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- Biden and Putin to speak as US warns Russia could attack Ukraine ‘any day’
- Protesters defy order to clear bridge connecting Canada and US
- Culture wars rage as depopulated Spanish region goes to polls
- Bitcoin paradise? Briton creates ‘crypto utopia’ in South Pacific
- PM sent Downing Street lockdown party questionnaire by Met police
- US plans to reopen Solomon Islands embassy in push to counter China
- Black FedEx driver shot at by white men draws parallels to Ahmaud Arbery case
- Ghislaine Maxwell lawyers cannot keep retrial arguments under seal, judge rules
- Declassified documents reveal CIA has been sweeping up information on Americans
- Ghost village emerges in Spain as drought empties reservoir
- Covid: Johnson sent police party questionnaire; anti-vaccine mandate protests hit Australia and New Zealand
- Scott Morrison says he ‘understands’ Canberra antivax protesters amid skirmishes with police
- How much does a Covid test cost around the world?
- ‘Why so fast?’: world experts react to England ending Covid curbs
- What has growing up watching porn done to my brain – and my sex life?
- Kim and Kanye divorce poised to be glitzy, messy and very public
- Marina Abramović: ‘I don’t want to have my life in control’
- Happy feet: how fancy slippers took over the world
- Sheila Heti: ‘Books by women still get treated differently from those by men’
- How to make the most of your freckles – or fake them | Sali Hughes
- Blind date: ‘She told me she’d had a negative lateral flow test. Is that today’s version of making a pass?’ |
- Durham police help save woman 3,000 miles away in Canada
- Europeans more likely to vote green after extreme weather events
- Sledgehammer review: David Friedman comes out swinging on Trump and Israel
- ‘I will be free’: excitement grows as cruise ship nears Chagos Islands
- Uncompetitive House seats ensure Americans’ votes change nothing
- Mexico lime inflation leaves sour taste as cartels gouge prices for cuisine staple
- Thousands protest in Canberra; NSW records 32 Covid deaths and Vic 19 – as it happened
- Indian supplier to UK fashion brands agrees to pay £3m in unpaid wages
- Horse racing in Burkina Faso – in pictures
- Gordon Brown calls for ‘extraordinary measures’ to tackle Covid inequalities
- ‘Anything to stop the massacres’: peace still eludes DRC as armed groups proliferate
- New York’s subways are safe statistically – but that’s not the full story
- Ghost village emerges in Spain as drought dries out reservoir – video
- French ‘freedom convoys’ head towards Paris to protest against Covid rules – video
- Biden urges US citizens to leave Ukraine as 'things could go crazy quickly' – video
| Biden and Putin to speak as US warns Russia could attack Ukraine ‘any day’ Posted: 11 Feb 2022 10:27 PM PST The two leaders will speak on Saturday after warnings from Washington that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could be imminent US president Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin will speak on Saturday as Western nations warned that a war in Ukraine could ignite at any moment. The US warned on Friday of the "very distinct possibility" of a Russian invasion of Ukraine in the next few days and told all remaining Americans to leave the country in the next 48 hours. Continue reading... |
| Protesters defy order to clear bridge connecting Canada and US Posted: 11 Feb 2022 08:55 PM PST Hours after the injunction order to end the blockade, protesters opposing pandemic restrictions stayed at the bridge entrance Protesters opposing pandemic restrictions were still occupying a vital Canada-US trade corridor hours after an injunction order to end the blockade that has disrupted North America's auto industry took effect. Prime minister Justin Trudeau has promised president Joe Biden quick action to end the crisis and earlier on Friday a Canadian judge ordered an end to the four-daylong blockade of the Ambassador Bridge, North America's busiest land border crossing. Continue reading... |
| Culture wars rage as depopulated Spanish region goes to polls Posted: 11 Feb 2022 10:00 PM PST Ruling party may need help from rightwing Vox to hold on to power after snap election in Castilla y León People in the Spanish region of Castilla y León vote on Sunday in a snap election that represents a massive gamble for the ruling conservative People's party (PP). It could see a breakthrough by a new political platform campaigning on behalf of depopulated and underdeveloped parts of Spain. The vote was called in December after the regional president, the PP's Alfonso Fernández Mañueco, kicked his partners in the centre-right Citizens party out of the coalition government, claiming that he could no longer rely on their loyalty. Continue reading... |
| Bitcoin paradise? Briton creates ‘crypto utopia’ in South Pacific Posted: 11 Feb 2022 11:00 PM PST Anthony Welch and partner try to woo cryptocurrency investors to regulation-free island on Vanuatu archipelago For the past 12 years Anthony Welch and his partner Theresa have been living a Robinson Crusoe life alone on a South Pacific island mostly untouched by humanity. Welch, a retired British property investor, hopes the tranquility will soon be shattered by 21,000 cryptocurrency investors he is trying to convince to move to his island and form a regulation-free "crypto utopia". Continue reading... |
