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- Mitt Romney booed and called ‘traitor’ at Utah Republican convention
- Havana syndrome: NSA officer’s case hints at microwave attacks since 90s
- Oscar-winning actor Olympia Dukakis, star of Moonstruck, dies aged 89
- Wisconsin shooting: two dead after incident at Oneida casino near Green Bay
- Biden stakes claim to being America’s most pro-union president ever
- Colorado woman killed in rare black bear attack, authorities say
- Warren Buffett says online trading platforms encourage ‘gambling impulse’
- Colombia tax protests: six dead as marchers clash with police for fourth day
- Redirect harmful subsidies to benefit the planet, UN urges governments
- North Korea accuses US of pursuing ‘hostile policy’ and warns of response
- George Floyd: New Jersey teacher suspended over rant to pupils
- ‘We’re burning pyres all day’: India accused of undercounting deaths
- Decline in US Covid vaccinations presents new problem: how to shrink operations
- Oregon restores restrictions amid Covid surge boosted by vaccine hesitancy
- WHO approves Moderna Covid-19 jab for emergency use
- Streams and lakes have rights, a US county decided. Now they’re suing Florida
- My mum tells me too many details about my abusive dad | Dear Mariella
- Kentucky Derby 2021: Fancy hats and fast horses at America’s most famous race
- Intensity of Idaho childcare battle shows rise in extremism, post-Trump
- How Holbein left clever clue in portrait to identify Henry VIII’s queen
- ‘I was addicted to the high’: I became an influencer as a joke – then it nearly broke me
- The first 100 days of Biden were also the first 100 without Trump – that’s telling | Robert Reich
- Why are Republicans so threatened by universal daycare? | Arwa Mahdawi
- Dare we hope? Here’s my cautious case for climate optimism | Rebecca Solnit
- As Biden glides past 100 days in office, Republicans can’t seem to land a punch | Richard Wolffe
- I swore I’d never go camping. Now I’m toasting marshmallows – who even am I? | Hadley Freeman
- Megxit has been good for the royal couple... the other couple, that is | Barbara Ellen
- Apple comes out swinging in the duel of the data titans | John Naughton
- While India is desperate for oxygen, its politicians deny there’s even a problem | Mukul Kesavan
- Medina Spirit crosses first as Bob Baffert wins record seventh Kentucky Derby
- Jürgen Klopp’s fallen Premier League kings have five games to save season
- Saints tap Notre Dame QB as potential Brees successor on NFL draft’s final day
- Agüero shows his enduring class even as Guardiola finds new ways to win | Paul Doyle
- Valtteri Bottas edges out Hamilton to claim F1 Portuguese Grand Prix pole
- Derek Chisora calls split decision ‘unbelievable’ after Joseph Parker wins
- European roundup: Atlético survive late Elche scare, Real keep up chase
- Academic who backed ‘decolonising’ curriculum dropped from museum board
- Game of Thrones actor Esme Bianco sues Marilyn Manson over abuse allegations
- Met police receive report of sexual offence claims after allegations against Noel Clarke
- Ali Smith: ‘Hope is a tightrope across a ravine’
- Wish I was there: Alison Luntz’s photographs of imaginary lockdown escapes
- Why do dead whales keep washing up in San Francisco?
- Battlefield visitor nearly meets his Waterloo in Gettysburg public toilet
- US cites Indian variant in implementing travel ban from Tuesday
- Jill Biden lets cat out of the bag: White House dogs to have new feline friend
- Stand up to China and Putin? Foreign policy at heart of Germany vote
- Glacial lakes threaten millions with flooding as planet heats up
- Mexico expects US to send 5m more Covid vaccine doses, president says
- Tory poll lead slashed as key elections loom across Britain
- May Day morris dancers swap black face paint for blue over concerns of racism
- At least 10 children and teens among dead in crush at festival in Israel
- Airlines pray ‘green listing’ of US will see Big Apple breaks take off
- End of an era: closure of nuclear plant is pointer for New York’s energy future
- Food injustice has deep roots: let’s start with America’s apple pie
- London killings: ‘It’s like a war zone. How did it come to this?’
- GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2021
- The artist who fills potholes with mosaics – in pictures
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| Mitt Romney booed and called ‘traitor’ at Utah Republican convention Posted: 01 May 2021 07:38 PM PDT Only Republican to twice vote to impeach Trump gets hostile reception as censure motion narrowly fails Mitt Romney was loudly booed at the Utah Republican party convention on Saturday – and called a "traitor" and a "communist" as he tried to speak. "Aren't you embarrassed?" the Salt Lake City Tribune reported the Utah senator asking the crowd of 2,100 delegates at the Maverik Center in West Valley City. "I'm a man who says what he means, and you know I was not a fan of our last president's character issues." Continue reading... |
| Havana syndrome: NSA officer’s case hints at microwave attacks since 90s Posted: 01 May 2021 11:00 PM PDT When Mike Beck developed a rare form of Parkinson's US intelligence concluded he was the victim of a hi-tech weapon When the first reports surfaced of a mysterious disorder that was afflicting dozens of US diplomats in Cuba, Mike Beck's reaction was one of recognition and relief. Beck, a retired National Security Agency counterintelligence officer, was at his home in Maryland, scrolling through the day's news on his computer when he spotted the story, and remembers shouting out to his wife. Continue reading... |
| Oscar-winning actor Olympia Dukakis, star of Moonstruck, dies aged 89 Posted: 01 May 2021 02:23 PM PDT
Olympia Dukakis, the Oscar-winning actor whose hit films included Moonstruck and Steel Magnolias, has died. She was 89. Related: Olympia Dukakis: 'My character is described as a foul-mouthed lesbian Walther Matthau? I love that!' Continue reading... |
| Wisconsin shooting: two dead after incident at Oneida casino near Green Bay Posted: 01 May 2021 10:42 PM PDT Shooter was also killed after opening fire at random when he was unable to find his intended target at gaming venue Two people have been shot dead at a casino in Wisconsin, police said, in the latest shooting incident to hit the United States. The suspected gunman was also shot dead by police after he opened fire on Saturday evening in the dining room of the Radisson hotel section of the Oneida casino, near Green Bay in the northern part of the state. Continue reading... |
| Biden stakes claim to being America’s most pro-union president ever Posted: 01 May 2021 11:00 PM PDT The president's decision to set up a taskforce to boost union membership is of a piece with other efforts in his first 100 days Just over 100 days into his presidency Joe Biden is showing that he is one of the most pro-union presidents in American history, declaring the "unions built the middle class" in his address to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday. Union membership has declined precipitously in the US and accounted for about 10.8% of US employees last year, just over half the rate in 1983. Unions have also suffered notable setbacks in recent years, mostly recently failing to get the votes to unionize at an Amazon warehouse in Alabama. Continue reading... |
| Colorado woman killed in rare black bear attack, authorities say Posted: 01 May 2021 01:58 PM PDT
A 39-year-old Colorado woman died in an apparent black bear attack, just the fourth fatal mauling in the state since records began in 1960, authorities said on Saturday. Related: Montana guide mauled to death in grizzly bear attack outside Yellowstone Continue reading... |
| Warren Buffett says online trading platforms encourage ‘gambling impulse’ Posted: 01 May 2021 06:16 PM PDT Legendary investor warns about the risks of stock trading while his partner calls cryptocurrencies 'disgusting' Warren Buffett warned people not to think investing is an easy way to make a fortune as he answered a variety of questions at the annual meeting of his conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway. Speaking in Los Angeles, the legendary billionaire investor said it could be tough to pick the long-term winners. He pointed out that in 1903 there were more than 2,000 car companies, and nearly all of them failed, even though cars have transformed the country since then. Continue reading... |
| Colombia tax protests: six dead as marchers clash with police for fourth day Posted: 01 May 2021 07:05 PM PDT Plan for sales levy on public services and food sees huge demonstrations end in violence, burning of buses and looting Thousands of Colombians have taken to the streets for International Workers' Day marches and protests against a government tax reform proposal, in a fourth day of demonstrations that have resulted in at least six deaths. Unions and other groups kicked off marches on Wednesday to demand the government of president Ivan Duque withdraw the proposal, which originally imposed sales tax on public services and some food. Continue reading... |
| Redirect harmful subsidies to benefit the planet, UN urges governments Posted: 01 May 2021 11:00 PM PDT Head of the Kunming biodiversity summit asks nations to review destructive support for fishing, agriculture and other industries Billions of pounds of environmentally harmful government subsidies must be redirected to benefit nature, the United Nation's biodiversity chief has said, before the restart of negotiations on an international agreement to set new targets for protecting nature. Elizabeth Maruma Mrema, the executive secretary of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, said states must review and adapt support for agriculture, fishing and other industries that are driving the destruction of the natural world, and adopt policies that meet human needs while also conserving the health of the planet. Continue reading... |
| North Korea accuses US of pursuing ‘hostile policy’ and warns of response Posted: 01 May 2021 05:17 PM PDT Joe Biden made a 'big blunder' by telling Congress that North Korea posed a security threat, foreign ministry says North Korea has accused US president Joe Biden of pursuing a hostile policy against it and warned of a response that could leave the US "in a very grave situation". In a series of statements by the foreign ministry on Sunday, North Korea branded US diplomacy "spurious" – a day after the Biden administration said it was open to diplomatic negotiations on denuclearisation. Continue reading... |
