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- Russia-Ukraine war: Zelenskiy vows to punish attack on civilians in Irpin; Russia bombards Mykolaiv – live
- Ukraine decries ‘immoral’ Kremlin offer of civilian corridors to Russia or Belarus
- TikTok restricts service in Russia and Netflix stops streaming
- ‘Shocking behaviour’: Russian gymnast shows ‘Z’ symbol on podium next to Ukrainian winner
- UK minister denies plans for humanitarian route for Ukrainian refugees
- Over 1 million people have fled Ukraine for Poland since invasion, say officials
- Markets slide as soaring oil and gas prices stokes stagflation worries – business live
- KPMG, PwC and EY to cut off businesses in Russia and Belarus
- Oil prices soar 10% and stocks plunge as US and Europe consider ban on Russian crude
- Severe weather warning extended to cover much of eastern NSW, with heavy rain and flash flooding forecast
- ‘We must march forward’: Kamala Harris commemorates Bloody Sunday anniversary in Selma
- Japan’s ‘killing stone’ splits in two, releasing superstitions amid the sulphur springs
- Six key lifestyle changes can help avert the climate crisis, study finds
- Shane Warne death: friend describes final meal of Vegemite toast at Thailand resort
- Chatham Islands, one of world’s most remote places, records first Covid cases
- Florida Panhandle wildfires force evacuation from more than a thousand homes
- Home Office to pay UK resident £5,750 for 10-hour Calais detention
- Brazilian politician’s sexist remarks about Ukraine refugees spark outrage
- Reasons to be cheerful: optimists live longer, says study
- Experts urge US cities and states to prep for future outbreaks as Omicron slows
- Why have some people never caught Covid? The answers could help protect us all | Zania Stamataki
- ‘Good times? I was out of it’: The Dropout’s Naveen Andrews on booze, drugs and baffling the world in Lost
- A new start after 60: ‘I became a psychotherapist at 69 and found my calling’
- Samsung Galaxy S22+ review: a good phone playing it safe
- ‘I just wanted to play Duck Hunt with my kids’: the man on a mission to bring back the light gun
- Next stop, Sylvia Plath! Why it is time to redraw the London Underground map
- ‘I don’t have penis envy. I have 12 in a drawer at home’ – the fearless female standups of the 60s
- How to stop wasting food and save money
- Parents of murdered Gracie Spinks deliver stark warning on police failings
- US accused of hypocrisy for supporting sanctions against Russia but not Israel
- ‘These are our local heroes’: the artist painting murals of hope in a Zimbabwe township
- Poor tech, opaque rules, exhausted staff: inside the private company surveilling US immigrants
- Oil spill at sea: who will pay for Peru’s worst environmental disaster?
- New Zealand to ramp up Russia sanctions with ‘first of its kind’ law
- ‘Consent was never given’: indigenous groups oppose restarting Guatemala nickel mine
- Ukraine: UN says more than 1.3 million have fled since Russian invasion began
- As 1.3 million people flee, Ukraine’s refugee crisis is only just beginning
- ‘We understand what war means’: Poles rush to aid Ukraine’s refugees
- Afghan journalist Zahra Joya among Time’s women of the year
- South Korea’s presidential candidates face balancing act amid rising anti-China sentiment
- Clear picture of war in Ukraine clouded by large areas of unknowns
- Social media turn on Putin, the past master | Carole Cadwalladr
- Sydney is no place to build a Māori meeting house – it is disrespectful to Aboriginal people | Morgan Godfery
- In military fatigues, Ukrainian reservists marry at Kyiv checkpoint – video
- 'We will find every bastard': Zelenskiy condemns Russian killings of Ukraine civilians – video
- Ukraine protests around the world – in pictures
- Ukraine: footage appears to show Vinnytsia airport on fire – video
- Pope says invasion of Ukraine is 'not just a military operation but a war' – video
- 'Do not be silent': Zelenskiy urges Russians to protest against Ukraine invasion – video
- Journalists and residents run from shelling in Irpin, Ukraine – video
| Posted: 07 Mar 2022 02:11 AM PST Anger at attacks on civilians by Russian forces as defence ministry in Moscow says the military will offer safe passage to Russia and Belarus
Reports are filtering in of a Russian attack on the city of Mykolaiv near the Black Sea in southern Ukraine. Russian forces reportedly bombarded the city with artillery fire on Monday morning, just one day after Ukrainian troops pushed them from the city limits. The Russian armed forces, following a request from French President Emmanuel Macron to Russian leader Vladimir Putin, declare a ceasefire regime from 10:00 and open humanitarian corridors, the Interdepartmental Coordination Headquarters for Humanitarian Response in Ukraine said in a statement. Thus, civilians will be able to leave Kyiv, Mariupol, Kharkov and Sumy. At the same time, during the opening of humanitarian corridors, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation will carry out continuous objective monitoring of the evacuation, including with the use of UAVs. Therefore, we warn that all attempts by the Ukrainian side to once again deceive Russia and the entire civilised world in disrupting the humanitarian operation, allegedly through the fault of the Russian Federations this time around are useless and pointless." Continue reading... |
