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- Colombia could elect first black female vice-president as poll leader names pick
- Nicaragua’s ambassador to the OAS denounces Daniel Ortega’s ‘dictatorship’
- Machu Picchu: Inca site ‘has gone by wrong name for over 100 years’
- Australia agrees 450 refugees can be resettled in New Zealand, nine years after deal first offered
- Court in Japan rejects claim by people lured to North Korea ‘paradise on Earth’
- Zelenskiy calls on Japan to impose trade embargo on Russian goods
- Australia news live update: 35 Covid deaths recorded as Japanese encephalitis declared disease of national significance
- Growing concerns for four-year-old girl missing from backyard in southern Tasmania
- Queensland premier admits ‘blurring’ of lobbying rules may require changes to the law
- Indigenous elders in WA say ‘gag clause’ denies them a say in industrial developments on their land
- AFL to launch review of concussion expert Paul McCrory’s work following plagiarism claims
- NT traditional owners launch international legal action over Barossa gas project
- Russia-Ukraine war latest news: Zelenskiy expects ‘meaningful steps’ at Nato, EU and G7 summits; Russia likely to mobilise conscripts, says UK – live
- Ukraine war: Zelenskiy urges global protests ‘in the name of peace’ to mark month since invasion began
- Vigilantes stalk Ukraine border as sex traffickers target fleeing women and children
- US ‘will not entertain’ UK trade deal that risks Good Friday agreement
- One month on: how a tragedy has unfolded in Ukraine
- Israel blocked Ukraine from buying Pegasus spyware, fearing Russia’s anger
- Rift over Ukraine exposed as high-powered UK delegation to India called off
- Blossom falls: 80% of small orchards in England and Wales lost since 1900
- Our Friends in the North still depressingly relevant, says writer
- Prince William speaks of ‘profound sorrow’ for slavery in address to Jamaican PM
- Matt Hancock failed to disclose messages with Owen Paterson over Covid contracts
- Merseyside’s new Shakespeare theatre opens by celebrating builders and footballers
- The world’s forests do more than just store carbon, new research finds
- Trump committed ‘numerous’ felonies, said resigning New York prosecutor – report
- Ketanji Brown Jackson faces renewed Republican attacks in Senate grilling
- Washington joins nine other states in restricting gun magazine capacity size
- Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies aged 84
- Republican says Trump asked him to ‘rescind’ 2020 election and remove Biden from office
| Colombia could elect first black female vice-president as poll leader names pick Posted: 23 Mar 2022 01:26 PM PDT Francia Márquez, 40, an environmental campaigner who has survived at least one assassination attempt, is leftist Gustavo Petro's running mate She is an Afro-Colombian environmental crusader who has faced down untold death threats and survived at least one assassination attempt to become one of the leading lights of Latin America's new left. Now, Francia Márquez, 39, could be on the verge of becoming Colombia's next vice-president after the leftist frontrunner, Gustavo Petro, picked her as his running mate – a move that has thrilled progressives and civil rights activists across the region. Continue reading... |
| Nicaragua’s ambassador to the OAS denounces Daniel Ortega’s ‘dictatorship’ Posted: 23 Mar 2022 11:05 AM PDT Arturo McFields Yescas spoke out against the government he is representing in a verbal attack that was lauded by the US Nicaragua's ambassador to the Organization of American States has launched an extraordinary verbal attack on the authoritarian government he is employed to represent, castigating Daniel Ortega's "indefensible" dictatorship for its assault on human rights and democracy. Arturo McFields Yescas spoke out during an online OAS session on Wednesday, in a startling declaration that spread quickly on social media and was commended by countries such as the US. Continue reading... |
| Machu Picchu: Inca site ‘has gone by wrong name for over 100 years’ Posted: 23 Mar 2022 07:56 AM PDT Peruvian historian and US archaeologist say the pre-Columbian town was called Huayna Picchu by the Inca people Machu Picchu is one of the world's best-known archaeological sites, a wonder of pre-Columbian architecture that has been closely studied for decades and a tourist attraction that draws hundreds of thousands of visitors every year. But a new academic paper argues that since its rediscovery more than a century ago, the site has been known by the wrong name. Continue reading... |
| Australia agrees 450 refugees can be resettled in New Zealand, nine years after deal first offered Posted: 23 Mar 2022 08:14 PM PDT Under the deal 150 refugees a year held on Nauru, or who have come to Australia temporarily, will be eligible for resettlement
