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UN inquiry stops short of directly blaming Russia over Idlib attacks

Report says ‘government of Syria and/or its allies’ carried out strikes on hospitals and schoolA UN investigation has stopped short of directly calling Russia a perpetrator in attacks on hospitals and other humanitarian infrastructure in rebel-held areas of Syria, a move greeted with disappointment from rights groups.A summary of a 185-page internal report s […]

WhatsApp to impose new limit on forwarding to fight fake news

Restrictions on frequently forwarded messages intended to disrupt false Covid-19 claimsCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageWhatsApp is to impose a strict new limit on message forwarding as the Facebook-owned chat app seeks to slow the dissemination of fake news, the company has announced.If a user receives a frequently forwarded messa […]

George Pell: Australian cardinal released from jail after high court quashes child sexual abuse conviction

Pell freed immediately after the high court’s decision that his appeal should be upheld, as there was ‘a significant possibility that an innocent person has been convicted’David Marr: This is a mighty triumph for George Pell. Now prepare for a storm of rage from the cardinal’s supportersThe trials of George Pell - timelineCardinal George Pell, the former fin […]

Harry and Meghan's Archewell trademark suggests plan for non-profit empire

Application filed in US ranges from awards to clothing to a health websiteThe Duke and Duchess of Sussex appear to be planning a wide-ranging non-profit empire, including websites, films and their own awards, according to trademark applications lodged in the US under the name of Archewell.The first clear indications of how Harry and Meghan intend to rebrand […]

Jewish leaders praise Keir Starmer for pledges on Labour antisemitism

New leader wins praise after setting out steps party would take to tackle issueKeir Starmer has been praised by Jewish leaders for achieving “in four days more than his predecessor in four years” after he held a video conference to set out steps Labour would be taking to stamp out antisemitism.Starmer, who replaced Jeremy Corbyn as leader on Saturday, told t […]

US navy official apologises for calling captain behind coronavirus memo 'naive or stupid'

Trump says he will settle dispute as acting navy secretary says sorry for criticising captain of USS Theodore RooseveltCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe US acting navy secretary has apologised for calling the ousted captain of the USS Theodore Roosevelt “too naive or too stupid” to be in command, amid growing calls from Congress […]

Cancer Research UK to cut funding for research by £44m

UK’s biggest cancer charity expects income to fall by up to 25% as a result of the coronavirus crisisCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe UK’s biggest cancer charity is cutting research funding by £44m because of a sharp fall in income and has acknowledged that the move could set back the fight against the disease for many years.Ca […]

Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Giuffre tested in hospital for Covid-19

Giuffre, 35, from Florida, says she is ‘so scared right now’ and having trouble breathingCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageA US woman who claims she was trafficked to the UK as a teenager to have sex with Prince Andrew is in hospital, where she has been tested for Covid-19.Virginia Giuffre said on Twitter on Tuesday: “I’m so scared […]

Women sue Dutch Catholic order over forced labour claims

Group, aged 11-21 at the time, sue Sisters of the Good Shepherd over treatment by nunsNineteen women are suing a Dutch monastery and its Catholic order over claims they were subjected to forced labour and abuse by nuns between 1951 and 1979 during periods of virtual imprisonment as children or young adults.The case against the Sisters of the Good Shepherd, w […]

Body recovered in search for Kennedy family members lost in canoe accident

Maryland authorities recover body of Maeve Kennedy Townsend McKean but search for her eight-year-old son continuesAuthorities in Maryland said on Monday that they had recovered the body of the daughter of the former lieutenant governor Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, and they will keep searching for her son, after the two went missing following a canoeing acciden […]

Former Fox executives indicted in Fifa bribery scheme

Multimillion dollar scheme involved kickbacks to Fifa officials for broadcast rights to the 2018 and 2022 World CupTwo former senior executives at Rupert Murdoch’s 21st Century Fox corporation have been indicted over their alleged role in a multimillion-dollar bribery scheme involving kickbacks to Fifa officials in exchange for broadcast and marketing rights […]

'Bring our people home': the bold new plan for an Indigenous-led district in Canada

The Senakw development aims to ease the city’s chronic housing crisis – and to challenge the mindset that indigeneity and urbanity are incompatibleThe scrubby, vacant patch beneath the Burrard Street Bridge in Vancouver looks at first glance like a typical example of the type of derelict nook common to all cities: 11.7 acres of former railway lands, over whi […]

India primed: what Amazon's vast new Hyderabad campus reveals about its plans

Amazon have arrived in force in rapidly expanding Hyderabad, with designs on the currently almost non-existent Indian e-commence marketThe futuristic lobby of the new Amazon building in Hyderabad feels as though it should have a permanent orchestra blasting out Also Sprach Zarathustra. The scale is intended to awe. A large slogan on a wall suggests the compa […]

'A blessed initiative': secular Israel rejoices over Sabbath buses

Minibuses that run on Friday evenings and Saturdays buck state’s religious restrictions Tel Aviv is one of Israel’s most dynamic cities, but the latest local craze could appear fairly humdrum to outsiders – a bus service that runs at weekends.Packed 19-seat minibuses fill up fast with passengers, who excitedly gossip about the new routes. People patiently qu […]

From rubbish to rice: the cafe that gives food in exchange for plastic

The Garbage Cafe in Ambikapur, India, is helping to tackle the country’s plastic waste problem – and their novel idea is catching onOn bad days, when his employer made some excuse for not paying him his paltry daily wage, Ram Yadav’s main meal used to be dry chapatis, with salt and raw onion for flavour. Sometimes he just went hungry. For a ragpicker like hi […]

No shape: how tech helped musicians melt the gender binary

In new book Glitter Up the Dark: How Pop Music Broke the Binary, Sasha Geffen explores music’s new gender nonconformists - here’s an extractIn the 21st century, the proliferation of internet-equipped consumer electronics enabled a new generation of gender nonconformists to communicate across any distance. Trans kids no longer had to move to New York or San F […]

'There is no magic bullet': the town that turned the tide against HIV

Lessons learned in Eshowe, South Africa, one of the areas worst hit by the HIV pandemic, are being used against coronavirusCoronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageCoronavirus latest: at a glanceIn the visitors’ books of Eshowe’s many guesthouses and hotels, tourists inspired by verdant sugar cane fields and blossoming trees write about “a […]

Coronavirus US live: Trump reportedly knew pandemic was likely in January

How an unproven drug became Trump’s ‘miracle cure’India releases hydroxychloroquine stocks amid pressure from TrumpLive global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageSupport the Guardian’s independent journalism. Make a contribution 1.32pm BST Here’s a report from Sam Levine, our voting rights reporter, on a dramatic and bizarre day in Wisconsin yesterday an […]

Trump and 3M reach deal to allow N95 face masks to be exported to Canada

US officials had stopped shipment at 3M factory after Trump invoked Defense Production Act to halt exports to Canada and beyondCoronavirus – live US updatesLive global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe Trump administration has agreed a deal with the US manufacturer 3M to import more than 166 million respirators from China over the next three months […]

Japan declares state of emergency over coronavirus

Japanese leader Shinzo Abe announces month of restrictions and unveils record stimulus packageCoronavirus –latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageJapan’s prime minister, Shinzo Abe, has declared a month-long state of emergency in response to the coronavirus pandemic, and unveiled a record stimulus package aimed at steering the world’s third-largest ec […]

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