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- Elizabeth Holmes trial: jury finds Theranos founder guilty on four fraud counts
- Tesla criticised for opening showroom in Xinjiang despite human rights abuses
- Detained, missing, close to death: the toll of reporting on Covid in China
- Double defector who returned to North Korea ‘struggled financially’ in South
- Past convictions for homosexual activity to be wiped from records, Patel to announce
- Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre’s legal deal with Jeffrey Epstein released
- Nirvana Nevermind baby cover artwork lawsuit dismissed
- Pittsburgh New Year’s Day meteor explosion equivalent to 30 tonnes of TNT, says Nasa
- Capitol attack panel in race against time as Trump allies seek to run out clock
- Evergrande shares rise as they resume trading after suspension
- ‘No worries’: how America came to banish Australia’s go-to phrase
- Covid-positive nurses are working in NSW hospitals due to severe staffing shortages
- ‘He gave his daughters wings to fly’: lives of 14 people lost to Covid
- New Zealand Covid experts take legal action against employer over alleged failure to protect them from abuse
- NHS trusts in England declare critical incidents amid Covid staff crisis
- A crisis of faith in South Africa: ‘People have given up on the state’
- ‘I saw a big set of white teeth coming towards me’: the people who survived terrifying wild animal attacks
- ‘We need to respect the process of healing’: a GP on the overlooked art of recovery
- What I saw at the Theranos trial: long lines, superfans and the enduring power of Elizabeth Holmes
- Dank, ancient and quite fantastic: Scotland’s peat bogs breathe again
- ‘We were the AYBs – the angry young Blacks’: the art movement that rocked Thatcher’s Britain
- Missing in action: this season’s most overlooked movie performances
- Teenager charged with murder after fatal stabbing in Hillingdon
- Covid live news: US sets global record of 1m daily cases; Delhi imposes weekend curfew to curb Omicron spread
- Sydney festival boycott: more than 20 acts withdraw over Israeli funding
- ‘I’d been set up’: the LGBTQ Kenyans ‘catfished’ for money via dating apps
- ‘It just seems like a big scam’: diabetics criticize Biden’s insulin proposal
- Canadian court awards $107m to families of Iran plane crash victims
- Doherty Institute boss says rapid antigen tests should be free in Australia
- ‘We can transition to a better country’: a trans Colombian on diversity in ecology and society
- House of healing: the Honduran sanctuary for female rights defenders
- When will Omicron peak in the UK and is the modelling wrong?
- Why Europe’s Muslims are braced for France’s stint running the EU presidency | Shada Islam
- Masks in schools: several EU countries already enforce them in primaries
- What impact will Omicron have on UK children and schools?
- Morrison government 'responsible for largest public policy failure', says Labor – video
- Bear caught on camera stealing kill from wolves in Yellowstone park – video
- Timelapse footage shows Cape Town parliament blaze flaring up again – video
- Minister tells people trying to get Covid tests to 'just refresh webpage' – video
- Colombia’s former Alcatraz: from prison to national park – in pictures
- Passengers rescued from mountaintop cable cars in New Mexico – video
- Cape Town fire: smoke rises as parliament burns – video
| Elizabeth Holmes trial: jury finds Theranos founder guilty on four fraud counts Posted: 04 Jan 2022 02:23 AM PST The jury delivered the verdict after announcing they were deadlocked on three of the 11 charges faced by Holmes Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, has been found guilty on four of 11 charges of fraud, concluding a high profile trial that captivated Silicon Valley and chronicled the missteps of the now-defunct blood testing startup. The jury found Holmes guilty of several charges – including conspiracy to defraud investors – following a dramatic day in which jurors said they remained deadlocked on three of the criminal counts she faced. Continue reading... |
| Tesla criticised for opening showroom in Xinjiang despite human rights abuses Posted: 03 Jan 2022 09:38 PM PST Elon Musk and Tesla must consider human rights in the Chinese region or risk being complicit, says Human Rights Watch Tesla has opened a new showroom in the capital of Xinjiang, a region at the heart of years-long campaign by Chinese authorities of repression and assimilation against the Uyghur people. Tesla announced the opening in Urumqi with a Weibo post on 31 December saying: "On the last day of 2021, we meet in Xinjiang. In 2022 let us together launch Xinjiang on its electric journey!" Continue reading... |