Up to 450 refugees from Australia's regional processing centres will be resettled in New Zealand over the next three years, after the Coalition belatedly took up a long-standing agreement struck more than nine years ago. Up to 150 refugees a year will be able to go to New Zealand, under the deal announced by Australia's home affairs minister, Karen Andrews, and the New Zealand immigration minister, Kris Faafoi, on Thursday. Continue reading... |
| Court in Japan rejects claim by people lured to North Korea ‘paradise on Earth’ Posted: 23 Mar 2022 10:03 AM PDT Plaintiffs say they endured decades of abuse after resettlement campaign in which Tokyo colluded A Tokyo court has rejected a lawsuit filed by five people seeking compensation from North Korea for what they said was decades of abuse after they were lured there by Pyongyang's false promise of living in the "paradise on Earth". The five plaintiffs, including ethnic Koreans and Japanese who moved to North Korea under a 1959-1984 repatriation programme and later fled, filed the lawsuit in 2018 seeking 100m yen (about £625,000 today) each in compensation over what they said was illegal "solicitation and detainment". Continue reading... |
| Zelenskiy calls on Japan to impose trade embargo on Russian goods Posted: 23 Mar 2022 09:27 AM PDT The Ukrainian president thanked Japan for 'leading the way' in virtual address to MPs The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has called on Japan to increase pressure on Russia by imposing a trade embargo on Russian goods, in a virtual address to MPs in Tokyo. Zelenskiy, who has delivered carefully tailored speeches to lawmakers in the US, UK and other countries, thanked Japan for "leading the way" among Asian countries in condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine and imposing sanctions. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 24 Mar 2022 12:08 AM PDT Rex Patrick to reveal political intentions tomorrow after Nick Xenophon announces run for Senate; Japanese encephalitis declared disease of national significance; Liberals select candidate for Bennelong; fifth arrest this week over climate crisis protest; Morrison says having Putin at G20 'a step too far'; at least 35 Covid deaths recorded. Follow all the day's news
Here's the latest on that rain to come, which is already hitting Sydney. Australia is risking its economic security in a future crisis by being too dependent on foreign-flagged commercial ships, a former navy chief, Tim Barrett, has warned. When push comes to shove, the place where the ship is registered is king. They can tell their ships where to go, what to do and what to carry. We don't have an ability to do that except for the handful we have left. To be entirely dependent on others is very concerning. Continue reading... |
| Growing concerns for four-year-old girl missing from backyard in southern Tasmania Posted: 24 Mar 2022 12:07 AM PDT Searchers have found one of the two dogs Shayla Phillips was last seen playing with in Stormlea, south-east of Hobart, but there is no sign of the girl An intensive search is under way in Tasmania for a four-year-old girl who went missing on the Tasman Peninsula near Port Arthur. Shayla Phillips went missing on Wednesday afternoon and was last seen about 2.30pm near Stormlea Rd, wearing pink leggings, a cream top, and gumboots. Continue reading... |
| Queensland premier admits ‘blurring’ of lobbying rules may require changes to the law Posted: 23 Mar 2022 11:32 PM PDT Comments come amid questions over the role of Annastacia Palaszczuk's former deputy chief of staff at a Labor-aligned lobbying firm
Annastacia Palaszczuk has flagged tightening laws that govern political lobbying in Queensland, while acknowledging a "blurring" about how different roles and companies are treated under current regulation. At a press conference on Thursday, the state's premier deflected questions as to whether her former staffer helped win a public contract months after she left Palaszczuk's office. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Indigenous elders in WA say ‘gag clause’ denies them a say in industrial developments on their land Posted: 23 Mar 2022 11:12 PM PDT Murujuga traditional custodians call for changes to government agreement from 2003 that restricts opposition to developments
