafi’s son disqualified from standing in Libya election Posted: 24 Nov 2021 11:57 AM PST Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was ruled ineligible amid disputes over rules and threats to peace process Libya's election commission said on Wednesday that Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, the son of the former ruler and a strong candidate in December's planned presidential election, was ineligible to run, compounding the turmoil surrounding the vote. Gaddafi was one of 25 candidates that the commission disqualified in an initial decision pending an appeals process that will ultimately be decided by the judiciary. Ninety-eight Libyans registered as candidates. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 24 Nov 2021 04:06 PM PST Father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and William 'Roddie' Bryan, all white, pursued 25-year-old Black man in Georgia neighborhood
More perspective, from Yamiche Alcindor, White House correspondent for PBS Newshour and a political contributor for NBC News. Jewel Wicker, editor-at-large at Capital B magazine in Atlanta, Georgia, writes: Continue reading... |
| Posted: 24 Nov 2021 09:23 PM PST Labor targets federal integrity commission as question time begins; former ABC reporter Zoe Daniel to challenge for Tim Wilson's seat of Goldstein; religious discrimination committee motion hits snag; George Christensen 'clarifies' Hitler, Mao, Stalin comments; Victoria records 1,254 new Covid cases and five deaths; NSW reports 276 cases and no deaths. Follow live updates
A special Victorian Roy Morgan SMS poll shows 76% of Victorians agree that an employed worker in Victoria should not be allowed to enter their employer's workplace unless fully vaccinated, compared with only 24% that disagree. Agreement with this policy is consistently strong across gender, age and location, although there are significant political differences, the poll found. Let's think about how this works in practice. If a teacher applies to work at a school, whether it's Christian, or Islamic, or whether it's Jewish or any other, and they apply to work at a school that's got a clearly stated policy … Look, I think that is something that would depend a great deal upon what that school is prepared to be upfront with the community about now. I'd suggest there would be very few schools that that want to be in a position where they've got to say to the community, that this is what we believe and we're not going to hire people, unless they subscribe to a version of belief that is very, very strict on that front. Continue reading... |
| El Salvador rights groups fear repression after raids on seven offices Posted: 24 Nov 2021 04:44 AM PST NGOs believe raids, officially part of an embezzlement inquiry, are an attempt to 'criminalise social movements' Rights activists in El Salvador said they will not be pressured into silence after prosecutors raided the offices of seven charities and groups in the Central American country. "They're trying to criminalise social movements," said Morena Herrera, a prominent women's rights activist. "They can't accept that they are in support of a better El Salvador." Continue reading... |
| The world finally has a malaria vaccine. Now it must invest in it | Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala Posted: 24 Nov 2021 12:00 AM PST As an economist I know it makes financial as well as ethical sense to get this world-first vaccine to the millions who need it I vividly remember the day I learned a harsh lesson in the tragic burden of malaria that too many of us from the African continent have endured. I was 15, living amid the chaos of Nigeria's Biafran war, when my three-year-old sister fell sick. Her body burning with fever, I tied her on my back and carried her to a medical clinic, a six-mile trek from my home. We arrived at the clinic to find a huge crowd trying to break through locked doors. I knew my sister's condition could not wait. I dropped to the ground and crawled between legs, my sister propped listlessly on my back, until I reached an open window and climbed through. By the time I was inside, my sister was barely moving. The doctor worked rapidly, injecting antimalarial drugs and infusing her with fluids to rehydrate her body. In a few hours, she started to revive. If we had waited any longer, my sister might not have survived. Continue reading... |
| India’s apple farmers count cost of climate crisis as snow decimates crops Posted: 23 Nov 2021 10:00 PM PST Kashmiri farmers lose half their harvest to early snows for third year, with fears for future of the region's orchards The homegrown apple is in danger of becoming a rarity in India, as farmers have lost up to half their harvest this year, with predictions that the country's main orchards could soon be all but wiped out. Early snowfalls in Kashmir, where almost 80% of India's apples are grown, have seen the region's farmers lose half their crops in the third year of disastrous harvests. Continue reading... |
