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- Russia-Ukraine war latest news: 70 Ukrainian soldiers killed in Okhtyrka, huge Russian army convoy nears Kyiv – live updates
- More than 70 Ukrainian soldiers killed in Russian attack on base near Kharkiv
- What are thermobaric weapons and how do they work?
- Ukraine: what we know on day six of Russia’s invasion
- ‘Horrendous’ rocket attack kills civilians in Kharkiv as Moscow ‘adapts its tactics’
- ICC prosecutor to investigate possible war crimes in Ukraine
- Godfather of Vladimir Putin’s daughter among latest names on EU sanctions list
- Russia suspended from all Fifa and Uefa competitions until further notice
- ‘The damage is done’: Russians face economic point of no return
- Flood of Russian misinformation puts tech companies in the hot seat
- Vasylkiv: why this small Ukrainian town is now a big Russian target
- Weapons from the west vital if Ukraine is to halt Russian advance
- Russia’s war in Ukraine: complete guide in maps, video and pictures
- BP and Shell lead rush to exit Russia. There can be no going back
- Many predicted Nato expansion would lead to war. Those warnings were ignored | Ted Galen Carpenter
- What I learned about Russia and sanctions from eating cheese with an oligarch
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- Trump appeals ruling requiring him to testify in New York investigation
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- Defense and cybersecurity stocks climb amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
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- Cartier sues Tiffany & Co for allegedly stealing trade secrets
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| Posted: 01 Mar 2022 01:38 AM PST Convoy north of Ukraine capital has more doubled in length, images suggest; ICC prosecutor to open possible war crimes inquiry; Kharkiv civilians 'massacred', says mayor
Satellite images taken on Monday show a Russian military convoy north of Kyiv that stretches for about 40 miles (64km) in an area north-west of Kyiv. It is substantially longer than the 17 miles (27km) reported earlier in the day, according to the US company Maxar. Maxar, which filed a series of satellite images on the Russian military buildup on the Ukraine border, also said additional ground forces deployments and ground attack helicopter units were seen in southern Belarus, less than 20 miles (32km) north of the Ukraine border. Continue reading... |
| More than 70 Ukrainian soldiers killed in Russian attack on base near Kharkiv Posted: 01 Mar 2022 12:48 AM PST Rescuers searching rubble of base in Okhtyrka in eastern Ukraine as Russian forces gather outside Kyiv More than 70 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed in the eastern city of Okhtyrka after a Russian missile strike on a military base, in what is thought to be the biggest loss of life in a single incident in Moscow's invasion. The death toll – reported by Ukrainian officials in the city – follows a sharp intensification of the Russian bombardment of Ukrainian cities, including the use of multiple-launch rocket systems against civilian areas, which has led to increasing casualties. Continue reading... |
| What are thermobaric weapons and how do they work? Posted: 28 Feb 2022 09:21 PM PST The 'vacuum bomb', which Ukraine says the Russians have used in the invasion, ignites a fireball that sucks in all surrounding oxygen Fears have risen over the use of thermobaric weapons by Russia after the Ukrainian ambassador to the US said a vacuum bomb – another term for the weapon – had been used during the invasion. The use of such weapons, which suck in oxygen from the surrounding air to generate a high-temperature explosion, has yet to be independently confirmed, though footage from Ukraine has shown thermobaric rocket launchers on Russia's TOS-1 vehicles. Continue reading... |
| Ukraine: what we know on day six of Russia’s invasion Posted: 28 Feb 2022 11:30 PM PST Rocket attacks on the city of Kharkiv have left several civilians dead, as the ICC launches an investigation into possible war crimes Continue reading... |
| ‘Horrendous’ rocket attack kills civilians in Kharkiv as Moscow ‘adapts its tactics’ Posted: 28 Feb 2022 04:27 PM PST Footage shows dozens of Grad missiles raining down on centre of Ukraine's second biggest city At least nine people have been killed and 37 injured after Russian forces launched multiple rocket strikes on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv in what appeared to mark a change in tactics by Moscow towards bombing civilian areas. The city's mayor, Ihor Terekhov, said the toll included the deaths of three children. Continue reading... |
| ICC prosecutor to investigate possible war crimes in Ukraine Posted: 28 Feb 2022 12:56 PM PST Karim Khan says that although Ukraine isn't a member of the ICC, it has awarded jurisdiction to the court The prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC) in The Hague has announced that he will launch an investigation into possible war crimes or crimes against humanity in Ukraine. Karim Khan said that although Ukraine was not a member of the ICC, it had awarded jurisdiction to the court. He said that there was grounds to open an investigation based on a previous preliminary investigation on Crimea and the Donbas published last year, and on current events in Ukraine. Continue reading... |
| Godfather of Vladimir Putin’s daughter among latest names on EU sanctions list Posted: 28 Feb 2022 02:08 PM PST Sergei Roldugin, 71, formerly a high-profile orchestra cellist, is one of 26 new additions to 680-strong list A Russian oligarch, who is part of a financial network known as 'Putin's wallet' in Moscow, according to the EU, is one of 26 businessmen, officials and military figures who have been added to the bloc's expanding sanctions list. Sergei Roldugin, 71, the former principal cellist of the Kirov Opera Theatre's orchestra in the 1980s and godfather to Putin's eldest daughter, Maria, is among those who it is claimed are threatening the territorial integrity of Ukraine. Continue reading... |
| Russia suspended from all Fifa and Uefa competitions until further notice Posted: 28 Feb 2022 09:39 AM PST
Fifa and Uefa have acted in unison to suspend Russian teams from international football competition on Monday as global sport closed the door on Russia following the invasion of Ukraine. The most powerful bodies in football joined the International Olympic Committee in acting after days of growing protest. The suspension means Russia will not be able to face Poland in a World Cup play-off semi-final next month, while its women's team will also be barred from this summer's European Championship in England and its remaining club side in European competition, Spartak Moscow, will no longer compete in the Europa League. Continue reading... |
| ‘The damage is done’: Russians face economic point of no return Posted: 28 Feb 2022 10:17 AM PST Shoppers and business people express despair and disillusion as sanctions cause run on rouble As markets opened in a panic on Monday, many Russians rushed to local cashpoints in Moscow to retrieve their savings before the damage got any worse. "It said they had dollars so I came here immediately," said Alexei Presnyakov, 32, pointing to an app for Russia's Tinkoff Bank, indicating he could withdraw hard currency. About 20 people were queued in line. "Yesterday [the rate] was 80 [to the dollar]. Today it's 100. Or 150." Continue reading... |
| Flood of Russian misinformation puts tech companies in the hot seat Posted: 28 Feb 2022 10:00 PM PST With Facebook and other platforms key to spreading news from Ukraine, officials and activists urge broader crackdown Millions of people are flocking to platforms such as Facebook, TikTok and Twitter for round-the-clock updates the Russian invasion of Ukraine – renewing scrutiny of the outsized role that tech companies play in disseminating news of war. Social media has long been instrumental in distributing frontline footage, but Ukraine presents a new scale of global conflict for private platforms to navigate. Continue reading... |
| Vasylkiv: why this small Ukrainian town is now a big Russian target Posted: 28 Feb 2022 12:15 PM PST With a military airfield and control centre to defend, Vasylkiv's mayor and populace are learning about war in real time Natalia Balasynovych, the mayor of Vasylkiv, woke up at 5.13am last Thursday and thought there was a fireworks display outside. She quickly realised that, in fact, Vladimir Putin had launched an assault on Ukraine. Missiles were raining down on her town. Continue reading... |
| Weapons from the west vital if Ukraine is to halt Russian advance Posted: 28 Feb 2022 11:42 AM PST Analysis: previously there has been a reluctance to supply arms to the under-siege state, but that appears to be changing Since the outbreak of fighting last week and after years of reluctance, western countries have promised to send thousands of anti-tank and hundreds of anti-aircraft weapons to Ukraine, but they will have to get supplies to the frontline quickly if they are to be effective. Germany in the past few days broke with decades of anti-rearmament tradition to send 1,000 anti-tank weapons and 500 Stinger anti-aircraft missile systems, while Sweden agreed to send 5,000 next generation light anti-tank weapons (NLAWs). Continue reading... |
| Russia’s war in Ukraine: complete guide in maps, video and pictures Posted: 28 Feb 2022 06:29 AM PST Where is fighting happening and how did we get here? Russian rocket attacks have killed dozens of people in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials have said, in an apparent change of Russian tactics after a slower advance over four days of fighting than many expected. Continue reading... |