| George Floyd: New Jersey teacher suspended over rant to pupils Posted: 01 May 2021 10:25 AM PDT
A New Jersey high school teacher was suspended with pay for making profanity-laced comments to students about George Floyd. Related: Teargas, flash-bangs: the devastating toll of police tactics on Minnesota children Continue reading... |
| ‘We’re burning pyres all day’: India accused of undercounting deaths Posted: 01 May 2021 08:16 AM PDT Fears of cover-up as crematoriums record twice the number of Covid fatalities as official death toll As India battles through one of the world's deadliest surges of the Covid-19 pandemic, this week India's health minister Harsh Vardhan insisted that its fatality rate from the disease remained "the lowest in the world". It was a statement that jarred with the devastating images and accounts that have flowed out of India in the past fortnight, of hospitals and morgues filled to capacity, people dying on pavements from scarcity of oxygen, and crematoriums and graveyards visibly overflowing with bodies. Continue reading... |
| Decline in US Covid vaccinations presents new problem: how to shrink operations Posted: 01 May 2021 11:00 PM PDT With less than one-third of Americans fully vaccinated, health authorities switch from mass vaccination clinics to outreach campaigns A decline in daily Covid-19 vaccination rates has left US public health authorities with a new problem – how to effectively shrink operations. In the campaign to immunize all American adults against the coronavirus, most of the difficulties to date have involved overwhelming demand and restricted supply. Now, with less than one-third of Americans fully vaccinated, local public health authorities described a sense of whiplash as they pivot from mass vaccination clinics to outreach campaigns, all within a couple of weeks. Continue reading... |
| Oregon restores restrictions amid Covid surge boosted by vaccine hesitancy Posted: 01 May 2021 10:09 AM PDT
Oregon has reimposed restrictions on public gatherings as Covid-19 cases rise again, a reminder that even as 100 millions Americans are now fully vaccinated, states are still seeing localized outbreaks. Continue reading... |
| WHO approves Moderna Covid-19 jab for emergency use Posted: 01 May 2021 09:47 AM PDT Vaccine joins Oxford/AstraZeneca, Pfizer/BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson on World Health Organization's emergency listing The World Health Organization has given the go-ahead for emergency use of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine. The mRNA vaccine from the US manufacturer joins vaccines from Oxford/AstraZeneca, Pfizer/BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson in receiving the WHO's emergency use listing. Continue reading... |
| Streams and lakes have rights, a US county decided. Now they’re suing Florida Posted: 01 May 2021 02:30 AM PDT A novel lawsuit is taking advantage of a local 'rights of nature' measure passed in November in effort to protect wetlands A network of streams, lakes and marshes in Florida is suing a developer and the state to try to stop a housing development from destroying them. The novel lawsuit was filed on Monday in Orange county on behalf of the waterways under a "rights of nature" law passed in November. It is the largest US municipality to adopt such a law to date. Continue reading... |
| My mum tells me too many details about my abusive dad | Dear Mariella Posted: 01 May 2021 10:00 PM PDT Your mother's revelations are an offloading too far, says Mariella Frostrup. You will have to take the 'adult' position and bring it to an end The dilemma My mother recently started going to therapy. I'm really happy for her. She has always been in a financially controlling relationship with my dad which, at times, has been emotionally abusive. She's really enjoying therapy and having quite a few realisations about her marriage, and I think she's finally seeing how badly she has been treated. But she is also burdening me with all the gory details. I really want her to seek help and feel empowered, but as her child I find it hard to see the reality of my parents' relationship. While I suppose I have always been on my mum's side and encouraged her to seek more independence and tell my dad to sod off, it is tough to hear the details. It makes my feelings towards my father feel complicated: even loving him feels like a betrayal. I want my mum to be able to talk about these things with friends (she has plenty of them) and her therapist, but am I being a bad daughter and perhaps even a bad feminist if I don't want to know all the details of my dad's poor behaviour? Or am I being childish and should I accept this as part of being an adult – seeing your parents as the flawed people they are? Continue reading... |
| Kentucky Derby 2021: Fancy hats and fast horses at America’s most famous race Posted: 01 May 2021 04:44 PM PDT The 147th Kentucky Derby, won by Medina Spirit, capped a day of near-perfect weather and masked spectators milling around Churchill Downs again after not being allowed for last fall's delayed race because of the coronavirus pandemic  |
| Intensity of Idaho childcare battle shows rise in extremism, post-Trump Posted: 01 May 2021 03:00 AM PDT Conspiracy theories and 'indoctrination' claims run amok as childhood education bill prompts fury among fringe voices There is $6m from Donald Trump's administration sitting on the table in Idaho, and trying to pick it up has caused an extraordinary uproar. Related: Woman in Disaster Girl meme sells original photo as NFT for $500,000 Continue reading... |
