Air Canada ordered to pay customer who was misled by airline’s chatbot (www.theguardian.com)
Company claimed its chatbot ‘was responsible for its own actions’ when giving wrong information about bereavement fare...
‘If Instagram didn’t exist, it wouldn’t have happened’: a mother’s search for her trafficked daughter (www.theguardian.com)
Four years after Robyn Cory’s daughter was groomed at 15 on Meta’s platform and sold for sex by a gang, she is still missing...
Doctors fighting US opioid epidemic say insurance barrier impedes treatment (www.theguardian.com)
Prior authorization requires permission to be sought before prescribing critical drugs, which could cost lives, doctors say...
Macron calls for farming reform as food producers hurl eggs at European parliament (www.theguardian.com)
Europe’s farming sector is facing a big crisis and must “profoundly” change its rules, Emmanuel Macron has said after a European Union leaders’ summit in Brussels was overshadowed by protesting farmers hurling eggs, dumping manure and lighting fires....
Biden says he has decided US response to Jordan drone attack (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden has said he has decided how to respond to a drone strike in northern Jordan which killed three American soldiers and wounded dozens more, as the Iran-backed militia that Washington blamed for the attack said it had suspended anti-US operations....
LA Times fires 115 journalists in ‘HR zoom webinar’ following union protests (www.theguardian.com)
Colorado shooter who killed five at LGBTQ+ club charged with hate crimes (www.theguardian.com)
Anderson Aldrich plans to plead guilty to federal charges with an agreement that would allow him to avoid the death penalty...
Unification with South Korea no longer possible, says Kim Jong-un (www.theguardian.com)
North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has called for a change to the constitution to identify South Korea as the “number one hostile state”, ending the regime’s commitment to unifying the Korean peninsula....
California city to pay $5m to family of Willie McCoy, who police shot 55 times (www.theguardian.com)
The 2019 killing of the 20-year-old rapper raised scrutiny of Vallejo police department, which has a history of brutality...
Red Sea crisis: UN security council demands immediate end to Houthi attacks (www.theguardian.com)
Resolution calling for end to the attacks on shipping vessels by Yemen’s Houthis was adopted despite abstentions from Russia and China...
Canada blocks citizenship for Russian blogger who criticised Ukraine war. [update: Canada reverses course, will grant citizenship says Minister of Immigration] (www.theguardian.com)
‘Ramen noodles budget’: EU moves to end exploitation of unpaid internships (www.theguardian.com)
Russia launches 90 drone attacks on Ukraine in early hours of new year (www.theguardian.com)
Russia marked the new year with the launch of a record 90 Shahed-type drones over Ukraine, as Vladimir Putin vowed to further intensify attacks after a Ukrainian strike on the south Russian city of Belgorod....
Italian woman facing removal from UK despite ‘permanent residency’ card (www.theguardian.com)
Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah ‘killed by Israeli tank shell’ (www.theguardian.com)
High-speed rail project bridging Las Vegas and LA receives $3bn in US aid (www.theguardian.com)
The complete cost is estimated to be $12bn and is expected to be completed before the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics...
Police in Spain and Italy seize 5,000 litres of adulterated olive oil in raids (www.theguardian.com)
Putin orders Russian military to boost troop numbers by 170,000 (www.theguardian.com)
Russian president Vladimir Putin has ordered the country’s military to increase the number of troops by nearly 170,000 to a total of 1.32 million, as Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine continues into its 22nd month....
Success of Geert Wilders’ far-right PVV raises fears for Dutch climate policies (www.theguardian.com)
The party has a hostile stance on attempts to cut carbon emissions but got more votes than any other in general election...
Violent protests in Dublin after woman and children injured in knife attack (www.theguardian.com)
Crowd chanting anti-immigrant slogans clashes with police hours after stabbing incident outside school...
US Catholic priest who avoided charges marries teen he fled to Italy with (www.theguardian.com)
Patient privacy fears as US spy tech firm Palantir wins £330m NHS contract (www.theguardian.com)
Trump and Bolsonaro salute Javier Milei as far right rejoice around the world (www.theguardian.com)
Luminaries of the global far right are in raptures over Javier Milei’s thumping election victory in Argentina which experts predict will turn Buenos Aires into a new stomping ground for the populist radical right....
IDF evidence so far falls well short of al-Shifa hospital being Hamas HQ (www.theguardian.com)
Footage to date fails to prove Gaza complex was nerve centre for attacks on Israel, as military had claimed
Australian naval divers injured after being subjected to Chinese warship’s sonar pulses (www.theguardian.com)
Acting prime minister criticises Chinese ship’s ‘unsafe and unprofessional conduct’ after Australian sailors had requested it stay clear
