Month: August 2020

Read MorePreservationists raise alarm as Egypt government drives highways through cemeteries where sultans and saints are buried.Preservationists raise alarm as Egypt government drives highways through cemeteries where sultans and saints are buried.

Read MoreNick Kyrgios withdraws from the US Open citing safety fears caused by the coronavirus pandemic.Nick Kyrgios withdraws from the US Open citing safety fears caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

Read More A T-72 main battle tank belonging to 205th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade caught fire during large-scale tactical drills running in Russia’s south. A video of the flaming tank, which was being circulated on Twitter and Youtube, appears to have been made on 19 July. The tank unit has taken part in combat training…

Read More The Victorian premier, Daniel Andrews, has announced tough new restrictions for metropolitan Melbourne, including an overnight curfew Coronavirus Australia map: tracking new cases, Covid-19 stats and live data by state Victoria and Melbourne coronavirus map: where Covid-19 cases are rising or falling Sign up for Guardian Australia’s coronavirus email Stage four restrictions have…

Read More Proposals to install low-energy devices in seven coastal beacons in the north and the republic have angered campaigners, who say the enchanting ‘loom’ of the beams will be lost The “loom of the light” is a phenomenon that lets you see the glow of a lighthouse from over the horizon. Particles of water…

Read More Grigory Rodchenkov was head of Russia’s ‘anti-doping’ centre but, in 2015, he fled to the US. He talks to the Observer’s former Moscow correspondent about the lies, the truth and life on the run The man in front of me is wearing a disguise. We are talking on Skype. I’m at my home…

Read More New graduates and school leavers across the UK have paid the price of lockdown, says survey Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage Young people across Britain believe their future has been “stolen” as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, with more than half fearing it has damaged their prospects. Amid…

Read More Kenyan activist Phyllis Omido has been ignored, harassed and arrested, but she never gave up. Kenyan activist Phyllis Omido has been ignored, harassed and arrested, but she never gave up.

Read More Trump’s 2017 reversal of Obama’s order allowed county sheriff to acquire vehicle by answering questionnaire, documents show A sheriff’s department in a remote rural California county with only 18,000 people, no incorporated cities, few sworn officers and almost no crime, was able to obtain a second military-grade MRAP armored vehicle in 2017 by…

Read MoreExclusive: Countries need to ‘take seriously the different roles that women can play in terrorist groups’, senior official saysExclusive: Countries need to ‘take seriously the different roles that women can play in terrorist groups’, senior official says

Read More Dissidents urge united stand against Chinese and look to eastern bloc tactics for inspiration Prominent Hong Kong democracy activists have responded to China’s crackdown on opposition politicians, student campaigners and tenured academics by considering tactics that would have seemed exaggerated in the open city a few months ago. The student leader Nathan Law,…

Read More David Goldblatt’s photo essay from 1972 is a key document of an era. Now he is the subject of a major show in London The photographer David Goldblatt, the great chronicler of the apartheid era in South Africa, is to be celebrated by one of the first London art galleries to re‑open this…

Read More Jones, set to be one of the first openly gay, Black members of Congress, will likely join growing group of diverse Democrats Growing up in the New York suburbs, Mondaire Jones could not imagine himself running for public office. But after declaring victory in the Democratic primary for New York’s 17th congressional district…

Read MoreThe Australian state’s premier says “we must go harder” after a surge in new coronavirus infections.The Australian state’s premier says “we must go harder” after a surge in new coronavirus infections.

Read MoreMove part of growing interest in recognising contributions of people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.Move part of growing interest in recognising contributions of people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities.

Read More Gloucestershire police say they have broken up an event in the forest and warned others to stay away Police have warned people to stay away from the Forest of Dean, where they have been forced to break up a rave attended by a “large volume” of partygoers. Gloucestershire police said in a tweet…

Read More Anger is growing on the left after Labour peerages were blocked, as Lord Fowler, a Tory, criticised the chamber’s expansion Jeremy Corbyn has raised renewed concerns over the decision to reject his nominees for seats in the House of Lords, amid anger on the left over a raft of peerages announced last week.…

Read More Documentary reveals evidence confirming a British spy’s role in restoring the Shah in 1953 – and how the Observer exposed the plot The hidden role of a British secret service officer who led the coup that permanently altered the Middle East is to be revealed for the first time since an Observer news…

