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- Minneapolis: police and protesters clash for second night over death of Daunte Wright
- Chauvin’s defence faces uphill battle after prosecution undercuts case
- Revealed: the Facebook loophole that lets world leaders deceive and harass their citizens
- The Rock for president? I’ll run if the people want it, says Dwayne Johnson
- Tinder’s plan for criminal record checks raises fears of ‘lifelong punishment’
- Endangered US rivers at grave risk from dams, mining and global heating
- Police kill student who fired at them at Tennessee high school, authorities say
- Study reveals alarming trend in US death rates since 2000
- Biden strikes international deal in bid to stop migrants reaching US border
- Domino’s to launch robotic pizza delivery service in Houston
- Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West both ask for joint custody in divorce
- Covid pandemic still growing exponentially, WHO says
- Coronavirus live news: England opens vaccinations to over-45s; Europe death toll passes one million
- ‘I’m hopeful’: Jerome Foster, the 18-year-old helping to craft US climate policy
- Baltimore is burning trash, so we're starving the fire – video
- Micro shorts for men: how short is too short?
- ‘I want to show the pride’: photo essay of the Two Spirit Indigenous people
- Greta Van Fleet on critics: ‘They’re pissed off that we’re doing something’
- Georgia is updating Jim Crow. Now, he’s Dr James Crow | David Daley and Rev Jesse Jackson
- The G7 must push for global vaccination. Here’s how it could do it | Gordon Brown
- The climate emergency is here. The media needs to act like it
- Boris Johnson was not honest about the Irish border. What is he going to do about it? | Simon Jenkins
- Why do my children find me so annoying? I fear it is nothing to do with lockdown | Zoe Williams
- Racked with guilt and grief and climate despair – how do we go on!? | First Dog on the Moon
- Hideki Matsuyama is Japanese but his victory matters for Asian Americans
- ‘The Masters is my life’: the forgotten Augusta legacy of Philip Wahl Sr | Ewan Murray
- Julian Edelman retires from NFL after New England Patriots end his contract
- Brighton left to rue missed chances in stalemate with depleted Everton
- Former Chiefs coach Reid charged over crash that left girl with severe brain injuries
- Softball pitcher Hope Trautwein strikes out all 21 batters in perfect game
- Clásico conquerors complete Zidane’s latest comeback for Real Madrid | Sid Lowe
- What is really behind the riots in Northern Ireland? – podcast
- Amy Winehouse: the spiteful way she was treated still fills me with rage
- Bridget Jones’s Diary at 20: a gloriously messy ode to imperfection
- ‘It was just so fascinating’: behind a film exploring America’s small towns
- The healthy child who wouldn’t wake up: the strange truth of ‘mystery illnesses’
- Met Gala to return with two-part celebration of American fashion
- Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua film pulled from Georgia over voting bill
- Be Good or Be Gone review – sharp Dublin crime thriller with deadpan charm
- John Oliver on nursing homes and elder care: ‘A strained system pushed to the brink’
- The month’s best albums
- Hawaiian shirts are returning – but ‘people want to think twice’, says expert
- Harvey Weinstein indicted on sexual assault charges in California
- Major White House news: Biden’s dog to receive anti-biting training offsite
- Matt Gaetz request for meeting with Trump was not snubbed, both sides say
- US CEOs think Biden’s corporate tax rate hike will have negative impact – survey
- Tucker Carlson: call for Fox News to fire host after anti-immigration tirade
- Tommy Robinson asked wealthy US backers to help him claim asylum
- Caron Nazario: Windsor police officer fired over pepper-spray traffic stop
- Peru faces polarizing presidential runoff as teacher takes voters by surprise
- Fukushima: Japan announces it will dump contaminated water into sea
- Airborne plastic pollution ‘spiralling around the globe’, study finds
- ‘World’s biggest rabbit’ stolen from home in Worcestershire
- Economists predict ‘strong bounce back’ as UK GDP rises 0.4% in February – business live
- Twitter advertises jobs in Ghana as it prepares to open first Africa office
- UK economy returns to growth despite Covid restrictions
- ‘Stand tall’: Jimmy Lai writes letter to Hong Kong journalists ahead of sentencing
- Turkey’s economic turmoil drives Bitcoin frenzy
- Legumes research gets flexitarian pulses racing with farming guidance
- ‘We’re not taught to speak out’: Asian Americans find their voice amid rise in hate
- Philip’s death leaves Prince Charles as patriarch of royal family
- Native communities confront painful choice: move away, or succumb to rising waters?
