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Thursday, April 30, 2020
Dead bodies are lying at home and in the streets of Guayaquil, Ecuador, a city so hard-hit by coronavirus that overfilled hospitals are turning away even very ill patients and funeral homes are unavailable for burial.
First Canadian federal assessment of Arctic Ocean finds drastic change | It's 33% less salty than in 2003 and about 30% more acidic — enough to dissolve the shells of some small molluscs. The Beaufort Gyre, a vast circular current that has alternated direction every decade, hasn't switched in 19 yrs
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has told billionaire Andrew Forrest to stay away from foreign affairs, accusing him of providing false information about the origins of coronavirus.
Sudan’s new government has outlawed the practice of female genital mutilation, a move hailed as a major victory by women’s rights campaigners in a country where the often dangerous practice is widespread.
Coronavirus not manmade, still studying lab theory; U.S. intelligence agencies are debunking a conspiracy theory, saying they have concluded that the new coronavirus was “not manmade or genetically modified”
Cops discover up to 100 decomposing bodies in U-Haul trucks outside Brooklyn funeral home after neighbors complained they could 'smell death' and that corpses had been 'mounting up for weeks'.
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg has donated a $100,000 prize she won from a Danish foundation to the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) for use against the COVID-19 pandemic, the world body said Thursday
Wednesday, April 29, 2020
Former Australian foreign minister Alexander Downer says the Chinese ambassador's conduct is almost unprecedented- calls out the coronavirus inquiry warning to Australia as ‘reckless, undiplomatic'.
People are questioning photos showing crowded public places, saying basic camera tricks are making it look like people are ignoring social distancing orders: The debate began when a Danish news site published side-by-side photos of various public areas in Copenhagen.
Billionaire Kerry Stokes has used the front page of The West Australian newspaper to call on the Australian PM to appease China's anger at Australia's push for inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic - Stokes also mounted a defence of the exotic animal wet markets
Amazon has bought cameras to take temperatures of workers during the coronavirus pandemic from a Chinese firm the United States blacklisted over allegations it helped China detain and monitor Uighurs and other Muslim minorities
Billionaire miner Andrew Forrest accused of ambushing Australian government after he parachuted one of China’s top diplomats into an official event, blindsiding Health Minister Greg Hunt...by inviting Victorian China Consul-General Zhou Long to speak alongside him.
China's Zijin Mining has warned Papua New Guinea that its failure to renew the lease of a gold mine could damage bilateral relations - PNG said it would not renew a 20-year mining lease, citing environmental damage and social unrest even as gold prices have soared to more than seven-year highs
Uganda Uses Coronavirus Rules To Raid An LGBTQ Shelter And Jail Residents | The LGBTQ shelter had more than 10 residents, so the group was charged with facilitating the spread of an infectious disease.
China has lashed out at Scott Morrison as deserving ‘a slap in the face’ for trying to blame the COVID-19 pandemic on the communist state, warning any push for an independent inquiry into the virus’ origins will spark a travel and trade boycott.
Tuesday, April 28, 2020
Oxford University says it is cutting its ties to the fossil fuel industry - The institution will also ask its fund managers to show evidence of net zero carbon business plans
India has scrapped an order for half a million coronavirus testing kits from China after they were allegedly found to have just a five per cent accuracy rate. Some of the 'faulty' kits were already in use in several states but have now been withdrawn by the country's government.
Taiwan has called on Australia to back its campaign to join the World Health Organisation, despite China's objections, arguing it has much to teach the world about tackling coronavirus.
Russian football player faces punishment from team after he harshly criticizied President Vladimir Putin and other Russian authorities over response to pandemic.“What the president says on television is all nonsense. There are no real actions."
Prague mayor in protection after alleged assassin poison plot: The mayor of Prague confirmed he is under police protection a day after a Czech investigative magazine reported a Russian assassin had entered the country allegedly planning to kill him with poison.
UN warns countries not to abuse coronavirus restrictions — The United Nations human rights office is warning countries that efforts to protect civilian populations and limit the spread of coronavirus must not morph into weapons for governments to tighten their grip on power.
Pregnant woman turned away from two hospitals in Guangzhou, China as they don't treat Africans; The video shows the nurse turning the couple away from the entrance without letting them see a doctors
World Health Organisation guidelines on social distancing in hospitals and other healthcare facilities are based on poor, outdated evidence, a landmark Australian and US scientific review has found.
Giant new Russian cathedral glorifies Putin and Stalin in mosaics — Russia is planning to open a huge cathedral with mosaics depicting Vladimir Putin and Joseph Stalin, as well as the annexation of Crimea, on the 75th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi Germany next month.
Monday, April 27, 2020
Brazil's Supreme Court authorizes investigation of Bolsonaro| Brazil’s Supreme Court has authorized an investigation into whether Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro committed crimes by allegedly attempting to interfere with the Federal Police
Philippines urged to go on joint patrols with Malaysia, Vietnam to show united front vs China: The Philippines should carry out joint patrols in the South China Sea against China, which is using the COVID-19 pandemic as a smokescreen for its continued aggression in the disputed waters.
A 37-year-old man suspected of being a member of jihadist group Islamic State has gone on trial in Frankfurt Germany accused of genocide and murdering a young Yazidi girl. Taha al-J is accused of enslaving the five year old, chaining her up and leaving her to die of thirst
Sweden has closed the country’s last coal-fired power station two years ahead of schedule. It becomes the third European country to exit coal completely after Belgium closed its last coal power station in 2016, and Austria ended its final coal-fired energy operations earlier this month.
