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- Eya Guezguez, Tunisian Olympic sailor, dies aged 17 in training accident
- BlackRock urged to delay debt repayments from crisis-torn Zambia
- All-female newsroom launched in Somalia to widen media’s scope
- Former Colombia player Freddy Rincón in critical condition after car crash
- Chile announces unprecedented plan to ration water as drought enters 13th year
- Mexico president López Obrador wins recall referendum amid low turnout
- Black Ferns report favouritism, body-shaming and cultural insensitivity in scathing review
- Backlash in Osaka as ‘Dream Island’ leads race to open Japan’s first casino
- Dozens killed in Philippines landslides and floods as tropical storm Megi hits
- Morning mail: Putin confronted by Austria’s leader, flood-related scams, Sydney’s last video shop
- Six new wētā species found in New Zealand, as their habitat slowly disappears
- Prominent Hong Kong journalist Allan Au reportedly held on sedition charge
- Australia politics live updates: Albanese decries rise in insecure work; Joyce announces $1.5bn Darwin port facility; 38 Covid deaths
- Origin to push on with Beetaloo Basin plan, saying it didn’t breach sanctions against Russian oligarch
- Police say those responsible for fatal stabbing at Sydney’s Royal Easter Show still at large
- AEC to probe One Nation links to Facebook page promoting candidates who oppose vaccine mandates
- Queensland advances green hydrogen and ammonia project to be powered by renewables
- Matt Canavan billed taxpayers for trip with family to Brisbane, where he spoke at CPAC dinner
- Russia-Ukraine war latest: Mariupol mayor says more than 10,000 civilians killed; Zelenskiy taking chemical weapons threat ‘seriously’
- Quarter of a billion people now face extreme poverty, warns Oxfam
- Ukraine president warns of ‘new stage of terror’ as west probes chemical weapons claims
- The United Nations calls for an investigation into violence against women and children in Ukraine – as it happened
- Russia ‘using weapons smuggled by Iran from Iraq against Ukraine’
- Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 48 of the invasion
- Egyptian activist gains UK citizenship while serving jail sentence
- Women face chronic violence in Syria’s ‘widow camps’, report warns
- Iraqi man alleging 35 family members were killed by Australian airstrike denied compensation
- Israeli troops raid town of Palestinian gunman who killed three in Tel Aviv
- Sri Lanka nearly out of medicine as doctors warn toll from crisis could surpass Covid
- Imran Khan threatened to impose martial law, documents suggest
- Pakistan parliament ousts Imran Khan in last-minute vote
- KFC faces backlash over ‘misleading’ portrayal of chicken farming
- Thames at Oxford to get bathing status in effort to clean up English rivers
- Headaches: are you one of the one in six people suffering today?
- MPs urge police forces in England and Wales to have specialist rape investigators
- Retail sales slide as UK consumer confidence sinks to record low
- C of E procedures on racial injustice ‘inadequate’, says Cambridge college
- Philadelphia becomes first major US city to reinstate indoor mask mandate
- San Francisco police stop self-driving car – and find nobody inside, video shows
- California university sues YouTubers who allegedly filmed disruptive pranks
- Britney Spears is pregnant with third child, Instagram post suggests
- Biden vows to crack down on ghost guns – ‘weapons of choice for many criminals’
- Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill inspired a chilling wave of Republican legislation
| Eya Guezguez, Tunisian Olympic sailor, dies aged 17 in training accident Posted: 11 Apr 2022 11:12 AM PDT
The Tunisian Olympic sailor Eya Guezguez has died in a training accident at the age of 17, the International Olympic Committee has announced. Guezguez, who represented Tunisia at the delayed 2020 Tokyo Games, was sailing with her twin sister, Sarra, when their boat capsized in strong winds. Eya died in the accident while Sarra, who competed alongside her in Tokyo in the 49er FX category, survived. Continue reading... |
| BlackRock urged to delay debt repayments from crisis-torn Zambia Posted: 11 Apr 2022 11:04 AM PDT Anti-poverty campaigners say world's largest fund manager refuses to reduce or delay payments on Zambia's debt BlackRock, the world's largest fund manager, has come under pressure to delay demands for debt interest payments from Zambia to prevent the crisis-hit African country's finances from spiralling out of control. Anti-poverty campaigners said BlackRock, which manages $10tn (£7.68tn) of assets, was among the private sector lenders that had refused to reduce the interest rate or delay payments on Zambian bonds, unlike governments and international agencies that hold the country's debts. Continue reading... |