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| Minneapolis: police and protesters clash for second night over death of Daunte Wright Posted: 12 Apr 2021 10:04 PM PDT Law enforcement swarms Brooklyn Center, deploying teargas and flash bangs to disperse hundreds gathered outside police headquarters Police have clashed with protesters for a second night in the suburbs of Minneapolis after the officer-involved death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright on Sunday. Multiple law enforcement agencies swarmed the suburb of Brooklyn Center on Monday, deploying teargas, flash bangs and other non-lethal force to disperse hundreds of people who gathered outside the police headquarters. Continue reading... |
| Chauvin’s defence faces uphill battle after prosecution undercuts case Posted: 12 Apr 2021 11:00 PM PDT Police and medical experts have eroded key defence arguments over George Floyd's death Derek Chauvin's trial opened last month with his lawyer telling the jury there was much more to George Floyd's death than the now notorious video that prompted global protests for racial justice and landed the former police officer with a murder charge. Eric Nelson laid out the pillars of his defence of Chauvin, the former Minneapolis officer filmed kneeling on Floyd's neck for more than nine minutes, in his opening statement. He said there was an untold story of drug intoxication, a failing heart, a hostile mob, and a police officer doing the best he was trained to do. Continue reading... |
| Revealed: the Facebook loophole that lets world leaders deceive and harass their citizens Posted: 12 Apr 2021 01:00 AM PDT A Guardian investigation exposes the breadth of state-backed manipulation of the platform Facebook has repeatedly allowed world leaders and politicians to use its platform to deceive the public or harass opponents despite being alerted to evidence of the wrongdoing. The Guardian has seen extensive internal documentation showing how Facebook handled more than 30 cases across 25 countries of politically manipulative behavior that was proactively detected by company staff. Continue reading... |
| The Rock for president? I’ll run if the people want it, says Dwayne Johnson Posted: 12 Apr 2021 02:00 PM PDT
The professional wrestler turned star actor Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson said on Monday that he would run for US president if he felt he had enough support from Americans. Johnson, 48, one of the highest-paid and most popular actors in the United States, has been flirting with a possible White House bid for several years. Continue reading... |
| Tinder’s plan for criminal record checks raises fears of ‘lifelong punishment’ Posted: 12 Apr 2021 11:00 PM PDT Critics argue the new integration could mimic notoriously faulty background checks without necessarily making dating apps safer When Jerrel Gantt was released from prison after three years, he was handed a pamphlet about healthcare and nothing else. He began searching for employment, a deep source of anxiety for him, and secured housing through a ministry in New York City. He later enrolled in school part-time. As he settled into life outside of prison and developed a support system, Gantt began going on dates with people he met on apps like Tinder. Continue reading... |
| Endangered US rivers at grave risk from dams, mining and global heating Posted: 12 Apr 2021 09:01 PM PDT New report lays out dire situation facing the most imperiled rivers but environmental activists say situation is salvable Dams, mining, factory farms and global heating are among the gravest threats facing America's endangered rivers, according to a new report. The Snake River in the Pacific north-west is ranked the most endangered US river of 2021, where salmon runs are on the brink of extinction because of four federal dams obstructing the free flow of water, according to American Rivers' annual report. Continue reading... |
| Police kill student who fired at them at Tennessee high school, authorities say Posted: 12 Apr 2021 06:08 PM PDT Officer wounded after confrontation in Knoxville high school bathroom A student at a Tennessee high school has been shot and killed by police after opening fire on officers responding to reports of a gunman on campus, authorities said on Monday. David B Rausch, the director of the Tennessee bureau of investigation, said at a news conference that police found the student in a bathroom at Austin-East magnet high school in Knoxville, a city about 180 miles (290km) east of Nashville. They ordered him out, but he wouldn't comply, and that is when he reportedly opened fire, Rausch said. Police fired back. Continue reading... |
| Study reveals alarming trend in US death rates since 2000 Posted: 12 Apr 2021 01:51 PM PDT Even before Covid-19, 'excess deaths' in the US were higher than in peer European countries How many Americans would die each year, on average, if the country had European mortality rates? Far fewer, suggests a new analysis, which compared mortality trends before the Covid-19 pandemic. Despite spending far more than other wealthy countries on healthcare, the United States has relatively higher mortality rates and lower life expectancy – attributed to a plethora of factors including obesity, opioid overdoses, gun violence, suicides, smoking, road accidents and infant deaths. Continue reading... |
| Biden strikes international deal in bid to stop migrants reaching US border Posted: 12 Apr 2021 02:49 PM PDT Officials agree with Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala to step up security to try to prevent increased migration at southern border The Biden administration has struck an agreement with Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras to temporarily increase border security in an effort to stop migrants from reaching the US border. The agreement comes as the US saw a record number of unaccompanied children attempting to cross the border in March, and the largest number of Border Patrol encounters overall with migrants on the southern border – just under 170,000 – since March 2001. Continue reading... |
| Domino’s to launch robotic pizza delivery service in Houston Posted: 12 Apr 2021 05:28 PM PDT Delivery service will eventually expand to other locations as part of partnership between pizza company and startup Nuro Domino's Pizza and Nuro, a Silicon Valley startup, said on Monday they will launch a robotic pizza delivery service in Houston this week as they seek to satisfy increasing online orders during the pandemic. Continue reading... |
| Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West both ask for joint custody in divorce Posted: 12 Apr 2021 04:42 PM PDT Like Kardashian West's filing, the rap and fashion mogul also agreed neither of them need spousal support Kanye West has agreed with Kim Kardashian West that they should have joint custody of their four children and neither of them need spousal support, according to new divorce documents. West's attorneys filed his response Friday in Los Angeles superior court to Kardashian West's divorce filing seven weeks earlier, which began the process of ending their six-and-a-half-year marriage. Continue reading... |
| Covid pandemic still growing exponentially, WHO says Posted: 12 Apr 2021 09:29 AM PDT World Health Organization says 'confusion and complacency' prolonging global situation The global coronavirus pandemic is still growing exponentially, the World Health Organization said on Monday, as it reported 4.4m cases in the last week, the seventh straight week of rising numbers. The latest global figures represent a 9% increase in infections on last week and a 5% rise in deaths. Continue reading... |
| Coronavirus live news: England opens vaccinations to over-45s; Europe death toll passes one million Posted: 13 Apr 2021 12:27 AM PDT UK government hits target of offering vaccine to all over-50s and vulnerable groups; WHO says world at 'critical point' as Europe deaths top one million
Adam Finn of the UK's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation also had some words of caution about socialising in England in the next few weeks. PA report Professor Finn told BBC Breakfast: The vaccines are only one part of the solution to the problem. People do need to continue to be careful and to avoid infecting each other. I certainly for one am going to continue to take a lot of care to avoid exposing myself to other people, and to avoid exposing other people to me, over the coming weeks and months. I'm going to wear a mask outside. I'm going to continue to use hand hygiene and I'm going to avoid close social contact. I think we all need to continue to do that otherwise there is a real risk that there will be another surge in cases and we'll start seeing hospitalisations and deaths again.