| How Holbein left clever clue in portrait to identify Henry VIII’s queen Posted: 01 May 2021 07:00 AM PDT New evidence shows miniature long held to be of Catherine Howard could depict Henry's fourth wife, Anne of Cleves Created in around 1540 by Hans Holbein, court painter to Henry VIII and one of the greatest portraitists of all time, the miniature is a prized treasure in the Royal Collection. But the sitter is unknown, with the artefact long catalogued merely as "Portrait of a Lady, perhaps Catherine Howard", Henry VIII's fifth queen. Now, as a result of fresh research, she has been given a new identity: that of Anne of Cleves, Henry VIII's fourth wife. Art historian Franny Moyle has amassed evidence to show that this is the face of the noblewoman whom the king married in 1540 to form a political alliance. Continue reading... |
| ‘I was addicted to the high’: I became an influencer as a joke – then it nearly broke me Posted: 01 May 2021 02:00 AM PDT Comedian Bella Younger thought wellness Instagrammers were ripe for parody. Soon she was drawn in herself. Could Deliciously Stella find her way back to reality? I have always wanted to be a comedian or television presenter, but never knew how I'd make it happen. After years of working in TV production, pestering executives to put me in a show, I conceded that I might have to demonstrate to them what I could do in order to prove my worth. This is how I ended up spending a Friday afternoon in April 2015 secretly writing a standup show at my desk, hoping to one day take it to the Edinburgh fringe. "Bella," said my boss, Faye, over the top of her computer, "can you do some research on wellness, please? Someone called Deliciously Ella's got the fastest-selling cookbook in the country and I want to know if we should put her on the telly." I had been blissfully unaware of wellness until that point. As far as I was concerned, it was just the opposite of illness, like not having a cold. The idea that you could be more well had never crossed my mind. Continue reading... |
| The first 100 days of Biden were also the first 100 without Trump – that’s telling | Robert Reich Posted: 01 May 2021 10:00 PM PDT The new president is benefiting not just from bold proposals and actions but from his predecessor's catastrophic record By almost any measure, Joe Biden's first 100 days have been hugely successful. Getting millions of Americans inoculated against Covid-19 and beginning to revive the economy are central to that success. Related: In his first 100 days, how has Biden handled the four crises he outlined? Continue reading... |
| Why are Republicans so threatened by universal daycare? | Arwa Mahdawi Posted: 01 May 2021 06:00 AM PDT Universal pre-school, paid family leave, subsidized childcare … who could possibly object to Biden's plans to help children? Joe Biden wants to spend big money on small children. On Wednesday the president announced an ambitious $1.8tn plan to boost family assistance programs, childhood education and student aid. If passed, the American Families Plan would overhaul the current (dire) childcare system and inject billions into universal preschool, paid family leave and subsidized childcare. It would be paid for by raising taxes on the wealthy. Continue reading... |
| Dare we hope? Here’s my cautious case for climate optimism | Rebecca Solnit Posted: 01 May 2021 05:12 AM PDT The Green New Deal, formerly seen as radical, is now in mainstream debate. And renewable energy becomes more efficient every day That we are living in science fiction was brought home to me last week when I put down Kim Stanley Robinson's superb climate-futures novel The Ministry for the Future and picked up Bill McKibben's New Yorker letter on climate, warning of the melting of the Thwaites Glacier, "already known as the 'doomsday glacier' because its collapse could raise global sea levels by as much as three feet". Where we are now would have seemed like science fiction itself 20 years ago; where we need to be will take us deeper into that territory. Three things matter for climate chaos and our response to it – the science reporting on current and potential conditions, the technology offering solutions, and the organizing which is shifting perspectives and policy. Each is advancing rapidly. The science mostly gives us terrifying news of more melting, more storms, more droughts, more fires, more famines. But the technological solutions and the success of the organizing to address this largest of all crises have likewise grown by leaps and bounds. For example, ideas put forth in the Green New Deal in 2019, seen as radical at the time, are now the kind of stuff President Biden routinely proposes in his infrastructure and jobs plans. Continue reading... |
| As Biden glides past 100 days in office, Republicans can’t seem to land a punch | Richard Wolffe Posted: 01 May 2021 05:35 AM PDT Republicans tried to paint centrist Biden as an outlandish radical. It's a laughable charge, and Americans aren't buying it According to Republicans, Joe Biden was supposed to be sleepy, senile and socialist. He was also allegedly a puppet of secret powers – unlike his predecessor, who acted like the puppet of a former KGB officer. Sean Hannity of Fox News claimed, last month, to be worried about Biden's cognitive health. Continue reading... |
| I swore I’d never go camping. Now I’m toasting marshmallows – who even am I? | Hadley Freeman Posted: 01 May 2021 01:00 AM PDT It wasn't the beach, but lying in front of a fire with the whole family under canvas: I've definitely had worse evenings Even if you were lucky enough to avoid getting sick with Covid, there is a general consensus that we've all been changed by the pandemic, and the most popular consensus around what's changed is that, after a year of sitting inside and scrolling through Netflix, we have forgotten how to deal with each other. "I've lost the ability to engage with anyone who isn't my cat," a friend texted. "Does the vaccine also make you want to see people?" the American TV writer Gary Janetti recently asked on Instagram, and the verdict from his 900,000 followers was a resounding no. Well, I don't feel like that. I'm desperate to see everyone again, and my conversation skills are the same as they ever were, which is to say, they aren't going to give Noël Coward any posthumous insecurity, but my friends tolerate them. Sure, I have even less to talk about than usual ("What have I been up to? Oh, keeping busy, updating my Deliveroo app"), but I still want to throw a massive party. Last summer I thought maybe living through a pandemic would give me new depths. But, no, I just want to get completely wrecked with all my favourite people. And if the music's loud enough, they won't hear how boring I am these days. Win-win. Continue reading... |
