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Read More “Time is running out for us to act,” the U.N.’s environmental chief Inger Andersen warned of the looming oil spill. “Time is running out for us to act,” the U.N.’s environmental chief Inger Andersen warned of the looming oil spill.

Read More Up to 1.1 million barrels of oil could spill into the Red Sea causing a disaster four times worse than the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill, the United Nations Security Council heard on Wednesday. Time is running out to prevent a dilapidated oil tanker stranded near Yemen from causing a “looming environmental, economic and…

Read More Family of Cédric Chouviat, who died of asphyxiation, say manslaughter charge is too lenient Three French police officers have been charged with manslaughter over the death of a delivery man who was pinned to the ground and put in a chokehold during an arrest in January. Cédric Chouviat, 42, died in hospital two…

Read More British foreign secretary says Russia illicitly acquired sensitive documents and posted them on social media Britain has said that Russia sought to interfere in the 2019 general election by illicitly acquiring sensitive documents relating to a planned free-trade agreement with the US and leaking them on social media. “It is almost certain that…

Read More Parscale, under pressure after disappointing Tulsa rally, demoted to senior adviser as Trump lags in the polls Donald Trump is replacing his campaign manager Brad Parscale, the contentious figure leading the president’s re-election efforts for the last two years, in a major shakeup of campaign staff. Parscale will be demoted to senior adviser,…

Read More Some Indians became known TikTok personalities and even earned money and gifts for their content. The government banned the app as tensions flare with China. (Image credit: Noah Seelam/AFP via Getty Images) Some Indians became known TikTok personalities and even earned money and gifts for their content. The government banned the app as…

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Read More Total number of cases recorded in US stands at 3,499,398 Only Delaware and Maine are seeing new daily cases drop Fauci stands firm as Trump works to undermine him Experts warns young of risks and says crisis could match 1918 flu Sign up to our First Thing newsletter 11.24am BST One bright spot…

Read MoreThe pair shared endorsements for the Hispanic food brand on social media, prompting ethics concerns.The pair shared endorsements for the Hispanic food brand on social media, prompting ethics concerns.

Read MoreStills was one of 87 people detained during protests over the police killing of Breonna Taylor.Stills was one of 87 people detained during protests over the police killing of Breonna Taylor.

Read More Health officials in Australia’s second-largest city said 317 new cases had been reported more than a week after a “hard boundary” around the city closed it off. (Image credit: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images) Health officials in Australia’s second-largest city said 317 new cases had been reported more than a week after a “hard boundary”…

Read More Latest updates: how has Covid-19 progressed where you live? Check the week-on-week changes across England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland The map shows local authorities where the number of cases has increased week-on-week and where it has fallen. Some of this is due to natural fluctuations, especially in areas where there are very…

Read More News updates: Unemployment grew by 74,000 in June Train passengers to be tempted back with ‘safe travel’ campaign NHS boss who blamed outbreak on staff pictured without mask Children in Scotland need post-Covid-19 mental health care Global coronavirus updates – live 8.22am BST Continued lockdown in Leicester is no longer justified, the city’s…

Read More After the stabbing, the 17-year-old was found to have googled ‘how many years imprisonment for murder in Australia’ A Melbourne teenager who stabbed his grandfather to death because he believed the old man was “creepy” towards his sister has been jailed for more than a decade. The 17-year-old, who cannot be identified for…

Read More Rolling coverage of the latest economic and financial news Latest: China growing again, but retail sales stumble Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage 8.13am BST Good morning, and welcome to our rolling coverage of the world economy, the financial markets, the eurozone and business. #China grew 3.2% in Q2 YoY,…

Read More Party now faces wrangle to form coalition government in run-up to EU accession talks North Macedonia’s Social Democrats eked out a razor-thin win over nationalist rivals, according to official election results, highlighting deep faultlines in a country preparing to start EU membership talks. The vote on Wednesday was the first parliamentary election since…

Read More Twitter’s support account has been bombarded with snarky replies after the company acknowledged that users may be experiencing issues due to a massive security breach. The platform suffered the largest hack in its history on Wednesday after numerous high-profile accounts were compromised and used to promote a bitcoin scam. Hackers reportedly also leaked…

Read More The 18th century perspective upon international relations may be bleak. It does, however, reveal the early conditions of globalisation.The 18th century perspective upon international relations may be bleak. It does, however, reveal the early conditions of globalisation.