Also doing the morning media round in the UK today has been Adam Finn, professor of paediatrics at the University of Bristol and a member of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation. He has told Sky News that the country is "halfway up the hill" after the news that the government has met its target of offering a jab to all those at highest risk of Covid-19. Continue reading... |
| ‘I’m hopeful’: Jerome Foster, the 18-year-old helping to craft US climate policy Posted: 12 Apr 2021 11:00 PM PDT The New York teenager has been included among a group of advisers to the president – a remarkable journey from protesting in front of the White House If a week is a long time in politics, the past year has been an eternity for Jerome Foster. In the opening stanza of 2020, the 18-year-old was holding forlorn weekly protests outside the White House calling for action on the climate crisis. Now, he has been ushered into the seat of American power to help craft climate policy. In a sign of the growing political clout of the youth climate movement that has blossomed around the world in recent years, Foster has been included among a group of advisers to Joe Biden who will inform the US president on issues related to environmental justice, where low-income communities and people of color face the greatest fallout from climate change and pollution. Continue reading... |
| Baltimore is burning trash, so we're starving the fire – video Posted: 12 Apr 2021 04:23 AM PDT Residents in South Baltimore are fighting to 'starve' their nearby Bresco incinerator due to health concerns over the amount of pollution it creates. Of the 72 remaining facilities in the US, the vast majority are located in predominantly low-income or minority communities, raising concerns about compounding pollutants in already overburdened neighbourhoods Continue reading... |
| Micro shorts for men: how short is too short? Posted: 12 Apr 2021 05:31 AM PDT With lockdown easing, will you be following Paul Mescal and Harry Styles and baring more leg than usual this summer? As the weather gets hotter, public spaces open up and people in England prepare to make the most of the Covid lockdown easing, it is the fashion question that has sparked debate online – just how short should shorts be? Last week, the This is Us actor Milo Ventimiglia was photographed leaving the gym wearing a pair of tiny shorts and it reignited a debate about how much leg was appropriate to reveal. Continue reading... |
| ‘I want to show the pride’: photo essay of the Two Spirit Indigenous people Posted: 12 Apr 2021 02:00 AM PDT Photographer Magdalena Wosinska spent about two weeks sleeping in the basement of a community center looking to show the beauty of the community in Pine Ridge When Monique "Muffie" Mousseau was in the fourth grade she got expelled from Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic school on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation in South Dakota. Her classmates didn't like the beaded moccasins her grandmother made for her and the two braids she sported, which were held together by hand-beaded hair ties. Continue reading... |
| Greta Van Fleet on critics: ‘They’re pissed off that we’re doing something’ Posted: 12 Apr 2021 08:31 AM PDT The Grammy award-winning rock band have received commercial success yet critics haven't been quite as receptive – can their new album change that? Talk to Josh Kiszka, lead singer of the band Greta Van Fleet, about his time growing up in a small town in the American midwest and you'd think he was describing the life of Huckleberry Finn. "We were outside most of the time, building rafts and taking them down the river," the 24-year-old told the Guardian. "There wasn't a lot of television in the house. And when all the other kids wanted cellphones, I fought that. I preferred to take a hike." Kiszka's parents strongly encouraged him and his two brothers in that pursuit. "My mother even took the clocks off the wall at one point," he said. "They were the opposite of helicopter parents. They taught us to do things independently." Continue reading... |
| Georgia is updating Jim Crow. Now, he’s Dr James Crow | David Daley and Rev Jesse Jackson Posted: 12 Apr 2021 03:18 AM PDT Dr James Crow is a specialist in statistics and other subtle ways of keeping black voters down Georgia has a long history of racial inequity at the ballot box. Voters wait an average of just six minutes in line after 7pm in precincts where 90% of residents are white. But when 90% of voters are Black? The wait soars to 51 minutes. Between 2012 and 2018, Georgia shuttered 8% of all precincts statewide, and moved 40% of them. According to a study by the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the combination of fewer precincts and longer commutes could have kept as many as 85,000 people from casting a ballot in 2018. This disproportionately burdened Black voters, who were 20% less likely to make it to the polls as a result. Continue reading... |
| The G7 must push for global vaccination. Here’s how it could do it | Gordon Brown Posted: 11 Apr 2021 10:00 PM PDT We can't afford inaction. The funds needed are a fraction of the trillions Covid is costing us This June, President Biden will fly into Britain to attend his first summit of the world's richest nations. The routine meetings of the G7 – made up of the UK, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United States and the European Union – come and go, and are quickly forgotten, but this time around there is an opportunity not to be wasted. The principal item on the agenda should be health: the mass vaccination of the world. As things stand, affluent countries accounting for 18% of the world's population have bought 4.6bn doses – 60% of confirmed orders. About 780m vaccines have been administered to date, but less than 1% of the population of sub-Saharan Africa have been injected. Immunising the west but only a fraction of the developing world is already fuelling allegations of "vaccine apartheid", and will leave Covid-19 spreading, mutating and threatening the lives and livelihoods of us all for years to come. Continue reading... |
| The climate emergency is here. The media needs to act like it Posted: 12 Apr 2021 03:00 AM PDT Ahead of Earth Day, the Guardian is partnering with newsrooms around the world in a joint initiative calling on journalists to treat the climate crisis like the emergency it is When the world shut down last year, there was one big beneficiary: the planet. With travel ground to a halt, emissions fell 10% in 2020. But we haven't kept up the momentum – as economies reopen, carbon emissions are expected surpass pre-pandemic levels in the coming months, unless countries take urgent action. Related: Native communities confront painful choice: move away, or succumb to rising waters? Continue reading... |
