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- Elizabeth Holmes trial: jury finds Theranos founder guilty on four fraud counts
- US reports global record of more than 1m daily Covid cases
- Capitol attack panel in race against time as Trump allies seek to run out clock
- Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre’s legal deal with Jeffrey Epstein released
- Tesla criticised for opening showroom in Xinjiang despite human rights abuses
- Double defector who returned to North Korea ‘struggled financially’ in South
- Airbnb blocks Oregon hosts from seeing guests’ names in push against racial bias
- Progressives concerned as Eric Adams takes helm as New York mayor
- Apple becomes first US company to reach $3tn valuation
- Pittsburgh New Year’s Day meteor explosion equivalent to 30 tonnes of TNT, says Nasa
- Canadian court awards $107m to families of Iran plane crash victims
- ‘It just seems like a big scam’: diabetics criticize Biden’s insulin proposal
- Quitting is just half the story: the truth behind the ‘Great Resignation’
- The risk of a coup in the next US election is greater now than it ever was under Trump | Laurence H Tribe
- Amy Schneider makes Jeopardy! history after 23rd straight victory
- The next US civil war is already here – we just refuse to see it
- ‘I saw a big set of white teeth coming towards me’: the people who survived terrifying wild animal attacks
- Recipe for contentment: cook and take life one meal at a time
- Doomscrolling: the exhibition that visualises our appetite for bad news
- ‘No worries’: how America came to banish Australia’s go-to phrase
- Home and dry: what to do with clothes that have been caught in the rain
- Covid live news: US sets global record of 1m daily cases; Delhi imposes weekend curfew to curb Omicron spread
- Detained, missing, close to death: the toll of reporting on Covid in China
- US regulators approve Covid boosters for children 12 to 15
- Workers across the US are rising up. Can they turn their anger into a movement? | Steven Greenhouse
- As an American in Paris, I love Emily’s vinegary take on the city of light | Caitlin Raux Gunther
- Magic mushroom companies are on the Nasdaq now. That’s a recipe for a bad trip | Ross Ellenhorn and Dimitri Mugianis
- Steelers top Browns in Big Ben’s likely home farewell to stay in playoff hunt
- Romelu Lukaku to return to Chelsea squad after talks with Tuchel
- Antonio Brown’s latest misdeed will only stick because it happened on TV | Melissa Jacobs
- One month to the 2022 Beijing Games: 15 Winter Olympians to watch
- Raiders’ Nate Hobbs arrested for DUI shortly after team’s win over Colts
- Moutinho’s strike earns Wolves deserved victory against insipid United
- Mikaela Shiffrin returns to World Cup after recovering from bout with Covid
- NHL fan saves life of Canucks staffer after spotting cancerous mole at game
- The joy of missing out: how to manage your time in 2022
- Revisited: how a Disney movie helped solve a decades-old adventure mystery
- Missing in action: this season’s most overlooked movie performances
- Charlie Sheen on making Platoon: ‘We screamed for the medic!’
- Bring on the six-hour-long movies – it’s grandeur and scale we want now | Peter Bradshaw
- Unhappy new year: what can we learn from movies set in 2022?
- Nirvana Nevermind baby cover artwork lawsuit dismissed
- What’s new, pussycat? How feline film stars are trained to perform
- David Bowie: publishing rights to song catalogue sold for $250m
- Apocalypse nowadays: the new wave of films about the end of the world
- New year’s resolutions: how to get into the habit of saving
- Back to black: goths go mainstream in corsets, leather and lace
- The big idea: should we eat like our ancestors?
- How we met: ‘He had to marry me or I’d sue him!’
- Thomasina Miers’ recipe for grilled hispi caesar salad | The new flexitarian
- Are you having a laugh? Why NHS doctors will soon be prescribing a dose of comedy
- Winter storm in Washington DC brings snow and grounds Biden’s helicopter
- Bannon and allies bid to expand pro-Trump influence in local US politics
- Broken sewer line spills millions of gallons of waste into streets of California city
- BlackBerry signals end of an era as it prepares to pull plug on classic phones
- US twins delivered just minutes apart end up being born in two different years
- US could be under rightwing dictator by 2030, Canadian professor warns
- New York attorney general subpoenas Donald Trump Jr and Ivanka Trump – report
- US intelligence errors helped build myth of Nazi Alpine redoubt, says historian
- Ex-NFL star Herschel Walker posts baffling video promoting US Senate run
- Kleptoparasitic bear steals wolves’ kill in filmed Yellowstone drama
- Haiti’s PM forced to flee after apparent assassination attempt outside church
- Past convictions for homosexual activity to be wiped from records, Patel to announce
- Five of world’s most powerful nations pledge to avoid nuclear war
- UK government urged to rescind Tony Blair’s knighthood
- Italy: proposal for statue of first woman to get PhD sparks debate
- New Year’s Day killings spark call for action to tackle violence against women in France
- Evergrande shares rise as they resume trading after suspension
- South Africa firefighters struggle as parliament blaze flares up again
- UK factory production rises to four-month high while mortgage approvals flatline – business live
- ‘A normal tactic’: Myanmar’s aid workers vow to press on despite Christmas Eve massacre
- ‘I’d been set up’: the LGBTQ Kenyans ‘catfished’ for money via dating apps
- Original caretakers: Indigenous groups team up with conservationists to protect swaths of US
- Abducted son finds family by drawing map of village he last saw aged four
- ‘Everything is a fight’: the island still reeling months after Ida battered Louisiana
- ‘Flipping the script on Britishness’: historical harmony – in pictures
- Colombia’s former Alcatraz: from prison to national park – in pictures
| Elizabeth Holmes trial: jury finds Theranos founder guilty on four fraud counts Posted: 04 Jan 2022 02:23 AM PST The jury delivered the verdict after announcing they were deadlocked on three of the 11 charges faced by Holmes Elizabeth Holmes, founder of Theranos, has been found guilty on four of 11 charges of fraud, concluding a high profile trial that captivated Silicon Valley and chronicled the missteps of the now-defunct blood testing startup. The jury found Holmes guilty of several charges – including conspiracy to defraud investors – following a dramatic day in which jurors said they remained deadlocked on three of the criminal counts she faced. Continue reading... |
| US reports global record of more than 1m daily Covid cases Posted: 04 Jan 2022 02:04 AM PST Total of 1.06 million people test positive across country, a figure largely driven by Omicron variant More than 1 million people in the US were diagnosed with Covid-19 on Monday, a global daily record. A total of 1.06 million people tested positive for the virus, a figure driven largely by the Omicron variant, data from Johns Hopkins University revealed. Continue reading... |
| Capitol attack panel in race against time as Trump allies seek to run out clock Posted: 03 Jan 2022 11:00 PM PST A barrage of delay tactics as Republicans are expected to do well in 2022 midterms that would give them control to shut down inquiry The House select committee investigating the 6 January attack on the Capitol is facing a race against time in 2022 as Trump and his allies seek to run out the clock with a barrage of delay tactics and lawsuits. Republicans are widely expected to do well in this year's midterm elections in November and, if they win control of the House, that would give them control to shut down the investigation that has proved politically and legally damaging to Trump and Republicans. Continue reading... |
| Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre’s legal deal with Jeffrey Epstein released Posted: 03 Jan 2022 11:28 AM PST Unsealing stems from Giuffre's sexual abuse lawsuit against duke, filed in Manhattan federal court in August Court papers unsealed on Monday revealed that Virginia Giuffre received $500,000 in a legal settlement with Jeffrey Epstein, the late financier and convicted sex offender whom she accused of sexual abuse. The unsealing stemmed from Giuffre's sexual abuse lawsuit against Prince Andrew, which she filed on 9 August in Manhattan federal court. Giuffre has long accused Epstein and his sometime girlfriend Ghislaine Maxwell – now a convicted sex trafficker, after her New York trial – of forcing her into sex with the royal when she was 17. Continue reading... |
