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- ‘We are ready for whatever comes’: on the Ukraine frontline
- Big Sur wildfire causes evacuations as Harris visits state to tout federal plan
- UN condemns airstrike in Yemen that leaves more than 80 dead
- Anoosheh Ashoori to start hunger strike in protest against Iran hostage-taking
- Virginia woman charged for threats to ‘bring every gun’ over school mask rule
- Tonga volcano: drinking water is priority as aid begins to arrive for stricken nation
- Ian Alexander Jr, son of actor and director Regina King, dies at 26
- Rudy Giuliani and Michael Flynn to see honorary university degrees revoked
- China hires western TikTokers to polish its image during 2022 Winter Olympics
- Two men take corpse into Irish post office to claim dead man’s pension
- ‘I cried all day’: the anguish of people locked out of Japan by Covid
- Coronavirus live: Japan and Poland report record cases; Germany seven-day rate at new high
- Taiwan sees sharp rise in Covid cases, posing risk to Lunar New Year
- ‘More people will die’: fears for clinically vulnerable as England axes plan B
- Darling buds: how best friends keep us healthy and happy
- ‘It’s a glorified backpack of tubes and turbines’: Dave Eggers on jetpacks and the enigma of solo flight
- ‘House of Trump is crumbling’: why ex-president’s legal net is tightening
- Pedro Almodóvar on Spain’s tragic past: ‘You can’t ask people to forget’
- Sir Mo Farah: ‘I would have loved to play for Arsenal’
- ‘The clap for the NHS meant nothing’: novelist turned doctor Roopa Farooki on her frontline experience of Covid
- From conference highs to the abyss: the swift undoing of Boris Johnson
- ‘Go-to place for film lovers’: Birmingham’s Electric cinema reopens
- At least 13 killed after immense explosion rocks western Ghana
- Kill the Bill and period protests: human rights this fortnight – in pictures
- NSW records 30 deaths, Victoria 20, Qld 10, SA three and Tasmania one – as it happened
- Vulnerable Malians could ‘pay the price’ of heavy sanctions, warn aid groups
- From Afghanistan to Italy: a teenage ski champion flees the Taliban – in pictures
- Female leadership is good for the world. Just look at Barbados
- Guatemala’s economy buoyed by record $15bn sent home from workers overseas
- Taliban launch raids on homes of Afghan women’s rights activists
- After Democrats’ historic defeat on voting rights, what happens next?
- Mixed messages? How end of Covid plan B could change behaviour in England
- Covid-19 map of the US: latest cases state by state
- Skier captures spectacular northern lights display in Finland – video
- Ukraine: Blinken says talks with Russia’s Lavrov were ‘frank and substantive’ – video
- Yemen: drone footage shows scale of destruction after airstrike on prison – video
- 'I thought of God and my family': Tongan survivor on spending 24 hours at sea – video
- Mitch McConnell under fire after saying African Americans vote as much as 'Americans' – video
- Love jihad: India's lethal religious conspiracy theory – video
- Deadly explosion in Ghana leaves huge crater after a mining truck accident – video
| ‘We are ready for whatever comes’: on the Ukraine frontline Posted: 21 Jan 2022 10:00 PM PST In Chonhar a blue and yellow flag marks the de facto border as Russian forces amass across a shimmering expanse of water Peering through binoculars, Mykola Chekman pointed to the bridge connecting Ukraine to Russian-controlled Crimea. "It's not the first time the peninsula has been occupied," he observed. He added: "Crimea has seen a lot of war." Chekman – a Ukrainian army photographer – was standing on the castellated tower of what was once a tourist cafe. It is now a base for Ukrainian forces, facing off against their invisible Russian counterparts across a shimmering expanse of water and duck-filled lagoons. Continue reading... |
| Big Sur wildfire causes evacuations as Harris visits state to tout federal plan Posted: 22 Jan 2022 08:52 AM PST The Colorado fire grew to more than 1,500 acres while, earlier in the day, the vice-president outlined a response to reduce risk On the day Vice-president Kamala Harris visited California to highlight new funding for fighting wildfires, residents more than 350 miles (560 km) away in the Big Sur area were told to evacuate from their homes due to a new blaze. Monterey county officials ordered the evacuations late on Friday, after the Colorado fire grew to more than 1,500 acres. Continue reading... |