| BP and Shell lead rush to exit Russia. There can be no going back Posted: 28 Feb 2022 11:40 AM PST Oil is always a political business, and there's no point pretending otherwise First BP, now Shell. The rush to disinvest from Russia is impressively quick since it's possible to imagine an alternative script in which the oil companies' boards tried to buy time by issuing woolly "all options are open" statements. A definitive statement to sell its 20% stake in Rosneft (in BP's case) and ditch all partnerships with Gazprom (Shell's position) leaves no ambiguity. There can be no going back. The mechanics of the exit are yet to be determined, and BP's route to disentanglement is probably simpler. The company has had a wild ride in Russia over the years (one minute it was fighting local oligarchs, the next it was in partnership with them), but since 2013 it has been reduced to the role of dividend-collecting passive investor in Rosneft. Continue reading... |
| Many predicted Nato expansion would lead to war. Those warnings were ignored | Ted Galen Carpenter Posted: 28 Feb 2022 11:00 AM PST It has long been clear that Nato expansion would lead to tragedy. We are now paying the price for the US's arrogance Russia's military offensive against Ukraine is an act of aggression that will make already worrisome tensions between Nato and Moscow even more dangerous. The west's new cold war with Russia has turned hot. Vladimir Putin bears primary responsibility for this latest development, but Nato's arrogant, tone‐deaf policy toward Russia over the past quarter‐century deserves a large share as well. Analysts committed to a US foreign policy of realism and restraint have warned for more than a quarter‐century that continuing to expand the most powerful military alliance in history toward another major power would not end well. The war in Ukraine provides definitive confirmation that it did not. Ted Galen Carpenter is senior fellow for defense and foreign policy studies at the Cato Institute. Carpenter served as Cato's director of foreign policy studies from 1986 to 1995 and as vice-president for defense and foreign policy studies from 1995 to 2011 This piece originally appeared in 19fortyfive Continue reading... |
| What I learned about Russia and sanctions from eating cheese with an oligarch Posted: 28 Feb 2022 05:52 AM PST The restaurant empire of the Russian billionaire Arkadiy Novikov taught me that you should always pay attention to how rich people are spending their money In 2017, I went to Moscow to see the empire of Russian billionaire Arkadiy Novikov. There was a new restaurant on every corner – smelling of garlic but also paint, the air thick with money – and Novikov seemed to own all of them. It wasn't possible, in the end, to figure out what kind of restaurateur he was, a good one or a bad one, because he just owned so many, spanning such an impossible range of cuisines, that it became a numbers game. Some of them couldn't help but be good; others could help it. Novikov told me about the abject poverty of his childhood, sharing one tomato with his mother and grandmother, making a cucumber last a week; and his apprenticeship, cooking soup for the dogs in the Russian army. There were bits missing from his origin story, specifically, how Russia after perestroika (the 1980s reformation movement) delivered him not a part of the restaurant scene but the majority of it, but for some reason I chose to focus my questions on how you make a soup for a dog. "Pearl barley," he said. "The head of a pig; a few potatoes." His culinary sensibility was marked by a hyper-masculine obsession with size, steaks as big as the plates they sat on, from Miratorg, a million-hectare (2.5m-acre) ranch. I took it as part of the pantomime; strongman politics were to Moscow what kombucha was to New York. Looking back I realise what he was actually describing, quite carefully, was the agricultural element of a steadily building fortress economy. Zoe Williams is a Guardian columnist |
| California debates naming heatwaves to underscore deadly risk of extreme heat Posted: 28 Feb 2022 10:00 PM PST Experts and advocates are also exploring new ranking systems to add urgency to the growing disaster of rapidly warming landscapes Climate scientists from around the world issued dire warnings on Monday, in the latest IPCC report on the dangers posed in the unfolding climate crisis. Among them is extreme heat, a crisis that on average already claims more American lives than hurricanes and tornadoes combined. Though the impact is already being felt, heatwaves are largely silent killers. Often, the toll is tallied far into the aftermath of an event and is vastly undercounted. Unlike fires and floods that produce immediate and visible destruction, heat's harmful effects can seem more subtle – even if they are in fact more deadly. Continue reading... |
| Trump appeals ruling requiring him to testify in New York investigation Posted: 28 Feb 2022 02:37 PM PST Lawyers argue ordering Trump and two children to testify is a violation because answers could be used in a parallel investigation Donald Trump has appealed a judge's decision requiring he answer questions under oath in New York state's civil investigation into his business practices – a widely expected move that's likely to prolong the fight over his testimony by months. Lawyers for the former president and his two eldest children filed papers on Monday with the appellate division of the state's trial court, seeking to overturn Manhattan judge Arthur Engoron's 17 February ruling. Continue reading... |
| Pfizer vaccine significantly less effective in children ages five to 11, study shows Posted: 28 Feb 2022 11:50 AM PST Strikingly higher rates of decline in effectiveness for younger children suggest the lower dose they receive may be the reason The Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine is less effective in children aged five to 11 than in adolescents and adults, according to new data from New York state health officials. The new research was announced shortly after federal authorities relaxed masking guidance and a day after Eric Adams, the mayor of New York, said he would probably follow Governor Kathy Hochul in ending a mask mandate in city schools. Continue reading... |
| Alaska man found clinging to ice chunk after frozen shoreline breaks off Posted: 28 Feb 2022 04:39 PM PST Jamie Snedden was expected to recover after he was swept 300 yards into Cook Inlet and spent more than 30 minutes in frigid water An Alaska man walking on a shoreline wound up clinging to a chunk of ice for more than 30 minutes in frigid water when the shoreline ice broke loose and carried him out into Cook Inlet. Jamie Snedden, 45, of Homer, was rescued on Saturday near the community of Anchor Point on the Kenai Peninsula. He was taken to a hospital, where he was treated for hypothermia. He was expected to fully recover, Alaska wildlife troopers said. Continue reading... |
| Sacramento church shooting: three children among five dead Posted: 28 Feb 2022 08:29 PM PST The shooting took place on Monday evening in the city of Sacramento, in the state's north A man shot and killed his three children and a chaperone before turning the gun on himself at a church in California's state capital on Monday, authorities said. Deputies had been called to the church in the Arden-Arcade neighborhood of Sacramento on Monday evening after a church employee had heard gunshots and called 911, said Sgt. Rod Grassmann with the Sacramento county sheriff's office. Continue reading... |
| Nasa explores how to keep international space station in orbit without Russian help Posted: 28 Feb 2022 07:20 PM PST Space agency says Northrop Grumman and SpaceX could assist after Russia raises prospect of pulling out over sanctions punishing its invasion of Ukraine Nasa is exploring ways to keep the international space station in orbit without Russian help, but doesn't see any immediate signs Moscow is withdrawing from the collaboration after the invasion of Ukraine. The US side of the international space station (ISS) supplies power and life support, Russia is responsible for propulsion and keeping the station afloat: it does this by using docked Progress spacecraft to periodically give the station a boost to maintain its altitude of approximately 400km (250 miles). Continue reading... |
| Israel under pressure to conclude flawed case against aid worker Posted: 28 Feb 2022 08:18 AM PST Latest court order raises hopes of verdict in trial of World Vision's Mohammed El Halabi Pressure is mounting on Israel to conclude the trial of a Gazan aid worker accused of funnelling relief money to Hamas in a six-year-old case widely derided by the international community as "not worthy of a democratic state". Mohammed El Halabi, the head of the US-based charity World Vision's Gaza office, was detained in 2016 after being accused by Israel's Shin Bet security service of transferring $7.2m (£5.4m) a year to the Palestinian militant group in control of the Gaza Strip. Continue reading... |
| Defense and cybersecurity stocks climb amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine Posted: 28 Feb 2022 02:09 PM PST Most major US markets closed lower after regaining some losses but defense contractors continued to gain Defense and cybersecurity stocks are seeing a sharp rise in values as investors take note of pledges by the EU to boost defense spending and governments warn of an increased threat of cyber intrusions following Russia's invasion of Ukraine. US stock markets seesawed again on Monday as the war in Ukraine escalated. Most of the major US markets closed lower after regaining some of their losses, but defense contractors continued to gain as investors bet their businesses would benefit from the conflict. Continue reading... |
| Bodies missing after Mexican drug cartel massacre caught on video Posted: 28 Feb 2022 03:15 PM PST Prosecutors say they cannot determine how many were killed because attackers cleaned up the scene and removed any bodies Mexicans have been left wondering what happened to about a dozen men who disappeared after they were seen lined up against a wall by drug cartel gunmen. In a video apparently filmed by a resident of the town San José de Gracia in the western state of Michoacán and posted on social media, bursts of gunfire broke out and smoke covered the scene. Continue reading... |
| Cartier sues Tiffany & Co for allegedly stealing trade secrets Posted: 28 Feb 2022 04:13 PM PST Cartier accused Tiffany & Co of hiring an underqualified manager to learn of their 'High Jewelry' collection Cartier sued Tiffany & Co on Monday, accusing its luxury rival of stealing trade secrets concerning its high-end jewelry from an employee it lured away in December. According to a complaint filed in a New York state court in Manhattan, Tiffany hired away an underqualified junior manager to learn more about Cartier's "High Jewelry" collection, where pieces typically cost $50,000 to $10m. Continue reading... |
