Antarctica warming much faster than models predicted in ‘deeply concerning’ sign for sea levels (www.theguardian.com)
Study finds ‘direct evidence’ of polar amplification on continent as scientists warn of implications of ice loss...
Mushroom pickers urged to avoid foraging books on Amazon that appear to be written by AI (www.theguardian.com)
Amateur mushroom pickers have been urged to avoid foraging books sold on Amazon that appear to have been written by artificial intelligence chatbots....
Adopt eight lifestyle changes to add 20 years to your life, researchers say (www.theguardian.com)
To summarise, the eight lifestyle changes that could extend your life are:...
‘This is barbarism’: shock at Russian strike on Odesa cathedral (www.theguardian.com)
More than 550 hajj pilgrims die in Mecca as temperatures exceed 50C | At least 320 of the dead are from Egypt and Saudi officials report treating more than 2,000 people for heat stress (www.theguardian.com)
Revenge: analysis of Trump posts shows relentless focus on punishing enemies (www.theguardian.com)
‘Everything’s just … on hold’: the Netherlands’ next-level housing crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Amsterdammers find themselves at the nadir of a Europe-wide housing shortage. But some bold initiatives offer hope...
Florida workers brace for summer with no protections: ‘My body would tremble’ (www.theguardian.com)
Effects of heat are expected to worsen after bill prohibiting municipalities from enacting shade and water protection is passed...
Everyone in Japan will be called Sato by 2531 unless marriage law changed, says professor (www.theguardian.com)
Malaysian shop chain that sold ‘Allah socks’ targeted with petrol bombs (www.theguardian.com)
Three stores hit with molotov cocktails after pictures of socks deemed offensive by Muslims shared on social media...
Judge’s inaction in Trump classified documents case dashes July trial hopes (www.theguardian.com)
US judge Aileen Cannon’s delays in setting a schedule means prosecutors are unlikely to get their wish for a trial in July...
I’m not trying to destroy art, says man planning to do just that if Assange dies in jail (www.theguardian.com)
Italian province orders all dogs to be DNA tested in poo crackdown (www.theguardian.com)
Owners in Bolzano, northern Italy, must pay €65 for test, which police can use to search for dog muck culprits...
China population decline accelerates as birthrate hits record low (www.theguardian.com)
Gorsuch urged to recuse himself from supreme court case over ties to oil baron (www.theguardian.com)
Philip Anschutz has hosted rightwing justice at resort and stands to benefit if court strips power from federal regulatory agencies...
Keir Starmer announces plan for supervised toothbrushing in schools (www.theguardian.com)
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New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts (www.theguardian.com)
Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives
IDF evidence so far falls well short of al-Shifa hospital being Hamas HQ (www.theguardian.com)
Footage to date fails to prove Gaza complex was nerve centre for attacks on Israel, as military had claimed
WhatsApp’s AI shows gun-wielding children when prompted with ‘Palestine’ (www.theguardian.com)
WhatsApp’s AI shows gun-wielding children when prompted with ‘Palestine’::By contrast, prompts for ‘Israeli’ do not generate images of people wielding guns, even in response to a prompt for ‘Israel army’
Music publishers sue Amazon-backed AI company over song lyrics (www.theguardian.com)
Microsoft’s $69bn deal to buy Call of Duty maker Activision Blizzard cleared by UK (www.theguardian.com)
Russia-Ukraine war: at least 51 people killed in Russian strike on village food shop (www.theguardian.com)
Texas Republican vows to pass bill on Ten Commandments in public schools (www.theguardian.com)
Europe on high alert after suspected Moscow-linked arson and sabotage (www.theguardian.com)
Security services say spate of fires and infrastructure attacks could be part of systemic attempt by Russia to destabilise continent...