As Coronavirus Keeps the West at Bay, China Moves to Tame Hong Kong
An emboldened China and its leader, Xi Jinping, assert themselves on national security, in line with Mr. Xi’s vision for a “great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.”
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Aaron Judge’s girlfriend Samantha Bracksieck name-dropped the famous Yankees slugger to try to get out of her DUI arrest, sobbing, “This is going to be so bad.”
Bracksieck, 26, wept to cops in Scottsdale, Arizona, over the bad p.r. she believed her arrest would bring for the famous right fielder, body camera footage obtained by The Post shows.
“Do you know who my boyfriend is? This is going to be bad for me. I’m just saying that right now,” Bracksieck tells cops on Feb. 25 after she was pulled over for not having her headlights on and failing to maintain her lane.
As an officer processes her information, Bracksieck asks if her arrest would be made “public.”
“He’s a public figure,” she tells the officer, referring to Judge. “So, like, me being arrested for, ...
Business groups brand UK's quarantine plan for arrivals 'isolationist'
All incomers – including British citizens – must disclose where they will be staying, Priti Patel saysCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBusiness groups have accused the government of pursuing an “isolationist” policy after the home secretary, Priti Patel, confirmed that arrivals in the UK will have to quarantine themselves for a fortnight or face a £1,000 fine.From 8 June, almost everyone arriving at ports and airports, including UK citizens, will be required to travel directly to an address they provide to the authorities, where they must then self-isolate for a fortnight. Continue reading...
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Ministers rejected school reopening plan recommended by Sage experts
Documents reveal that PM’s current plan was not among those modelled for scientistsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSchool leaders said the government’s publication of scientific advice failed to make a convincing case for the early reopening of schools in England, as the government’s chief scientific adviser said an effective testing and tracking system was necessary for more pupils to return to the classroom.After pressure from teaching unions, the government published 12 documents presented to its Sage committee of scientific advisers looking at the effect of coronavirus on children and how schools could safely reopen to more pupils. Continue reading...
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Distancing advice in England could change to allow closer contact
Precautionary 2 metre guidance out of step with advice of other countries, which typically recommend 1 metreCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageBritain’s physical distancing advice to stay 2 metres from other people is a “precautionary approach” and could change to allow closer contact, top officials from Public Health England have said.The guidance is out of line with advice in most other countries and with recommendations from the World Health Organization, which says people should stay just one metre apart. Continue reading...
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Coronavirus US live: experts urge caution on first holiday weekend of summer as deaths pass 94,000
Biden draws criticism for saying voters who back Trump ‘ain’t black’Pictures show Donald Trump wearing mask after Ford factory rowDisney World staff go weeks without unemployment benefitsWhy coronavirus is devastating California’s Pacific IslandersCoronavirus – latest global updatesGet a fresh perspective on America – sign up to our First Thing newsletter 6.55pm BSTDonald Trump says “America needs more prayer, not less.” The president just demanded places of worship reopen for in-person services and he talked about guidelines being issued for “communities of faith”. 6.50pm BSTPress briefing with Donald Trump begins.The president ...
Why we might not get a coronavirus vaccine
Politicians have become more cautious about immunisation prospects. They are right to beCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIt would be hard to overstate the importance of developing a vaccine to Sars-CoV-2 – it’s seen as the fast track to a return to normal life. That’s why the health secretary, Matt Hancock, said the UK was “throwing everything at it”.But while trials have been launched and manufacturing deals already signed – Oxford University is now recruiting 10,000 volunteers for the next phase of its research – ministers and their advisers have become noticeably more cautious in recent days. Continue reading...
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Pakistan plane crash: Dozens die as jet hits homes in Karachi
At least 57 are confirmed dead as the PIA jet, carrying about 100, hits a Karachi residential area.
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Hong Kong: Pompeo condemns China’s law as ‘death knell’ for freedoms
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the law would be a “death knell” for Hong Kong’s special freedoms.
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Coronavirus: Yemen's healthcare system 'in effect collapsed'
A UN humanitarian agency warns that infections are spreading fast across the war-torn country.