| All-female newsroom launched in Somalia to widen media’s scope Posted: 10 Apr 2022 11:00 PM PDT The pioneering Bilan project, funded by UN, will report on gender-based violence, women in politics and female entrepreneurs The first all-women media house in Somalia has been launched, creating a rare opportunity for female journalists in the country to research and publish stories they want to tell. Led by one of the few female senior news producers in the country, the team of six will produce content for TV, radio and online media on issues such as gender-based violence, women in politics and female entrepreneurs. Continue reading... |
| Former Colombia player Freddy Rincón in critical condition after car crash Posted: 11 Apr 2022 01:47 PM PDT
Freddy Rincón, the former Colombia captain, is in a critical condition with severe head injuries after being involved in a car crash in the city of Cali. Four other people who were in the vehicle that Rincon was driving were also injured following the collision with a bus at around 4.30am. The bus driver was also hurt, according to local authorities who are reviewing CCTV footage of the accident. Continue reading... |
| Chile announces unprecedented plan to ration water as drought enters 13th year Posted: 11 Apr 2022 12:14 PM PDT Rivers that supply Santiago with water are running low, forcing rotating cuts to different parts of the city As a punishing, record-breaking drought enters its 13th year, Chile has announced an unprecedented plan to ration water for the capital of Santiago, a city of nearly 6 million. "A city can't live without water," Claudio Orrego, the governor of the Santiago metropolitan region, said in a press conference. "And we're in an unprecedented situation in Santiago's 491-year history where we have to prepare for there to not be enough water for everyone who lives here." Continue reading... |
| Mexico president López Obrador wins recall referendum amid low turnout Posted: 11 Apr 2022 08:20 AM PDT Nine in 10 voters back leader to stay in office in poll viewed as foregone conclusion by critics and supporters Nine in 10 Mexicans voting in an unprecedented recall election engineered by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador have backed him to stay in office, underlining his domination of a polarised political agenda. Critics and supporters had viewed his victory as a foregone conclusion in a ballot that had fed speculation it could open the door to extending presidential term limits, now limited to a single six-year period. Continue reading... |
| Black Ferns report favouritism, body-shaming and cultural insensitivity in scathing review Posted: 11 Apr 2022 10:28 PM PDT Review involved interviews with 50 current and former players, managers and coaches of New Zealand women's rugby team New Zealand's governing rugby body has failed to properly support women's high performance rugby, with some players reporting favouritism, ghosting, body-shaming and culturally insensitive comments, a scathing review of one of the world's top women's rugby teams has found. The more than 30-page review, which came with 26 recommendations, was instigated after a senior Black Ferns player – Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate – posted on social media that she had suffered a mental health breakdown following the Black Ferns' 2021 end-of-year tour to England and France. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Backlash in Osaka as ‘Dream Island’ leads race to open Japan’s first casino Posted: 11 Apr 2022 04:33 PM PDT Concerns raised over development costs for 'integrated resort', as well as crime and gambling addiction The focus of Japan's quest to open its first casino is a human-made island in Osaka that, if the city's government gets its way, will end decades of wrangling over the country's fraught relationship with poker tables and slot machines. On a recent weekday morning there was little to suggest that Yumeshima – "Dream Island" – could, by the end of the decade, be the site of an unprecedented experiment with gambling in the world's third biggest economy. Continue reading... |
| Dozens killed in Philippines landslides and floods as tropical storm Megi hits Posted: 11 Apr 2022 04:25 PM PDT More than 13,000 people fled to emergency shelters as the storm pounded the region on Sunday At least 24 people have been killed in landslides and flooding across central and southern Philippines, authorities said Monday, after tropical storm Megi dumped heavy rain and disrupted travel ahead of the Easter holidays. More than 13,000 people fled to emergency shelters as the storm pounded the region on Sunday, the national disaster agency said, flooding houses, inundating fields, cutting off roads and knocking out power. Continue reading... |
| Morning mail: Putin confronted by Austria’s leader, flood-related scams, Sydney’s last video shop Posted: 11 Apr 2022 02:00 PM PDT Tuesday: Austrian chancellor becomes first western leader to hold face-to-face talks with Russian president since invasion of Ukraine. Plus: Australia's top travel experiences
