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- Russia-Ukraine war latest: explosion at oil depot inside Russia; Mariupol officials say aid not reaching city – live
- Mariupol officials say Russians blocking aid reaching besieged Ukraine city
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| Posted: 01 Apr 2022 04:37 AM PDT Ukraine accused of using helicopters to attack an oil depot inside Russia, while officials in Mariupol say vital humanitarian aid is not reaching the city
EU and Chinese leaders will meet for a first summit in two years on Friday with Brussels keen for assurances from Beijing that it will neither supply Russia with arms nor help Moscow circumvent western sanctions imposed over the invasion of Ukraine. EU officials close to the preparations of the summit said any help given to Russia would damage China's international reputation and jeopardise relations with its biggest trade partners – Europe and the US. Continue reading... |
| Mariupol officials say Russians blocking aid reaching besieged Ukraine city Posted: 01 Apr 2022 12:38 AM PDT Mayor's aide says city remains closed for anyone trying to enter and 'very dangerous' for those trying to leave An aide to the mayor of Mariupol has said the besieged southern Ukrainian city remains closed for anyone trying to enter and is "very dangerous" for anyone trying to leave. Petro Andryushchenko said Russian forces had since Thursday been preventing even the smallest amount of humanitarian supplies reaching trapped residents, making clear a planned "humanitarian corridor" had not been opened. Continue reading... |
| Russia accuses Ukraine of helicopter attack on oil depot in Russian city Posted: 01 Apr 2022 02:36 AM PDT Video footage appears to show airstrike using air-to-ground missiles in border region of Belgorod Russia has accused Ukraine of sending attack helicopters across the border to strike an oil storage facility in what would be the first raid on Russian soil since the outbreak of the war if confirmed. Ukraine has not confirmed that it launched the attack, raising questions about whether Russian negligence may be to blame. Continue reading... |
| Russians leaving Chernobyl have taken Ukraine soldiers with them, say officials Posted: 01 Apr 2022 03:07 AM PDT Russian troops have largely withdrawn from nuclear site, says head of agency in charge of exclusion zone Russian troops have largely withdrawn from the decommissioned Chernobyl nuclear power station but have taken an unspecified number of Ukrainian service personnel with them, officials have said. Yevhen Kramarenko, the head of the agency in charge of the heavily contaminated exclusion zone around the site of the world's worst nuclear accident, said Russian soldiers had left the plant early on Friday but some remained in the area. Continue reading... |
| Russian reporters in Ukraine: ‘Every day I see dead and injured’ Posted: 31 Mar 2022 11:00 PM PDT A group of independent Russian reporters are in Ukraine and attempting to break the Kremlin's stranglehold on information For years, Oksana Baulina did her best to stand up to Vladimir Putin's system in Russia, and was eventually forced to flee the country. Last week, she was killed by a Russian missile, soon after arriving in Kyiv to report on Vladimir Putin's invasion. The death of Baulina, a former associate of opposition politician Alexei Navalny who was working for the Russian news outlet The Insider, has put the spotlight on the tiny group of independent Russian journalists now inside Ukraine. Continue reading... |
| ‘Who will return my stolen life to me?’ The teenagers who fled Mariupol Posted: 31 Mar 2022 10:00 PM PDT As civilians are evacuated from the besieged city, three young people tell of their terrifying escape and how their lives have been changed for ever The months before the war were the best of my life. I was in my second year at university and one of the best students on the course. But the thing that brought my life true meaning was playing ice hockey. It was what I woke for every morning. On 23 February our coach told me of plans to set up a women's hockey team to try and reach the professional league. I went to bed so happy, looking forward to the next day. Continue reading... |
| Why is GCHQ saying Putin has been misinformed about Ukraine war? Posted: 31 Mar 2022 06:08 AM PDT Insiders divided about UK spy agency pushing such narratives after claim advisers 'afraid' to tell Russian leader truth For a spy chief, it was an eye-catching claim. "We believe Putin's advisers are afraid to tell him the truth," the GCHQ boss, Sir Jeremy Fleming, confidently declared overnight to an audience in Australia. The head of the British eavesdropping agency offered no details to back up his assertion – leaving the impression it was a piece of psychological warfare, of the "we know all is not well in the Kremlin" type. Continue reading... |
| The latest threat to democracy? A Trump-backed candidate willing to ‘find extra votes’ Posted: 01 Apr 2022 02:00 AM PDT Kristina Karamo is running for Michigans's chief elections officer, and if she wins she would have considerable sway over how the presidential election is conducted in 2024 Donald Trump will return to Michigan on Saturday for his first visit since November 2020 when he spent the final hours of his presidential election campaign desperately trying to hold on to the state and fend off nationwide defeat to his Democratic rival Joe Biden. This time his visit will be motivated by an attempt to forge a path to victory in the 2024 presidential election, in which he has hinted he may run again. If that is his intention, he is going about it in a very irregular fashion. Continue reading... |
| Betty Reid Soskin, America’s oldest active ranger, retires at the age of 100 Posted: 31 Mar 2022 07:03 PM PDT She began working with the National Park Service at 84 to reveal 'untold stories' of Black people's efforts during the second world war Betty Reid Soskin, the National Park Service's oldest active ranger, has retired at the age of 100. Soskin, who worked at the Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front national historical park in Richmond, California, spent her last day as she had for the last decade and a half: sharing her experiences and those of other women who worked on the home front in the second world war. Continue reading... |
| ‘People are angry’: US families feel let down by Indigenous missing unit Posted: 01 Apr 2022 01:00 AM PDT The Bureau of Indian Affairs' missing and murdered unit was launched by Deb Haaland a year ago to tackle an epidemic of violence against Native people. But initial results have disappointed One month after Ranelle Rose Bennett disappeared, agents from the Bureau of Indian Affairs Office of Justice Services' newly created missing and murdered unit (MMU) arrived at her house on the Navajo Reservation. Her mother, Rose Yazzie, had initially reported the 33-year-old missing to Navajo Nation police after Bennett hadn't shown up to her daughter's 10th birthday party in June 2021 but said it took over a week for an officer to even file a missing report. Continue reading... |
| French fashion photographer Patrick Demarchelier dies at 78 Posted: 01 Apr 2022 01:39 AM PDT Demarchelier photographed Princess Diana, Beyonce and Madonna during long career Patrick Demarchelier, the fashion photographer who worked with high-profile figures including Diana, Princess of Wales, has died at the age of 78. His death was announced by his representatives on Instagram on Thursday. "It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Patrick Demarchelier on 31 March 2022, at the age of 78," the post read. "He is survived by his wife Mia, his three sons Gustaf, Arthur, Victor and three grandchildren." Continue reading... |
| Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson named in legal case over £750,000 ‘scam’ Posted: 01 Apr 2022 03:53 AM PDT Documents show Duke of York has repaid cash in dispute involving Turkish woman and businessman The Duke of York and his ex-wife, Sarah Ferguson, have been named in a ruling on a high court case featuring a dispute between a Turkish woman and businessman. Nebahat Isbilen, 77, was allegedly tricked by Selman Turk into giving Prince Andrew £750,000 "by way of payment for assistance" with her passport, court documents reportedly show. Continue reading... |
| ‘Magnetic turd’: scientists invent moving slime that could be used in human digestive systems Posted: 31 Mar 2022 11:45 PM PDT Researcher who co-created substance says it is not an April fool's joke and they hope to deploy it like a robot Scientists have created a moving magnetic slime capable of encircling smaller objects, self-healing and "very large deformation" to squeeze and travel through narrow spaces. The slime, which is controlled by magnets, is also a good electrical conductor and can be used to interconnect electrodes, its creators say. Continue reading... |
| Taste for free curry leaves Japanese defence force members in a pickle Posted: 31 Mar 2022 09:46 PM PDT Six members receive brief suspensions after years of eating free 'navy curry' they were not entitled to A keen appetite for curry has landed six members of Japan's maritime self-defence forces (SDF) in trouble, after it emerged that they had been tucking into the dish without paying for up to three years. The SDF members, including an officer in his 50s, helped themselves to free curry at Hachinohe air base in north-east Japan, apparently ignoring rules requiring them to pay, according to Japanese media reports. Continue reading... |
| Police offered to arrest Will Smith, Oscars producer says Posted: 31 Mar 2022 05:42 PM PDT Will Packer reveals that police were 'prepared to get him right now' but Chris Rock declined to press charges Los Angeles police were on site and ready to arrest actor Will Smith at the Academy Awards on Sunday for slapping presenter Chris Rock, the producer of the Hollywood ceremony said on Thursday. The authorities did not take any action because Rock declined to press charges, said producer Will Packer, echoing what a police spokesperson said on Sunday. Continue reading... |
| Covid vaccines give extra protection to previously infected, studies show Posted: 31 Mar 2022 03:30 PM PDT Research published by Lancet confirms jabs add protection for people who have had Covid, especially against severe disease Covid-19 vaccines provide significant extra protection for people who have already been infected, according to two new studies. The jabs have proven highly effective in protecting those who have never had Covid, but their effectiveness at preventing symptoms and severe outcomes in people who have previously been infected has, until recently, been less clear. Continue reading... |
| Amazon workers in New York close to forming historic union after key vote Posted: 31 Mar 2022 03:07 PM PDT Elsewhere, a unionization vote by Alabama workers is pending as hundreds of votes were challenged Amazon workers in New York are close to voting to form a union – a major win for labor activists who have failed in previous efforts to organize at the tech giant that is now the second largest private employer in the US. Workers at an Amazon fulfillment center in Staten Island will find out on Friday whether or not they want to form a union, Amazon's first in the US where it now employs over one million people. Continue reading... |
| Biden announces ‘largest release of oil reserves’ in effort to curb gasoline prices Posted: 31 Mar 2022 08:14 AM PDT President to release up to 1m barrels of oil a day from the strategic reserve for the next six months Joe Biden has announced plans to release up to 1m barrels of oil a day from the strategic reserve, in an attempt to contain high gasoline prices and curb inflation exacerbated by the war in Ukraine. The president spoke from the White House to announce the move, which he said would represent the largest-ever draw ever on the country's emergency supplies. Continue reading... |
| New Florida bill ‘basically erases’ state’s only pro-solar energy policy Posted: 01 Apr 2022 02:00 AM PDT Republican-led Senate passes bill that could hamper growth of solar energy by removing popular financial incentive In one of America's sunniest states, a Republican-led Senate recently passed a bill that could hamper the growth of solar energy by removing a popular financial incentive among consumers. Environmentalists are decrying the measure, arguing that the expansion of rooftop solar is a necessary step in the fight against the climate crisis. The bill was passed in Florida, as another extremely sunny state, California, considered a similar update to its solar policies. Continue reading... |
| Not in Kansas any more: flamingo that fled zoo spotted in Texas after 17 years Posted: 01 Apr 2022 04:00 AM PDT African flamingo, who also goes by No 492, fled the Wichita county zoo in 2005 and was spotted this month by a fishing guide It's been 17 years since Pink Floyd made a daring escape from a zoo in Kansas. Now the African flamingo – who also goes by No 492 – has been seen living the life of a fugitive 700 miles to the south, in Texas. The bird fled the Wichita county zoo in 2005 after keepers failed to clip its wings, the New York Times reported. Its survival in the wild was unlikely – indeed, a buddy who also made it out, No 347, hasn't been heard from since. But Pink Floyd, as No 492 was nicknamed by Texas officials, was spotted this month by a fishing guide, David Foreman, to his intense surprise. Continue reading... |
| Trump may face day in court thanks to lawsuit from reggae singer Eddy Grant Posted: 31 Mar 2022 11:00 PM PDT The musician sued the former president and his administration over the use of his song Electric Avenue in an ad in 2020 Reggae singer Eddy Grant may succeed where the attorney general of New York state and other powerful figures have struggled – by forcing Donald Trump to answer questions under oath in a legal proceeding. Grant sued the former president and his campaign over the use of the song Electric Avenue in an ad in 2020. Continue reading... |
| Ariana Grande giving $1.5m to support trans youth amid ‘disgraceful’ legislative attacks Posted: 31 Mar 2022 05:42 PM PDT The pop star vowed on International Transgender Day of Visibility to match donations to groups that advocate for trans rights On International Transgender Day of Visibility, Ariana Grande is using her star power to rally her millions of fans to support trans youth. In an Instagram post on Thursday, the pop star announced the Protect & Defend Trans Youth Fund, which she founded with the fundraising platform Pledge. Continue reading... |
| Grammy awards 2022: who will win – and who should Posted: 31 Mar 2022 10:24 PM PDT The biggest night in American music sees Billie Eilish, Lil Nas X, Jon Batiste, Olivia Rodrigo and Silk Sonic among those battling for awards Abba – I Still Have Faith in You |
| ‘If it can happen to Jada, it can happen to us’: meet the people living with alopecia Posted: 01 Apr 2022 03:53 AM PDT Oscars incident shone a light on Jada Pinkett Smith's condition – and raised awareness for millions living with it After Shaily Malik discovered a bald patch on her head three years ago, mornings grew tough as she would wake to discover chunks of hair on her pillow. The thought of washing her hair became dreadful, knowing she would only lose more. She grew reluctant to have her photograph taken, and when looking in the mirror struggled to identify with her reflection. As a 32-year-old business analyst born in India and living in Brighton with alopecia areata, an autoimmune disorder that causes patchy hair loss, Malik understands the strength it requires to dress up, go out and be yourself. She has endured people staring at her on the street, and others accosting her asking her to wear hats or wigs at the park where she takes her three-year-old son. Continue reading... |
