US maritime union sounds alarm over global shipping standards (www.theguardian.com)
Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association warned of the dangers of bigger cargo vessels and smaller crews not at par with US levels...
Luis Rubiales faces 30 month jail sentence for Jenni Hermoso kiss (www.theguardian.com)
Luis Rubiales could face a prison sentence of two and a half years if convicted of kissing Jenni Hermoso on the lips against her will, court documents have shown. The former Spanish football federation chief has been charged with one count of sexual assault and one of coercion in the aftermath of the kiss, offences carrying jail...
Israeli settlers call for UN agency’s closure in Jerusalem protest (www.theguardian.com)
Dozens of Israeli settlers and rightwing activists have protested by again blocking the entrances of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) office in Jerusalem and calling for the body’s closure....
Baltimore bridge collapses into river after being hit by cargo ship (www.theguardian.com)
A portion of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore has collapsed after a large boat collided with it early on Tuesday morning, sending multiple vehicles into the water....
Israeli settlers call for UN agency’s closure in Jerusalem protest (www.theguardian.com)
Nick Cave on love, art and the loss of his sons: ‘It’s against nature to bury your children’ (www.theguardian.com)
State department official’s resignation highlights rifts over US Gaza policy (www.theguardian.com)
A human rights official has resigned from the US state department over Gaza saying the Biden administration is flouting US law by continuing to arm Israel, and is hushing up evidence that the US had seen on Israeli human rights abuses.
‘Madness’: Netanyahu’s handling of US relations under scrutiny after UN vote | Benjamin Netanyahu (www.theguardian.com)
Louisiana coroner accused of child abuse cuts sexual assault exam program (www.theguardian.com)
‘Everybody has a breaking point’: how the climate crisis affects our brains (www.theguardian.com)
A long read for normal Lemmy posts, but well cited including a study on stress during pregnancy. The links to the studies do have statistics if you are interested in further reading....
Revealed: a California city is training AI to spot homeless encampments (www.theguardian.com)
Last July, San Jose issued an open invitation to technology companies to mount cameras on a municipal vehicle that began periodically driving through the city’s district 10 in December, collecting footage of the streets and public spaces. The images are fed into computer vision software and used to train the companies’...
Baltimore Key Bridge collapse: six missing now presumed dead, police say (www.theguardian.com)
Maryland state police say the six people who were missing after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed Tuesday in Baltimore, Maryland, are now presumed dead....
Argentina: trans women among victims of ex-officers guilty of dictatorship-era crimes (www.theguardian.com)
State department official’s resignation highlights rifts over US Gaza policy (www.theguardian.com)
A human rights official has resigned from the US state department over Gaza saying the Biden administration is flouting US law by continuing to arm Israel, and is hushing up evidence that the US had seen on Israeli human rights abuses....
US supreme court to hear first major abortion case since Roe decision (www.theguardian.com)
Future of mifepristone at issue as rightwing groups seek to roll back measures taken by the FDA to expand drug’s availability...
Jared Kushner says Gaza’s ‘waterfront property could be very valuable’ (www.theguardian.com)
I’m not trying to destroy art, says man planning to do just that if Assange dies in jail (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: San Jose CA is training AI to spot homeless encampments (www.theguardian.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/san-jose-homelessness-ai-detect…
‘Pushed to the limit’: the tiny Greek island in people smugglers’ sights (www.theguardian.com)
Fears of a new migration route grow as more than 800 people land on Gavdos, population fewer than 70, in a few months...
Speaker of South African parliament accused of taking $135,000 and a wig in bribes (www.theguardian.com)
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula denies allegations she took bribes over three years while defence minister...
Scientists link 2019 Iranian landslide to building of dam (www.theguardian.com)
Researchers studying satellite data show slope near village of Hoseynabad-e Kalpush moved after reservoir began to be filled...
The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to the UK housing crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Clashing convictions mark protests as US supreme court weighs abortion pill (www.theguardian.com)
Hearing on mifepristone most consequential abortion-related case since overturning of Roe v Wade nearly two years ago...
Putin says radical Islamists carried out Moscow attack but maintains claim Ukraine was involved (www.theguardian.com)
Russian president says he is interested in ‘who ordered’ terror attack as US and France say Islamic State branch was responsible...
‘Tourists ask a lot of questions’: Great Barrier Reef guides face up to bleaching tragedy (www.theguardian.com)
Tour boat divers have long borne witness to mass bleaching events. Once reluctant to wade into discussions about global heating, they are now opening up...
