Pure imagination: Tasmanian premier vows to build world’s largest chocolate fountain if re-elected (www.theguardian.com)
US intelligence casts doubt on Israeli claims of UNRWA-Hamas links, report says | Israel-Gaza war (www.theguardian.com)
At least 60% of US population may face ‘forever chemicals’ in tap water, tests suggest (www.theguardian.com)
Federal tests of one-third of water systems find 70 million Americans exposed to PFAS – suggesting 200 million affected overall...
Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution (www.theguardian.com)
Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution::The environmentally friendly LignoSat probe – set to orbit this summer – has been created to combat harmful aluminium particles
Man who mixed own sperm with dad’s will not have to take paternity test (www.theguardian.com)
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Egypt scraps plan to restore cladding on one of three great pyramids of Giza (www.theguardian.com)
Donald Trump says he would encourage Russia to attack Nato allies who pay too little (www.theguardian.com)
Imran Khan allies win shock victory in Pakistan election despite crackdown (www.theguardian.com)
Politicians allied with the former prime minister Imran Khan’s party have defied a military-led crackdown and alleged widespread rigging to win the most seats in Pakistan’s election, but opponent Nawaz Sharif claimed victory and said he would form a coalition government....
At least 32 of remaining hostages in Gaza are dead, report says (www.theguardian.com)
More than a fifth of the remaining hostages being held by Hamas in Gaza are dead, according to available intelligence collated by the Israeli military....
Social media algorithms ‘amplifying misogynistic content’ (www.theguardian.com)
Researchers say extreme content being pushed on young people and becoming normalised
Elon Musk’s $56bn Tesla pay package is too much, judge rules (www.theguardian.com)
Elon Musk’s $56bn Tesla pay package is too much, judge rules::Judge ruled his pay – six times larger than the combined pay of the 200 highest-paid executives in 2021 – was set inappropriately
Framework for ceasefire deal being put to Hamas, Qatar’s PM says (www.theguardian.com)
The framework for a deal that could lead to a ceasefire and the release of hostages held in Gaza is being put to the Hamas leadership, Qatar’s prime minister, Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani, said on Monday....
North Korea demolishes symbol of hope for reunification with South – report (www.theguardian.com)
Zelenskiy slams Trump’s rhetoric on stopping the war as ‘very dangerous’ (www.theguardian.com)
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, fears that if Donald Trump returns to the White House next year he could make unilateral concessions to Russia that override Ukraine’s interests and branded the former US president’s claims he could stop the war in 24 hours as “very dangerous”....
French police protest for better pay and conditions during Paris Olympics (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine shoots down two Russian aircraft in disastrous day for Kremlin (www.theguardian.com)
It is unclear how Ukraine succeeded in shooting down the command planes flying above the Sea of Azov...
Newly discovered cosmic megastructure challenges theories of the universe (www.theguardian.com)
A 1.3bn light year-sized ring discovered by PhD student in Lancashire appears to defy the cosmological principle assumption...
Children as young as 10 demanding anti-ageing products, say UK dermatologists (www.theguardian.com)
2023 smashes record for world’s hottest year by huge margin (www.theguardian.com)
2023 “smashed” the record for the hottest year by a huge margin, providing “dramatic testimony” of how much warmer and more dangerous today’s climate is from the cooler one in which human civilisation developed....
US naval officer sentenced to two years in prison over spying for China (www.theguardian.com)
Britain ‘considering airstrikes’ on Houthi rebels after Red Sea attacks (www.theguardian.com)
Britain is reportedly considering airstrikes on Houthi rebels after the US said its navy sank three boats that had been targeting a container ship in the Red Sea....
Chinese chess champion stripped of title after defecating in hotel bathtub (www.theguardian.com)
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I hadn’t broken Poland’s abortion laws – so why did the police raid my flat? (www.theguardian.com)
Artist was humiliated by the authorities and lambasted by the press after terminating a pregnancy, but refuses to be silenced...
Poland’s new government sacks state TV, radio and news bosses (www.theguardian.com)
The new Polish government has gutted the top management of public television, making good on a campaign promise to reform a broadcaster that functioned as a mouthpiece of its rightwing populist predecessor, but also prompting criticism of their methods from some quarters....
Michigan teen sentenced to life for school shooting that killed four (www.theguardian.com)
Ethan Crumbley apologized before the sentencing for the 2021 high school shooting as parents still in jail on related charges...
