China’s carbon emissions set for structural decline from next year | Energy industry | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Model says her face was edited with AI to look white: ‘It’s very dehumanizing’ (www.theguardian.com)
Model says her face was edited with AI to look white: ‘It’s very dehumanizing’::Shereen Wu says leading designer uploaded altered picture, amid fears AI could ‘turn back the clock’ on progress in the industry
Twitter takeover: how a year of Elon Musk rendered the platform useless | Pranav Dixit (www.theguardian.com)
Japan investigates foreign YouTubers accused of dodging train fares and stealing food (www.theguardian.com)
The rise in nuisance influencers comes as tourism numbers in Japan near their pre-pandemic levels
Israeli settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory (www.theguardian.com)
X fined $610,500 in Australia first for failing to crack down on child sexual abuse material (www.theguardian.com)
X, the company formerly known as Twitter, has become the first online platform to be issued with a $610,500 fine under Australia’s Online Safety Act for its failure to meet basic online safety expectations....
Stockholm to ban petrol and diesel cars from centre from 2025 (www.theguardian.com)
People who work from home all the time ‘cut emissions by 54%’ against those in office (www.theguardian.com)
People who work from home all the time ‘cut emissions by 54%’ against those in office::Study in US shows one day a week of remote working cuts emissions by just 2% but two or four days lowers them by up to 29%
US businessman is wannabe ‘warlord’ of secretive far-right men’s network (www.theguardian.com)
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Louisiana mayor arrested on child rape accusations after abrupt resignation (www.theguardian.com)
Donald Trump accused of falsely vilifying migrants for surge in US fentanyl deaths (www.theguardian.com)
Former head of US border security says claim ‘terribly misleading’ and statistics show nine of 10 convicted traffickers are US citizens...
Britain drops its challenge to ICC arrest warrants for Israeli leaders (www.theguardian.com)
Deafening concerts have turned Madrid stadium into ‘torture-drome’, say residents (www.theguardian.com)
People living next to Santiago Bernabéu venue say gigs – including those by Taylor Swift – are ruining their lives and are taking action....
German city bans ‘silent fox’ gesture in schools over similarity to far-right sign (www.theguardian.com)
A city in northern Germany has become the first to issue an all-out ban on the use of a hand gesture used to encourage silence in the classroom because of its close resemblance to a far-right Turkish gesture....
French centrists must decide: support the left – or hand the keys of power to the far right? (www.theguardian.com)
‘It’s the perfect place’: London Underground hosts tests for ‘quantum compass’ that could replace GPS (www.theguardian.com)
‘Rigged’: Trump attacks judge and courts in first post-conviction rally (www.theguardian.com)
Ex-president in Arizona warns appeal courts to ‘step up and straighten things out’ and insists he committed no crimes...
Phoenix turns to ice-filled body bags to treat heatstroke as US south-west bakes (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli campaign against ICC may be ‘crimes against justice’, say legal experts (www.theguardian.com)
Efforts by Israel’s intelligence agencies to undermine and influence the international criminal court (ICC) could amount to “offences against the administration of justice” and should be investigated by its chief prosecutor, legal experts have said....
White House says Israel’s latest actions in Rafah do not cross US red line (www.theguardian.com)
Trump and Johnson spread unfounded fears by urging non-citizen voting ban (www.theguardian.com)
Trump falls back on false claim that non-citizen voting threatened his popular vote, despite data proving that it’s a lie...
Trump promised to scrap climate laws if US oil bosses donated $1bn – report (www.theguardian.com)
Donald Trump dangled a brazen “deal” in front of some of the top US oil bosses last month, proposing that they give him $1bn for his White House re-election campaign and vowing that once back in office he would instantly tear up Joe Biden’s environmental regulations and prevent any new ones, according to a bombshell new...
New York attorney general sues facilities promoting ‘abortion pill reversal’ (www.theguardian.com)
Heartbeat International, affiliated with more than 2,000 facilities, aims to convince people to continue their pregnancies...
UK surgeon who described Gaza ‘massacre’ denied entry to France (www.theguardian.com)
A London surgeon who has provided testimony over the current war in Gaza after operating during the conflict has been denied entry to France, where he was due to speak in the French senate later on Saturday....