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Bank of America sends warning letters to employees not going into offices (www.theguardian.com)

Letters warned employees that failure to follow return-to-office expectations could lead to ‘further disciplinary action’...

EU bans ‘misleading’ environmental claims that rely on offsetting (www.theguardian.com)

Terms such as “climate neutral” or “climate positive” that rely on offsetting will be banned from the EU by 2026 as part of a crackdown on misleading environmental claims....

2023 saw record killings by US police. Who is most affected? (www.theguardian.com)

In 2023, Black people were killed at a rate 2.6 times higher than white people, Mapping Police Violence found. Last year, 290 people killed by police were Black, making up 23.5% of victims, while Black Americans make up roughly 14% of the total population. Native Americans were killed at a rate 2.2 times greater than white...

Cookies and candy are latest victims of climate crisis as sugar prices surge (www.theguardian.com)

The climate crisis has been previously identified as a threat to coffee and beer, and its impact could now be stretching to another of life’s joys: dessert....

[2022] ‘Publishing is not a crime’: media groups urge US to drop Julian Assange charges. First outlets to publish WikiLeaks material, including the Guardian, come together to oppose prosecution (www.theguardian.com)

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‘The Gospel’: how Israel uses AI to select bombing targets in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)

World’s biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor launched in Japan (www.theguardian.com)

Joint project with EU involves more than 500 scientists and engineers and more than 70 companies...

Israeli assault on southern Gaza could lead to 1m refugees, UNRWA chief warns (www.theguardian.com)

Huge pro-Palestinian London march calls for permanent ceasefire (www.theguardian.com)

Number of Palestinians killed is ‘truly unbearable’, says Spanish PM (www.theguardian.com)

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Revealed: King Charles secretly profiting from the assets of dead citizens (www.theguardian.com)

Revealed: King Charles secretly profiting from the assets of dead citizens (www.theguardian.com)

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Spotify to phase out service in Uruguay following new copyright bill requiring ‘fair and equitable remuneration’ (www.theguardian.com)

Israeli forces kill 18 Palestinians in daytime raid in West Bank (www.theguardian.com)

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HBO boss apologises for using fake Twitter accounts to troll TV critics (www.theguardian.com)

The HBO CEO and chairman, Casey Bloys, has apologised for tasking employees with creating fake Twitter accounts to attack TV critics....

‘The most successful land-grab strategy since 1967’ as settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory (www.theguardian.com)

Herders report violence driving them from their homes in accelerating, aggressive and highly effective campaign

US accuses China of pattern of ‘dangerous’ air force manoeuvres against military planes (www.theguardian.com)

Pentagon cites more than 180 incidents of aggression against US aircraft over the East and South China seas...

Australia rejects proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in constitution (www.theguardian.com)

US nutrition panel’s ties to top food giants revealed in new report (www.theguardian.com)

Revealed: top carbon offset projects may not cut planet-heating emissions (www.theguardian.com)

Google goes to trial in biggest US challenge to tech power in decades (www.theguardian.com)

The justice department has accused Google of using its market power to unfairly lock out rivals and position itself as a gatekeeper of the web. The case marks the first brought by the government against Google to go to trial. The justice department has also joined a separate case against Google brought by the attorneys general...

Texas law aims to punish prosecutors who refuse to pursue abortion cases (www.theguardian.com)

After the supreme court overturned Roe v Wade last year, district attorneys from major counties in Texas vowed not to vigorously prosecute people under the state’s anti-abortion laws....

Prehistoric bird once thought extinct returns to New Zealand wild (www.theguardian.com)

Americans at high risk advised to wear masks as new Covid variant detected (www.theguardian.com)

As authorities revealed that a new Covid-19 variant has been detected in the US, medical experts are emphasizing that high-risk persons resume masking to prevent potentially deadly infection. Warnings from these physicians come amid an ongoing increase in Covid-19 hospitalizations....