Russia accused of using chemical gas attacks against Ukrainian soldiers (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine soldiers describe ‘almost daily’ illegal gas attacks as invaders seek to dislodge them from embedded positions...
‘The machine did it coldly’: Israel used AI to identify 37,000 Hamas targets (www.theguardian.com)
UN nuclear watchdog head condemns drone strike on Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (www.theguardian.com)
The head of the UN’s atomic watchdog agency has condemned a drone strike on one of six nuclear reactors at the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant (ZNPP) in Ukraine, saying such attacks “significantly increase the risk of a major nuclear accident”....
The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’ (www.theguardian.com)
"For all that science has learned about the workings of life, death remains among the most intractable of mysteries…...
Scientists confirm record highs for three most important heat-trapping gases (www.theguardian.com)
Global concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide climbed to unseen levels in 2023, underlining climate crisis...
David Cameron warns of Gaza famine as UK sends Royal Navy ship to boost aid effort (www.theguardian.com)
Killing owls to save owls: the US wildlife plan that sparked an ‘ethical dilemma’ (www.theguardian.com)
A government proposal to cull half a million owls, in order to save a related species, has raised complicated questions...
‘He was a human being’: US prisoners are dying from treatable conditions (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: a Guardian investigation finds that inmates who died of preventable conditions were deemed malingerers and ‘time wasters’...
California fast-food workers’ minimum wage win stirs up old economic debate (www.theguardian.com)
Business groups claim hard-fought $20 hourly wage victory will cause reduced hours, layoffs and price hikes – critics say otherwise...
More than 4,000 people evacuated in Russia after dam bursts (www.theguardian.com)
Water levels continue to rise after dam burst near Kazakhstan border after torrential rain...
Baltimore bridge collapse: two bodies recovered from water, officials say (www.theguardian.com)
Authorities say bodies of Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera found by divers in pickup truck...
Trump’s legal delaying tactics dealt a blow as he lashes out at judge’s family (www.theguardian.com)
New York hush-money trial still on course for 15 April start but ruling in classified documents case has prosecutors concerned...
Three Indigenous American tribes to get funding to manage ocean and coasts (www.theguardian.com)
Communities in Washington, California and Maine will receive $755,000 under the Infrastructure Act to build climate resilience...
Fugitive former US city councillor enlists with Russia for war in Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
All billionaires under 30 have inherited their wealth, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
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‘Building an authoritarian axis’: the Trump ‘envoy’ courting the global far right (www.theguardian.com)
Richard Grenell’s shadow foreign policy campaign is unsettling diplomats and threatens to collapse US interests...
China will use AI to disrupt elections in the US, South Korea and India, Microsoft warns (www.theguardian.com)
Beijing did a test run in Taiwan using AI-generated content to influence voters away from a pro-sovereignty candidate...
‘I really wasn’t worried’: US man was getting vasectomy as earthquake struck (www.theguardian.com)
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Exclusive: Trump Media saved in 2022 by Russian-American under criminal investigation (www.theguardian.com)
US border patrol is responsible for safety of children in migrant camps, judge says (www.theguardian.com)
“This is a tremendous victory for children at open air detention sites, but it remains a tragedy that a court had to direct the government to do what basic human decency and the law clearly require,” Neha Desai, senior director of immigration at the National Center for Youth Law, said in a statement.
Get your goat: Italian island overrun by the animals offers to give them away (www.theguardian.com)
Mayor makes offer after number of goats on Alicudi reaches six times human population
Biden calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’ in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
When security matters: working with Qubes OS at the Guardian (www.theguardian.com) Spanish
India appears to confirm extrajudicial killings in Pakistan (www.theguardian.com)
Defence minister’s comments after Guardian report are first time India has acknowledged any assassinations on foreign soil...
‘The machine did it coldly’: Israel used AI to identify 37,000 Hamas targets (www.theguardian.com)