People may suffer ‘long colds’ more than four weeks after infection, study shows | Medical research (www.theguardian.com)
I had a cold last month, but I’m still getting rid of a mild cough. This seems pretty timely for me....
Nissan vows to go all-electric by 2030 despite Sunak delay on petrol ban (www.theguardian.com)
Carmaker says it will ‘press ahead’ with plans to achieve 100% EV in Europe and all new models will be entirely electric
What Modi won’t show the G20: Muslims killed, harassed by the police and abused in school (www.theguardian.com)
The PM is keen to show India as the ‘mother of democracy’, but this is one of the most undemocratic periods in its history, says the journalist Rana Ayyub
He survived sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America. Now he wants justice (www.theguardian.com)
Ron Hunter was repeatedly assaulted and sex-trafficked as a child. At 63, he’s telling his story – to protect others and heal himself
Fears UK’s cashless society will leave more than just the vulnerable behind (www.theguardian.com)
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Moon rocket blasts off, carrying Russia’s hope of first successful lunar landing since 1976 (www.theguardian.com)
The Luna-25 mission will seek to land near the south pole of the moon, collecting geological samples from the area, and sending back data for signs of water or its building blocks, which could raise the possibility of a future human colony on the moon.
Norway to fine Meta $98,500 a day over user privacy breach from 14 August (www.theguardian.com)
Norway to fine Meta $98,500 a day over user privacy breach from 14 August::Country’s data protection regulator said firm cannot harvest user information such as physical locations for showing targeted ads
Big business lobbies against heat protections for workers as US boils (www.theguardian.com)
‘People need to be riled up’: meteorologist names US heatwaves after oil and gas giants (www.theguardian.com)
Guy Walton has christened two previous heatwaves this summer Amoco and BP in attempt to name and shame fossil fuel firms
iPhone Photo Rejected from Photo Contest for Suspected AI Use (www.theguardian.com)
Always love when self agrandized authorities act like idiots. Feels like the box wine wins wine competition article....
Five ways AI might destroy the world: ‘Everyone on Earth could fall over dead in the same second’ (www.theguardian.com)
Largest UK public sector trial of four-day week sees huge benefits, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
“In the largest public sector trial of the four-day week in Britain, fewer refuse collectors quit,” reports the Guardian, “and there were faster planning decisions, more rapid benefits processing and quicker call answering, independent research has found.” South Cambridgeshire district council’s controversial...
German city bans ‘silent fox’ gesture in schools over similarity to far-right sign (www.theguardian.com)
A city in northern Germany has become the first to issue an all-out ban on the use of a hand gesture used to encourage silence in the classroom because of its close resemblance to a far-right Turkish gesture....
Democratic billboards stress Trump link to rightwing Project 2025 manifesto (www.theguardian.com)
Billboards will go up in seven swing states as campaign seeks to publicize manifesto and tie it to ex-president...
French election: exit poll shows shock win for left-green alliance as far right falls to third (www.theguardian.com)
Trump asks judge to gut classified documents case after immunity ruling (www.theguardian.com)
Andrew Tate can leave Romania while awaiting trial, court rules (www.theguardian.com)
The controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate will be allowed to leave Romania while awaiting trial on charges of human trafficking, a court has ruled....
Bolivia’s president accused of plotting coup against himself to boost popularity (www.theguardian.com)
World First: California to welcome cannabis for sale and consumption at State Fair (www.theguardian.com)
Appeals court tells Texas it cannot ban books for mentioning ‘butt and fart’ (www.theguardian.com)
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Zelenskiy: Trump risks being ‘loser president’ if he imposes bad deal on Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
‘Virtually complete’ Stegosaurus fossil to be auctioned at Sotheby’s geek week (www.theguardian.com)
Makes me sad it’s being sold instead of studied. “For Profit Paleontology” leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
Terrified families flee Rafah as Israel set to open all-out assault (www.theguardian.com)
Tens of thousands of Palestinians were fleeing Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, on Saturday, after Israeli warnings to evacuate before an imminent military assault that will open a bloody new phase of the seven-month-long conflict....
Furious Hungary summons US envoy over Biden’s ‘dictatorship’ comment (www.theguardian.com)
US president said Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orbán, is ‘looking for a dictatorship’ after Orbán met with Trump in Florida...
Aide tried to stop Trump praising Hitler – by telling him Mussolini was ‘great guy’ (www.theguardian.com)
Donald Trump’s second White House chief of staff tried to stop him praising Adolf Hitler in part by trying to convince the then president Benito Mussolini, the Italian fascist dictator, was “a great guy in comparison”.
