Tax filings show Catholic conservative activist Leonard Leo helped fuel Bud Light boycott (www.theguardian.com)
Uncontacted tribe seen in Peruvian Amazon where loggers are active (www.theguardian.com)
‘Forever chemicals’ used in lithium ion batteries threaten environment, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
A subclass of PFAS has been found near manufacturing plants and landfills, and in remote regions of the world...
Neolithic population collapse may have been caused by plague, researchers say (www.theguardian.com)
Moscow angered by US plan to site long-range missiles in Germany (www.theguardian.com)
A US announcement of a plan to station long-range missiles in Germany for the first time since the cold war has set off a diplomatic furore between Washington and Moscow and elicited comparisons to the European missile crises of the 1980s....
Disney faces strike threat as thousands of California workers vote on walkout (www.theguardian.com)
Company could endure biggest US strike of 2024 as unions accuse it of intimidation during contract negotiations...
‘Will you stop exploring yours?’: Latin America forges ahead on new oil frontier (www.theguardian.com)
About half the countries in the region are experiencing a rush in oil exploration that threatens the global drive to achieve net zero. But many argue that they have a right to enrich themselves in the same way the west has...
‘Crime is out of hand’: how young people turned to far right in east German city (www.theguardian.com)
Thousands gather at White House for pro-Palestinian protest (www.theguardian.com)
New York City postpones controversial, first-in-the-US congestion pricing plan (www.theguardian.com)
Police investigate theft of more than 200 Pride flags in Massachusetts (www.theguardian.com)
‘Like drinking a music festival’: this is ultrasonic coffee – but does it taste any good? (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry (www.theguardian.com)
France ‘investigating whether Russia behind’ graffiti on Holocaust memorial (www.theguardian.com)
France is investigating whether graffiti painted on the wall of Paris’s Holocaust memorial last week was a destabilisation operation coordinated from Russia, French media have reported....
British passenger dies after severe turbulence on London-Singapore flight (www.theguardian.com)
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs admits he beat ex-girlfriend Cassie: ‘I take full responsibility’ (www.theguardian.com)
The rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs admitted in a video apology that he punched and kicked his ex-girlfriend in 2016 in the hallway of a hotel after CNN released footage of the attack, saying he was “truly sorry” and his actions were “inexcusable”....
US completes installation of floating pier to deliver aid to Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Parents of over 900 Israeli soldiers urge IDF to call off ‘death trap’ Rafah attack (www.theguardian.com)
Letter sent to defence minister and IDF chief says assault on city ‘appears to be nothing short of recklessness’...
Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’: Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggests (www.theguardian.com)
A trove of data examined by experts indicates the operation is highly organised, technically savvy – and ongoing....
Pivot podcast host Scott Galloway: ‘Tech bros conflate luck with talent’ (www.theguardian.com)
The US academic on why the Mr Burns caricature of rich people is wrong, the double-edged sword of godlike technologies, and why young people shouldn’t follow their passion...
Chimps are dying of the common cold. Is great ape tourism to blame? (www.theguardian.com)
Viruses that cause mild sniffles in humans are devastating populations of chimpanzees and gorillas. In some ape communities, it’s a bigger killer than habitat loss or poaching...
Ohio company to sell a ‘flamethrower-wielding robot dog’ called the Thermonator (www.theguardian.com)
Coming soon to a battlefield near you. If it can bypass the export controls, that is.
‘Do not bow’: ex-Black Panther praises pro-Palestinian student protesters from prison (www.theguardian.com)
In a powerful and rousing live address to students at the City University of New York (CUNY) on Friday night, the incarcerated Black political activist Mumia Abu-Jamal praised the pro-Palestinian movement growing at US colleges as being on the right side of history....
Two Turning Point USA members admit to assaulting queer professor (www.theguardian.com)
Kalen D’Almeida and Braden Ellis accosted David Boyles, also co-founder of Drag Story Hour Arizona, last October...
Menthol cigarettes are killing Black Americans. Advocates are suing the government to change that (www.theguardian.com)