| Ukraine decries ‘immoral’ Kremlin offer of civilian corridors to Russia or Belarus Posted: 07 Mar 2022 01:48 AM PST Some routes would take those fleeing war to Belarus or Russia, whose forces are continuing to pound cities across Ukraine Ukraine has criticised a proposal by Moscow to open refugee corridors as "completely immoral" after the Russian defence ministry announced that civilians fleeing some cities would only be allowed to leave for Belarus or Russia. As Russian forces continued to pound Ukrainian cities, with rockets hitting residential buildings, Oleksiy Arestovich, an adviser to the Ukrainian president's chief of staff, said negotiations were under way with Russia on establishing safe routes out. Continue reading... |
| TikTok restricts service in Russia and Netflix stops streaming Posted: 06 Mar 2022 11:27 PM PST Chinese-owned video platform blocks new content after Kremlin criminalises reporting of Ukraine invasion TikTok has imposed restrictions on its service in Russia, and Netflix has suspended streaming there entirely, as western companies continue to pull out of the country. Chinese-owned TikTok said it would block livestreaming and uploading of new content in Russia after the Kremlin criminalised the spreading of what it deems to be fake news about its invasion of Ukraine. Netflix did not specify a reason for suspending its services on Sunday, saying the move reflected "circumstances on the ground". The company had previously said it would refuse to air Russian state TV channels. Continue reading... |
| ‘Shocking behaviour’: Russian gymnast shows ‘Z’ symbol on podium next to Ukrainian winner Posted: 06 Mar 2022 05:10 PM PST
Russian gymnast Ivan Kuliak, who sported an insignia linked to the invasion of Ukraine on a medals podium, had been called out for his "shocking behaviour". Kuliak's shirt had the letter "Z" prominently placed as he stood next to Ukraine's Kovtun Illia, the gold medallist at a Gymnastics World Cup event in Doha. Continue reading... |
| UK minister denies plans for humanitarian route for Ukrainian refugees Posted: 07 Mar 2022 12:52 AM PST James Cleverly does not reject reports UK may have only granted visas to 50 people fleeing Russian invasion A Foreign Office minister has denied the UK is to offer Ukrainian refugees a new humanitarian-based route to the country, as he confirmed that it was possible only 50 people have been granted visas so far. James Cleverly, the minister for Europe and America, said the figures for refugees processed "will move very, very quickly", but said it was taking time because there were procedures that needed to be followed. Continue reading... |
| Over 1 million people have fled Ukraine for Poland since invasion, say officials Posted: 06 Mar 2022 11:55 PM PST People escaping bombardment of cities such as Mariupol include 142,300 crossing border on Sunday alone A total of about 1.06 million Ukrainians have fled to Poland since the start of the Russian invasion on 24 February, including 142,300 on Sunday, the Polish border guard said on Monday. "Traffic on the Polish-Ukrainian border is growing, today at 7am, 42,000 people arrived in Poland from Ukraine," the border guard wrote on Twitter. Continue reading... |
| Markets slide as soaring oil and gas prices stokes stagflation worries – business live Posted: 07 Mar 2022 01:59 AM PST Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news
The Swiss National Bank has repeated its pledge to intervene on the currency markets if needed after the Swizz franc briefly rose above parity with the euro, as investors sought safe-haven assets. Reuters has the details: "The Swiss franc is currently sought after as a refuge currency, along with the US dollar and the yen," the central bank said in a statement. "The Swiss franc continues to be highly valued," it added. "The SNB remains prepared to intervene in the foreign exchange market if necessary." Continue reading... |
| KPMG, PwC and EY to cut off businesses in Russia and Belarus Posted: 07 Mar 2022 02:15 AM PST Response to invasion of Ukraine by three of big four accountancy firms puts pressure on Deloitte EY has followed its rivals and fellow big four global accountancy firms, KPMG and PwC, by cutting off businesses in Russia and Belarus, piling pressure on Deloitte, which has yet to pull out. The businesses will not necessarily close down but they will be legally separated, in the latest example of multinational firms responding to the invasion of Ukraine by pulling out of Russia. KPMG has more than 4,500 workers and partners in Russia and Belarus, while PwC has 3,700 and EY has 4,700. Continue reading... |
| Oil prices soar 10% and stocks plunge as US and Europe consider ban on Russian crude Posted: 06 Mar 2022 10:49 PM PST Brent crude jumped $20 to $139.13 at start of trading on Monday, with analysts predicting further increases Oil prices have soared more than 10% and are closing in on their all-time high levels after the risk of a US and European ban on Russian crude threatened a stagflationary shock for world markets. The global benchmark of Brent crude hit US$139.13 a barrel at the start of trading on Monday, a leap of more than $20 on Friday's close of $118.03. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 07 Mar 2022 01:52 AM PST A second east coast low is expected to form overnight, bringing heavy rain and damaging winds