Traditional custodians of the Burrup Peninsula want the Western Australian state government to remove a "gag clause" that stops them from mounting real opposition to industrial developments on their land. The Murujuga elders and traditional custodians travelled to Perth from the Kimberley region in the far north of Western Australia on Thursday to deliver an open letter to the government outlining the changes. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| AFL to launch review of concussion expert Paul McCrory’s work following plagiarism claims Posted: 23 Mar 2022 11:02 PM PDT Exclusive: League says after 'a number' of allegations about McCrory's work it will launch an independent review of his research and advice The AFL is launching a comprehensive and independent review of the work and advice of concussion doctor Paul McCrory who for years treated and diagnosed athletes suffering concussions and other serious head injuries. The AFL told Guardian Australia the review would be undertaken after the league was unable to answer key questions posed to it about concussion research McCrory was said to have led for the governing body, or the evidence he used to inform concussion policies. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| NT traditional owners launch international legal action over Barossa gas project Posted: 23 Mar 2022 10:52 PM PDT Tiwi Islander and Larrakia peoples seeking to block South Korean development say it threatens marine life
Traditional owners in the Northern Territory have launched an international legal bid to block the $4.7bn Barossa offshore gas project in the Timor Sea, saying the development will threaten marine life. Tiwi Islander and Larrakia traditional owners are seeking to prevent South Korea's export credit agencies from financing the development, which would provide a new source of gas to the existing Darwin LNG facility. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Posted: 24 Mar 2022 12:14 AM PDT Latest updates: Ukraine president says Thursday summits will reveal 'who is a friend, who is a partner, and who betrayed us for money'; Russia likely looking to mobilise reservists and conscripts to replace losses, UK defence says
The port of Berdyansk, a city in the Zaporizhzhia Oblast of south-east Ukraine, is reportedly on fire, according to local Ukrainian media outlets and a senior advisor to Ukraine's interior ministry. The city is located about 75km north-west of Mariupol. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 23 Mar 2022 11:01 PM PDT President urges people to 'come from your offices, your homes, your schools and universities' to support Ukraine Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called for citizens worldwide to take to the streets "in the name of peace" and hold global protests against Russia's bloody war, one month after the invasion began. Zelenskiy's appeal come as world leaders prepare to hold a series of emergency summits in Europe that aim to ratchet up pressure on Russian president Vladimir Putin to end the war. US is expected to announce a new package of Russia sanctions on Thursday, targeting politicians and oligarchs. More Russian banks and state enterprises may also be added to a blacklist, cutting them off from using the Belgium-based Swift financial messaging system. Nato announced it will double its troops along the alliance's eastern flank, beginning the deployment of four new battlegroups in Bulgaria, Hungary, Romania and Slovakia. On the eve of a meeting with Biden, European Union nations signed off on another €500m ($550m) in military aid for Ukraine. UK will double the number of missiles it sends to Ukraine and urge western allies to step up provisions of lethal aid to the country. Boris Johnson said the UK would provide 6,000 new defensive missiles, including high-explosive weapons, and £25m from Foreign Office funds to help Ukraine pay its military and police forces. Continue reading... |
| Vigilantes stalk Ukraine border as sex traffickers target fleeing women and children Posted: 23 Mar 2022 11:00 PM PDT Patrols of vigilantes are attempting to prevent children going missing and women being lured by suspected pimps at the Polish border Women and child refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine to Poland are being targeted by suspected pimps and sex traffickers operating alone and in gangs, according to charities working on the border. "We've registered the first cases of [suspected] pimps preying on Ukrainian women near refugee shelter points in Lublin; accosting them, sometimes aggressively, under the guise of offering transport, work or accommodation," said Karolina Wierzbińska, a coordinator at Homo Faber, a human rights organisation based in the Polish city of Lublin. Continue reading... |
| US ‘will not entertain’ UK trade deal that risks Good Friday agreement Posted: 23 Mar 2022 11:00 PM PDT US congressman Richard Neal says peace deal must not be held 'hostage over domestic politics' A bilateral trade deal between the US and the UK is "desirable" but will not progress while the Northern Ireland peace deal is being used for domestic political purposes, one of the most powerful American congressmen has warned. Richard Neal, the chairman of the ways and means committee, has told the Guardian: "We will not entertain a trade agreement if there is any jeopardy to the Good Friday agreement. Continue reading... |
