Ex-meteorologist names US heatwaves after oil and gas firms to shame them (www.theguardian.com)
Guy Walton has christened two previous heatwaves this summer Amoco and BP in attempt to name and shame fossil fuel firms
‘We are damned fools’: scientist who sounded climate alarm in 80s warns of worse to come (www.theguardian.com)
James Hansen, who testified to Congress on global heating in 1988, says world is approaching a ‘new climate frontier’
Greek shipwreck: hi-tech investigation suggests coastguard responsible for sinking (www.theguardian.com)
‘It’s exhausting but I think I’m going to have to keep working’: the over-65s who can’t afford to retire (www.theguardian.com)
Many of those who have left the workplace are being forced to return by the cost of living crisis to bolster their finances.
US ‘mom influencer’ guilty of falsely accusing Latino couple of trying to kidnap her children (www.theguardian.com)
California bans rules requiring schools to tell parents of child’s pronoun change (www.theguardian.com)
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán to meet with Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago (www.theguardian.com)
Hungary’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, will fly to Mar-a-Lago on Thursday to meet with Donald Trump, according to two sources with knowledge of the meeting....
Billionaire Sung Kook ‘Bill’ Hwang convicted of fraud by New York jury (www.theguardian.com)
Archegos Capital Management’s founder guilty of 10 of 11 criminal counts over investment firm that collapsed in 2021...
US heatwave tied to four Oregon deaths as temperature records are shattered (www.theguardian.com)
More than 146 million Americans under extreme heat alerts as dangerous weather fuels outbreak of new wildfires...
Chinese developers scramble as OpenAI blocks access in China (www.theguardian.com)
Trophy hunter killings spark fierce battle over the future of super tusker elephants (www.theguardian.com)
In the borderlands of Tanzania and Kenya, the “super tuskers” roam. A combination of old age, genetic pooling and prolonged protection from poaching has created a population of bull elephants with enormous tusks, weighing up to 45kg apiece, large enough to scrape along the ground as the animals walk. To many, the bulls are...
South Carolina implements one of US’s most restrictive public school book bans (www.theguardian.com)
Trump loyalists plan to name and shame ‘blacklist’ of federal workers (www.theguardian.com)
Armed with rhetoric about the “deep state”, a conservative-backed group is planning to publicly name and shame career government employees that they consider hostile to Donald Trump....
The Guardian Australia: Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan could cost as much as $600bn and supply just 3.7% of Australia’s energy by 2050, experts say (www.theguardian.com)
‘News deserts’: if local newspapers are dying, will local democracy die with them? (www.theguardian.com)
France’s far-right leader says he will not be PM without absolute majority (www.theguardian.com)
Ecuador struck by power outage leaving 18 million in the dark (www.theguardian.com)
A nationwide electricity outage has struck Ecuador, leaving the nation of about 18 million in the dark, including the capital’s subway system, as authorities worked to repair faulty power lines, a senior official said....
Eight Israeli soldiers killed in southern Gaza, military says (www.theguardian.com)
Eight Israeli soldiers have been killed in a blast that engulfed their armoured vehicle in southern Gaza, in the biggest loss of life for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in a single incident since January....
Biden and Macron use D-day event to emphasise support for Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Leaders rally behind Zelenskiy to make clear to Putin that, as in 1944, freedom in Europe is worth fighting for...
Secretive court system has awarded over $100bn public money to corporations, finds new analysis (www.theguardian.com)
Fossil fuel firms are biggest beneficiaries of investor-state dispute settlement courts which have awarded $114bn of public money...
Meth-addict fish, aggro starlings, caffeinated minnows: animals radically changed by human drugs – study (www.theguardian.com)
From brown trout becoming “addicted” to methamphetamine to European perch losing their fear of predators due to depression medication, scientists warn that modern pharmaceutical and illegal drug pollution is becoming a growing threat to wildlife....
Jerusalem braces for Israeli nationalist flag march through Muslim areas (www.theguardian.com)
Residents of Jerusalem are bracing for a rightwing flag march through Muslim areas of the Old City, an annual event often accompanied by violence....
ChatGPT suspends Scarlett Johansson-like voice as actor speaks out against OpenAI (www.theguardian.com)
‘I’m the new Oppenheimer!’: my soul-destroying day at Palantir’s first-ever AI warfare conference (www.theguardian.com)
“The peace activists are war activists,” co-founder and CEO of Palantir, Alex Karp insisted. “We are the peace activists.”...
‘It wasn’t a big deal’: secret deposition reveals how a child molester priest was shielded by his church (www.theguardian.com)
