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- US finalizing plans to divert gas to Europe if Russia cuts off supply
- Long Covid: doctors find ‘antibody signature’ for patients most at risk
- No 10 parties: police will uncover evidence not in Gray report, say ex-staffers
- Descendants of Italy’s last king attempt to reclaim crown jewels
- Mexico: Canadians killed at resort over international gang debts, police say
- Native American tribes reclaim California redwood land for preservation
- Woman who survived Auschwitz and Sarajevo siege dies aged 97
- Covid denialist and Bolsonaro ally Olavo de Carvalho died of virus, says daughter
- Republicans angry as New York keeps school mask mandate despite ruling
- Serbia extradites Bahraini dissident in cooperation with Interpol
- Peter Dinklage criticises Disney for ‘backwards’ remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
- ‘Peace, freedom, no dictatorship!’: Germans protest against Covid restrictions
- Netflix’s Byron Baes cast appear to flout NSW Covid measures in Instagram videos
- Robert F Kennedy Jr apologizes for Anne Frank comparison in anti-vax speech
- Patient removed from heart transplant list for refusing Covid-19 vaccine
- ‘I wanted to try cocaine, but Jimi was against it’: Janis Ian on her tough, starlit life in music
- Emily the Criminal review – Aubrey Plaza charges taut thriller
- Big Dog was now The Suspect, but at least Gray’s report would be delayed… Oh. | John Crace
- ‘Fifty years of resistance’: Aboriginal Tent Embassy began with an umbrella and became a symbol of sovereignty
- Let the wild rumpus start: is the US facing a stock market ‘super-bubble’?
- Bob Dylan sells entire recorded catalogue to Sony Music Entertainment
- Taming the Garden review – fascinating study of a billionaire’s destructive folly
- Met’s ‘partygate’ inquiry is latest run-in between police and politics
- Biden warns Russia of ‘enormous consequences’ if it invades Ukraine – live
- Former Irish soldier was prepared to die for Islamic State, court hears
- At least four killed after tropical Storm Ana hits Malawi and Mozambique
- ‘Three times a hero’: second officer who was shot in Harlem dies from injuries
- Liz Truss: why EU praise for foreign secretary may be unwanted
- Australia news live update: Dylan Alcott is Australian of the Year; Invasion Day protests planned; NSW to record millionth Covid case
- ‘Virginity repair’ surgery to be banned in Britain under new bill
- UN data reveals ‘nearly insurmountable’ scale of lost schooling due to Covid
- Workers paid less than minimum wage to pick berries destined for UK supermarkets
- Governments around the world used Covid to erode human rights – report
- Reparations to the Caribbean could break the cycle of corruption – and China’s grip | Kenneth Mohammed
- Child Covid infections are rising in England – is low vaccine rate a factor?