Read More A mysterious explosion and fire at Iran’s main nuclear facility may have stopped Tehran from building advanced centrifuges, but it likely has not slowed the Islamic Republic in growing its ever-increasing stockpile of low-enriched uranium. Limiting that stockpile represented one of the main tenets of the nuclear deal that world powers reached with…

Read More (BEIJING) — China became the first major economy to grow since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, recording an unexpectedly strong 3.2% expansion in the latest quarter after anti-virus lockdowns were lifted and factories and stores reopened. Growth reported Thursday for the three months ending in June was a dramatic improvement over the…

Read More (BEIJING) — China became the first major economy to grow since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, recording an unexpectedly strong 3.2% expansion in the latest quarter after anti-virus lockdowns were lifted and factories and stores reopened. Growth reported Thursday for the three months ending in June was a dramatic improvement over the…

Read More Former prime minister says countries must not be ‘intimidated by confected outrage’ from Beijing Malcolm Turnbull has rebuked Australian business chiefs and academics for criticising the Australian government over the state of the relationship with Beijing, saying such reactions would only “encourage more bullying from China”. The former prime minister said the response…

Read More It’s been a tough month for religious minorities in Pakistan, and observers warn of even tougher times ahead as Prime Minister Imran Khan vacillates between trying to forge a pluralistic nation and his conservative Islamic beliefs. A Christian was gunned down because he rented in a Muslim neighborhood in northwest Peshawar, not far…

Read More To safeguard the future health of society, politicians such as Roy Jenkins dared to go against the grain of majority opinion Six months before the 1959 general election, Roy Jenkins, then a young Labour MP for Stechford in Birmingham, wrote a short book laying out The Labour Case. The final chapter was titled…

Read More The sculpture of protester has been taken to a museum for artist Marc Quinn to collect, says Bristol city council The sculpture of a Black Lives Matter protester that replaced the statue of slave trader Edward Colston in Bristol has been removed. Pictures from the scene appeared to show workers at the site…

Read More Instagram users say that the platform’s direct messaging feature is down, hours after Twitter was hit by a sophisticated cyber-attack. Using the hashtag #instagramdown, people have begun tweeting about how their Instagram DMs are not loading properly. A video posted to Twitter shows a woman trying to access her direct messages but to…

Read More In the global race to make a coronavirus vaccine, a state-owned Chinese company is boasting that its employees, including top executives, received experimental shots even before the government approved testing in people. “Giving a helping hand in forging the sword of victory,” reads an online post from SinoPharm with pictures of workers it…

Read More When restaurants and bars began reopening in California after a stay-at-home order, employees took down caution tape, hung “Welcome Back” signs and placed chairs neatly around tables in preparation for customers. Hair salons and stores also started to open their doors, as people began to claw back some normalcy. California, which imposed the…

Read More The newspaper Bild has long poured vitriol on the country’s left-wingers and ‘do gooders’. But now it has a new target: the chancellor. By Thomas Meaney ‘It would be ideal if you could hit a deer,” Julian Reichelt, editor-in-chief of Europe’s largest tabloid, Bild Zeitung, told his chauffeur. “Guardian readers could do with…

Read More Leaked screenshots of Twitter’s internal systems indicate that the company keeps “blacklists” for users it deems undesirable, according to multiple reports. The leaks followed the largest hack in the platform’s history. The images, said to be screencaps of an internal control panel on the site’s back end, appear to show that Twitter marks…

Read MoreTokyo expects to confirm at least 280 cases on Thursday, the highest since the outbreak began.Tokyo expects to confirm at least 280 cases on Thursday, the highest since the outbreak began.

Read More Accounts of Uber and Apple also appear to have been hacked as part of scam instructing followers to transfer cryptocurrency The Twitter accounts of major public figures and corporations, including Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos and Apple were hijacked Wednesday, in a stunning show of force by hackers.…

Read More (BEIJING) — China has accused the U.S. of seeking to obstruct its development with recent steps to sanction officials who undermine local autonomy in Hong Kong, summoning the U.S. ambassador in Beijing to lodge a protest. Vice Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang told Ambassador Terry Branstad that threatened sanctions and the withdrawal of special…

Read More (BEIJING) — China has accused the U.S. of seeking to obstruct its development with recent steps to sanction officials who undermine local autonomy in Hong Kong, summoning the U.S. ambassador in Beijing to lodge a protest. Vice Foreign Minister Zheng Zeguang told Ambassador Terry Branstad that threatened sanctions and the withdrawal of special…

Read MoreExercises taking place at a time of increased tension between China and the United States in the South China Sea.Exercises taking place at a time of increased tension between China and the United States in the South China Sea.