| PM sent Downing Street lockdown party questionnaire by Met police Posted: 11 Feb 2022 02:40 PM PST Boris Johnson contacted over alleged parties that took place while the UK was under strict Covid curbs Boris Johnson has been sent a questionnaire by Scotland Yard over alleged parties in Downing Street, in a move that could raise fresh concerns among Tory MPs about his leadership. No 10 confirmed late on Friday night that the prime minister received the document, and vowed he would respond to it "as required". Continue reading... |
| US plans to reopen Solomon Islands embassy in push to counter China Posted: 11 Feb 2022 10:48 PM PST Washington will reopen its embassy on the island after 29 years, expanding its Pacific presence amid China's growing influence in the region The United States plans to re-establish an embassy in Solomon Islands, a senior US state department official said, as Washington seeks to beef up its presence in a region where China is rapidly expanding its influence. Secretary of state Antony Blinken is set to announce the opening of a new embassy on the Pacific island state during a visit to nearby Fiji – 29 years after the United States downgraded its diplomatic presence in Honiara. Continue reading... |
| Black FedEx driver shot at by white men draws parallels to Ahmaud Arbery case Posted: 11 Feb 2022 10:00 PM PST D'Monterrio Gibson was delivering packages in Mississippi when he was allegedly attacked by Brandon and Gregory Case A Black FedEx driver who was allegedly shot at by a white father and son in Mississippi while delivering packages said he "can definitely see the similarities" between his case and that of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man who was murdered in 2020 by three white men while jogging in Georgia. "Because Ahmaud Arbery didn't survive to speak up for himself, so I want to take that upon myself to do that for me and him as well," said D'Monterrio Gibson, 24, in an interview with CNN on Friday. Continue reading... |
| Ghislaine Maxwell lawyers cannot keep retrial arguments under seal, judge rules Posted: 11 Feb 2022 03:05 PM PST Lawyers want new trial after juror Scotty David gave interviews in which he said he had been sexually abused as a child Ghislaine Maxwell's lawyers cannot keep sealed their detailed legal arguments about a juror in her trial who might not have disclosed childhood sex abuse during jury selection, a judicial decision issued Friday said. Judge Alison Nathan wrote: "[The] defendant's motion to temporarily seal, in their entirety, all documents related to the motion for a new trial, is denied." Continue reading... |
| Declassified documents reveal CIA has been sweeping up information on Americans Posted: 11 Feb 2022 09:51 AM PST Civil liberties watchdogs condemn agency's collection of domestic data without congressional or court approval or oversight The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been secretly collecting Americans' private information in bulk, according to newly declassified documents that prompted condemnation from civil liberties watchdogs. The surveillance program was exposed on Thursday by two Democrats on the Senate intelligence committee. Ron Wyden of Oregon and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico alleged that the CIA has long concealed it from the public and Congress. Continue reading... |
| Ghost village emerges in Spain as drought empties reservoir Posted: 11 Feb 2022 09:31 AM PST Village of Aceredo in Galicia was flooded in 1992 to create Alto Lindoso reservoir A ghost village that has emerged as drought has nearly emptied a dam on the Spanish-Portuguese border is drawing crowds of tourists with its eerie, grey ruins. With the reservoir at 15% of its capacity, details of a life frozen in 1992, when the Aceredo village in Spain's north-western Galicia region was flooded to create the Alto Lindoso reservoir, are being revealed once more. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 12 Feb 2022 01:59 AM PST UK PM asked about lockdown parties; thousands of protesters block roads in Canberra and Wellington This report is from Reuters. Norway will scrap nearly all its remaining Covid lockdown measures as high levels of coronavirus infections are unlikely to jeopardise health services, prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre said on Saturday. The coronavirus pandemic is no longer a major health threat to most of us. The Omicron virus causes far less serious illness and we are well protected by vaccines. This is the toughest battle against the virus of the past two years. Please stay at home. We need your cooperation. Continue reading... |