| One month on: how a tragedy has unfolded in Ukraine Posted: 23 Mar 2022 09:00 PM PDT Russia's failure to score a quick victory has led to a grimmer phase of the war, and much still hangs in the balance On 24 February, shortly before dawn broke in Moscow, Vladimir Putin made the latest in a series of televised addresses. His previous appearances had contained increasingly ominous tirades about Ukraine. Now here was the culmination: the declaration of what the Russian president euphemistically called a "special military operation". The goal, said Putin, was the "demilitarisation and denazification" of Ukraine. Continue reading... |
| Israel blocked Ukraine from buying Pegasus spyware, fearing Russia’s anger Posted: 23 Mar 2022 07:01 AM PDT Revelation of denial offers new insight into the way Israel's relationship with Moscow has undermined Ukrainian objectives Israel blocked Ukraine from buying NSO Group's Pegasus spyware for fear that Russian officials would be angered by the sale of the sophisticated hacking tool to a regional foe, according to people familiar with the matter. The revelation, following a joint investigation by the Guardian and Washington Post, offers new insight into the way Israel's relationship with Russia has at times undermined Ukraine's offensive capabilities – and contradicted US priorities. Continue reading... |
| Rift over Ukraine exposed as high-powered UK delegation to India called off Posted: 24 Mar 2022 12:00 AM PDT Boris Johnson tries to persuade Indian PM to take a more robust approach to Russia over invasion A high-powered cross-party UK delegation to India led by the Commons Speaker, Sir Lindsay Hoyle, and his deputy has been called off at the last minute in a sign of a growing rift over India's refusal to distance itself from the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The 10-strong delegation has been in discussion with India since January and was planning to visit Delhi and Rajasthan, but the Indian high commission is understood to have raised objections at the last minute. Continue reading... |
| Blossom falls: 80% of small orchards in England and Wales lost since 1900 Posted: 23 Mar 2022 11:00 PM PDT Traditional orchards, havens for wildlife, have been lost to housing and farmland, National Trust reports A century ago, small orchards were the glory not only of the countryside but of towns and cities across the UK, buzzing with life during the summer and, at this time of year, rich with the sight and scent of blossom. But research released as this spring's blossom sweeps across the UK has found there are 80% fewer small "traditional" orchards, which are regarded as particularly important for flora and fauna, in England and Wales compared with in 1900. Continue reading... |
| Our Friends in the North still depressingly relevant, says writer Posted: 23 Mar 2022 11:00 PM PDT Themes of corruption and attitudes to poverty still resonate today, says Peter Flannery ahead of new Radio 4 adaptation It's regarded as one of the greatest British television dramas of all time, launching the early careers of its stars Daniel Craig, Christopher Eccleston, Gina McKee and Mark Strong. But while it was set in the mid-60s to 90s, the storylines of politics, corruption and class prevalent in Our Friends in the North are just as relevant today, its writer has said ahead of a new radio adaptation. Continue reading... |
| Prince William speaks of ‘profound sorrow’ for slavery in address to Jamaican PM Posted: 23 Mar 2022 08:17 PM PDT Duke of Cambridge also 'forever grateful' to Windrush generation for contribution to postwar reconstruction and British life The Duke of Cambridge has expressed "profound sorrow" for the "appalling atrocity of slavery" during an address to Jamaica's prime minister and other dignitaries that stopped short of the apology activists had demanded. "Slavery was abhorrent and it never should have happened," Prince William said. "I strongly agree with my father, the Prince of Wales, who said in Barbados last year that the appalling atrocity of slavery forever stains our history." Continue reading... |
| Matt Hancock failed to disclose messages with Owen Paterson over Covid contracts Posted: 23 Mar 2022 05:01 PM PDT Health department did not keep full records of meetings with healthcare firm Paterson lobbied for, NAO finds Matt Hancock, the former health secretary, failed to notify his officials about private messages he exchanged with disgraced Conservative MP Owen Paterson, a healthcare firm's paid lobbyist, an official watchdog has disclosed. In a critical report, the National Audit Office (NAO) concluded that the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) did not record properly why it awarded contracts worth nearly £500m to the healthcare firm, Randox. Continue reading... |