| Tyrannosaurus rex may have been three species, scientists say Posted: 28 Feb 2022 05:00 PM PST Experts say there is enough variation in samples to argue there was also a Tyrannosaurus imperator and a regina With its immense size, dagger-like teeth and sharp claws, Tyrannosaurus rex was a fearsome predator that once terrorised North America. Now researchers studying its fossils have suggested the beast may not have been the only tyrannosaurus species. Experts studying remains thought to belong to T rex have suggested their variation shows evidence of not one species but three. Continue reading... |
| Facebook takes down Ukraine disinformation network and bans Russian-backed media Posted: 28 Feb 2022 01:02 PM PST Meta says network ran websites posing as independent news entities and created fake personas Facebook and Instagram have taken down a disinformation network targeting people in Ukraine, as their owner announced it was blocking access to the Russian state media outlets RT and Sputnik across the European Union. Mark Zuckerberg's Meta said it had uncovered a "relatively small" network of about 40 accounts, pages and groups on the two social media platforms. Continue reading... |
| Muscle strengthening lowers risk of death from all causes, study shows Posted: 28 Feb 2022 03:30 PM PST Half an hour a week of activities such as gardening, sit-ups or yoga could help reduce the risk of dying from any cause by a fifth Half an hour of muscle strengthening activity such as lifting weights, push-ups or heavy gardening each week could help reduce the risk of dying from any cause by as much as a fifth, according to a new global analysis of studies conducted over three decades. Health guidelines recommend muscle strengthening activities, primarily because of the benefits for musculoskeletal health. Previous research has indicated a link to a lower risk of death, but until now experts did not know what the optimal "dose" might be. Continue reading... |
| Gang-gang cockatoo to become threatened species after large drop in bird numbers Posted: 28 Feb 2022 06:08 PM PST Cockatoo populations reduced after 2019-20 bushfires with decline expected to continue as climate crisis causes increased heatwaves
The gang-gang cockatoo, the animal emblem of the Australian Capital Territory, will be officially listed as a threatened species after a large decline in its numbers due to the climate crisis and the bushfire disaster. The environment minister, Sussan Ley, has accepted the recommendation of the threatened species scientific committee that the small cockatoo requires protection under Australia's environmental laws. Continue reading... |
| Pandemic, war and a rocky economy loom large over Biden’s first state of the union Posted: 28 Feb 2022 10:00 PM PST White House officials say president will steer conversation toward economic progress rather than pessimism Joe Biden will deliver his first State of the Union address on Tuesday before a bitterly divided Congress, seeking to inspire a pandemic-weary nation deeply unhappy with its leaders and government, while projecting strength to the world after Russia unleashed the largest land war in Europe since the second world war. The prime-time address comes at a precarious moment for Biden and the world. Speaking in the House chamber, Biden will interrupt harrowing coverage of combat in a European capital, as evidence builds that Russian attacks are striking civilian areas and Russian president, Vladimir Putin, threatens nuclear war. Continue reading... |
| The Batman review – Robert Pattinson’s emo hero elevates gloomy reboot Posted: 28 Feb 2022 09:00 AM PST Matt Reeves' film is spectacular and well-cast but an intriguing saga of corruption devolves into a tiresome third act That definite article means it's the genuine article. Adding "the" to Batman's name has become a huge part of the brand identity, a sign of how elemental and atavistic this shadowy figure is supposed to be. You can imagine some growly voice saying "the Batman" – but not Tom Holland putting on a deep baritone to say he's "the Spider-Man", or Henry Cavill booming he's "the Superman" (although maybe you could have Billy Joel stride into a dark Gotham City bar to raspingly confront "the Piano Man"). Director and co-writer Matt Reeves has created a new Batman iteration in which Robert Pattinson reinvents billionaire Bruce Wayne as an elegantly wasted rock star recluse, willowy and dandyish in his black suit with tendrils of dark hair falling over his face; but Wayne magically trebles in bulk when he reappears in costume and mask as the Dark Knight, his whole being weaponised into a slab-like impassivity. And this of course is happening in the sepulchral vastness of Gotham City, the brutal and murky world which Christopher Nolan thrillingly pioneered with his Dark Knight trilogy and made indispensable for imagining Batman on screen. Continue reading... |
| Act now: understanding the latest warnings in the IPCC report – podcast Posted: 28 Feb 2022 09:00 PM PST A new report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has given humanity a stark warning: without immediate and rapid action on climate breakdown, a liveable and sustainable future for all is at risk. The assessment, which is based on 34,000 studies, documents the 'widespread and pervasive' impacts on people and the natural world, and analyses how humanity can adapt. It also offers a small piece of good news – a liveable future remains within grasp. But the window of opportunity for action is 'brief and rapidly closing'. Ian Sample speaks to environment editor Damian Carrington about the IPCC's findings and how fast humanity needs to act Archive: Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Continue reading... |
| ‘This is everybody’s problem’: inside America’s growing sewage crisis Posted: 28 Feb 2022 10:56 AM PST In the docuseries Wasteland, communities battle institutional neglect and personal and environmental damage The time has come for a long overdue conversation about a menace with the potential for a sweeping crisis, an urgent threat to the very fabric of American society: poop. Everybody does it, but we'd rather not think about it, and avoid discussing it unless we have to. In new docuseries Wasteland (now streaming on Paramount Plus), director Elisa Gambino informs us in no uncertain terms that we do have to, and isn't hesitant about showing us why. "The philosophy for us was to try to present poop in a serious way, which is hard, because it's so easy to slip into potty humor," Gambino said over the phone during a stopover in Montana. "But we wanted to look at poop and how it affects environmental justice, to treat it with seriousness without being so serious that people can't watch it. You try to find a middle ground." Continue reading... |
| How we met: ‘I was trying to have a baby alone when we matched on a dating app’ Posted: 28 Feb 2022 03:30 AM PST Emmy was on en route to Athens to try artificial insemination when she started chatting to Andy. Now they have a child together After turning 30 in 2018, Emmy made the life-changing decision to have a baby alone. "I had always really wanted children," she says. "But when I did a fertility MOT, I discovered I had low egg reserves." Single, and reluctant to wait for a suitable partner to come along, she began the process of IVF. "I naively thought it would work, but I had a couple of miscarriages in the early stages." In February 2020, she travelled to Athens to try artificial insemination by a donor. "I've lived and worked in Greece and loved it. It was cheaper and I had friends to stay with," she says. Before she landed, she matched on a dating app with a man from Liverpool called Andy, and they began to chat. "I'd been single for about four years and was quite happy in my own world," he says. "But I was open to meeting someone and I found Emmy really engaging." Continue reading... |
| New Covid vaccinations drop in US as cases and hospitalizations decline Posted: 28 Feb 2022 02:00 AM PST Doctors emphasize virus still a threat and that people who are not vaccinated at greater risk of become severely ill or dying On some days Marilyn Datillo, a vaccine nurse, used to see 900 people enter Mercy Covid Vaccine Clinic in Kirkwood, a St Louis suburb. Now, she said sometimes fewer than 20 people visit the clinic in one day – even though only 55% of Missouri residents are fully vaccinated and just 22% are boosted. When someone does show up to get vaccinated, "you celebrate", Datillo said. Continue reading... |
| Possible case of deer-to human Covid infection identified in Canada Posted: 28 Feb 2022 08:59 AM PST Researchers say it is unlikely that the variant found in deer could bypass vaccines, but urge better monitoring of Covid in animals Canadian researchers believe they have found the first-ever instance of a deer passing the coronavirus to a human, warning that broader surveillance of wildlife is needed to prevent further mutations from developing and spreading undetected. In a paper published last week, but not yet peer reviewed, scientists say at least one case of Covid-19 in humans can be traced to a strain of the virus found in hunted deer. Continue reading... |
| New Zealand ends isolation rules for vaccinated travellers from Australia as transmission rates soar Posted: 27 Feb 2022 08:30 PM PST Change comes as NZ, virus-free for much of pandemic, records some of world's highest transmission rates amid Omicron surge New Zealand has ended its self-isolation requirements for vaccinated travellers arriving from Australia, as the country's Covid transmission rates soar to among the highest in the world. From Wednesday, vaccinated travellers will no longer need to self-isolate but will still be required to undergo a Covid-19 test on arrival and on day five or six, prime minister Jacinda Ardern announced on Monday. Continue reading... |