| Tesla criticised for opening showroom in Xinjiang despite human rights abuses Posted: 03 Jan 2022 09:38 PM PST Elon Musk and Tesla must consider human rights in the Chinese region or risk being complicit, says Human Rights Watch Tesla has opened a new showroom in the capital of Xinjiang, a region at the heart of years-long campaign by Chinese authorities of repression and assimilation against the Uyghur people. Tesla announced the opening in Urumqi with a Weibo post on 31 December saying: "On the last day of 2021, we meet in Xinjiang. In 2022 let us together launch Xinjiang on its electric journey!" Continue reading... |
| Double defector who returned to North Korea ‘struggled financially’ in South Posted: 04 Jan 2022 02:36 AM PST Man's decision raises questions about treatment of defectors in South Korea with many said to face discrimination A North Korean defector who made a daring return to his home country at the weekend had reportedly struggled to build a new life in South Korea since his arrival just over a year ago. The man, who has not been named, crossed the heavily armed demilitarised zone [DMZ] that has divided North and South since the end of the 1950 to 1953 Korean war, on Saturday. Continue reading... |
| Airbnb blocks Oregon hosts from seeing guests’ names in push against racial bias Posted: 03 Jan 2022 10:00 PM PST Move comes after lawsuit in which three Black women alleged discrimination tied to names and photos Airbnb rental hosts in the state of Oregon will no longer be able to see guests' names before approving their bookings, according to a new plan announced by the company. The policy update is specific to Oregon, for now, and was born out of a lawsuit in which three Black women from the Portland, Oregon, area alleged the rental site's use of names and photographs allowed for racial discrimination, violating the state's public accommodation laws. Continue reading... |
| Progressives concerned as Eric Adams takes helm as New York mayor Posted: 03 Jan 2022 05:38 AM PST Homelessness, safe housing, police brutality and racial injustice – does Bill de Blasio's replacement have the policies to fix them? For many New Yorkers, the inauguration of Eric Adams as the 110th mayor of New York City – and only the second Black person to serve in the position – has evoked a range of feelings, from excitement at the possibility of change to confusion and concern. Adams' rise through city and state politics was fairly typical. In addition to serving as a New York police captain, he was the Brooklyn borough president and a state senator. But he remains an unconventional, even enigmatic figure. There are questions surrounding his home address and curiosity about his plant-based diet, but information about his actual policies remains scarce. Continue reading... |
| Apple becomes first US company to reach $3tn valuation Posted: 03 Jan 2022 12:02 PM PST New year trading pushed Apple shares to a new high of $182.80 after tripling in value in under four years Apple became the first US company to be valued at over $3tn on Monday as the tech company continued its phenomenal share price growth, tripling in value in under four years. A pandemic-era surge in tech stocks has driven the major US tech companies to new highs, pulling US stock markets with them. Apple became the world's first trillion dollar company in August 2018, passed $2tn in 2020 and hit its new high as trading began after the holidays and its shares passed $182.80 a piece before dipping lower to end the day valued at over $2.9tn. Continue reading... |
| Pittsburgh New Year’s Day meteor explosion equivalent to 30 tonnes of TNT, says Nasa Posted: 03 Jan 2022 07:24 PM PST If not for clouds, the half-tonne fireball would have been easily visible in the day, maybe about 100 times the brightness of a full moon A meteor that caused an earthshaking boom over suburban Pittsburgh on New Year's Day exploded in the atmosphere with an energy blast equivalent to an estimated 30 tonnes (27,200kg) of TNT, officials said. The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh initially responded, suggesting the most likely explanation was a "meteor explosion" as people took to social media in search of answers. Continue reading... |
| Canadian court awards $107m to families of Iran plane crash victims Posted: 03 Jan 2022 02:32 PM PST Civil lawsuit was filed against Iran and other officials the family members believe were to blame for the incident A court in Ontario, Canada, has awarded C$107m ($83.94m), plus interest, to the families of six people who died when the Iranian Revolutionary Guards downed a Ukraine International Airlines plane near Tehran two years ago. Iran shot down the airliner in January 2020. All 176 people on board were killed, including 55 Canadian citizens and 30 permanent residents. Continue reading... |
| ‘It just seems like a big scam’: diabetics criticize Biden’s insulin proposal Posted: 04 Jan 2022 12:00 AM PST Type 1 diabetics say insurance cap includes loopholes and doesn't impact individuals who don't have health coverage in the US Samia Chowdhury of Ontario, California, saw her work hours in the restaurant industry dwindle from full-time to less than 10 hours a week when Covid shutdowns began in the US in March 2020. But the loss of work was not her only problem. As a type 1 diabetic since she was 12, Chowdhury could not afford health insurance after losing most of her work hours and couldn't get on Medicaid through California. Instead, she relied on visiting medical clinics for insulin prescription refills when she could afford to do so and mutual aid from other diabetics around the US. Continue reading... |
| Quitting is just half the story: the truth behind the ‘Great Resignation’ Posted: 04 Jan 2022 12:00 AM PST While quitting is usually an expression of optimism, 2021's quits happened amid an economic picture that is tough to interpret 2021 was the year of the "Great Resignation" – a year when workers quit their jobs at historic rates. According to some, the trend was driven by an economic and psychological shift as employers struggled – and often failed – to tempt anxious staff to return to industries that have too often treated workers as dispensable. The truth is more complicated. It is accurate to say that many people have quit their jobs in 2021 – "quits", as the Bureau of Labor Statistics calls them, hit an all-time high in September, with over 4.3 million people leaving their jobs, and was followed only by a modest reduction of that trend in October. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2022 08:50 AM PST Republicans are busy undermining the next election. But giving up on democracy isn't an option. We must fight back, and here's how Only free and fair elections in which the loser abides by the result stand between each of us and life at the mercy of a despotic regime – one we had no voice in choosing and one that can freely violate all our rights. So everything is at stake in the peaceful transfer of power from a government that has lost its people's confidence to its victorious successor. It was that peaceful transfer that Trump and his minions sought to obstruct and almost succeeded in overthrowing when Joe Biden was elected president. A year has passed since Donald Trump's attempted coup and his supporters' violent storming of the United States Capitol on 6 January 2021, in a nearly successful effort to prevent Congress from certifying Trump's decisive loss of the election to Biden. Watching the images that day of the seat of US democracy overtaken and defiled, it was impossible not to viscerally feel the grave danger that confronted the republic. In the tumultuous year since, the immediacy of that sensation has waned – and the magnitude of the stakes has receded from memory. Continue reading... |
| Amy Schneider makes Jeopardy! history after 23rd straight victory Posted: 03 Jan 2022 02:39 PM PST Schneider becomes show's top-winning woman and first trans person to qualify for Tournament of Champions Jeopardy! champion Amy Schneider scored her 23rd consecutive victory last week in a historic run that has made her the top-winning woman in the show's history. But that's not the only milestone Schneider has achieved on the show. The Oakland, California, resident is the fourth-best all time winner, with $855,600 in earnings, and the first transgender person to qualify for Jeopardy's Tournament of Champions, an annual event with the game's top players. Continue reading... |