| Posted: 12 Apr 2021 06:11 AM PDT The prime minister's bluster is meeting head-on with the complex reality of Northern Irish politics Apologies make cynical history, but Boris Johnson has a big one to make, and fast. He must apologise to Northern Ireland's unionists that he did not mean it last year when he pledged "no border" down the Irish Sea. As the Good Friday agreement negotiator, Jonathan Powell, wrote on Sunday, this was a lie. Johnson had just told the Irish government that the Good Friday deal held and there would be no border on the island of Ireland. Given Britain's intention to leave the EU's customs union, the two statements were incompatible, and Johnson knew it. Every truck on the Belfast ferry knows it, too. The current Belfast riots have invoked the usual platitudes. The Irish taoiseach, Micheál Martin, has called for calm. Joe Biden has offered concern. Everyone is outraged that children are being encouraged to attack the police. Even Prince Philip's death has been cited as a call for restraint. Deprivation, local political grievances, poor relationships with the police – these are all factors behind the disturbances. But every act of violence also carries the same word: exasperation. Will someone answer the question? Johnson lied, and what is Britain going to do about it? Continue reading... |
| Why do my children find me so annoying? I fear it is nothing to do with lockdown | Zoe Williams Posted: 11 Apr 2021 07:00 AM PDT How much of teenage behaviour is due to the pandemic, and how much is garden-variety adolescence? It's a difficult knot to tease out In the old days, I used to follow the news pretty closely, but lately the inevitability of it being bad has turned me off, and I mainly follow dogs on social media that have got their heads stuck in things. I have to reverse-engineer what a cabinet minister might have said from how upset people are on LBC phone-ins. It is thus that I discovered Gavin Williamson's belief that children have lost their discipline over lockdown: from all the teachers, everywhere, saying this is totally untrue. Has the education secretary ever been in a school, they wonder? Plainly not, or he'd have noticed that their behaviour has become exquisite. Educationists speculate that they're just so happy to be out of the house, they must feel as if they have to earn their good fortune with lovely manners. Maybe Williamson's just talking about the children he encounters? More likely, it's part of a government strategy to steadily demonise so many elements of society that, eventually, there will be no untoward event that can't be blamed on someone. Good luck trying that on primary school kids, is all I can say. People who know them are so exorbitantly fond of them. Continue reading... |
| Racked with guilt and grief and climate despair – how do we go on!? | First Dog on the Moon Posted: 12 Apr 2021 12:30 AM PDT We are not surrendering! Just the opposite in fact, we are getting on with it despite everything
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| Hideki Matsuyama is Japanese but his victory matters for Asian Americans Posted: 12 Apr 2021 05:11 AM PDT The Masters champion appears to have little in common with Asian Americans. But his win comes at a time when any Asian success story is welcome in the US And with that, Hideki Matsuyama is the first male Japanese player ever to win a golf major. Quite interesting timing, particularly as anti-Asian hate crimes in the US have risen 150% over the past year, spurred on by conspiracy theories – spread by those in power – about the origins of Covid-19. The hashtag 'Stop Asian Hate' surged more than 5,000% just this past month, according to Google Trends. Continue reading... |
| ‘The Masters is my life’: the forgotten Augusta legacy of Philip Wahl Sr | Ewan Murray Posted: 13 Apr 2021 12:00 AM PDT Eisenhower's drinking partner and the man who helped make the Masters what it is today surely deserves more recognition Tucked away in a corner of YouTube sits the kind of cheesy 1976 sales pitch Augusta National had to make to Asia decades before Hideki Matsuyama came along. Cigarettes, whisky and terrain far less manicured than is the case for Masters of this day and age feature. So, too, Philip Russell Wahl Sr. "We have had the finest group of players, the greatest competitors, on our golf course," says Wahl. "That's what makes the Masters great." And then the payoff: "The Masters is my life." Continue reading... |
| Julian Edelman retires from NFL after New England Patriots end his contract Posted: 12 Apr 2021 04:48 PM PDT
Julian Edelman announced Monday that he is retiring from the NFL after 11 seasons, citing a knee injury that cut his 2020 season short after just six games. He says he'll leave the league after giving everything he had to the sport. For more than a decade, Edelman lived the ultimate NFL underdog story with the New England Patriots, going from an undersized college quarterback to a favorite option of Tom Brady on three Super Bowl-winning teams. Continue reading... |
| Brighton left to rue missed chances in stalemate with depleted Everton Posted: 12 Apr 2021 02:18 PM PDT This may have been the night Champions League football became too lofty an aspiration for Everton, although things could have been worse. They arrived with a nine-strong injury list that would be augmented before the close and were on the rack for considerable periods, dominated by a Brighton side that deserved to win. A point was no disaster given that context but Carlo Ancelotti must discover some attacking thrust from somewhere if their season is not to fizzle out. Related: Allardyce urges VAR changes after West Brom beat Southampton despite error Continue reading... |
| Former Chiefs coach Reid charged over crash that left girl with severe brain injuries Posted: 12 Apr 2021 12:05 PM PDT
Britt Reid, the son of Kansas City Chiefs head coach Andy, has been charged with felony driving while intoxicated over a February incident that left a five-year-old girl with severe brain injuries. Reid was working as a linebackers coach with the Chiefs at the time of the crash and on Monday prosecutors in Missouri said he had "operated a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, and acted with criminal negligence by driving at an excessive rate of speed." Continue reading... |
