Killing owls to save owls: the US wildlife plan that sparked an ‘ethical dilemma’ (www.theguardian.com)
A government proposal to cull half a million owls, in order to save a related species, has raised complicated questions...
Ukrainian man jailed for life over role in Russian strike on pizzeria (www.theguardian.com)
Man provided information on restaurant in Kramatorsk that was hit last June, killing 13 people including novelist Victoria Amelina...
Schools close and crops wither as ‘historic’ heatwave hits south-east Asia (www.theguardian.com)
Governments across region grappling for response as temperatures soar to unseasonable highs...
Metro Bank UK stole software (www.theguardian.com)
Metro Bank UK stole software and linked it to their online banking system.
Israel lodges proposal with UN for dismantling of Palestinian relief agency (www.theguardian.com)
Israel has given the UN a proposal to dismantle Unrwa, its relief agency in the Palestinian territories, and transfer its staff to a replacement agency to make large-scale food deliveries into Gaza, according to UN sources....
ExxonMobil accused of ‘greenwashing’ over carbon capture plan it failed to invest in (www.theguardian.com)
Doug Parr, chief scientist for Greenpeace UK, said carbon capture and storage was hailed by the oil industry as a “miraculous silver bullet”, but had failed to deliver. “Carbon capture and storage does not appear to be much closer to reducing carbon emissions, or being affordable, than it did 20 years ago,” he said....
Niagara region declares emergency to prepare for eclipse viewers (www.theguardian.com)
Total solar eclipse on 8 April will be first to touch province since 1979, and Niagara Falls is declared one of the best places to view...
Revealed: San Jose CA is training AI to spot homeless encampments (www.theguardian.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/san-jose-homelessness-ai-detect…
Baltimore Key Bridge collapse: six missing now presumed dead, police say (www.theguardian.com)
Maryland state police say the six people who were missing after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed Tuesday in Baltimore, Maryland, are now presumed dead....
‘Man-made starvation’: the obstacles to Gaza aid deliveries – visual guide (www.theguardian.com)
Aid officials criticise the slow and often arbitrary inspection process, which in practice blocks aid, with trucks waiting weeks for approvals....
At least 115 killed and scores wounded in Moscow concert hall attack (www.theguardian.com)
At least 115 people have been killed and 145 wounded in Russia’s worst terror attack in years, as gunmen in combat fatigues opened fire and detonated explosives in a major concert hall on the outskirts of Moscow....
EU agrees in principle to give profits from frozen Russian assets to Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
EU leaders have agreed in principle to commandeer a large majority of the profits generated from frozen Russian assets and give them to Ukraine....
Two men swapped at birth – one Indigenous, one white – finally get apology (www.theguardian.com)
Richard Beauvais and Eddy Ambrose lived out each other’s lives, the third known such mistake in Manitoba. Now the premier is reversing a decision to deny responsibility...
Death tolls mount as elephants and people compete for land in Sri Lanka (www.theguardian.com)
Conservationists plead for coexistence as shrinking forests drive conflict, with elephant deaths doubling in a decade...
Massachusetts to pardon ‘hundreds of thousands’ with marijuana charges (www.theguardian.com)
The Massachusetts governor, Maura Healey, announced plans to pardon all simple marijuana possession charges from the state, which could affect “hundreds of thousands” who have faced charges....
Navalny ally Leonid Volkov vows to continue fight against Putin after hammer attack in Vilnius (www.theguardian.com)
Palestinian citizen of Israel granted UK asylum in case said to be unprecedented (www.theguardian.com)
Migrants mired in transit as Mexico becomes US’s immigration enforcer (www.theguardian.com)
Atlanta Police Foundation ignored records requests about role in Cop City, lawsuit claims (www.theguardian.com)
The lawsuit’s claims highlight how “over the last decade, the failure of police foundations nationwide to provide basic levels of transparency raises questions about their motives, and whether or not they have the public interest at heart”, said Alex Vitale, the author of The End of Policing. “If you have nothing to...
Retired US army colonel charged with sharing Ukraine secrets on dating site (www.theguardian.com)
‘In a way, stigma is the leading cause of death’: the radical plan to tackle British Columbia’s overdose epidemic (www.theguardian.com)
Liberty University fined $14m over ‘culture of silence’ around sexual assault (www.theguardian.com)
Christian evangelical institution punished victims ‘for violating the student code of conduct’ as ‘assailants were left unpunished’...
China sets challenging GDP target in face of regional tensions and ageing population (www.theguardian.com)
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British soldiers ‘on the ground’ in Ukraine, says German military leak (www.theguardian.com)
Kremlin claims audio of officers discussing UK help with missiles shows involvement of ‘collective west’...
A young woman’s killing in Georgia stokes a familiar rightwing war (www.theguardian.com)
The death of a college student is causing a political reaction – from the right, led by Trump – for all the wrong reasons...