| Megxit has been good for the royal couple... the other couple, that is | Barbara Ellen Posted: 01 May 2021 10:00 AM PDT The Cambridges are proving to be experts at self-marketing. Sorry about that, Harry When will William and Kate admit that the Harry and Meghan hoo-ha has been great for them? As the dust storms continue to billow from the Oprah Winfrey interview, presumably the Sussexes are exactly where they want to be, generating big-bucks deals (Netflix/Spotify/"wellness") from their £11m property in Montecito, Santa Barbara. However, hasn't it also been rather good for the Cambridges? They appear to have morphed from a rather drab, stiff, prematurely middle-aged couple into a veritable beacon of royal decorum cum quasi-middle-class decency. There's a palpable feeling that the media/public – leastways, the royalist media/public – is behind them like never before, applauding their every move. Sure, it was always so, but, post-Oprah, there's been a tangible turbo-boosting of the Cambridges' profile. Call it what it is: a pushback. Cue last week's video celebrating their 10th anniversary. Any other couple forcing others to celebrate their decade-long tru luv would have you demanding a bucket to retch into. The snarky Brit temperament being what it is, some might even ask: "What's with all the PDA – are you guys getting a divorce?" But this was no public display of affection, it was marketing and the Cambridges are suddenly getting very good at it. Maybe even better than You Know Who. Continue reading... |
| Apple comes out swinging in the duel of the data titans | John Naughton Posted: 01 May 2021 08:00 AM PDT The tech firm's new mobile operating system can stop apps tracking you, but is it as big a deal as everyone, especially Facebook, thinks? I've just downloaded v14.5, the newest version of iOS, the operating system that runs my iPhone. Among the new features it boasts are: the option to unlock the phone with an Apple Watch while wearing a mask; support for something called the AirTag; separate skintone variations for emojis of couples; and more diverse voice options for Apple's voice assistant, Siri. None of these "features" is of much use to me. But version 14.5 does add something that deeply interests me – the ability to control which apps are allowed to track my activity across other companies' apps and websites. Apple calls this "app-tracking transparency" (ATT) and it concerns a code known as "the identity for advertisers" or IDFA. It turns out that every iPhone comes with one of these identifiers, the object of which is to provide hucksters with aggregate data about the user's interests. Ponder that for a moment and then reflect on the irony of a company that since 2013 has been selling such tagged devices, while at the same time bragging about its commitment to users' privacy. Apple's defence, of course, is that savvy users could have disabled the IDFA via the phone's settings and privacy menus, a response that connoisseurs of evasiveness will recognise as the Jesuitical ploy used by tech companies that know most customers would rather eat raw seaweed than tamper with the factory defaults on their devices. Continue reading... |
| While India is desperate for oxygen, its politicians deny there’s even a problem | Mukul Kesavan Posted: 01 May 2021 04:00 AM PDT As the second wave devastates India, there is a Nero-vian feel to it all: a smug, inert state indifferent to the smell of burning In India's capital city, citizens are dying in their hospital beds because they can't breathe. Their lungs, clotted with Covid-induced pneumonia, need oxygen to function. Overwhelmed by India's tsunami-like second wave and undermined by the smug inertia of the state, hospitals run out of oxygen and patients choke to death in front of their horrified families. Sometimes hospitals will discharge patients on oxygen support, casually giving their relatives a day or two to find rare air. They set off on frantic odysseys around Delhi, looking for one of two sources of oxygen: a heavy cylinder that weighs 50kg or more and looks like a dented relic from the Industrial Revolution, or a concentrator which extracts oxygen from the air in the room and pipes it into the patient. Delhi is something of a seller's market. Prices vary. The going rate for a concentrator this week is 160,000 rupees, or slightly more than £1,500. That is a month's salary for a tenured professor in a public university. Continue reading... |
| Medina Spirit crosses first as Bob Baffert wins record seventh Kentucky Derby Posted: 01 May 2021 04:34 PM PDT
Medina Spirit fought off three challengers in the stretch to win the Kentucky Derby by a half-length on Saturday, making Bob Baffert the winningest trainer in the race's 147-year history, with seven victories. Jockey John Velazquez earned his fourth Derby victory on Saturday aboard the dark brown colt that was purchased as a yearling for $1,000 and cost current owner Amr Zedan $35,000. Continue reading... |
| Jürgen Klopp’s fallen Premier League kings have five games to save season Posted: 01 May 2021 02:30 PM PDT Reunion with United arrives with Liverpool's reign almost over and questions mounting about the future Mohamed Salah had tossed his shirt away in celebration and Alisson, perhaps particularly eager to mark a rare assist, had sprinted 100 yards to become the first to join him when Anfield erupted into a chorus not heard there for years: "We're gonna win the league," declared those previously wary of sounding over-confident. It was January 2020. Liverpool had taken 91 of 93 points available, were 16 clear at the top of the Premier League, 30 ahead of the defeated Manchester United. The visitors' No 10 was not Bruno Fernandes, then a Sporting Lisbon player, but Andreas Pereira. The spectre of the unemployed Mauricio Pochettino threatened to haunt Ole Gunnar Solskjær. Continue reading... |