| UN condemns airstrike in Yemen that leaves more than 80 dead Posted: 22 Jan 2022 04:31 AM PST Hundreds also wounded as Saudi-led coalition denies reports it bombed detention centre in Sa'ada The UN has condemned an airstrike on a detention centre in northern Yemen as the death toll rose to more than 80. The airstrike in the rebel-held Sa'ada province on Friday morning followed a Houthi drone attack on the United Arab Emirates on Monday that killed three people. It marks an intensification of violence in the seven-year civil war between the government, supported by a Saudi-led coalition, and the Iranian-backed rebels. Continue reading... |
| Anoosheh Ashoori to start hunger strike in protest against Iran hostage-taking Posted: 22 Jan 2022 07:55 AM PST The British-Iranian dual national is staging a strike in solidarity with Barry Rosen who is campaigning outside Vienna nuclear talks A British-Iranian man imprisoned in Iran is to start a hunger strike on Sunday in support of a 77-year-old American who is protesting outside nuclear talks in Vienna against Iranian hostage taking. Anoosheh Ashoori, who is being held in Evin prison in Tehran, is staging the strike in an act of solidarity with Barry Rosen, who started his own four days ago. He told the Guardian he was humbled by the support, as well as other messages being sent to him by Iranians in jail. Continue reading... |
| Virginia woman charged for threats to ‘bring every gun’ over school mask rule Posted: 22 Jan 2022 09:35 AM PST At a board meeting on Covid mitigation strategies, the woman said, 'My children will not come to school with masks on' A Virginia mother was charged with making a threat on school property after she told local board members she would bring "every single gun loaded" if the district instituted a mask mandate. Renewed mask fights were touched off this month after the new Republican governor of Virginia, Glenn Youngkin, issued an executive order making masks optional for students, subject to the preference of parents. Continue reading... |
| Tonga volcano: drinking water is priority as aid begins to arrive for stricken nation Posted: 21 Jan 2022 11:53 PM PST The first aid vessels and flights have arrived and more are on their way as the devastated Pacific nation begins clean-up Tonga's government said drinking water was the priority as the clean-up continued a week after a devastating volcanic eruption and tsunami. A national emergency team had already distributed 60,000 litres of water to residents, the government said on Saturday. A desalination plant on a New Zealand naval ship that arrived on Friday, capable of producing 70,000 litres a day, has started drawing seawater from Tonga's harbour. Continue reading... |
| Ian Alexander Jr, son of actor and director Regina King, dies at 26 Posted: 22 Jan 2022 08:32 AM PST Oscar-winner 'devastated at the deepest level' by death of 'a bright light who cared so deeply about the happiness of others' Ian Alexander Jr, the only child of the Oscar-winning actor and director Regina King, has died. He turned 26 on Wednesday. "Our family is devastated at the deepest level by the loss of Ian," a statement shared by a spokesman for King said. "He is such a bright light who cared so deeply about the happiness of others. Our family asks for respectful consideration during this private time." Continue reading... |
| Rudy Giuliani and Michael Flynn to see honorary university degrees revoked Posted: 22 Jan 2022 05:35 AM PST University of Rhode Island board votes unanimously to revoke degrees given to key allies of Donald Trump in 2003 and 2014 The University of Rhode Island will revoke honorary degrees given to Rudy Giuliani and Michael Flynn, key allies of Donald Trump in his attempt to overturn the 2020 election. The URI board of trustees on Friday voted unanimously to revoke the degrees, which were given to Giuliani in 2003 and Flynn in 2014. Continue reading... |
| China hires western TikTokers to polish its image during 2022 Winter Olympics Posted: 22 Jan 2022 06:30 AM PST Influencers told to extol country's virtues on social media despite diplomatic boycotts of Beijing Games over human rights record An army of western social media influencers, each with hundreds of thousands of followers on TikTok, Instagram or Twitch, is set to spread positive stories about China throughout next month's Winter Olympics. Concerned about the international backlash against the Beijing Games amid a wave of diplomatic boycotts, the government has hired western PR professionals to spread an alternative narrative through social media. Continue reading... |