Read More Hassan Akkad fled Damascus after he was tortured by Assad’s regime. But nothing prepared him for his job as a cleaner on a Covid-19 ward in London… There have been times in the past 10 years, Hassan Akkad says, that his life has felt more like a movie. Thinking that occasionally kept him…

Read More A consultant for Bush and Romney laments the fate of his party and sees heavy defeat as the best medicine to hope for Stuart Stevens’ It Was All a Lie is a sustained attack, both jeremiad and confession, on the Republican party he served for 40 years. His is the hand at Belshazzar’s…

Read More A consultant for Bush and Romney laments the fate of his party and sees heavy defeat as the best medicine to hope forStuart Stevens’ It Was All a Lie is a sustained attack, both jeremiad and confession, on the Republican party he served for 40 years. His is the hand at Belshazzar’s political…

Read More What happened after the fall of the Berlin Wall involved money, and lots of it Before the government was forced into locking down British regions, it wanted to level them up, closing productivity gaps between north and south. That’s a valuable objective, reinforced by new research on UK regional inequality from academics appropriately…

Read More A showdown looms in the fight for control of the country – with Africa’s largest oilfields as the prize In August 2011, as Libya’s rebels and Nato jets began an assault on Tripoli, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi delivered a speech calling on his supporters to defend the country from foreign invaders. “There is a…

Read More Surging ‘mystery cases’ put Melbourne in stage 4 restrictions; media banned from Republican convention; Mexico deaths are world’s third highest Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage The Australian state of Victoria has declared a state of disaster and placed Melbourne, the country’s second biggest city, under nighttime curfew as it…

Read More Victorian premier Daniel Andrews has announced stage 4 lockdown measures for the state. The new, stricter measures include an evening curfew across Melbourne from 8pm to 5am banning people from leaving their home at night except to work or give or receive care.  Victoria announces Melbourne stage 4 coronavirus lockdown restrictions Coronavirus live…

Read More Images show dozens of surfers about 10 metres from whales, which migrate up and down the Australian coast A humpback whale calf, closely followed by its mother, came within metres of surfers and swimmers at Manly Beach, north of Sydney, on Sunday afternoon. It is unusual to see a whale calf so early…

Read More Early bands of heavy rain from Isaias lashed Florida’s east coast before dawn Sunday as authorities warily eyed the approaching storm, which threatened to snarl efforts to quell surging cases of the coronavirus across the region. Isaias weakened from a hurricane to a tropical storm late Saturday afternoon, but was expected to regain…

Read More NSW premier says masks ‘strongly recommended’ in certain circumstances as state announces 12 new cases New South Wales authorities have urged people in the state to wear face masks in certain circumstances after two workers at a western Sydney childcare centre contracted coronavirus from an unknown source. Twelve new cases were reported in…

Read MoreImages from space show there were nearly 7,000 in July – a rise of 28% on the same period last year.Images from space show there were nearly 7,000 in July – a rise of 28% on the same period last year.

Read More The crew from the SpaceX commercial flight will land off Florida on Sunday as Hurricane Isaias fears ease Two Nasa astronauts are preparing to make the first splashdown return to Earth in 45 years as the threat posed by Hurricane Isaias off the coast of Florida eased. Robert Behnken and Douglas Hurley are…

Read MoreHeat wave alerts were issued in several countries as temperatures rose to 40C this weekend.Heat wave alerts were issued in several countries as temperatures rose to 40C this weekend.

Read MoreEasing of many restrictions to boost faltering economy has contributed in the spike in cases over the last two months.Easing of many restrictions to boost faltering economy has contributed in the spike in cases over the last two months.

Read MoreSouth Africa has more than 50 percent of all infections in entire African continent; Mexico logs new daily record cases.South Africa has more than 50 percent of all infections in entire African continent; Mexico logs new daily record cases.

Read More Despite the arrest of hundreds of people, including two of the main opposition candidates, will Europe’s last dictator, Aliaksandr Lukashenka, fall in the upcoming election?Despite the arrest of hundreds of people, including two of the main opposition candidates, will Europe’s last dictator, Aliaksandr Lukashenka, fall in the upcoming election?

Read More In a modern first, the press will not be present when the GOP votes to renominate Donald Trump for president The media will be barred from the Republican national convention where Donald Trump is set to be renominated as presidential candidate later this month, a spokeswoman said on Saturday, citing coronavirus restrictions. While…