Biden supporters mostly back him in 2024 election because they oppose Trump, poll finds (www.theguardian.com)
‘I’ve never seen heat this bad. It’s not normal’: Italy struggles as temperature tops 40C 118f (www.theguardian.com)
‘Andrew Tate is a symptom, not the problem’: why young men are turning against feminism (www.theguardian.com)
Teachers describe a deterioration in behaviour and attitudes that has proved to be fertile terrain for misogynistic influencers...
The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates (www.theguardian.com)
Despite its name, the infrastructure used by the “cloud” accounts for more global greenhouse emissions than commercial flights. In 2018, for instance, the 5bn YouTube hits for the viral song Despacito used the same amount of energy it would take to heat 40,000 US homes annually....
Biden worries ‘extreme’ supreme court can’t be relied on to uphold rule of law (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden worries that the “extreme” US supreme court, dominated by rightwing justices, cannot be relied upon to uphold the rule of law....
Sanders warns Biden: address working-class fears or risk losing to demogogue (www.theguardian.com)
In an interview with the Guardian from his home base in Burlington, Vermont, Sanders urged the Democratic president to inject more urgency into his bid for re-election. He said that unless the president was more direct in recognising the many crises faced by working-class families his Republican rival would win....
Australia rejects proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in constitution (www.theguardian.com)
Australians have resoundingly rejected a proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in its constitution and establish a body to advise parliament on Indigenous issues....
Jill Stein formally launches 2024 White House bid as Green party candidate (www.theguardian.com)
An Alabama woman was imprisoned for ‘endangering’ her fetus. She gave birth in a jail shower (www.theguardian.com)
Gaza society 'on brink of full-blown collapse' says UN official (www.theguardian.com)
‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit (www.theguardian.com)
‘Front page of the internet’: how social media’s biggest user protest rocked Reddit::A mass user protest six months ago over technical tweaks had big downstream effects, and now the ‘front page of the internet’ is changed for ever
California officer shoots and kills boy, 15, holding gardening tool (www.theguardian.com)
Millennials are exhausted by working more for less. (www.theguardian.com)
(water is wet and fire is hot).
A nuclear plant’s closure was hailed as a green win. Then emissions went up (www.theguardian.com)
Shuttering of New York facility raises awkward climate crisis questions as gas – not renewables – fills gap in power generation...
Gaza hospitals ceasing to function as water and fuel run out (www.theguardian.com)
Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble (www.theguardian.com)
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says (www.theguardian.com)
‘Impossible’ to create AI tools like ChatGPT without copyrighted material, OpenAI says::Pressure grows on artificial intelligence firms over the content used to train their products
Uproar as after-school Satan club forms at Tennessee elementary school (www.theguardian.com)
Community members in a Tennessee school district want to banish Satan from their children’s halls after the formation of a new club was announced....
Protesters throw soup at Mona Lisa in Paris (www.theguardian.com)
Visitors at Louvre look on in shock as Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece attacked by environmental protesters...
Nikki Haley writes ‘finish them’ on IDF artillery shells during Israel visit (www.theguardian.com)
Transgender players banned from international women’s cricket by ICC (www.theguardian.com)
The International Cricket Council has become the latest sports body to ban transgender players from the elite women’s game if they have gone through male puberty....
About 100,000 turn out in London for pro-Palestine rally (www.theguardian.com)
Brexit has completely failed for UK, say clear majority of Britons – poll (www.theguardian.com)
Only one in 10 feel leaving the EU has helped their finances, while just 9% say it has benefited the NHS, despite £350m a week pledge according to new poll...
Airbnb bookings dry up in New York as new short-stay rules are introduced (www.theguardian.com)
Under the new restrictions, short-term renters will need to register with the city and must be present in the home for the duration of the rental...