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India lands spacecraft near south pole of moon in world first (www.theguardian.com)

India has become the first country to successfully land a spacecraft near the south pole of the moon.

‘We are burned out’: UAW ready to take on automakers in contract negotiations (www.theguardian.com)

"The forced overtime – we are working to death. We are working 12-hour shifts, seven days a week, every day, week after week, month after month, year after year. We are burned out,” added Ferdinandsen. “These companies are profiting the way that they are and trying to convince the American people that they’re hurting,...

Bribes and hiding at home: the Ukrainian men trying to avoid conscription (www.theguardian.com)

‘Game-changer’: judge rules in favor of young activists in US climate trial (www.theguardian.com)

Sixteen young plaintiffs had alleged the Montana state government had violated their right to a healthy environment

New Zealand intelligence report accuses China, Russia, Iran of ‘foreign interference’ (www.theguardian.com)

Supermarket AI meal planner app suggests recipe that would create chlorine gas (www.theguardian.com)

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/3109500...

‘Nature needs money’: Lula tells rich countries to pay up and protect world’s rainforests (www.theguardian.com)

NYPD officers detain online influencer after giveaway devolves into chaos (www.theguardian.com)

Kai Cenat, 21, a streamer, had announced the event to his several million followers and crowds surged beyond control

TikTok to be fined for breaching children’s privacy in EU (www.theguardian.com)

TikTok to be fined for breaching children’s privacy in EU::Action by regulator follows £12.7m fine by UK for illegally processing data of 1.4m children under 13

Niger coup leaders accuse France of plotting military intervention (www.theguardian.com)

The military junta that seized power in Niger has accused France of plotting military intervention to reinstate the deposed president, Mohamed Bazoum, as tensions in the region continued to grow in the wake of the coup....

UFO hearings: whistleblower David Grusch says ‘non-human biologics’ found at alleged crash sites – as it happened (www.theguardian.com)

Kevin Spacey cleared of sexually assaulting four men (www.theguardian.com)

Not a fan of showbiz gossip but I hated having to hate Spacey for being a predator. I love his acting and I am happy I can go back to loving the actor

A Funeral for Fish & Chips (www.theguardian.com)

Is there a relationship between increasing animal atacks on humans and global rising temperatures? (www.theguardian.com)

So would you say animal behaviour is indeed changing lately?...

‘Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic’ (www.theguardian.com)

Covid on the rise as experts say England has ‘capitulated’ to the virus (www.theguardian.com)

Immunologists push for increase in testing and more widespread vaccine booster rollout as new variant, XEC, emerges...

Fears of chaos as Georgia election board considers last-minute voting changes (www.theguardian.com)

Republican majority eager for hand-counts of voting tallies, which experts say are time-consuming and unreliable...

Data center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse? (www.theguardian.com)

Big tech has made some big claims about greenhouse gas emissions in recent years. But as the rise of artificial intelligence creates ever bigger energy demands, it’s getting hard for the industry to hide the true costs of the data centers powering the tech revolution....

Fears mount that election deniers could disrupt vote count in US swing states (www.theguardian.com)

At least 239 election deniers have signed up to Trump’s ‘election integrity’ conspiracy theories, survey finds...

Australia to ban life insurance companies from discriminating based on genetic testing results (www.theguardian.com)

Life insurance companies will be banned from discriminating against people based on genetic testing under federal government moves designed to encourage greater use of predictive technology in preventive health....

The huge US toxic fire shrouded in secrecy: ‘I taste oil in my mouth’ (www.theguardian.com)

Louisianans say a major accident at a sprawling Marathon refinery caused health issues. The company insists there were ‘no offsite impacts’...

Benjamin Netanyahu putting his own interests before Israel’s, says Gantz (www.theguardian.com)

Benjamin Netanyahu’s main political rival, Benny Gantz, has accused the Israeli prime minister of putting his personal interests before those of his country after he again insisted on the need for Israeli control of the Gaza-Egypt border on Monday, a position that has emerged as a key obstacle to a ceasefire deal....

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