| Pandemic spurred record numbers of ‘ultra wealthy’ in 2021 Posted: 28 Feb 2022 04:01 PM PST Rising global stock markets and increased property prices swelled ranks of ultra-high net worth individuals, according to new report More than 51,000 people joined the ranks of the "ultra-wealthy" last year as the fortunes of the already very rich benefited from rising global stock markets and increased property prices during the pandemic. The number of ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNWIs) – those with assets of more than $30m (£22.4m) – rose by a record 9.3% last year to 610,569, according to a report by the property consultants Knight Frank. Continue reading... |
| The rightwing US supreme court has climate change in its sights | Laurence H Tribe and Jeremy Lewin Posted: 28 Feb 2022 03:08 AM PST The court is breaking with precedent, procedure and prudence to achieve the ultra-conservative majority's policy preferences Granting a petition by several states and coal companies, the supreme court on 28 February will address what appears to be a technical legal question: does the Environmental Protection Agency have authority to calculate CO2 emissions targets for power plants based on mitigation techniques involving steps "beyond the fence-line" of individual plants? In truth, the matter the court is considering implicates –and imperils – the federal government's power to fashion flexible solutions not only to global warming but to all manner of complex problems. The stakes are higher still: by ruling on the case at all, the court usurps power constitutionally entrusted to government's politically accountable branches. Article 3 of the constitution limits federal courts to deciding concrete "cases and controversies" about the rights of individual parties. Yet this "case" involves neither a concrete dispute nor the specific rights of any of the challengers. Instead, it's akin to an exam question about the options theoretically available to a federal agency to address a grave problem. In answering that hypothetical question, the court will have arrogated to itself an unprecedented, open-ended power to reshape the nation's social and economic landscape – far in excess of its legitimate authority, as the foundational case Marbury v. Madison put it, to "declare what the law is". Laurence H Tribe is the Carl M Loeb University professor and professor of constitutional law emeritus at Harvard Law School. His many books include American Constitutional Law, the most frequently cited treatise on the US constitution. You can follow him on Twitter @Tribelaw. Jeremy Lewin will receive his JD degree from Harvard Law School in Spring 2022 Continue reading... |
| Posted: 28 Feb 2022 04:30 AM PST America's first national park inspired a global movement of 'fortress conservation', but we know today indigenous peoples are essential stewards of nature • Read more: Yellowstone at 150: busier yet wilder than ever, says park's 'winterkeeper' On 1 March 1872, the US president, Ulysses S Grant, enacted a federal protection for the Yellowstone landscape, creating America's first national park and one of the first in the world. The decision affected thousands of people from at least 27 distinct Native American tribes. More than 10,000 years of history were erased from the narrative at the stroke of a pen. Yet Yellowstone inspired a global national parks movement. Early parks were established to preserve "wilderness", mostly by colonists grabbing land. The removal (or worse) of local people was not always an objective, but was too often a result. Despite many successes, protected area designations worldwide have notched up a catalogue of legacy issues. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 28 Feb 2022 12:00 AM PST The events are historical, but it's a mistake to believe they are behind us. The atmosphere that fed such lies is still here If you were to poll a few hundred people, I wonder what they could tell you about the Operation Trojan Horse conspiracy story of 2014. I wonder how many would know one basic fact: that the furore originated from a single letter that was found, early on, to be bogus. I fear that it would be a pitiful number. I'm also pretty certain that even if you told those people that the main allegation – that there was an organised plot to take over schools in the UK and run them to strict Islamic principles – was debunked, they would still think: well, there's no smoke without fire. Maybe the smoke didn't come from this particular fire, but there is definitely another one elsewhere. Nesrine Malik is a Guardian columnist Continue reading... |
| Being young has never been more difficult, and Covid is the least of our worries | Alex Mistlin Posted: 28 Feb 2022 04:00 AM PST What with disrupted education, rising rents and low wages, it's hard to be optimistic about the supposed end of the pandemic Every two months since March 2020, I have declared the pandemic over. "Grow up, Covid's over now," I say to no one in particular. The pronouncement comes more in hope than expectation; the truth is, I'm miserable and desperate for all this to end. The only lingering concern is that the bright 22-year-old I was two years ago is gone for ever; and, like masks on the tube and vaccine scepticism, the perpetually tracksuited homebody I've become is the new normal. I'm not alone in feeling I've lost my groove. According to a study by the Prince's Trust, happiness and confidence among 16- to 25-year-olds has slumped to a 13-year low. It goes without saying that Covid is a significant cause of the malaise. Most of the house parties, let alone nightclubs, festivals and holidays, have been cancelled, often before they were organised in the first place. Not only does this mean more time spent alone, staring blankly at the screen that seems to be permanently 20cm from my nose, it also means nothing to look forward to: no reward for all the effort I put into college, university and trying to get a job. Where once the end of exams meant parties and trips abroad with friends, it is now marked with depressing Zoom drinks – if indeed it is at all. Alex Mistlin is a commissioning editor on Guardian Saturday Continue reading... |
| The Guardian view on Putin’s invasion: the struggle is only beginning | Editorial Posted: 27 Feb 2022 10:30 AM PST Russia's unprovoked war on Ukraine is bringing both civilian suffering and profound geopolitical repercussions Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, the largest ground offensive in Europe since the second world war, has unleashed not one but two struggles. The first is the military conflict for the freedom of Ukraine. The second is the broader geopolitical contest. Neither is going as the Russian president hoped when he launched his shameful and unprovoked attack. But both are in their earliest days. The slow initial Russian advance and extraordinary scenes as artists pick up guns, bankers prepare molotov cocktails and unarmed people confront tanks are testament to Ukrainians' passionate determination. But they are outgunned and outnumbered by a callous adversary that has already claimed the lives of children and other civilians and is pouring in more troops. The risks of a bloody, brutal war spreading beyond the borders are real. On Sunday, as President Volodymyr Zelinskiy agreed to a delegation meeting Russia for talks without preconditions, Mr Putin put his country's nuclear deterrent forces on high alert – underscoring his lack of interest in de-escalation, concerns about his state of mind and the fact that his failure could bring more suffering too. Russia's nuclear status precluded western countries committing troops to back non-Nato member Ukraine. But that did not stop Mr Putin raising it as a threat anyway. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 27 Feb 2022 08:30 AM PST PTSD can untether a person from a stable sense of self. Treatment is all about gaining acceptance of the fragility and unpredictability of life
Gavin is a good-looking man in his early 30s who strode confidently into the consulting room. At first glance, it was hard to guess that his self-assured manner was masking a profound uncertainty and considerable psychological difficulties. But as the incongruity between his persona and his subjective sense of self was slowly revealed, it became clear that he was suffering from a profound sense of disconnection at multiple levels following a highly traumatic event. This sense of disconnection is a key characteristic of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Continue reading... |
| ‘My respect for Bielsa is massive’: Jesse Marsch named as new manager of Leeds Posted: 28 Feb 2022 11:27 AM PST
Jesse Marsch has been confirmed as the new head coach of Leeds United, after the struggling Premier League club moved swiftly to replace Marcelo Bielsa. Indeed Bielsa, sacked on Sunday, had barely had time to bid his players a final farewell at the training ground on Monday morning before his 48-year-old successor became only the second American to manage a Premier League team. Continue reading... |
| Black Market: my life inside the seedy underbelly of college basketball Posted: 28 Feb 2022 02:00 AM PST In an extract from his new book, Merl Code explains how he found himself in the middle of a corruption scandal that rocked the NCAA When the FBI shocked the college basketball world with its 2017 announcement of charges in a corruption scandal, I was caught in the cross fire. That morning, I was in bed. It was a Tuesday. September 26. Early, around 6.15am. My wife, Candance, who has a PhD in occupational therapy and was pregnant with my son August at the time, and I had just returned from a surprise trip to Canada for her birthday. She was in the bathroom, getting ready to go to work. I heard somebody knocking at the door. It was still dark outside. Nobody in their right mind would be knocking that early in the morning. I jumped up out of the bed, still half asleep, and rushed downstairs to see what all the commotion was about. Receiving payment from a sports team to participate. Receiving funds or money to offset training expenses. Accepting prize money based on performance/finish at a competition. Being represented or marketed by a professional sports agent. Promoting or endorsing a commercial product or service. This is an edited excerpt from Black Market: An Insider's Journey into the High-Stakes World of College Basketball by Merl Code © 2022 by Merl Code, used with permission from HarperCollins/Hanover Square Press. Continue reading... |