A massive stretch of the New South Wales coast is forecast to be hit by dangerous weather with a second east coast low set to deliver heavy rains and strong winds. The Bureau of Meteorology has expanded its warning zone for towns and communities stretching almost 1,000km from Coffs Harbour south towards the Victorian border. Continue reading... |
| ‘We must march forward’: Kamala Harris commemorates Bloody Sunday anniversary in Selma Posted: 06 Mar 2022 03:40 PM PST US vice president takes to Edmund Pettus Bridge in Alabama as congressional efforts to restore the 1965 Voting Rights Act falter US vice president Kamala Harris visited Selma, Alabama on Sunday to commemorate a defining moment in the fight for the right to vote, making her trip as congressional efforts to restore the landmark 1965 Voting Rights Act have faltered. Under a blazing blue sky, Harris took the stage at the foot of the bridge where in 1965 white state troopers attacked Black voting rights marchers attempting to cross. Continue reading... |
| Japan’s ‘killing stone’ splits in two, releasing superstitions amid the sulphur springs Posted: 06 Mar 2022 09:59 PM PST Legend has it there is an evil spirit trapped in the Sessho-seki stone, so what happens now that the stone is broken? Predictions of dark forces being unleashed by an evil vixen hung over social media in Japan on Monday after a famous volcanic rock said to kill anyone who comes into contact with it was found split in two. According to the mythology surrounding the Sessho-seki, or killing stone, the object contains the transformed corpse of Tamamo-no-Mae, a beautiful woman who had been part of a secret plot hatched by a feudal warlord to kill Emperor Toba, who reigned from 1107-1123. Continue reading... |
| Six key lifestyle changes can help avert the climate crisis, study finds Posted: 06 Mar 2022 11:00 PM PST Research shows that governments and individuals making small changes can have a huge impact in reducing emissions People in well-off countries can help avert climate breakdown by making six relatively straightforward lifestyle changes, according to research from three leading institutions. The study found that sticking to six specific commitments – from flying no more than once every three years to only buying three new items of clothing a year – could rein in the runaway consumption that is partially driving the climate crisis. Continue reading... |
| Shane Warne death: friend describes final meal of Vegemite toast at Thailand resort Posted: 06 Mar 2022 06:57 PM PST
Shane Warne's last meal was a plate of Vegemite and toast shared with a friend at the Thailand resort where he died hours later. The poignant detail was revealed by The Sporting News CEO Tom Hall, who was already on the island of Koh Samui when Warne and three mates arrived. "I have dined with Shane in many fine establishments, but rather than sample some of the local Thai fare, we tuck into a plate of Vegemite on toast," Hall wrote in an article on the outlet's website. Continue reading... |
| Chatham Islands, one of world’s most remote places, records first Covid cases Posted: 06 Mar 2022 05:54 PM PST The islands, 800km east of New Zealand, had been among several other isolated nations and territories that had so far evaded the virus After nearly two years of dodging Covid-19, one of the most remote inhabited places in the world has recorded its first ever cases of the virus. Rēkohu, or the Chatham Islands, are just over 800km east of New Zealand's mainland and are home to roughly 600 permanent residents. Continue reading... |
| Florida Panhandle wildfires force evacuation from more than a thousand homes Posted: 06 Mar 2022 04:32 PM PST Veterans at a nursing home also evacuated, as well as residents of at least 1,100 houses, as firefighters battle two fires Veterans at a nursing home were evacuated, joining residents from more than 1,000 homes, as firefighters and emergency workers battled two massive wildfires Sunday in an area of the Florida Panhandle that was still recovering from destruction caused by a category-5 hurricane more than three years ago. The 8,000-acre Bertha Swamp Road fire and the 841-acre Adkins Avenue fire threatened homes and forced residents of at least 1,100 houses in Bay county to flee over the weekend. Continue reading... |
| Home Office to pay UK resident £5,750 for 10-hour Calais detention Posted: 06 Mar 2022 07:23 AM PST Border official insisted Slovakian national was using an alias after Home Office misspelled name The Home Office has agreed to pay nearly £6,000 in a settlement to an EU citizen it detained at the border in a post-Brexit crackdown on Europeans entering the country last year. Miro Matos, a Slovakian who has lived in the UK for 18 years, was so furious at his treatment in Calais that he sued after officials detained him for 10 hours alleging he was using a false name and had not declared a driving offence when he applied for EU settled status. Continue reading... |