Good morning. Putin meets Austria's chancellor in his first face-to-face visit with a western leader since the invasion of Ukraine. Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese will be out campaigning in marginal seats, with jobs and healthcare on the election agenda. And Lonely Planet selects Australia's top travel experiences. The last Ukrainian soldiers defending Mariupol said they were "running out of ammunition" on Monday and expected to be killed or taken prisoner very soon by Russian forces surrounding the city. Writing on Facebook, the 36th brigade said its 47-day defence of Mariupol was coming to a tragic conclusion. "We were bombed from airplanes and shot at by artillery and tanks. We have been doing everything possible and impossible," it said. Meanwhile, Austria's chancellor, Karl Nehammer, said he told Vladimir Putin that "all those responsible" for war crimes must be brought to justice and warned that western sanctions would intensify as long as people kept dying in Ukraine. After becoming the first western leader to hold face-to-face talks with the Russian president since the invasion, Nehammer said his trip to Moscow was not "a visit of friendship" and that the two had had a "direct, open and hard" conversation. Continue reading... |
| Six new wētā species found in New Zealand, as their habitat slowly disappears Posted: 10 Apr 2022 10:13 PM PDT Global heating speeding up their decline as terrain of newly discovered alpine species disappears Six new alpine species of New Zealand's most unusual and beloved insect – the wētā – have been discovered, but it is a bittersweet victory, with another piece of research describing the threat global heating poses for their snowy mountain habitat. Wētā belong to the same group of insects as crickets and grasshoppers, and there are between 70 and 100 species of wētā endemic to New Zealand. They are wingless and nocturnal, and some, including the wētāpunga, are among the heaviest insects in the world – comparable to the weight of a sparrow. Continue reading... |
| Prominent Hong Kong journalist Allan Au reportedly held on sedition charge Posted: 10 Apr 2022 08:41 PM PDT Reporter and lecturer's arrest in dawn raid another blow to city's press amid Beijing crackdown A veteran Hong Kong journalist has been arrested by national security police for allegedly conspiring to publish "seditious materials", a police source and local media said, in the latest blow against press freedom. Allan Au, a 54-year-old reporter and journalism lecturer, was arrested in a dawn raid on Monday by Hong Kong's national security police unit, multiple local media outlets reported. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 11 Apr 2022 10:41 PM PDT Scott Morrison promises to create 1.3m new jobs in the next five years; Anthony Albanese announces greater mental health support for regions; at least 38 more Covid deaths and 47,232 new cases around the country; deputy PM promises $1.5bn investment for new Darwin port. Follow all the day's news
Scott Morrison has called in to Adelaide radio station FiveAA to speak with David Penberthy. Penberthy wanted to know whether Morrison's standing contributed to the collapse in the Liberal party's vote in the recent South Australian state election. It's a federal election. It's a macro number that we do right across the economy. I think prime minister Ardern was appropriate when she said she wasn't going to engage in a domestic election in Australia. I would say this – this is a recommendation of the royal commission. This is a recommendation that arises out of the situation that we see older Australians facing. Neglect, people are being neglected. Now, what we are saying is let's work to bring in more nurses to the sector ... a lot of nurses leave the sector every year, or leave their employer. We need to train more Australians to get into this workforce, and yes, as is currently the place, migration will be part of the story but not all of the story. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 11 Apr 2022 09:31 PM PDT Australian government found gas exploration at NT site does not currently benefit Viktor Vekselberg, company says Origin Energy says it will push ahead with gas exploration in the Beetaloo Basin after the Australian government cleared it of breaching sanctions against Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, who has a stake in the project. The energy company's position contrasts with that of miner Rio Tinto, which last week said that due to Australian and overseas sanctions it had taken full control of alumina refinery Queensland Alumina Limited, where another sanctioned oligarch, Oleg Deripaska, holds an interest. Continue reading... |
| Police say those responsible for fatal stabbing at Sydney’s Royal Easter Show still at large Posted: 11 Apr 2022 09:30 PM PDT Police continue search for suspects after teenage boy charged with carrying knife in public A teenage boy has been charged with carrying a knife, as police say the suspected perpetrator of a fatal stabbing was a brawl at Sydney's Royal Easter Show remains at large. Police believe more people were involved in what they described as a senseless and tragic incident, involving two groups of teens. Continue reading... |