| Two men take corpse into Irish post office to claim dead man’s pension Posted: 22 Jan 2022 09:57 AM PST Deceased man 'propped up' by two men as they walked into the building in County Carlow on Friday morning Gardaí have launched an investigation after two men carried a dead body into an Irish post office in an apparent attempt to claim his pension. The deceased pensioner was described in reports as being "propped up" by the men as they walked into the building in County Carlow on Friday morning. Continue reading... |
| ‘I cried all day’: the anguish of people locked out of Japan by Covid Posted: 21 Jan 2022 09:00 PM PST Travel restrictions have stranded almost 150,000 students, workers and others hoping to join relatives Late last year, Pablo Ortez quit his job, sold his belongings and prepared to join his wife in Japan, where she is studying for a doctorate. But 72 hours before he was due to leave Argentina, he checked the Japanese foreign ministry website to find that the government had imposed a near-blanket travel ban to prevent the spread of the Omicron variant of coronavirus. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live: Japan and Poland report record cases; Germany seven-day rate at new high Posted: 22 Jan 2022 10:02 AM PST Concerns about new Omicron offshoot in England; France to bring in strict restrictions for unvaccinated people Germany's seven-day incidence rate has risen to a high of 772.7 infections per 100,000 people, up from 706.3. The Robert Koch Institute (RKI) reported 135,461 new infections on Saturday, an increase of 57,439 on the same day a week ago, when 78,022 positive tests were reported. |
| Taiwan sees sharp rise in Covid cases, posing risk to Lunar New Year Posted: 21 Jan 2022 11:33 PM PST Outbreak at factory challenges zero Covid strategy that has kept the island largely free of the disease Taiwan has reported a sharp rise in Covid-19 cases with a cluster among workers at a factory threatening authorities' tenuous control of an Omicron outbreak on the eve of Lunar New Year. On Saturday, Taiwan's centre for disease control reported 82 domestic cases, including 63 found at the Taoyuan factory in a first round of testing on Friday. Most of those sick are migrant workers, health and welfare minister Chen Shih-chung said. Continue reading... |
| ‘More people will die’: fears for clinically vulnerable as England axes plan B Posted: 22 Jan 2022 12:30 AM PST Coronavirus pandemic's finishing line has not yet come clearly into focus for millions of people "We must learn to live with Covid in the same way we have to live with flu," Sajid Javid told the nation this week. For most people, the parallel with flu is now valid: vaccinations and acquired immunity have defanged Covid to the point that there is no longer much risk of becoming severely unwell. However, the pandemic's finishing line has not yet come clearly into focus for a sizeable minority in society. In England, 3.7 million people fall in the clinically extremely vulnerable (CEV) category, including those with blood cancers, an organ transplant, kidney disease and other conditions linked to immunosuppression. Continue reading... |
| Darling buds: how best friends keep us healthy and happy Posted: 22 Jan 2022 09:00 AM PST Strong social networks have been shown to improve wellbeing, but what are the extra perks of having a really close friend? And why are women more likely to have one? "We met when we were five. I don't know how I would have managed without her." As children, Barbara Kastelein, from Ashford in Kent, and her best friend, nicknamed "Tulip", both had alcoholic fathers. Their friendship was an escape from unhappy homes. The best friends are now both 55 and their relationship is as solid as ever. Barbara says they are more like sisters – and still there for each other during tough times. When Barbara's father died, Tulip drove for hours to be at the funeral and to help Barbara empty her father's flat. "I can't imagine life without her," says Barbara. "She is my guardian angel." Continue reading... |
