Louisiana’s flagship university lets oil firms influence research – for a price (www.theguardian.com)
Louisiana State University allowed Shell to influence studies after a $25m donation and sought funds from other fossil fuel firms...
Women run 80% of US elections – but are targets of misogyny-laced threats (www.theguardian.com)
Threats lean toward sexual or domestic violence, attacks on their families and criticisms that they can’t do their jobs...
Germany arrests two for alleged plot to attack military bases on behalf of Russia, accuses suspects of working with Russian secret service in attempt to undermine support for Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Cross posted from: feddit.de/post/11214053...
Forced home moves cost renters over half a billion pounds a year (www.theguardian.com)
There were 830,000 unwanted moves in England over the past 12 months, meaning 40% have been forced to relocate...
New Mexico’s rivers are most threatened waterways in US, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Supreme court ruling left more than 90% of state’s surface waters with no pollution protections, since they don’t run continuously...
Mike Johnson unveils complex plan for Israel and Ukraine aid as pressure rises (www.theguardian.com)
Speaker rejects pressure to approve package sent over by Senate, leaving its path to passage deeply uncertain...
Owners of Colorado funeral home where 190 bodies were found charged with Covid fraud (www.theguardian.com)
‘Shhh or I’ll shoot you’: family of jailed Christian woman tell of Israeli raid (www.theguardian.com)
The Israeli troops arrived at about 4am last Saturday to take 23-year-old Layan Nasir away at gunpoint from her parents’ home in the West Bank town of Birzeit. There was no arrest warrant or charges, and her parents haven’t been notified of where she is held....
Mass use of guided bombs driving Russian advances, says Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Up to 500 ‘drop-and-forget’ bombs containing foreign components being fired every week, government analysis finds...
Which countries supply Israel with arms and why is Biden reluctant to stop? | Explainer (www.theguardian.com)
Canada, the Netherlands, Japan, Spain and Belgium have all announced they would stop shipping weapons to Israel. In Denmark, a court case is pending which could result in the government having to suspend the export of F-35 fighter jet parts to the US, be
Indian government ordered killings in Pakistan, intelligence officials claim (www.theguardian.com)
‘Headaches, organ damage and even death’: how salty water is putting Bangladesh’s pregnant women at risk (www.theguardian.com)
As rising sea levels and extreme weather contaminate drinking water sources, doctors are seeing alarming numbers of women with serious health problems including pre-eclampsia
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....
Russian journalist who covered Navalny trials jailed on extremism charges (www.theguardian.com)
Moscow court ordered Antonina Favorskaya to remain in custody pending an investigation...
Children among cancer patients fearing being sent back to Gaza by Israel (www.theguardian.com)
Cancer patients from Gaza, including children, are living in a state of limbo in a hospital in East Jerusalem after Israeli authorities threatened to send them back....
Israeli settlers call for UN agency’s closure in Jerusalem protest (www.theguardian.com)
Nick Cave on love, art and the loss of his sons: ‘It’s against nature to bury your children’ (www.theguardian.com)
‘Everybody has a breaking point’: how the climate crisis affects our brains (www.theguardian.com)
A long read for normal Lemmy posts, but well cited including a study on stress during pregnancy. The links to the studies do have statistics if you are interested in further reading....
State department official’s resignation highlights rifts over US Gaza policy (www.theguardian.com)
A human rights official has resigned from the US state department over Gaza saying the Biden administration is flouting US law by continuing to arm Israel, and is hushing up evidence that the US had seen on Israeli human rights abuses....
Biden administration’s Gaza strategy panned as ‘mess’ amid clashing goals (www.theguardian.com)
The Biden administration’s policy on Gaza has been widely criticised as being in disarray as the defense secretary described the situation as a “humanitarian catastrophe” the day after the state department declared Israel to be in compliance with international humanitarian law....
Louisiana coroner accused of child abuse cuts sexual assault exam program (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13556724
Louisiana coroner accused of child abuse cuts sexual assault exam program (www.theguardian.com)
Christopher Tape, indicted in 2022 before charges were dismissed, says office will stop giving exam that helps collect key evidence...
Revealed: a California city is training AI to spot homeless encampments (www.theguardian.com)
To help them find housing without punishing them for existing, right? Right?
Shooting and blast reported at concert hall near Moscow (www.theguardian.com)
Notably, US embassy made a statement that extremists have imminent plans to target large gatherings in Moscow, to include concerts, and US citizens should be advised to avoid large gatherings a couple of weeks ago....