- A letter to New Zealand, from Covid-ravaged Australia | Brigid Delaney
- Heavy snow blankets Athens and Istanbul – in pictures
- Joe Biden appears to mock Fox News reporter in hot mic moment – video
- Ukraine: US puts 8,500 troops on alert to deploy to bolster Nato – video
| US finalizing plans to divert gas to Europe if Russia cuts off supply Posted: 25 Jan 2022 11:01 AM PST Officials working with global suppliers to avoid European gas crisis in the event that flow from Russia is cut by Putin The US has helped prepare for the diversion of natural gas supplies from around the world to Europe in the event that the flow from Russia is cut, in an effort to blunt Vladimir Putin's most powerful economic weapon. As fears of an invasion of Ukraine have grown, US officials said on Tuesday that they had been negotiating with global suppliers, and they were now confident that Europe would not suffer from a sudden loss of energy for heating in the middle of winter. Continue reading... |
| Long Covid: doctors find ‘antibody signature’ for patients most at risk Posted: 25 Jan 2022 08:00 AM PST Low levels of certain antibodies found to be more common in those who go on to develop long Covid Doctors have discovered an "antibody signature" that can help identify patients most at risk of developing long Covid, a condition where debilitating symptoms of the disease can persist for many months. Researchers at University hospital Zurich analysed blood from Covid patients and found that low levels of certain antibodies were more common in those who developed long Covid than in patients who swiftly recovered. Continue reading... |
| No 10 parties: police will uncover evidence not in Gray report, say ex-staffers Posted: 25 Jan 2022 11:05 AM PST Senior Tory suggests officials will not hold back from the police like they might with Sue Gray The police investigation into Downing Street parties is set to uncover evidence which has not yet been submitted to the Sue Gray inquiry, according to former No 10 staffers. The prime minister's ex-chief adviser, Dominic Cummings, had previously warned that officials were deeply uncomfortable with handing over some evidence to the inquiry, believing they could face retribution for damaging information. Continue reading... |
| Descendants of Italy’s last king attempt to reclaim crown jewels Posted: 25 Jan 2022 07:50 AM PST Items have been in storage since 1946, when Umberto II was banished as Italians voted to abolish monarchy Descendants of the last king of Italy have made their first formal request to reclaim the crown jewels, which for almost 76 years have been stashed in a treasure chest in a safety deposit box at the Bank of Italy amid a long-running mystery over their ownership. The bank took delivery of the jewels, comprising more than 6,000 diamonds and 2,000 pearls mounted on brooches and necklaces worn by various queens and princesses, on 5 June 1946, three days after Italians voted to abolish the monarchy and nine days before King Umberto II, who ruled for just 34 days, was banished into exile along with his male heirs. Continue reading... |
| Mexico: Canadians killed at resort over international gang debts, police say Posted: 25 Jan 2022 12:54 PM PST Shooting of pair on Caribbean coast allegedly linked to 'transnational illegal activities that the victims participated in' The killing of two Canadians at a resort on Mexico's Caribbean coast last week was motivated by debts between international gangs apparently dedicated to drug and weapons trafficking, according to a senior Mexican prosecutor. "The investigations indicate that this attack was motivated by debts that arose from transnational illegal activities that the victims participated in," said Oscar Montes, the chief prosecutor of the Quintana Roo state, on Tuesday. "The information [is] that they were involved in weapons and drug trafficking, among other crimes." Continue reading... |
| Native American tribes reclaim California redwood land for preservation Posted: 25 Jan 2022 11:32 AM PST Group of 10 tribes inhabiting the area since thousands of years will be responsible for protecting the land dubbed Tc'ih-Léh-Dûñ The descendants of Native American tribes on the northern California coast are reclaiming part of their ancestral homeland, including ancient redwoods that have stood since their forebears walked the land. Save the Redwoods League, a non-profit conservation group, announced Tuesday that it is transferring more than 500 acres (202 hectares) on the Lost Coast to the InterTribal Sinkyone Wilderness Council. Continue reading... |
