US, Canada and Finland form ‘Ice Pact’ to project influence into Arctic region (www.theguardian.com)
War has prevented 15m children being immunised against diseases, UN warns (www.theguardian.com)
Conflicts have hampered efforts to vaccinate children across the world, health leaders have warned, as new figures showed about 14.5 million children had not received a single immunisation dose....
Biden introduces Zelenskiy as ‘President Putin’ at Nato summit (www.theguardian.com)
Did he do it for the memes?
Record-breaking heatwave shifts east as millions of Americans under heat alert (www.theguardian.com)
Over 245 million Americans are expected to experience 90F temperatures early this week, with some as high as 105F...
Tennessee elections chief accused of intimidation for telling 14,375 voters to prove citizenship (www.theguardian.com)
Republican secretary of state sends vaguely worded letter to voters weeks before primary...
US financial watchdog urged to investigate NDAs at OpenAI (www.theguardian.com)
OpenAI whistleblowers have urged the US financial watchdog to investigate non-disclosure agreements at the startup after claiming the contracts included restrictions such as requiring employees to seek permission before contacting regulators....
Moscow angered by US plan to site long-range missiles in Germany (www.theguardian.com)
A US announcement of a plan to station long-range missiles in Germany for the first time since the cold war has set off a diplomatic furore between Washington and Moscow and elicited comparisons to the European missile crises of the 1980s....
Kenyan police find more female body parts at Nairobi garbage dump (www.theguardian.com)
Kenyan police said that they had found more bags filled with dismembered female body parts on Saturday, the latest macabre discovery at a rubbish dump that has horrified and angered the country....
Israeli weapons packed with shrapnel causing devastating injuries to children in Gaza, doctors say | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
US Gaza aid pier to be permanently dismantled after operating for just 20 days – reports | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Bitter tensions as reporters feel misled by White House over Biden health (www.theguardian.com)
With Joe Biden’s candidacy teetering in the wake of last month’s alarming debate showing, journalists who had covered his presidency full-time for years suddenly asserted that it lacked that most basic political element: credibility....
Hakeem Jeffries says he met with president; big Democratic donors reportedly freeze money in objection to Biden candidacy – live (www.theguardian.com)
The House minority leader Hakeem Jeffries said he shared lawmakers’ “insight, heartfelt perspectives and conclusions about the path forward” in a private meeting with Joe Biden yesterday....
App that tracked fuel tankers in China used to transport cooking oil is disabled (www.theguardian.com)
App reportedly received a surge in queries this week after newspaper exposed food safety scandal...
Nato summit achievements overshadowed by looming US election (www.theguardian.com)
‘I was handed to a complete stranger’: the survivors fighting to end child marriage in 37 US states — and the people who want to keep it legal (www.theguardian.com)
Child marriage, which activists describe as one or both parties entering a union while under age 18, remains legal in 37 US states. There are no federal laws against it, meaning minors can marry, with parental consent, before they can vote, drink, or buy lottery tickets in the majority of the country. Some states have a minimum...
Fresh scrutiny of free speech in Saudi Arabia after brothers’ convictions over tweets (www.theguardian.com)
More than 80 kangaroos found dead in two regional Victorian locations (www.theguardian.com)
Deforestation in Colombia falls to lowest level in 23 years (www.theguardian.com)
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‘Like an oven’: death at US women’s prison amid heatwave sparks cries for help (www.theguardian.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/california-heat-wave-prison-inm…
US ‘pressuring UK to block ICC’s Netanyahu arrest warrant’ (www.theguardian.com)
Labour officials at the weekend told the Guardian that in opposition Labour had rejected the Conservative legal challenge to the ICC jurisdiction and its policy remained unchanged in government, but did not say if the claim was being withdrawn as a result.
BP predicts global oil demand will peak in 2025, bringing to end rising emissions (www.theguardian.com)
‘Everyone was paddling to get away’: seals with rabies alarm South Africa’s surfers (www.theguardian.com)
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Chinese warships spotted off Alaska coast, US Coast Guard says (www.theguardian.com)
Four Chinese vessels were ‘transiting in international waters but still inside the US exclusive economic zone’...
Deforestation in Colombia falls to lowest level in 23 years (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/22143159
‘Frog saunas’ could save species from deadly fungal disease, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: sh.itjust.works/post/22143150
