World waking up

Dave Patrick Underwood was working as one of the security officers at the federal courthouse that night, as a contractor for the Department of Homeland Security. Underwood, 53, had grown up in the Bay Area. He was a former star high school athlete, with a corny sense of humor and a sharp sense of style. As an adult, he had moved in with his ageing parents to care for them. His older sister would later describe how Underwood had been with their mother as she was dying, and when she fell to the ground, he picked her up, and carried her to her bed, because he knew that was where she had wanted to die. … [Read more...] about 100 days of warning: inside the Boogaloo killings of US law enforcement

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It is an eerie characteristic of hospital wards that they seem calm and controlled, even in a crisis. All about me are people at breaking point. Becky Lennon, a 37-year-old staff nurse on critical care, has reached the end of the line. I watched her working with her team as they proned patients, turning them gently on to their stomachs to help them breath. Capable, intelligent and dedicated, she has just handed in her resignation. “We have just had three pregnant women in intensive care, one is still here. I want another baby, I don’t want to end up in one of these beds.” … [Read more...] about ‘I cry a lot on the train home’: London medics fight to save Covid patients

Citing his country’s commitment to free speech, strict secular traditions and right to blasphemy, President Emmanuel Macron promised France would not “renounce caricatures” in the wake of the attack, angering many in the Muslim world who view the cartoons as extremely offensive. … [Read more...] about Several injured in explosion at Saudi Armistice Day event

Emmanuel Macron, French president We, the French, share the shock and the grief of the Austrian people struck this evening by an attack in the heart of their capital, Vienna. After France, it is a friendly country that is attacked. This is our Europe. Our enemies must know who they are dealing with. We will not give up anything. … [Read more...] about ‘Europe stands united’: international leaders condemn Vienna attack

And that, I suspect, is the main – perhaps the only – reason that 2007 will be counted as a pivotal year, because it was the moment that determined how the internet would evolve. Not that many people appreciated it at the time. After all, Apple was an intruder into a mature and established global market, dominated by firms like Nokia, Motorola, Sony and BlackBerry. In that context, the iPhone looked weird – I mean, you couldn’t even change the battery! But it was a truly revolutionary device, because it embodied the seminal insight that phones were actually handheld networked computers – which could also make voice calls if necessary. … [Read more...] about 2007, not 2016, is the year the world turned upside down

North Korea has so far held off from testing ICBMs since announcing a self-imposed moratorium on longer-range and nuclear weapons in early 2018. But Kim Jong Un revoked this pledge a year ago, citing failures in the commitment of the U.S. and South Korea to denuclearization-for-peace negotiations that yielded historic meetings but no comprehensive agreements. … [Read more...] about South Korea Urges Peace Talks As North Korea Shows New Weapon

Douglas Espinal, emergency services chief in nearby Puerto Lempira, said fuel shortages stemmed from evacuation and rescue efforts during the earlier storm, which went on to dump rain across a large swath of Central America, destroying crops and killing dozens in landslides and flooding. … [Read more...] about Hurricane Iota strengthens to catastrophic category 5 storm as it hits Central America

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