| Red Hot Chili Peppers: ‘People misbehave and make mistakes. They don’t know better’ Posted: 31 Mar 2022 10:00 PM PDT As they reunite for their 12th album, the punk-funk rockers are trying to age gracefully after a youth full of sex and drugs. So why does Anthony Kiedis hang up after a difficult question? If there was any doubt to how massive the Red Hot Chili Peppers still are, last month they got a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, on the very streets they used to stalk as teenage punks. Here in Los Angeles, they are everywhere. In a bodega on Melrose Avenue, amid the lingerie shops and trash-filled lots, the city's unofficial theme tune wafts out of the speakers: "First born unicorn / Hardcore soft porn / Dream of Californ-i-cay-tioooon". I half expect Flea and Anthony Kiedis to wander in, long-haired and bare-chested; those teenagers who ended up in one of the world's most enduring bands. It's not quite the meet-cute I had imagined, then, when I finally see them in the pixellated flesh on separate Zooms and one phone call: drummer Chad Smith in his home office, bassist Flea in his home cinema and frontman Kiedis dialling in from the warehouse where the band is rehearsing for a stadium tour. There is a new album, Unlimited Love, their 12th – significant because it's the first in nearly two decades with guitarist John Frusciante back in the fold, but also because the band has survived for 39 years without resorting to a breakup and reunion. "I thought we'd implode at some point, like most bands do," says Smith. Continue reading... |
| Virginie Efira: ‘On the script there was something crazy, sacred, intimate’ Posted: 01 Apr 2022 03:00 AM PDT The Belgian actor says she would have made Little Red Riding Hood if Paul Verhoeven had asked. Instead, she's starring in his latest film Benedetta, the tale of a lesbian nun in 17th-century Italy Virginie Efira has a confession to make: before playing a 17th-century lesbian nun in Benedetta, she went on a diet and worked out to prepare for the sex scenes. She presents this as if it were a feminist betrayal for which she needs to atone. "I would like to be able to say: 'That's it, I'm not going on a diet.' I find that idea wonderful. But like an imbecile I went on a diet before the shoot; I did a bit of sport, ate loads of broccoli, that sort of thing," she says with contrition. "I know, I know, it's ridiculous." Continue reading... |
| Still hungry? How we fell out of love with small plates Posted: 01 Apr 2022 03:00 AM PDT It's over a decade since seven perfectly arranged beans came to constitute dinner. But is the age of small plates dining coming to an end? And if so, what's next? Happy big plate day," my friend texted our group chat last Friday. After weeks of waiting caused by someone catching a certain virus, we were going to Ciao Bella, an Italian restaurant in central London, renowned for its big portions and even bigger vibes. The last time the three of us ate out together, last summer, we went to a "small plates" restaurant almost by default, as these kinds of places had come to signify going somewhere a bit special, a bit fancy. For the purposes of this article, I'll define a small plate as anything advertised to be shared, smaller than a main but bigger than one bite of food, priced around £6 to £12. But you know what I'm talking about. You can already picture the Nordic simplicity of the earthenware plate, the pared-back decor of the restaurant, the menu featuring confrontationally blunt options such as "oyster mushrooms", and nothing so gauche as a pound sign to be seen. Continue reading... |
| ‘He just looked lost’: worries over Bruce Willis’s cognitive state surface Posted: 31 Mar 2022 07:23 AM PDT Concerns over Willis, who is 'stepping away' from acting after an aphasia diagnosis, had been circulating on sets, report says After a statement revealed that Bruce Willis would be "stepping away" from acting after an aphasia diagnosis, a Los Angeles Times report has revealed that concerns over his cognitive state have been circulating for years. Speaking to directors and other crew members who have worked with the 67-year-old actor, the article details Willis struggling to remember dialogue, expressing confusion at his surroundings, needing shortened work days and having issues with gun use. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 01 Apr 2022 03:00 AM PDT Trump, Putin, Xi – these men aren't stupid. But they have no way of eliciting, recognizing, or assessing useful criticism It appears that Vladimir Putin's aides have misinformed him about the war, fearful of his reaction. On Wednesday, American officials revealed that, according to American intelligence, Putin's strict isolation during the pandemic and willingness to publicly castigate advisers have contributed to him getting incomplete or overly optimistic reports about the progress of Russian forces. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 01 Apr 2022 03:17 AM PDT The Ukraine war has revealed the double-standards of the global north's immigration policies. Refugees from Africa, Asia and Latin America deserve the same sympathy Global migration policy has started to move in a more humane direction in response to the invasion of Ukraine. While many states are welcoming displaced Ukrainians, this is a far cry from how those states typically treat refugees. Activists and scholars have lamented the lack of similar response to people displaced from south Asia, the Middle East, and Africa. The uneven global response to migration on display sets a chilling precedent for the displacement that is likely to come with the climate crisis. Race plays a defining role in how states think about their borders and who gets let in. In the 19th century, racial politics shaped the formation of international law – including how we understand concepts like sovereignty – and legitimized exclusionary policies whose impacts reverberate today. We can see the impact of race on the way in which refugee policy was developed. Drawing on research by T Alexander Aleinikoff, philosopher Serena Parekh explains that refugee flows were primarily east to west (rather than south to north) in the first half of the 20th century. During this period, resettlement was the standard way of helping refugees. When refugee flows from non-European countries increased (from the global south to global north), states changed their policy: instead of resettlement, voluntary repatriation was preferred. Olúfẹ́mi O Táíwò is an assistant professor of philosophy at Georgetown University and the author of Reconsidering Reparations and the forthcoming book Elite Capture Beba Cibralic, a PhD student in philosophy at Georgetown University, has written for Foreign Policy and other publications Continue reading... |
| Why is Biden boasting about drilling for oil? Our planet demands we stop now | Peter Kalmus Posted: 31 Mar 2022 06:18 AM PDT Tragically, the Biden administration is choosing to expand the fossil fuel industry at this critical moment We are spiraling further into climate and ecological breakdown. Now is the perfect moment to build out renewables and end the fossil fuel industry as if the future of humanity depends on it. Putin's unprovoked and atrocious invasion of Ukraine has laid bare many things. One of these is our society's precarious dependence on fossil fuels. Another is a burgeoning climate-driven food crisis. It's time to phase out fossil fuels and industrial beef production with wartime resolve. Peter Kalmus is a climate scientist and author based in Los Angeles Continue reading... |
