North Korea condemns joint military exercise by South Korea, US and Japan (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli court rules ultra-Orthodox men must be drafted for military service (www.theguardian.com)
Second Canadian scientist alleges brain illness investigation was shut down (www.theguardian.com)
‘Florida loves prison labor’: why most incarcerated people still work for free in the Sunshine state (www.theguardian.com)
Many prisoners clean toilets and prep food with no pay – as the state charges $50 a day for their incarceration...
Spanish police arrest 10 after discovery of ‘highly sophisticated’ meth lab (www.theguardian.com)
Spanish police have arrested 10 people and seized 70kg of methamphetamine after discovering a “highly sophisticated” synthetic drug laboratory capable of producing up to 10kg of meth a day....
‘We need the world to wake up’: Sudan facing world’s deadliest famine in 40 years (www.theguardian.com)
Millions face disaster as Sudanese army and RSF accused of using food access as a weapon in on-going war...
Chinese firm sought to use UK university links to access AI for possible military use (www.theguardian.com)
Revelation of emails to Imperial College scientists comes amid growing concerns about security risk posed by academic tie-ups with China...
Visitors to Greece appear ill informed about heatwave risk, warn rescuers (www.theguardian.com)
Over the past week, three search and rescue operations have been started for tourists who have gone missing during treks on far-flung islands, including one for the popular TV presenter Michael Mosley, who was found dead on the island of Symi....
Wild horses return to Kazakhstan steppes after absence of two centuries (www.theguardian.com)
Seven Przewalski’s horses, the only truly wild species of the animal in the world, flown to central Asian country from zoos in Europe...
‘Racial resentment’ a factor in violence of 6 January 2021, study says (www.theguardian.com)
Measurable in Trump supporters, psycho-social phenomenon can have consequences for democracy, authors say...
Critics of Putin and his allies targeted inside the EU with Israeli-made Pegasus spyware (www.theguardian.com)
At least seven journalists and activists who have been vocal critics of the Kremlin and its allies have been targeted inside the EU by a state using Pegasus, the hacking spyware made by Israel’s NSO Group, according to a new report by security researchers....
‘Bodies everywhere’: the horrors of Israel’s strike on a Rafah camp (www.theguardian.com)
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
Microplastics found in every human testicle in study (www.theguardian.com)
Ex-Royal Marine charged with spying for Hong Kong found dead in park (www.theguardian.com)
Matthew Trickett, 37, who was charged with surveillance of activists, was found on Sunday evening in Maidenhead park...
Top oil firms’ climate pledges failing on almost every metric, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Oil Change International says plans do not stand up to scrutiny and describes US fossil-fuel corporations as ‘the worst of the worst’...
Microplastics found in every human testicle in study (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15619941
AI chatbots’ safeguards can be easily bypassed, say UK researchers (www.theguardian.com)
Guardrails to prevent artificial intelligence models behind chatbots from issuing illegal, toxic or explicit responses can be bypassed with simple techniques, UK government researchers have found....
Trump-linked dark-money group spent $90m on racist and transphobic ads in 2022, records show (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: Citizens for Sanity was one of top political spenders last election cycle and is back for 2024 with more extreme messaging...
Ferocious solar storm could give US rare view of northern lights (www.theguardian.com)
Why far-right groups are disrupting US campus protests: ‘When there’s so much attention, they show up’ (www.theguardian.com)
Brazil flooding death toll rises to 90 as more than 155,000 people displaced (www.theguardian.com)
The death toll from what authorities call the worst climate disaster ever to strike southern Brazil has risen to 90, after ferocious rain flooded huge stretches of Rio Grande do Sul state, displacing more than 155,000 people and forcing the closure of the main airport in the country’s fifth biggest city....
We need an exodus from Zionism | Naomi Klein (www.theguardian.com)
‘They’re sending a message’: harsh police tactics questioned amid US campus protest crackdowns (www.theguardian.com)
There have been 970 US student protests related to the Israel-Gaza conflict between 7 October and 26 April, the vast majority of them peaceful, according to the latest available statistics from the Armed Conflict Location and Event Data Project (Acled), which tracks political violence and political demonstrations across the US...
UK surgeon who described Gaza ‘massacre’ denied entry to France (www.theguardian.com)
French police said the German authorities, who had previously refused Abu-Sitta entry to Germany in April, had put a visa ban on him for a year, meaning he was banned from entering any Schengen country....