| Brazilian politician’s sexist remarks about Ukraine refugees spark outrage Posted: 06 Mar 2022 06:35 AM PST Arthur do Val heard in leaked audio messages calling women fleeing war 'easy because they're poor' A prominent member of the Brazilian right is facing calls to resign after he was exposed in leaked audio messages making a succession of callous and misogynistic remarks about Ukrainian refugees during a purportedly humanitarian mission to the recently invaded country. Arthur do Val, a São Paulo congressman and former supporter of Brazil's rightwing president, Jair Bolsonaro, made a three-day trip to the region last week, supposedly to raise awareness of the human cost of Vladimir Putin's attack. Continue reading... |
| Reasons to be cheerful: optimists live longer, says study Posted: 06 Mar 2022 09:00 PM PST Those with a positive attitude to life may lower their anxiety levels by avoiding arguments People who have a rosy outlook on the world may live healthier, longer lives because they have fewer stressful events to cope with, new research suggests. Scientists found that while optimists reacted to, and recovered from, stressful situations in much the same way as pessimists, the optimists fared better emotionally because they had fewer stressful events in their daily lives. Continue reading... |
| Experts urge US cities and states to prep for future outbreaks as Omicron slows Posted: 06 Mar 2022 11:00 PM PST As cases and hospitalizations decline, public health experts worry it might lull people into thinking the pandemic is over Omicron is receding in the US and states and cities are lifting remaining restrictions. Public health experts, however, are urging leaders to use the lull to prepare for future outbreaks. The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced new guidelines for judging community risk, shifting focus from cases to hospitalizations. Continue reading... |
| Why have some people never caught Covid? The answers could help protect us all | Zania Stamataki Posted: 07 Mar 2022 12:00 AM PST I'm a Covid researcher, but I've never tested positive. Studying variations in immune systems could lead to better vaccines I'm one of the fortunate people who is yet to test positive for Covid. This is despite the fact that I work with live replicating Sars-CoV-2 (the virus that causes Covid) for my research, teach face-to-face at university, and have school-age children. My fully vaccinated healthy friends of the same age were not so lucky, and some have suffered from more than one case of Covid in the past couple of years. What does this reveal about my immune system? Dr Zania Stamataki is a senior lecturer and researcher in viral immunology at the University of Birmingham Continue reading... |
| Posted: 06 Mar 2022 10:00 PM PST He found fame in The English Patient before becoming a huge TV star. Now he is tackling the Theranos fraud scandal. But addiction in the 90s nearly cost him everything If your abiding image of Naveen Andrews is as Sayid from Lost – the soulful Iraqi officer whose sad eyes, powerful biceps and luxuriant hair set many mid-00s hearts a-flutter – you might be in for a shock seeing him in The Dropout. Paunchy, bespectacled, greying, with shockingly normal-length hair, he is less a strapping man of action and more a middle-aged man of business – and not a very good one at that. Andrews portrays Sunny Balwani, the partner and alleged co-conspirator of Elizabeth Holmes, who was once the world's youngest female billionaire and is now a convicted corporate fraudster. On a video call from his home in Santa Monica, California, Andrews, 53, looks more Sayid than Sunny. His black gym vest exposes reassuringly well-toned biceps; the hair is returning to its trademark resplendence. He gained 9kg (1st 6lb) for The Dropout, he explains, to make his face fuller and his belly paunchier. He also modified his movements to seem slower and older. "Well, I did at least want to resemble the character I was playing," he says, a little sting of sarcasm in his inflection. Continue reading... |
| A new start after 60: ‘I became a psychotherapist at 69 and found my calling’ Posted: 06 Mar 2022 11:00 PM PST Having worked as an architect and photographer, run a bookshop and brought up four children, Bryony Harris has always sought new challenges. But becoming a therapist, she says, felt like coming home At 65, Bryony Harris withdrew her pension in a lump sum and enrolled on a psychotherapy course. "I like that I used my pension to train for a new career," she says. Now, at 74, she has a thriving psychotherapy practice in Fredrikstad, Norway. "I just knew it was the right time, and I felt equipped to do it. It was the very best thing I ever did for myself." The four-year course was in Jutland, a peninsula on the west coast of Denmark, where for a week a month Harris was "among sand dunes with this amazing empty wild beach right outside". To get there, Harris drove for five hours through southern Norway. "It always felt like coming home," she says. "I was a sponge, soaking up this stuff." Tell us: has your life taken a new direction after the age of 60? Continue reading... |