| Softball pitcher Hope Trautwein strikes out all 21 batters in perfect game Posted: 12 Apr 2021 05:33 AM PDT
How about this for perfection by North Texas softball pitcher Hope Trautwein: 21 batters faced, 21 strikeouts. Trautwein threw the perfect game Sunday, striking out all 21 Arkansas-Pine Bluff batters she faced in a 3-0 victory. Continue reading... |
| Clásico conquerors complete Zidane’s latest comeback for Real Madrid | Sid Lowe Posted: 12 Apr 2021 07:53 AM PDT Having been well off the pace in January, Real beat Barcelona to briefly return to the top of La Liga on Saturday "I've been locked up for two weeks, as if I was in a cage, and I feel like a fight," Zinedine Zidane said, so he went out and found one. Having tested positive for the coronavirus and isolated at home, he had heard the whispers, read the press, taken the hits and knew what lay beneath. Worse, he had watched his team. He had seen his assistant David Bettoni insist that Real Madrid's fans "still believe because our DNA is to fight to the end" but even in empty grounds – where there are no whistles and no white hankies, judgments not delivered directly, nor pressure applied on the president – he was aware that many didn't, not entirely. It was the start of February and it was over. Madrid had ended January beaten by Levante, winning just twice in five league games in which they had played the teams in 19th, 10th, 17th, 18th and ninth. They had lost four times already: to Levante, Cádiz, Valencia and Alavés, not defeats easily digested. They were 10 points behind Atlético Madrid having played a game more. Barcelona were in front of them, Sevilla right behind, Villarreal close. In two weeks, they had lost the Super Cup, been knocked out of the Copa del Rey by tiny Alcoyano, and now the league looked gone, too. Their title defence hadn't even lasted half a season, so it goes. The headlines said Zidane was about to lose his job, again. Continue reading... |
| What is really behind the riots in Northern Ireland? – podcast Posted: 12 Apr 2021 07:00 PM PDT The Guardian's Ireland correspondent, Rory Carroll, looks at what is fuelling loyalist anger in Northern Ireland The Guardian's Rory Carroll talks to Anushka Asthana about the recent eruption of violence in Northern Ireland that began at the end of March, triggered, Rory says, by the decision of the police and prosecutors not to arrest or charge anyone who attended the funeral of a former IRA commander Bobby Storey last summer. According to loyalists, the police are now biased towards Sinn Féin. It is part of a loyalist narrative, Rory tells Anushka, that set in after the 1998 Good Friday agreement. Instead of a settlement, a new dawn, Sinn Féin and its allies used the agreement to chip away at Northern Ireland, removing royal symbols, removing the union jack from Belfast city hall and erecting Irish-language signs. Brexit has further increased the tensions. Loyalists believe the DUP let Boris Johnson weaken Northern Ireland's link to the UK in order to clinch a deal. Continue reading... |
| Amy Winehouse: the spiteful way she was treated still fills me with rage Posted: 12 Apr 2021 05:30 AM PDT It's hard to say whether Amy's death shocked the music industry into better protecting artists experiencing mental ill health but I'm hopeful things are changing for the better Released when I was 14, Amy Winehouse's debut album offered a bridge from the tween-pop I grew up on to an intriguing adult world rich with sophistication. Back then, I didn't understand all the lyrics – who was "Badu"? What was a "Moschino bra"? – but that only added to the alluring sense that I was instantly cooler for listening. I spent many evenings in my bedroom trying to mimic Amy's unfathomably syllable-packed rendition of Moody's Mood for Love, or singing her ballads or fantastically cutting insults in the imagined direction of whoever was my romance of that week, depending on the drama. By the time Back to Black arrived, I was 16 and a fully fledged Amy fan, sporting backcombed hair and thick black eyeliner. The album soundtracked my first proper heartbreak, comforting me during the brushing-teeth-while-crying phase with Love Is a Losing Game. It later uplifted me as I sauntered down the street with my head held high to Tears Dry on Their Own, wondering why on earth I did, indeed, "stress the man". Continue reading... |
| Bridget Jones’s Diary at 20: a gloriously messy ode to imperfection Posted: 12 Apr 2021 11:17 PM PDT While elements of the hit British comedy have aged quite notably, the charm remains as strong as ever as does Renee Zellweger's Oscar-nominated turn My chosen streaming service categorises Bridget Jones's Diary as "swoonworthy", "sentimental" and "feelgood". Despite it being a romantic comedy, I am not sure how much I agree that it is sentimental or swoonworthy; in fact, rewatching it for the umpteenth time, what struck me most was how doggedly unsentimental it is. Twenty years after it was first released in cinemas, Bridget Jones's Diary has become one of the all-time classic British comedies. I can quote great unwieldy chunks of it. It makes me laugh from start to finish. It is rude, hilarious and gleefully chaotic, and there are few films that cheer me up quite like it. Related: Pant-demic: why Bridget Jones's big knickers are on the rise in lockdown Continue reading... |
| ‘It was just so fascinating’: behind a film exploring America’s small towns Posted: 13 Apr 2021 12:15 AM PDT The HBO documentary Our Towns, based on a magazine project and book, visits six US towns for a portrait of local resilience and regeneration before the pandemic In the summer of 2013, James and Deborah Fallows polled readers of the Atlantic, the magazine where James had worked as a correspondent and editor for over 40 years, for recommendations: why should they visit their town? The married couple, both journalists, were equipped with a single-engine Cirrus SR22 propeller plane, an open itinerary, and the backing of a major magazine project to explore local responses in small and mid-size towns across the US to the long shadow of the Great Recession. Related: 'People believed it': the rise and fall of WeWork, a $47bn unicorn Continue reading... |