| The next US civil war is already here – we just refuse to see it Posted: 04 Jan 2022 02:00 AM PST The right has recognized that the system is in collapse, and it has a plan: violence and solidarity with treasonous far-right factions Nobody wants what's coming, so nobody wants to see what's coming. On the eve of the first civil war, the most intelligent, the most informed, the most dedicated people in the United States could not see it coming. Even when Confederate soldiers began their bombardment of Fort Sumter, nobody believed that conflict was inevitable. The north was so unprepared for the war they had no weapons. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2022 10:00 PM PST How does it feel to fight off a predator in the wild? And what effect does it have on your life? Five people who lived to tell the tale explain Although, mercifully, still rare, there are signs that wild animal attacks on humans are increasing. Research from the scientific journal Nature found that, as our urban areas further expand into the territories of carnivorous animals, attacks on pets, livestock and sometimes humans have been on the rise. In Kashmir, local wildlife departments have been reporting a marked increase in attacks, with almost 200 people killed and more than 2,000 others wounded in man-animal conflict in the region since 2011. From a British citizen attacked by otters in Singapore, to monkey attacks in Thailand, squirrel attacks in New York, and a man who fought off a crocodile with a pocket knife in Queensland, these encounters capture our imaginations. But how does it feel to survive such an ordeal – and how does it affect your life? Continue reading... |
| Recipe for contentment: cook and take life one meal at a time Posted: 03 Jan 2022 04:00 AM PST Learn how to make food with care and attention, says Tim Adams, and the daily ritual of family cooking becomes a rewarding and meditative experience I used to fancy myself as a special occasion cook, marinating and reducing for occasional wows, but since lockdown I've mostly taken over – with as little control freakery as I can muster – doing my full share of proper family meals, well. Does that count as a hobby? Of course not. But when you are writing and reading and wandering and watching for a living, it can feel that all of life is a form of solitary indulgence, so the distractions I crave are generally communal, and simply hands on. That feeling has become more urgent in the last two years. Having worked from home for a couple of decades, I was used to mostly being alone with the contents of the fridge. Now, there were four of us in the house, Zooming and essay-writing and being lectured online and the days seemed to demand different kinds of punctuation marks. Continue reading... |
| Doomscrolling: the exhibition that visualises our appetite for bad news Posted: 03 Jan 2022 07:30 AM PST Artists Zorawar Sidhu and Rob Swainston have tried to make sense of a tumultuous time, highlighting everything from the pandemic to the Capitol insurrection When then US president Donald Trump caught the coronavirus, Zorawar Sidhu found himself refreshing his phone for updates. Waiting anxiously for the 2020 presidential election result, he was glued to flashing screen again. We are all doomscrollers now, compulsively absorbing a constant flow of negative news with untold psychological and social consequences. Sidhu and fellow artist Rob Swainston, who marry historic printing processes with 21st century tools, have responded with works designed to make us stop and regain our footing. Continue reading... |
| ‘No worries’: how America came to banish Australia’s go-to phrase Posted: 03 Jan 2022 07:45 PM PST US university puts Australianism in the linguistic naughty corner, but is it all a cultural misunderstanding? A list of "banished words", published annually by Michigan's Lake Superior State University, has this year included the unmistakably Australian "no worries". LSSU's tongue-in-cheek list has been compiled every year since 1976 from submissions on terms deemed "familiar but problematic". This year's list also includes, among others, "asking for a friend", "circle back" and "wait, what?" for elimination. Continue reading... |
| Home and dry: what to do with clothes that have been caught in the rain Posted: 03 Jan 2022 08:30 AM PST From reapplying waterproofing to preventing water damage in the first place, experts share their suggestions for resuscitating soaked clothes Getting caught in the rain is depicted on screen with near-comic frequency. From make-out scenes in Nicholas Sparks film to the drama of Shawshank Redemption and Point Break, stormy skies have long been a marker of heightened emotions, desperate declarations and a willingness to well, get wet. With La Niña weather patterns already making this a particularly wet Australian summer, on the upside, we can plan grand romantic gestures with a little more oomph. But this doesn't mean our clothes have to suffer. Here's how to care for your outfit after that dramatic downpour pash. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 04 Jan 2022 02:27 AM PST More than 1 million people in the US were diagnosed with Covid on Monday; Indian authorities report 'rapid' increase in Omicron cases in capital city
Over to Europe and Germany is reporting another 30,561 new coronavirus cases and 356 deaths, according to recently released data from the Robert Koch Institute. South Korea has just released its daily Covid report. Continue reading... |
| Detained, missing, close to death: the toll of reporting on Covid in China Posted: 03 Jan 2022 09:30 PM PST Activists say crackdown is driven by Xi Jinping, who has 'declared a war on independent journalism' Chen Kun was living in Indonesia with his wife and daughter when he learned from his brother Mei's boss that he had been "taken away for investigation" by Chinese police. He immediately suspected it was to do with his brother's website, a citizen news project called Terminus 2049. Since 2018 Mei, his colleague Cai Wei, and Cai's partner – surnamed Tang – had been archiving articles about issues including #MeToo and migrant rights, and reposting them whenever they were deleted from China's strictly monitored and censored online platforms. It was April 2020, and for the last few months Terminus 2049 had been targeting stories about the Covid-19 outbreak and response. Continue reading... |
| US regulators approve Covid boosters for children 12 to 15 Posted: 03 Jan 2022 06:56 AM PST
The US is expanding Covid-19 booster shots as it confronts the Omicron surge, with the Food and Drug Administration allowing extra Pfizer shots for children as young as 12. Boosters were already recommended for everyone 16 and older. Federal regulators on Monday decided they are also warranted for 12- to 15-year-olds, once enough time has passed since their last dose. Continue reading... |
| Workers across the US are rising up. Can they turn their anger into a movement? | Steven Greenhouse Posted: 03 Jan 2022 03:15 AM PST So far, increasingly militant workers are lacking something vital: a leader who can unite them all. Will that change? Throughout 2021, American workers stood up and fought back to an unusual degree. Workers went on strike at Kellogg's, Nabisco, John Deere, Columbia University and numerous hospitals, while non-union "essential" workers – furious about how they've been treated – walked out at supermarkets, warehouses and fast-food restaurants. Workers have sought to unionize at Starbucks, Amazon, even the Art Institute of Chicago. And a record number of Americans have been quitting their jobs each month, more than 4 million monthly, fed up and eager for something better. Millions of workers are angry – angry that they didn't get hazard pay for risking their lives during the pandemic, angry that they've been forced to work 70 or 80 hours a week, angry that they received puny raises while executive pay soared, angry that they didn't get paid sick days when they got sick. Continue reading... |