| Posted: 22 Jan 2022 03:00 AM PST When inventor David Mayman took to the skies, it seemed he'd answered an age-old longing. So why did no one seem to care? We have jetpacks and we do not care. An Australian named David Mayman has invented a functioning jetpack and has flown it all over the world – once in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty – yet few people know his name. His jetpacks can be bought but no one is clamouring for one. For decades, humans have said they want jetpacks, and for thousands of years we have said we want to fly, but do we really? Look up. The sky is empty. Airlines are dealing with pilot shortages, and this promises to get far worse. A recent study found that, by 2025, we can expect a worldwide shortfall of 34,000 commercial pilots. With smaller aircraft, the trends are similar. Hang-gliding has all but disappeared. Ultralight aircraft makers are barely staying afloat. (One manufacturer, Air Création, sold only one vehicle in the US last year.) With every successive year, we have more passengers and fewer pilots. Meanwhile, one of the most dreamed of forms of flight – jetpacks – exists, but Mayman can't get anyone's attention. Continue reading... |
| ‘House of Trump is crumbling’: why ex-president’s legal net is tightening Posted: 21 Jan 2022 11:00 PM PST Some Trumpland observers are convinced that he is in serious legal trouble as New York's AG investigation of Trump Organizations's finances intensifies When Donald Trump announced plans in 2006 to build a golf complex on ancient sand dunes on the Aberdeenshire coast in Scotland he told reporters it was love at first sight. "As soon as I saw it there was no question about it," he said. It would be the world's "greatest golf course". This week Trump International Scotland became a central element of a case that looks poised to dominate his post-presidential life, and could even put him behind bars. Continue reading... |
| Pedro Almodóvar on Spain’s tragic past: ‘You can’t ask people to forget’ Posted: 22 Jan 2022 01:00 AM PST With his new film Parallel Mothers, the director dials down the camp to address the shadow of fascism hanging over his homeland Pedro Almodóvar is in Madrid at his production company El Deseo (The Desire). El Deseo could not be a more fitting name: desire has been at the heart of his films. All sorts of desire: for love, sex, justice, acceptance and truth. Behind him are DVDs, books and a phalanx of awards. He has five Baftas, five Goyas and is the only Spanish director to have won two Oscars (best foreign film in 1999 for All About My Mother and best original screenplay for Talk to Her in 2002). He is sitting on a purple chair, wearing a pink jumper, his hair quiffed into a punky white meringue. You suspect that every colour in Almodóvar's life has been carefully handpicked – just as in his films. His back is ramrod straight, his manner both warm and regal. Almodóvar is a man used to being in control, and today there is a translator (despite his fluent English), assistant and publicist at his service. When I met Almodóvar previously, in Madrid in 2004, he was tense throughout our conversation, and only began to relax after the interview. At the end, he gave me a copy of a calendar I had admired, featuring pictures he had shot on location. He signed it "Things are simpler and yet more complicated". Somehow, it seems to sum up his films and worldview perfectly. Continue reading... |
| Sir Mo Farah: ‘I would have loved to play for Arsenal’ Posted: 22 Jan 2022 06:00 AM PST The athlete, 38, talks about winning the Olympics in London, jogging down the Thames, his strict training regime and how often he shaves his head I don't have many memories of growing up in Somalia – I was so young. I remember coming to the UK, age eight, going to school – even though I couldn't speak any English – and suddenly having all these friends to play with. I owe a lot to my PE teacher, Mr Watkinson. He saw me running around the playground, he watched me run in a figure of eight around the gym. Then he thought: "That kid is good at running." He encouraged me to join a local running club. We're still in touch. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 22 Jan 2022 02:00 AM PST When the writer retrained in medicine, she never imagined she'd be working through a pandemic. She describes how she has coped with the everyday tragedy by putting her experience into words In February 2020, when the novelist and doctor Roopa Farooki first sat down to write her latest book, coronavirus was "something that was kind of buzzing around" in the background. "Those of us going to work every day in a hospital, we weren't really aware of it; we were just blindly doing our job, day by day, patient by patient. Knowing there was this thing happening, but it was insidious. There was a clue here or there, but we weren't