New York’s Vessel to reopen with steel-mesh safety measures after suicides (www.theguardian.com)
Climbable sculpture in Hudson Yards in Manhattan closed in 2021 after four people died by suicide...
US braces for cicadas by the trillion as two broods of periodic insects coincide (www.theguardian.com)
The last time Brood XIX and Brood XII emerged from underground at the same time, Thomas Jefferson was president...
Researchers analysed songs lyrics across several genres from 1980 to 2020, found that song lyrics getting simpler, more repetitive, angry and self-obsessed (www.theguardian.com)
Jared Kushner says Gaza’s ‘waterfront property could be very valuable’ | Jared Kushner | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
‘Why are you asleep?’ Rahul Gandhi pleads with India’s low castes to vote out Modi (www.theguardian.com)
Cameron urges US to aid Ukraine and not show ‘weakness displayed to Hitler’ (www.theguardian.com)
David Cameron has urged US lawmakers to pass a bill including support for Ukraine and warned them not to show “the weakness displayed against Hitler”....
Netanyahu rejects Hamas ceasefire proposal and vows to fight until ‘total victory’ (www.theguardian.com)
‘The situation has become appalling’: fake scientific papers push research credibility to crisis point (www.theguardian.com)
Last year the annual number of papers retracted by research journals topped 10,000 for the first time. Most analysts believe the figure is only the tip of an iceberg of scientific fraud....
UN court orders Israel to ensure acts of genocide are not committed in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
In an interim judgment delivered on Friday, the president of the court, Joan Donoghue, said Israel must “take all measures within its power” to prevent acts that fall within the scope of the genocide convention and must ensure “with immediate effect” that its forces do not commit any of the acts covered by the...
Florida advances law banning children under 16 from using social media (www.theguardian.com)
Bill would prohibit teenagers from creating an account, and is now headed to the state’s Republican-controlled senate...
Philippines president sparks outcry for using presidential helicopter to see Coldplay concert (www.theguardian.com)
‘It’s difficult to survive’: China’s LGBTQ+ advocates face jail and forced confession (www.theguardian.com)
In recent years, China’s LGBTQ+ community has been swept up in the Chinese Communist party’s broader crackdown on civil society and freedom of expression. In May 2023, a well known LGBTQ+ advocacy group in Beijing announced it was closing due to “unavoidable” circumstances. Last February, two university students filed a...
‘Giving us oxygen’: Italy turns to Cuba to help revive ailing health system (www.theguardian.com)
Russia warns US and Europe over reports Ukraine may get its seized assets (www.theguardian.com)
Kremlin threatens ‘serious consequences’ if there is an unprecedented seizure of Russian assets held abroad...
US retail group retracts claim that half of $94.5bn inventory loss was from theft (www.theguardian.com)
National Retail Federation says 2021 data was flawed and based on congressional testimony from president of an advocacy group...
Killer’s family allegedly knew Gabby Petito was dead weeks before discovery (www.theguardian.com)
The fiance and killer of the domestic violence murder victim Gabby Petito desperately called his parents and told them that she was “gone” weeks before she was discovered dead – yet they later shared messages expressing hope that search efforts for her would end in success, her family has alleged....
World facing ‘hellish’ 3C of climate heating, UN warns before Cop28 (www.theguardian.com)
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Rishi Sunak considers tax cut for top earners after byelection defeats (www.theguardian.com)
France closes seven schools over bedbug infestations (www.theguardian.com)
Education minister says ‘cases are piling up’ and that ‘an immediate response is needed’...
Zelenskiy secures $325m in new US aid even as Republican support wanes (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine president delivers upbeat message on war progress during second White House visit since Russian invasion...
US to argue Google abused power to monopolize internet search as antitrust trial begins (www.theguardian.com)
US to argue Google abused power to monopolize internet search as antitrust trial begins::US makes case Google leveraged power and wealth to strangle competition, spending billions on deals with Apple and Samsung
Apple shares fall after China reportedly bans iPhone use by government officials | Apple (www.theguardian.com)
Apple shares fall after China reportedly bans iPhone use by government officials | Apple::The move suggests that China, which is one of Apple’s biggest markets, is unwilling to spare any US company in fight to boost homegrown technology
UFO hearings: whistleblower David Grusch says ‘non-human biologics’ found at alleged crash sites – as it happened (www.theguardian.com)
Adam Peaty claims athletes at Paris Olympics found worms in their food (www.theguardian.com)
Adam Peaty has claimed athletes at Paris 2024 have found worms in their food as he criticised inadequate catering at the Olympic village. The six-time Olympic medallist complained about the quantity and quality of food on offer as he said it would affect the performances of athletes.
Biden’s doctor reportedly met with top neurologist at White House (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden’s doctor met with a leading Washington DC neurologist at the White House this year, it was reported on Saturday....
