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Jun
03
2021
By The African Mirror
Adviser frets about Japan Olympics, volunteers reported quitting

Adviser frets about Japan Olympics, volunteers reported quitting

WORLD
ANTONI SLODKOWSKI and SAKURA MURAKAMI JAPAN’S most senior medical adviser said that hosting the Olympics during a pandemic was "not normal" while the media reported thousands of volunteers quitting in advance. Most Japanese oppose holding the Olympics - due to start on July 23 after postponement from last year - while doctors fear the event would strain a healthcare system seeing record numbers in critical condition and struggling to vaccinate the nation. In one of the strongest warnings yet, government medical adviser Shigeru Omi said organisers should explain to the public why they are going ahead. "It's not normal to…
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May
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Displaced by Israeli bombs, Gazans camp by rubble of their homes

Displaced by Israeli bombs, Gazans camp by rubble of their homes

WORLD
NIDAL Al-MUGHRABI TENTS have replaced some high-rises in the Gaza Strip town of Beit Lahiya, where heavy Israeli airstrikes left several families homeless and doubtful that rebuilding will start soon. Palestinians in the enclave have already received some pledges of financial help for reconstruction after 11 days of fighting. Egypt and Qatar, which helped to mediate a truce that started on Friday, each promised to allocate $500 million. In Beit Lahiya, children played among the wreckage of homes. Adults drank tea on broken furniture. Banners carried the names of the bereft homeowners. A sign bore the names of four children,…
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May
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Synagogue, mosque and church to join under one roof in Berlin

Synagogue, mosque and church to join under one roof in Berlin

WORLD
A group of Muslims, Jews and Christians have joined to lay the foundation stone for a centre that will house places of worship for each religion in a symbol of interfaith dialogue in the German capital. Days after protests in Berlin over the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians in Gaza, and at a time when politicians are warning of rising anti-Semitism in Germany, the "House of One" offers a beacon of hope for dialogue, said its founders. "It is important that dramatic world conflicts can be discussed in the German capital and that people have a stage to highlight problems…
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May
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Italian court condemned for ‘sexist stereotypes’ in gang rape case

Italian court condemned for ‘sexist stereotypes’ in gang rape case

WORLD
EMMA BATHA  EUROPE's top rights court criticised an Italian court yesterday for "revictimising" a woman who said she had been gang-raped, accusing it of perpetuating "sexist stereotypes" that could undermine trust in the country's judicial system. The case concerned an appeal hearing in the city of Florence which led to the acquittal of six men previously convicted of attacking the student in a car after a party in 2008. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) said language and arguments used by the appeals court "conveyed prejudices existing in Italian society regarding the role of women". In particular, it said…
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Jun
02
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Together Again’: ‘Russian Davos’ to go ahead in person with Putin, despite pandemic

‘Together Again’: ‘Russian Davos’ to go ahead in person with Putin, despite pandemic

WORLD
KATYA GOLUBKOVA and POLINA NIKOLSKAYA THOUSANDS of officials and executives will gather in person in St Petersburg this week - and President Vladimir Putin will give a speech - as the annual economic forum Moscow pitches as "the Russian Davos" returns despite the COVID-19 pandemic. For years, Russia has used the St Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) to try to attract foreign investment, discuss economic policy and project an image that it is open for business. It was cancelled last year due to the pandemic, but is back on, with the title "Together Again". A negative COVID-19 test is required…
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Jun
02
2021
By The African Mirror
El Salvador court to free woman given 30 years for death of fetus

El Salvador court to free woman given 30 years for death of fetus

WORLD
A court in El Salvador has ordered the release of a young woman sentenced to 30 years in prison for homicide following the death of her unborn child in 2012, authorities said on Monday. Sara Rogel was arrested in October 2012 after going to a hospital with bleeding injuries caused by what she said was a fall while carrying out chores at home. Then a 22-year-old student, Rogel was prosecuted and sentenced for killing her unborn daughter. Salvadoran law applies one of the world's strictest bans on abortion with no exceptions made for rape, incest or when the mother's life…
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Jun
02
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Recipe for disaster’: COVID-19 spreads fear in India’s tea estates

‘Recipe for disaster’: COVID-19 spreads fear in India’s tea estates

WORLD
ANURADHA NAGARAJ WHEN Indian tea plantation worker Bholanath Natto and his wife tested positive for COVID-19 their biggest worry was not their health, but where they would quarantine and how they could get hold of food and drinking water without his wages. As some of the cities worst hit by India's COVID-19 crisis see a lull in new cases, infections are rising among millions of tea pickers - many of whom live in cramped living quarters where measures to curb the virus's spread are difficult to implement. The positive test result and hospital orders to quarantine have been a logistical…
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May
27
2021
By The African Mirror
Eight people killed in rail yard shooting in San Jose, California

Eight people killed in rail yard shooting in San Jose, California

WORLD
AT least eight people were killed when a transit employee opened fire at a light rail yard in San Jose, California, yesterday, the county sheriff's office said. Santa Clara County Sheriff's Deputy Russell Davis said at a news conference the gunman was also dead. The gunman was a Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA) employee, he said. Davis said he could not say how the gunman died or whether police officers fired their weapons at the scene. The shooting took place just before 7 a.m. Pacific Time (1400 GMT) at a light rail yard run by the VTA near the…
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May
27
2021
By The African Mirror
UK’s Johnson dismissed COVID-19 as a ‘scare story’, ex-chief adviser says

UK’s Johnson dismissed COVID-19 as a ‘scare story’, ex-chief adviser says

WORLD
GUY FAULCONBRIDGE and ELIZABETH PIPER PRIME Minister Boris Johnson and the British state failed to appreciate the deadly threat from the novel coronavirus as it raced across the world in early 2020 and were disastrously slow to impose a lockdown, his former adviser said on Wednesday. With almost 128,000 deaths, the United Kingdom has the world's fifth worst official COVID-19 toll. Reuters has reported how Britain was slow to spot the infections arriving, it was late with a lockdown and it continued to discharge infected elderly hospital patients into care homes. In a blistering attack on the British state, Dominic…
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May
27
2021
By The African Mirror
Blinken meets Egypt’s Sisi as U.S. seeks to secure Gaza ceasefire

Blinken meets Egypt’s Sisi as U.S. seeks to secure Gaza ceasefire

WORLD
AIDAN LEWIS and NIDAL AL-MUGHRABI  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met top officials in Cairo yesterday, during a Middle East tour aimed at shoring up a ceasefire that ended the worst fighting in years between Israel and Palestinian militants. Egypt has long standing relations with both sides in the conflict and played a key role in brokering the Gaza ceasefire after 11 days of violence, in coordination with the United States. In a brief visit, Blinken met President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry and intelligence head Abbas Kamel at the presidential palace. The United States and Egypt…
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