Iceland won't be killing any whales this year: one company will stop altogether, while the largest whaling company in the country has halted its operations for the 2nd year in a row
Clergy criticise tax-haven firms seeking coronavirus cash - Senior members of the clergy including Rowan Williams, the former archbishop of Canterbury, have said the UK government should refuse to provide coronavirus bailouts to any companies registered in offshore tax havens.
Russian doctor falls to her death from hospital window 'after being blamed for spread of Covid-19 at cosmonaut training facility' - days after medic who reported PPE shortages also plunged from a window
Sunday, April 26, 2020
'Heads we win, tails you lose': how America's rich have turned pandemic into profit | As 26 million Americans lose their jobs, the billionaire class has added $308bn to its wealth
‘Filthy bloody business:’ Poachers kill more animals as coronavirus crushes tourism to Africa. In Botswana, at least six rhinos have been poached since the virus shut down tourism there. In the northwest South Africa, at least nine rhinos have been killed since the virus lockdown.
Foreign Minister Marise Payne has slapped down a threat from Beijing that Australia's call for a global independent review into the coronavirus pandemic would result in a Chinese consumer boycott
Coronavirus fears prompt new fines - People who deliberately spit, sneeze or cough on frontline workers will be fined up to $13,000 in Queensland Australia
Releasing bison, reindeer and horses into the Arctic would slow warming, say scientists. A computerised simulation of conditions at the polar region found that with enough wildlife, 80 per cent of the world’s permafrost soils could be saved, preventing a vicious circle of environmental catastrophe.
Pompeii ruins show Romans invented recycling: Researchers at Pompeii, the city buried under a thick carpet of volcanic ash when Vesuvius erupted in 79 AD, have found that huge mounds of refuse apparently dumped outside city walls were in fact “staging grounds for cycles of use and reuse”.
First wild stork chicks to hatch in Britain for centuries expected to emerge next month after three pairs of huge white birds built nests in West Sussex. Disdaining platforms constructed especially for them, storks created stick nests in heights of oak trees on Knepp estate.
Don't forget 'deeper emergency', says UN chief | "Biodiversity is in steep decline," Mr Guterres stated. "Climate disruption is approaching a point of no return." Guterres is now proposing six climate-related actions that should shape the recovery after the virus.
Saturday, April 25, 2020
Brazil's Federal Police named Carlos Bolsonaro, son of President Jair Bolsonaro, as an organizer of a criminal scheme that spread fake news. The Supreme Court conducted the investigation
Gaza factories roar back to life to make protective wear — For first time in years, sewing factories in the Gaza Strip, home to 2 million people, are back to working at full capacity — producing masks, gloves and protective gowns, some bound for Israel. “We feel we are doing a humanitarian duty.”
Tibetan Language Diminished as Schools Switch to Mandarin — Children in the Tibetan Autonomous Region are losing fluency in the Tibetan language as schools in the region are increasingly teaching subjects in Mandarin on Chinese government orders, according to Radio Free Asia.
Don't forget 'deeper emergency', says UN chief | "Biodiversity is in steep decline," Mr Guterres stated. "Climate disruption is approaching a point of no return. We must act decisively to protect our planet from both the coronavirus and the existential threat of climate disruption."
Belgium's farmers exhorted countrymen to step up to plate and eat frites twice a week to demolish 750,000-tonne potato surplus built up because of coronavirus. Frites, a kind of chip that is fried twice, are national dish in Belgium, where they're regularly paired with mayonnaise and mussels.
The Church of England’s investment arm has urged shareholders in ExxonMobil to vote against re-electing the oil company’s entire board for failing to take action on the climate crisis.
Boris Johnson is under growing pressure from his own party to reset Britain's relationship with China and axe the controversial deal with Huawei - after Beijing "consistently lied" about the pandemic and failed to "face up to its responsibilities."
Believers tortured to renounce their faith in Xinjiang’s camps. Along with Muslims, members of The Church of Almighty God, Jehovah’s Witnesses, and other persecuted groups are also sent to internment camps for “transformation.”
Friday, April 24, 2020
Largest ever assessment of long-term insect abundance found there has been nearly 25% decrease of land-dwelling bugs like ants, butterflies and grasshoppers over past 30 years...revelation inspired fresh demands for urgent international action to tackle decades-long, human-caused "bugpocalypse."
The Scottish government has published a bill that would decriminalise blasphemy, more than 175 years after the last case was prosecuted. New law will also offer wider protection against race, sex, age and religious discrimination.
The Federation of German Food and Drink Industries (BVE) said the coronavirus pandemic has exposed poor cooking skills among Germans. Germans reliance on fast food and pre-cooked meals has left them with limited culinary skills when they need them most.
One million respirators acquired from China unfit for coronavirus fight; Canada's public health authority says around one million KN95 respirators acquired from China have failed to meet federal Covid-19 standards for use by frontline health professionals
Writing in The Economist, Bill Gates notes that a future coronavirus vaccine may be the fastest humankind has ever gone from recognising a new disease to immunising against it
Canada's public health authority says around one million KN95 respirators acquired from China have failed to meet federal Covid-19 standards for use by frontline health professionals
Thursday, April 23, 2020
70+ Groups Demand Trump Immediately End US Sanctions Against Iran, Venezuela, Cuba, and Others During Covid-19 Crisis: "In a context of global pandemic, impeding medical efforts in one country heightens the risk for all of us."
A North Korean defector shot by a Chinese border guard has tested positive for COVID-19. The man was trying to cross the Tumen River into China when he was shot and wounded by the border guard.
US announces millions in aid for resource-rich Greenland. The aid comes after President Donald Trump expressed an interest in buying Greenland last August - an idea dismissed by Denmark as "absurd".
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