Ferdinand Marcos Jr drops Philippines holiday marking toppling of father (www.theguardian.com)
Microplastics detected in clouds hanging atop two Japanese mountains (www.theguardian.com)
Findings regarding clouds above Mount Fuji and Mount Oyama highlight how microplastics are highly mobile...
World’s largest offshore windfarm project starts powering UK grid (www.theguardian.com)
The project, jointly developed by Britain’s SSE and Norway’s Equinor and Vårgrønn, will produce 3.6 gigawatts of power, enough for 6m homes a year, when it is completed in 2026....
UK, US and allies offer Israel ‘steadfast support’ in joint statement (www.theguardian.com)
Quint group – which also includes France, Germany and Italy – says ‘terrorist actions’ of Hamas must be ‘universally condemned’...
Afghan earthquake survivors sleep amid rubble as death toll nears 3,000 (www.theguardian.com)
Survivors of a series of powerful earthquakes that struck western Afghanistan on Saturday have spent a second night sleeping amid the rubble of demolished villages as they search for loved ones using shovels, amid a death toll senior Taliban officials have said is approaching 3,000....
Ursus rotundus: contenders compete in Alaska’s Fat Bear Week (www.theguardian.com)
Fat Bear Week, the annual competition to see which Alaskan bears can pack on the most pounds before hibernation season, begins this week, with a combination of fan favorites and newcomers vying for the title of the state’s most rotund bear....
14 year old kills at least 3 in mass shooting in downtown Bangkok (www.theguardian.com)
Kharkiv to build Ukraine’s first underground school to protect children (www.theguardian.com)
Children in frontline city are currently taught in the underground metro system amid threats from Russia’s missile attacks...
Pro-China candidate Mohamed Muizzu wins Maldives presidency, upending relationship with India (www.theguardian.com)
‘They don’t want to give power to girls’: the women shaking up Colombia’s graffiti scene (www.theguardian.com)
Military exercises near Taiwan aimed at combating ‘arrogance’ of separatists, says China (www.theguardian.com)
MEPs likely to push back on plans to allow spying on journalists (www.theguardian.com)
FBI warned prominent US Sikhs of threats after murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/news/t/490429...
FBI warned prominent US Sikhs of threats after murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: kbin.social/m/news/t/490429...
South African anti-migrant ‘vigilantes’ register as party for next year’s polls (www.theguardian.com)
Operation Dudula changes tactics from evictions and violence, with plans to fight elections on platform of expelling foreigners
Brazil supreme court rules in favor of Indigenous land rights in historic win (www.theguardian.com)
Australian federal police using AI to analyse data obtained under surveillance warrants (www.theguardian.com)
The AFP’s use of AI has been limited so far but the agency hopes the technology will help police identify money laundering and potential fraud
Twitter ranks worst in climate change misinformation report (www.theguardian.com)
The Climate of Misinformation report by Climate Action Against Disinformation looked at Meta, Pinterest, YouTube, TikTok and Twitter for their content moderation policies and efforts to mitigate inaccurate information such as climate denialism. The group, which is made up of dozens of international climate and...
Ten years after tragedy, tiny Lampedusa at centre of migration crisis again (www.theguardian.com)
More than 11,000 people have landed on the island in recent days – a decade on from when hundreds were killed in a shipwreck...
Thousands protest in Armenia over military strike on Nagorno-Karabakh (www.theguardian.com)
Nagorno-Karabakh: death toll rises as latest violence condemned by Russia and US (www.theguardian.com)
Australia now in El Niño climate pattern, increasing bushfire risk, BOM says (www.theguardian.com)
BoM warns it’s likely ‘this summer will be hotter than average and certainly hotter than the last three years’
Libya protesters set fire to mayor’s home in anger over Derna flood deaths (www.theguardian.com)
Five Americans fly out of Iran in $6bn oil money prisoner swap (www.theguardian.com)
Conservationist Morad Tahbaz among US detainees released and on way to Qatar in first stage of journey to Washington...
Planned Parenthood in Wisconsin to resume abortion care after judge’s ruling (www.theguardian.com)
Announcement comes after July ruling that 1849 abortion law does not apply in significant victory for abortion rights in midwest...