| Detained, missing, close to death: the toll of reporting on Covid in China Posted: 03 Jan 2022 09:30 PM PST Activists say crackdown is driven by Xi Jinping, who has 'declared a war on independent journalism' Chen Kun was living in Indonesia with his wife and daughter when he learned from his brother Mei's boss that he had been "taken away for investigation" by Chinese police. He immediately suspected it was to do with his brother's website, a citizen news project called Terminus 2049. Since 2018 Mei, his colleague Cai Wei, and Cai's partner – surnamed Tang – had been archiving articles about issues including #MeToo and migrant rights, and reposting them whenever they were deleted from China's strictly monitored and censored online platforms. It was April 2020, and for the last few months Terminus 2049 had been targeting stories about the Covid-19 outbreak and response. Continue reading... |
| Double defector who returned to North Korea ‘struggled financially’ in South Posted: 04 Jan 2022 02:36 AM PST Man's decision raises questions about treatment of defectors in South Korea with many said to face discrimination A North Korean defector who made a daring return to his home country at the weekend had reportedly struggled to build a new life in South Korea since his arrival just over a year ago. The man, who has not been named, crossed the heavily armed demilitarised zone [DMZ] that has divided North and South since the end of the 1950 to 1953 Korean war, on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| Past convictions for homosexual activity to be wiped from records, Patel to announce Posted: 04 Jan 2022 12:05 AM PST UK's disregards and pardons scheme set to be expanded to 'right wrongs of the past' Any conviction that was imposed on someone purely due to consensual homosexual activity under now-abolished laws will be included in a scheme aimed at "righting the wrongs of the past", the UK home secretary is set to announce. Priti Patel said more people would have convictions for same-sex sexual activity wiped from their records, as she sought to expand the government's disregards and pardons scheme from a narrow set of laws. Continue reading... |
| Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre’s legal deal with Jeffrey Epstein released Posted: 03 Jan 2022 11:28 AM PST Unsealing stems from Giuffre's sexual abuse lawsuit against duke, filed in Manhattan federal court in August Court papers unsealed on Monday revealed that Virginia Giuffre received $500,000 in a legal settlement with Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender whom she accused of sexual abuse. The unsealing stemmed from Giuffre's sexual abuse lawsuit against Prince Andrew, which she filed on 9 August in Manhattan federal court. Giuffre has long accused Epstein and his sometime girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell – now a convicted sex trafficker, after her New York trial – of forcing her into sex with the royal when she was 17. Continue reading... |
| Nirvana Nevermind baby cover artwork lawsuit dismissed Posted: 04 Jan 2022 01:24 AM PST Plaintiff Spencer Elden, who appeared as a naked baby on the album cover, claimed he was the victim of child sexual exploitation A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Nirvana made by Spencer Elden, who appeared as a naked baby on the cover of the band's classic 1991 album Nevermind, Spin magazine reports. In California District Court on Monday, Judge Fernando M Olguin dismissed the case "with leave to amend". Lawyers for Elden missed the deadline to file an opposition to the Nirvana estate's request to dismiss the case made in December. His team have until 13 January to refile. Continue reading... |
| Pittsburgh New Year’s Day meteor explosion equivalent to 30 tonnes of TNT, says Nasa Posted: 03 Jan 2022 07:24 PM PST If not for clouds, the half-tonne fireball would have been easily visible in the day, maybe about 100 times the brightness of a full moon A meteor that caused an earthshaking boom over suburban Pittsburgh on New Year's Day exploded in the atmosphere with an energy blast equivalent to an estimated 30 tonnes (27,200kg) of TNT, officials said. The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh initially responded, suggesting the most likely explanation was a "meteor explosion" as people took to social media in search of answers. Continue reading... |
| Capitol attack panel in race against time as Trump allies seek to run out clock Posted: 03 Jan 2022 11:00 PM PST A barrage of delay tactics as Republicans are expected to do well in 2022 midterms that would give them control to shut down inquiry The House select committee investigating the 6 January attack on the Capitol is facing a race against time in 2022 as Trump and his allies seek to run out the clock with a barrage of delay tactics and lawsuits. Republicans are widely expected to do well in this year's midterm elections in November and, if they win control of the House, that would give them control to shut down the investigation that has proved politically and legally damaging to Trump and Republicans. Continue reading... |