| Saints tap Notre Dame QB as potential Brees successor on NFL draft’s final day Posted: 01 May 2021 11:37 AM PDT
As the NFL celebrated the conclusion of an in-person draft on the shores of Lake Erie that went swimmingly one year after a virtual event caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, several facts emerged. For sure, the Southeastern Conference is the place to be for college football players. From 12 out of the SEC in the first round six from national champion Alabama to a total of 65 through the seven rounds that finished Saturday in Cleveland, the SEC dominated the selections the way it tends to dominate the college game. Continue reading... |
| Agüero shows his enduring class even as Guardiola finds new ways to win | Paul Doyle Posted: 01 May 2021 11:00 AM PDT Manchester City's manager has stimulated a team that looked broken – and did so again against Crystal Palace Several stories unfolded at once at Selhurst Park, even when it looked like nothing was afoot. Manchester City started sluggishly and did not manage a shot on target in the first half yet they emerged as comprehensive winners, a fact that sums up this season's title race. That they could dispose of mid-table opponents with something close to a shadow side, assembled at an average cost of more than £42m per player, says plenty about the depth of City's squad and pockets. Their third title in four seasons will be confirmed if Liverpool help them by beating Manchester United on Sunday, and that, too, tells a tale. Continue reading... |
| Valtteri Bottas edges out Hamilton to claim F1 Portuguese Grand Prix pole Posted: 01 May 2021 08:35 AM PDT
Valtteri Bottas was rightly pleased with his pole – decided by the slenderest of margins – for the Portuguese Grand Prix. It will not bother the Finn one jot but it could not be ignored that he did so in an underwhelming qualifying session defined by the lack of grip at the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve. If Formula One wants a spectacle to sell on a Saturday afternoon, it must at least give the drivers the right conditions to show off their skills. Bottas beat his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton into second place, denying the world champion his 100th pole by seven-thousandths of a second, with Max Verstappen taking third for Red Bull. Continue reading... |
| Derek Chisora calls split decision ‘unbelievable’ after Joseph Parker wins Posted: 01 May 2021 04:52 PM PDT
After an unpredictable week of good humour and erratic behaviour, of eating breakfast together and then squabbling over who would walk first to the ring, Joseph Parker beat the old warhorse Derek Chisora on a split decision in a close and bruising fight at the Manchester Arena late on Saturday night. The decisive third scorecard, which was awarded to Parker by a margin of 115-113, was disputed by Chisora who complained it was "unbelievable". Parker agreed that Chisora deserves a rematch – especially after the start he endured. Seven seconds into the fight for the WBO's intercontinental's heavyweight title, Chisora floored Parker with an overhand right. It was a shock opening for the favoured fighter but he looked off balance as the blow to the back of his head landed with crude force. Chisora, seeking an early finish, poured forward but Parker was not badly hurt. The New Zealander managed to keep the marauding Chisora at bay to see out the rest of the round without further mishap. Continue reading... |
| European roundup: Atlético survive late Elche scare, Real keep up chase Posted: 01 May 2021 03:14 PM PDT
Real Madrid's Brazilian duo Eder Militão and Casemiro struck in the second half to secure a 2-0 home win over stubborn Osasuna on Saturday and keep the heat on the La Liga leaders, Atlético Madrid. Militao finally prised open the visitors by heading home from a corner in the 76th minute for his first league goal of the season. Casemiro made sure of the points four minutes later with a fortuitous strike when he attempted to control a through ball from Karim Benzema and sent it trickling into the bottom corner of the net, flummoxing Sergio Herrera in Osasuna's goal. Continue reading... |
| Academic who backed ‘decolonising’ curriculum dropped from museum board Posted: 01 May 2021 06:15 AM PDT Chair resigns from Royal Museums Greenwich after minister's refusal to reappoint Dr Aminul Hoque The chair of an influential museum group has resigned after an academic whose work calls for "decolonising" the curriculum was dropped from the board, amid reports of a government-sanctioned culture war. Sir Charles Dunstone, the founder of Carphone Warehouse, reportedly resigned from the Royal Museums Greenwich board after the culture secretary, Oliver Dowden, refused to reappoint trustee Dr Aminul Hoque, an education academic at Goldsmiths, University of London. Continue reading... |
| Game of Thrones actor Esme Bianco sues Marilyn Manson over abuse allegations Posted: 01 May 2021 04:17 AM PDT Bianco accuses musician of sexual, physical and emotional abuse after bringing her to US under false pretences The Game of Thrones actor Esme Bianco is suing Marilyn Manson, alleging sexual, physical and emotional abuse. In a lawsuit filed in federal court in Los Angeles, Bianco says Manson violated human trafficking laws by bringing her to California from England under the false pretences of roles in music videos and movies that never materialised. Continue reading... |
| Met police receive report of sexual offence claims after allegations against Noel Clarke Posted: 01 May 2021 07:32 AM PDT Police said they received report of allegations of sexual offences but did not confirm identity of the person implicated The Metropolitan police say they are assessing a "third-party" report relating to claims of sexual offences committed by a male, after allegations were made against the actor Noel Clarke. The Met police did not confirm the identity of the person implicated, but said they had received the third-party report last week. Continue reading... |
