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Chinese soldiers pledge to sacrifice their lives in documentary on Taiwan invasion (www.theguardian.com)

Chinese soldiers pledge to sacrifice their lives in documentary on Taiwan invasion (www.theguardian.com)

Bear escapes from crate in plane’s cargo hold at Dubai airport (www.theguardian.com)

Iraq’s prime minister has ordered an investigation into how a bear escaped from its crate in the cargo hold of an Iraqi aircraft as it was due to depart from Dubai airport, leaving passengers disgruntled over the delay and causing a stir on social media....

‘What we publish will stay with you’: inside a small but mighty literary hit factory (www.theguardian.com)

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‘I can’t stress how much BookTok sells’: teen literary influencers swaying publishers (www.theguardian.com)

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‘It’s destroyed me completely’: Kenyan moderators decry toll of training of AI models (www.theguardian.com)

Employees describe the psychological trauma of reading and viewing graphic content, low pay and abrupt dismissals

China may be planning overseas naval bases in Asia and Africa, say analysts (www.theguardian.com)

China’s military may be planning to build a host of overseas naval bases, as it hopes to protect shipping routes and strengthen its ability to resist sanctions from the US and its allies, analysis has found....

Kremlin blames west for small number of leaders due at Russia-Africa summit (www.theguardian.com)

Fulton county prosecutors prepare racketeering charges in Trump inquiry (www.theguardian.com)

Exclusive: racketeering charges based on influencing witnesses and computer trespass, sources say

Alabama due to resume executions despite botching three last year (www.theguardian.com)

James Barber due to die on Friday but granddaughter of Dorothy Epps, the woman he murdered, doesn’t want it to happen

A funeral for fish and chips: why are Britain’s chippies disappearing? (www.theguardian.com)

A funeral for fish and chips: why are Britain’s chippies disappearing?...

‘Does it really matter who wrote it?’: the rise of ghostwritten celebrity fiction (www.theguardian.com)

China to ‘fill the gap’ in Solomon Islands budget as PM blasts ‘unneighbourly’ Australia and US (www.theguardian.com)

As Threads app thrives, experts warn of Meta’s string of privacy violations (www.theguardian.com)

Privacy experts point out that Meta has put the launch of Threads in the European Union on hold because it’s unclear whether the way the company handles user data and shares it across different platforms, including Threads, will run afoul of impending privacy regulations.

‘It’s fun to cook up the stupidest idea’: the people competing to make the worst computer games possible (www.theguardian.com)

The annual Crap Games Competition has been bringing Spectrum fans together for more than 25 years. It all began with an April fool’s joke in a magazine called Your Sinclair …

Macron accused of authoritarianism after threat to cut off social media (www.theguardian.com)

Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads app – report (www.theguardian.com)

Twitter was locked in a chaotic doom loop. Now it’s on the verge of collapse | Siva Vaidhyanathan (www.theguardian.com)

Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone (www.theguardian.com)

‘Two-tier justice’ in Britain is real – but it’s not what the right says it is (www.theguardian.com)

A functioning society depends on equality before the law. If crimes are not treated equally and dispassionately by the justice system, we lose trust in democracy and each other. But as sentences begin to be passed on racists who rioted earlier this month, we see once again a blatantly unequal application of the law....