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Marseille’s maverick Covid scientist: why the city took doctor to its heart

Didier Raoult has touted many dubious treatments but is a hero in France’s second city, which has long railed against Paris The people of Provence in the south of France have a word for a particularly comic or bizarrely dramatic situation: pagnolesque . It is a tribute to one of the region’s most famous sons, the author Marcel Pagnol, who declared in his play Les Marchands de Gloire (The Glory Merchants): “In politics everything is a comedy.” Continue reading... Source- World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/34HAsAR

Fewer shots, more sanitiser: Manchester prepares for freshers week in the time of Covid

In Fallowfield, local shops depend on trade from students, but worry that their behaviour may get out of hand Enter 256, the popular student bar in Fallowfield, Manchester, and it’s usually the heat that hits you first. In ordinary times, and particularly during freshers’ week, the dimly-lit repurposed church building is packed with hundreds of sweaty youngsters dancing and enjoying booze-fuelled nights out. Covid-19 has rendered such gatherings unimaginable, and this year will be much quieter. Capacity has been slashed by more than half. The dancefloor has been replaced by tables and chairs. There will be no crowd surfing or drunken flirtations at the bar. You sit down at a table, or you’re out. Continue reading... Source- World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2GbMsjR

Austria offers citizenship to the descendants of Jews who fled the Nazis

New law hailed as justice for families of refugees – and could benefit thousands of Britons Tens of thousands of British citizens are among the many descendants of Jewish refugees who can apply for Austrian citizenship from Tuesday under a new law that campaigners say finally delivers a measure of historic justice for their ancestors’ expulsions under Nazi rule. About 120,000 Jewish refugees fled persecution after the Nazis took power in Austria in March 1938. The second most common destination after the US was the UK, with up to 20,000 refugees registered in 1945. Continue reading... Source- World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/34Ky8Jf

Rule, Britannia! row is ‘a laughable irrelevance’ says former Proms director

Sir Nicholas Kenyon, who directed the series for more then a decade, dismisses controversy as ‘kneejerk’ BBC bashing Politicians “meddling in concert programming” over the Last Night of the Proms are a “laughable irrelevance”, according to a former director of the BBC concert series. Sir Nicholas Kenyon, writing in the Observer , described the “synthetic row” that has erupted over how Land of Hope and Glory and Rule, Britannia! will be performed without an audience. Continue reading... Source- World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/3lyUIKG

Donald Trump v the United States review: how democracy came under assault

Michael Schmidt of the New York Times has written a masterful and alarming account of ‘the struggle to stop a president’ Now disgraced , Jerry Falwell Jr once announced that Donald Trump was entitled to an extra two years on the job as “reparations” for a “failed coup”, meaning the Mueller investigation. Joe Biden has gone so far as to predict the president will try to steal the election. Related: Melania & Me review: a friend spurned, a first lady burned and Donald Trump … unharmed Continue reading... Source- World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/31HabQY

New Zealand coronavirus: two new cases as Auckland lockdown due to lift

Masks will be compulsory on public transport and strongly encouraged elsewhere, says prime minister, as restrictions wind back on Monday New Zealand’s prime minister, Jacinda Ardern, has thanked Aucklanders who come out of lockdown after Sunday night for their commitment to suppressing the latest coronavirus flare-up. Two new cases of Covid-19 have been reported on Sunday, both in the community and linked to the latest Auckland cluster. Ardern thanked the residents of New Zealand’s largest city for their adherence to the stringent lockdown requirements. Continue reading... Source- World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2YMGwnG

Port of Darwin ‘critical’ in new commonwealth power to veto deals with foreign governments, Albanese says

New legislation aims to ensure agreements by states and territories align with Australian foreign policy Anthony Albanese has declared it is “beyond my comprehension” that the Morrison government would introduce a sweeping power to veto state and territory agreements with foreign governments, and not look at the sale of the Port of Darwin to a Chinese company. The prime minister last week telegraphed his intention to bring forward legislation creating new powers to stop state, territory and local governments and universities entering agreements with foreign governments that the government considers detrimental to Australia’s foreign policy objectives. Continue reading... Source- World news | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2DePEdm