| The healthy child who wouldn’t wake up: the strange truth of ‘mystery illnesses’ Posted: 12 Apr 2021 01:00 AM PDT Dizzy diplomats, twitching schoolgirls, children in comas ... psychosomatic illnesses are not always as unexplainable as they seem, writes neurologist Suzanne O'Sullivan I cannot resist a news headline that refers to a mystery illness and there is no shortage to keep me interested. "Mystery of 18 twitching teenagers in New York"; "Mysterious sleeping sickness spreads in Kazakhstani village"; "200 Colombian girls fall ill with a mysterious illness"; "The Mystery of the Havana Syndrome". One medical disorder seems to attract this description more than any other: psychosomatic illness. That the body is the mouthpiece of the mind is evident in our posture, in the smiles on our faces, in the tremor of our nervous hands. But, still, when the body speaks too explicitly, when the power of the mind leads to physical disability, it can be hard to understand why. This perplexity is most apparent when psychosomatic disorders affect groups, spreading from person to person like a social virus, in a phenomenon often referred to as mass hysteria. We are currently caught in a pandemic. We have been ordered to hide and to search our bodies for symptoms. If there was ever a time for a psychosomatic disorder to spread through anxiety and suggestion, this is it. The threat of a virus can affect health in more ways than one. Since 2018 I have been visiting communities affected by suspected contagions of psychosomatic illness. I have seen what fear can do to our physical health. I have also seen the curative effect of hope. Continue reading... |
| Met Gala to return with two-part celebration of American fashion Posted: 12 Apr 2021 09:27 AM PDT Highly anticipated event will return in September 2021 and May 2022 following last year's cancellation due to the pandemic American fashion will be the theme of the Costume Institute's highly anticipated two-part Met Gala, the first of which will take place this September following last year's cancellation due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Related: Amanda Gorman says she has declined around $17m in deals since inauguration Continue reading... |
| Will Smith and Antoine Fuqua film pulled from Georgia over voting bill Posted: 12 Apr 2021 10:27 AM PDT Emancipation, based on the life of an enslaved man named Peter, will no longer film in the state A major Apple Studios film telling the story of a man who escapes slavery that is set to be directed by Antoine Fuqua and star Will Smith will no longer film in Georgia as a result of a controversial voting bill that passed in the state last month. Emancipation is based on the life of an enslaved man named Peter who escapes from a plantation and joins the Union army. The film is the first production to leave the state as a result of its new law. The film and TV industries are huge revenue generators for Georgia, pulling in billions of dollars. Continue reading... |
| Be Good or Be Gone review – sharp Dublin crime thriller with deadpan charm Posted: 12 Apr 2021 04:00 AM PDT Criminal cousins try to rebuild their lives in Cathal Nally's likably quirky, low-budget debut feature This ultra-low-budget feature about working-class cousins on temporary release from Dublin's Mountjoy prison feels a bit like the sort of sketchy, acoustic-sharp Irish black comedy that Lenny Abrahamson (Adam & Paul, Garage) or Martin McDonagh (from the In Bruges period) made in their early years, before they went electric and found mega-fame Stateside directing the likes of Room and Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. That's a high compliment, and possibly a teensy bit more than Be Good or Be Gone deserves, given it's a smidge trite and over-the-top in places – but it definitely has spark. Its strongest suit is the chemistry between Les Martin (who also co-wrote the script with Paul Murphy) and impish master of deadpan Declan Mills, who play Ste and Weed respectively They're ordinary types from Dublin's rougher zones who, in the case of Ste, blew the chance of a sporting career by getting sucked into the world of drugs and crime. Ste's mistakes ended up costing an old friend his life, and it looks likely things will never be right with his girlfriend Dee (Jenny Lee Masterson, bringing nuance to a thinly written role), the mother of his too-cute-to-be-true moppet of a daughter Ellie May (Grace Cahill, admittedly adorable). Continue reading... |
| John Oliver on nursing homes and elder care: ‘A strained system pushed to the brink’ Posted: 12 Apr 2021 08:47 AM PDT The Last Week Tonight host digs into the often-neglected and ignored issues with for-profit care in the US John Oliver devoted the main segment of Sunday's Last Week Tonight to a perennially overlooked healthcare issue in the US: nursing homes and elder care. "We tend to try to avoid thinking about it," said Oliver, "but the truth is, whether due to old age or disability, many of us do or will require help with daily living." From the Cuomo administration's manipulation of nursing home Covid data to the terrible infection rates – nursing homes and assisted care facilities account for nearly a third of US Covid deaths – "the pandemic pushed an already strained system, to the absolute brink," Oliver continued. "Covid has just exposed what we've basically known for years – that the way the elderly and disabled are treated at far too many of these facilities is, at best, indifference, and at worst, abuse and neglect." Continue reading... |
| Posted: 12 Apr 2021 03:30 AM PDT Discover all our four- and five-star album reviews from the last month, from pop to folk and classical Continue reading... |
| Hawaiian shirts are returning – but ‘people want to think twice’, says expert Posted: 12 Apr 2021 08:56 AM PDT Celebrities have been spotted wearing the shirts, but they could be seen as 'embodiments of the history of American colonization' The return of the Hawaiian shirt has been celebrated in the style press, as celebrities including Bill Murray, Rihanna and Sophie Turner have been seen to wear them. But according to Zara Anishanslin, a fellow at the Davis Center for Historical Studies at Princeton, people should think twice before wearing the garments. Continue reading... |
| Harvey Weinstein indicted on sexual assault charges in California Posted: 12 Apr 2021 02:22 PM PDT Former film producer, who is currently incarcerated in New York, faces possible extradition for alleged attacks on five women Harvey Weinstein has been indicted in California on sexual assault charges, one of his lawyers said on Monday, as the former film producer appeared in a New York court proceeding over whether to extradite him. The 69-year-old Weinstein appeared by video from the Wende correctional facility, near Buffalo, before a judge on the Erie county court. Continue reading... |
| Major White House news: Biden’s dog to receive anti-biting training offsite Posted: 12 Apr 2021 06:13 AM PDT