| As an American in Paris, I love Emily’s vinegary take on the city of light | Caitlin Raux Gunther Posted: 04 Jan 2022 02:00 AM PST In the second Netflix series, Emily shows a certain pluckiness, resilience even, that I sometimes wish I possessed With its second season streaming on Netflix, viewers are hate-bingeing Emily in Paris all over again. Shots have been fired at Emily's character (basic! backstabber! typical egocentric American!) and the inauthentic representation of the city she inhabits. As a proud watcher of the series, not to mention an American living in Paris, I admire Emily's shamelessness, as she unself-consciously snaps selfies and slaughters the French language. Don't get me wrong, my French is pas mal de tout but things get tricky when even a single word eludes me. Recently, I sat in the back of a Montmartre pharmacy waiting to get my Covid-19 booster shot. I resorted to a charades-style gesture, causing a chuckle. While the jab went in I took a deep breath and made a mental note: look up the word for "faint". Caitlin Raux Gunther is a freelance American writer based in Paris |
| Posted: 03 Jan 2022 03:13 AM PST Wall Street and Peter Thiel are all investing in psychedelics. But Oxycotin showed the harm profit-hungry corporations can cause with 'wonder drugs' The new Hulu series Dopesick is a dramatic reminder of the devastation that has been wrought by the opioid epidemic. Like the book on which it was based, and like other journalism about the Oxycontin crisis, the show makes it clear that members of the Sackler family, Purdue, unscrupulous doctors, and the FDA all played a part in causing the rampant overprescription of Oxycontin. Suddenly every kind of pain – not only physical but also psychological and social – seemed to have a single answer: Oxycontin. Opioids are one of the oldest drugs in the human pharmacopeia, but Oxycontin's new patents made every person in pain a source of easy money for Purdue. This led to a wave of addiction and overdose. When regulators cracked down on legal pills, many people turned to the illicit drug market, putting them in even greater danger. Yet even as America reckons with the aftermath of the Oxycontin disaster, it's embracing a new class of supposed wonder drugs. Like opioids, these "new" drugs are long-time favorites: psychedelics. Ironically, one of their supposedly miraculous qualities is their power in treating substance use disorders. The FDA – whose lax oversight and close ties to corporate lobbyists played such a crucial role in the Oxycontin debacle – has placed MDMA and psilocybin on expedited approval tracks for the treatment of PTSD and treatment-resistant depression. MDMA-assisted therapy for PTSD is in advanced trials, and could receive FDA approval as soon as 2023. Ross Ellenhorn is a sociologist and psychotherapist and the founder and CEO of Ellenhorn. Dimitri Mugianis is a harm reductionist, activist, musician, poet, writer, and anarchist, with over two decades of experience as a psychedelic practitioner. Ellenhorn and Mugianis are the founders of Cardea Continue reading... |
| Steelers top Browns in Big Ben’s likely home farewell to stay in playoff hunt Posted: 03 Jan 2022 09:32 PM PST
Ben Roethlisberger passed for 123 yards with a touchdown and an interception in likely his last start at Heinz Field, and the Pittsburgh Steelers handled the listless Cleveland Browns 26-14 on Monday night to keep their postseason hopes alive. Pittsburgh (8-7-1) needs a win at Baltimore next week combined with a loss by Indianapolis to Jacksonville to reach the playoffs for the 12th time in Roethlisberger's 18 seasons. Continue reading... |
| Romelu Lukaku to return to Chelsea squad after talks with Tuchel Posted: 03 Jan 2022 10:20 AM PST
Romelu Lukaku is in line to return to Chelsea's squad after holding productive talks with Thomas Tuchel over the striker's controversial interview. Tuchel is expected to restore Lukaku to his side when Chelsea host Tottenham in the first leg of their Carabao Cup semi-final on Wednesday after the £97.5m forward expressed regret over going public with his unhappiness about life at Stamford Bridge. Continue reading... |
| Antonio Brown’s latest misdeed will only stick because it happened on TV | Melissa Jacobs Posted: 03 Jan 2022 12:00 AM PST Tampa Bay's gifted wide receiver finally found a rule to break that will be judged more seriously than his many more grevious off-field sins: He quit on his team on live television In a normal universe, we'd be solely focused on the final minutes of a drama-filled classic between the Buccaneers and Jets. We'd gush over Tom Brady's game-winning drive that again ripped whatever semblance of hope remains in New York's long-suffering fans. We'd marvel at Brady's unmistakable precision with under two minutes, culminating in his cool-as-a-cucumber delivery on a 33-yard touchdown strike to Cyril Grayson that left not nearly enough time for Zach Wilson to respond. We'd question Robert Saleh's decision to go for it on fourth-and-2 at the Bucs' seven-yard line instead of kicking a field goal that would opened a seven-point lead with two minutes to spare. Instead, this game will be remembered for a different brand of dramatic: Antonio Brown adding to his endless list of disturbing antics. In the third quarter, with the Tampa Bay offense on the field mid-drive, a visibly furious Brown removed his jersey on the sideline, threw his shoulder pads down, then cascaded across the end zone, tore off his tank top, threw the tank and a glove with vigor into a sea of Jets fans, then continued shirtless into the tunnel with one final peace sign before fading to black. Continue reading... |
| One month to the 2022 Beijing Games: 15 Winter Olympians to watch Posted: 04 Jan 2022 12:30 AM PST As the Beijing Winter Olympics draw nearer, here's a look at 15 athletes from around the world to keep an eye on With two gold and three silver world championship medals, this pairs team from China is also the current world record holder. Sui and Han, aged 26 and 29 respectively, have been skating together since 2007. They have developed a banter that charms fans, arguing and joking like an old married couple. Not many athletes would consider a silver medal at the Olympics a disappointment but losing by only 0.43 points in Pyeongchang was not what the team had hoped for. In Beijing, they will no doubt be vying for gold in front of the home crowd. Continue reading... |
| Raiders’ Nate Hobbs arrested for DUI shortly after team’s win over Colts Posted: 03 Jan 2022 02:35 PM PST
Las Vegas Raiders rookie cornerback Nate Hobbs was arrested on a misdemeanor DUI charge shortly after the team returned from a road game in Indianapolis. The Las Vegas metropolitan police department said in a statement Monday that dispatch received a call at about 4am about a driver asleep inside a vehicle parked on an exit ramp of a parking garage. Continue reading... |
| Moutinho’s strike earns Wolves deserved victory against insipid United Posted: 03 Jan 2022 11:46 AM PST Manchester United appear to be a work not in progress but regression. Ralf Rangnick is overseeing a team who set out with a structure against Crystal Palace, his first game in charge, but have since slid slowly backwards. João Moutinho's sweet 82nd-minute volley handed Wolves a first league win at Old Trafford since 1980 while starting an inquest into where United are headed under an interim manager whose two main tenets seem to have gone awol. Continue reading... |
| Mikaela Shiffrin returns to World Cup after recovering from bout with Covid Posted: 03 Jan 2022 11:25 AM PST
Mikaela Shiffrin is set to return to the women's World Cup at a slalom on Tuesday, eight days after a positive Covid-19 test that forced her out of two technical races in Austria last week. Shiffrin had a negative test on Monday afternoon before the American's name appeared on the official start list for the race released by the International Ski Federation. Continue reading... |
| NHL fan saves life of Canucks staffer after spotting cancerous mole at game Posted: 03 Jan 2022 09:02 AM PST Nadia Popovici spotted mole on Brian Hamilton's neck last October and held up a message on her phone saying 'Please go see a doctor!' When Nadia Popovici spotted a small mole on the back of Brian Hamilton's neck last October, during an NHL game between the Vancouver Canucks and the Seattle Kraken, she was unsure if the Canucks' assistant equipment manager was aware it was there. Gaining Hamilton's attention, she wrote a message on her phone and pressed it against the plexiglass dividing the crowd from the ice. Continue reading... |
