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![]() More than 700 pelicans found dead in Senegal world heritage site World news | The Guardian 28 Jan 2021 02:04 am Rangers are investigating mystery deaths at Djoudj bird sanctuary, a migratory pitstop for hundreds of bird speciesSeven hundred and fifty pelicans have been found dead in a Unesco world heritage site in northern Senegal that provides refuge for millions of migratory birds, the country’s parks director has said.Rangers found the pelicans on Saturday in the Djoudj bird sanctuary, a remote pocket of wetland near the border with Mauritania and a resting place for birds that cross the Sahara into west Africa each year. Continue reading... Read more... |
![]() Australia news live: Queensland to reopen border to NSW as Australia weighs up NZ travel bubble World news | The Guardian 28 Jan 2021 02:01 am Victoria could open travel to all of Sydney from tomorrow as NSW reports no new local Covid cases; Queensland government calls for jobkeeper to be extended for tourism industry. Follow the latest updates live• NSW hotspots; State-by-state restrictions and rules explained • Qld to reopen border to all of NSW on 1 February • Follow the global coronavirus liveblog 1.01am GMT Pfizer has told the senate Covid-19 committee that they are on track to deliver their first vaccines to Australia by late February, but say the supply agreement is confidential.Pfizer tells the Covid committee they're on track to deliver first... Read more... |
![]() Japan faces Olympian task with slow start to Covid vaccinations World news | The Guardian 28 Jan 2021 02:00 am With a vaccine-hesitant public and jabs yet to begin, there are fears immunisations are off the paceCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJapan was among the first countries to report cases of Covid-19 after the world was alerted to the virus in December 2019. But just over a year later, it is the last major economy to deploy a vaccine – a measure widely acknowledged as the best hope for a return to something resembling normal life.The first round of jabs is not expected to begin in Japan until the end of February, months after the US and UK... Read more... |
![]() Senators consider censure as Trump impeachment conviction looks unlikely – live World news | The Guardian 28 Jan 2021 01:51 am Biden announces plan to tackle climate crisis – video‘Letting science speak again’: Covid experts lead taskforce briefingMost Americans must wait months for vaccine, taskforce warnsHomeland Security issues rare warning on US domestic terrorismSign up to receive First Thing – our daily briefing by email 12.51am GMT Here’s a recap of today, from me and Jessica Glenza: 12.14am GMT The San Francisco school board has voted to remove the names of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Dianne Feinstein and a number of other politicians, conquistadors and historical figures from public schools after officials deemed them unworthy of the honor.After months of... Read more... |
![]() Coronavirus live news: WHO says Covid 'war' can be won; White House predicts 90,000 more deaths by March World news | The Guardian 28 Jan 2021 01:49 am US CDC chief says 90,000 could die in next four weeks; Madrid health authorities pause vaccinations amid supply issues; ‘We are in the fight of our lives,’ says WHOBritain and EU clash over claims to UK-produced Covid vaccineCanada: backlash after millionaire got jab meant for Indigenous peopleGermany expected to tighten borders to control spread of variantsChina to use anal swabs to test for Covid in high infection areas 12.49am GMT Former tennis world No 1 Serena Williams has praised Australia’s “insane” quarantine procedures ahead of the Australia Open.In an interview with late night US TV host Stephen Colbert the 23-time... Read more... |
![]() Cloris Leachman, who played Phyllis in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, dies at age 94 World news | The Guardian 28 Jan 2021 00:00 am She won an Oscar for The Last Picture Show and Emmys for her TV series workCloris Leachman, a character actor whose depth of talent brought her an Oscar for the The Last Picture Show and Emmys for her comedic work in The Mary Tyler Moore Show and other TV series, has died. She was 94.Leachman died of natural causes at her home in Encinitas, California, publicist Monique Moss said Wednesday. Her daughter was at her side, Moss said. Continue reading... Read more... |
![]() 'We can't wait any longer': Biden announces plan to tackle 'existential' climate crisis – video World news | The Guardian 27 Jan 2021 23:00 pm In a sharp 180-degree turn from the Trump administration, Joe Biden signed a series of executive orders to address the 'existential threat' of the climate crisis. Biden insisted his climate plan would create millions of new 'clean' jobs to replace those lost in the coal and oil industriesBiden signals radical shift from Trump era with executive orders on climate changeUS politics live Continue reading... Read more... |
![]() Who drank all the milk? Pundits make a meal of Bolsonaro's breakfast habits World news | The Guardian 27 Jan 2021 22:11 pm The Brazilian president is partial to a humble tin of condensed milk – but did his government really need to spend $2.9m on it?It is one of the linchpins of Jair Bolsonaro’s populist struggle to portray himself as a no-frills man of the people: a fist-sized tin of condensed milk costing about $0.80 a pop.Since his shock 2018 election Brazil’s president has repeatedly appeared dousing his breakfast roll with the sugar-laden liquid – most famously during a morning meal with Donald Trump’s national security adviser, John Bolton. Continue reading... Read more... |
![]() Amanda Gorman signs modeling contract after star turn at inauguration World news | The Guardian 27 Jan 2021 21:56 pm Already a fashion sensation, the 22-year-old joins IMG Models, the same agency as Gigi and Bella HadidAmanda Gorman, whose performance of her poem The Hill We Climb during Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration drew widespread praise, has signed to IMG Models, the same agency as Gigi and Bella Hadid.The 22-year-old US national youth poet laureate, has already become a fashion sensation. The red satin Prada headband she wore during the inauguration ceremony led to the item selling out, while her yellow coat (also Prada) caused searches for “yellow coats” to increase 1,328% (according to fashion search engine Lyst) in the wake... Read more... |
![]() Government lawyer tells court M15 officers could authorise murder World news | The Guardian 27 Jan 2021 21:39 pm Admission came hours before bill allowing continuation of controversial powers passed the CommonsGovernment lawyers have told a court that MI5 officers could authorise an informer to carry out a murder under controversial powers that ministers want to see continued contained in a bill that passed the Commons hours later.The admission came in a court of appeal hearing on Wednesday when Sir James Eadie, representing the government, was asked if there was “a power for a Security Service officer to authorise an agent to execute an extremely hostile individual”. Continue reading... Read more... |