| Samsung Galaxy S22+ review: a good phone playing it safe Posted: 06 Mar 2022 11:00 PM PST Premium Android has good screen and camera, longer updates and recycled materials – but lacks wow factor The Galaxy S22+ is Samsung's big-screen premium phone for 2022, offering top specs and good quality hardware, but little in the way of novel or exciting features. It's a safe, solid device. With an RRP of £949 ($999/A$1,549) that doesn't mean low cost, but it is £200 cheaper than the all-singing, all-dancing £1,149 S22 Ultra superphone with its Galaxy Note-like design. Shop around, though, and you should soon be able to find it for less. Main screen: 6.6in FHD+ Dynamic Amoled 2X (393ppi) 120Hz Processor: Samsung Exynos 2200 (EU) or Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (US) RAM: 8GB of RAM Storage: 128 or 256GB Operating system: One UI 4.1 based on Android 12 Camera: Triple rear camera: 50MP wide, 12MP ultra-wide, 10MP 3x telephoto; 10MP front-facing Connectivity: 5G, dual nano sim, USB-C, wifi 6E, NFC, Bluetooth 5.2, UWB and GNSS Water resistance: IP68 (1.5m for 30 mins) Dimensions: 157.4 x 75.8 x 7.6mm Weight: 195g Continue reading... |
| ‘I just wanted to play Duck Hunt with my kids’: the man on a mission to bring back the light gun Posted: 07 Mar 2022 01:00 AM PST No one believed he could make a light gun that worked on modern TVs. But Andrew Sinden persevered with his dream to revive a dying game genre Almost every console and computer, from the Sega Dreamcast to the humble Amstrad CPC, once had its very own light gun. Whether you were shooting ducks with the NES Zapper or downing baddies in Time Crisis on the PlayStation, they were ubiquitous – yet now they are all but extinct. Andrew Sinden aims to change that: he's on a crusade to make light-gun games mainstream again. "I'd consider the project has failed if I don't manage to do that," he says. It all began around four years ago, when Sinden's parents were cleaning out their loft. They came across his old NES, and asked him whether he still wanted it. "Of course, the answer was yes," recalls Sinden. "And what I really wanted to do was play Duck Hunt with my kids." But after hooking up the console to his television, he was dismayed to find that nothing happened when he pulled the Zapper's trigger. "I completely forgot that light guns didn't work on modern TVs," he admits. "It was a real disappointment, because I thought Duck Hunt on a 50-inch TV would be amazing. I used to play it on a 14-inch TV!" Continue reading... |
| Next stop, Sylvia Plath! Why it is time to redraw the London Underground map Posted: 07 Mar 2022 02:00 AM PST The official London tube map has only three stops named after women. Together with the actor Emma Watson and the author Rebecca Solnit, I've been working on a feminist alternative. Here's the story behind our contribution to International Women's Day When I was a baby feminist, I would argue with friends that public space was political. I had been radicalised by my teenage years, sick to the back teeth of street harassment from men who seemed to think that the streets were theirs to roam freely, while women were relegated to decoration. It wasn't a regular occurrence, but it happened enough times to enrage me. Walking home from school in London, in uniform, I had been followed, had my arm snatched and had been approached at least once by a man who displayed stalking tendencies. As I grew older, I understood these actions as displays of dominance and I was disgusted. Alongside my indignation, I was crushingly disappointed. I had been raised in this city and hated that this kind of behaviour was an impediment to my teenage desire for autonomy and freedom. I had been navigating public transport by myself for years at that point, and it took me everywhere I wanted to go. Once I had exhausted my immediate surroundings on foot, I'd take the Piccadilly line to gigs at the now bulldozed Astoria on Charing Cross Road. I'd jump on the Hammersmith and City line, a portal to dancing all day at Notting Hill carnival. The Circle line made me feel like an intellectual in the museums of South Kensington. There was no option back then to outsource travel plans to a clever little app, so in order to go anywhere I, like everyone else, would have to study the tube map to find out how to get to my destination. If I was feeling brave, I'd sometimes jump on the tube at Turnpike Lane and work it out as I went along, peering at the mini maps inside the train carriage and looming awkwardly over whoever was sitting in the seat beneath. I didn't need a car. The map in my pocket opened up my city. Continue reading... |