| Evergrande shares rise as they resume trading after suspension Posted: 04 Jan 2022 12:25 AM PST China's second-biggest developer halted trading after it was was told to demolish 39 buildings in Hainan Shares in the embattled Chinese property developer Evergrande rose on Tuesday after they resumed trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange following a suspension. China's second-biggest developer halted trading on Monday after receiving an order from authorities at Danzhou city in Hainan on 30 December telling it to demolish 39 under-construction buildings at the Ocean Flower Island project. Continue reading... |
| ‘No worries’: how America came to banish Australia’s go-to phrase Posted: 03 Jan 2022 07:45 PM PST US university puts Australianism in the linguistic naughty corner, but is it all a cultural misunderstanding? A list of "banished words", published annually by Michigan's Lake Superior State University, has this year included the unmistakably Australian "no worries". LSSU's tongue-in-cheek list has been compiled every year since 1976 from submissions on terms deemed "familiar but problematic". This year's list also includes, among others, "asking for a friend", "circle back" and "wait, what?" for elimination. Continue reading... |
| Covid-positive nurses are working in NSW hospitals due to severe staffing shortages Posted: 03 Jan 2022 08:30 AM PST Exclusive: Infected nurses recalled from isolation in breach of state health protocols 'working with healthy staff and non-Covid patients'
Covid-positive nurses are being recalled to work in hospitals across New South Wales – in breach of state health protocols – as hospital managers resort to desperate measures to staff facilities buckling under the Omicron outbreak. Guardian Australia has been contacted by multiple nurses working across several hospitals in the state who are alarmed at finding themselves working alongside Covid-positive colleagues, as 2,500 health workers are in isolation across NSW. Continue reading... |
| ‘He gave his daughters wings to fly’: lives of 14 people lost to Covid Posted: 04 Jan 2022 01:00 AM PST Two years on from the start of the pandemic, families across the world tell of their loss as they pay tribute Covid-19 has been recorded on the death certificates of more than 5.4 million people worldwide since the pandemic began two years ago. As countries brace for further waves of infections driven by the Omicron variant, the families of 14 people who lost their lives tell of incalculable loss as they pay tribute to their loved ones. |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2022 09:21 PM PST Siouxsie Wiles and Shaun Hendy say they have been subject to 'vitriolic' harassment from small section of the public as a result of their work Two of New Zealand's most prominent Covid experts are taking legal action against their employer, the University of Auckland, over what they say is its failure to respond adequately to "harassment from a small but venomous sector of the public" that is becoming "more extreme". Siouxsie Wiles, an associate professor of medical science, and Shaun Hendy, a professor of physics, have filed separate complaints to the Employment Relations Authority, which last week ruled that they should proceed directly to the Employment Court due to the "high public interest" in their Covid commentary. Continue reading... |
| NHS trusts in England declare critical incidents amid Covid staff crisis Posted: 03 Jan 2022 11:40 AM PST At least six trusts in have issued alerts as fears grow vital care will be compromised by workforce absence Multiple NHS trusts across England have declared "critical incidents" amid soaring staff absences caused by Covid-19, with health leaders saying many parts of the service are now "in a state of crisis". Boris Johnson on Monday ruled out the introduction of new curbs "for now" but said he recognised that the pressure on the NHS and its hospitals, was "going to be considerable in the course of the next couple of weeks, and maybe more". Continue reading... |
| A crisis of faith in South Africa: ‘People have given up on the state’ Posted: 03 Jan 2022 09:00 PM PST Struggling even before Covid, communities are taking it upon themselves to try to fill the gaps left by the government One evening a week, Natasha Msweswe and Zanele Madasi leave their children at home and set out to patrol the streets of Thembokwezi. They return at midnight. This is potentially very dangerous but they feel they have little choice. "It can be scary but we want to protect our community," said Madasi, 31. "We want to make a difference." Continue reading... |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2022 10:00 PM PST How does it feel to fight off a predator in the wild? And what effect does it have on your life? Five people who lived to tell the tale explain Although, mercifully, still rare, there are signs that wild animal attacks on humans are increasing. Research from the scientific journal Nature found that, as our urban areas further expand into the territories of carnivorous animals, attacks on pets, livestock and sometimes humans have been on the rise. In Kashmir, local wildlife departments have been reporting a marked increase in attacks, with almost 200 people killed and more than 2,000 others wounded in man-animal conflict in the region since 2011. From a British citizen attacked by otters in Singapore, to monkey attacks in Thailand, squirrel attacks in New York, and a man who fought off a crocodile with a pocket knife in Queensland, these encounters capture our imaginations. But how does it feel to survive such an ordeal – and how does it affect your life? Continue reading... |
