Month: January 2021

Read More The deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has prompted U.S. security officials to think the unthinkable as they scramble to secure Washington ahead of next week’s Inauguration: that the enemy is already inside the house. More than a dozen law enforcement officers and current and former military officials are reported…

Read More The deadly siege on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 has prompted U.S. security officials to think the unthinkable as they scramble to secure Washington ahead of next week’s Inauguration: that the enemy is already inside the house. More than a dozen law enforcement officers and current and former military officials are reported…

Read More New York Mayor warns city will fall short of its inoculation goals unless it gets more vaccine; Portugal announces lockdown; UK passes 100,000 deaths Coronavirus variant from UK ‘must not get out of hand’ warns EU US coronavirus death toll reaches new one-day high UK coronavirus deaths pass 100,000 after 1,564 reported in…

Read More New York Mayor warns city will fall short of its inoculation goals unless it gets more vaccine; Portugal announces lockdown; UK passes 100,000 deaths Coronavirus variant from UK ‘must not get out of hand’ warns EU US coronavirus death toll reaches new one-day high UK coronavirus deaths pass 100,000 after 1,564 reported in…

Read More New York Mayor warns city will fall short of its inoculation goals unless it gets more vaccine; Portugal announces lockdown; UK passes 100,000 deaths Coronavirus variant from UK ‘must not get out of hand’ warns EU US coronavirus death toll reaches new one-day high UK coronavirus deaths pass 100,000 after 1,564 reported in…

Read MoreGuy Coates, a retired Associated Press correspondent in Louisiana, has died at the age of 80Guy Coates, a retired Associated Press correspondent in Louisiana, has died at the age of 80

Read MoreGuy Coates, a retired Associated Press correspondent in Louisiana, has died at the age of 80Guy Coates, a retired Associated Press correspondent in Louisiana, has died at the age of 80

Read MoreGuy Coates, a retired Associated Press correspondent in Louisiana, has died at the age of 80Guy Coates, a retired Associated Press correspondent in Louisiana, has died at the age of 80

Read More The state’s vaccination plan has been painfully slow – but now every Californian aged 65 and older is eligible for the vaccine California leaders are facing mounting pressure to speed up distribution of the new coronavirus vaccine, announcing major steps this week to makes doses available to more people. On Wednesday the state’s…

Read More The state’s vaccination plan has been painfully slow – but now every Californian aged 65 and older is eligible for the vaccine California leaders are facing mounting pressure to speed up distribution of the new coronavirus vaccine, announcing major steps this week to makes doses available to more people. On Wednesday the state’s…

Read More The state’s vaccination plan has been painfully slow – but now every Californian aged 65 and older is eligible for the vaccine California leaders are facing mounting pressure to speed up distribution of the new coronavirus vaccine, announcing major steps this week to makes doses available to more people. On Wednesday the state’s…

Read More Conservationist on a remote Papua New Guinean island finds message from American girl thrown overboard more than 2,500km away This bottle was different. Glass, with its lid sealed tight, it contained a handful of rice grains and a few seashells. And a note. In November, on the remote Conflict Islands of Papua New…

Read More Conservationist on a remote Papua New Guinean island finds message from American girl thrown overboard more than 2,500km away This bottle was different. Glass, with its lid sealed tight, it contained a handful of rice grains and a few seashells. And a note. In November, on the remote Conflict Islands of Papua New…

Read More Conservationist on a remote Papua New Guinean island finds message from American girl thrown overboard more than 2,500km away This bottle was different. Glass, with its lid sealed tight, it contained a handful of rice grains and a few seashells. And a note. In November, on the remote Conflict Islands of Papua New…

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Read More BONN, Germany, Jan 13 (IPS) – 2021 is going to be critical, not only for curbing the rapidly spreading COVID-19 pandemic, but also for meeting the climate challenge. But as Dr Fatih Birol, Executive Director of the International Energy Agency (IEA) was clear to point out, the climate challenge is essentially an energy…

Read More Hillcrest High School in Queens, New York, opened on Sunday as one of three sites to vaccinate a combined 5,000 to 7,000 eligible residents per day, writes Danielle Zoellner Hillcrest High School in Queens, New York, opened on Sunday as one of three sites to vaccinate a combined 5,000 to 7,000 eligible residents…

Read More NSW Health urges anyone who has been at Brisbane’s Hotel Grand Chancellor as a returned traveller or worker to immediately get tested and isolate. Follow all the updates, live State by state restrictions explained Covid hotspots Victoria; NSW hotspots; Queensland hotspots NSW and Sydney trend map: where cases are rising or falling Follow…

Read More TUC say responses highlight rapid reversal in gender equality that could take decades to repair More than 70% of working mothers who asked to be furloughed for childcare reasons since schools shut have been refused, according to a survey that experts said highlighted a rapid reversal in gender equality that will take decades…

Read More Internet users debate whether sculptor captured ‘soul’ of his subjects Internet users debate whether sculptor captured ‘soul’ of his subjects

Read MoreDonald Trump becomes first president in US history to be impeached twice.Donald Trump becomes first president in US history to be impeached twice.

Read MoreViolence breaks out as hundreds gather at a police station over the death of a 23 year old in custody.Violence breaks out as hundreds gather at a police station over the death of a 23 year old in custody.

Read More The speech will be a central piece of evidence in both support and defence of the charge of incitement The speech will be a central piece of evidence in both support and defence of the charge of incitement

Read More Trump’s fiery speech at a rally just before the attack on the Capitol is at the center of the impeachment charge against him Donald Trump’s fiery speech at a rally just before the attack on the Capitol is at the center of the impeachment charge against him, even as the falsehoods he spread…

Read More Some of those who entered the building searched for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and chanted for Vice President Mike Pence to be hanged Some of those who entered the building searched for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and chanted for Vice President Mike Pence to be hanged

Read More Trailblazing photojournalist, regularly published in Picture Post, documented life in post-war Britain and up to the 90s “Gentle pictures are probably dead as a dodo today,” Grace Robertson, the photographer who has died aged 90, told the Guardian in 2010, “but back then it was different.” Back then was the 1950s, when Grace…

Read More Picture of wild pig made at least 45,500 years ago provides earliest evidence of human settlement in region Archaeologists have discovered the world’s oldest known cave painting: a life-sized picture of a wild pig that was made at least 45,500 years ago in Indonesia. The finding described in the journal Science Advances on…

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Read More Jan 13 (IPS) – The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated food insecurity and disrupted food systems and food supply chains in developed and developing countries alike. In the United States, millions of Americans struggle to put food on the table. Around the world, according to the United Nations over 270 million are hungry, and…

Read More It is misleading to suggest that elaborate lies are “theories”, writes Harriet Friedmann – it’s time to change the discourse I was pleased when the Guardian began to use the phrase “global heating” instead of “global warming”. In the same vein, I ask you to reconsider repeated use of the term “conspiracy theory”…

Read More Loss of Matteo Renzi’s Italia Viva party comes as country struggles with Covid and economic crises Italy has been plunged into chaos after former prime minister Matteo Renzi withdrew his Italia Viva party from the country’s ruling coalition in a largely unpopular move that could lead to fresh elections. The political meltdown, which…

Read MoreNigel Ng, who is known for his food videos, said he had not known his colleague’s political views.Nigel Ng, who is known for his food videos, said he had not known his colleague’s political views.

Read More In the wake of a violent mob, incited by President Donald Trump, storming the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., many involved in the assault have yet to be arrested. This despite the fact that many have been possibly identified by others online in a fervent effort to bring the perpetrators to justice. What…