| Only total military failure will curb Putin's ambitions in Ukraine | Keir Giles Posted: 31 Mar 2022 06:11 AM PDT Any small gains will be spun as victory by the Kremlin. The west needs to support Ukraine to defeat Russian aggression The past week has seen ever stronger indications that Russia has recognised it cannot achieve its aim of conquering Ukraine by military force. Suggestions tied to peace talks in Ukraine that Russia was pulling back from its attempt to encircle Kyiv tie in with the earlier declaration that its war aims were limited to conquering the eastern part of the country. And even before that, both Russia and Ukraine had stated that peace negotiations were moving into a phase of substantive discussions instead of Russia simply presenting ultimatums. Russia's claim that it is scaling back operations around Kyiv and focusing its offensive on the east of the country is one of those rare occasions when a statement from the Russian Ministry of Defence actually aligns recognisably with the truth. The reality gap arises not in what Russia is doing, but why it is claiming it is doing it. Russia has presented this withdrawal of units from around Kyiv as some kind of concession – to "boost mutual trust" around the peace talks. But it was already clear that its offensive there had stalled, and in some case been reversed, by dogged Ukrainian resistance. The pivot to operations in the east and the rotation out of battered Russian units from Ukraine's northern flank is a recognition by Moscow that – as many military analysts had predicted before the current conflict – it simply does not have the deployable forces it would need to conquer all of Ukraine along multiple axes of advance. Keir Giles works with the Russia and Eurasia programme of Chatham House, and is the author of Moscow Rules: What Drives Russia to Confront the West Continue reading... |
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| ‘We could play at Wembley’: Ukraine manager on war, the World Cup and his hatred of Russia Posted: 01 Apr 2022 01:57 AM PDT Having refused to flee Kyiv, Oleksandr Petrakov wants to use the power of football to support the war effort When the war broke out in the early hours of 24 February, Oleksandr Petrakov, the manager of Ukraine's men's national football team, chose not to leave his home in the capital, Kyiv, as the Russians advanced and shells dropped, but to try to join the fight. "My family told me to go to western Ukraine but I refused. I said: 'I am from Kyiv, I can't leave,'" says Petrakov. "I didn't think it would be correct as people have to defend and I can't run. I thought, if they come to Kyiv I will pick up a weapon and defend my city." Continue reading... |
| Unseeded Naomi Osaka rallies past Belinda Bencic to reach Miami final Posted: 31 Mar 2022 06:52 PM PDT
Naomi Osaka's eyes welled with tears when her match ended, an all-too-familiar scene for her in recent years. These were of the happy variety. Continue reading... |
| Jennifer Kupcho and Minjee Lee share lead in last major at Mission Hills Posted: 31 Mar 2022 06:26 PM PDT
Jennifer Kupcho shared the lead Thursday in the Chevron Championship in her second – and last – start at Mission Hills, the tree-lined layout she has quickly fallen in love with. "Honestly, I think it's just being comfortable on this golf course," Kupcho said. "I get here and I just, I feel comfortable. I love this place." Continue reading... |
| Qatar World Cup chief bites back after criticism from Norwegian FA Posted: 31 Mar 2022 07:41 AM PDT
Dispute over the legacy of staging the men's World Cup in Qatar broke out on the floor of the Fifa Congress on Thursday, with the president of the Norwegian Football Federation calling for stronger action, only for the head of Qatar's Supreme Committee to insist she "educate" herself over the issues. In a tightly managed set-piece event in Doha before Friday's World Cup draw, Lise Klaveness's address upset the consensus when she said Fifa must act as a "role model" and called on the organisation to do more to support the families of migrant workers who had been killed and those injured working on the World Cup project. Continue reading... |
| Cycling in urgent talks with other sports over tougher rules for trans athletes Posted: 31 Mar 2022 12:00 PM PDT
The president of cycling's governing body has held emergency talks with other international sports federations about creating tougher new rules for the participation of trans women in elite women's sport "within months". In a notable intervention, the UCI president, David Lappartient, said cycling's current rules, which allow trans women to compete against cis women if they reduce their testosterone to below 5 nmol/L for a period of 12 months, were "probably not enough" to ensure fair competition. Continue reading... |
| Protect Indigenous people’s rights or Paris climate goals will fail, says report Posted: 31 Mar 2022 06:00 AM PDT Rainforests looked after by communities absorb twice as much carbon as other lands, analysis shows Paris climate agreement goals will fail unless the rights of Indigenous people who protect rainforests are honoured, according to a new report. Forest lands stewarded by Indigenous people and communities in countries such as Brazil, Colombia, Mexico and Peru sequester about twice as much carbon as other lands, according to the analysis. Continue reading... |
| Myanmar: the reporters risking everything to cover a forgotten conflict – podcast Posted: 31 Mar 2022 07:00 PM PDT After a military coup in February 2021, the grinding conflict in Myanmar has entered its second year with no resolution in sight. There is a danger the world has started forgetting, says reporter Emily Fishbein On the morning of 1 February 2021, Myanmar was still, on paper at least, a country transitioning to democracy. Its military rulers were facing accusations of committing genocide against the country's Rohingya minority - but elsewhere in the country, over the past decade, those soldiers had been relaxing their almost total control over politics. There were suddenly free elections – and journalists trying to report freely on what was happening in the country. That morning everything changed. Reporter Emily Fishbein tells Michael Safi that on the day of the military coup she was outside Myanmar and hasn't been able to go back since. But as the conflict it prompted enters its second year she has been building a network of reporters, activists and citizens who she keeps in constant contact with to get the story of what is happening in Myanmar out to the world. But with the pandemic still raging and a new war in Ukraine, there is a danger that much of the world has begun to forget about Myanmar. Continue reading... |
| ‘I’m living for the ones who didn’t make it’: Bonnie Raitt on her unquenchable thirst for music Posted: 01 Apr 2022 02:00 AM PDT As she wins a lifetime achievement Grammy at 72, the US singer who crossed blues with pop is still determined to support artists who never got their dues Bonnie Raitt's story begins in a childhood bedroom in Burbank, California. By 16, she had already taught herself the guitar by listening to Joan Baez and Bob Dylan. Now, the Newport folk scene was turning her on to Muddy Waters, John Hammond Jr and Robert Johnson – and to the bewitching sound of the slide guitar. She soaked the label off a medicine bottle, placed her middle finger inside the glass and started to play. "I'm just one more kid who learned how to play the blues from being a fan," the 72-year-old tells me on a video call from her home in northern California. It is a modest statement for the first woman to have a Fender guitar launched in her honour. On Sunday, Raitt will receive a lifetime achievement award at the Grammys – a far cry from her DIY beginnings in the mid-60s, and a long overdue accolade. "My gameplan was just to follow my blues and jazz exemplars. Stay true to your art, do the best shows you can, keep going, don't worry about commercial success, and when you're 70 years old people will still want to come and see you," she says. Continue reading... |
