umbertino Posted January 1, 2022 Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 24C in Spain, 15C in the Alps: oddly warm end to 2021 in parts of Europe Records broken in Bilbao and Segovia, and avalanche warnings in Alps where it is too warm even for fake snow Angela Giuffrida and Ashifa Kassam Fri 31 Dec 2021 17.28 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/31/24c-in-spain-15c-in-the-alps-oddly-warm-end-to-2021-in-parts-of-europe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 Spain says it is first in Europe to officially count all femicides Statistics on gender-based violence broadened beyond cases involving partners or exes Ashifa Kassam in Madrid Fri 31 Dec 2021 17.51 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/dec/31/spain-says-it-is-first-in-europe-to-officially-count-all-femicides 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 Pope calls for end to violence against women in new year message Celebrating mass in St Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican, Francis says violence against women is insult to God Jane Clinton Sat 1 Jan 2022 12.49 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/01/pope-calls-for-end-to-violence-against-women-in-new-year-message 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 1, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2022 Remember at Christmas that Jesus’s radical message was to embrace the excluded The heretic is the hero. The unclean are equals. The despised, the rejected, the ‘sinners’ are all invited to eat at his table Fri 24 Dec 2021 19.00 GMTLast modified on Sat 25 Dec 2 Brad Chilcott https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/dec/25/remember-at-christmas-that-jesuss-radical-message-was-to-embrace-the-excluded 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 Grief, needle phobia, lack of trust: why we refused Covid jabs – and what changed our minds Three former refuseniks reveal their misgivings about having the vaccination and what finally convinced them to take the plunge Euan O'Byrne Mulligan and Rachel Obordo Sat 1 Jan 2022 16.24 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/01/needle-phobia-refused-covid-jabs-refuseniks-vaccination 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 Eric Adams sworn in as mayor of New York City The Democrat, a former police officer, has promised to welcome business and to focus on rising crime Edward Helmore Sun 2 Jan 2022 06.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/02/eric-adams-sworn-in-as-mayor-of-new-york-city 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 World's oldest person celebrates 119th birthday Japan’s Kane Tanaka, who was born a year before the Russo-Japanese War began and is the world’s oldest person, celebrated her 119th birthday in Fukuoka Prefecture on Sunday Jan 2, 2022 https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/01/02/national/japanese-worlds-oldest-person/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 2, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2022 Celtics legend Sam Jones dies at 88 The former All-Star and Hall of Famer averaged 17.7 ppg and was one of Boston's first star players NBA.com News Services Updated on January 1, 2022 12:03 AM https://www.nba.com/news/celtics-legend-sam-jones-dies-at-88 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 3, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 3, 2022 European stocks reach record highs on first day of trading in 2022 Markets bet on a steady economic recovery despite threat of Covid variant Omicron Jillian Ambrose Mon 3 Jan 2022 14.34 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jan/03/european-stocks-record-highs-first-day-trading-2022-covid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 Elizabeth Holmes trial: jury finds Theranos founder guilty on four fraud counts The jury delivered the verdict after announcing they were deadlocked on three of the 11 charges faced by Holmes Kari Paul Tue 4 Jan 2022 10.23 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/03/elizabeth-holmes-trial-jury-finds-theranos-founder-guilty-on-four-counts 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 Women 32% more likely to die after operation by male surgeon, study reveals Female patients found to have 15% more chance of a bad outcome than if procedure was performed by a woman Denis Campbell Health policy editor Tue 4 Jan 2022 14.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jan/04/women-more-likely-die-operation-male-surgeon-study Rare first edition of The Incredible Hulk comic sells for $490,000 The near-mint condition copy of the first Hulk story, in which the hero is depicted as grey not green, is the most expensive ever sold Alison Flood Tue 4 Jan 2022 14.15 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/jan/04/rare-first-edition-of-the-incredible-hulk-comic-sells-for-490000 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 4, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 4, 2022 Weatherwatch: Andorra’s continental and alpine climate Winters in the landlocked country are fairly cold, dry and sunny, while summers are pleasantly warm Stephen Moss Tue 4 Jan 2022 06.