| Woman who survived Auschwitz and Sarajevo siege dies aged 97 Posted: 25 Jan 2022 12:46 PM PST Greta Weinfeld Ferušić survived both the Nazi death camp and the nearly four-year siege during the Bosnian war A woman who survived both the Auschwitz death camp and the Sarajevo siege in the 1990s has died, according to representatives of Bosnia's Jewish community. Greta Ferušić Weinfeld died on Monday aged 97. Continue reading... |
| Covid denialist and Bolsonaro ally Olavo de Carvalho died of virus, says daughter Posted: 25 Jan 2022 08:25 AM PST Rightwing radical was a towering figure in Brazil who was adored and abhorred in equal measure by millions of followers and foes Olavo de Carvalho, the coronavirus-denying mentor of Jair Bolsonaro and Brazil's radical right, has died in the United States, with one of his children citing Covid-19 as the cause. "The family … asks for prayers for the professor's soul," relatives said on Twitter after announcing the death of the 74-year-old polemicist – a towering figure in contemporary Brazilian politics who was adored and abhorred in equal measure by millions of followers and foes. Continue reading... |
| Republicans angry as New York keeps school mask mandate despite ruling Posted: 25 Jan 2022 11:13 AM PST Governor Kathy Hochul has insisted students and teachers should continue to wear face covering despite a judge's ruling Republicans in New York reacted furiously on Tuesday after state officials told school administrators to continue enforcing a mask mandate for students and teachers despite a judge overturning it, causing confusion as some districts rushed to make masks optional. Lee Zeldin, a US congressman from Long Island, addressed the governor he hopes to replace in November. Continue reading... |
| Serbia extradites Bahraini dissident in cooperation with Interpol Posted: 25 Jan 2022 07:33 AM PST Move comes despite European court of human rights injunction saying that it should be postponed Serbian authorities have extradited a Bahraini dissident in cooperation with Interpol despite an injunction by the European court of human rights, in the first test for the international policing organisation under the presidency of a top Emirati security official. Authorities in Belgrade approved the extradition of Ahmed Jaafar Mohamed Ali to Bahrain earlier this week. Days earlier the ECHR had issued an injunction saying the extradition should be postponed until after 25 February to allow Serbian authorities time to provide more information to the court, which was responding to a request by the Belgrade Centre for Human Rights to consider Ali's case. Continue reading... |
| Peter Dinklage criticises Disney for ‘backwards’ remake of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Posted: 25 Jan 2022 04:52 AM PST Actor who has a form of dwarfism says the studio's pride in casting a Latina Snow White is undercut by stereotypes retained elsewhere Game of Thrones actor Peter Dinklage has taken aim at Disney for what he called its "fucking backwards" forthcoming live action adaptation of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. Dinklage, who stars in Joe Wright's new film, Cyrano, accused the studio of double standards by attending to racial diversity in its cast but falling back on other damaging stereotypes. Continue reading... |
| ‘Peace, freedom, no dictatorship!’: Germans protest against Covid restrictions Posted: 25 Jan 2022 09:22 AM PST The university city of Cottbus held one of 2,000 rallies across Germany on Monday, stoked by the far right On Monday evening on the dot of 7pm people emerged from dimly lit side streets and gathered on the Oberkirchplatz square in Cottbus for what has become a weekly ritual in towns and cities across Germany: a protest against coronavirus protection measures. The demonstrations have grown in strength as cases of the Omicron variant have surged, and in recent weeks a looming decision on bringing in a vaccine mandate has become the focus of protesters' ire. More than 2,000 rallies were held nationwide on Monday, drawing tens of thousands of participants. Continue reading... |
| Netflix’s Byron Baes cast appear to flout NSW Covid measures in Instagram videos Posted: 25 Jan 2022 08:30 AM PST Covid cases in the Byron Bay area have exploded since December Cast members of the Netflix reality series Byron Baes have posted videos to social media of people dancing to live music at a crowded Byron Bay venue in apparent contravention of New South Wales Covid measures. Two of the show's other stars have posted videos in the days after receiving positive Covid tests that appear to show them out in public. Continue reading... |
| Robert F Kennedy Jr apologizes for Anne Frank comparison in anti-vax speech Posted: 25 Jan 2022 09:48 AM PST
