Leaders of world’s biggest polluting countries skipping UN climate summit (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden and Xi Jinping, leaders of two biggest carbon emitters, among those not attending summit in New York....
US anti-child trafficking activist resigns after sexual harassment allegations (www.theguardian.com)
The anti-child slavery activist Tim Ballard, whose work was dramatized in the movie Sound of Freedom, resigned from the Operation Underground Railroad (Our) organization he founded amid allegations he sexually harassed colleagues, it was reported on Monday....
TikTok fined €345m for breaking EU data law on children’s accounts (www.theguardian.com)
"It serves no purpose, it is unjust:" 63 Australian politicians urge US to let WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walk free (www.theguardian.com)
The Australian federal politicians have explicitly called on the US to drop the prosecution of Julian Assange, who remains in Belmarsh prison in the UK, warning of “a sharp and sustained outcry in Australia” if the WikiLeaks founder is extradited.
US behind more than a third of global oil and gas expansion plans, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Rishi Sunak avoiding UN summit after being warned about potential rejection (www.theguardian.com)
Jenni Hermoso files criminal complaint against Luis Rubiales over kiss (www.theguardian.com)
Takeshi’s Castle is back! UK television gets its best ever version of the Japanese gameshow (www.theguardian.com)
Storm Hilary aftermath: 10,000 without power, Palm Springs declares emergency (www.theguardian.com)
"Wave of murder, rape and domestic violence": Russian women living in fear as Wagner’s convicted murderers return home as free men (www.theguardian.com)
Deadlier Atlantic storms excessively killing US people of color – study (www.theguardian.com)
Named tropical storms and hurricanes, which have become more intense, have caused about 20,000 more deaths from 1988 to 2019
Fury as Alberta cuts renewables during Canada’s worst fire season ever (www.theguardian.com)
Amazon starting to track and penalize workers who work from home too much (www.theguardian.com)
Notice sent to employees who were not in office at least three times a week, after other tech firms’ efforts to get workers back on site
Heat from extinct volcano could be piped into Dutch homes (www.theguardian.com)
Italy wildfires encircle Palermo as temperatures hit 47C (www.theguardian.com)
Unilever to comply with Russian conscription law if staff called up (www.theguardian.com)
Tony Bennett, US singer with seven-decade career, dies aged 96 (www.theguardian.com)
Woman’s iPhone photo of son rejected from Sydney competition after judges ruled it could be AI | Suzi Dougherty’s photograph of 18-year-old Caspar deemed ‘suspicious’ by judges, even though it was ... (www.theguardian.com)
Woman’s iPhone photo of son rejected from Sydney competition after judges ruled it could be AI | Suzi Dougherty’s photograph of 18-year-old Caspar deemed ‘suspicious’ by judges, even though it was …::Suzi Dougherty’s photograph of 18-year-old Caspar deemed ‘suspicious’ by judges, even though it was taken on her...
Florida rocked by home insurance crisis: ‘I may have to sell up and move’ (www.theguardian.com)
Soaring hurricane-cover premiums are bad news for the state’s homeowners – and Ron DeSantis is accused of dragging his feet
Hollywood actors’ union recommends strike as talks deadline passes (www.theguardian.com)
What did the BBC presenter allegedly do and why hasn’t he been named? (www.theguardian.com)
The BBC suspended one of its male presenters on Sunday after he was accused of spending £35,000 buying explicit images from a young person who spent the money on crack cocaine.
Chinese business tycoon convicted of defrauding followers in $1bn scheme (www.theguardian.com)
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Climate crisis is making days longer, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
The climate crisis is causing the length of each day to get longer, analysis shows, as the mass melting of polar ice reshapes the planet....
BP predicts global oil demand will peak in 2025, bringing to end rising emissions (www.theguardian.com)
Starmer ‘shocked’ about prisons crisis as early release scheme prepared | Prisons and probation | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
