Flowers ‘giving up’ on scarce insects and evolving to self-pollinate, say scientists (www.theguardian.com)
Flowers are “giving up on” pollinators and evolving to be less attractive to them as insect numbers decline, researchers have said....
Donald Trump did not sign Illinois pledge not to overthrow government (www.theguardian.com)
Former president sidestepped signing state’s loyalty oath, which opponents Nikki Haley and Chris Christie also have not signed...
Over-70s are UK’s most online adults after twentysomethings, survey shows (www.theguardian.com)
Oregon teacher finds fuselage from Boeing 737 Max 9 in his back yard (www.theguardian.com)
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Wife of financier who called for Harvard head’s exit faces plagiarism allegations (www.theguardian.com)
After Claudine Gay was ousted amid accusations of plagiarism, Neri Oxman was accused of copying from Wikipedia in dissertation...
Nearly 200 names linked to Jeffrey Epstein expected to be made public (www.theguardian.com)
List could be released as soon as Tuesday after deadline for objections to unsealing of names passes midnight Monday...
Israel could keep security control of Gaza after Hamas defeat, says defence minister (www.theguardian.com)
The numbers that reveal the extent of the destruction in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
The situation in Gaza over the last three months has been so chaotic that much of the data available comes with some sort of asterisk: it might be incomplete, or out of date, or drawn from a source that is claimed to be unreliable....
UK accused of hypocrisy in not backing claim of genocide in Gaza before ICJ (www.theguardian.com)
Wife of financier who called for Harvard head’s exit faces plagiarism allegations | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
When you are white and feel entitled.
Teenager charged with knife murder of gunman in Dublin restaurant (www.theguardian.com)
UK accused of hypocrisy in not backing claim of genocide in Gaza before ICJ (www.theguardian.com)
‘I can ride the bus. I can walk the streets’: the joy of freedom for Rohingya resettled in the US (www.theguardian.com)
A diplomatic breakthrough has allowed 62 refugees to start a new life in America. Yet a million still remain in fear and poverty in the Bangladeshi camps...
Americans living in their cars are finding refuge in ‘safe parking lots’ (www.theguardian.com)
‘Journalists see their role as helping to win’: how Israeli TV is covering Gaza war (www.theguardian.com)
To someone who made a cursory scan of the country’s TV channels and newspapers after 7 October, the reservists’ anger might be confusing – the Israeli media have rarely presented their audiences with such a uniformly patriotic vision of reality as they have over the past three months....
Aditya-L1: India’s solar mission reaches sun’s orbit (www.theguardian.com)
After four-month journey, Aditya-L1 will measure and observe sun’s outermost layers...
Thermo Fisher stops sale of DNA kits in Tibet after activists raised fears of rights abuses (www.theguardian.com)
Alaska Airlines grounds Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after mid-air window blowout (www.theguardian.com)
UN warns Gaza is now ‘uninhabitable’ as war continues (www.theguardian.com)
YouTube’s video games are almost impossible to find – but once you unearth them, you’ll wish you never looked (www.theguardian.com)
After a labyrinth of menus as intuitive as dadaist poetry, players are rewarded with knockoffs of decades-old games too maliciously bad to have been designed by AI...
US supreme court allows Idaho’s strict abortion ban to stand pending hearing (www.theguardian.com)
Biden administration had argued hospitals receiving Medicare funds are required to provide emergency care, including abortion...
NYPD faces backlash as it prepares to encrypt radio communications | New York | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
UN warns Gaza is now ‘uninhabitable’ as war continues (www.theguardian.com)
African elephant populations stabilise in southern heartlands (www.theguardian.com)
Israel tries to appease US with proposals for Gaza as Blinken heads to Middle East (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli officials are scrambling to head off mounting frustration in Washington in the run-up a potentially difficult meeting between the top US diplomat and Benjamin Netanyahu by offering a series of policy proposals on Gaza that critics say lack detail or commitment....