absolutely sure how far it would affect us, or how far it would change us." Farooki's sister Kiron had just died of breast cancer. Kiron was 48, a solicitor and a mother. She had previously been unwell, but the cancer had gone into remission. "We thought she had beaten this thing," says Farooki. Her sister was straight-talking, fierce in her love, prone to doling out advice whether Farooki wanted to hear it or not. "She was super-amazing at everything she did." To process it all, Farooki did what she has done since she was a little girl: she wrote about it. "Before she passed away, she saw that I was thinking about her and writing about it. She wasn't angry about it. But you always worry when you write about someone that you're twisting yourself into someone else's tragedy." Continue reading... |
| From conference highs to the abyss: the swift undoing of Boris Johnson Posted: 22 Jan 2022 02:00 AM PST Less than four months ago, the PM was riding high and telling jokes in Manchester, a world away from where he is now It was not meant to fall apart as fast as this. After Boris Johnson won the general election in December 2019, he declared in a victory address: "I, and we, will never take your support for granted." The prime minister's 80-seat majority, a victory for the "get Brexit done" campaign, appeared to leave him impregnable. For 18 months after, Johnson continued to defy political gravity despite repeated missteps, as the pandemic came to Britain's shores. Continue reading... |
| ‘Go-to place for film lovers’: Birmingham’s Electric cinema reopens Posted: 22 Jan 2022 12:00 AM PST Owners want to bring venue up to date while maintaining heritage of cinema that first opened in 1909 In the 112 years since it began, the Electric cinema in Birmingham has lived through the history of film-making. When it first opened its doors in 1909 it showed silent movies with a piano backing, rolling newsreels and cartoons in the 30s, adult films in the 60s, and blockbusters in the 80s. But the Covid pandemic nearly marked the end of what is believed to be the UK's oldest working cinema when its owners decided to sell up after more than a year of continuous closure. Continue reading... |
| At least 13 killed after immense explosion rocks western Ghana Posted: 21 Jan 2022 05:51 PM PST The blast, which flattened hundreds of buildings, followed a collision between a truck carrying mining explosives and a motorcycle At least 13 people have been killed after a truck carrying mining explosives collided with a motorcycle in western Ghana, sparking an explosion that has left hundreds of buildings destroyed. The accident happened around noon in Apiate, near the mining city of Bogoso, 300km (180 miles) west of the West African country's capital, Accra. Continue reading... |
| Kill the Bill and period protests: human rights this fortnight – in pictures Posted: 21 Jan 2022 11:30 PM PST A roundup of the coverage of the struggle for human rights and freedoms, from Cambodia to Costa Rica Continue reading... |
| NSW records 30 deaths, Victoria 20, Qld 10, SA three and Tasmania one – as it happened Posted: 21 Jan 2022 10:54 PM PST Australia to scrap PCR test requirement for international arrivals; Triple J counts down Hottest 100. This blog is now closed
Health minister Greg Hunt has been talking to reporters in Canberra. He was asked about the decision of the Western Australian government to vacate the 5 February border opening date. He said WA's border opening was "very much a matter for the WA government", but then says several things which sound like criticising the WA government. We understand many families will be disappointed, their ability to meet loved ones, their ability to see beautiful young babies or to be present for weddings. That's all been deferred. It is a matter for Western Australia and so we recognise that that's a decision for the one government. Continue reading... |
| Vulnerable Malians could ‘pay the price’ of heavy sanctions, warn aid groups Posted: 21 Jan 2022 04:25 AM PST NGOs call for aid exemption to EU-backed sanctions imposed after election postponement and arrival of Russian paramilitary More than a dozen aid organisations have called for humanitarian exemptions to heavy sanctions imposed on Mali after the military leadership postponed planned February elections. The EU has announced support for the sanctions imposed earlier this month by the Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas), which include closing borders and a trade embargo. Continue reading... |