| The joy of missing out: how to manage your time in 2022 Posted: 03 Jan 2022 07:00 PM PST We only have about 4,000 weeks of life on average, says the writer Oliver Burkeman, so make sure you are prioritising what really matters For years the writer Oliver Burkeman tried every new productivity hack and time management strategy he could find. He would review them, without taking them too seriously, in his weekly Guardian column on self-help, but he would also attempt to apply them to his own life, whether it was the quest for 'inbox zero' or the Pomodoro technique for dividing work up into manageable chunks. At every stage, true mastery of his time seemed tantalisingly within reach but never quite actually achievable. It was this process that led to the realisation at the heart of his book Four Thousand Weeks (the average human lifespan). He tells Hannah Moore that once you stop approaching your time as something to be divided up in the most efficient way to achieve all your ambitions, you can start to accept you will never get to the end of that overwhelming to-do list and that there are some things you just don't have time for. By embracing the joy of missing out, you can start to devote your precious time to the things that really matter to you, no matter how long they take. Continue reading... |
| Revisited: how a Disney movie helped solve a decades-old adventure mystery Posted: 02 Jan 2022 07:00 PM PST In 1959, nine experienced hikers were mysteriously killed in Russia's Ural mountains. Conspiracy theories circled for years, but an unlikely pairing of science and the movie Frozen may have helped solve the cold case This week we are revisiting some of our favourite broadcasts from 2021. This episode of Full Story was first broadcast on 7 March. Continue reading... |
| Missing in action: this season’s most overlooked movie performances Posted: 03 Jan 2022 11:26 PM PST As awards season heats up, there are a number of deserving performers who haven't been making the cut With the most recent Oscar ceremony having taken place abnormally late in April, it feels like we barely had a break before the machinery of awards season started cranking up again. It began at the Venice film festival at the tail end of summer and is now in full cry, with major critics' groups and more dubious collectives like the Golden Globes having already weighed in – and a gaggle of apparent frontrunners establishing themselves in major categories. In the acting fields, we're already pondering the likelihood of victories for stars like Kristen Stewart, Benedict Cumberbatch, Will Smith and Rita Moreno – though there's still plenty of wiggle room for surprises. Last year's extra-long season yielded an almost entirely unforeseen nomination for Lakeith Stanfield and an against-the-odds win for Anthony Hopkins: never make the mistake of taking the pundits' word as gospel. With that in mind, we're highlighting a few outlying performances that ought to be in the mix, but haven't yet generated the buzz they deserve. Some of them are just outside the perceived top tier of contenders, others are long shots that we can merely dream about. But there's still a long way to go – Oscar nomination ballots only go out toward the end of January, for one thing. And the season would be more interesting for having all these names invited to the party. Continue reading... |
| Charlie Sheen on making Platoon: ‘We screamed for the medic!’ Posted: 03 Jan 2022 04:27 AM PST 'Forest Whitaker macheted his thumb, Tom Berenger knifed his foot, Willem Dafoe got medivacked – and Oliver Stone jumped up and down with joy' Charlie Sheen, played Chris Taylor My brother Emilio Estevez and I were huge fans of Scarface and Midnight Express, which were both written by Oliver Stone. Emilio kept talking to me about Oliver's new Vietnam film, which he was auditioning for. He got the lead part, Chris Taylor, but then couldn't do it because of scheduling conflicts. When I auditioned, Oliver said I was "too mannered" and needed to do more work. So I did The Boys Next Door and Lucas – and I got the part, but only if Willem Dafoe approved. I didn't meet Willem until we got to the Philippines. He ran past me in our hotel and gave me a hug. Later, Oliver came up to me and said: "Willem digs ya." Continue reading... |
| Bring on the six-hour-long movies – it’s grandeur and scale we want now | Peter Bradshaw Posted: 04 Jan 2022 01:00 AM PST Avatar director James Cameron says films must expand to compete with TV. It could be the start of a brilliant new era of immersive cinema How on earth are the movies going to compete with all that deliciously seductive #content on streaming services? How do you persuade people to mask up and venture out to the cinema when they can sprawl on the sofa and watch Succession's gorgeously horrible Roy family for less money and hassle. People will leave their homes for James Bond and Spider-Man. But the grownup movies – the cinema of ideas and character and dialogue and complexity – well, people are increasingly tempted to stay home for those.
Peter Bradshaw is the Guardian's film critic Continue reading... |
| Unhappy new year: what can we learn from movies set in 2022? Posted: 03 Jan 2022 06:15 AM PST From murderous mayhem in The Purge to the grim dystopia of Soylent Green, writers have predicted very bad things for the next 12 months It's gotten rather tricky to calibrate the the annual relative quotient of tragedy. (For the future reference of misery-focused sociologists, that's the ARQT.) 2021 was a year of tribulation closing out with a backslide into the same rampant viral spread that we saw in square one of the pandemic that just won't end – but hey, at least it's not 2020 any more. As it becomes apparent that we will have to accept a few massive catastrophes as the new status quo, assessing the quality of life turns into a matter of degrees, weighing each fresh stretch of hardship against the last. It may prove some cold comfort to note that things have, by sheer numbers, gotten slightly better since last year. The corollary to this way of thinking, however, is the understanding that our circumstances can always get worse. Just take a look at the films set in the year 2022, united as they are in agreement that something horrible is just waiting to happen. There's a futuristic sheen to the number, as if a robot's stuttering while giving a readout of two, that's compelled a handful of film-makers to select this date as the point at which a major crisis comes to pass. Whether it's a chance armageddon landing at an inopportune time or a boiling-over that our species has been building to for years, the movies have marked 2022 as cursed. The only hope as we approach the beginning of another year is that whatever challenges await us, they won't have the terrible finality of the world-enders listed below. Read on for a smorgasbord of possible apocalypses imagined for the coming months, and take some solace in the small consolation that we have yet to start eating each other: Continue reading... |
| Nirvana Nevermind baby cover artwork lawsuit dismissed Posted: 04 Jan 2022 01:24 AM PST Plaintiff Spencer Elden, who appeared as a naked baby on the album cover, claimed he was the victim of child sexual exploitation A judge has dismissed a lawsuit against Nirvana made by Spencer Elden, who appeared as a naked baby on the cover of the band's classic 1991 album Nevermind, Spin magazine reports. In California District Court on Monday, Judge Fernando M Olguin dismissed the case "with leave to amend". Lawyers for Elden missed the deadline to file an opposition to the Nirvana estate's request to dismiss the case made in December. His team have until 13 January to refile. Continue reading... |