| Camels bearing healthcare deliver hope in Kenya – photo essay Posted: 22 Nov 2021 11:01 PM PST When the roads are not up to it, a mobile clinic on legs brings family planning and other medical supplies to remote communities. Photographer Ami Vitale visits Lekiji to see how the villagers have reaped the benefits Thirteen camels amble their way across the dusty, drought-stricken landscape, accompanied by seven men in bright yellow T-shirts and three nurses. The camels are loaded with trunks full of medicines, bandages and family planning products. It's a mobile health clinic on legs. When the camels arrive at their destination, men, women and children form a line as they wait for the handlers to unload the boxes and set up tables and tents. Among those waiting is Jacinta Peresia, who first encountered the health visitors six years ago after she nearly died giving birth to her 11th child, a daughter called Emali. No roads, no problem. Communities Health Africa Trust (Chat) delivers health care to hard-to-reach areas of Kenya Continue reading... |
| I got help for postnatal depression that saved me. Most women in India do not | Priyali Sur Posted: 22 Nov 2021 10:00 PM PST With up to one in five new mothers suffering depression or psychosis, experts say the need for help is 'overwhelming' India A month after giving birth, Divya tried to suffocate her new daughter with a pillow. "There were moments when I loved my baby; at other times I would try and suffocate her to death," says the 26-year-old from the southern Indian state of Kerala. She sought help from women's organisations and the women's police station, staffed by female officers, in her town. But Divya was told that the safest place for a child was with her mother. Continue reading... |
| Erdoğan gambles on economy amid protests and rocketing inflation Posted: 24 Nov 2021 10:00 AM PST Analysis: push for interest rate cuts has divided party and left Turkish president in precarious position, say experts Turkey's president is gambling that a strong economic recovery from the pandemic will stay on track despite rocketing inflation that has hit living standards and sparked protests in major cities. The $750bn economy is on course to expand by 9% this year following a return of tourism and a surge in demand for exports that has pushed factory output to pre-pandemic levels. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 23 Nov 2021 11:00 AM PST Ardern is imperfect and her government often struggles to implement its agenda – but they excel at crisis management "If you want to know me, look at my surface", Andy Warhol once said, or something along those lines. It's an invitation to the obvious that should apply in politics, and yet the public regard politicians with – at best – a good deal of suspicion and, at worst, contempt. And who can blame them? In New Zealand the workers' party (Labour) was responsible for introducing and administering neoliberalism in the 1980s, a dramatic break with their social democratic history that the Australian Labor party was also undertaking in the 1980s, the US Democrats in the 1990s, and UK Labour shortly after. As the old joke goes, capturing the distrust most people feel for left and right, "it doesn't matter who you vote for, a politician always gets in". But what distinguishes prime minister Jacinda Ardern from the politicians who bite at her heels is that the Warholian doctrine is probably true. At least in her case. In New Zealand's double disasters – the Christchurch massacre and the Whakaari eruption – Ardern met each tragedy with immediate action, crisp and clear communication, and an extraordinary human care almost entirely absent in modern politics. She met with victims, their families took her into their own homes and at every opportunity she made an invitation to act in solidarity – from the country's successful gun reforms to the "Christchurch call", an international bid to stamp out violent extremism online. Continue reading... |
| West weighs up costs of boycotting China’s Winter Olympics Posted: 22 Nov 2021 08:15 AM PST Analysis: calls growing amid Xinjiang allegations and Peng Shuai fallout, but Beijing takes slights very seriously Boycotting the Beijing Winter Olympics in February may seem a simple, symbolic diplomatic gesture – when put alongside the allegations of labour camps in Xinjiang province and the apparent sexual exploitation of the Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai – but such is the contemporary economic power of China that the step will only be taken after much agonising. The threats and economic boycotts that Australia, Canada and more recently Lithuania have suffered at the hands of the Chinese for challenging Beijing's authority in one way or another are not experiences other countries will want to copy lightly. Continue reading... |