| AEC to probe One Nation links to Facebook page promoting candidates who oppose vaccine mandates Posted: 11 Apr 2022 09:08 PM PDT Three ads by Join the Conversation did not include a political authorisation statement, despite website being registered to One Nation's Brisbane candidate The Australian Electoral Commission is investigating a Facebook page that is linked to a One Nation candidate and promotes candidates opposed to vaccination mandates. Join The Conversation is described as a community forum "that connects minor candidates with local voters". However, its website and social media accounts appear to promote a catalogue of mostly One Nation and United Australia Party candidates who heavily oppose vaccination mandates. Continue reading... |
| Queensland advances green hydrogen and ammonia project to be powered by renewables Posted: 11 Apr 2022 08:57 PM PDT Deputy premier says Gladstone, the proposed location of the project, is on the way to becoming a 'clean energy powerhouse'
The Queensland government has granted coordinated project status to a $4.7bn proposal to build a green hydrogen and ammonia plant in Gladstone, where climate transition plans are being pitched as saviour projects. The central Queensland city has endured a significant economic downturn since the end of an LNG construction boom about five years ago. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Matt Canavan billed taxpayers for trip with family to Brisbane, where he spoke at CPAC dinner Posted: 11 Apr 2022 08:53 PM PDT Conservative Political Action Conference promised to donate part of dinner's proceeds to Canavan, who says there is no record of a donation and trip was legitimate parliamentary business
The Liberal National party senator Matt Canavan billed taxpayers thousands of dollars to fly with his family for a three-night trip to Brisbane, during which he headlined Christmas drinks for a controversial conservative group that planned to donate part of the night's proceeds to him. Data released by the Independent Parliamentary Expenses Authority (IPEA) on Friday shows Canavan and six family members travelled to Brisbane from Rockhampton in mid-November last year, costing taxpayers $3,676 in flights and unscheduled transport. Continue reading...This posting includes an audio/video/photo media file: Download Now |
| Posted: 11 Apr 2022 10:49 PM PDT Ukraine president says Russia claimed its forces could use chemical weapons against the defenders of Mariupol as city's mayor says death toll could surpass 20,000
More than 6,000 alleged war crimes committed by Russian troops in Ukraine are under investigation, Ukraine's prosecutor's office has said. A total of 6,036 cases have been reported and 186 children have been confirmed to have been killed, the office added. Security work is underway in the northern regions of our country, from where the occupiers were expelled. First of all, it is mine clearance. Russian troops left behind tens if not hundreds of thousands of dangerous objects. These are shells that did not explode, mines, tripwire mines. At least several thousand such items are disposed of daily. Continue reading... |
| Quarter of a billion people now face extreme poverty, warns Oxfam Posted: 11 Apr 2022 10:00 PM PDT Charity calls for debt cancellations for poorest countries to counter 'worst collapse into poverty and suffering in memory' The rising price of food caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and increased energy costs could push a quarter of a billion more people into extreme poverty, Oxfam has warned. The charity said these new challenges had piled on to the economic crises created by Covid, and called for urgent international action, including cancelling debt repayments for poorer countries. Continue reading... |
| Ukraine president warns of ‘new stage of terror’ as west probes chemical weapons claims Posted: 11 Apr 2022 09:32 PM PDT Volodymyr Zelenskiy taking chemical weapons threat 'seriously' as Mariupol mayor says thousands have died in devastated port city Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy has voiced concerns that Russian forces are preparing "a new stage of terror" that could involve the use of chemical weapons in Ukraine, as the mayor of Mariupol said that more than 10,000 civilians had died so far in the Russian siege of his city. "Today, the occupiers issued a new statement, which testifies to their preparation for a new stage of terror against Ukraine and our defenders," Zelesnkiy said early on Tuesday. "One of the mouthpieces of the occupiers stated that they could use chemical weapons against the defenders of Mariupol. We take this as seriously as possible." US officials pointed to new signs that Russia's military is gearing up for a major offensive in Ukraine's eastern Donbas, switching its focus after failing in their initial drive to capture Kyiv. A senior US defence official described a long convoy now rolling toward the eastern city of Izyum with artillery, aviation and infantry support, as part of redeployment to the east. Ukrainian authorities are warning people not to go near what they say are landmines being dropped on Kharkiv. Zelenskiy also spoke of "hundreds of thousands of dangerous objects" including mines and unexploded shells left by Russian forces in regions in Ukraine's north. Austria's chancellor, Karl Nehammer, has said he told Putin during frosty talks that "all those responsible" for war crimes must be brought to justice and warned that western sanctions would intensify as long as people kept dying in Ukraine. Sweden's ruling party has begun debating whether the country should join Nato, and neighbouring Finland expects to reach a decision within weeks, as Moscow warned that the Nordic nations' accession would "not bring stability" to Europe. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 11 Apr 2022 09:21 PM PDT This liveblog is now closed
