WHO confirms there's 'emerging evidence' of airborne transmission of coronavirus
Updated 1003 GMT (1803 HKT) July 8, 2020
The World Health Organization confirmed there is "emerging evidence" of airborne transmission of the coronavirus following the publication of a letter Monday signed by 239 scientists that urged the agency to be more forthcoming about the likelihood that people can catch the virus from droplets floating in the air.
Dr. Benedetta Alleganzi, WHO Technical Lead for Infection Prevention and Control, said during a briefing Tuesday, that the agency has discussed and collaborated with many of the scientists who signed the letter.
Met police apologise for handcuffing athlete Bianca Williams
Commissioner says incident involving British athlete has been referred to watchdog
The Metropolitan police have apologised to Bianca Williams, the British athlete who was stopped and handcuffed by police alongside her partner and baby son, the force’s chief has told MPs.
Williams and her partner, Ricardo dos Santos, who are both trained by the former Olympic champion Linford Christie, were stopped while driving back to their home in Maida Vale, west London, on Saturday.
Officers’ handling of the incident came under scrutiny after Christie accused the Met of institutional racism and posted footage of the couple being forced out of the car. In the video, Williams, who is obviously distressed, says repeatedly: “My son is in the car.”
Syrian families in Turkey marrying off ‘underage daughters for money amid coronavirus crisis’, campaigners warn
Exclusive: ‘Sometimes to be a second or third wife of a man. This is to get rid of them. To have one less plate at the table,’ says secretary general of ECPAT TurkeyMaya OppenheimWomen's Correspondent
Increasing numbers of Syrian families are marrying off their underage daughters to Turkish men for money in the wake of the coronavirus crisis, campaigners warned.
A damning report by ECPAT, a network of organisations that strives to end the sexual exploitation of children, said it is an “economic coping mechanism” for Syrian families who have no other way to earn money or afford food for their children.
The study, which was shared exclusively with The Independent, notes Turkey has the highest number of child refugees in the world and argues they are highly vulnerable to forced marriage, human trafficking, and sexual exploitation.
Russia Tells U.S. to 'Mind Own Business' Over Media Freedom
By AFP
Moscow has told the U.S. embassy to "mind your own business" after Washington's diplomatic mission raised concern about curbs on media freedom in Russia.
Rebecca Ross, the spokeswoman for the U.S. embassy, on Tuesday expressed concern about a clampdown on journalists in Russia.
"Watching arrest after arrest of Russian journalists – it's starting to look like a concerted campaign against #MediaFreedom," she tweeted.
Opinion: Xi Jinping — A modern-day tyrant in the old mold
We are currently witnessing a reckoning with dictators and racists of long-gone eras, such as Leopold II of Belgium. But resistance to present-day examples of such individuals is rare, says Alexander Görlach.
King Leopold II was one of the cruelest agents of a perverted, violent and murderous colonialism. The Belgian monarch turned the occupied Congo into his private dungeon in which people were exploited, harassed and degraded. Joseph Conrad's 1899 novel Heart of Darkness describes the depredations committed by the king. Today, there are few who will deem such a person worthy of a monument anymore.Experts find torrential rain in southwest Japan increasing due to global warming
(Mainichi Japan)The seasonal rain front caused torrential rains to strike the southwestern Japan prefecture of Kumamoto on July 4 as well as the northern Kyushu region from July 6 to 7, flooding several areas mainly in Oita and Fukuoka prefectures. The Kyushu region has been hit multiple times in the past with deadly torrential rains caused by stationary fronts toward the end of the rainy season. But why has the damage gotten more severe in recent years?
The torrential rains battering southwest Japan were caused by a seasonal rain front that developed between relatively cold, dry air from continent of China north of Kyushu and the Pacific high-pressure system to the south.
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