| Derek Jeter steps down as Marlins CEO as club’s decade-long doldrum continues Posted: 28 Feb 2022 08:44 AM PST
Derek Jeter is stepping away from his role as CEO of the Miami Marlins after four seasons with the team. "Today I am announcing that the Miami Marlins and I are officially ending our relationship and I will no longer serve as CEO nor as a shareholder in the Club," the former New York Yankees star said in a statement on Monday. Continue reading... |
| Lakers slump continues as home fans boo LeBron and Co in Los Angeles Posted: 28 Feb 2022 05:30 AM PST
CJ McCollum scored 22 points, Jonas Valanciunas and Brandon Ingram added 19 apiece and the New Orleans Pelicans rolled to a 123-95 victory over the reeling Los Angeles Lakers on Sunday night. Fans at crypto.com Arena voiced their displeasure with boos for most of the second half. Russell Westbrook was asked after the game if he would take the sound of the boos home with him. Continue reading... |
| Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action Posted: 28 Feb 2022 12:00 AM PST Pep Guardiola makes a tactical tweak, Christian Eriksen returns and Matty Cash sends a message There are few clubs in the Premier League with mood swings as dramatic as Tottenham's right now. A week ago they joyously outplayed leaders Manchester City, then a 1-0 loss to 18th-placed Burnley prompted a seething Antonio Conte to openly question his own future. Now, after battering a broken Leeds 4-0 at Elland Road, the good vibes are back. Son Heung-min and Harry Kane are now firmly in the record books as the most prolific pairing of all time, creating 37 goals together and counting. Kane has returned to seriously good form. Dejan Kulusevski has settled in at warp speed. Conte's frustrations may well surface again soon, but a turbulent week at least ended on a positive note. Tumaini Carayol Match report: Leeds 0-4 Tottenham Bielsa transformed Leeds with decency, humility and hard work Match report: Manchester United 0-0 Watford Match report: Brentford 0-2 Newcastle Continue reading... |
| Bundesliga set for a relegation battle royale between some of its biggest clubs | Andy Brassell Posted: 28 Feb 2022 05:15 AM PST We are in for a layered and intense relegation battle – with Stuttgart, Hertha and Gladbach all in serious trouble This was meant to be the second-tier season to beat them all in Germany, and not just in a domestic context. Schalke and Werder Bremen filling the relegation places in May 2021 meant they joined Hamburg, Hannover, Fortuna Düsseldorf and Nürnberg in Bundesliga 2, before we even get to names such as St Pauli and Dynamo Dresden. This weekend, Werder won a five-goal thriller at Hamburg in the Nordderby to stay top of the table. After a turbulent season which has included the departure of coach Markus Anfang after a federal investigation into him faking a vaccination certificate (for which he was eventually fined and banned by the DFB), Werder won't be counting any chickens just yet. Whether they return to the top tier or not, it seems as if next season's Bundesliga 2 will be even more laden with big names than the present one. Continue reading... |
| Deforestation emissions far higher than previously thought, study finds Posted: 28 Feb 2022 08:00 AM PST Carbon emissions from felling of tropical forest doubled in just two decades and are accelerating, research says Carbon emissions from tropical deforestation this century are far higher than previously thought, doubling in just two decades and continuing to accelerate, according to a study. The world's forests form an enormous carbon store, holding an estimated 861 gigatons of carbon – equivalent to nearly a century's worth of annual fossil fuel emissions at the current rate. When trees are cut down, they release the carbon they store into the atmosphere. Since 2000, the world has lost about 10% of its tree cover, becoming a major driver of global heating. Continue reading... |
| IPCC issues ‘bleakest warning yet’ on impacts of climate breakdown Posted: 28 Feb 2022 03:00 AM PST Report says human actions are causing dangerous disruption, and window to secure a liveable future is closing Climate breakdown is accelerating rapidly, many of the impacts will be more severe than predicted and there is only a narrow chance left of avoiding its worst ravages, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has said. Even at current levels, human actions in heating the climate are causing dangerous and widespread disruption, threatening devastation to swathes of the natural world and rendering many areas unliveable, according to the landmark report published on Monday. Everywhere is affected, with no inhabited region escaping dire impacts from rising temperatures and increasingly extreme weather. About half the global population – between 3.3 billion and 3.6 billion people – live in areas "highly vulnerable" to climate change. Millions of people face food and water shortages owing to climate change, even at current levels of heating. Mass die-offs of species, from trees to corals, are already under way. 1.5C above pre-industrial levels constitutes a "critical level" beyond which the impacts of the climate crisis accelerate strongly and some become irreversible. Coastal areas around the globe, and small, low-lying islands, face inundation at temperature rises of more than 1.5C. Key ecosystems are losing their ability to absorb carbon dioxide, turning them from carbon sinks to carbon sources. Some countries have agreed to conserve 30% of the Earth's land, but conserving half may be necessary to restore the ability of natural ecosystems to cope with the damage wreaked on them. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 28 Feb 2022 08:30 AM PST Climate change is already pushing some human systems and ecosystems beyond their adaptation limits In the past decade the two most intense cyclones recorded to date in the southern hemisphere ripped through the Pacific. Tropical Cyclone Pam, the second worst, devastated Vanuatu in 2015 while in 2016 Tropical Cyclone Winston, the worst, ravaged Fiji. Both not only caused extreme environmental damage but economic damage worth 64% and 20% of the respective nations' GDP. Pam and Winston fit the global pattern for cyclones: there are proportionately more of the really nasty category 3, 4 and 5 cyclones, driven by warming oceans. And, sadly, there is no doubt that as our climate continues to change, the Pacific should brace for more extreme weather events. This is confirmed in the newest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, released on Monday. Continue reading... |
| Comedian, president, warrior: the transformation of Volodymyr Zelenskiy Posted: 28 Feb 2022 07:00 PM PST When the comic actor Volodymyr Zelenskiy ran for the Ukrainian presidency in 2019 he was treated as a joke. Now, as Luke Harding reports from Lviv, he personifies the defiance and dignity of Ukraine's embattled population On Saturday morning, Volodymyr Zelenskiy's latest video popped up on social media feeds around the world. "Good morning everybody! Ukrainians: there's a lot of fake information online that I called on our army to lay down arms, and that there's an evacuation," he said. "I'm here. We won't lay down our arms. We will defend our state, our territory, our Ukraine, our children. That's all I have to say. Glory to Ukraine!" As Luke Harding tells Michael Safi, the transformation of Zelenskiy from a comic actor to Ukraine's president was a barely believable tale in itself but now, in the face of one of the world's largest armies bearing down on his capital, he has become an embodiment of the resilience and character his population are showing. Continue reading... |
| Margaret Atwood joins writers condemning Russian invasion of Ukraine Posted: 28 Feb 2022 08:17 AM PST The author was among more than 1,000 signatories to an open letter by PEN International saying there 'can be no free and safe Europe without a free and independent Ukraine' Salman Rushdie, Margaret Atwood and Tsitsi Dangarembga are among more than 1,000 writers from around the world who have condemned Russia's invasion of Ukraine and expressed their solidarity with the Ukrainian people. The open letter, released by literary and free expression organisation PEN International, is addressed to writers in Ukraine, and "urgently" calls "for an end to the bloodshed" that started last week. Continue reading... |
| Disney, Sony and Warner Bros pause film releases in Russia over Ukraine invasion Posted: 28 Feb 2022 07:39 PM PST Disney and Sony call off all upcoming theatrical releases, including Pixar film Turning Red and Morbius, with Warner Bros also pulling The Batman Disney is pausing all theatrical releases in Russia, including the upcoming Pixar film Turning Red, citing the "unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and the tragic humanitarian crisis". "We will make future business decisions based on the evolving situation," Disney said on Monday. "In the meantime, given the scale of the emerging refugee crisis, we are working with our NGO partners to provide urgent aid and other humanitarian assistance." Continue reading... |
| The show can’t go on: Russian arts cancelled worldwide Posted: 28 Feb 2022 10:00 PM PST Concerts, dance recitals and exhibitions have been postponed indefinitely after Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine The Russian invasion of Ukraine has prompted responses from the cultural sphere, with Russian artists and companies beginning to feel the repercussions of decisions taken by the Kremlin. Not only has Russia been stripped of two prestigious events – the Champions League men's final and Formula One's Russian Grand Prix –but an increasing number of performances by Russians are being cancelled worldwide. Continue reading... |
