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2022-01-05 05:40:07 Covid news live: Rio de Janeiro cancels Carnival parade for second year; Delhi imposes weekend curfew

Indian capital ordered to stay at home over coming weekends; Rio de Janeiro mayor calls off world-famous Carnival parade due to an increase in Covid cases US reports global record of more than 1m daily Covid casesMacron declares his Covid strategy is to ‘piss off’ France’s unvaccinatedIsrael embarks on fourth Covid vaccination campaignUK reports almost 220,000 new Covid casesParts of NHS may be overwhelmed by Covid wave, admits Boris JohnsonSee all our coronavirus coverageThe US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has said Americans seeking to end their Covid-19 isolation at five days can opt for a rapid antigen test, but stopped short of mandating the test despite pressure by health experts.“If an individual has access to a test and wants to test, the best approach is to use an antigen test towards the end of the 5-day isolation period,” the agency said. Continue reading...

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2022-01-05 05:00:14 Philadelphia QB Jalen Hurts urges NFL to act over Washington barrier collapse

Eagles fans fell in post-game incident at FedExField SundayHurts’ open letter calls for improved safety at stadiumIn an open letter, the Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts has called on the NFL and the Washington Football Team to improve safety measures at FedExField after a railing collapsed at the stadium on Sunday.In a video that circulated on social media, Hurts was seen walking off the field after the game in Landover, Maryland. Visiting Eagles fans reaching out for a high five were sent tumbling to the ground after a barrier gave way. Hurts has now asked “what follow-up action is being considered” after the incident. Continue reading...

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2022-01-05 05:00:10 Bangladesh seal historic upset to end New Zealand’s unbeaten home Test run

First Test: Bangladesh (458 & 42-2) beat NZ (328 & 169) by 8 wktsBangladesh earn their first-ever Test win over New ZealandBangladesh have ended New Zealand’s 17-match unbeaten run on home soil with a stunning eight-wicket victory at Mount Maunganui.The world Test champions were dismissed for 169 in their second innings, with Bangladesh knocking off the 40 runs required for victory for the loss of two wickets as the tourists beat New Zealand in a Test match for the first time. Continue reading...

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2022-01-05 05:00:06 Video shows police dog severely mauls Uber driver who missed car payments

Officers in a San Francisco Bay area city stopped the driver because the rental company had reported his car as stolenNewly released video footage appears to show California police officers using a law enforcement dog to severely maul an Uber driver, who fell behind on payments for the car he rented to do his job.San Ramon police stopped Ali Badr, a 42-year-old Egyptian immigrant, in December 2020 after a rental company reported his vehicle as stolen. In footage obtained by the San Francisco Chronicle, police in the Bay Area city can be seen releasing the dog on the unarmed and barefoot driver without warning within seconds of stopping him, even though Badr was not resisting. Continue reading...

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2022-01-05 04:20:15 We are under pressure to bloom at all times but blooming just once is sensible | Jess Harwood

I don’t want to be a withering house plant anymore. In 2022 I’m going to be …Jess Harwood is an illustrator who lives and works on Gadigal land, and shares her artwork @jessharwoodart Continue reading...

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2022-01-05 04:20:12 ‘Thematically richer than the Bible’: what I learned at the first annual Boss Baby symposium

Academics gather online to explore the philosophical underpinnings of a movie about a baby who is also a bossIn the middle of a question and answer session at an academic symposium, an audience member wearing a Boss Baby shirt showed off the Boss Baby lunchbox he takes to work every day.“Obviously I eat cookies for lunch,” he explained, “because that’s what Boss Baby fans do.” Continue reading...

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2022-01-05 04:20:07 Thousands of Rohingya shops demolished in Bangladesh, leaving refugees desperate

Bangladesh praised for taking in nearly a million Rohingya refugees, but destruction of shops that serve communities has attracted criticismBangladesh authorities have bulldozed more than 3,000 Rohingya-run shops since last month, a government official confirmed on Tuesday, as struggling refugee families voiced their dismay at the demolitions.About 850,000 members of the stateless Muslim minority are packed into overcrowded displacement camps in Bangladesh, most having fled neighbouring Myanmar after a 2017 military clampdown that prompted an international genocide investigation. Continue reading...

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2022-01-05 02:40:11 North Korea has launched possible ballistic missile, says Japan

South Korea’s military Joint Chiefs of Staff says the regime has fired ‘unidentified projectiles into the East Sea’North Korea has fired what could be a ballistic missile, Japan’s Coast Guard reported early on Wednesday. No other details were provided.South Korea’s military Joint Chiefs of Staff said the regime had fired “unidentified projectiles into the East Sea”. Continue reading...

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2022-01-05 02:40:06 Macron declares his Covid strategy is to ‘piss off’ the unvaccinated

French president stokes divisions as parliament debates tighter requirements for mandatory health passEmmanuel Macron has prompted a furore after saying that his government’s vaccination strategy is to “piss off” people who have not had coronavirus jabs by continuing to make daily life more and more difficult for them.“I am not about pissing off the French people,” the president said in an interview with readers of Le Parisien daily on Tuesday. “But as for the non-vaccinated, I really want to piss them off. And we will continue to do this, to the end. This is the strategy.” Continue reading...

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2022-01-05 02:20:16 Ashes 2021-22 fourth Test, day one: Australia v England – live!

Start time for the Sydney Test is 10:30am local, 11:30pm GMTThe Spin: Six cricket wishes for 2022Any thoughts? Email Jonathan or tweet @JPHowcroftA reminder that the Sydney Test is the annual fundraising centrepiece for the McGrath Foundation. Let’s hope we reach day four and we can see the SCG turn pink again.Meanwhile in New Zealand, the World Test Champions are about to suffer an almighty upset. Continue reading...

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