Senior Wuhan doctor dies from coronavirus as authorities start to 'round up' patients
In city of 11m, officials threaten with punishment those who delay reporting symptoms
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One of Wuhan’s most senior doctors has died after contracting the coronavirus as authorities began a sweeping campaign inside the city to seek out patients infected with the virus.
Liu Zhiming had taken part in the battle against the virus from the start and had made important contributions in fighting and controlling Covid-19, the Wuhan municipal health commission said. During that process, “unfortunately he became infected and passed away at 10:54 Tuesday morning at the age of 51 after all-out efforts to save him failed”, the commission said.
At least 20 killed in stampede for food at refugee camp in Niger
Rush was started by people who had not been fed the day before, officials sayDalatou Mamane
At least 20 people died in a stampede in Niger as they were being given food and goods at a refugee camp, according to a local official.
Diffa governor Issa Lamine said 15 women and five children were killed and 16 other people were injured at the camp, which was set up in the southeast of the west African country for people who had fled unrest in neighbouring Nigeria.
Those who did not receive food on Sunday stampeded at the distribution centre early on Monday, Mr Lamine said.
Turkish court acquits defendants in Gezi Park trial
The accused were charged with trying to overthrow the government during 2013 protests in Istanbul's Gezi Park. Cheers erupted in the court as the judge acquitted nine of the defendants due to lack of "concrete evidence."
A Turkish court on Tuesday acquitted nine defendants over their alleged roles in the 2013 Gezi Park protests in Istanbul. Seven others also facing trial are still awaiting a verdict.
The acquitted, which included businessman and rights defender Osman Kavala, had been accused of attempting to overthrow the government by organizing the mass demonstrations.
In delivering the verdict, the judge said there was "not enough concrete evidence" against the accused.
Resurgent conservative bids to swing Paris back to the right
While Emmanuel Macron’s camp has been shaken by his candidate’s resignation, conservative Rachida Dati has imposed herself as socialist incumbent Anne Hidalgo’s biggest opponent in the Paris mayoral elections. Analysts say Dati, the right-wing Républicains’ candidate, has an increasingly strong chance of bringing the French right back from the dead in the City of Lights.
As campaigning got under way for March’s Paris mayoral elections last year, a renaissance for Les Républicans in the capital looked impossible. The Parti Socialiste has won decisive victories in every battle for Paris since 2001 – consigning to the history books conservatives’ dominance of the city during former President Jacques Chirac’s marathon tenure as mayor from 1977 to 1995. “No one, except herself, expects Dati to beat Hidalgo,” observed a Le Monde article in October, analysing the French right’s “long defeat” in Paris.
Skeleton found in cave could reveal Neanderthal death rites
Updated 1201 GMT (2001 HKT) February 18, 2020
Around 70,000 years ago, a Neanderthal was laid to rest in Shanidar Cave. Excavations in recent years have slowly revealed its entire upper body, including a lower back, the clenched bones of a right hand and the left hand almost acting as a pillow beneath the skull.
It's the first discovery of its kind in 20 years, according to a new study published Tuesday. And the cave where the Neanderthal skeleton was found has its own intriguing story to tell.
Shanidar Cave in Iraqi Kurdistan is where archaeologist Ralph Solecki found the remains of 10 Neanderthal men, women and children in the 1950s. An advocate for humanizing our Neanderthal ancestors, Solecki suggested at the time that the grouped remains were found with ancient pollen clumps because Neanderthals buried their dead and included flowers as part of their funeral rites.
Why Amazon knows
so much about you
By Leo Kelion
You might call me an Amazon super-user.
I’ve been a customer since 1999, and rely on it for everything from grass seed to birthday gifts.
There are Echo speakers dotted throughout my home, Ring cameras inside and out, a Fire TV set-top box in the living room and an ageing Kindle e-reader by my bedside.
I submitted a subject data access request, asking Amazon to disclose everything it knows about me
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