| Another Covid Christmas: Britons urged to delay festive plans Posted: 22 Nov 2021 05:35 AM PST Analysis: scientists say high transmission rates mean caution is critical if people are to stay safe As Christmas approached in 2020, it was not a Dickensian spirit but the spectre of Covid that haunted households up and down the UK. With cases soaring, government-approved plans to allow three households to mix for five days in England were scrapped within weeks of being made, while scientists urged families to connect over Zoom or host drinks on the pavement rather than meeting for a hug. Continue reading... |
| Sweden’s first female prime minister resigns less than 12 hours into job – video Posted: 24 Nov 2021 06:43 PM PST Sweden's first female prime minister, the Social Democrat Magdalena Andersson, has resigned less than 12 hours into the job when her coalition collapsed. Andersson said a decision by the Green party, the junior party in the coalition, to quit had forced her to resign from the post. 'I have asked the speaker to be relieved of my duties as prime minister,' Andersson said. 'I am ready to be prime minister in a single-party, Social Democrat government.' Continue reading... |
| Ahmaud Arbery: the moment Travis McMichael received guilty verdict – video Posted: 24 Nov 2021 11:22 AM PST Travis McMichael, Greg McMichael and William Bryan have been found guilty of murdering Ahmaud Arbery. The three men pursued Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man, through their neighborhood on 23 February 2020, before Travis McMichael shot and killed him. The men were also found guilty on several other charges, including aggravated assault, false imprisonment, and criminal attempt to commit a felony. Continue reading... |
| Key moments from the Ahmaud Arbery murder trial – video report Posted: 24 Nov 2021 10:53 AM PST A jury returned guilty verdicts in the trial of three white men accused of murdering Ahmaud Arbery in 2020. Allegedly believing him to be a burglar, Travis McMichael, his father Greg McMichael and their neighbour William 'Roddie' Bryan pursued Arbery through a south Georgia neighbourhood in their pickup trucks, before a confrontation in which Travis McMichael shot Arbery dead. In a case that has become part of the campaign for racial justice in the US, the defendants have pleaded not guilty to all charges claiming they acted in self-defense. Prosecutors have argued the men had no legal right to attempt to detain Arbery, who was unarmed and described by his family as an avid runner. The three men face life in prison if found guilty of murder.
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| Australia's Covid pandemic in 60 seconds: Victoria and Melbourne map – video Posted: 22 Nov 2021 01:53 PM PST The coronavirus pandemic in Australia has caused almost 2,000 deaths and resulted in close to 200,000 cases. In the worst-hit states of New South Wales and Victoria, high vaccination rates have now reduced the rate of hospital admissions. Here we have used an experimental mapping method to show how the outbreak spread across the two states from the start of the pandemic until now. Each dot represents a person who tested positive to Covid-19, and has been placed randomly within their postcode or local government area to visualise the number of cases in a region. It's important to remember that this is not necessarily where they caught the virus and instead is where they live. Blue dots represent those who probably caught the coronavirus overseas, and red dots are those who caught the coronavirus locally. All dots fade to grey and are removed after two weeks ► Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTube
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| Violence breaks out in Brussels in protests against Covid restrictions – video Posted: 22 Nov 2021 02:41 AM PST Riot police and protesters clashed in the streets of Brussels on Sunday in demonstrations over government-imposed Covid-19 restrictions, with police firing water cannon and teargas at crowds. Protesters threw smoke bombs, fireworks and rocks at officers. Belgium tightened its coronavirus restrictions on Wednesday, mandating wider use of masks and enforcing working from home, as cases surged in the country Continue reading... |
| Social media footage shows SUV speeding through Wisconsin Christmas parade – video Posted: 21 Nov 2021 07:35 PM PST Social media footage shows a SUV speeding through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, narrowly missing a small child. The red vehicle continued down the road and hit more than 20 people, including children. Waukesha police chief Dan Thompson said a person of interest was in custody and the suspect vehicle had been recovered. Continue reading... |
| 'We need your criticism', Pope tells young people – video Posted: 21 Nov 2021 08:55 AM PST Speaking at St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican, Pope Francis encourages young people in their efforts to protect the environment, telling them to be 'the critical conscience of society' Continue reading... |
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