There have been no successful major prosecutions over the last 30 years in Ukraine, with the office of Ukraine's prosecutor general dogged by accusations of corruption and inefficiency since the country declared independence. Now Iryna Venediktova, appointed to the role in 2019, is attempting to gather evidence of Russian war crimes. More from Guardian correspondent Isobel Koshiw in Borodianka: Surrounded by a scrum of reporters with a backdrop of bombed-out apartment buildings and rubble in Borodianka, a town in the Kyiv region, stood Iryna Venediktova, Ukraine's prosecutor general. Venediktova is carrying the weight of bringing almost 2,000 cases of war crimes committed by Russia's occupying forces to court at home and abroad. Her office is the only body in Ukraine with the power to investigate. It is through her office that information relating to war crimes is being collected, investigations will be conducted and domestic and international cases will be built. Continue reading... |
| Russia ‘using weapons smuggled by Iran from Iraq against Ukraine’ Posted: 11 Apr 2022 08:30 PM PDT Iraqi militias and others say undercover networks being used to supply materiel such as RPGs and anti-tank missiles Russia is receiving munitions and military hardware sourced from Iraq for its war effort in Ukraine with the help of Iranian weapons smuggling networks, according to members of Iranian-backed Iraqi militias and regional intelligence services with knowledge of the process. RPGs and anti-tank missiles, as well as Brazilian-designed rocket launcher systems, have been dispatched to Russia from Iraq as Moscow's campaign has faltered in the last month, the Guardian has learned. Continue reading... |
| Russia-Ukraine war: what we know on day 48 of the invasion Posted: 11 Apr 2022 06:49 PM PDT Unconfirmed reports of Russia using chemical weapons in Mariupol, where Ukrainian authorities say more than 10,000 civilians have been killed Continue reading... |
| Egyptian activist gains UK citizenship while serving jail sentence Posted: 11 Apr 2022 10:07 AM PDT Blogger and civil rights campaigner Alaa Abd el-Fattah was key figure in country's 2011 revolution Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El Fattah, a key figure in the country's 2011 revolution, has obtained British citizenship from inside prison, where he is serving a three-year sentence, and his family has appealed to UK authorities to seek consular access to visit him in jail. Abd El Fattah, along with his sisters Mona and Sanaa, gained UK citizenship through their mother, maths professor Laila Soueif, who was born in London in 1956. Continue reading... |
| Women face chronic violence in Syria’s ‘widow camps’, report warns Posted: 10 Apr 2022 10:00 PM PDT Conditions drastically worse than in general camps, with some women forced to engage in 'survival sex', says World Vision Women and children living in some of the hardest-to-reach camps in north-west Syria face chronic and high levels of violence and depression, with some women forced to engage in "survival sex", a new report has revealed. Children in so-called "widow camps" have been found to be severely neglected, abused and forced to work while mothers are at "breaking point" psychologically. More than 80% of women say they do not have adequate healthcare and 95% expressed feelings of hopelessness. Continue reading... |
| Iraqi man alleging 35 family members were killed by Australian airstrike denied compensation Posted: 10 Apr 2022 10:30 AM PDT Man applied to Australian government for act of grace payment over Mosul strike targeting Islamic State in 2017 An Iraqi man who alleges 35 family members were killed when an Australian airstrike targeting Islamic State instead obliterated a house where civilians were sheltering has been denied a compensation payment by the federal government. The man, who did not wish to be identified, applied for what is known as an act of grace payment from the Department of Finance last year, arguing that there was strong evidence the Australian Defence Force dropped the bomb in 2017 as part of a series of airstrikes in Mosul by the coalition fighting IS. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Israeli troops raid town of Palestinian gunman who killed three in Tel Aviv Posted: 09 Apr 2022 10:08 AM PDT Gun battle in occupied West Bank leaves at least one Palestinian militant dead, according to Israeli and Palestinian accounts Israeli troops on Saturday raided the home town of a Palestinian who carried out a deadly shooting in Tel Aviv, causing a gun battle in the occupied West Bank that left at least one Palestinian militant dead, according to Israeli and Palestinian accounts. The arrest raid was the latest in a series of events that have escalated tensions during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Clashes and protests in Jerusalem last year helped spark an 11-day war with Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip. Continue reading... |