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/news/2022/jan/04/weatherwatch-andorra-continental-alpine-climate 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 Seven children among 13 people dead in Philadelphia house fire Large fire broke out at three-storey rowhouse in Fairmount Officials say four smoke detectors in building were not working Associated Press Wed 5 Jan 2022 16.19 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/05/philadelphia-house-fire-children-killed 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 Desperation as China’s locked down cities pay price of zero-Covid strategy Reports emerge of fatal hospital delays and food shortages as more than 14 million people are confined to their homes in the cities of Xi’an and Yuzhou Helen Davidson Wed 5 Jan 2022 06.21 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/05/desperation-as-chinas-locked-down-cities-pay-price-of-zero-covid-strategy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 5, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 5, 2022 Novak Djokovic’s Australian Open hopes dashed after visa cancelled at airport World No 1 will be flown out of Australia after being detained Australian PM says ‘no special rules’ despite medical exemption Tumaini Carayol in Melbourne Wed 5 Jan 2022 22.10 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jan/05/novak-djokovics-australian-open-participation-in-doubt-over-visa-row 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 France fines Google and Facebook €210m ($237.869.710m)over user tracking Data privacy watchdog says websites make it difficult for users to refuse cookies Dan Milmo and agency Thu 6 Jan 2022 12.27 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/jan/06/france-fines-google-and-facebook-210m-over-user-tracking-cookies 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 6, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2022 California prosecutor who campaigned against vaccine mandates dies of Covid Kelly Ernby, who recently ran for the state assembly, was unvaccinated at the time of her death, husband says Gloria Oladipo in New York Thu 6 Jan 2022 19.22 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/06/kelly-ernby-california-prosecutor-dies-covid 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 Sidney Poitier, Black acting pioneer, dies aged 94 The first Black person to win a best actor Oscar gave a string of groundbreaking performances on screen that helped combat social prejudice Andrew Pulver Fri 7 Jan 2022 15.27 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jan/07/sidney-poitier-in-the-heat-of-the-night-acting-pioneer-dies 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 Novak Djokovic ‘lured to Australia to be humiliated’, says Serbia Celebrities join politicians in condemning ‘political harassment’ of Belgrade-born tennis player Jon Henley in Paris and Milivoje Pantovic in Belgrade Fri 7 Jan 2022 15.35 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/07/novak-djokovic-lured-to-australia-to-be-humiliated-says-serbia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 More than 400 weather stations beat heat records in 2021 Maximiliano Herrera, watcher of extreme weather, says last year likely to be in top five or six hottest in history Bibi van der Zee Fri 7 Jan 2022 11.03 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/07/heat-records-broken-all-around-the-world-in-2021-says-climatologist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 Sidney Poitier: a natural film star who quietly pioneered a revolution Poitier, who has died aged 94, came to fame via a trio of movie roles defined by race and racial difference Peter Bradshaw Fri 7 Jan 2022 15.51 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jan/07/sidney-poitier-natural-film-star-remembrance-peter-bradshaw 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 ‘Everything is at risk’: flood survivors urge Congress to change inadequate insurance The petition argues that the federal government’s current flood insurance policies are ill-equipped for an era of climate crisis Oliver Milman Fri 7 Jan 2022 08.00 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jan/07/flood-survivors-congress-overhaul-insurance-policy Shell benefits from energy crisis as soaring gas prices lift profits Company says investors will benefit from continuation ‘at pace’ of $7bn share buyback scheme Mark Sweney Fri 7 Jan 2022 12.48 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jan/07/shell-benefits-from-energy-crisis-as-soaring-gas-prices-lift-profits 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 Peter Bogdanovich, acclaimed writer-director, dies at 82 The Oscar-nominated film-maker, known for The Last Picture Show and Paper Moon, has died of natural causes Benjamin Lee Thu 6 Jan 2022 18.05 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/film/2022/jan/06/peter-bogdanovich-dies-acclaimed-writer-director 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 Storm blankets US north-east in snow as millions face ‘disruptive’ winter weather More than 2,300 flights cancelled as schools and offices shuttered and parts of the north-west under an avalanche warning Alexandra Villarreal Fri 7 Jan 2022 17.01 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jan/07/us-weather-snow-north-east-new-york-new-jersey 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
umbertino Posted January 7, 2022 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2022 Ten bodies left in SUV outside Mexican state governor’s office Zacatecas governor says bodies of people left in front of palace near Christmas tree showed apparent signs of beating and bruising Staff and agencies in Mexico City Thu 6 Jan 2022 20.43 GMT https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jan/06/mexico-bodies-suv-outside-governors-office-zacatecas 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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