| Ali Smith: ‘Hope is a tightrope across a ravine’ Posted: 01 May 2021 10:00 AM PDT The celebrated author talks about writing to the calendar, our new Dickensian age, and how she once imagined she'd become a refuse collector Ali Smith, 58, is one of our most mind-stretching, energetic and playful novelists, and her seasonal quartet of novels, which she has described as a "time-sensitive experiment", is a literary, historical take on our troubled age. Autumn (2016), written pre-Brexit and shortlisted for the Booker, was followed by Winter (2017), then Spring (2019) and Summer (2020) – out now in paperback. I've always felt that a book's already written, whatever it is we're writing Continue reading... |
| Wish I was there: Alison Luntz’s photographs of imaginary lockdown escapes Posted: 01 May 2021 07:00 AM PDT The New York-based photographer's series In Spirit explores the gaps between where we are, where we want to be and who we want to see In the bedroom of her apartment in Brooklyn, Alison Luntz has a large landscape photograph she took in 2018 on the Isle of Skye. A road snakes through dramatic, iridescent green hills. Last April, experiencing mild cabin fever from the Covid lockdown, the 34-year-old photographer decided to have some fun with the image. Positioning herself in front of the photograph, wearing a woollen beanie, she had her husband direct a fan so her red hair looked believably windswept and clicked a self-portrait. Two self-portraits actually: the first, a tighter crop, where it looked like she was in Scotland, posing with a spectacular view behind her; and a second, which showed she was really in Bushwick. Luntz then posted both on Instagram. "I didn't have any serious intentions with this picture in the beginning," says Luntz, on a video call from the same bedroom. "It was really just out of bleak humour at the situation and wanting to poke fun at it in some way. But instantly, it was clear that so many people loved this idea that I started thinking, maybe there's another way to use the same format in a more substantive way to express the loneliness and alienation we're all feeling right now." Continue reading... |
| Why do dead whales keep washing up in San Francisco? Posted: 01 May 2021 03:00 AM PDT A recent spate of deaths in the region has caused concern, but scientists say it may not be a sign of catastrophe The 45ft carcass lay belly-up in the surf at Fort Funston beach, just south of San Francisco, drawing a small crowd of hikers and hang gliders. The stench lingered on the evening breeze as seabirds circled the animal, a juvenile fin whale. The whale was the fifth to wash ashore in the area this month. The other four were gray whales – giant cetaceans who migrate an astounding 11,000 miles each year from Alaska to Baja and back – all found on beaches near the city over a span of just eight days. Continue reading... |
| Battlefield visitor nearly meets his Waterloo in Gettysburg public toilet Posted: 01 May 2021 10:51 AM PDT Fire crew frees man after tree falls on car and portable convenience during high winds across Pennsylvania region A man was rescued by emergency responders after a tree brought down by high winds trapped him inside a portable toilet at the Gettysburg civil war battlefield in southern Pennsylvania. The Barlow volunteer fire department said on its Facebook page it was called to Little Round Top, a key scene in the Union's victory over the Confederacy in 1863, at Gettysburg national military park shortly before 4pm on Friday. Continue reading... |
| US cites Indian variant in implementing travel ban from Tuesday Posted: 01 May 2021 09:59 AM PDT
Most travelers from India will be prohibited from entering the US from Tuesday, as the country struggles to contain a catastrophic surge in Covid-19 cases and a new virus variant. Related: 'We're burning pyres all day': India accused of undercounting deaths Continue reading... |
| Jill Biden lets cat out of the bag: White House dogs to have new feline friend Posted: 30 Apr 2021 11:09 AM PDT
As if enough fur didn't fly in Washington politics, the Bidens are bringing a cat to the White House, the first lady announced on Friday. The forthcoming feline will join the family canines, old dog Champ and his friskier younger friend Major, at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in the near future. Continue reading... |
| Stand up to China and Putin? Foreign policy at heart of Germany vote Posted: 01 May 2021 10:45 PM PDT Green and CDU party leaders pick their sides in race to replace Merkel as chancellor After German federal elections in September, Europe's largest economy is likely to be led either by a human rights champion sending steely messages to Russia and China, or a dovish politician who wants Vladimir Putin to be given more respect. Surprisingly, the former hails from a Green party founded by peace activists during the cold war arms race, and the latter chairs a conservative party that traditionally sees itself as America's most loyal ally in German politics. Continue reading... |
| Glacial lakes threaten millions with flooding as planet heats up Posted: 02 May 2021 12:00 AM PDT More than 12,000 deaths have already been attributed to glacial lake outburst floods worldwide An increasing number of people are being threatened by flooding caused by glacial lakes bursting, scientists have warned. As the planet warms and glaciers recede, meltwater accumulates and forms lakes, often as a result of ice or moraine acting as a dam. Since 1990, the volume, area and number of these glacial lakes has increased by 50% globally. When these lakes become too full there is a risk that they may breach or overflow, releasing huge volumes of water and causing catastrophic flooding. Continue reading... |
| Mexico expects US to send 5m more Covid vaccine doses, president says Posted: 01 May 2021 12:22 PM PDT
Mexica's president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, said on Friday the US will probably send his country 5m more doses of AstraZeneca's Covid-19 vaccine, as the company admitted production in Central and South America had suffered multiple setbacks. Related: US cites Indian variant in implementing travel ban from Tuesday Continue reading... |