The anti-vaccine activist Robert F Kennedy Jr apologized on Tuesday for suggesting things are worse for people living under Covid restrictions and mandates than they were for Anne Frank, the teenager who died in a Nazi concentration camp after hiding with her family in a secret annex in an Amsterdam house for two years. His wife, the actor Cheryl Hines, who appears in the HBO hit Curb Your Enthusiasm, distanced herself from her husband in her own tweet on the subject. She called the reference to Frank "reprehensible and insensitive". Continue reading... |
| Patient removed from heart transplant list for refusing Covid-19 vaccine Posted: 25 Jan 2022 09:51 AM PST DJ Ferguson, 31, had previously been prioritized for a transplant by Brigham and Women's hospital in Boston A Boston-area hospital said it will not perform a heart transplant on a patient who refuses to get a Covid-19 vaccination. DJ Ferguson, 31, was previously prioritized for a heart transplant at Brigham and Women's hospital, but is no longer eligible as he refuses to get vaccinated, said Ferguson's family, according to a report by CBS Boston. Continue reading... |
| ‘I wanted to try cocaine, but Jimi was against it’: Janis Ian on her tough, starlit life in music Posted: 25 Jan 2022 07:04 AM PST Hendrix and Janis Joplin warned her off drugs, she sang for James Brown and Salvador Dalí offered to paint her. Janis Ian's confessional folk-pop is still sensational – so why is she retiring from recording? 'I learned the truth at 17 / That love was meant for beauty queens / And high school girls with clear-skinned smiles / Who married young and then retired." Janis Ian's At Seventeen is an indelible portrait of life from the perspective of a socially awkward unattractive teen, inspired by a newspaper article that the singer-songwriter read about a young woman who thought her life would be perfect. "I learned the truth at 18," the girl told the journalist. Ian changed her age and spent three months working on the intimate and confessional lyrics. "You couldn't write a song like that without having gone through it," Ian says, video-calling from her home in New Jersey. Now 70, her hair is short and white, no longer the dark curls she sported on her album covers during the 60s and 70s. "The first time I sang At Seventeen in public I did it with my eyes closed. I felt like I was naked and I was sure the audience was going to be laughing." Continue reading... |
| Emily the Criminal review – Aubrey Plaza charges taut thriller Posted: 25 Jan 2022 11:53 AM PST A gig worker turns to credit card fraud in a tense debut feature with an electrifying central performance It's hard to really blame Emily (Aubrey Plaza) for choosing a life of crime. A low-paid service gig brings nothing but stress. A seemingly inescapable student loan is gathering interest by the day. A couple of minor, years-back criminal charges have closed off a world of employment. It's a familiar predicament that plagues many in America and even though first-time writer-director John Patton Ford might only show it in the broadest of strokes, it's an effectively infuriating set-up. When Emily is offered an opportunity for an extra income, she nervously inches down the rabbit hole. It starts off simple. She's given a cloned credit card and has to buy a TV. She then takes it to her new bosses and gets paid $200. It's easier than she anticipated and soon she's doing it on the regular, edging closer to taskmaster Youcef (Theo Rossi) who slowly becomes more than her mentor. But how far is she willing to go? Emily the Criminal is showing at the Sundance film festival with a release date to be announced Continue reading... |
| Big Dog was now The Suspect, but at least Gray’s report would be delayed… Oh. | John Crace Posted: 25 Jan 2022 10:29 AM PST Boris Johnson's day goes from bad to worse, with only a hardcore of loyalists left defending him Big Dog was having a bad morning. Normally he could rely on Grant Shapps to put up a spirited defence of any government lie, which is why he had been sent out to do the morning media round. But not even the transport secretary had been bothered to put a positive spin on the latest birthday party revelations. He had even made the schoolboy error of calling a party a party, when everyone knew that word was a no-no inside No 10. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2022 08:30 AM PST 1972 was the first time many saw First Nations people confront the establishment. Now elders say it's a legacy for future generations In the middle of the night, four young Aboriginal men pitched a beach umbrella on the lawns opposite Parliament House and sat down. When dawn broke on 26 January 1972, a police officer came over to ask how long they intended to stay. "Until we get land rights," one of the four, Billy Craigie, told the officer. Above: Bobbi Sykes (with Gordon Briscoe) addresses a protest at the Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Canberra, July 1972. Below: The Aboriginal Tent Embassy, Parliament House in 1972. Images: Ken Whittington/National Archives Australia Continue reading... |