| ‘You really hope they don’t have sex’: meet the man behind the Finnish answer to Lost in Translation Posted: 01 Apr 2022 12:00 AM PDT Juho Kuosmanen's new film Compartment No 6 won the Cannes Grand Prix last year. He talks of how it was received in Russia, his underdog status and whether he is a romantic I am speaking to the Finnish film-maker Juho Kuosmanen, director of the prize-winning new film Compartment No 6, under conditions very different from our previous encounter at last autumn's London film festival. That was a garrulous face-to-face chat about this film in the amiably chaotic surroundings of his central London distribution company. Now it's our two subdued faces side-by-side on a computer screen, as we dwell on the fact that the phrase "third world war" used to be an essentially comic phrase, or category error, or a piece of intentionally ironic numerical wrongness like "sixth sense" or "fifth horseman of the apocalypse". Compartment No 6 is set in the spring of 1998, the era that Kuosmanen says was Russia's hopeful moment, when Boris Nemtsov could have taken over from Boris Yeltsin as president. Laura, played by Seidi Haarla, is a lonely Finnish archaeology student, who is getting over an affair with her professor in Moscow, and takes a colossally long and arduous train journey to Murmansk in remote north-western Russia to study rock drawings there. She sits herself down in scuzzy compartment No 6, and finds herself opposite Ljoha, played by Yuriy Borisov, a drunk and obnoxious Russian guy who instantly starts pestering her. He appears awful. He is awful. And yet after this meet-uncute it becomes clear that he may not be so awful. It's a wonderful and thoroughly engaging film whose romantic element remains complex and elusive right to the very end of their epic train journey. Continue reading... |
| Posted: 31 Mar 2022 07:00 AM PDT The singer, poet and writer answers your questions about playing music with her children, being at her friend Allen Ginsberg's deathbed and maintaining hope in a troubled world Which bits of Because the Night were written by you, and which were by Bruce Springsteen? palfrey-man Jimmy Iovine was producing [1978 album] Easter and had given me this tape. Bruce had already put the song together and "Because the night belongs to lovers" was the chorus, but he had no verses. At the time, my boyfriend Fred "Sonic" Smith [of the MC5], who I later married, lived in Detroit and I lived in New York. Long distance calls were expensive and we weren't rich, so we'd set a time and speak once a week. One night, Fred didn't call. I was restlessly pacing about and I remembered this tape Jimmy wanted me to listen to. I thought: "Darn, this is a hit song." But it was very relatable. Fred finally called at midnight, by which time I had finished all the verses and the reprise/coda. That's why it says: "Have I doubt when I'm alone / love is a ring, the telephone." It's a love song to Fred. I couldn't talk to him, so I talked to him through the song. Bruce later wrote his own lyrics but always praised my version and the last time we sang it together, he sang my words instead of his, which was very nice of him. Continue reading... |
| The Guide #28: The winners and losers of ‘slapgate’ Posted: 01 Apr 2022 03:55 AM PDT In this week's newsletter: after days of bad tweets and red carpet reactions, here's the last word on the biggest Oscars moment of the decade Unless you've been living under a (Chris) Rock since last weekend, you'll no doubt have seen the shocking footage of Will Smith's Oscars outburst approximately 8,000 times already. In a fit of rage at a joke about wife Jada Pinkett Smith's short hair – caused by the autoimmune condition alopecia – Smith slapped the comic on stage at the awards, before dropping a series of f-bombs. The grim ruckus has been analysed every which way this week, with a series of famous names – from Nicki Minaj to, er, Keir Starmer and Rishi Sunak (cringe) – entering the fray to offer prognoses on Smith's career, or merely to throw shade. Continue reading... |
| In this game, vampires aren’t feral beasts – they’re the global elite Posted: 01 Apr 2022 01:30 AM PDT Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong casts the figurative bloodsuckers of our world as literal night-stalking vampires, invisibly controlling the world How do you make vampires feel menacing again? For game developer Big Bad Wolf, the answer was to make the living dead responsible for everything wrong with our world. In an age where the lines between conspiracy and reality are increasingly blurred, Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong makes things reassuringly explicable. Despite all our species' posturing, it turns out, an ancient council of vampires has been quietly pulling the strings for millennia. Slavery? A vampiric plan. Genocide? Vampires have profited from it, time and time again. In other words, what's truly terrifying about these vampires is that they aren't feral beasts, they're the world's elite – and you're utterly powerless to stop them. This refreshingly grownup vampire game uses this murky world of conspiracy and politics as its basis. Unlike the hugely male-dominated Dungeons and Dragons scene, Vampire: The Masquerade's dicey adventures attracts players in their 30s and 40s, of whom 40% are women. Handed the keys to the cult classic tabletop game, this French developer's upcoming adaptation feels suave, sophisticated and slightly erotic, set in a darkly glamorous fictional Boston. Continue reading... |
| Pedro Almodóvar on Will Smith at the Oscars: ‘The devil, in fact, doesn’t exist’ Posted: 31 Mar 2022 04:51 AM PDT The Spanish director's Oscars diary relays five hours at the 'freezing' Dolby theatre and disparages Denzel Washington's advice to Smith Pedro Almodóvar, whose film Parallel Mothers was nominated for two Oscars, has offered his verdict on this year's ceremony. In a lengthy awards-week diary for IndieWire, Almodóvar gave an insider's glimpse at proceedings from his seat in the stalls. Here, "very close to the protagonists" when Will Smith slapped Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife's alopecia, "what I saw and heard," wrote Almodóvar, "produced a feeling of absolute rejection in me." Continue reading... |
| Seth Meyers: ‘You really expect us to believe Congress could plan an orgy?’ Posted: 31 Mar 2022 08:15 AM PDT Late-night hosts discuss GOP fury over Madison Cawthorn's orgy claim, and the Academy's inquiry into the Oscars slap "There's a lot you can say about the modern Republican party – it's paranoid, authoritarian, obsessed with conspiracy theories and culture wars," said Seth Meyers on Wednesday's Late Night. "But in addition to that, it's also full of weird people constantly saying weird shit." Continue reading... |
| Why does it make me uneasy when straight women write TV about lesbians? | Emma Brockes Posted: 01 Apr 2022 12:00 AM PDT I know, I know: I sound bitter and chippy. But lesbianism is a very specific thing, not a proxy for feelings of outsiderdom To quote Nora Ephron in her take-down of Dorothy Schiff, I feel bad about what I'm going to do here. It's not a take-down, but still, I feel bad. I am probably in the wrong. I'm being all the things one is accused of in these instances, in good faith and bad: chippy, oversensitive, territorial, ungenerous and, as my mother would have said, looking for nonsense. I have tried to frame the following less as opinion than reporting. I am, merely, passing on a conversation presently taking place among lesbians who watch a lot of prestige TV and tend to notice who wrote it. But I can only maintain the delusion so far. At some point, neutrality gives way to something else. It's about Sally Wainwright – sort of – who of course, we all love. We love Wainwright because we love Sarah Lancashire and Suranne Jones, her two leading ladies. There isn't a lesbian in Britain who isn't in love with Suranne Jones. I have no opinion about this, I am simply reporting the facts. The same goes for Sarah Lancashire. Wainwright is justifiably one of the most beloved creators of TV in Britain. Last week, she was to be found in this paper promoting season two of Gentleman Jack, her BBC/HBO show about Anne Lister, the landowner who rocked around Yorkshire in the mid-19th century, enthusiastically seducing women. Lister has been styled, by HBO and others, as the "first modern lesbian". Continue reading... |
