US ex-official pleads guilty in heist to steal and sell water with secret pipe (www.theguardian.com)
Dennis Falaschi charged in multi-million dollar scheme as records show he wasn’t only one to take water from California’s farm region...
Majority of US voters support climate litigation against big oil, poll shows (www.theguardian.com)
And almost half of respondents back the filing of criminal charges against oil companies that have contributed to the climate crisis...
Last major Arabic-style mosque in China loses its domes (www.theguardian.com)
Ditch brightly coloured plastic, anti-waste researchers tell firms (www.theguardian.com)
Studies find red, blue and green plastic decomposes into microplastic particles faster than plainer colours...
US ex-official pleads guilty in heist to steal and sell water with secret pipe (www.theguardian.com)
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Atlanta police surveil people opposing ‘Cop City’: ‘There’s this constant stalking feeling’ (www.theguardian.com)
Atlanta police have been carrying out around-the-clock surveillance in several neighborhoods for months, on people and houses linked to opposition against the police training center colloquially known as “Cop City”....
How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money (www.theguardian.com)
The theory is simple: instead of buying a household item or a piece of clothing or some equipment you might use once or twice, you take it out and return it.
As avian flu hops to cows and at least two humans, migrant farm workers are at risk (www.theguardian.com)
Officials are now incentivizing testing, but experts say workers need protective equipment and paid sick leave to prevent further spread...
US returns stolen Italian art worth $65m in vow to put loot back ‘where it belongs’ (www.theguardian.com)
Italy celebrates getting back 600 antiquities that were taken and sold years ago and recovered as a result of criminal investigations...
Social media bosses are ‘the largest dictators’, says Nobel peace prize winner (www.theguardian.com)
Journalist Maria Ressa named Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk in speech at Hay literary festival in Powys...
Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry (www.theguardian.com)
Gavin Newsom signs bill to help people in Arizona get abortions in California (www.theguardian.com)
Under new law, doctors licensed to perform the procedure in Arizona can provide abortion care for their patients in California...
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
UCLA academic workers go on strike in support of pro-Palestinian protests (www.theguardian.com)
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
EPA accused of ‘egregious’ misconduct in PFAS testing of pesticides (www.theguardian.com)
US agency found PFOS and other types of PFAS in pesticides but failed to disclose those results, watchdog group alleges...
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
When the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC) announced he was seeking arrest warrants against Israeli and Hamas leaders, he issued a cryptic warning: “I insist that all attempts to impede, intimidate or improperly influence the officials of this court must cease immediately.”...
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Investigation reveals how intelligence agencies tried to derail war crimes prosecution, with Netanyahu ‘obsessed’ with intercepts
In historic first, Canada lawmaker addresses legislature in Indigenous language (www.theguardian.com)
Sol Mamakwa, a New Democratic party member from the community of Kingfisher Lake First Nation, rose on Tuesday to give the province’s first-ever Indigenous language speech in Queen’s Park, telling colleagues the moment left him feeling “thankful and proud”....
US aid to Gaza stalls after temporary pier breaks apart in heavy seas (www.theguardian.com)
“The rebuilding and repairing of the pier will take at least over a week, and, following completion, will need to be re-anchored to the coast of Gaza,” Singh said....
Pope Francis allegedly used offensive slur during discussion about gay men (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli spy chief allegedly ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor to pressure her to drop Palestine investigation (www.theguardian.com)
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Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
Trump revives false claim that Biden authorized ‘deadly force’ for Mar-a-Lago search (www.theguardian.com)
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)