| What’s new, pussycat? How feline film stars are trained to perform Posted: 03 Jan 2022 01:00 AM PST From Stuart Little and Pet Sematary to new movie The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, cats can be scene-stealers. But how do you get such fickle and independent creatures to behave on camera? Cats have been effortlessly stealing scenes from their human co-stars for decades. Who could forget Audrey Hepburn's adorable marmalade tabby in Breakfast at Tiffany's? Or Jinx, the toilet-flushing Himalayan in Meet the Parents? Behind every famous film cat, there is a dedicated trainer patiently teaching them to obey a command, making sure they're happy on set, and grooming them fastidiously to maintain their fluffy good looks. The film-makers behind The Electrical Life of Louis Wain, a British period biopic about the Edwardian artist and illustrator who became famous for his surreal portraits of cats, were adamant they didn't want to use CGI for the shoot, so animal trainer Charlotte Wilde was brought in with 40 feisty felines. "It was organised chaos," she says. "They had their own green room and were treated like royalty." Continue reading... |
| David Bowie: publishing rights to song catalogue sold for $250m Posted: 03 Jan 2022 07:06 AM PST Warner Music Group deal for songwriting adds to company's recent acquisition of Bowie's recorded music The publishing rights to David Bowie's huge and peerless catalogue of songs have been sold by his estate to Warner Chappell Music (WCM), the publishing arm of Warner Music Group, in a deal worth at least $250m (£185m) according to anonymous sources speaking to Variety. Guy Moot, chief executive of WCM, said: "These are not only extraordinary songs, but milestones that have changed the course of modern music for ever … We are looking forward to tending his unparalleled body of songs with passion and care as we strive to build on the legacy of this most extraordinary human being." Continue reading... |
| Apocalypse nowadays: the new wave of films about the end of the world Posted: 03 Jan 2022 12:00 AM PST Armageddon once delivered thrills and megabucks spectacle. Now it's the unnerving backdrop for satires and family drama Which films kept you entertained over the holidays? Was it Silent Night, the sweary festive Britcom starring Keira Knightley? The courtroom drama Naked Singularity, with John Boyega as a crusading lawyer? Or did you watch Leonardo DiCaprio as a dorky astronomer in Don't Look Up, a slapstick political satire? Whichever it was, I hope you poured yourself a large one, because none of those films are quite as light as they seem. All take place in the shadow of imminent Armageddon. That's right: the end of the world is nigh, and it's no longer the preserve of megabudget disaster movies or bleak survivalist thrillers. These days the looming obliteration of our species can just as readily form the backdrop to some governmental mockery or a boozy country-house drama. Continue reading... |
| New year’s resolutions: how to get into the habit of saving Posted: 02 Jan 2022 11:00 PM PST From building up a nest egg by earning interest on small change, to using an app for budgeting There is no point trying to save if you are burdened by costly debts. Continue reading... |
| Back to black: goths go mainstream in corsets, leather and lace Posted: 03 Jan 2022 08:00 AM PST Inspired by Kourtney Kardashian and Megan Fox, searches for 'gothcore' grow as people look to express darker emotions It's been 20 years since pallid faces, dark eyes and black clothes haunted UK secondary schools and shopping centres. While some might argue that they never left, merely retreating into the shadows, the consensus for 2022 is that goth style is returning to mainstream culture with a vengeance. There are some differences this time. The modern goth is more likely to take inspiration from ultra-glam "hot goth girlfriends" such as Kourtney Kardashian and Megan Fox and the fashion world darlings Rick Owens and Yohji Yamamoto than the Marilyn Manson-loving self-proclaimed outsiders of the early 2000s. Continue reading... |
| The big idea: should we eat like our ancestors? Posted: 03 Jan 2022 12:00 AM PST Are eating plans like the paleo diet really healthier - or more ethical - than the way we eat now? April isn't the cruellest month – January is. There is no other time of year when we are as prone to navel-gazing, often literally, as this one. In this period of anxiety about the size of our waists and what we consume, simple dietary rules are appealing. "Eat like our ancestors" is a particularly catchy slogan to live by, at least on the surface. But who exactly are these ancestors we are supposed to emulate? Are they our great-great-grandparents, cooking wholesome things from scratch? Or are they that nebulous group of hairy low-browed brutes we imagine "cavemen" to be? The popular "paleo" diet pins modern health woes on the birth of agriculture, claiming that we should stick to eating meat, nuts and berries. Strict paleo dieters are forbidden from eating beans, as well as potatoes and grains. Continue reading... |
| How we met: ‘He had to marry me or I’d sue him!’ Posted: 03 Jan 2022 04:57 AM PST Mary, 62, and Roy, 70, met in Michigan after she accidentally crashed her bike into his – and broke her jaw. They're now married and live in St Louis When Mary moved from Bedfordshire in the UK to Michigan in the US on a Fulbright scholarship in 1985, she wasn't expecting to find love. Her mind was focused on the nutrition course she had enrolled on and her plans for a future career. In the spring of 1986, she was cycling home from a meeting with her tutor when she approached a fence covered in ivy. Roy, who had been pushing his bike, emerged from behind the fence before she had the chance to stop. "I hit his wheel and, because my hands were cold and I was wearing a backpack, I went sailing over the handlebars," she remembers. "I landed on my chin and broke my jaw on the concrete." In typical British fashion, she told him she was "absolutely fine", but Roy says it was clear she was badly hurt. "My apartment was pretty close by so I got my roommate to drive her to the university health centre," he says. The next day, Mary had to have her jaw wired shut, meaning she couldn't eat solid food for three months. "Roy came to my apartment with some juice to suck through a straw. He said that when my jaw was unwired he would make me dinner," she recalls. Although it was an accident, Roy felt "terrible" about what happened. "I was really concerned about her," he says. Want to share your story? Tell us a little about yourself, your partner and how you got together by filling in the form here. Continue reading... |
| Thomasina Miers’ recipe for grilled hispi caesar salad | The new flexitarian Posted: 03 Jan 2022 05:00 AM PST Sweet and smoky chargrilled hispi cabbage in a classic dressing and served on garlic-rubbed toasts – supper's looking up This outrageously good supper came about one afternoon when I was craving the anchovy and parmesan dressing of a classic caesar salad. But it was cold outside and I needed more substance on the plate, so, instead of the crisp lettuce, in came wedges of chargrilled hispi cabbage, all sweet and smoky, which I laid on garlic-rubbed toasts; both were perfect for mopping up that insane dressing. I have made this dish several times since and have loved it every time – I sincerely hope you do, too. UK readers: click to buy these ingredients from Ocado Continue reading... |
| Are you having a laugh? Why NHS doctors will soon be prescribing a dose of comedy Posted: 03 Jan 2022 08:31 AM PST They say laughter is the best medicine – and trauma patients in Bristol are about to put the theory to the test Name: Comedy. Age: The term comedy (from the Greek κωμῳδία, or kōmōidía) originated in ancient Greece, where poets would perform political satire in theatres in order to influence voters. Continue reading... |
| Winter storm in Washington DC brings snow and grounds Biden’s helicopter Posted: 03 Jan 2022 07:41 AM PST National Weather Service predicts wind gusts of up to 35mph, as many flights cancelled and businesses and schools closed A winter storm packing heavy snow blew into Washington DC on Monday, closing government offices and schools and grounding the president's helicopter. As much as 10in of snow was forecast for the District of Columbia, northern Virginia and central Maryland through the afternoon. The National Weather Service issued a winter storm warning for the area until 4pm ET. Wind gusts of up to 35mph were forecast and travel was expected to be very difficult because of the hazardous conditions, the weather service said. Continue reading... |