| No need for speed: does anyone care about a Top Gun sequel? Posted: 31 Mar 2022 06:58 AM PDT The much-delayed follow-up to the 1986 fan favourite is almost here, with Tom Cruise back as mentor, but it remains to be seen if audiences are willing to return to the skies Upon its release, Top Gun was a sensation. The highest-grossing film of the year, it sold 47m cinema tickets in America alone – enough to keep it playing on more than a thousand screens nationwide for five straight months – and shattered home media records. The film was instantly iconic, both for its aerial sequences and for the parts that Pauline Kael called "a shiny homoerotic commercial". If you ever want to watch the precise moment where Tom Cruise became Tom Cruise, you watch Top Gun. But that was 36 years ago, and much has changed since then. Tony Scott, the movie's director, died a decade ago. Tom Cruise became a megastar, lost it all in a bout of silliness then clawed his way back to the top. Top Gun as an entity has plummeted in relevance, too; overtaken by decades of bigger and flashier movies. Continue reading... |
| Don’t kick the president! Irish dancers Cairde go from TikTok to the White House Posted: 31 Mar 2022 12:41 PM PDT The seven-strong group are a huge social media success, leading to shows right in front of Joe Biden and at the Stade de France 'Our St Patrick's Day is like Christmas to Michael Bublé," says Dara Kelly of the viral Irish dancing group Cairde. "Three years ago, it was so much more relaxed and chill for everyone. But now, it's debatably the busiest time of the year for us." The seven dancers from the west of Ireland have just returned from the US where they performed at their most prestigious gig yet: a private reception at the White House with Joe Biden sat in the front row. Cairde, which is Irish for "friend", is made up of Dara Kelly and Ronan O'Connell, both 20, Ethan Quinton, Stephen McGuinness, Brian Culligan and Seamus Morrison, all 21, and Francis Fallon, 22. After many years of Irish dancing competitively, the group of best friends first came up with the idea for Cairde in 2017. But it wasn't until they made a TikTok account in July 2020 that it became official. "We were literally doing it for the craic," Culligan says. "And then once we had a few big videos, we said, 'Let's actually really commit ourselves to this.'" The dancers, who live together in Galway, now have more than 3m followers across all their social media platforms. Continue reading... |
| Experience: I’ve hugged half a million people around the world Posted: 01 Apr 2022 02:00 AM PDT People ask why I'm doing it – I say it makes me smile On the morning of 9/11, I woke to what should have been a beautiful day. I was a personal trainer in Philadelphia. As I prepared to head out on a bike ride, the world stopped. A bunch of friends gathered at my apartment to watch the news. All we could do was hug one another. The next day, I learned that one of my closest childhood friends, Kevin Bowser, had died in the World Trade Center, where he worked. He was 45 and had two children. The grief was so awful, I was determined to channel it into something with purpose. Continue reading... |
| Bar snacks and Oscars slaps – take the Thursday quiz Posted: 31 Mar 2022 03:00 AM PDT Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia plus a few jokes every Thursday – how will you fare? The news cycle goes around so fast these days I couldn't tell whether including that slap in the quiz would generate a groan of "Not more of this!" or a warm fuzzy feeling of nostalgia for something that happened as long as four whole days ago. Anyway, here are 15 general knowledge and vaguely topical questions for your perusal. You will encounter Kate Bush and Ron from Sparks and plenty of references to Doctor Who this week. Let us know how you got in the comments – it is just for fun, there are no prizes. The Thursday quiz, No 49 If you do think there has been an egregious error in one of the questions or answers, please feel free to email martin.belam@theguardian.com, but remember, the quiz master's word is always final, and you wouldn't want to get nominated for an Oscar for "most pointless email", would you? Continue reading... |
| Dining across the divide: ‘I enjoyed the conversation. That’s not to say I changed my mind’ Posted: 31 Mar 2022 04:30 AM PDT They dined out on Brexit, Priti Patel and the Windsors – but would they stomach each other's views on homeopathy? Bhupendra, 67, High Wycombe Occupation Retired pharmaceutical industry executive Continue reading... |
| ‘Mesmerising and tranquil, with dolphins everywhere’: readers’ favourite boat trips Posted: 31 Mar 2022 03:00 AM PDT Our tipsters revel in idyllic journeys on seas, canals and lakes from Panama to the Hebrides, though one Amsterdam jaunt proved less relaxing On sultry summer evenings in Tokyo, it can feel like you're sleeping under a sweaty horse … humid and oppressive. An evening yakatabune cruise is perfect for catching the breeze on the waters of Tokyo Bay. These small, traditional boats, necklaced with lanterns, have transported centuries of sightseers on moon-watching and cherry-blossom parties. Now, they offer sumptuous dinners afloat. As our flamboyant chefs tossed knives and chopped ingredients to prepare Edo-style food, we floated past the illuminated Rainbow Bridge, Tokyo Tower and the Skytree. We ate at low tables, and the atmosphere was cheery and relaxed, helped by free-flowing plum wine and cooling evening breezes. |
| Poetry in motion: my car-free break in Shakespeare country Posted: 30 Mar 2022 11:00 PM PDT Stratford makes a grand opener for Warwickshire's showreel of medieval forests, Tudor houses and civil war battlefields Arriving in Shakespeare's Forest of Arden, Celia in As You Like It declares: "I like this place. And willingly could waste my time in it." For a slow travel escape, Warwickshire is sometimes overshadowed by the neighbouring Cotswolds and Oxfordshire. But culturally, historically, geographically, it is Shakespeare's homeland and England's ancient heart. From Marylebone station, the train to Leamington Spa powers through the Chilterns in just under 90 minutes. Sheep-freckled farms slope up to grassy hill forts under circling red kites, and a fox runs through fields among white splashes of blackthorn blossom. The branch line for Stratford-upon-Avon signals a shift of tempo: Claverdon, Bearley, Wilmcote… the station names have an Elizabethan air. By lunchtime I'm climbing the Welcombe Hills, following part of the 625-mile Monarch's Way, a long-distance footpath tracing the route of King Charles II as he fled Cromwell's forces after the Battle of Worcester in 1651. Eleven miles of the route, heading north out of Stratford, will bring me to the village of Wootton Wawen, with its regular trains and buses. I reach an apple orchard and buy a bottle of pressed juice. Lunch, soon after, is garden salad and gooey treacle tart at The Farm. The Monarch's Way runs right past this popular shop and cafe, through fields of baby goats and highland cows, colourful plots of spring veg and a Gloucestershire Old Spot churning up a paddock ready for this summer's sunflowers. The afternoon miles pass quicker. In Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale, Autolycus the peddler first arrives on stage singing a song about "the sweet of the year", full of budding daffodils and tumbling in the hay, and exits with a verse about walking: Jog on, jog on, the footpath way / And merrily hent the stile-a / A merry heart goes all the day / Your sad tires in a mile-a. Continue reading... |
