Parents of over 900 Israeli soldiers urge IDF to call off ‘death trap’ Rafah attack (www.theguardian.com)
Letter sent to defence minister and IDF chief says assault on city ‘appears to be nothing short of recklessness’...
Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’: Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggests (www.theguardian.com)
A trove of data examined by experts indicates the operation is highly organised, technically savvy – and ongoing....
Pivot podcast host Scott Galloway: ‘Tech bros conflate luck with talent’ (www.theguardian.com)
The US academic on why the Mr Burns caricature of rich people is wrong, the double-edged sword of godlike technologies, and why young people shouldn’t follow their passion...
Chimps are dying of the common cold. Is great ape tourism to blame? (www.theguardian.com)
Viruses that cause mild sniffles in humans are devastating populations of chimpanzees and gorillas. In some ape communities, it’s a bigger killer than habitat loss or poaching...
Ohio company to sell a ‘flamethrower-wielding robot dog’ called the Thermonator (www.theguardian.com)
Coming soon to a battlefield near you. If it can bypass the export controls, that is.
‘Do not bow’: ex-Black Panther praises pro-Palestinian student protesters from prison (www.theguardian.com)
In a powerful and rousing live address to students at the City University of New York (CUNY) on Friday night, the incarcerated Black political activist Mumia Abu-Jamal praised the pro-Palestinian movement growing at US colleges as being on the right side of history....
Two Turning Point USA members admit to assaulting queer professor (www.theguardian.com)
Kalen D’Almeida and Braden Ellis accosted David Boyles, also co-founder of Drag Story Hour Arizona, last October...
Menthol cigarettes are killing Black Americans. Advocates are suing the government to change that (www.theguardian.com)
UK will not suspend arms exports to Israel, David Cameron says (www.theguardian.com)
Detective wore wig and posed as victim to catch US scammer who stole gold bars (www.theguardian.com)
Sam Bankman-Fried to be sentenced for multibillion-dollar fraud this week (www.theguardian.com)
Former FTX CEO faces up to 100 years in prison should the judge hand out the harshest penalty...
Japan schools move to protect cheerleaders from upskirting at sporting events (www.theguardian.com)
CATL, the little-known Chinese battery maker that has the US worried (www.theguardian.com)
It is the world’s biggest battery maker, it powers electric vehicles for Tesla, Volkswagen and BMW, and its EV technology is miles ahead of US offerings, say experts...
Palestinian town of Jericho names street after US soldier who set himself on fire (www.theguardian.com)
Boeing agrees to pay $51m over export violations in China and other countries (www.theguardian.com)
Company accused of violations including Chinese employees improperly downloading files relating to Pentagon programs...
Russia adds Republican senator Lindsey Graham to ‘terrorists and extremists’ list (www.theguardian.com)
South Carolina lawmaker is one of more than 12,000 individuals on list kept by Russia’s state financial monitoring agency...
Stone age wall found at bottom of Baltic Sea ‘may be Europe’s oldest megastructure’ (www.theguardian.com)
A stone age wall discovered beneath the waves off Germany’s Baltic coast may be the oldest known megastructure built by humans in Europe, researchers say....
Trump’s fraud trial rattled by witness’s possible perjury deal (www.theguardian.com)
A potential perjury deal with a key witness could shake up the verdict in Donald Trump’s $370m New York fraud trial, a new court document reveals....
Rumoured split in Hamas leadership as hope grows for ceasefire deal (www.theguardian.com)
When the leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, launched his devastating assault on Israel on 7 October, the militant group’s exiled leadership, like the rest of the world, was apparently caught unawares....
Walnut, a white-naped crane with a Smithsonian zookeeper as a mate, dies at age 42 (www.theguardian.com)
Long-lived member of the vulnerable species was coaxed into reproducing by her zookeeper and eventually hatched eight chicks...
Australia urged to reconsider support for Israel after ICJ ruling (www.theguardian.com)
Cheap but lethally accurate: how drones froze Ukraine’s frontlines (www.theguardian.com)
For four months, Russian troops have been trying to seize the eastern Ukrainian village of Synkivka. On a map, this looks easy. Their forward position is on the edge of a forest. It is a mere 500 metres away from the Ukrainian frontline and a shattered collection of cottages....
ICJ to deliver interim ruling on genocide case against Israel on Friday (www.theguardian.com)
South Africa’s foreign minister, Naledi Pandor, is flying to The Hague to be present on Friday when the international court of justice (ICJ) delivers its highly anticipated verdict on South Africa’s request for an interim ruling in its genocide case against Israel....
Philippines president sparks outcry for using presidential helicopter to see Coldplay concert (www.theguardian.com)
Ferdinand Marcos Jr was flown in because concert-goers created ‘unforeseen traffic complications’, bodyguards say
Alarm as Israeli forces move closer to crowded areas in southern Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
As Israeli forces have moved further into southern Gaza, airstrikes and close-combat fighting are approaching areas crowded with more than a million people seeking refuge from the destruction across the rest of the territory....