Federal judge blocks Biden administration’s restrictive asylum rule (www.theguardian.com)
Deadly global heatwaves undeniably result of climate crisis, scientists show (www.theguardian.com)
‘Your heart races a bit’: US weather man threatened with death for mentioning climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Chris Gloninger wove the reality of global heating into his forecasts in the conservative heartland of Iowa. Not everyone was receptive.
Italy wildfires encircle Palermo as temperatures hit 47C (www.theguardian.com)
New Zealand justice minister Kiri Allan resigns after resisting arrest following car crash (www.theguardian.com)
New Zealand’s justice minister resigned on Monday after police charged her with reckless driving and resisting arrest after a car crash....
‘This is barbarism’: shock at Russian strike on Odesa cathedral (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli parliament votes in Netanyahu’s controversial supreme court changes (www.theguardian.com)
Israel’s parliament has voted into law a controversial curb on some supreme court powers submitted by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, the Knesset speaker has said....
Rebecca F Kuang: Goodreads is right to divide opinions, wrong to boil them down (www.theguardian.com)
Emotions run high on Goodreads. In fact, I tell every author navigating their first book launch to stay off it. They’re not going to listen to me, because who doesn’t want to know whether their manuscript – this precious thing they’ve toiled on in solitude for years – has found its readers? And because I’ve been...
‘People need to be riled up’: meteorologist names US heatwaves after oil and gas giants (www.theguardian.com)
Guy Walton has christened two previous heatwaves this summer Amoco and BP in attempt to name and shame fossil fuel firms
Italy wildfires encircle Palermo as temperatures hit 47C (www.theguardian.com)
Adopt eight lifestyle changes to add 20 years to your life, researchers say (www.theguardian.com)
To summarise, the eight lifestyle changes that could extend your life are:...
Tennessee toughens voting rules for people with felony convictions (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine deserved better from Nato | Letters (www.theguardian.com)
The Vilnius summit could have achieved much more, if only the political willpower had allowed it
Israeli parliament votes in Netanyahu’s controversial supreme court changes (www.theguardian.com)
Israel’s parliament has voted into law a controversial curb on some supreme court powers submitted by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, the Knesset speaker has said....
‘No way out’: how video games use tricks from gambling to attract big spenders (www.theguardian.com)
TIL in New York you can apply to have a fire hydrant opened during hot weather (www.theguardian.com)
Unilever to comply with Russian conscription law if staff called up (www.theguardian.com)
Hundreds of millions in UK aid returns to Treasury in VAT on asylum hotel bills (www.theguardian.com)
Hundreds of millions of pounds in British aid spending is returning to the Treasury each year in tax, thanks to the spiralling cost of housing asylum seekers in UK hotels....
Vegan diet massively cuts environmental damage, study shows (www.theguardian.com)
Content Warning: Image of dead animal Mexico steps up rain-making project amid intense heatwave and drought (www.theguardian.com)
Amid a historic heatwave and months of drought, Mexico’s government has launched the latest phase of a cloud seeding project it hopes will increase rainfall....
Italy investigates Placebo singer for calling far-right PM ‘racist’ and ‘fascist’ (www.theguardian.com)
Meloni heads Italy’s most rightwing government since the second world war. Italy’s criminal code punishes with a fine ranging from €1,000 to €5,000 anyone who “publicly defames the republic”, which includes the government, parliament, the courts and the army.
Top economists call for action on runaway global inequality (www.theguardian.com)
The letter says: “We know that high inequality undermines all our social and environmental goals. It corrodes our politics, destroys trust, hamstrings our collective economic prosperity and weakens multilateralism. We also know that without a sharp reduction in inequality, the twin goals of ending poverty and preventing...
Severe burns cases on rise in US south-west as extreme heatwave takes toll (www.theguardian.com)
Doctors report busy burns units with some patients having passed out and collapsed on superheated outdoor surfaces
A funeral for fish and chips: why are Britain’s chippies disappearing? (www.theguardian.com)
A funeral for fish and chips: why are Britain’s chippies disappearing?...
TIL in 2013, an Italian mafia "Ndrangheta" made more money than McDonald's and Deutsche Bank combined (€53bn / £44bn) (www.theguardian.com)