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| Biden outlines new measures to support transgender people amid discrimination Posted: 31 Mar 2022 08:15 AM PDT US will support mental health measures for young people and easier self-identification on federal forms The Biden administration is commemorating International Transgender Day of Visibility with new policy actions to support trans communities facing a wave of discriminative legislation at the state level. The newly announced measures will include policies aimed at improving mental health among trans children, helping trans people gain easier access to government services, and providing additional gender identification options at the airport. Continue reading... |
| Romney suggests cutting retirement benefits for younger Americans Posted: 31 Mar 2022 08:07 AM PDT Republican raises politically controversial idea of cutting future benefits for younger generations before they reach retirement age Former presidential candidate Mitt Romney has addressed the vexing question of how the US copes with its ageing population, suggesting that retirement benefits may have to be cut for younger Americans. In comments to the Senate budget committee on Wednesday, the Republican senator from Utah said that the spiraling costs of retirement programs had to be tackled to bring national debt under control. Romney raised the politically controversial idea of cutting benefits, but only for younger generations before they reach retirement age. Continue reading... |
| Trump swooped in to profit from White House photographer’s book deal – report Posted: 31 Mar 2022 03:37 PM PDT Ex-president blocked Shealah Craighead plan and then made up to $20m from publishing images in own memoir, New York Times says Donald Trump blocked plans by his chief White House photographer to publish a book of pictures of his time in power – then published a book of such images himself, the New York Times reported. One former White House photographer told the Times that by using Shealah Craighead's images for his own profit – with books selling for as much as $230, Trump is reported to have made $20m – the former president had dealt her "a slap in the face". Continue reading... |
| Five sets of fetal remains found in anti-abortion activist’s home, DC police say Posted: 31 Mar 2022 02:58 PM PDT Lauren Handy claims she gained access to organ bank at university in Seattle but authorities have not disclosed source of fetuses Five sets of human fetal remains were recovered from the Washington DC home of an anti-abortion activist after a raid, the capital's Metropolitan police department confirmed to the Guardian on Thursday. The activist, a woman named Lauren Handy, 28, is a leader of the group Progressive Anti-Abortion uprising (PAAU) and has described herself as a "Catholic anarchist" in the past. Continue reading... |
| How one determined Trader Joe’s shopper made this ugly orange go viral Posted: 31 Mar 2022 03:00 AM PDT Felt the unexpected urge to buy a large, dimply orange lately? Thank the Sumo orange evangelist of Trader Joe's – and TikTok It happens late in the season. A woman with long, salt-and-pepper hair stands in line at the Trader Joe's on 72nd Street in Manhattan, evangelizing to her fellow shoppers about the magic of Sumo oranges. We can't hear what she is saying, but whatever it is, it's effective. The camera pans: half the line has added Sumos to their carts. When she posted a video of the 16 March moment to TikTok, Elizabeth Venter, a 28-year-old clothing designer, never expected to spark a Sumo conversation. But 7.7m views later, Venter's video has precipitated a watershed moment for citrus on the internet. TikToks of first-time Sumo buyers specifically citing the influence of the anonymous New Yorker abound, with new converts reporting back from Florida and Virginia to California and beyond. Continue reading... |
| Tornadoes and severe storms whip through US south and midwest Posted: 31 Mar 2022 06:00 AM PDT High winds caused damage to buildings, power outages and forced evacuations from Michigan to Mississippi
No deaths had been reported from the storms as of Wednesday evening, officials said. About 185,000 customers were without electricity on Thursday morning in the wake of the storm along a band of states: Mississippi and Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky, Indiana and Ohio and Michigan, according to poweroutage.us, which tracks utilities. Continue reading... |
| Fox News hires ‘trailblazer’ Caitlyn Jenner as contributor Posted: 31 Mar 2022 08:57 AM PDT Conservative news channel says Jenner, who ran for California governor last year as a Republican, will be 'tremendous asset' Fox News says it has hired Caitlyn Jenner as a contributor, with her first appearance set for Thursday on Sean Hannity's program. Jenner, the former Olympic decathlete, ran an unsuccessful campaign for California governor last year. The network said she will offer commentary and analysis across various Fox News platforms. Continue reading... |
| Hillary Clinton and Democrats settle Steele dossier electoral case for $113,000 Posted: 31 Mar 2022 06:38 AM PDT Federal Election Commission had investigated alleged misreporting of expenditure by campaign during 2016 election
That is according to documents sent on Tuesday to the Coolidge Reagan Foundation, which had filed an administrative complaint in 2018 accusing the Democrats of misreporting payments made to a law firm during the 2016 campaign to obscure the spending. Continue reading... |
| Turkish prosecutor asks to halt trial for the murder of Saudi critic Jamal Khashoggi Posted: 31 Mar 2022 08:10 AM PDT Istanbul is seeking to mend ties with Saudi Arabia to bolster a struggling economy as it looks for foreign trade A Turkish prosecutor has moved to end the trial of the killers of Jamal Khashoggi nearly four years after aides to Saudi Arabia'a Crown Prince murdered and dismembered the dissident in the Kingdom's consulate in Istanbul, shelving the chance of convictions as Ankara seeks to mend ties with Riyadh. The move has been broadly seen as a political offering ahead of a mooted visit by Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan to Saudi Arabia in search of renewed trade and investment to boost Ankara's ailing economy. Continue reading... |
| Solomon Islands says security pact will not allow China to build military base Posted: 31 Mar 2022 08:06 PM PDT Micronesia joins Australia, New Zealand and US in expressing concerns over alliance as the two nations move toward signing agreement
Solomon Islands has said it won't allow China to build a military base as it seeks to counter international fears over its new security alliance with China. But that insistence will do little to ease concerns about the pact from the nation's traditional partners that include New Zealand, Australia and the United States. Continue reading... |
| Palestinian baby dies after treatment delayed by Israeli blockade of Gaza Posted: 31 Mar 2022 10:30 PM PDT Fatima al-Masri, a 19-month-old with a hole in her heart, waited five months for Israel to issue a permit allowing her to travel for treatment A 19-month-old child has died in Gaza after waiting for five months for Israel to grant her permission to leave the blockaded enclave for treatment. Human right groups said Israel's blockade of Gaza was responsible for the death of Fatima al-Masri, who was diagnosed last year with a hole in the heart and who died on Friday. Continue reading... |
| ‘The knowledge of our elders’: India’s living root bridges submitted to Unesco Posted: 01 Apr 2022 03:26 AM PDT Meghalaya state hopes for world heritage status for unique bridges, which can take decades to create India's famous living bridges – the roots of trees coaxed and stretched into the form of a suspension bridge over a river – have been submitted to Unesco's tentative list for the coveted world heritage site status. The mountainous state of Meghalaya in the north-east has more than 100 such bridges in 70 villages, unique structures created by a combination of nature and human ingenuity. Continue reading... |