| Scott Morrison says he ‘understands’ Canberra antivax protesters amid skirmishes with police Posted: 11 Feb 2022 08:21 PM PST Prime minister says Australia 'a free country' and blames states for Covid vaccine mandates The Australian prime minister, Scott Morrison, says he understands the concerns of anti-vaccination mandate protesters, with thousands of people again marching in Canberra. The protesters marched on Parliament House on Saturday, chanting and waving flags, and shutting down streets around the capital. About 100 people leapt barricades and faced off against police, who were also monitoring the crowd with drones and helicopters. Continue reading... |
| How much does a Covid test cost around the world? Posted: 11 Feb 2022 11:07 AM PST As the UK Treasury pushes for free tests to be scrapped, here's how charges look in other countries In Australia, a federal scheme introduced at the end of January allows pensioners and concession card holders to access up to 10 free rapid antigen tests over three months through their chemist. But the scheme got off to a difficult start, with supply issues hampering attempts to procure the tests. In January the competition regulator raised concerns that rapid antigen tests often cost between A$20 and A$30 (£15-£20) per test and sometimes more than A$70 a test through smaller retail outlets, despite wholesale costs ranging from A$3.95 to A$11.45. In Belgium the price of an antigen self-test sold in pharmacies is around €6-€8 (£5-£7), more expensive than in neighbouring countries, such as France and the Netherlands, although they are available in Belgian supermarkets for about €3. Prices have come down and are expected to fall further: one big pharmacy chain announced this week they had begun selling tests for €1.99. While a PCR test, which costs about €41, is free for people with symptoms, or may be reimbursed by health insurance, self-tests usually have to be funded by individuals. The Belgian consumer association Test-Achats/Test Aankoop estimated this week that a family of four could spend €250 a month on Covid tests, hand sanitiser and face masks. Continue reading... |
| ‘Why so fast?’: world experts react to England ending Covid curbs Posted: 11 Feb 2022 08:28 AM PST Political rather than scientific choices lie behind UK decision to be first nation to lift restrictions, say specialists The UK's prime minister, Boris Johnson, announced this week that he aimed to abolish all Covid regulations, including the requirement to isolate after testing positive, in England from 24 February. Here's what experts around the world think of that plan, which would make Britain something of an outlier when it comes to coronavirus precautions. Jon Henley in Paris Philip Oltermann in Berlin Sam Jones in Madrid Angela Giuffrida in Rome Helena Smith in Athens Vincent Ni Tess McClure in Auckland Melissa Davey in Sydney Continue reading... |
| What has growing up watching porn done to my brain – and my sex life? Posted: 12 Feb 2022 12:00 AM PST As a young woman, I've been surrounded by porn my whole life. It's shaped the way I see myself, in and out of the bedroom I was young the first time I watched porn. I didn't have hips or enjoy eating olives. My parents still paid my phone bill and I'd never kissed anyone, despite the story I used to tell about some guy I met on my family holiday to Spain. I was on the school playing fields at lunchtime and a boy from my form came over and put his Sony Ericsson slider phone right in my face. On the screen I could see a blurred video of a woman in red suspenders pleasuring herself, letting tense breaths hiss out from behind her teeth. The space between her legs was smooth and hairless, like the skin of an unripe nectarine. She looked like I did, except I was 13 and she must have been older. "I bet you do this, don't you?" the boy said, his eyes hidden beneath floppy hair. At the time I didn't think much about the video, except it was a bit gross that she was doing that alone. There was no way I would have believed it affected me or that seeing more images like that eventually would. But porn was already shaping how I, and the men I would later share relationships with, viewed my body. It was implementing a code of behaviour we would draw and learn from. It was telling us what sex was when the only way we were educated about it in school was via condoms on bananas and photos of untreated gonorrhoea. Continue reading... |
| Kim and Kanye divorce poised to be glitzy, messy and very public Posted: 11 Feb 2022 11:00 PM PST Epic split between Kim Kardashian and rapper now known as Ye, with wealth, parenting disputes and trolling is perfect divorce for the Instagram Age It promises to be the celebrity separation of the year, unfolding in a dizzying hybrid of IRL (In Real Life) and virtual spheres. The epic split between Kim Kardashian and Kanye West, with its generous cast of plus-ones, parenting responsibilities, brand fortunes, a family TV franchise, political and racial trolling, is a perfect divorce for the Instagram age. Continue reading... |