| ‘We need to respect the process of healing’: a GP on the overlooked art of recovery Posted: 03 Jan 2022 10:00 PM PST As I embark on a third year of general practice under Covid, I am more conscious than ever that recovery is different for every illness and every patient Over the past two years I've spent much of my time as a GP assessing and managing the fear, fever and breathlessness caused by coronavirus, but I've also spent more of my time than ever before talking to people about recovery and convalescence – not only from the virus, but from the damaging effects of repeated lockdowns. I'm a GP in central Edinburgh and, with three other doctors and two nurses, provide medical care to about 4,000 patients. The words "recovery" and "convalescence" were rarely mentioned during my six years of medical school and seven years of specialty training. Many of my tutors seemed to assume that once a crisis of illness has passed, the body and mind find ways to heal themselves. But nearly 20 years as a GP has shown me time and again that the reverse is true: guidance and encouragement through the process of recovery can be indispensable. Continue reading... |
| What I saw at the Theranos trial: long lines, superfans and the enduring power of Elizabeth Holmes Posted: 18 Dec 2021 03:00 AM PST As a journalist, I have stood in pre-dawn lines and contested with 'Holmies' and true-crime fanatics for a courthouse spot The trial of Elizabeth Holmes has seen plenty of courtroom drama, but outside the courthouse in San Jose, California, a spectacle of another sort has unfolded week after week. On landmark days – such as opening arguments, testimony from star witnesses and when Holmes made the risky decision to take the stand herself – journalists, true crime fans and other spectators have turned out early to battle for limited seats inside the courthouse. Continue reading... |
| Dank, ancient and quite fantastic: Scotland’s peat bogs breathe again Posted: 03 Jan 2022 11:30 PM PST Researchers are using satellite technology to monitor the health of these vital carbon sinks and help restore them Flanders Moss bog is slumped on the flat, farmed landscape of the Carse of Stirling in Scotland like a jelly fungi. It wobbles when you walk on it, and a metal pole goes down eight metres before reaching hard ground. This lowland-raised bog is a dome of peat fed mainly by rainfall and it acts like a single organism – the whole thing has to be looked after for any part to be in really good shape. If it is drained in one area it will affect the water level across the entire bog. For much of human history peat bogs have been thought of as wastelands. This 860-hectare (2,125-acre) site has been hacked away and drained since the early 1800s to make space for fertile farmland below. It is about 60% of its original size. Bogs scar easily and the drainage ditches made more than 100 years ago are still visible. Continue reading... |
| ‘We were the AYBs – the angry young Blacks’: the art movement that rocked Thatcher’s Britain Posted: 03 Jan 2022 10:00 PM PST The Blk Art Group – whose once-shunned work is now coveted by galleries – were radical young artists who tackled shootings, racism and uprisings in the 1980s. So where are they now? Shortly after Margaret Thatcher became prime minister in May 1979, Eddie Chambers made an artwork called Destruction of the National Front. Then a 19-year-old student in Wolverhampton, Chambers reconfigured the union jack as a swastika, before tearing it into fragments across four panels. The image stands as a defiant rebuke to a resurgent far right, evoking the anger many Black Britons felt at the time. The work was emblematic of the Blk Art Group, a radical association of young Black artists founded by Chambers in 1979. The group, stylised as Blk and pronounced "Black", aimed to combat racism with work that focused on the experience of being Black in Thatchers' Britain, while promoting a distinctly Black British political identity. Although short-lived – it only lasted for five years – the group casts a long shadow over British art, through its influence on subsequent generations of Black artists and its impact on contemporaries such as Lubaina Himid and Sonia Boyce. Continue reading... |