| Covid lockdown extended in Shanghai as outbreaks put economy on the skids Posted: 31 Mar 2022 10:56 PM PDT China's largest city and financial powerhouse is struggling to cope with the country's worst outbreak since the start of the pandemic in Wuhan Shanghai has been plunged into an extended lockdown and some residents face another 10 days of isolation in their homes as China's strict zero-Covid policy threatens to derail the country's economy. The eastern half of China's biggest city had been due to emerge on Friday from a four-day lockdown aimed at crushing a persistent outbreak of the Omicron variant, but the extension was announced late on Thursday night. Continue reading... |
| Islamic State hostages were forced to fight each other, US court hears Posted: 31 Mar 2022 03:56 PM PDT Aid workers and journalists subjected to constant abuse, Federico Motka says at trial of El Shafee Elsheikh Aid workers and journalists taken hostage in Syria by a group of British Islamic State militants were forced to fight each other until they passed out, a US court has heard. The group of three British men, nicknamed "the Beatles" by their captives, took more than 20 westerners hostage at the height of IS's reign of terror between 2012 and 2015. El Shafee Elsheikh is on trial in Virginia, with prosecutors alleging he was the member nicknamed Ringo by the hostages. Continue reading... |
| World’s seabed regulator accused of ‘reckless’ failings over deep-sea mining Posted: 31 Mar 2022 11:15 PM PDT The ISA, obliged to frame industry rules by July 2023, is said to lack transparency and caution in preventing exploitation of the seabed The UN-affiliated organisation that oversees deep-sea mining, a controversial new industry, has been accused of failings of transparency after an independent body responsible for reporting on negotiations was kicked out. The International Seabed Authority (ISA) is meeting this week at its council headquarters in Kingston, Jamaica, to develop regulations for the fledgling industry. But it emerged this week that Earth Negotiations Bulletin (ENB), a division of the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD), which has covered previous ISA negotiations, had not had its contract renewed. Continue reading... |
| Swedish court dishes out justice after judge steals meatballs Posted: 31 Mar 2022 10:23 AM PDT Supreme court justice was fined 50,000 kronor after she was caught trying to hide a number of food items in Stockholm A supreme court justice in Sweden has been fined for shoplifting a Christmas ham and meatballs, among other items, the prosecutor in the case has said. The 67-year-old woman was caught by staff at a grocery store in central Stockholm a week before Christmas. Continue reading... |
| Sri Lanka: 50 injured as protesters try to storm president’s house amid economic crisis Posted: 31 Mar 2022 10:27 PM PDT Curfew lifted a day after 45 people were arrested when an angry crowd demanded the resignation of Gotabaya Rajapaksa Nearly 50 people were injured after authorities used teargas and water cannon to drive back a crowd that stormed the home of Sri Lankan president Gotabaya Rajapaksa, amid anger over the government's handling of the nation's deepening economic crisis. The crisis, the worst in living memory, has caused massive discontent, with people unable to find gas for cooking, medicines, fuel and basic items of food such as milk powder because the country has run out of foreign currency to pay for imported goods. Continue reading... |
| Europe faces a future of extreme droughts Posted: 31 Mar 2022 10:00 PM PDT Mitigation and adaptation measures are going to be crucial for future farming on the continent Summer 2018 was devastating for European farmers. Rainfall levels across much of central Europe were up to 80% less than normal, and temperatures soared to record-breaking levels. Wildfires broke out in Nordic countries and across much of the European continent crops produced their lowest yields in decades. But this wasn't the end of it. Parched conditions and soaring temperatures returned to much of Europe in summer 2019 and 2020 too. Now a new study reveals that this multi-year drought has set a new benchmark, gaining itself the unwelcome crown of being the most intense drought event for Europe in the past 250 years. Continue reading... |
| Cinema of Ukraine: artists reflect on modern history, culture and people Posted: 31 Mar 2022 04:00 AM PDT The Guardian is celebrating Ukrainian cinema with a specially curated selection of documentaries, made before the current war. Presented in collaboration with the Kyiv-based Docudays UA film festival, these award-winning movies offer insight into the modern history of the country, its culture and its people. In This Rain Will Never Stop, directed by Alina Gorlova, we meet 20-year-old Andriy Suleyman, who escaped Syria with his family and found refuge in Ukraine, his mother's homeland. Shot in striking black and white, the film is a sophisticated vision of war zones and the scars they leave. Having lived through the Maidan revolution, a pivotal moment in Ukrainian history, art has become a way for the radical cabaret act Dakh Daughters to reflect on the 2014 uprising while facing the harsh realities of today with wisdom and hope, as seen in Roses.Film-Cabaret, directed by Irena Stetsenko. School #3, directed by Yelizaveta Smith and Georg Genoux, invites pupils in Donbas to talk about the things that matter to them. Continue reading... |
| Australian ambassador to China denied entry to journalist Cheng Lei's Beijing trial – video Posted: 30 Mar 2022 10:25 PM PDT The national security trial of Australian journalist Cheng Lei is scheduled to begin in Beijing under tight security and behind closed doors – with foreign journalists and diplomats denied entry. A court official told the Australian ambassador in Beijing, Graham Fletcher, that he could not be admitted because the case involved 'state secrets' so the trial could not be public. Cheng, a former anchor for Chinese state TV broadcaster CGTN, has been detained for 19 months after a shock arrest in 2020 ► Subscribe to Guardian Australia on YouTube Continue reading... |
| Putin's advisers ‘afraid to tell him truth’ about Ukraine, says UK spy chief – video Posted: 31 Mar 2022 12:30 AM PDT The head of the British spy agency GCHQ has claimed that demoralised Russian soldiers in Ukraine were refusing to carry out orders, sabotaging their equipment and even accidentally shooting down their own aircraft. Sir Jeremy Fleming, in a speech given in Australia, said Vladimir Putin 'massively misjudged' his chances for a swift military victory in Ukraine and that his advisers were 'afraid to tell him the truth'
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| Zelenskiy says peace talks will continue with Russia but nothing is concrete – video Posted: 30 Mar 2022 07:08 PM PDT Volodymyr Zelenskiy has said peace talks with Russia are ongoing but nothing 'concrete' has come out of them. The Ukrainian leader said Russia is continuing to mass troops near Donbas and any withdrawal form near Kyiv was due to Ukrainian resistance. 'We know that this is not a withdrawal, but the consequences of... the work of our defenders,' he said. 'But we also see that at the same time there is an accumulation of Russian troops for new strikes in Donbas. And we are preparing for this.' Continue reading... |
| The week in wildlife – in pictures Posted: 01 Apr 2022 12:00 AM PDT The best of this week's wildlife pictures, including a fluffy egret chick, escaped ostriches and migrating crabs Continue reading... |
| Life Framer photography prize winners – in pictures Posted: 31 Mar 2022 11:00 PM PDT Life Framer is a platform for discovering and celebrating contemporary photography from amateur, emerging and professional artists around the globe. Its independent photography prize showcases images chosen across diverse themes by globally acclaimed judges, including photographers Bruce Gilden and Tim Flach Continue reading... |
| Pet portraits, primroses and politics: Thursday’s best photos Posted: 31 Mar 2022 05:59 AM PDT The Guardian's picture editors select highlights from around the world Continue reading... |
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