| Let the wild rumpus start: is the US facing a stock market ‘super-bubble’? Posted: 25 Jan 2022 10:35 AM PST After Jeremy Grantham's warning, analysts fear more volatility ahead – and will be watching tech's latest results with interest The tech sector led US stock markets on a pandemic boom last year. Now markets are whipsawing on fears that the Federal Reserve will end the era of easy money, all while a potential war in Ukraine looms. Some warn of a bigger correction to come on a scale not seen since the dotcom collapse of the late 1990s. On Monday, US stock markets crashed then rallied. The Dow Jones at one point lost more than 1,000 points before ending up just over 100. Tuesday was more of the same with the Dow losing 800 points only to gain most of it back. Analysts expect more volatile days ahead. The Fed on Wednesday issued its latest update on its plans to raise rates in order to curb inflation, and the world's largest tech firms are preparing to issue their latest results to investors, who appear to have grown more skeptical about their prospects. Continue reading... |
| Bob Dylan sells entire recorded catalogue to Sony Music Entertainment Posted: 25 Jan 2022 02:53 AM PST The deal covers all Dylan recordings dating from 1962 to future originals and reissues, and will explore 'new ways' to reach future generations Bob Dylan has sold his entire back catalogue of recorded music to Sony Music Entertainment, as well as the rights to multiple future releases, in a deal rumoured to be worth between $150m and $200m (£111m–£148m), Variety reports. The deal covers all Dylan recordings dating from 1962, including his self-titled debut album, which celebrates its 60th anniversary in March, and future releases and reissues in Dylan's celebrated Bootleg Series. Continue reading... |
| Taming the Garden review – fascinating study of a billionaire’s destructive folly Posted: 25 Jan 2022 08:00 AM PST Salomé Jashi's film follows the journey of hundreds of mature trees as they are uprooted across Georgia to populate a rich man's garden Like a sad, greedy king in some fairytale or parable, the Georgian billionaire and former prime minister Bidzina Ivanishvili set out, six years ago, to buy and uproot hundreds of magnificent mature trees and transport them at colossal expense and difficulty across Georgia to be transplanted in his own huge private garden. It sometimes involves taking a tree by water, along the Black Sea coast – a truly surreal image. Salomé Jashi's fascinating and deadpan film shows, in a series of tableau-type shots, the effect that these purchases are having up and down the land. Local workers squabble among themselves at the dangerous, strenuous, but nonetheless lucrative job of digging them up. The landowners and communities brood on the sizeable sums of money they are getting paid and Ivanishvili's promises that roads will also be built. But at the moment of truth, they are desolate when the Faustian bargain must be settled and the huge, ugly haulage trucks come to take their trees away in giant "pots" of earth, as if part of their natural soul is being confiscated. (Surely at least some of these trees will have died en route, although this is not revealed.) Continue reading... |
| Met’s ‘partygate’ inquiry is latest run-in between police and politics Posted: 25 Jan 2022 11:56 AM PST Analysis: Cressida Dick has had ringside seat for some of Met's past painful encounters with politicians The 48 hours before Cressida Dick's bombshell announcement of a criminal investigation into "partygate" was intense, busy and momentous for the leadership of the Metropolitan police. It was only on Sunday that the Met decided it had enough evidence to merit a criminal investigation into claims of parties in Downing Street and Whitehall, attended by those who made the onerous lockdown rules. Continue reading... |
| Biden warns Russia of ‘enormous consequences’ if it invades Ukraine – live Posted: 25 Jan 2022 01:34 PM PST
Staff turnover in the Biden administration is nowhere near what it was under Donald Trump, when senior aides came and went as through a revolving door in a hurricane. Nonetheless, the press always likes a bit of speculation about who might be in and who might be out, and here comes the Washington Post with an exhaustive examination of how Ron Klain, Joe Biden's chief of staff, has not had the smoothest first year in the job. Continue reading... |