| Bannon and allies bid to expand pro-Trump influence in local US politics Posted: 02 Jan 2022 11:00 PM PST Growing drive by hardcore Trumpists spurs election watchdogs to voice alarm about threat to American democracy Key Donald Trump loyalists Steve Bannon and Michael Flynn are at the forefront of a drive to expand Trumpist influence at the local level of US politics while forging ahead with efforts aimed at promoting baseless claims that Joe Biden's 2020 election victory was fraudulent. The growing drive by Trump's hardcore allies has spurred election watchdog groups to voice alarm about the threat to democracy posed by Flynn and Bannon – and other Trump acolytes – as they combine debunked claims about election fraud and calls for further 2020 election audits with planning conservative takeovers of official positions that run US elections. Continue reading... |
| Broken sewer line spills millions of gallons of waste into streets of California city Posted: 03 Jan 2022 12:39 PM PST Just months after the town was plagued by noxious odors from a chemical spill, residents are inundated again A large cleanup effort is under way in Los Angeles county after an estimated 8.5m gallons of raw sewage flooded through a neighborhood in the city of Carson, closing beaches and leaving toilet paper, feces and toxic residue strewn across nearby streets and sidewalks. The spill occurred last Thursday when a 60-year-old sewer line failed, spewing sewage from a manhole and into the Dominguez Channel, a 15-mile flood-control waterway that eventually pours into the Pacific Ocean. Continue reading... |
| BlackBerry signals end of an era as it prepares to pull plug on classic phones Posted: 03 Jan 2022 01:40 PM PST The company will discontinue service on all devices not running on Android software Tuesday marks the end of an era: BlackBerry will discontinue service on its classic smartphones. So for those still holding on to their QWERTY keyboards, be warned. In a 22 December statement, the company reminded users of the development, which will affect services for all of its devices not running on Android software, including the BlackBerry 10, 7.1 OS and earlier. Continue reading... |
| US twins delivered just minutes apart end up being born in two different years Posted: 03 Jan 2022 11:47 AM PST Baby Alfredo entered the world a few minutes before midnight in 2021; his sister Aylin was the hospital's first baby of 2022 Twins in Salinas, California were born 15 minutes apart but won't share a birthday – or even the same birth year. Aylin Yolanda Trujillo was delivered at Natividad medical center at exactly midnight on 1 January. She was the first baby born in Monterey county in 2022, as the US west coast ushered in a new year. Continue reading... |
| US could be under rightwing dictator by 2030, Canadian professor warns Posted: 02 Jan 2022 10:00 PM PST Canadian political scientist warns in op ed of Trumpist threat to American democracy and possible effect on northern neighbor The US could be under a rightwing dictatorship by 2030, a Canadian political science professor has warned, urging his country to protect itself against the "collapse of American democracy". "We mustn't dismiss these possibilities just because they seem ludicrous or too horrible to imagine," Thomas Homer-Dixon, founding director of the Cascade Institute at Royal Roads University in British Columbia, wrote in the Globe and Mail. Continue reading... |
| New York attorney general subpoenas Donald Trump Jr and Ivanka Trump – report Posted: 03 Jan 2022 10:31 AM PST Letitia James reportedly issues subpoenas to pair as part of fraud investigation into former president's business empire The attorney general of New York state has subpoenaed Donald Trump Jr and Ivanka Trump as part of its fraud inquiry into Trump's businesses, the New York Times reported on Monday, citing a court document. The document was filed by lawyers for Trump in response to Letitia James's decision to subpoena the former president himself. Continue reading... |
| US intelligence errors helped build myth of Nazi Alpine redoubt, says historian Posted: 03 Jan 2022 12:00 AM PST New book claims intercepted cables sent in second world war by Allen Dulles, later head of CIA, enabled disinformation campaign A US spymaster inadvertently helped the Nazis develop one of the most effective disinformation campaigns of the second world war by spreading rumours about Hitler's plans for a Where Eagles Dare-style Alpine redoubt, a historian with access to classified US military records has found. The myth that the Nazis were amassing weapons and crack units of 100,000 fanatical soldiers in the spring of 1945 for a last stand in the Austro-Bavarian Alps was without any basis in fact but had a powerful hold on the imagination of American and British military leaders, who feared it could prolong the war for years. Continue reading... |
| Ex-NFL star Herschel Walker posts baffling video promoting US Senate run Posted: 02 Jan 2022 11:00 PM PST Critics seize on Build Back Better criticisms from controversial candidate nonetheless endorsed by Donald Trump Herschel Walker has Donald Trump's endorsement in the race for US Senate in Georgia but the former NFL star may be struggling to counter fears from some Republicans that he could damage the party's chances of taking back a seat lost in 2020, and with it the Senate itself. In December, the former University of Georgia and Dallas Cowboys running back admitted he does not have a college degree – having repeatedly said that he did. Continue reading... |
| Kleptoparasitic bear steals wolves’ kill in filmed Yellowstone drama Posted: 02 Jan 2022 11:30 PM PST National Parks Service describes rare incident in which sneaky grizzly joined chase with the Junction Butte pack Wildlife officials in Yellowstone national park captured the "unusual" sight of a cheeky grizzly bear tagging along with a pack of hunting wolves, then making off with their kill. The enthralling video, posted to the National Parks Service Facebook page, shows the October incident in which the wolves from the Junction Butte pack in northern Yellowstone were joined by a lumbering grizzly as they hunted a herd of elk. Continue reading... |
| Haiti’s PM forced to flee after apparent assassination attempt outside church Posted: 03 Jan 2022 10:09 AM PST Ariel Henry's office says 'bandits and terrorists' made attempt on his life, prompting shootout in which one person died Haiti has welcomed the new year with violence as Prime Minister Ariel Henry was forced to flee the northern city of Gonaïves after a shootout between his security forces and an armed group that had warned the leader not to set foot in the city. One person died and two were injured in the gunfire, which forced Henry and others to duck and seek shelter as they walked out of a cathedral Saturday after attending a mass to celebrate Haiti's independence from France. Continue reading... |
| Past convictions for homosexual activity to be wiped from records, Patel to announce Posted: 04 Jan 2022 12:05 AM PST UK's disregards and pardons scheme set to be expanded to 'right wrongs of the past' Any conviction that was imposed on someone purely due to consensual homosexual activity under now-abolished laws will be included in a scheme aimed at "righting the wrongs of the past", the UK home secretary is set to announce. Priti Patel said more people would have convictions for same-sex sexual activity wiped from their records, as she sought to expand the government's disregards and pardons scheme from a narrow set of laws. Continue reading... |
| Five of world’s most powerful nations pledge to avoid nuclear war Posted: 03 Jan 2022 11:54 AM PST US, Russia, China, the UK and France who are permanent members of the UN security council agree 'nuclear war cannot be won' Five of the world's most powerful nations have agreed that "a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought" in a rare joint pledge to reduce the risk of such a conflict ever starting. The pledge was signed by the US, Russia, China, the UK and France, the five nuclear weapons states recognised by the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) who are also the five permanent members of the UN security council. They are known as the P5 or the N5. Continue reading... |