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Jamal Khashoggi: Fiancée rejects family forgiveness offer to killers
The prominent Saudi journalist was murdered inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October 2018.
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Mory Kanté: African music star dies aged 70
The singer, who helped bring African music to world audiences with hits like Yéké Yéké, dies in Guinea.
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They have high hopes for a coronavirus breakthrough.
A team of Canadian scientists believes it has found strong strains of cannabis that could help prevent or treat coronavirus infections, according to interviews and a study.
Researchers from the University of Lethbridge said a study in April showed at least 13 cannabis plants were high in CBD that appeared to affect the ACE2 pathways that the bug uses to access the body.
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Scientists warn 1 June is too early for schools to reopen in England
Independent Sage committee says more time is needed to set up coronavirus track and traceCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA group of senior scientists has warned that 1 June is too soon for schools to reopen safely in England and that more time is needed to set up an effective track and trace system to contain future outbreaks.The Independent Sage committee, which is separate from the government’s official advisers and is chaired by the former government chief scientist Sir David King, says new modelling of coronavirus shows the risk to children will be halved if they return to school two weeks later than ministers propose. Delaying until September would further reduce the risk. C...
The NHS surcharge debacle reveals a government both cruel and useless | Jonathan Freedland
During a pandemic the public expects compassion and effectiveness. They seem to be in recklessly short supplyVoters will occasionally forgive a government they deem heartless, if they reckon it has the steel to get the job done. They might even, though rarely, forgive a government they deem incompetent, if they believe its heart is in the right place. What they will never forgive is a government that is both uncaring and useless. And yet that is precisely the judgment that now hovers over Boris Johnson and the administration he leads.Johnson had surely intuited as much when he performed his rubber-burning U-turn late on Thursday, ditching his previous insistence, reiterated 24 hours earlier, that ...
Coronavirus live news: China abandons GDP target for first time due to 'great uncertainty'
Beijing tells regions to ‘tighten their belts’ amid Covid-19 fallout; Trump appears at Michigan factory without mask; Italy death toll could be 60% higher than assumed. Follow the latest updatesChina abandons GDP targetTrump pushes for churches to reopenCoronavirus latest: at a glanceAustralia – live updatesSee all our coronavirus coverage 6.40am BSTHere’s a brief look at some of the UK newspaper front pages.The Guardian splashes on No 10’s u-turn the surcharge on foreign National Health Service workers. GUARDIAN: @BorisJohnson in U-turn on surcharge for foreign NHS workers #TomorrowsPapersToday pic.twitter.com/glhyavQLzpTHE TIMES: immunity forms planned...
UK Covid-19 saliva test to be trialled on 5,000 key workers
Alternative to nasal swab to be tested on police and army staff in next two weeks Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA potentially “game-changing” spit test for coronavirus is set to be trialled by the government on 5,000 police and army staff amid growing concern about the accuracy of invasive nasal swabs.The two-minute test requires someone to spit in a tube, and is thought to be as accurate, if not more so, than the throat and nose swab that detects if someone has Covid-19. Continue reading...
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Global report: Indonesia cases top daily record as Muslim world prepares for 'saddest' Eid
President bans people returning home for festivities to mark end of Ramadan; China abandons GDP target; Trump defies mask pleaCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageIndonesia has reported its highest number of daily coronavirus cases as millions of people in the world’s fourth most populous country prepared to mark the festival of Eid al-Fitr without the usual celebrations and gatherings.This year’s festivities will be dampened by the economic hardship for many as Indonesian migrant workers, who usually send money back home to their families, have been left stranded and with no income. Continue reading...
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China Abandons Growth Target for Year as Coronavirus Disrupts Economy
The decision comes as China’s top leaders gathered in Beijing to set the country’s priorities for the coming year.
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China security law 'could be end of Hong Kong'
Pro-democracy activists say the move by Beijing may mean "one country, two systems" is erased.