| Missing in action: this season’s most overlooked movie performances Posted: 03 Jan 2022 11:26 PM PST As awards season heats up, there are a number of deserving performers who haven't been making the cut With the most recent Oscar ceremony having taken place abnormally late in April, it feels like we barely had a break before the machinery of awards season started cranking up again. It began at the Venice film festival at the tail end of summer and is now in full cry, with major critics' groups and more dubious collectives like the Golden Globes having already weighed in – and a gaggle of apparent frontrunners establishing themselves in major categories. In the acting fields, we're already pondering the likelihood of victories for stars like Kristen Stewart, Benedict Cumberbatch, Will Smith and Rita Moreno – though there's still plenty of wiggle room for surprises. Last year's extra-long season yielded an almost entirely unforeseen nomination for Lakeith Stanfield and an against-the-odds win for Anthony Hopkins: never make the mistake of taking the pundits' word as gospel. With that in mind, we're highlighting a few outlying performances that ought to be in the mix, but haven't yet generated the buzz they deserve. Some of them are just outside the perceived top tier of contenders, others are long shots that we can merely dream about. But there's still a long way to go – Oscar nomination ballots only go out toward the end of January, for one thing. And the season would be more interesting for having all these names invited to the party. Continue reading... |
| Teenager charged with murder after fatal stabbing in Hillingdon Posted: 04 Jan 2022 02:53 AM PST Death of boy, 16, happened less than an hour after a stabbing in Croydon A 16-year-old boy has been charged with murder after another boy, also 16, died following a fatal stabbing. The Metropolitan police said the suspect would appear in custody at Ealing youth court on Tuesday. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 04 Jan 2022 02:27 AM PST More than 1 million people in the US were diagnosed with Covid on Monday; Indian authorities report 'rapid' increase in Omicron cases in capital city
Over to Europe and Germany is reporting another 30,561 new coronavirus cases and 356 deaths, according to recently released data from the Robert Koch Institute. South Korea has just released its daily Covid report. Continue reading... |
| Sydney festival boycott: more than 20 acts withdraw over Israeli funding Posted: 04 Jan 2022 12:00 AM PST Festival board issues new statement as protest against it grows, with program thrown into chaos two days before opening night More than 20 acts have pulled out of the 2022 Sydney festival, just 48 hours before opening night, boycotting the festival over a sponsorship deal with the Israeli embassy. The comedian Tom Ballard, the Belvoir theatre production of Black Brass, former NSW politician Meredith Burgmann, First Nations dance company Marrugeku and commentator Yumi Stynes are just some of the festival participants who have either cancelled or distanced themselves in protest, joining a growing number of Arab, pro-Palestinian, First Nations and Greens groups spearheading the call for a boycott. Continue reading... |
| ‘I’d been set up’: the LGBTQ Kenyans ‘catfished’ for money via dating apps Posted: 04 Jan 2022 12:30 AM PST A colonial law that criminalises 'unnatural' sexual acts leaves LGBTQ+ people prey to social media extortion and blackmail One day after work last month, Tom Otieno* went to a shopping centre in Nairobi to pick up groceries before heading home. He got a call from someone he had been chatting to for a week on Grindr, a social networking app for gay, bi, trans and queer people. The man had already tried ringing several times during the day while Otieno was with colleagues and was keen to meet. Otieno, 29, mentioned where he was but said that he did not want to see the man. Then, as he was heading to his car, he got another call. As he answered it, someone approached him and said they were a police officer. Seconds later, two other officers joined him and surrounded Otieno. Continue reading... |
| ‘It just seems like a big scam’: diabetics criticize Biden’s insulin proposal Posted: 04 Jan 2022 12:00 AM PST Type 1 diabetics say insurance cap includes loopholes and doesn't impact individuals who don't have health coverage in the US Samia Chowdhury of Ontario, California, saw her work hours in the restaurant industry dwindle from full-time to less than 10 hours a week when Covid shutdowns began in the US in March 2020. But the loss of work was not her only problem. As a type 1 diabetic since she was 12, Chowdhury could not afford health insurance after losing most of her work hours and couldn't get on Medicaid through California. Instead, she relied on visiting medical clinics for insulin prescription refills when she could afford to do so and mutual aid from other diabetics around the US. Continue reading... |