| Merseyside’s new Shakespeare theatre opens by celebrating builders and footballers Posted: 23 Mar 2022 05:01 PM PDT Local heroes including screenwriter Jimmy McGovern and comedian Johnny Vegas will take stage at Shakespeare North Playhouse this summer A new Shakespearean theatre is to open in Merseyside this summer with a ceremony that celebrates "local heroes" including the builders who constructed it. The £30m Shakespeare North Playhouse in Prescot, Knowsley, has a 470-seat theatre, the Cockpit, modelled on Inigo Jones's cockpit-in-court design in 17th-century London. The site also has an outdoor performance garden, funded by Liverpudlian comedian Ken Dodd's charitable foundation, and a small studio theatre, as well as exhibition and educational facilities. Continue reading... |
| The world’s forests do more than just store carbon, new research finds Posted: 23 Mar 2022 10:00 PM PDT New data suggests forests help keep the Earth at least half of a degree cooler, protecting us from the effects of climate crisis The world's forests play a far greater and more complex role in tackling climate crisis than previously thought, due to their physical effects on global and local temperatures, according to new research. The role of forests as carbon sponges is well established. But comprehensive new data suggests that forests deliver climate benefits well beyond just storing carbon, helping to keep air near and far cool and moist due to the way they physically transform energy and water. Continue reading... |
| Trump committed ‘numerous’ felonies, said resigning New York prosecutor – report Posted: 23 Mar 2022 07:35 PM PDT New York Times obtains letter by Mark Pomerantz condemning new district attorney's decision not to prosecute ex-president A Manhattan prosecutor who investigated Donald Trump's financial dealings wrote in a resignation letter that he believed Trump "is guilty of numerous felony violations" and blasted the new district attorney for not moving ahead with an indictment, the New York Times reported. Mark Pomerantz and Carey Dunne, two top prosecutors on the Manhattan district attorney's criminal investigation of Trump, resigned abruptly last month, amid reports that the investigation into the former president's finances was foundering. Continue reading... |
| Ketanji Brown Jackson faces renewed Republican attacks in Senate grilling Posted: 23 Mar 2022 06:12 PM PDT Hearings on Biden's supreme court nominee resume with chair chiding Republicans for 'showcasing election talking points' Ketanji Brown Jackson endured 10 more grueling hours of senators' questioning on Wednesday, after a marathon 13-hour judiciary committee hearing with the supreme court nominee the day before. Multiple Republican senators grilled Jackson about her sentences of child abuse image offenders, accusing her of letting the defendants off too easily. Continue reading... |
| Washington joins nine other states in restricting gun magazine capacity size Posted: 23 Mar 2022 05:57 PM PDT A package of bills signed by Jay Inslee tighten the state's gun laws, including adding restrictions to a law prohibiting ghost guns The Washington governor Jay Inslee signed a package of bills Wednesday tightening the state's gun laws, including a measure that bans the manufacture, distribution and sale of firearm magazines that hold more than 10 rounds of ammunition. Washington joins nine other states, including California and New Jersey, that restrict magazine capacity size. Continue reading... |
| Madeleine Albright, first female US secretary of state, dies aged 84 Posted: 23 Mar 2022 03:34 PM PDT Former cabinet member was 'a trailblazer' as the highest-ranking woman in history when she was named to the role in 1996 Madeleine Albright, who came to the US as a refugee and made history as the first woman to be secretary of state, has died. She was 84. A family statement read: "We are heartbroken to announce that Dr Madeleine Albright, the 64th US secretary of state … passed away earlier today. Continue reading... |
| Republican says Trump asked him to ‘rescind’ 2020 election and remove Biden from office Posted: 23 Mar 2022 03:07 PM PDT Mo Brooks of Alabama appeared at the rally before the Capitol assault and is under scrutiny by January 6 committee The Alabama Republican congressman Mo Brooks said on Tuesday Donald Trump asked him to "rescind" the 2020 election, remove Joe Biden from the White House and reinstate Trump. The extraordinary statement came in an angry response to a withdrawn endorsement in a US Senate race. Trump was angered that Brooks was insufficiently toeing his line on calling the 2020 election a fraud. Continue reading... |
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