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Johnson forced to drop NHS surcharge for migrant health workers
Downing Street bows to pressure from opposition and backbench Tories amid crisisCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageDowning Street has bowed to concerted pressure from the opposition and Conservative backbenchers to scrap the NHS surcharge for migrant health workers.After backbenchers including the former health secretary Jeremy Hunt criticised the government’s position, a No 10 spokesman said Boris Johnson had asked the Home Office and the Department for Health and Social Care to remove NHS and care workers from the scheme as soon as possible. Continue reading...
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Coronavirus live news: Spain reports lowest Covid-19 daily death toll in over two months
East Africa facing ‘triple menace’ of Covid-19, floods and locusts; Italy’s death toll reaches 32,486; Wuhan bans eating wild animals; global case total passes 5m Social distancing a week earlier ‘could have saved 36,000 US lives’Italy: lockdown has taken heavy toll on mental health‘If I don’t have sex I’ll die of hunger’: Covid crisis of Rio’s trans sex workers‘All psychoses of US history’: how America is victim-blaming Covid deadCoronavirus latest: at a glance 6.48pm BSTMeanwhile, in the United States, Donald Trump, the president, has announced that he has tested positively negative for the coronavirus. Trump on his latest cor...
Just 7.3% of Stockholm had Covid-19 antibodies by end of April, study shows
Official findings add to concerns about Sweden’s laissez-faire strategy towards the pandemicCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJust 7.3% of Stockholm’s inhabitants had developed Covid-19 antibodies by the end of April, according to a study, raising concerns that the country’s light-touch approach to the coronavirus may not be helping it build up broad immunity.The research by Sweden’s public health agency comes as Finland warned it would be risky to welcome Swedish tourists after figures suggested the country’s death rate per capita was the highest in Europe over the seven days to 19 May. Continue reading...
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UK's pub gardens could host distanced drinking from 4 July, says trade body
More than half of pubs have outside space and these should be first to reopen, says BBPACoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe UK has 27,000 pub beer gardens that could host physically distanced drinking as soon as 4 July, the industry’s trade association has said.Of the UK’s 47,000 pubs, more than half have outside space, according to the British Beer & Pubs Association (BBPA). Continue reading...
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China proposes controversial Hong Kong security law
The law could ban what Beijing defines as subversion and sedition, and may spark new social unrest.
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Open Skies Treaty: US to withdraw from arms control deal
The major accord permits unarmed surveillance flights over dozens of participating countries.
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China Pushes for New Hong Kong Security Law
Such rules would allow Beijing to take aim at the protests that have roiled the semiautonomous city and posed a direct challenge to the Chinese Communist Party and its leader, Xi Jinping.
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Number of people with coronavirus in England remains stable, says ONS
Snapshot finds 137,000 had virus between 4-17 May, slightly down from previous fortnightCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe number of people with coronavirus in England has remained stable since the end of April, according to new data, with nearly 140,000 people infected in the last two weeks.The second snapshot of Covid-19 rates in the community, taken by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), found that 137,000 people – 0.25% of the population – had coronavirus at any given time during the two weeks from 4-17 May. Continue reading...
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Did the UK government prepare for the wrong kind of pandemic?
Britain’s highly rated disease preparation failed on coronavirus – possibly because ministers followed a plan for fluCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhen the coronavirus struck, the British government repeatedly said it was among the best-prepared countries in the world – with some justification. As recently as October, an international review of pandemic planning ranked the UK the second best prepared country in the world (behind the US). Two months on, any breezy confidence has evaporated. The government is facing growing complaints over a series of policy missteps that critics say are responsible for the worst death toll in Europe. Continue reading...
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Dyson's UK staff revolt against order to return to work
Engineering firm cancels order for staff to return to the office after employee mutinyCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe engineering firm Dyson told staff who were able to work from home to return to the office this week, in apparent contravention of government advice, then cancelled the plan after a mutiny among dismayed employees, the Guardian understands.Government guidelines state that people should “work from home, if you can”, with employers told to make every possible effort to allow staff to do so. Continue reading...
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