Menthol cigarettes are killing Black Americans. Advocates are suing the government to change that (www.theguardian.com)
UK will not suspend arms exports to Israel, David Cameron says (www.theguardian.com)
Detective wore wig and posed as victim to catch US scammer who stole gold bars (www.theguardian.com)
Sam Bankman-Fried to be sentenced for multibillion-dollar fraud this week (www.theguardian.com)
Former FTX CEO faces up to 100 years in prison should the judge hand out the harshest penalty...
Japan schools move to protect cheerleaders from upskirting at sporting events (www.theguardian.com)
CATL, the little-known Chinese battery maker that has the US worried (www.theguardian.com)
It is the world’s biggest battery maker, it powers electric vehicles for Tesla, Volkswagen and BMW, and its EV technology is miles ahead of US offerings, say experts...
Palestinian town of Jericho names street after US soldier who set himself on fire (www.theguardian.com)
Boeing agrees to pay $51m over export violations in China and other countries (www.theguardian.com)
Company accused of violations including Chinese employees improperly downloading files relating to Pentagon programs...
Russia adds Republican senator Lindsey Graham to ‘terrorists and extremists’ list (www.theguardian.com)
South Carolina lawmaker is one of more than 12,000 individuals on list kept by Russia’s state financial monitoring agency...
Stone age wall found at bottom of Baltic Sea ‘may be Europe’s oldest megastructure’ (www.theguardian.com)
A stone age wall discovered beneath the waves off Germany’s Baltic coast may be the oldest known megastructure built by humans in Europe, researchers say....
Trump’s fraud trial rattled by witness’s possible perjury deal (www.theguardian.com)
A potential perjury deal with a key witness could shake up the verdict in Donald Trump’s $370m New York fraud trial, a new court document reveals....
Rumoured split in Hamas leadership as hope grows for ceasefire deal (www.theguardian.com)
When the leader of Hamas in Gaza, Yahya Sinwar, launched his devastating assault on Israel on 7 October, the militant group’s exiled leadership, like the rest of the world, was apparently caught unawares....
Walnut, a white-naped crane with a Smithsonian zookeeper as a mate, dies at age 42 (www.theguardian.com)
Long-lived member of the vulnerable species was coaxed into reproducing by her zookeeper and eventually hatched eight chicks...
Australia urged to reconsider support for Israel after ICJ ruling (www.theguardian.com)
Cheap but lethally accurate: how drones froze Ukraine’s frontlines (www.theguardian.com)
For four months, Russian troops have been trying to seize the eastern Ukrainian village of Synkivka. On a map, this looks easy. Their forward position is on the edge of a forest. It is a mere 500 metres away from the Ukrainian frontline and a shattered collection of cottages....
ICJ to deliver interim ruling on genocide case against Israel on Friday (www.theguardian.com)
South Africa’s foreign minister, Naledi Pandor, is flying to The Hague to be present on Friday when the international court of justice (ICJ) delivers its highly anticipated verdict on South Africa’s request for an interim ruling in its genocide case against Israel....
Philippines president sparks outcry for using presidential helicopter to see Coldplay concert (www.theguardian.com)
Ferdinand Marcos Jr was flown in because concert-goers created ‘unforeseen traffic complications’, bodyguards say
Alarm as Israeli forces move closer to crowded areas in southern Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
As Israeli forces have moved further into southern Gaza, airstrikes and close-combat fighting are approaching areas crowded with more than a million people seeking refuge from the destruction across the rest of the territory....
Iran strikes ‘militant bases’ in Pakistan in latest Middle East flashpoint (www.theguardian.com)
Iran has launched airstrikes on Pakistan territory, apparently aimed at a Sunni militant group, in the latest sign of a wave of violence rolling across the Middle East and beyond....
World’s five richest men double their money as poorest get poorer (www.theguardian.com)
Aid officials believe there are ‘pockets of famine’ in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Israel and Hezbollah edge closer to war as drone hits key Israeli command base (www.theguardian.com)
Israel and Hezbollah edged closer towards full scale war on Tuesday, as the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group launched explosive drones at a key Israeli command base, declaring the attack part of its response to recent high-level Israeli assassinations in Lebanon....
Global heating will pass 1.5C threshold this year, top ex-Nasa scientist says (www.theguardian.com)
The internationally agreed threshold to prevent the Earth from spiraling into a new superheated era will be “passed for all practical purposes” during 2024, the man known as the godfather of climate science has warned....
Wife of financier who called for Harvard head’s exit faces plagiarism allegations (www.theguardian.com)
After Claudine Gay was ousted amid accusations of plagiarism, Neri Oxman was accused of copying from Wikipedia in dissertation...
Coroner calls on Google and Amazon to act after British woman’s suicide (www.theguardian.com)
Coroner calls on Google and Amazon to act after British woman’s suicide::Chloe Macdermott researched suicide methods on a forum and bought lethal substance online from US