| Lucy and Desi review – Amy Poehler’s soft-focus Lucille Ball documentary Posted: 28 Feb 2022 07:06 AM PST While the I Love Lucy star remains a fascinating subject, this documentary feels more like paint-by-numbers PR "She wasn't a genius," says one talking-head commentator early on in Lucy and Desi, Amy Poehler's new bio-doc tribute to the illustrious creative partnership between the sitcom's queen and king, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz. That sounds like a swipe out of joint with the film's overall attitude of soft-focus hagiography, but it's meant as a testament to her indefatigable self-starter ethic. Ball's success wasn't effortless, we're told, due to some innate talent she could activate as she pleased. Far from a God-given gift, her rubber-faced comedic chops were honed over years of teeth-cutting and stripe-earning on stage. Everything she had – the fame, the fortune, a seat at the head of the table in the largest independent studio in Hollywood – she got by working herself to the bone. It's easy to see why Ball would be an aspirational figure for someone like Poehler, a fellow female comedian who triumphed over a male-dominated showbiz architecture by making a spectacular fool of herself on a weekly basis. Her assertive confidence behind the scenes, coupled with a bold un-self-seriousness at a time when the feminine ideal was that of the domestic goddess, made her a role model to a generation of cut-ups including Carol Burnett and Bette Midler. They both sit for Poehler's camera to sing the praises of their idol, adding their voices to a chorus of adulation that drowns out everything else. The evident bounty of affection for Ball, however well-founded, doesn't just leave Arnaz as a supporting character in this ostensible double portrait. It lends the whole production the syrupy taste of PR, like we're watching a special-feature supplement on the home-video release of Being the Ricardos. (Surely not coincidentally, both titles are Amazon properties.) Continue reading... |
| My streaming gem: why you should watch Sankofa Posted: 28 Feb 2022 11:17 PM PST The latest in our series of writers highlighting lesser-known films is a recommendation for a distinctive early 90s drama about slavery I first saw Sankofa fifteen years ago, as part of a college course on the African diaspora. For years after, I would bring it up any chance I got, which wasn't often, since in all that time, I never met anyone outside of that classroom who had even heard of it. Unlike any number of other forgotten masterpieces, the film was never that hard to track down – you could purchase a VHS or DVD copy with relative ease, and there were versions of it to stream if you knew where to look (the legality of said streams is another matter) – yet, until very recently, it remained largely unknown outside of Black academic/sociopolitical circles (who by no means should be discounted). Although it earned unanimous acclaim, as well as several awards, during its initial run on the 1993 international festival circuit, Sankofa never received widespread distribution prior to last September, when Netflix and Array, the distribution company founded by director Ava DuVernay, released a beautiful new 4K restoration of the film on the platform and in a few select theaters. Prior to that, Ethiopian-born director Haile Gerima – who emigrated to the United States in the late '60s and became part of what would come to be known as the LA Rebellion school of black film-makers – self-distributed his movie, booking screenings at indie theaters, bookshops, libraries and colleges. Continue reading... |
| Let’s spouge! Discover the funky joy of the greatest forgotten music genre Posted: 28 Feb 2022 12:12 AM PST In the 1960s, Jackie Opel created a syncopated, cowbell-heavy sound that defined Barbados and created a sensation from St Lucia to New York. A few years later it virtually disappeared – but the time is finally here for a revival Few artists have ever had the audacity to create a national music genre from scratch. This is what the Barbadian singer Jackie "Manface" Opel set out to do in 1968 – and more or less what he did. Born Dalton Bishop in 1938, Opel escaped a poverty-stricken background in Bridgetown to become celebrated as the greatest singer Barbados had ever produced to that point: a multi-talented entertainer with a multi-octave voice, who sang soul, calypso, gospel, R&B and ska, performed handstands on stage, doubled on sax and wrote hit songs on demand. Talent-spotted by the Jamaican bandleader Byron Lee, Opel spent most of the 1960s in Jamaica, where he sang with the Skatalites and became a Studio One regular. Bunny Wailer called Opel "the greatest of them all"; Bob Marley cited him as the reason he wanted to sing; others remembered him as the closest thing the Caribbean had to James Brown. Continue reading... |
| Obscure poetry collection’s sales soar after TikToker dreams about it Posted: 28 Feb 2022 08:55 AM PST The publisher of The Fifth Window by poet Russell Thornton has ordered a reprint after orders flooded in following viral fame An American TikToker has sent sales of an obscure Canadian poetry collection soaring, after she had a dream that led her to track down the title. TikToker Ohmarni, whose real name is Marni Webb, posted a video about a "rare book that I dreamt about" on 31 December. In her dream Webb, who claims to be psychic, was asked by a man "is the fifth window open?" Googling this led her to Canadian poet Russell Thornton's collection The Fifth Window, published in 2000 – but it was hard to get hold of, and only available when requested from university libraries. Continue reading... |
| From Six Feet Under to Manchester By the Sea: culture to help understand grief Posted: 28 Feb 2022 02:00 AM PST From art that tears our souls to music that heals, our critics recommend popular culture to help cope with bereavement No film directed by Kenneth Lonergan will ever be confused with a walk in the park: You Can Count on Me, Margaret and Manchester By the Sea all involve death and grief, but it is the latter that confronts the subject most starkly. Casey Affleck plays Lee, a janitor bonding falteringly with his teenage nephew (Lucas Hedges) following the death of his brother. Permeating everything is an unimaginable trauma from Lee's past. Grief clings to him, closure a distant dream. In the finest moment of his Oscar-winning performance, Affleck quietly admits: "I can't beat it. I can't beat it. I'm sorry." Ryan Gilbey Continue reading... |
| The Last Journey review – Solaris-style sci-fi takes on astral body with Earth issues Posted: 28 Feb 2022 06:00 AM PST French parable features a 'red moon' that provides Earth with fuel, but our last hope refuses a mission to destroy it This ambitious French sci-fi parable has some quiet moments of beauty and poignancy, but otherwise it's a long slog – and so bombastic, jejune and ill-considered that it feels far more drawn out than the 87 minutes running time would suggest. In writer-director Romain Quirot's vision of the future, humanity has worked out how to mine an inexhaustible power supply from an astral object that happens to wander by; it is called, unimaginatively, "the red moon". This heavenly body appears to be like the living, sentient planet in Stanislaw Lem's novel Solaris (a book adapted twice, by Andrei Tarkovsky and Steven Soderbergh), and our hero Paul WR (Hugo Becker) can somehow sense that the red moon is quite cross with us earthlings for some reason. That would appear to be why he refuses to fly a mission to destroy the approaching lunar body, even though, in a frankly silly plot move, he is the only person in the world that can possibly do it. Likewise, the script is vague about whether the Earth has become one huge desert that resembles Morocco because of the red moon or just due to the climate meltdown we're already experiencing. First-time director Quirot is clearly more interested in making points about the dysfunctional family dynamics Paul grew up with: a mum who died when he was young, a distracted science genius dad (Jean Reno, wasted here). There's also an older brother named Eliott (Paul Hamy) who uses his psychic powers to persuade people to kill themselves. Continue reading... |
| Love Wordle? Here are three reasons why you’ll love cryptic crosswords Posted: 28 Feb 2022 03:34 AM PST Cryptic puzzles go beyond trial and error, backing up guesswork with definitions and amusing wordplay. So if you start your day with a word puzzle, the Guardian has a treat for you Most Wordle players have a sense of what might and what might not be a "Wordle kind of word", especially when some given day's answer isn't one. The thinking behind the word list is not a secret. Josh Wardle wrote the game to make his partner Palak Shah happy; her price of admission was to take a long longlist of 12,000 five-letter words and pare it to a workable 2,500. 20a Lounge with book in front of fire (5) 24a Fills cracks in the decks with stoppers, say (6) Continue reading... |
| Rotisserie chicken paella and cheat’s burek: George Georgievski’s super fast dinner recipes Posted: 27 Feb 2022 05:45 PM PST The Instagram star famous for his school lunchboxes shares his shortcuts for flavourful weeknight meals, ready in less than 30 minutes Back in the day, my mum was a factory worker, so she'd be home by 3.30pm and would usually spend an hour or two preparing dinner. We had the best times during those magic hours and, when we were lucky enough, Mum would even whip up a dessert or cake. Fast forward to the next generation. My wife and I both work full time and we have often struggled to find ways to recreate that special bonding time of our childhood dinners. These recipes help ease the dinnertime pressure, to make this time as relaxed and golden as it was during my childhood. Continue reading... |
| The big idea: is it time to stop talking about ‘nature versus nurture’? Posted: 28 Feb 2022 04:30 AM PST The latest science shows that genes and environment are too deeply entwined to pit them against one another When you hear people conversing in an unfamiliar language, why is it that you can't even tell where one word ends and the next begins? If you are a native English speaker, why is it so challenging to get your mouth around a French or Hebrew "r", which originates lower in the throat, or the "r" in Spanish or Italian, which is trilled on the tip of the tongue? Your ability to hear and make sounds, and to understand their meaning as language, is wired into your brain. How you acquire that wiring illuminates an age-old debate about human nature. In the first few months of your life, your infant brain is bathed in all kinds of information from the world around you, through your senses. This sense data causes changes in your brain as your neurons fire in various patterns. Some collections of neurons fire together frequently, strengthening or tuning their connections and aiding learning. Others are used less and are pruned away, making room for more useful ones to form. This process of tuning and pruning is called plasticity, and it happens throughout your life, but enormously in the first few years. Continue reading... |