| Marina Abramović: ‘I don’t want to have my life in control’ Posted: 12 Feb 2022 01:00 AM PST The performance artist is known for putting herself in challenging situations. Now, she says, it's your turn, with a set of instruction cards aiming to 'reboot your life' Go into a park, find a tree you like, hold the tree and complain to the tree. This was Marina Abramović's technique for staying focused during the pandemic. In 2020, she and a group of volunteers tried out this tree-hugging exercise during a five-hour programme on Sky Arts that sought to educate watchers on the history of performance art. Though at times it felt like watching a mockumentary, it was a transformative experience for the participants, according to Abramović. "It was amazing how people got emotional. How much they kept inside, and how talking to the tree [was] a kind of release." It's 11am in New York, where Abramović is based, and she has just finished a morning yoga session. She stretches out her arms, showing me her black fitness top before turning the web camera round to reveal a snowy landscape. "I like to do physical exercise. Walk in the snow. I don't want to have my life in control. I hate [the] studio. I never go to the studio," says the 75-year-old artist. "I like to put myself in very uncommon situations." Continue reading... |
| Happy feet: how fancy slippers took over the world Posted: 11 Feb 2022 11:00 PM PST Uggs, faux-shearling slides and 'sluffers'... slippers have had a fashion makeover. Here's how to get haute and comfy Cicero, Leonardo da Vinci and Shakespeare all thought that eyes were the windows to the soul, but with due respect to the big dogs, I beg to differ. It is shoes which tell you everything. Hype trainers worn with a bland suit; teetering heels worn in defiance of practicality; scuffed ballet pumps; haute hiking boots or polished brogues – shoes hold the clues to what you do all day and how you get there, to whether you really want to be at the party and who you are going home with. If you are wearing secondhand New Balance 550 sneakers sourced from Depop then I know, and I mean know, that you take your flat white with plant-based milk (pea, having moved on from oat) and are considering a star-sign tattoo. No offence to these creatives, but you can't tell that from gazing into a pair of blue eyes. Continue reading... |
| Sheila Heti: ‘Books by women still get treated differently from those by men’ Posted: 12 Feb 2022 01:00 AM PST After her controversial novel about motherhood, the Canadian author has turned the spotlight on her father. She talks about grief, honesty – and her decision not to have children Sheila Heti hadn't intended to write a book about grief, but in late 2018, about a year after she'd started writing her new novel, Pure Colour, her father died. "He had been sick, but it was always going to be a shock. It has been the most profound change I've experienced in adulthood, having a parent die. Mother and father are connected to what life is, and you know all along they aren't the sky, the earth – they're people. But while your mind knows it, maybe your body doesn't," she says. As a result of the shock, she adds, the story in her book "suddenly breaks". Heti and I are sitting in her cosy second-floor apartment in Toronto, which she shares with her boyfriend of 11 years, Luc, and their friendly rottweiler, Feldman. Outside, a blizzard blows, but Feldman keeps us both warm by snoozing on our feet. A mutual friend had told me beforehand that the 45-year-old Heti "will seem young to you", and, with her girlish voice and 1990s teenager outfit of a long-sleeved T-shirt beneath a cotton blue dress, she does at first. But she seems older than I expected, too. Her short, pixie-like fringe, which she had when she wrote her previous bestselling novels, 2010's How Should a Person Be? and 2018's Motherhood, has gone ("I just grew out of it"), and she has a quietness and perceptiveness that is often overlooked by critics, who mistake her originality for kookiness. It is easy to imagine her, simultaneously, as the precociously artsy girl she once was and the pin‑sharp older woman she will one day be. Continue reading... |
| How to make the most of your freckles – or fake them | Sali Hughes Posted: 12 Feb 2022 12:00 AM PST Perfect foundation for those who are naturally blessed, plus the best faux freckle products and techniques There's not much that I miss about my youth, but if I could permanently restore my lost smattering of nose freckles, I would. Few things are as attractive as a constellation of pigment clusters imprinted across the face, and the more densely they're packed, the less makeup you'll need to wear (a girlfriend of mine is covered completely in freckles and it's as though she wakes up each morning in a perfect face of foundation). Continue reading... |
| Posted: 11 Feb 2022 10:00 PM PST Lottie, 35, teacher, meets Tim, 33, doctor Lottie on Tim What were you hoping for? |
| Durham police help save woman 3,000 miles away in Canada Posted: 12 Feb 2022 01:34 AM PST Suspect arrested 30 minutes after woman in Durham, Ontario, mistakenly contacts English force Control room staff helped save a woman in danger more than 3,000 miles away after she contacted the wrong Durham police force. Durham constabulary was contacted on Wednesday afternoon on its online live chat facility by a distressed woman who reported an intruder trying to get into her home in Durham, Canada. Continue reading... |