| Canadian court awards $107m to families of Iran plane crash victims Posted: 03 Jan 2022 02:32 PM PST Civil lawsuit was filed against Iran and other officials the family members believe were to blame for the incident A court in Ontario, Canada, has awarded C$107m ($83.94m), plus interest, to the families of six people who died when the Iranian Revolutionary Guards downed a Ukraine International Airlines plane near Tehran two years ago. Iran shot down the airliner in January 2020. All 176 people on board were killed, including 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents. Continue reading... |
| Doherty Institute boss says rapid antigen tests should be free in Australia Posted: 04 Jan 2022 01:48 AM PST Prof Sharon Lewin argues if Coalition is relying on RATs 'they really have to be widely accessible'
The head of the influential Doherty Institute, Prof Sharon Lewin, has added her voice to the growing chorus of experts who are calling for rapid Covid tests to be provided free of charge in Australia, as Omicron causes havoc across the country. A record of nearly 50,000 new Covid cases was reported nationwide on Tuesday as state health systems groaned under the increasing demand and experts warned the peak of infections was likely weeks away. Continue reading... |
| ‘We can transition to a better country’: a trans Colombian on diversity in ecology and society Posted: 03 Jan 2022 04:15 AM PST Brigitte Baptiste has a high profile as a transgender Colombian woman and an ecologist – in a country where both are targeted When Brigitte Baptiste walks on to the 10th floor of Bogotá's Ean University at 9.45am in a plunging dress, knee-high cheetah-print boots and a silvery wig, the office comes to life. She examines some flowers sent by the Colombian radio station Caracol to thank her for taking part in a forum, her co-worker compliments her on her lipstick, and she settles in for a day of back-to-back meetings, followed by a private virtual conversation with the UN secretary general, António Guterres. Later that evening, she flies to Cartagena for a conference on natural gas. The 58-year-old ecologist is one of Colombia's foremost environmental experts, and one of its most visible transgender people, challenging scientific and social conventions alike. An ecology professor at the Jesuit-run Javeriana University for 20 years, she has written 15 books, countless newspaper columns, and won international prizes for her work. Most recently, she was appointed chancellor of Ean University, a business school, as part of its push for greater sustainability. Continue reading... |
| House of healing: the Honduran sanctuary for female rights defenders Posted: 03 Jan 2022 01:00 AM PST In one of the world's most dangerous regions for environmental and human rights activists, La Siguata offers a safe space for women suffering trauma as a result of their work A milky-white and sky-blue stone hangs from a red string around Ethels Correa's neck, and every so often she rubs it between her fingers. "When I feel anger, I grab this stone and I begin to relax, because they taught me how to breathe, to relax the body and to relax the mind," she says. "I carry it with me all the time." Continue reading... |
| When will Omicron peak in the UK and is the modelling wrong? Posted: 03 Jan 2022 10:54 AM PST Analysis: gloomiest predictions may have not come to pass, but experts caution that we're not out of the woods yet The family gatherings have disbanded, the new year's hangovers have lifted. Despite record Covid infection figures over the holiday period, evidence that the rate of increase in cases may be slowing has prompted speculation that London, at least, may be close to reaching "peak Omicron". Boris Johnson is said to be obsessed with this hypothetical time point, seeing it as crucial to how the Covid variant may play out nationwide. If hospitalisations follow the same trajectory and peak without the NHS being overwhelmed, the prime minister's decision not to impose lockdown-style restrictions before the holiday period may be vindicated. Continue reading... |
| Why Europe’s Muslims are braced for France’s stint running the EU presidency | Shada Islam Posted: 03 Jan 2022 07:00 AM PST There is concern that the country's divisive anti-Muslim political discourse will seep into the union's institutional policymaking
France has taken over the rotating EU presidency for the next six months, an opportunity the president, Emmanuel Macron, will no doubt use to nudge Europe towards his goal of greater "strategic autonomy" in the world. Some in Brussels worry that hotly contested presidential elections in April could interfere with France's EU presidency before a key conference on the future of Europe delivers any results. It's not reassuring that Macron's decision, temporarily, to fly the blue and gold EU flag at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris has already drawn the fury of far-right and conservative election candidates. But many European Muslims are concerned about the French stint in the EU chair for another reason: they fear that France's divisive anti-Muslim political discourse will seep dangerously into EU policymaking. Shada Islam is a Brussels-based commentator on EU affairs Continue reading... |