| Former Irish soldier was prepared to die for Islamic State, court hears Posted: 25 Jan 2022 07:47 AM PST Lisa Smith 'enveloped' herself in the 'black flag of IS' in Syria, prosecutor says A former Irish soldier accused of joining Islamic State was prepared to die a martyr, a court in Dublin has heard. Lisa Smith, 39, from Dundalk, County Louth, has pleaded not guilty to being a member of the terrorist organisation between October 2015 and December 2019. Continue reading... |
| At least four killed after tropical Storm Ana hits Malawi and Mozambique Posted: 25 Jan 2022 08:23 AM PST Search and rescue operations under way as dozens reported missing in region battered by extreme weather in recent years At least four people have died and dozens are missing after strong winds and heavy downpours wreaked havoc in Malawi and Mozambique as Tropical Storm Ana made landfall on Monday. Almost 16,000 people in the south of Malawi have been affected, according to the Red Cross, as search and rescue operations continue after the first cyclone of the region's season. At least two people were killed and 66 injured in Mozambique on Monday and a further two people died on Tuesday in Malawi. Continue reading... |
| ‘Three times a hero’: second officer who was shot in Harlem dies from injuries Posted: 25 Jan 2022 12:27 PM PST Wilbert Mora's death follows the death on Friday of fellow officer Jason Rivera after they responded to a domestic violence call A second police officer who was shot on Friday in New York City while responding to a domestic violence call has died, the city's police commissioner said on Tuesday. Keechant Sewell called officer Wilbert Mora, 27, "three times a hero" as she announced his death. Continue reading... |
| Liz Truss: why EU praise for foreign secretary may be unwanted Posted: 25 Jan 2022 12:05 PM PST Analysis: minister has been attacked in Chinese media, but Maroš Šefčovič's warm remarks could be of more concern It was only a few months ago that Liz Truss, perhaps best known until recently for her strong feelings about the "disgrace" that is imported cheese, was appointed foreign secretary. Some had questioned Truss's suitability for the role given a patchy record in the cabinet, but the liberty-loving minister has seemingly already made a mark on the global stage. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 25 Jan 2022 01:33 PM PST Gina Rinehart among record number of women to receive Australia Day honours as the Aboriginal Tent Embassy marks '50 years of resistance'. Follow all the day's news
A leading health expert has warned of the potential spread of the virulent Omicron Covid-19 strain during events today as large crowds gather for protest or celebration, AAP reports. Jane Halton, chair of the coalition for epidemic preparedness and former health department head, says the closer people pack together the more likely it is the virus will spread. We know it's highly infectious and the closer everyone gets together, the more the likelihood you'll be close to someone whose got Covid and therefore the greater the likelihood you'll contract it. People should be careful. What we don't want to see is a big increase in cases. I don't think we should be cancelling things. I just think people should be courteous, thoughtful, and a little bit careful. Continue reading... |
| ‘Virginity repair’ surgery to be banned in Britain under new bill Posted: 25 Jan 2022 06:23 AM PST Move to outlaw procedures to reconstruct the hymen welcomed by campaigners and survivors of 'honour'-based abuse "Virginity repair" surgery known as hymenoplasty has no place in the medical world, British healthcare professionals were warned today, as legislation to criminalise the practice was introduced by the government. An amendment added to the health and care bill on Monday will make it illegal to perform any procedure that aims to reconstruct the hymen, with or without consent. Continue reading... |
| UN data reveals ‘nearly insurmountable’ scale of lost schooling due to Covid Posted: 24 Jan 2022 11:45 PM PST Up to 70% of 10-year-olds in low- and middle-income countries lack basic reading skills, with learning losses seen from US to Ethiopia The scale of the number of children who have lost out on their schooling during the pandemic is "nearly insurmountable", according to UN data. Up to 70% of 10-year-olds in low- and middle-income countries cannot read or understand a simple text, up from 53% pre-Covid, the research suggested. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Workers paid less than minimum wage to pick berries destined for UK supermarkets Posted: 24 Jan 2022 10:30 PM PST Exclusive: Workers in Portugal picking berries ending up on the shelves of Marks & Spencer, Waitrose and Tesco allege exploitative conditions