| ‘I don’t have penis envy. I have 12 in a drawer at home’ – the fearless female standups of the 60s Posted: 06 Mar 2022 10:00 PM PST They were pigeonholed, derided – and even shot at. With The Marvelous Mrs Maisel back on TV screens, we find out what life was really like for women who dared to be funny in the postwar years Back in the days when they were still called comediennes, an older comedienne turns to a younger one and says: "What is your persona?" The younger woman is confused. Bob Hope and Lenny Bruce don't have personas, she says. They are just allowed to be funny as themselves, so why isn't she? "They have dicks," snaps back Sophie Lennon, one of the most memorable characters in The Marvelous Mrs Maisel. In the hit Amazon show – set in 50s and 60s New York – Midge Maisel discovers her talent as a standup. She's an accidental comic, getting up on stage at a Greenwich Village club one night, drunk and angry and confessional, after her husband leaves her for his secretary. At the time, there is really only one mainstream female standup: Lennon, whose persona is that of a Queens housewife, complete with feather duster, fat suit and grating catchphrase. Maisel, with her shocking, electrifying set – it ends with her getting arrested – represents a new style of comedy, particularly for women. Continue reading... |
| How to stop wasting food and save money Posted: 06 Mar 2022 11:00 PM PST We throw out £2.1bn-worth of fresh fruit and veg each year because it's mouldy, gone soft or is out of date About £2.1bn-worth of fresh fruit and vegetables is thrown away in UK homes each year because it has gone soft, mouldy or is out of date. Continue reading... |
| Parents of murdered Gracie Spinks deliver stark warning on police failings Posted: 06 Mar 2022 04:01 PM PST Mistakes are still made in cases like their daughter's, say Gracie's parents, who are campaigning for more funding for anti-stalking advocates Gracie Spinks was doing what she loved most – feeding her beloved horse one morning before work – when a stalker she had previously reported to the police killed her. Her death came just a few months after Sarah Everard was murdered by police officer Wayne Couzens in March 2021, triggering a nationwide conversation about violence towards women and confidence in policing. Continue reading... |
| US accused of hypocrisy for supporting sanctions against Russia but not Israel Posted: 07 Mar 2022 02:00 AM PST Critics compare Israeli military actions of Palestinian territories with Russian invasion of Ukraine but pro-Israel groups dismiss allegations as false parallels The US and some of its European allies are facing accusations of double standards for supporting sanctions and international war crimes investigations against Russia for its invasion of Ukraine while blocking them over Israeli military actions in the occupied Palestinian territories. But pro-Israel groups in the US have dismissed the allegations by accusing critics of exploiting Ukrainian suffering to draw false parallels. Continue reading... |
| ‘These are our local heroes’: the artist painting murals of hope in a Zimbabwe township Posted: 06 Mar 2022 11:30 PM PST Basil Matsika hopes his joyful murals of Mbare's music and sports stars will inspire others to look beyond the area's poverty and crime Street artist Basil Matsika paints murals of local musicians and daily life in the streets of Mbare, one of Zimbabwe's oldest townships, in the capital Harare. With his brush and paint jar, he says he communicates deep sentiments of hope amid the overwhelming landscape of poverty. While many see Mbare as a crime-ridden neighbourhood, Matsika, 40, chooses to see beauty in the grimy, patched walls of the Matapi flats, which have become his canvas for his giant murals. Continue reading... |
| Poor tech, opaque rules, exhausted staff: inside the private company surveilling US immigrants Posted: 07 Mar 2022 12:01 AM PST BI claims it provides immigrant tracking and 'high quality' case management. A Guardian investigation paints a very different picture The computers at the BI Inc call center in Anderson, Indiana, are powered around the clock. Behind the monitors, dozens of customer support employees scan their screens for an alert to pop up – the signal they may be about to lose track of one of the thousands of people they're tasked with watching. The warning could mean the ankle monitor they're keeping tabs on is running low on battery. Maybe someone they're tracking missed a scheduled check-in or moved outside the perimeter they're required to stay in. The activities at the call center are part of the US government's Intensive Supervision Appearance Program (Isap), a surveillance system launched in 2004 and pitched as a way to keep immigrants out of detention centers while they await a court hearing on their legal status. Monitoring as many as 300 people at once, BI case managers often don't have enough time to offer immigrants tailored support and some are even discouraged by managers from doing so. BI's ankle monitors can overheat, have shocked people, and at times are put on too tightly by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice). BI's app frequently malfunctions, causing immigrants to miss required check-ins. There are few protocols governing case managers' decisions, even though they have enormous repercussions in immigrants' daily lives. Continue reading... |