| Masks in schools: several EU countries already enforce them in primaries Posted: 03 Jan 2022 06:29 AM PST Analysis: Amid a backlash in England over the rule in secondaries, we look at the regulations elsewhere The return of a requirement in England for secondary pupils to wear face masks in class has sparked a backlash at the start of the new term, but several EU countries have already adopted the measure even for primary school children. Some Conservative MPs and parents' groups have objected to the move, warning of a long-term impact of masks on children's mental health and arguing that they they will have a longer-term effect on people's ability to learn and socialise. Continue reading... |
| What impact will Omicron have on UK children and schools? Posted: 02 Jan 2022 07:39 AM PST As the term begins and masks return to England's classrooms, schools rely on vaccines, testing and hygiene As a new term is set to start for schools across the UK and the government announces masks will return for secondary pupils in England's classrooms, we take a look at the potential impact of Omicron on children. Continue reading... |
| Morrison government 'responsible for largest public policy failure', says Labor – video Posted: 03 Jan 2022 05:50 PM PST Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has criticised Scott Morrison's government over Covid-19 booster and testing shortages. 'This government is responsible for the largest public policy failure in Australian political history, Albanese said. Labor says it is getting reports of booster shot shortages, particularly in Indigenous communities. Albanese said that, combined with a lack of rapid antigen tests, the shortages show the government's handling of the pandemic response needs to be questioned ► Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTube
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| Bear caught on camera stealing kill from wolves in Yellowstone park – video Posted: 03 Jan 2022 01:52 PM PST Wildlife officials in Yellowstone national park captured the unusual sight of a cheeky grizzly bear tagging along with a pack of hunting wolves, then making off with their kill. The enthralling video, posted to the National Parks Service Facebook page, shows the October incident in which the wolves from the Junction Butte pack in northern Yellowstone were joined by a lumbering grizzly as they hunted a herd of elk Continue reading... |
| Timelapse footage shows Cape Town parliament blaze flaring up again – video Posted: 03 Jan 2022 11:17 AM PST South African firefighters are struggling to extinguish another fire at the complex housing the country's parliament in Cape Town, a day after a blaze swept through the buildings. Police have charged a 49-year-old man with arson and other offences including theft. The speaker of the national assembly said arson, if confirmed, would represent an attack on South Africa's democracy Continue reading... |
| Minister tells people trying to get Covid tests to 'just refresh webpage' – video Posted: 03 Jan 2022 02:56 AM PST People struggling to get lateral flow tests for Covid 'should just refresh' their webpage, Nadhim Zahawi has said, as concerns mount over the impact of the Omicron variant on the country's workforce. The education secretary also repeated the government line that 'there's nothing in the data' to suggest further coronavirus measures will be needed later this week Continue reading... |
| Colombia’s former Alcatraz: from prison to national park – in pictures Posted: 02 Jan 2022 11:00 PM PST Until 1984, the prison on the island of Gorgona off Colombia's Pacific coast was a place where political prisoners and dangerous criminals served their sentences. Now it is a national natural park of coral reefs, dense jungle and exuberant fauna Continue reading... |
| Passengers rescued from mountaintop cable cars in New Mexico – video Posted: 02 Jan 2022 10:16 AM PST Staff from a tram company and a restaurant were stranded overnight on a tramway near Albuquerque in the US on New Year's Eve after a storm caused rapid buildup of ice on the cables, making it unsafe to travel to the base of the mountain. Rescuers brought the 21 passengers to safety, with no injuries, according to local reports Continue reading... |
| Cape Town fire: smoke rises as parliament burns – video Posted: 02 Jan 2022 02:42 AM PST A major fire broke out in South Africa's parliament building in Cape Town early on Sunday that could be seen from miles around. The fire started in third-floor offices and spread to the National Assembly chamber, the City of Cape Town fire and rescue service spokesperson Jermaine Carelse told local media. He added that no people had been injured in the fire Continue reading... |
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