| Europeans more likely to vote green after extreme weather events Posted: 11 Feb 2022 10:00 PM PST Trend has developed over six EU elections between 1994 and 2019 and is more marked in colder climates Matching extreme weather events to voting patterns has revealed that in Europe people who have experienced flooding, heatwaves and forest fires are more likely to vote green. This trend has developed over six European elections between 1994 and 2019, a period when climate change has gone from a theoretical threat to voters to many having experienced devastating events not previously seen in their lifetimes. The realisation that urgent action is needed for climate mitigation and adaptation has led voters to support green party candidates. Greens have done better wherever the calamities have been worst. The trend is more marked in the north and west of the EU where the climate is more moderate and colder, presumably because extremes have become more noticeable. Continue reading... |
| Sledgehammer review: David Friedman comes out swinging on Trump and Israel Posted: 11 Feb 2022 11:00 PM PST The former US ambassador has written a predictably unsubtle memoir, aimed squarely at the 2024 Republican primary David Friedman was Donald Trump's ambassador to Israel. But that job title alone fails to adequately convey his proximity to the 45th president and his impact on US policy. Their time together marked a repudiation of Barack Obama's vision for the Middle East. Sledgehammer, Friedman's memoir, reminds the reader of all of this as insistently as its title suggests. With Friedman's assistance, the US helped forge the Abraham Accords, normalizing relations between Israel and four Arab countries. The US also moved its embassy to Jerusalem and left the Iran nuclear deal. As for the Palestinians, put it this way: they no longer occupy rent-free space in the Republican conscience. Continue reading... |
| ‘I will be free’: excitement grows as cruise ship nears Chagos Islands Posted: 11 Feb 2022 09:39 AM PST Exiles intend to plant Mauritian flag on land UK claims as part of British Indian Ocean Territory For Olivier Bancoult, of the Chagos Refugee Group, it was the sight of two skuas gliding over the waves that heralded long-promised landfall on his native islands. During the first three days of the voyage from Seychelles there had been remarkably few seabirds, until the Mauritian-chartered Bleu De Nîmes, a cruise ship converted from its former use as a British minesweeper, neared the Chagos Islands. Continue reading... |
| Uncompetitive House seats ensure Americans’ votes change nothing Posted: 12 Feb 2022 02:00 AM PST The US is poised to have a staggeringly low number of competitive House seats, an alarming trend that makes it harder to govern and exacerbates political polarization When millions of American voters head to the polls this autumn to vote for congressional candidates, the vast majority of their votes won't matter at all. It's an idea that's anathema to the very idea of US government – that politicians are accountable to the people. But America is poised to have a staggeringly low number of competitive seats in the US House, an alarming trend that makes it harder to govern and exacerbates political polarization. |
| Mexico lime inflation leaves sour taste as cartels gouge prices for cuisine staple Posted: 12 Feb 2022 02:00 AM PST The green fruit has become less ubiquitous on local tables as criminal gangs fight over the trade, driving diners to distraction The citric kick of the limes which grow abundantly across Mexico – the world's largest producer of the fruit – help give the country's cuisine its distinctive flavour. But aggressive price-fixing by criminal groups has sent prices soaring, prompting some eateries to stop offering limes with their tacos – and leaving diners in a sour twist. Continue reading... |
| Thousands protest in Canberra; NSW records 32 Covid deaths and Vic 19 – as it happened Posted: 11 Feb 2022 11:08 PM PST Pauline Hanson mobbed by protesters as Lifeline book fair forced to cancel. This blog is now closed
From AAP: Queensland's health chief is "personally reluctant" to repeal a venue vaccine mandate before the end of winter and says it could in fact be the very last pandemic restriction ditched. The state's Omicron outbreak peaked on January 25 with 928 patients in hospital and 71 in intensive care, well below a predicted 3000-7000 general admissions and an ICU intake of several hundred. Continue reading... |
| Indian supplier to UK fashion brands agrees to pay £3m in unpaid wages Posted: 11 Feb 2022 05:47 AM PST Shahi Exports, which makes clothes for the UK high street, has agreed to pay staff minimum wage and arrears India's largest garment company has paid out an estimated £3m in unpaid wages to tens of thousands of workers, after two years of refusing to pay the legal minimum wage. Last month Shahi Exports, which supplies dozens of international brands, agreed to pay nine months of back pay to about 80,000 workers, with further payments expected in the coming months that will increase the total paid back to workers to £7m. Continue reading... |