| From Afghanistan to Italy: a teenage ski champion flees the Taliban – in pictures Posted: 21 Jan 2022 01:30 AM PST Until August last year, 18-year-old Nazira Khairzad lived a carefree existence with her family in the foothills of the Bamyan mountains. She loves sport and was a champion skier, but when the Taliban took over she decided to flee, leaving her old life behind. Photojournalist Rick Findler documented her attempts to settle into a new life Continue reading... |
| Female leadership is good for the world. Just look at Barbados Posted: 20 Jan 2022 11:45 PM PST Mia Mottley is just one of a raft of strong women across the Caribbean and South America tackling society's most pressing issues. The world could learn a lot from them There is a common misconception that the developing world is full of archaic values and that women struggle to have their voices heard. The more countries I visit and the more female leaders I speak to, the more I am convinced the contrary is true. In fact, those in positions of power worldwide could learn important lessons from these strong women when it comes to tackling some of society's most pressing issues, including pandemics, the climate crisis, education and infrastructure. Continue reading... |
| Guatemala’s economy buoyed by record $15bn sent home from workers overseas Posted: 20 Jan 2022 11:15 PM PST Critics accuse the country's government of doing nothing to stop the 'escape valve' of migration as it covers up their lack of spending The amount of money Guatemalans living abroad send home to their families reached record levels in 2021. Remittances rose to more than $15bn (£11bn) in 2021, an increase of 35% on the previous year. The unprecedented rise prompted experts to question the political will to tackle the migration crisis when remittances from the US contribute so much to the Guatemalan economy. Continue reading... |
| Taliban launch raids on homes of Afghan women’s rights activists Posted: 20 Jan 2022 01:24 PM PST Campaigners arrested by armed men days after anti-hijab protest in Kabul, with beatings reported Taliban gunmen have raided the homes of women's rights activists in Kabul, beating and arresting female campaigners in a string of actions apparently triggered by recent demonstrations. Tamana Zaryabi Paryani and Parawana Ibrahimkhel, who participated in a series of protests held in Kabul over the last few months, were seized on Wednesday night by armed men claiming to be from the Taliban intelligence department. Continue reading... |
| After Democrats’ historic defeat on voting rights, what happens next? Posted: 20 Jan 2022 11:00 PM PST In an extremely bruising loss for Biden, Republicans used the filibuster to block the sweeping bill from passing For a little over a year, America has faced a democratic crisis unlike any it has seen in recent history. As Republicans have spread lies about the 2020 presidential election, confidence in it remains staggeringly low and about 1 in 3 Americans now believe Joe Biden was not legitimately elected. Republicans who claim the election was stolen are trying to grab key election administration roles, prompting unprecedented alarm that a future election could be overturned. Continue reading... |
| Mixed messages? How end of Covid plan B could change behaviour in England Posted: 20 Jan 2022 11:00 PM PST Analysis: Experts say when the rules are relaxed there tends to be a gradual erosion of protective behaviours All plan B measures in England will be lifted next week, meaning an end to compulsory mask-wearing in shops, vaccine certificates for entering venues, and guidance to work from home. But are the public ready to embrace these freedoms just weeks after Covid cases in the UK hit a record high and with daily deaths higher now than when the measures were introduced? Some are likely to feel more than ready to cast aside restrictions that have been financially and personally cumbersome, while others may fear things are moving too quickly. Regardless of the range of attitudes, changing the rules will shift behaviour. Continue reading... |
| Covid-19 map of the US: latest cases state by state Posted: 20 Jan 2022 07:32 AM PST The US emerged as an early hotspot for the coronavirus and it continues to have some of the highest case and death rates in the world. It leads the world in both confirmed Covid-19 cases and deaths, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. It's important to point out that the actual death toll is believed to be far higher than the tally compiled from government figures. |
