US officials monitored pro-Assange protests in Australia for ‘anti-US sentiment’, documents reveal (www.theguardian.com)
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Uproar as after-school Satan club forms at Tennessee elementary school (www.theguardian.com)
Community members in a Tennessee school district want to banish Satan from their children’s halls after the formation of a new club was announced....
Israeli military says its troops shot and killed three hostages by mistake (www.theguardian.com)
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The Choice of Life: Dr Johnson’s Christmas message (www.theguardian.com)
Trump tells rally immigrants are ‘poisoning the blood of our country’ (www.theguardian.com)
Like Putin, Viktor Orbán is learning he can act with impunity: the cash keeps flowing | Katalin Cseh (www.theguardian.com)
The EU’s capitulation to the Hungarian PM’s blackmail is a grave mistake. He seeks to reshape the bloc in his image...
Environmental campaigners filmed, threatened and harassed at Cop28 (www.theguardian.com)
Greece to legalise papers for thousands of migrants to counter labour shortage (www.theguardian.com)
‘Never thought I’d be in this situation’: US readers on their housing realities (www.theguardian.com)
Hard-up this holiday? Amazon flyer tells workers to ask company mascot for help (www.theguardian.com)
Yeah, definitely don’t put any of those profits toward a living wage though. Make your employees trauma dump for the chance at a few extra bucks! Probably comes as an Amazon gift card, too.
EU reaches asylum deal that rights groups say will create ‘cruel system’ (www.theguardian.com)
BP halts oil and gas shipments through Red Sea after rebel attacks (www.theguardian.com)
Energy company follows decisions by five big shipping firms as Houthi militants step up attacks on vessels...
Modern slavery ‘a feature’ of care sector in England since Brexit (www.theguardian.com)
End of free movement of workers from EU has significantly increased possibilities of exploitation, care watchdog tells MPs...
[2022] ‘Publishing is not a crime’: media groups urge US to drop Julian Assange charges. First outlets to publish WikiLeaks material, including the Guardian, come together to oppose prosecution (www.theguardian.com)
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So why did a jury find that Google held a monopoly but Apple didn’t? (www.theguardian.com)
“Google has taken great pains to appear more open than Apple, licensing the Android operating system to third parties like Samsung and allowing users to install apps via other methods than the Play store. Apple does neither. When it comes to exclusivity, Apple has become synonymous with “walled garden” in the public...
Vase woman buys for $3.99 at Virginia thrift shop sells for more than $100,000 (www.theguardian.com)
A woman who bought a glass vase for $3.99 at a local Goodwill charity shop has seen the piece auctioned off for more than $100,000 after it turned out to be a rare and valuable piece of Italian glassware....
X to be investigated for allegedly breaking EU laws on hate speech and fake news (www.theguardian.com)
Russian courts halt cases against Alexei Navalny after jailed activist disappears | Alexei Navalny | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
X to be investigated for allegedly breaking EU laws on hate speech and fake news (www.theguardian.com)
US announces naval coalition to defend Red Sea shipping from Houthi attacks (www.theguardian.com)
Egypt and Saudi Arabia notably absent from Operation Prosperity Guardian as more shipping companies forgo route...
Would you drink toilet water? California wastewater approved for recycling (www.theguardian.com)
Just Stop Oil activist jailed for six months for taking part in slow march [UK] (www.theguardian.com)
China rights activist goes on trial for ‘inciting subversion of state power’ (www.theguardian.com)
Li Qiaochu, a human rights activist detained for nearly three years in China, has gone on trial in Shandong province charged with “inciting subversion of state power”....
X to be investigated for allegedly Not Complying with EU laws on hate speech and fake news (www.theguardian.com)
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