| From the Queen’s children to Covid: a week in Venn diagrams – cartoon Posted: 28 Feb 2022 12:00 AM PST |
| Caring for vintage T-shirts: ‘If you want it for a long time, treat it that way’ Posted: 28 Feb 2022 08:30 AM PST As delicate as they are sentimental, vintage tees require special handling to keep their magic. Though sometimes holes can be part of the charm More so than other basic items of clothing, T-shirts are not all created equal. Almost everyone I've ever met has a favourite one. Sometimes the reasons are tangible: the softness of the fabric, the fall through the body, the neckline. Sometimes they're more elusive, such as the way it makes us feel or how well we sleep in it. And sometimes they're extremely sentimental: a T-shirt from a concert, a team, a relationship. For my friends who collect vintage tees, the reasons are even more complex. When they find and buy a piece of history they can wear, their excitement and enjoyment is palpable, like they've captured a moment in time: that Janet Jackson concert, the original Lion King movie, when the Bulls were champions. Continue reading... |
| Swipe less, don’t be a sleaze, do say hello … and 10 more tips to raise your dating game Posted: 28 Feb 2022 02:00 AM PST After two years of messaging and video chats, in-person dates are back. But how do you give yourself the best chance of meeting the right people? So much about being single is great: being able to eat, watch and do what you want; independence; no in-laws. But routine can easily turn into a rut, which makes life difficult if you want to find a relationship. We asked the experts how you might go about shaking things up. Continue reading... |
| US governors order state-run liquor stores to stop selling Russian vodka Posted: 28 Feb 2022 05:34 AM PST Governors of Ohio, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Utah say symbolic move shows support for Ukraine A handful of US governors have ordered state-owned liquor stores to stop selling Russian-made and branded vodkas. The symbolic move is meant to show support for Ukraine, after Russia invaded. The governors of Ohio, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania and Utah ordered boycotts of Russian-style vodkas, products that account for a tiny fraction of the US vodka market. Continue reading... |
| Giuliani’s legal problems deepen as ‘false electors’ scheme investigated Posted: 28 Feb 2022 02:00 AM PST Ex-prosecutors say possible charges could include falsifying voting documents and even conspiracy to defraud the US Legal pressures are mounting for Donald Trump's ex-lawyer Rudy Giuliani as the US justice department and the House panel investigating the January 6 assault on Congress are both investigating a "false electors" scheme which Giuliani reportedly helped lead to overturn Joe Biden's 2020 election. Former prosecutors say the justice department inquiry announced last month could pose a serious legal threat to Giuliani, given his role in helping orchestrate an electoral ploy in seven states that Biden won, involving replacing slates of legitimate Democratic electors with bogus Trump slates. Continue reading... |
| Republican Lauren Boebert compares Ukraine to Canadian truckers’ convoy Posted: 28 Feb 2022 04:57 AM PST Congresswoman says 'our neighbors to the north need to be liberated', prompting widespread condemnation The Republican congresswoman Lauren Boebert was condemned for comparing the Russian invasion of Ukraine to the clearing of a truckers' protest in Ottawa, saying: "We also have neighbors to the north who need freedom and who need to be liberated." A former US ambassador to Canada called the comments "reckless" and "dangerous". Continue reading... |
| California’s victim compensation doled out $6m less in 2020, revealing gaps in crucial program Posted: 28 Feb 2022 03:00 AM PST Ten thousand fewer claims were submitted that year while 900 more were rejected by the board as compared with 2019, data says The California agency that serves as a last resort for crime survivors and families of crime victims in need of financial support gave out nearly $6m less in the first year of the pandemic than it did in the year before, an analysis of the agency's annual reports reveals, with compensation declining for all major types of crime apart from homicides. The rise in homicide compensations reflects the stark uptick in gun violence during the pandemic, a rise whose impact has been most acutely felt by Black and Latino Americans. But the decline in overall payments renews questions about gaps in the program that advocates say make it difficult for those in need to collect compensation. Continue reading... |
| Sarah Palin requests new trial after losing New York Times defamation case Posted: 28 Feb 2022 03:17 PM PST A jury rejected the former Alaska governor's claims that a 2017 New York Times editorial defamed her Former US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin asked a federal court on Monday for a new trial after losing her defamation case against the New York Times earlier this month, and requested that the judge overseeing the case be disqualified. Palin's attorneys said last week they would take those steps because several jurors received push notifications on their cellphones before deliberations were over, about US district judge Jed Rakoff's decision to dismiss the case regardless of their verdict. Continue reading... |
| Switzerland adopts wholesale EU sanctions against Russia Posted: 28 Feb 2022 08:58 AM PST Measures do not undermine neutrality principle as Switzerland says it is acting in defence of international law Switzerland, a bastion of neutrality through two world wars, has decided to adopt wholesale swingeing EU sanctions against Russia, potentially freezing billions of dollars in assets and further increasing the pressure on the Russian economy. Swiss national bank data showed that Russian companies and individuals held assets worth more than $11bn in Swiss banks in 2020. The Federal Council also announced it had banned five oligarchs close to Vladimir Putin from entering the country. Flights from Russia are being banned, although this will not apply to flights carrying diplomats. Continue reading... |
| China rattled by calls for Japan to host US nuclear weapons Posted: 28 Feb 2022 10:02 PM PST Influential former prime minister Shinzo Abe called for Tokyo to consider hosting US nuclear weapons in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine China has reacted angrily to calls by Japan's influential former prime minister, Shinzo Abe, for Tokyo to consider hosting US nuclear weapons in the wake of Russia's invasion of Ukraine and rising concern over Chinese aggression towards Taiwan. Abe, who presided over record defence budgets before resigning in 2020, said Japan should cast off taboos surrounding its possession of nuclear weapons following the outbreak of war in Europe. Continue reading... |
| Boris Johnson promises UK property register to expose kleptocrat money Posted: 28 Feb 2022 09:39 AM PST Plans first announced under David Cameron would strip secrecy from offshore ownership including by senior Russian figures As the government acts to squeeze Russian oligarchs in the wake of Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine, Boris Johnson has promised to rush forward plans for a new public register, revealing the ultimate owners of properties across the UK. The government had previously failed to act, despite the vast offshore leak known as the Pandora Papers revealing last year the details of 1,500 UK properties owned through secretive offshore companies, some of them connected to senior Russian figures. Continue reading... |
| Weatherwatch: the many climate zones of Chile Posted: 28 Feb 2022 10:00 PM PST Country's weather varies from strongly oceanic climate in south to extreme desert dryness in north As the proportionally longest and narrowest country in the world – stretching over 33 degrees in latitude – or 4,200km – from north to south, Chile has its fair share of different climate zones. In the far south, including the island of Tierra del Fuego, shared with neighbouring Argentina, there is a strongly oceanic climate, with high rainfall – as much as 4,000mm (157 inches) a year – and prevailing westerly winds. Yet the main city, Punta Arenas, lies in the rain-shadow to the west, and so receives just 410mm (16 inches) of precipitation a year. Continue reading... |
| Lismore flood: man saves 16 people and five dogs after losing his own home Posted: 28 Feb 2022 02:21 PM PST Aidan Ricketts, who also evacuated his own household of six, says the flood is 'beyond all records or memories'
Aidan Ricketts' north Lismore house had never flooded before but he woke before dawn to water pouring in. But Ricketts, who owns a 4.5-metre boat, managed to get his own household safe before returning to rescue people living in the surrounding streets. On Monday he ferried 16 people and five dogs to safety. Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading... |
| Ukrainian sailor arrested for trying to sink oligarch’s superyacht Posted: 28 Feb 2022 06:04 AM PST Mechanic on Lady Anastasia, owned by Russian arms exporter, sought revenge for attacks on Kyiv • Russia-Ukraine crisis: live news A Ukrainian sailor has been arrested in Mallorca and faces charges of attempting to sink a yacht owned by Alexander Mikheev, the CEO of the Russian arms exporter Rosoboronexport and former head of the Russian helicopter federation. The boat is moored in the harbour of Port Adriano. The unnamed man, who has been employed for the past 10 years as a mechanic on the Lady Anastasia, Mikheev's 48-metre, £5m yacht, said he felt he had to do something after seeing footage of a Russian rocket attack on a block of flats in Kyiv, his home town. The defendant told the judge that he believed the rocket had been manufactured by Mikheev's company. Continue reading... |