| UK government urged to rescind Tony Blair’s knighthood Posted: 04 Jan 2022 12:41 AM PST Labour leader Keir Starmer defends honour to former prime minister who led UK during Iraq war More than half a million people have called on the government to rescind the knighthood given to Sir Tony Blair, but Keir Starmer has defended the former prime minister, saying the honour was deserved. The Labour leader said Blair was a worthy recipient of the Knight Companion of the Most Noble Order of the Garter, received in the new year honour's list. Continue reading... |
| Italy: proposal for statue of first woman to get PhD sparks debate Posted: 03 Jan 2022 09:45 AM PST Statue of Elena Cornaro Piscopia could go up in square in Padua that contains 78 statues all dedicated to men A proposal to insert a statue of the first woman in the world to earn a PhD among the 78 dedicated to notable male figures on a prominent square in northern Italy has stirred controversy. Elena Lucrezia Cornaro Piscopia received her doctorate degree in philosophy from the University of Padua in 1678. But she was not included when Padua officials devised a project in the late 18th century to erect statues in Prato della Valle – the largest square in Italy – dedicated to illustrious historical figures who were either from the city or had links to it. Continue reading... |
| New Year’s Day killings spark call for action to tackle violence against women in France Posted: 03 Jan 2022 05:44 AM PST Government accused of remaining 'scandalously' silent on grim start to the year for women and girls Feminist campaigners in France are calling for tougher government action to combat violence against women and girls after three women were allegedly killed by their current or former partner on the first day of 2022. The body of a 28-year-old military recruit who had been stabbed to death was found near Saumur in western France on Saturday. The local prosecutor, Alexandra Verron, said a 21-year-old man, also a soldier, had been arrested and investigators were looking into a possible femicide – the killing of a woman by her partner or ex-partner. Continue reading... |
| Evergrande shares rise as they resume trading after suspension Posted: 04 Jan 2022 12:25 AM PST China's second-biggest developer halted trading after it was was told to demolish 39 buildings in Hainan Shares in the embattled Chinese property developer Evergrande rose on Tuesday after they resumed trading on the Hong Kong stock exchange following a suspension. China's second-biggest developer halted trading on Monday after receiving an order from authorities at Danzhou city in Hainan on 30 December telling it to demolish 39 under-construction buildings at the Ocean Flower Island project. Continue reading... |
| South Africa firefighters struggle as parliament blaze flares up again Posted: 03 Jan 2022 08:52 AM PST Flames break out as man charged with arson day after fire extensively damages national assembly building South African firefighters are struggling to extinguish another fire at the complex housing the country's parliament in Cape Town, a day after a blaze swept through the buildings. Police have charged a 49-year-old man with arson and other offences including theft. He is expected to appear in court on Tuesday. The speaker of the national assembly said arson, if confirmed, would represent an attack on South Africa's democracy. Continue reading... |
| UK factory production rises to four-month high while mortgage approvals flatline – business live Posted: 04 Jan 2022 02:46 AM PST
German unemployment fell more than expected in December, according to official data, suggesting that the jobs market in Europe's largest economy remains resilient despite rising Covid-19 infections. The Labour Office said the number of people out of work dropped by 23,000 in seasonally adjusted terms to 2.405 million. Economists polled by Reuters had expected a decline of 15,000. The jobless rate fell to 5.2%, the lowest since March 2020, when Germany and other countries entered their first coronavirus lockdown. The labour market developed well at the end of the year. The recovery of the previous months continued. Continue reading... |
| ‘A normal tactic’: Myanmar’s aid workers vow to press on despite Christmas Eve massacre Posted: 02 Jan 2022 10:43 PM PST Attacks such as the one in which two Save the Children staff died are a harsh fact of life under the junta, say humanitarian workers "The events of last week are just par for the army's inhumanity and immorality." So says Michael Isherwood, chair of the Burma Humanitarian Mission and program director of Backpack Medics, after Myanmar's junta massacred more than 35 people, including two Save the Children workers, on Christmas Eve. At the time, the attack garnered international headlines, with the children's charity calling it "absolutely horrifying", and the UN urging an investigation. Continue reading... |
| ‘I’d been set up’: the LGBTQ Kenyans ‘catfished’ for money via dating apps Posted: 04 Jan 2022 12:30 AM PST A colonial law that criminalises 'unnatural' sexual acts leaves LGBTQ+ people prey to social media extortion and blackmail One day after work last month, Tom Otieno* went to a shopping centre in Nairobi to pick up groceries before heading home. He got a call from someone he had been chatting to for a week on Grindr, a social networking app for gay, bi, trans and queer people. The man had already tried ringing several times during the day while Otieno was with colleagues and was keen to meet. Otieno, 29, mentioned where he was but said that he did not want to see the man. Then, as he was heading to his car, he got another call. As he answered it, someone approached him and said they were a police officer. Seconds later, two other officers joined him and surrounded Otieno. Continue reading... |
| Original caretakers: Indigenous groups team up with conservationists to protect swaths of US Posted: 03 Jan 2022 03:00 AM PST Environmental organizations and tribes have been coming together to protect the natural world, and a key part of this teamwork has been land transfers In 2020, an environmental non-profit returned over a dozen acres in Oregon to the Clatsop-Nehalem Confederated Tribes. Two months later, a conservation group worked with the Esselen Tribe of Monterey county to return more than 1,000 acres in California to the tribal group. Continue reading... |
| Abducted son finds family by drawing map of village he last saw aged four Posted: 03 Jan 2022 04:46 AM PST Li Jingwei still recalled key features of his home village 30 years later and made successful appeal for help Thirty years ago, when Li Jingwei was four years old, a neighbour abducted him from his home village in China's Yunnan province and sold him to a child trafficking ring. Now he has been reunited with his mother after drawing a map of his home village from his memories of three decades ago and sharing it on a popular video-sharing app in the hope that someone might be able to identify it. Continue reading... |
| ‘Everything is a fight’: the island still reeling months after Ida battered Louisiana Posted: 03 Jan 2022 12:00 AM PST Grand Isle took the first punch from the category 4 hurricane that became one of America's most powerful storms and the worst in the island's history David Sears spent six weeks sleeping outside on the splintered remains of his home on Grand Isle, Louisiana. The house was destroyed by Hurricane Ida at the end of August but Sears had nowhere else to go. So he returned to this barrier island, out in the gulf of Mexico, and lived on his front porch for over a month. Grand Isle, with its sweeping white sand beaches, rows of bobbing shrimp boats and 1,000 permanent residents, took the first punch from Ida, the category 4 hurricane that became one of America's most powerful storms when it landed here in the summer. And four months later the scars have barely begun to heal. Continue reading... |
| ‘Flipping the script on Britishness’: historical harmony – in pictures Posted: 03 Jan 2022 11:00 PM PST Found in an overlooked photo archive, these images of Windrush arrivals and jazz club romances challenge the traditional narrative about what it means to be British Continue reading... |
| Colombia’s former Alcatraz: from prison to national park – in pictures Posted: 02 Jan 2022 11:00 PM PST Until 1984, the prison on the island of Gorgona off Colombia's Pacific coast was a place where political prisoners and dangerous criminals served their sentences. Now it is a national natural park of coral reefs, dense jungle and exuberant fauna Continue reading... |
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