Canada hands ‘long-overdue’ title over more than 200 islands to Haida Nation (www.theguardian.com)
Owners of Colorado funeral home where 190 bodies were found charged with Covid fraud (www.theguardian.com)
Georgian MP punches opponent in face in brawl over ‘foreign agents’ bill (www.theguardian.com)
Even Europe’s far-right firebrands seem to sense Brexit is a disaster (www.theguardian.com)
When I met the Dutch politician Geert Wilders years ago, he was set on ‘Nexit’. Now he too would rather stay in the EU...
Workers at California cannabis-delivery service threaten ‘unprecedented’ strike (www.theguardian.com)
After Eaze workers unionized with United Food and Commercial Workers, company cut pay and wouldn’t address it in negotiations...
Residents in wealthy California town block access to public hot springs with boulders (www.theguardian.com)
County officials alert Montecito homeowners that they face prosecution, including daily fines of $850 if stones are not removed...
‘Shhh or I’ll shoot you’: family of jailed Christian woman tell of Israeli raid (www.theguardian.com)
The Israeli troops arrived at about 4am last Saturday to take 23-year-old Layan Nasir away at gunpoint from her parents’ home in the West Bank town of Birzeit. There was no arrest warrant or charges, and her parents haven’t been notified of where she is held....
‘Shhh or I’ll shoot you’: family of jailed Christian woman tell of Israeli raid (www.theguardian.com)
The Israeli troops arrived at about 4am last Saturday to take 23-year-old Layan Nasir away at gunpoint from her parents’ home in the West Bank town of Birzeit. There was no arrest warrant or charges, and her parents haven’t been notified of where she is held....
‘I was told I’d be killed if I didn’t leave’: Himalayan state is a testing ground for Modi’s nationalism (www.theguardian.com)
A region known as ‘God’s land’ offers a glimpse of the future if Indian prime minister’s BJP party retains its power...
I believe in another Israel – one not defined by Benjamin Netanyahu and his cronies (www.theguardian.com)
The Israel that I meet every day is made up of people who want to forge a path towards peace and security for all...
‘Grownup’ leaders are pushing us towards catastrophe, says former US climate chief (www.theguardian.com)
Paris agreement negotiator Todd Stern attacks premiers who say that decarbonisation programmes are unrealistic and should be slowed down...
Murder of second world war veteran milkman in Florida solved after 50 years (www.theguardian.com)
Forgiving medical debt after it is sent to collections has fewer benefits – study (www.theguardian.com)
Experts partnered with RIP Medical Debt, a medical non-profit that buys and forgives debt, found it had little effect on people’s credit scores and mental health...
Ohio to purchase mobile homes to train public school staff in firearms (www.theguardian.com)
Donald Trump thought Ukraine ‘must be part of Russia’ during his U.S. presidency, book says (www.theguardian.com)
As president, Donald Trump “made it very clear” that he thought Ukraine “must be part of Russia”, his former adviser Fiona Hill says in a new book about US national security under threat from Russia and China....
Blasts heard above Israel after Iran launches drone attack – live (www.theguardian.com)
Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have said any threat from the United States and Israel will be met with Tehran’s reciprocal response, Iranian state TV reported....
Iran launches attack against Israel with drones 'hours away' from Israeli soil (www.theguardian.com)
Biden says he is ‘considering’ Australian call to drop Julian Assange charges (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long US push to prosecute the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing a trove of American classified documents.
Colombians told to shower with a friend as drought hits capital water supplies (www.theguardian.com)
Bogotá brings in water rationing with El Niño weather phenomenon meaning city could run out in under two months...
China reaffirms ties with North Korea in high-level meeting (www.theguardian.com)
China supporting Russia in massive military expansion, US says (www.theguardian.com)
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China reaffirms ties with North Korea in high-level meeting (www.theguardian.com)
Top-ranking Chinese official Zhao Leji met Kim Jong-un during three-day visit to Pyongyang...
Rise in US executions masks deep divide between states on use of death penalty (www.theguardian.com)
Some of the 27 states that have the death penalty have not executed anyone in years but others still do – and the divide is rooted in history...
China supporting Russia in massive military expansion, US says (www.theguardian.com)
US officials said that China provided more than 70% of the $900m (£723m) in machine tools – probably used to build ballistic missiles – imported in the last quarter of 2023 by Russia....