Sam Altman ‘was working on new venture’ before sacking from OpenAI (www.theguardian.com)
Industrial robot crushes man to death in South Korean distribution centre (www.theguardian.com)
Kenya to scrap visas for all African nationals (www.theguardian.com)
President William Ruto says change aims to boost trade and allow goods, services, people and ideas to move freely across continent
AI doomsday warnings a distraction from the danger it already poses, warns expert (www.theguardian.com)
AI doomsday warnings a distraction from the danger it already poses, warns expert::A leading researcher, who will attend this week’s AI safety summit in London, warns of ‘real threat to the public conversation’
US government issues first-ever space debris penalty to Dish Network (www.theguardian.com)
US government issues first-ever space debris penalty to Dish Network::Dish to pay $150,000 for failing to properly dispose of satellite and violating the FCC’s anti-space debris rule
Famous Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s Wall found cut down (www.theguardian.com)
Police investigating after former tree of the year winner, estimated to be several hundred years old, felled...
World inching ever closer to a great fracture, says UN chief (www.theguardian.com)
California sues oil companies claiming they downplayed the risk of fossil fuels (www.theguardian.com)
Civil lawsuit filed by the state targets Exxon Mobil, Shell, Chevron, ConocoPhillips and BP...
UK could leave European convention on human rights to stop Channel migrant boats (www.theguardian.com)
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Chaos in the aisles: has cinema etiquette reached an all-time low? (www.theguardian.com)
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Henry Kissinger meets China’s defence minister in surprise visit to Beijing (www.theguardian.com)
‘They miscalculated’: Gaza’s floating aid pier failing to deliver in rough seas (www.theguardian.com)
The pier has been usable for just 12 days since it began operations on 17 May. On most of those days the assistance arriving by sea has had to be left on the beach as there have been no trucks to distribute it to warehouses in Gaza, because of lack of security....
China has renamed hundreds of Uyghur villages and towns, say human rights groups (www.theguardian.com)
Thousands protest in Israel amid anger at Netanyahu over hostages held in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Prison officers traumatized by rate of executions in US death penalty states (www.theguardian.com)
Pursuit of ‘non-stop executions’ causing psychological distress to corrections staff as states urged to widen gap between executions...
‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living (www.theguardian.com)
When Marisa Fernández lost her husband to cancer a few years ago, her employers at the Eroski hypermarket went, she says, “above and beyond to help me through the dark days afterwards, rejigging my timetable and giving me time off when I couldn’t face coming in.”...
Senior Democrat calls for arrests of ‘leftwing fascists’ urging Gaza ceasefire (www.theguardian.com)
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Ocean spray emits more PFAS than industrial polluters, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Research into release of ‘forever chemicals’ raises concerns about contamination and human exposure along world’s coastlines...
UN picks Saudi Arabia to lead women’s rights forum despite ‘abysmal’ record (www.theguardian.com)
Blinken: US condemns ‘heinous’ Moscow attack and ‘stands with people of Russia’ (www.theguardian.com)
Statement comes after shooting and fire at Russian concert hall kills more than 100 people and injures more than 100 more...
Why is US energy demand soaring – putting climate goals at risk? (www.theguardian.com)
New industries such as cryptocurrency and cannabis are boosting industry forecasts, straining efforts to cut emissions...
Greener ‘water batteries’ a step closer (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine says frozen Russian assets should be used to rebuild war-hit economy (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine has called for frozen Russian assets to be used to rebuild the country’s war-ravaged economy after a report showed the cost of reconstruction increasing to almost $500bn....
‘A race against time’: Taiwan strives to root out China’s spies (www.theguardian.com)
Russian plane carrying 65 Ukrainian PoWs has crashed, Moscow says (www.theguardian.com)
Ministry says aircraft that went down in border region of Belgorod was carrying prisoners who were to be swapped...