| Skier captures spectacular northern lights display in Finland – video Posted: 22 Jan 2022 05:28 AM PST A skier in northern Finland was treated to a stunning display as the vivid aurora borealis and a bright moon shone in the sky early on Saturday 15 January. Jari Romppainen filmed the footage in Ranua, a municipality in the Finnish province of Lapland. According to Finland's national tourist site, the northern lights are visible for about 200 nights a year from Lapland
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| Ukraine: Blinken says talks with Russia’s Lavrov were ‘frank and substantive’ – video Posted: 21 Jan 2022 01:11 PM PST The US secretary of state described talks in Geneva with his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov, intended to reduce tensions that have risen since Russia massed troops near Ukraine's border, as 'frank and substantive'. But Antony Blinken repeated the US and Nato's position that there could still be no compromise on the central issue of the right of Ukraine and other countries to join Nato in the future Continue reading... |
| Yemen: drone footage shows scale of destruction after airstrike on prison – video Posted: 21 Jan 2022 10:39 AM PST An airstrike on a prison in northern Yemen has killed at least 60 people and wounded 200 more. The violence marked an especially deadly day in the seven-year war, leaving bystanders searching through rubble with their bare hands to rescue those trapped in the detention centre in Sa'ada. Overwhelmed nearby hospitals said they had been forced to turn away some of the injured. The attack comes five days after the Houthis claimed a drone-and-missile attack on Abu Dhabi that killed three people Continue reading... |
| 'I thought of God and my family': Tongan survivor on spending 24 hours at sea – video Posted: 21 Jan 2022 07:31 AM PST Lisala Folau, a survivor of the Tonga tsunami, spoke on Friday of being swept to sea from the island of Atata. 'The scariest part of the ordeal for me was when the waves took me from land into the sea,' he told Sky News. The 57-year-old was swept away by a tsunami generated by a volcanic eruption on 15 January. Folau, a retired carpenter with a motion disability, managed to stay afloat for more than a day and make his way across the sea to the main island of Tongatapu. He said his faith in God and his family were the two things that occupied his thoughts while he was helpless at sea Continue reading... |
| Mitch McConnell under fire after saying African Americans vote as much as 'Americans' – video Posted: 20 Jan 2022 11:40 PM PST Top Senate Republican Mitch McConnell has been criticised after saying that Black Americans vote 'in just as high a percentage as Americans'. The comment came after Senate Democrats failed to pass voting rights protections in the run-up to this November's midterm elections that will determine control of Congress in 2023. A reporter asked McConnell if he had a message for voters of color who were concerned that, without the John R Lewis Voting Rights Act, they were not going to be able to vote in the midterm. 'Well, the concern is misplaced because, if you look at the statistics, African American voters are voting in just as high a percentage as Americans,' McConnell said Continue reading... |
| Love jihad: India's lethal religious conspiracy theory – video Posted: 20 Jan 2022 09:00 PM PST The mutilated body of a 24-year-old Muslim, Arbaaz Aftab Mullah, was discovered on a railway track near his home. His family believe he was murdered because of his interfaith relationship with a Hindu woman and that he is one of the latest victims of the 'love jihad' conspiracy theory, which has swept across groups of Hindu nationalists in India. The theory claims that Muslim men are seducing Hindu women and luring them into marriage in order to convert them to Islam. The claims are baseless, yet the consequences are real Continue reading... |
| Deadly explosion in Ghana leaves huge crater after a mining truck accident – video Posted: 20 Jan 2022 03:34 PM PST A massive crater has been formed in the ground following an explosion in Ghana's rural west. The explosion happened when a truck carrying explosives to a gold mine collided with a motorcycle. Multiple people are believed to have been killed. Footage shows widespread damage to houses nearby Continue reading... |
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