Meet Mercy and Anita – the African workers driving the AI revolution, for just over a dollar an hour (www.theguardian.com)
Mercy craned forward, took a deep breath and loaded another task on her computer. One after another, disturbing images and videos appeared on her screen. As a Meta content moderator working at an outsourced office in Nairobi, Mercy was expected to action one “ticket” every 55 seconds during her 10-hour shift. This particular...
At least 89 migrants dead after boat capsizes off Mauritania, state news agency says (www.theguardian.com)
‘Mansplaining’ UK election coverage marginalises women’s concerns, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
General election coverage has been dominated by male voices, according to researchers from Loughborough University....
‘It’s going to be tight’: Macron’s centrists struggle to deter voters from backing far right (www.theguardian.com)
Protecting just 1.2% of Earth’s land could save most-threatened species, says study (www.theguardian.com)
Study identifies 16,825 sites around the world where prioritising conservation would prevent extinction of thousands of unique species...
Barcelona to ban apartment rentals to tourists in bid to cut housing costs (www.theguardian.com)
Climate engineering off US coast could increase heatwaves in Europe, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Namibia high court overturns law banning consensual gay sex (www.theguardian.com)
Former Trump national security adviser urges resumption of nuclear testing (www.theguardian.com)
Stanford disappoints critics of fossil fuel donations by hiring PR firm with big oil ties (www.theguardian.com)
University hires Brunswick Group amid anger from campus organizers at its sustainability school’s funding...
How North Korea’s lucrative trade in human hair is helping it skirt the impact of sanctions (www.theguardian.com)
ICC must be allowed to carry out work ‘without intimidation’, say 93 member states (www.theguardian.com)
The international criminal court must be allowed to carry out its work “without intimidation”, a group of 93 states has said in a significant public intervention intended to reinforce support for the judicial body....
‘No one has any idea’ how many Israeli hostages are alive, says Hamas official (www.theguardian.com)
A senior Hamas official has said the group does not know how many of the Israeli hostages it is holding in Gaza are still alive, as Israeli and Hamas sources set out positions that could undermine the possibility of an imminent ceasefire deal....
‘The big story of the 21st century’: is this the most shocking documentary of the year? (www.theguardian.com)
In 2013, the US food conglomerate Smithfield Foods – the country’s largest pork producer and maker of the famous holiday ham – was sold to a Hong Kong-based company called WH Group in a deal worth $7.1bn. It was the largest ever Chinese acquisition of an American company; virtually overnight, WH Group, formerly called...
UN security council endorses US-backed hostages-for-ceasefire Gaza deal (www.theguardian.com)
Only Russia abstains in vote on plan calling for hostage and prisoner swap in six-week ceasefire leading to wider deal...
European Central Bank cuts main interest rate by 0.25 points (www.theguardian.com)
Citing a sustained fall in inflation, the ECB said its deposit rate would be cut to 3.75% from a record high of 4%, putting it ahead of the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, which have yet to cut interest rates.
Starvation already causing many deaths and lasting harm in Gaza, agencies say (www.theguardian.com)
US state department falsified report absolving Israel on Gaza aid – ex-official (www.theguardian.com)
‘Heads, we win; tails, you lose’: how rightwing hush-money trial coverage boosts Trump (www.theguardian.com)
‘They call us Nazis’: inside the wealthy German town where the far right is on the rise (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...
Georgia’s ‘foreign agents’ law could be dropped in return for US support bill (www.theguardian.com)
A “foreign agents” law that has brought hundreds of thousands of people on to the streets of Georgia’s capital of Tbilisi could be dropped in return for a package of economic and security support from Washington, the ruling party has hinted....
Revealed: Meta approved political ads in India that incited violence (www.theguardian.com)
First Black astronaut candidate, now 90, reaches space in Blue Origin flight (www.theguardian.com)
Ex-air force captain Ed Dwight, passed over by Nasa in 1961, now oldest person to reach edge of space with Jeff Bezo’s space firm...