Farm workers in Portugal appear to have been working illegally long hours picking berries destined for Marks & Spencer, Tesco and Waitrose for less than the minimum wage, according to a Guardian investigation. Speaking anonymously, for fear of retribution from their employers, workers claimed the hours listed on their payslips were often fewer than the hours they had actually worked. Continue reading... |
| Governments around the world used Covid to erode human rights – report Posted: 24 Jan 2022 10:00 PM PST Transparency International ranking reveals decade of standstill on tackling corruption, with many countries reaching historic lows in 2021 The global fight against corruption has been at a standstill for a decade, with 86% of countries either worsening or making no progress in tackling the problem, and with numerous governments accused of using the pandemic to erode human rights and democracy, a report has found. Transparency International's annual corruption ranking, published on Tuesday, also found countries that violate civil liberties consistently have low scores, underlining how failure to tackle corruption exacerbates human rights abuses and undermines democracy. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 24 Jan 2022 09:01 PM PST The belt and road initiative is ensnaring vulnerable countries in debt via corrupt infrastructure projects. Slavery reparations from former colonial powers could help turn the tide As Transparency International (TI) publishes their annual Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) this week, it will be interesting to see where certain countries land: 2021 has been a bumper year for corruption. In Britain, corruption has been on the minds of journalists, academics and practitioners alike, as Boris Johnson tries to get himself run out, the only hope of him continuing his innings lying with Sue Gray. Continue reading... |
| Child Covid infections are rising in England – is low vaccine rate a factor? Posted: 25 Jan 2022 10:56 AM PST Analysis: school absences are soaring, but experts disagree about the importance of vaccinating young children Covid cases in the UK have fallen sharply in the past few weeks, and hospital admissions appeared to have turned a corner. But now, it seems, the situation has stalled, with cases bobbing around 90,000 a day. The reason for the change is that while case rates are falling among adults, they are rising among children – where vaccination rates remain sluggish. Continue reading... |
| A letter to New Zealand, from Covid-ravaged Australia | Brigid Delaney Posted: 25 Jan 2022 10:00 AM PST Omicron has played out in a series of strange stages in Australia. Here's what to expect when the wave hits Dear New Zealand, Kia ora! Continue reading... |
| Heavy snow blankets Athens and Istanbul – in pictures Posted: 24 Jan 2022 05:41 PM PST A rare snowstorm has hit the capital of Greece as well as Turkey's largest city, disrupting traffic, closing schools and coating tourist sites in white Continue reading... |
| Joe Biden appears to mock Fox News reporter in hot mic moment – video Posted: 24 Jan 2022 05:19 PM PST Joe Biden has been caught on a hot mic apparently referring to a Fox News reporter as a 'stupid son of a bitch'. As journalists left a meeting, the Fox News White House reporter Peter Doocy asked whether Biden thought inflation was a political liability ahead of the midterms. 'No, it's a great asset – more inflation,' Biden appeared to respond sarcastically over a din of reporters shouting questions, apparently not realizing his microphone was still on. 'What a stupid son of a bitch,' he added Continue reading... |
| Ukraine: US puts 8,500 troops on alert to deploy to bolster Nato – video Posted: 24 Jan 2022 03:35 PM PST The US military has put up to 8,500 troops on alert to be ready to deploy to Europe, potentially at very short notice, should the Nato alliance activate a rapid response force. It's the latest sign of US resolve in the face of a Russian military buildup near Ukraine. The Pentagon spokesman John Kirby stressed that no decision had been made on whether to deploy the troops, and that any such deployment would separate from intra-European movements of US troops to Nato's eastern flank, to reassure nervous allies. The White House press secretary, Jen Psaki, told US citizens in Ukraine that 'now is the time to leave' Continue reading... |
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