| Tory poll lead slashed as key elections loom across Britain Posted: 01 May 2021 10:56 AM PDT Stories of Conservative sleaze appear to be having an impact as Keir Starmer faces his first electoral test as Labour leader on 6 May Labour has slashed the Tories' poll lead in half as more voters conclude that Boris Johnson is corrupt and dishonest ahead of this week's bumper set of local and devolved elections. The latest Opinium poll for the Observer shows the Conservative lead has fallen from 11 points to five points after a week in which the prime minister was at the centre of allegations over the refurbishment of his Downing Street flat, and criticised for reportedly saying he would rather see "bodies pile high" than order another Covid-19 lockdown. Continue reading... |
| May Day morris dancers swap black face paint for blue over concerns of racism Posted: 01 May 2021 11:25 AM PDT Cross-county group Joint Morris Organisations called for end to use of full-face black makeup in 2020 A group of Morris dancers have changed their face paint from black to blue following concerns over racism. Members of the Hook Eagle Morris Men performed near the village of Hook, Hampshire, to mark the May Day dawn on Saturday, in their first show since January 2020. Continue reading... |
| At least 10 children and teens among dead in crush at festival in Israel Posted: 01 May 2021 10:16 AM PDT Partial list records 45 deaths at ultra-Orthodox event as identification of bodies continues At least 10 children and teenagers were among 45 ultra-Orthodox Jews killed in a crush at a religious festival in northern Israel, according to a partial list of names published on Saturday as the identification of victims in Israel's deadliest civilian disaster continued. Four Americans, a Canadian and a man from Argentina were also among those killed. Two families each lost two children. The youngest victim was nine years old. Continue reading... |
| Airlines pray ‘green listing’ of US will see Big Apple breaks take off Posted: 01 May 2021 08:00 AM PDT Speculation over where Britons could fly after 17 May is rife, but hopes are on lucrative transatlantic routes to fill empty coffers In another torrid year for the aviation industry, the coming month of May offers a little hope. The red-letter day in every UK airline executive's diary is 17 May, from which international leisure travel from Britain may be permitted. This week, ministers may finally divulge where and when holidaymakers can go, with a "green list" of countries that can be visited without quarantine on return. The Department for Transport insists it is on track to confirm, by "early May" as promised, whether planes can take off, and where to. The decision will be informed by the Joint Biosecurity Centre, rather than by airline economics, which means it's too early to predict destinations. Continue reading... |
| End of an era: closure of nuclear plant is pointer for New York’s energy future Posted: 01 May 2021 08:02 AM PDT The power station on the banks of the Hudson has no place in the state's plans switch to renewables but critics say in the short term it means lost jobs and increased emissions America's energy past and future was on display on Friday at Indian Point, a nuclear plant 25 miles north of New York City that has been producing electricity since 1962. Continue reading... |
| Food injustice has deep roots: let’s start with America’s apple pie Posted: 01 May 2021 03:06 AM PDT From amnesia about apple pie to burger battlefields, author and academic Raj Patel says today's food justice fights have long, bloody histories Resting on gingham cloth, a sugar-crusted apple pie cools on the window sill of a midwestern farmhouse. Nothing could be more American. Officially American. The Department of Defense once featured the pie in an online collection of American symbols, alongside Uncle Sam and cowboys. Not that apples are particularly American. Apples were first domesticated in central Asia, making the journey along the Silk Road to the Mediterranean four thousand years ago. Apples traveled to the western hemisphere with Spanish colonists in the 1500s in what used to be called the Columbian Exchange, but is now better understood as a vast and ongoing genocide of Indigenous people. Continue reading... |
| London killings: ‘It’s like a war zone. How did it come to this?’ Posted: 01 May 2021 10:59 AM PDT The shooting and stabbing of a teenager in broad daylight on a street in Canning Town is just the latest chapter of what has become Britain's most violent gangland feud Rachid has no idea what the future holds, apart from the certainty that he'll never visit east London's Canning Town. "If I set foot there, I'll get stabbed." He has just turned 19, and two of his friends have already been murdered on the streets. A trip to the nearest corner shop has become a daunting ordeal. "You're constantly looking around, at the same time making sure you avoid looking at people. You don't know what can happen. Anything can," says the teenager, a former well-known gang affiliate who lives a seven-minute walk from Canning Town. Continue reading... |
| GDT Nature Photographer of the Year 2021 Posted: 01 May 2021 01:00 AM PDT A look at the winning entries in the German Society for Nature Photography's member competition  |
| The artist who fills potholes with mosaics – in pictures Posted: 01 May 2021 09:00 AM PDT Em Emem is an anonymous, Lyon-based artist. "But I'm just a sidewalk poet, a son of bitumen," he says. His work involves filling potholes and cracked walls on city streets with beautiful mosaic designs, a process he calls "flacking" – a play on the French word flaque, meaning puddle or patch. He started in 2016, after becoming "hypnotised" by the scarred surfaces of the old alley that housed his first workshop. "My work is the story of the city, where cobblestones have been displaced; a truck from the vegetable market tore off a piece of asphalt," he says. "Each becomes a flack."
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| Posted: 30 Apr 2021 01:55 PM PDT Protests in Gaza, Alexei Navalny appears in court for an appeal, migrants on the Rio Grande, and the enduring impact of Covid-19: the most striking images from around the world this week Continue reading... |
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