Major the White House dog will receive further training away from the executive mansion after two biting incidents at his new home, a spokesman for the first lady, Jill Biden, said on Monday. Related: Amorous alligators put Florida on alert as mating season begins Continue reading... |
| Matt Gaetz request for meeting with Trump was not snubbed, both sides say Posted: 12 Apr 2021 05:43 AM PDT
Matt Gaetz and a spokesman for Donald Trump reacted angrily late on Sunday after CNN reported that the scandal-hit Florida Republican congressman sought a meeting with the former US president when allegations of sex-trafficking and illegal drug use were first reported – and was rebuffed. Related: 'Dumb son of a bitch': Trump attacks McConnell in Republican donors speech Continue reading... |
| US CEOs think Biden’s corporate tax rate hike will have negative impact – survey Posted: 12 Apr 2021 11:32 AM PDT President's proposed hike would raise corporate tax rate from 21% to 28% to pay for his $2.3tn infrastructure plan The bosses of America's largest companies overwhelmingly believe Joe Biden's proposed increase in the country's corporate tax rate would have a negative impact on their businesses, according to a survey released on Monday. The influential business lobbying group Business Roundtable, whose members include Amazon's Jeff Bezos and Apple's Tim Cook, released a survey of 178 CEOs on their thoughts on an increase in corporate tax. The survey specifically questioned the CEOs on the president's proposed corporate tax hike, which would raise the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28%, to pay for his $2.3tn infrastructure plan. Continue reading... |
| Tucker Carlson: call for Fox News to fire host after anti-immigration tirade Posted: 12 Apr 2021 07:12 AM PDT Anti-Defamation League denounces 'endorsement of white supremacist ideology' after Carlson claims immigrants dilute Americans' political power The head of the Anti-Defamation League has called for Fox News to fire Tucker Carlson, after the primetime host said immigration would "dilute the political power" of Americans. Carlson was referring to "white replacement", a racist theory that has been cited as a motivation in deadly attacks. Continue reading... |
| Tommy Robinson asked wealthy US backers to help him claim asylum Posted: 12 Apr 2021 06:00 AM PDT British far-right activist's team also approached Republican senator Ted Cruz's office about securing a visa The anti-immigration activist Tommy Robinson asked wealthy American backers to help him claim asylum in the US, the Guardian has learned, while his team approached the Republican senator Ted Cruz's office about securing a visa. Court documents released in the US show the English Defence League founder discussed moving his family to Texas in 2019, where he would earn money by speaking at venues "including evangelical churches". Continue reading... |
| Caron Nazario: Windsor police officer fired over pepper-spray traffic stop Posted: 12 Apr 2021 03:33 AM PDT
One of two police officers accused of pepper-spraying and pointing their guns at a Black US army officer during a traffic stop has been fired, a Virginia town announced late on Sunday, hours after the governor called for an independent investigation. Related: Protests near Minneapolis after fatal police shooting at traffic stop Continue reading... |
| Peru faces polarizing presidential runoff as teacher takes voters by surprise Posted: 12 Apr 2021 03:19 PM PDT Pedro Castillo will face Keiko Fujimori, the far-right heiress to one of the country's enduring and controversial political dynasties Peru faces a polarizing presidential runoff vote, in which a hard-left schoolteacher – who caught a wave of popular discontent over the coronavirus and a cratering economy – will face the far-right heiress to one of the country's most enduring and controversial political dynasties. Pedro Castillo, a veteran teachers' union leader, took pollsters and voters by surprise in Sunday's first-round vote winning 18.47%, with 84% of the official vote counted. In second place, Keiko Fujimori – daughter of the jailed former leader Alberto Fujimori – polled 13.12%, closely followed by two more far-right candidates. Continue reading... |
| Fukushima: Japan announces it will dump contaminated water into sea Posted: 12 Apr 2021 11:28 PM PDT Environmental groups and neighbours condemn plan to release more than 1m tonnes of contaminated water in two years' time Japan has announced it will release more than 1m tonnes of contaminated water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea, a decision that has angered neighbouring countries, including China, and local fishers. Official confirmation of the move, which came more than a decade after the nuclear disaster, will deal a further blow to the fishing industry in Fukushima, which has opposed the measure for years. Continue reading... |
| Airborne plastic pollution ‘spiralling around the globe’, study finds Posted: 12 Apr 2021 12:00 PM PDT Rising levels of microplastic pollution raise questions about the impact on human health, experts say Microplastic pollution is now "spiralling around the globe", according to a study of airborne plastic particles. The researchers said human pollution has led to a global plastic cycle, akin to natural processes such as the carbon cycle, with plastic moving through the atmosphere, oceans and land. The result is the "plastification" of the planet, said one scientist. Continue reading... |
| ‘World’s biggest rabbit’ stolen from home in Worcestershire Posted: 12 Apr 2021 02:29 PM PDT Owner Annette Edwards offers £1,000 reward for return of Guinness World Record-holding giant rabbit A rabbit proclaimed the biggest in the world has been stolen from its home in Worcestershire, police have said. West Mercia police believe the 129cm-long continental giant rabbit, named Darius, was taken from its enclosure in the garden of the property in Stoulton overnight on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| Economists predict ‘strong bounce back’ as UK GDP rises 0.4% in February – business live Posted: 13 Apr 2021 12:35 AM PDT Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news, as the UK economy returns to growth
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Jon Hudson, fund manager of Premier Miton UK Growth Fund, also predicts a strong recovery for the UK this year, following the pick-up in growth in February. "The UK economy is still almost 8% lower than where it was last year but a strong bounce back is likely in the second part of this year as restrictions ease and households begin spending the huge level of forced savings they have accumulated over the past year."
