14 year old kills at least 3 in mass shooting in downtown bangkok (www.theguardian.com)
14 year old kills at least 3 in mass shooting in downtown Bangkok (www.theguardian.com)
EU warns Elon Musk after Twitter found to have highest rate of disinformation (www.theguardian.com)
The EU has issued a warning to Elon Musk to comply with sweeping new laws on fake news and Russian propaganda, after X – formerly known as Twitter – was found to have the highest ratio of disinformation posts of all large social media platforms....
Kharkiv to build Ukraine’s first underground school to protect children (www.theguardian.com)
Children in frontline city are currently taught in the underground metro system amid threats from Russia’s missile attacks...
Apple says software bug and certain apps causing iPhone overheating (www.theguardian.com)
Apple says software bug and certain apps causing iPhone overheating::Company says it will update iOS 17 to fix bug and is working with developers of apps that overload handsets
Sheer stupidity is a threat to our scientific progress | Letters (www.theguardian.com)
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Doctors in England told not to start new patients on ADHD drugs due to shortage (www.theguardian.com)
Mass death of Amazonian dolphins prompts fears for vulnerable species (www.theguardian.com)
Rising temperatures could be passing tolerance threshold for endangered animals as Lake Tefé reaches 39C (102.2 F)
Doctors in England told not to start new patients on ADHD drugs due to shortage (www.theguardian.com)
Doctors in England have been told not to prescribe ADHD drugs to new patients because of a national shortage, as charities warn that the supply problems are devastating for people living with the condition....
Serbia pulls some troops back from Kosovo border after warning from US (www.theguardian.com)
Travel website Booking.com leaves hoteliers thousands of dollars out of pocket (www.theguardian.com)
Travel website Booking.com has left many hotel operators and other partners across the globe thousands of dollars out of pocket for months on end, blaming the lack of payment on a “technical issue”....
Swiss glaciers lose 10% of their volume in two years (www.theguardian.com)
Scientists have said climate breakdown caused by the burning of fossil fuels is the cause of unusually hot summers and winters with very low snow volume, which have caused the accelerating melts. The volume lost during the hot summers of 2022 and 2023 is the same as that lost between 1960 and 1990.
Birmingham PhD student guilty of using 3D printer to build ‘kamikaze’ drone (www.theguardian.com)
Mohamad al-Bared used technology at Coventry home to make drone designed to deliver a warhead or chemical weapon for IS...
British troops could deploy to Ukraine for first time to train soldiers, says Grant Shapps (www.theguardian.com)
Pro-China candidate Mohamed Muizzu wins Maldives presidency, upending relationship with India (www.theguardian.com)
Las Vegas police arrest man in Tupac Shakur drive-by shooting case (www.theguardian.com)
Canada assassination claim sparks rare consensus in India’s polarised politics and media (www.theguardian.com)
Rishi Sunak considers banning cigarettes for next generation (www.theguardian.com)
Rishi Sunak is considering introducing some of the world’s toughest anti-smoking measures that would in effect ban the next generation from ever being able to buy cigarettes, the Guardian has learned....
Twin suicide attacks underline the depth of Pakistan’s crisis (www.theguardian.com)
The scenes of horror pictured on Friday have become all too familiar in Pakistan. This time it was a twin attack. A procession to mark the birthday of the prophet Muhammad and a police station were both targeted by suicide bombers, killing almost 60 people and injuring hundreds more....
Famous Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s Wall found cut down (www.theguardian.com)
Police investigating after former tree of the year winner, estimated to be several hundred years old, felled...
Trump ally is first to plead guilty in Georgia elections case (www.theguardian.com)
Former Republican bail bondsman Scott Hall, one of the 19 people charged alongside Donald Trump for conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results in the state of Georgia, entered into a plea agreement on Friday, becoming the first defendant to plead guilty in the sprawling criminal case....
Scathing court ruling on Donald Trump’s empire is a bitter blow to his successful tycoon persona (www.theguardian.com)
For years Donald Trump was the host of The Apprentice, a reality TV show in which contestants vied for a management job within his organisation and he would deliver the verdict: “You’re fired!”...
Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate (www.theguardian.com)
Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate::Legal firm had said Real World Portal encouraged misogyny and there was evidence to suggest it is an illegal pyramid scheme
‘They don’t want to give power to girls’: the women shaking up Colombia’s graffiti scene (www.theguardian.com)
Famous Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s Wall found cut down (www.theguardian.com)
Police investigating after former tree of the year winner, estimated to be several hundred years old, felled...