| Oil spill at sea: who will pay for Peru’s worst environmental disaster? Posted: 07 Mar 2022 12:45 AM PST As the state, the refinery and tanker owners play the blame game, damage to the region's ecosystems continues to spread More than a month after Peru's worst ever environmental disaster on its coastline there are few signs of reckoning for Repsol, the Spanish energy company that manages the refinery where more than 10,000 barrels of crude oil spewed into the Pacific Ocean after a routine tanker discharge went awry. The black slick, pushed north by wind and currents, tarred 25 beaches, polluted three protected marine reserves, and covers an area of about 106 sq km (40 sq miles) – the size of Paris. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand to ramp up Russia sanctions with ‘first of its kind’ law Posted: 06 Mar 2022 10:25 PM PST Bill would allow government to freeze assets and also prevent Russian yachts and aircraft from entering New Zealand New Zealand will rush a bill through parliament this week that will significantly ramp up its sanctions against Russia and its oligarchs, in line with its western allies. The Russia Sanctions Bill is the "first of its kind" in New Zealand, which has no legal framework for passing broader, unilateral sanctions and usually only does so when called on by the UN security council. As a permanent member of the body, Moscow has vetoed any action against it. Continue reading... |
| ‘Consent was never given’: indigenous groups oppose restarting Guatemala nickel mine Posted: 06 Mar 2022 09:00 AM PST An investigation appears to show company employees discussing how to smear local opponents of the Central American nickel operation A decision to restart operations at one of Central America's largest nickel mines is being questioned by campaigners, after an investigation appeared to show the company co-opted indigenous leaders and smeared potential opponents. "They said that there would be development [building schools and hospitals], that there would be a change in El Estor, when really there is none," said Cristobal Pop, 45, the president of the artisan fishers' union. Continue reading... |
| Ukraine: UN says more than 1.3 million have fled since Russian invasion began Posted: 05 Mar 2022 10:17 AM PST United Nations calling exodus Europe's fastest-moving refugee crisis since end of second world war More than 1.3 million Ukrainians have crossed borders since the Russian invasion started on the 24 February in what the United Nations is now calling Europe's fastest-moving refugee crisis since the end of the second world war. Figures released today by the United Nation's Refugee Agency (UNHCR) show that to date 1.37 million people have fled Ukraine into neighbouring European countries after the military offensive ordered by the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. Continue reading... |
| As 1.3 million people flee, Ukraine’s refugee crisis is only just beginning Posted: 05 Mar 2022 08:13 AM PST Analysis: despite the EU's solidarity in helping those escaping war, aid agencies are overwhelmed with many people stuck at borders Just over a week after Russian rockets first began to slam into Ukraine, more than 1.3 million people have fled over the borders of neighbouring European countries into a frightening and uncertain future. What we are witnessing, the United Nations has warned, is the largest refugee crisis in a century. All week, the world has watched families fighting to board trains in chaotic crowds, fathers kissing their children goodbye through car windows, and seen the shock and exhaustion on the faces of those who have made it to safety. Continue reading... |
| ‘We understand what war means’: Poles rush to aid Ukraine’s refugees Posted: 05 Mar 2022 05:34 AM PST Ordinary citizens are volunteering time and money – but the pleas for the government to do more are getting urgent In a giant food depot in Poland, a few miles from the border with Belarus, thousands of people, many of them women and children wrapped in woollen blankets, are crammed together in corridors and hallways. As Polish locals and volunteers frantically work alongside soldiers to try to distribute food and water to those most in need, buses pull up outside carrying more shellshocked and exhausted people needing help. There is no attempt to register the new arrivals. There is no time. Just over a week since Russia invaded Ukraine, those working here know that this crisis has just begun. Since the violence began, more than 650,000 people have crossed into Poland, leaving their lives behind and becoming refugees. Continue reading... |
| Afghan journalist Zahra Joya among Time’s women of the year Posted: 04 Mar 2022 10:00 PM PST Now a refugee in the UK, Joya and the Rukhshana Media agency defied threats to report on life for women under the Taliban The Afghan journalist Zahra Joya has been named as one of Time's women of the year 2022 for her reporting of women's lives in Afghanistan through her news agency, Rukhshana Media. Now living as a refugee in the UK, Joya continues to run Rukhshana Media from exile, publishing the reporting of her team of female journalists across Afghanistan on life for women under Taliban rule. Continue reading... |
