Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke (www.theguardian.com)
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A Funeral for Fish & Chips (www.theguardian.com)
‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come (www.theguardian.com)
James Hansen, who testified to Congress on global heating in 1988, says world is approaching a ‘new climate frontier’
It’s no great surprise, but now there’s proof that the rich get what they want | Torsten Bell (www.theguardian.com)
This article is two months old by the way....
Fulton county prosecutors prepare racketeering charges in Trump inquiry (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: racketeering charges based on influencing witnesses and computer trespass, sources say
Content Warning: Sexual violence against women and children reached all-time high in Brazil in 2022 – report (www.theguardian.com)
Brazil saw a disturbing increase in sexual violence against women and children in 2022, according to new figures which paint a worrying picture of a country that is failing to protect its young and female population, particularly in their own homes....
UK budget deficit falls in June but experts say tax cuts are unlikely (www.theguardian.com)
The UK’s spending deficit fell unexpectedly last month, helped by higher income tax revenues on the back of a flurry of wage rises earlier in the year and a jump in VAT receipts....
‘I’ve never seen heat this bad. It’s not normal’: Italy struggles as temperature tops 40C 118f (www.theguardian.com)
Apple warns iMessage and FaceTime could be withdrawn in UK over law change (www.theguardian.com)
Modi speaks out after video of sexual assault on women in Manipur emerges (www.theguardian.com)
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‘Does it really matter who wrote it?’: the rise of ghostwritten celebrity fiction (www.theguardian.com)
TikTok is the most popular news source for 12 to 15-year-olds, says Ofcom (www.theguardian.com)
Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble (www.theguardian.com)
Leading energy companies are intent on pushing the world in the opposite direction, expanding fossil fuel production and insisting that there is no alternative. It is evidence that they are motivated not by record warming, but by record profits, experts say.
Teachers in England will have to tell parents if children question their gender (www.theguardian.com)
Teachers will be forced to tell parents that their child is questioning their gender even if the young person objects under new guidance for schools in England, the equalities minister has indicated.
Alabama due to resume executions despite botching three last year (www.theguardian.com)
James Barber due to die on Friday but granddaughter of Dorothy Epps, the woman he murdered, doesn’t want it to happen
Johnson & Johnson must pay $18.8m to cancer patient in baby powder lawsuit (www.theguardian.com)
Apple and Google face block on taking cut from in-app purchases in Australia (www.theguardian.com)
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Henry Kissinger meets China’s defence minister in surprise visit to Beijing (www.theguardian.com)
TIL how video games use tricks from gambling to attract big spenders (www.theguardian.com)
Stop wasting your time and $ on mobile game. Get real game. Console, PC master race, …
Italian media more focused on foreign coverage of heatwave than its effects (www.theguardian.com)
Zelenskiy forced to recalibrate to avert Nato summit falling-out (www.theguardian.com)
US religious right at center of anti-LGBTQ+ message pushed around the world (www.theguardian.com)
Indian opposition unites in attempt to oust Narendra Modi (www.theguardian.com)
Included in the coalition are India’s largest national opposition, the Congress party, as well as powerful regional parties such as Trinamool Congress, which governs the state of West Bengal under the popular chief minister, Mamata Banerjee, and the Aam Aadmi party, which governs Delhi and Punjab....