| Sri Lanka nearly out of medicine as doctors warn toll from crisis could surpass Covid Posted: 10 Apr 2022 04:46 PM PDT Emergency surgery may soon be impossible, president told, while protests continue amid worsening economic downturn Sri Lanka's doctors have warned they are almost out of life-saving medicines and say the country's economic crisis threatened a worse death toll than the coronavirus pandemic. Weeks of power blackouts and severe shortages of food, fuel and pharmaceuticals have brought widespread misery to Sri Lanka, which is suffering its worst downturn since independence in 1948. Continue reading... |
| Imran Khan threatened to impose martial law, documents suggest Posted: 10 Apr 2022 10:29 AM PDT Pakistan's now ousted PM appeared to give opposition ultimatum: agree to fresh elections or I'll bring in army Imran Khan, who was ousted as Pakistan's prime minister on Saturday, threatened to implement martial law rather than hand over power to the opposition, according to documents seen by the Guardian. According to security officials and opposition figures, he attempted several moves to hold on to power in the days and hours leading up to the no-confidence vote. However, he failed to stop it happening, and in the final minutes before midnight on Saturday, he was ousted from office. Continue reading... |
| Pakistan parliament ousts Imran Khan in last-minute vote Posted: 09 Apr 2022 11:56 AM PDT Pakistan's prime minister found to have broken the law by attempting to stop vote going ahead Pakistan's prime minister, Imran Khan, has lost a no-confidence vote in parliament after a dramatic week in which he violated the constitution in an attempt to stop the move going ahead. Khan, the former premier cricketer turned pious Islamist politician, has been fighting for his political life for weeks, after losing his parliamentary majority. Continue reading... |
| KFC faces backlash over ‘misleading’ portrayal of chicken farming Posted: 11 Apr 2022 10:30 PM PDT Activist footage appearing to show severe overcrowding and dead birds differs from KFC film by YouTube influencer KFC has been accused of a "misleading" portrayal of chicken farming after activists revisited a farm recently highlighted in a film by a YouTube influencer. The Behind the Bucket film published last December saw YouTuber Niko Omilana visit a farm operated by meat company Moy Park, one of Europe's leading poultry producers, which sells chicken to KFC. Continue reading... |
| Thames at Oxford to get bathing status in effort to clean up English rivers Posted: 11 Apr 2022 10:00 PM PDT Campaigners hope encouraging wild swimming will press water companies to reduce discharge of raw sewage A stretch of the Thames is to get bathing status for the first time, in an attempt to ensure the water becomes safe and clean for swimming. Part of the Wolvercote Mill Stream at Port Meadow, Oxford, an area popular with wild swimmers, will be only the second inland stretch of water to be officially designated as bathing water from next month. Continue reading... |
| Headaches: are you one of the one in six people suffering today? Posted: 11 Apr 2022 05:00 PM PDT Study finds 7% of global population experience migraine and 9% a tension-type headache on any given day Almost one in six people around the world have a headache on any given day, with about half of those experiencing a migraine, researchers have found. Headache disorders can be painful and debilitating and have myriad causes, from stress to over-use of medications such as painkillers. Now a large scale review has highlighted just how common such conditions are. Continue reading... |
| MPs urge police forces in England and Wales to have specialist rape investigators Posted: 11 Apr 2022 04:46 PM PDT Expansion of specialist teams proposed in report, along with independent legal advice for complainants Police teams that specialise in investigating rape must be set up across England and Wales and independent legal advice must be offered to victims and survivors facing demands for their digital devices, a parliamentary committee has concluded. In an examination of why rape prosecutions are falling, the home affairs select committee found that the unacceptably low numbers of prosecutions for rape and sexual offences would continue without major reforms to the criminal justice system. Continue reading... |
| Retail sales slide as UK consumer confidence sinks to record low Posted: 11 Apr 2022 04:01 PM PDT Expectations around personal finances over the coming year reach 'depths not seen since the 2008 financial crisis' Growth in UK retail sales slowed last month as fears over the rising cost of living led to the sharpest drop in consumer confidence since the 2008 financial crisis, according to industry data. The British Retail Consortium said total sales rose by 3.1% in March compared with the same month a year earlier, significantly down on the 6.7% increase in February and 12-month average growth rate of 10.3%. Continue reading... |
