EPA accused of ‘egregious’ misconduct in PFAS testing of pesticides (www.theguardian.com)
US agency found PFOS and other types of PFAS in pesticides but failed to disclose those results, watchdog group alleges...
Revealed: Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry (www.theguardian.com)
North Korea spy satellite explodes in flight as latest launch fails (www.theguardian.com)
Zelenskiy calls on world leaders to attend Ukraine ‘peace summit’ after deadly Kharkiv strike (www.theguardian.com)
Israel-Gaza war live: ICJ orders Israel to halt Rafah offensive in new ruling (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli soldiers and police tipping off groups that attack Gaza aid trucks (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Members of security forces giving settlers who intercept vital supplies information on location of convoys, group says...
Facebook and Instagram parent Meta approved political ads in India that incited violence (www.theguardian.com)
- Adverts containing AI-manipulated images were submitted to Facebook by civil and corporate accountability groups***- Adverts contained known slurs towards Muslims in India, such as “let’s burn this vermin” and “Hindu blood is spilling, these invaders must be burned”***- One advert called for the execution of an...
Spain denies port of call to ship carrying arms to Israel (www.theguardian.com)
Spain has refused permission for a ship carrying arms to Israel to dock at a Spanish port, its foreign minister, José Manuel Albares, said on Thursday....
UN says it has no more food or tents for nearly 2m people in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
The UN has run out of tents and food to distribute to almost 2 million people in Gaza, the majority displaced from their homes and dependent on aid to stave off looming famine....
US warns Georgia not to side with Moscow against the west (www.theguardian.com)
Georgia has been warned by the US not to become an adversary of the west by falling back in line with Moscow, as its parliament defied mass street protests to pass a “Kremlin-inspired” law....
‘Queen of the Con’ found in Maine ordered to be extradited to Northern Ireland (www.theguardian.com)
David Cameron says UK will not follow US in withholding arms sales to Israel (www.theguardian.com)
US public school officials push back in congressional hearing on antisemitism (www.theguardian.com)
New Orleans man and woman accused of killing witness in insurance scheme (www.theguardian.com)
‘Red’ Harris and Jovanna Gardne allegedly involved in murder of person cooperating in inquiry into over 100 staged truck accidents...
Israeli forces say they have control of Gaza side of Rafah crossing (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli military forces have taken control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, Israeli officials have said, in the first stage of what appears to be a wider offensive targeting Hamas in the southernmost parts of Gaza....
Israeli airstrikes on Rafah begin despite mounting ceasefire pressure (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemm.ee/post/31296101...
Frank Stella, influential American artist, dies aged 87 (www.theguardian.com)
His constantly evolving works have been hailed as landmarks of the minimalist and post-painterly abstraction art movements...
Bumblebee nests are overheating to fatal levels, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
More frequent heatwaves mean bees are unable to thermoregulate their hives – further endangering a species already in decline...
Campus protests: UCLA students in standoff with police as demonstrations spread across US (www.theguardian.com)
Tensions are growing at the University of California where hundreds of police in riot gear have gathered after warning pro-Palestinian protesters to disperse or face arrest, a day after their encampment was violently attacked by masked counter-protesters....
EU to investigate Meta over election misinformation before June polls (www.theguardian.com)
The EU is set to launch formal proceedings against Meta, owner of Facebook and Instagram, amid concerns it is not doing enough to counter disinformation before the EU elections in June, according to reports....
Married at 10, abused and forced to flee without her children: an Afghan woman on life under the Taliban (www.theguardian.com)
Cross posted from: beehaw.org/post/13414347...
The west defends Israel’s skies, not doing the same for Ukraine is a deadly mistake: If Europe doesn’t share its air defence systems now, Putin’s threat will only spread. (www.theguardian.com)
Cross posted from: feddit.de/post/11367607...
Fossils found in Somerset by girl, 11, ‘may be of largest-ever marine reptile’. (www.theguardian.com)
EPA moves to make US polluters pay for cleanup of two forever chemicals (www.theguardian.com)
Superfund law requires industries responsible for PFOA and PFOS contamination in water or soil to pay for cleanup...
Iran and Israel playing with fire as old rules of confrontation are torn up (www.theguardian.com)
Reported Israeli drone strike on Isfahan may signal that this widening conflict has become more dynamic...