| South Korea’s presidential candidates face balancing act amid rising anti-China sentiment Posted: 06 Mar 2022 03:53 PM PST With an election days away, the two leading candidates must negotiate pitfalls of a reliance on US for security and on China for trade When Moon Jae-in, the outgoing president of South Korea, returned home from Washington in May last year, his foreign minister, Chung Eui-yong, rushed to clarify the mention of Taiwan in his joint statement with Joe Biden – a highly sensitive subject for South Korea's biggest trading partner, China. "The Taiwan-related expressions [in the joint statement] are 'very general expressions'," Chung said a day after the statement was released. As if this clarification was not enough, Chung's deputy, Choi Jong-gun, added: "China would appreciate the fact that South Korea does not see China as an enemy." Continue reading... |
| Clear picture of war in Ukraine clouded by large areas of unknowns Posted: 06 Mar 2022 07:37 AM PST Analysis: lack of reliable information has made it hard to assess the Russian military's successes and failures In conflict, where information is everything, what is striking about the war in Ukraine is not what is known but the very large areas of unknowns. And even as commentators have picked over and analysed everything that is known about the Russian military's operations and performance in Ukraine in an effort to predict the trajectory of the conflict, it's what is poorly understood that may yet be more significant still. Continue reading... |
| Social media turn on Putin, the past master | Carole Cadwalladr Posted: 06 Mar 2022 03:00 AM PST Disinformation and fake accounts were used against the west for years – now the Kremlin is under attack
Because in 2022, information is power. And one of the many huge unexpected geopolitical shifts of the last week is that this power has been returned to the people. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 05 Mar 2022 11:00 AM PST Marae embody deep connections to the land and are a statement of indigeneity – but Māori aren't indigenous in Australia When most New Zealanders hear the term "marae" they think of the typical Māori meeting house. The angular facade, decorated in red and white carvings, and the open space for the "encounter" where guests arrive in the warmth of welcome, in the grief of a tangi (funeral), or in the uncertainty of a disagreement. Continue reading... |
| In military fatigues, Ukrainian reservists marry at Kyiv checkpoint – video Posted: 06 Mar 2022 08:21 PM PST On day 11 of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, long-term partners Lesia Ivashchenko and Valerii Filimonov married at a checkpoint in Kyiv on 6 March. The couple, both members of Ukraine's territorial defence unit, decided to forgo formal wear and don their uniforms instead Continue reading... |
| 'We will find every bastard': Zelenskiy condemns Russian killings of Ukraine civilians – video Posted: 06 Mar 2022 05:11 PM PST In his latest address Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy called on the west to do more as he spoke of the destruction across Ukraine and the suffering faced by his people. 'We will not forgive. We will not forget,' he said. 'We will punish everyone who committed atrocities in this war on our land.' In Irpin, a town about 25km (16 miles) north-west of the capital of Kyiv, men, women and children trying to escape heavy fighting in the area were forced to take cover when missiles struck nearby, according to witnesses |
| Ukraine protests around the world – in pictures Posted: 06 Mar 2022 10:45 AM PST As the invasion of Ukraine entered its second week, protests against Russian aggression were held all over the world Continue reading... |
| Ukraine: footage appears to show Vinnytsia airport on fire – video Posted: 06 Mar 2022 09:26 AM PST The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said Russian rockets had completely destroyed the civilian airport in central Ukraine on Sunday. Footage appears to show columns of smoke and fire billowing from the airport Continue reading... |
| Pope says invasion of Ukraine is 'not just a military operation but a war' – video Posted: 06 Mar 2022 08:13 AM PST In his weekly address to crowds gathered in St Peter's Square, Rome, the pontiff rejected Russia's assertion that it is carrying out a 'a special military operation'. 'In Ukraine, rivers of blood and tears are flowing. This is not only a military operation but a war which is leading to death, destruction and misery,' Pope Francis said Continue reading... |
| 'Do not be silent': Zelenskiy urges Russians to protest against Ukraine invasion – video Posted: 06 Mar 2022 08:09 AM PST Volodymyr Zelenskiy has appealed for Russians to challenge their government and voice opposition to the invasion of Ukraine. 'If you keep silent now, only your poverty will speak for you later. And only repression will answer,' he warned. Russians face an uncertain and isolated future after international sanctions plunged the economy into crisis and authorities cracked down on independent media and restricted access to Facebook and other social media sites. Continue reading... |
| Journalists and residents run from shelling in Irpin, Ukraine – video Posted: 06 Mar 2022 07:48 AM PST Explosions can be heard as journalists and Ukrainians are filmed amid heavy shelling in town of Irpin, near Kyiv. The Ukrianian military helped residents escape as Russian troops advanced towards the capital Continue reading... |
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