| Airbnb to offer free housing to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees Posted: 28 Feb 2022 10:28 AM PST Home rental platform joins swathe of companies offering support and donations during crisis Airbnb has said it will offer free, temporary housing for up to 100,000 refugees from Ukraine, joining a swathe of companies offering support and donations following the Russian invasion. The home rentals platform's nonprofit set up to provide housing relief during international crises, Airbnb.org, will partner with resettlement agencies to house Ukrainian refugees across the world. Continue reading... |
| Chelsea’s Abramovich ‘trying to help’ in Ukraine-Russia conflict Posted: 28 Feb 2022 04:41 AM PST Spokesperson for billionaire says Russian owner of football club was contacted by Ukrainian side The Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea football club, is reportedly mediating over the Russian invasion of Ukraine, although his spokesperson has acknowledged he would have "limited" influence. The move comes amid pressure from campaigners and MPs for Abramovich to be targeted by western sanctions. He made his first public comment since Russia's invasion of Ukraine, via his Chelsea spokesperson, to claim his help had been requested. Continue reading... |
| Ukrainians denied entry to UK despite being eligible for visa Posted: 28 Feb 2022 07:11 AM PST British citizens trying to bring their families to the UK are grappling bureaucracy in Paris despite new visa rules A Ukrainian woman and her 15-year-old diabetic daughter say they are feeling increasingly distraught after escaping the conflict in Ukraine only to be blocked from a visa the UK government announced on Sunday evening for which they are eligible. Yakiv Voloshchuk, 60, a British citizen, rescued his wife, Oksana Voloshchuk, 41, and their daughter, Veronika, from Poland on 26 February. Continue reading... |
| ‘A brutalist hanging gardens of Babylon’ – the maddening, miraculous Barbican hits 40 Posted: 28 Feb 2022 10:00 PM PST Conceived as a utopian city within a city, the labyrinthine London landmark had a troubled path on its way to being hailed as an architectural icon. But is this world-class arts centre now in danger of being turned into a shopping mall? It looks like something from a wildly imaginative sci-fi comic, an impossible vision of worlds slamming into each other in a fantastical collage. Elevated walkways leap across the sky while a trio of towers rise up like serrated blades, their edges sawing at the clouds. Beneath them, fountains cascade and cafes spill across lush waterside terraces, while an art gallery and library jut out overhead. A tropical conservatory wraps around the top of a subterranean theatre, next to a cinema buried beneath a crescent of apartments. And the entire multilayered edifice floats above a 2,000-seat concert hall carved into the ground. This is no sci-fi comic, but a cutaway diagram of the Barbican arts centre dating from 1982, rendered in vivid orange, red and green. Somehow, this miraculous Escher-like wonder really did get built, and it hits 40 this month, with celebratory events and a handsome new book modestly titled Building Utopia. Continue reading... |
| Would Vladimir Putin actually use nuclear weapons? Posted: 28 Feb 2022 06:50 AM PST Russian president has ordered nuclear deterrence forces on high alert. We look at what that means Russia's president summoned the defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, and military chief of staff, Valery Gerasimov, to a public meeting on Sunday and ordered them to "transfer the deterrence forces" – a reference to nuclear weapons – "of the Russian army to a special mode of combat duty". Continue reading... |
| Under fire in Ukraine: ‘I just wanted to bake a birthday cake for my child’ Posted: 28 Feb 2022 12:30 PM PST The cake was already in the oven when the air raid siren sounded and we had to run for cover Today was my son's birthday. He is 16. He wanted a party with friends and his favourite cake from the local bakery – the super chocolate one – like any other child. But last night, like the previous ones, he slept on the bathroom floor, because this is the safest place in our apartment – and it is definitely more convenient than the dark basement of our apartment building or on the steps of the subway. Continue reading... |
| ‘I’m scared I’ll die in this war’: Kharkiv teacher on life under Russian attack Posted: 28 Feb 2022 08:44 AM PST Nika describes situation in Ukrainian city where residents are being killed by Russian bombs Dozens of people in Kharkiv have been killed and hundreds wounded in rocket strikes by Russian forces on Monday morning, the Ukrainian interior ministry has said. Nika, a teacher in Kharkiv, describes the situation the city's residents find themselves in: Continue reading... |
| Inside Ukraine: life in a bunker as missiles fall on Kharkiv – video Posted: 28 Feb 2022 01:50 PM PST From inside a makeshift bunker in the basement of their block of flats in Kharkiv, eastern Ukraine, Olia and her neighbours give an insight into their lives as they reach day five of heavy shelling from Russian forces. Kharkiv, Ukraine's second biggest city, was the focus of dozens of Grad missiles targeting civilian areas in an apparent change of tack by Moscow. Olia, a young artist, reflects on the conflict so far and explains how she is keeping her spirits up Continue reading... |
| Ukraine: Russian rockets strike buildings in Kharkiv – video Posted: 28 Feb 2022 08:50 AM PST Russian rocket attacks killed several people in Kharkiv, the second largest city in Ukraine, as ceasefire talks between Kyiv and Moscow got under way on Monday. After four days of fighting and a slower than expected Russian advance, the Ukrainian interior ministry adviser Anton Herashchenko said the eastern city of Kharkiv had been 'massively fired on', leaving many dead and hundreds wounded
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| Ukrainian students prepare bombs in a makeshift basement factory – video Posted: 28 Feb 2022 07:02 AM PST A group of about a dozen students and young professionals in Ukraine have come forward to help the war effort against the Russian invasion by making bombs in a basement factory
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| Ukrainian president appeals for EU membership and urges Russian soldiers to leave – video Posted: 28 Feb 2022 03:22 AM PST Volodymyr Zelenskiy has appealed to the European Union to allow Ukraine to gain membership immediately under a special procedure, as it defends itself from invasion by Russian forces. 'Our goal is to be with all Europeans and, most importantly, to be equal. I'm sure that's fair. I am sure we deserved it,' he said in a speech shared on social media Continue reading... |
| Ukrainians return home to reunite with family, join fighting – video Posted: 27 Feb 2022 09:40 PM PST While thousands of refugees are fleeing Ukraine as Russia continues its invasion, others have sought to return to their embattled homeland from Poland – some to reunite with family, some to fight. 'I am afraid, but I am a mother and I want to be with my children", Lesa explained, as she readied herself to enter Ukraine, adding 'it's scary, but I have to'
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| Queensland and northern NSW floods update: seven dead amid heavy flooding weather emergency - video Posted: 27 Feb 2022 06:08 PM PST More than 5,000 homes have been hit by floods in Gympie and Brisbane, as Queensland and northern NSW face heavy flooding. The Brisbane river peaked at almost 4m on Monday morning, with officials predicting more significant peaks over the coming week. The entire Lismore CBD is inundated after days of unrelenting torrential rain, as the town braces for its worst-ever flood crisis that will surpass the devastation caused in 1974 and 1954, reports AAP. Sydney's main Warragamba dam is expected to spill later this week as expected rains add to inflows already pushing the reservoir close to full capacity. According to WaterNSW, Warragamba is at 98.7%full as of Monday, with about 25 gigalitres of remaining capacity. ► Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTube
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| 'We left our dad in Kyiv': young Ukrainian boy in tears after fleeing capital – video Posted: 27 Feb 2022 05:15 PM PST Families in Ukraine are being torn apart with many women and children having no choice but to leave their husbands and fathers behind after Ukrainian authorities ordered men aged 18-60 to stay and fight Kremlin forces. 'We left Dad in Kiev and dad will be selling things and helping our heroes, our army, he might even fight,' Mark Goncharuk, a young boy choking with tears, said as he and his relatives fled the capital. As missiles fell on Ukrainian cities, nearly 400,000 Ukrainian civilians, mainly women and children, have fled into neighbouring countries. • This video was amended on 28 February 2022 to correct an error in Reuters wires copy.
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| Trump the star turn as Republicans gather at CPAC – in pictures Posted: 28 Feb 2022 08:06 AM PST Ted Cruz, Ron DeSantis and Tulsi Gabbard were among the big names at the annual conservative summit in Florida – but the former president took center stage Continue reading... |
| Blurred visions: images from a restless mind – in pictures Posted: 28 Feb 2022 11:00 PM PST Alison McCauley has always been haunted by her inability to settle in a place. These hazy, distorted images reflect her fluid, semi-nomadic lifestyle Continue reading... |
| Milan Fashion Week AW22: the highlights – in pictures Posted: 28 Feb 2022 10:00 AM PST From the season's big debut at Bottega Veneta to the up-and-coming names to look out for, the Milan shows presented myriad new ideas and sartorial directions Continue reading... |
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