Why US double standards on Israel and Russia play into a dangerous game (www.theguardian.com)
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Eiffel Tower closed as staff strike on 100th anniversary of creator’s death (www.theguardian.com)
Union says operating company is ‘heading for disaster’ with budget based on unrealistic future visitor numbers...
Alcohol misuse and loneliness ‘increase risk of early-onset dementia’ (www.theguardian.com)
Ground-breaking research identifies 15 factors that significantly raise chance of developing illness...
Michigan supreme court rules that Trump will stay on state ballot (www.theguardian.com)
Ex-president can participate in state primary despite accusations of insurrection stemming from the January 6 Capitol attack...
Kanye West apologises to Jewish community for 2022 antisemitic remarks (www.theguardian.com)
Rapper posts message in Hebrew to social media, saying he is ‘committed to making amends and promoting unity’...
Disability advocate refused taxi after filming anti discrimination video for taxi directorate. (www.theguardian.com)
‘A generational struggle’: abortion rights pioneer offers insights to the post-Roe US (www.theguardian.com)
The battle to bring back the federal right to abortion in the US hinges on much more than just the outcome of the 2024 presidential election, and winning will require proponents to be as organized and steadfast as their opponents, at least as one of the reproductive freedom movement’s most veteran voices sees it....
Meta censors pro-Palestinian views on a global scale, report claims (www.theguardian.com)
Meta censors pro-Palestinian views on a global scale, report claims (www.theguardian.com)
Battle for the past: the Ukrainians trying to save their archaeological treasure amid war (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine is a country spectacularly rich in ancient archaeology, whether of the Scythians, with their horses and finely worked gold, who ranged across the steppes from the ninth to second centuries BC, or of the intriguing stone age Cucuteni-Trypillia culture, which produced remarkable, elaborately decorated ceramics and huge,...
New breed of climate protesters vows to take fight to ‘cowards’ of US politics (www.theguardian.com)
Alexei Navalny discovered in remote Arctic penal colony (www.theguardian.com)
Jailed Russian opposition leader ‘doing well’, according to aides, nearly three weeks after going missing...
Revealed: how US residents are funding illegal settlements in the West Bank (www.theguardian.com)
Britain to send patrol ship to Guyana amid Venezuela border dispute (www.theguardian.com)
Anti-war candidate barred from Russia’s presidential election (www.theguardian.com)
Yekaterina Duntsova wanted to end the conflict in Ukraine, but her candidacy was rejected over alleged flaws in her application...
Zelenskiy hails downing of Russian jets in upbeat Christmas message (www.theguardian.com)
In a Christmas message marking the first time Ukraine has officially observed the holiday on 25 December rather than 7 January, Zelenskiy also referred to Ukraine’s claim to have destroyed a further three Russian fighter planes on Friday.
Israel-Gaza war live: Israeli airstrikes kill 100 people in one of war’s deadliest nights, say Gaza officials (www.theguardian.com)
Medics have now said that an Israeli airstrike in Khan Younis in southern Gaza killed 23 people, bringing total Palestinian fatalities overnight to more than 100, Reuters reports.
Why AI is a disaster for the climate (www.theguardian.com)
Wind turbines generate more than half of UK’s electricity due to Storm Pia (www.theguardian.com)
‘Zombie deer disease’ epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humans (www.theguardian.com)
Police fatally shoot Black woman who called 911 for domestic violence (www.theguardian.com)
A Los Angeles county sheriff’s deputy shot and killed a 27-year-old woman who had called 911 to report that she was under attack by a former boyfriend, police officials and lawyers for the victim’s family said on Thursday. Records show the deputy had killed another person in similar circumstances three years ago....
The 10 biggest science stories of 2023 – chosen by scientists | Science | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
An interesting look at 2023: The 10 biggest science stories of 2023 – chosen by scientists. From insight into our human ancestry and breakthroughs on the moon to a flourishing of AI and terrifying new developments in the climate, it was a year of scientific drama.
Polish farmers end blockade of Ukraine border crossing (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine says movement of lorries restored after suspension of protest, but truckers’ blockades of three other crossings continue...