Blow for Myanmar’s military as rebels say hundreds have surrendered at key border town (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/19142552
‘I run out of money each month’: the Americans borrowing to cover daily expenses (www.theguardian.com)
Epidemic fears as 80% of Indigenous Amazon tribe fall ill (www.theguardian.com)
Advocates fear situation could escalate in Javari valley, a region plagued by violence and poor healthcare...
Palestinians return to destroyed homes in Khan Younis after Israeli withdrawal (www.theguardian.com)
Thousands of Palestinians, exhausted by six months of unrelenting war and multiple displacements, trudged back to the devastated city of Khan Younis on Monday, a day after Israel’s unexpected withdrawal of its forces from southern Gaza....
Top Israeli spy chief exposes his true identity in online security lapse (www.theguardian.com)
India appears to confirm extrajudicial killings in Pakistan (www.theguardian.com)
Defence minister’s comments after Guardian report are first time India has acknowledged any assassinations on foreign soil...
US border patrol is responsible for safety of children in migrant camps, judge says (www.theguardian.com)
“This is a tremendous victory for children at open air detention sites, but it remains a tragedy that a court had to direct the government to do what basic human decency and the law clearly require,” Neha Desai, senior director of immigration at the National Center for Youth Law, said in a statement.
Slovakia: pro-western diplomat contests Russia-friendly politician for presidency (www.theguardian.com)
Polls show Ivan Korčok and Peter Pellegrini, an ally of prime minister Robert Fico, neck-and-neck before Saturday’s runoff...
China braced for rise in air pollution deaths: Country needs to speed up environmental response to protect its ageing population, multinational study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/12949038...
Top UN expert warns of deteriorating situation in Haiti: ‘It’s apocalyptic’ (www.theguardian.com)
The UN’s top expert on human rights in Haiti has warned the Caribbean country is rapidly moving towards becoming “like Somalia in the worst of its times” after a criminal uprising which has displaced tens of thousands of people and largely cut its capital city off from the world....
US banks ‘sabotaging’ own net zero plans by livestock financing, report claims (www.theguardian.com)
Lending to meat, dairy and feed corporations led to ‘significant proportion’ of banks’ emissions, Friends of the Earth found...
Greenlandic women sue Danish state for contraceptive ‘violation’ (www.theguardian.com)
Families pay tribute to British aid worker ‘heroes’ killed in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Free lunches, brain breaks and happy teachers: why Estonia has the best schools in Europe (www.theguardian.com)
‘They are breaking the law’: inside Amazon’s bid to stall a union drive (www.theguardian.com)
Retailer doing ‘whatever it takes’ to halt organizing at warehouse in Moreno Valley, California, workers say, as Amazon faces unfair labor practice charges...
‘Not a normal war’: doctors say children have been targeted by Israeli snipers in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13828038...
Remains of missing French toddler Emile Soleil found in French Alps (www.theguardian.com)
Bones were discovered near the hamlet of Le Vernet, close to where the little boy went missing in 2023...
Video game firms found to have broken own UK industry rules on loot boxes (www.theguardian.com)
Bacteria that cause meningitis on the rise, CDC warns (www.theguardian.com)
An invasive meningococcal disease – which can be deadly to infected people – is on the rise, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) warned....
Scientists link elusive human group to 150,000-year-old Chinese ‘dragon man’ (www.theguardian.com)
Researchers have found fresh evidence that may connect the mysterious Denisovans to the early human species Homo longi...
Explorers unlock the mystery of ‘pirate king’ Henry Avery who vanished after huge heist at sea (www.theguardian.com)
‘Death at any moment’: fights break out as Gazans compete over airdropped aid (www.theguardian.com)
Bolivian Indigenous groups assert claim to treasure of ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’ (www.theguardian.com)
Descendants of enslaved miners who dug up gold, silver and emeralds worth billions call on Colombia to halt plan to lift cargo...
Baltimore bridge collapse: two bodies recovered from water, officials say (www.theguardian.com)
Authorities say bodies of Alejandro Hernandez Fuentes and Dorlian Ronial Castillo Cabrera found by divers in pickup truck...
Argentina: trans women among victims of ex-officers guilty of dictatorship-era crimes (www.theguardian.com)