The UK's return to growth in February highlights that businesses adapted to the Covid-19 restrictions, says NIESR, the economic thinktank: Despite little change in #restrictions, a return to growth in February and upward revisions to January #GDP mean that the contraction in the first quarter will be much smaller than anticipated. Clearly much of the economy has adapted to... cope with #COVID19 restrictions: while #hospitality was down by over 50% in Feb on a year earlier, and the arts by over a third, both manufacturing & construction were only 4% smaller. Output in public administration, health & energy sectors was higher than a year earlier.. If the #vaccine programme and lifting of #restrictions continue on schedule this provides a firm basis for continuing #growth in the second quarter and 2021 overall  |
| Twitter advertises jobs in Ghana as it prepares to open first Africa office Posted: 12 Apr 2021 07:53 PM PDT Recruitment marks significant step in social media company's plans to establish presence on continent Twitter has announced it will recruit 11 people in Ghana, the company's first hires on the African continent, and that it is looking into opening an office there. The social media company joins Facebook and other tech companies moving into Africa. Continue reading... |
| UK economy returns to growth despite Covid restrictions Posted: 12 Apr 2021 11:59 PM PDT Figures for February also show rebound in exports to EU after Brexit plunge Britain's economy returned to growth in February despite continuing government Covid restrictions as businesses adapted to lockdown and exports to the EU started to recover after a record plunge in the first month since Brexit. The Office for National Statistics said gross domestic product (GDP) rose by 0.4% in February from a month earlier as the economy showed some signs of improvement after a revised drop of 2.2% in January. Continue reading... |
| ‘Stand tall’: Jimmy Lai writes letter to Hong Kong journalists ahead of sentencing Posted: 12 Apr 2021 09:52 PM PDT Media mogul writes to staff from prison that 'freedom of speech is a dangerous job' but journalists must uphold justice Hong Kong media mogul and pro-democracy activist, Jimmy Lai, has told his staff to "stand tall" in a letter from prison, just days before sentencing in two of several cases against him. Lai, the 72-year-old founder of Hong Kong tabloid Apple Daily, is in jail on remand after prosecutors successfully appealed against a court decision to grant him bail on national security charges. On Tuesday, Apple Daily published a handwritten letter Lai sent to staff, urging them to take care of themselves. Continue reading... |
| Turkey’s economic turmoil drives Bitcoin frenzy Posted: 12 Apr 2021 09:00 PM PDT Investors turn to cryptocurrency after Erdoğan's sacking of central bank governor caused further fall in lira The neighbourhood teahouse is a focus of daily life across Turkey, an Ottoman tradition that has endured through the centuries. At the Red Lightning teahouse in Çorum, the enterprising owners have one foot in the past and one in the future: it's the first one in the country where customers can pay in bitcoin. "Everyone we know in Çorum is starting to invest in cryptocurrency. We think that in five years or so regular currency will be in decline, it will be replaced by digital ones. So we wanted to be in a good position now," said co-owners Hüseyin Nalcı, 38, and Kerem Kutay Yıldırım, 28. Continue reading... |
| Legumes research gets flexitarian pulses racing with farming guidance Posted: 12 Apr 2021 09:15 PM PDT Plant more bean-like crops in Europe and consider 'healthy diet transition' to beat climate crisis, say scientists Adding the likes of peas, lentils, beans, and chickpeas to your diet, and farming more of them, could result in more nutritious and effective food production with large environmental benefits, scientists have found. Researchers calculated a "nutritional density" unit for different types of crops. They found that swapping cereals for leguminous plants in European crop rotations provided more nutrient-rich produce for both animal and human consumption. Thanks to the way that legumes grow, it also reduced synthetic fertiliser use and pollution. Continue reading... |
| ‘We’re not taught to speak out’: Asian Americans find their voice amid rise in hate Posted: 12 Apr 2021 02:00 AM PDT A diverse community has come together and embraced activism in the face of a pandemic-linked upsurge in racism Natty Jumreornvong was outside Mount Sinai hospital on the Upper East Side of New York around 11am one morning in February when a man approached her. Related: 'Our community is bleeding': Asian American lawmakers say violence has reached 'crisis point' Continue reading... |
| Philip’s death leaves Prince Charles as patriarch of royal family Posted: 12 Apr 2021 09:02 AM PDT Analysis: Prince of Wales will be increasingly at Queen's side as he takes role at a time of internal divisions An indisputable truth of hereditary monarchy is that promotion to the "top job" is accompanied by deep personal loss. So it will be for the Prince of Wales, who will eventually take the throne as he mourns his mother. But the death of his father will have had no less profound an effect on Prince Charles. And, though on any official level it does not alter his royal status, it does change the family dynamic. Continue reading... |
| Native communities confront painful choice: move away, or succumb to rising waters? Posted: 12 Apr 2021 03:00 AM PDT Throughout Indian Country, where cultures are tied to land and water, plans to relocate are under way as the climate crisis worsens At any moment, on any school day, the entire future of the Quileute Tribe is at risk. The Quileute tribal school is located within a stone's throw from the Pacific Ocean, which has been a source of life for the Quileute people since the beginning of time. The Quileutes regularly harvest fish and shellfish off the coast of north-west Washington, and their ancestors hunted whales and traveled in ocean-going canoes from Alaska to California for trade. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 12 Apr 2021 05:00 AM PDT Smoked white fish smothered in rich, anchovy cream, served on a bed of lentils with charred broccoli on the side A simple poached piece of smoked fish, some charred but tender purple sprouting broccoli, green lentils cooked until al dente and an anchovy-rich cream dressing that brings the whole dish together. There are a few different steps here, but they are neither complicated nor long, and you will be rewarded with a sumptuous, nourishing feast that also makes brilliant leftovers for a working-from-home lunch. Tuck in. Continue reading... |
| Legacies of apartheid: Jo Ractliffe’s South Africa – in pictures Posted: 12 Apr 2021 11:00 PM PDT A powerful new book brings together over three decades of images from a photographer preoccupied with her native landscape, as the country grappled with the violent consequences of apartheid Continue reading... |
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