| Horse racing in Burkina Faso – in pictures Posted: 11 Feb 2022 01:15 AM PST Just days after January's coup d'état, Sunday horse racing goes ahead at the hippodrome on the outskirts of Ouagadougou. People gather around the dusty circuit betting with what little cash they have to spare. Photographer Guy Peterson reports Continue reading... |
| Gordon Brown calls for ‘extraordinary measures’ to tackle Covid inequalities Posted: 11 Feb 2022 01:13 AM PST The former PM says wealthy nations must coordinate resources to accelerate access to vaccines and testing for developing nations Gordon Brown has urged rich countries to consider "extraordinary measures" similar to those taken during the global financial crisis to increase developing nations' access to Covid vaccines, calling on governments to fill a $16bn (£11.8bn) funding gap within weeks. The former British prime minister, who hosted the 2009 G20 summit credited with having staved off a second Great Depression and as chancellor helped unveil a landmark debt relief package at the 2005 G8 summit in Gleneagles, said a similar act of international coordination was urgently required on Covid. Continue reading... |
| ‘Anything to stop the massacres’: peace still eludes DRC as armed groups proliferate Posted: 10 Feb 2022 11:30 PM PST After years of conflict between the DR Congo's ineffective army, rebel forces and local militias, can Uganda's entry into the war bring peace? For the past three months, Ugandan forces have been bombarding Islamist rebels in its border region with the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The offensive, in the Rwenzori mountain range that straddles both countries, has forced many Congolese to leave their homes and move to the cities for shelter. Sarah Kasanga* is one. The Allied Democratic Force (ADF) militia stormed Kalingathe, her village north of Beni, in December 2019. People were made to lie on the floor while rebels searched homes for food, pots, money or clothes. DRC soldiers overlook Virunga national park at a military base on the outskirts of Beni Continue reading... |
| New York’s subways are safe statistically – but that’s not the full story Posted: 10 Feb 2022 11:00 PM PST Harassment often goes unreported, meaning metrics don't always convey experiences – especially for women and people of color Around 9.30am on 15 January of this year, Michelle Go was waiting for a train at Times Square subway station. Go, 40, a senior manager at Deloitte, was on her way to work. As she was checking her phone, a man shoved her from behind as a train roared into the station. She was hit by the incoming train and killed. Go's murder prompted shock and outrage. She was of Asian descent, at a time when anti-Asian hate crimes have been surging across New York City, including in the subways. The chief suspect in her killing, Martial Simon, has two violent felonies on his record and a warrant out for allegedly violating his parole. He reportedly had a history of severe mental illness, including schizophrenia, and had cycled between hospitals and jails over the years; the New York Times reported he was unhoused. Although police said there was no indication that Go's death was an anti-Asian hate crime, prosecutors said they were examining "every piece of evidence to determine if defendant's actions were motivated by racial bias". Continue reading... |
| Ghost village emerges in Spain as drought dries out reservoir – video Posted: 11 Feb 2022 01:13 PM PST A ghost village that has emerged after drought nearly emptied a dam on the Spanish-Portuguese border is drawing crowds of tourists. With the reservoir at 15% capacity, details of a life frozen in 1992, when the Aceredo village in Spain's north-western Galicia region was flooded to create the Alto Lindoso reservoir, are being revealed once more Continue reading... |
| French ‘freedom convoys’ head towards Paris to protest against Covid rules – video Posted: 11 Feb 2022 06:44 AM PST Despite an order not to enter Paris, motorists protesting against coronavirus restrictions are converging on the capital from cities across France, inspired by the horn-blaring demonstrations taking place in Canada. Whereas in Canada the protests have united truckers angered by a vaccine mandate for crossing borders, in France it is over vaccine pass rules, which require people to show proof of inoculation against Covid to enter bars, restaurants, cinemas and other public spaces Continue reading... |
| Biden urges US citizens to leave Ukraine as 'things could go crazy quickly' – video Posted: 11 Feb 2022 03:06 AM PST The US president has urged American citizens to leave Ukraine immediately. 'We're dealing with one of the largest armies in the world. This is a very different situation and things could go crazy quickly,' Joe Biden said in an interview with NBC News. In Berlin on Thursday night, Russia and Ukraine said they had failed to reach any breakthrough after a day of related talks with French and German officials aimed at ending an eight-year separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine Continue reading... |
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