| C of E procedures on racial injustice ‘inadequate’, says Cambridge college Posted: 11 Apr 2022 04:01 PM PDT Jesus College 'let down' but will not appeal ruling preventing removal of memorial to slave trader Tobias Rustat The Church of England's procedures for addressing issues of racial injustice and contested heritage are "inadequate" and "not fit for purpose", according to the head of Jesus College at the University of Cambridge. The damning assessment was made as the college ruled out an appeal against a church court judgment preventing the removal of a memorial in its chapel to 17th-century benefactor Tobias Rustat, who was involved with the slave trade. Continue reading... |
| Philadelphia becomes first major US city to reinstate indoor mask mandate Posted: 11 Apr 2022 03:51 PM PDT Covid-19 cases have risen more than 50% in 10 days, the threshold at which city's guidelines call for masking indoors Philadelphia on Monday became the first major US city to reinstate its indoor mask mandate after reporting a sharp increase in coronavirus infections, with the city's top health official saying she wanted to forestall a potential new wave driven by an Omicron sub-variant. Confirmed Covid-19 cases had risen more than 50% in 10 days, the threshold at which the city's guidelines called for people to wear masks indoors, said Dr Cheryl Bettigole, Philadelphia health commissioner. Continue reading... |
| San Francisco police stop self-driving car – and find nobody inside, video shows Posted: 11 Apr 2022 03:32 PM PDT Clip prompts amusement online as car stops, then drives across an intersection, leaving police behind A video recently posted online shows what happens when police try to apprehend an autonomous vehicle – only to find nobody inside. Police in San Francisco stopped a vehicle operated by Cruise, an autonomous car company backed by General Motors, in a video posted on 1 April. Officers approached the car, which had been driving without headlights, only to find it was empty. Continue reading... |
| California university sues YouTubers who allegedly filmed disruptive pranks Posted: 11 Apr 2022 02:55 PM PDT A judge also granted a restraining order to the pair accused of terrorizing students who 'provoked extreme fear and anxiety' A pair of YouTubers are facing a lawsuit and a restraining order after allegedly filming themselves disrupting classes at the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles and uploading footage of the staged pranks online. The University of Southern California sued Ernest Kanevsky and Yuguo Bai over the incidents, USC Annenberg Media reported last week. A judge granted a restraining order banning Kanevsky and Bai, who are not USC students, from campus after university attorneys said the pranks had terrorized "students to the point where they are running out of lecture halls for fear of their lives". Continue reading... |
| Britney Spears is pregnant with third child, Instagram post suggests Posted: 11 Apr 2022 02:27 PM PDT Announcement comes after singer was released from conservatorship she says required her to stay on birth control Britney Spears has apparently revealed she is pregnant with her third child, months after she was released from a conservatorship that she said prevented her from marrying and having additional children. The Toxic singer shared the news in a post on Instagram on Monday, saying she had taken a pregnancy test after her partner, Sam Asghari, had teased her about being "food pregnant". Continue reading... |
| Biden vows to crack down on ghost guns – ‘weapons of choice for many criminals’ Posted: 11 Apr 2022 02:13 PM PDT President promises to tackle gun violence and vows prosecution for those who use untraceable guns assembled from kits Joe Biden has announced a crackdown on "ghost guns", untraceable firearms assembled from kits that have been used in a rising number of shooting crimes. The US president, who promised to tackle gun violence across America, said the new rule would make it easier for law enforcement officials to track and catch those who use illegal firearms. Continue reading... |
| Florida’s ‘don’t say gay’ bill inspired a chilling wave of Republican legislation Posted: 11 Apr 2022 01:36 PM PDT Anti-LGBTQ+ measures among more than 156 bills targeting issues of identity, says PEN report Since Florida passed its controversial "don't say gay" bill, conservative states across America have been advancing similar bills as they attempt to ban the discussion of gender identity and sexual orientation in classrooms. Last month, Florida's Republican governor, Ron DeSantis, signed into law the Parental Rights in Education bill. The law prohibits all discussion of sexuality and gender identity in schools, a move that advocates say will "erase" LGBTQ+ students and history. This article was amended on 11 April 2022. An earlier version of the standfirst suggested all 156 bills in question related to LGBTQ+ issues. Continue reading... |
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