LA mayor ‘terrified’ of tragedy as half-built skyscraper becomes stunt magnet (www.theguardian.com)
Cheshire mechanic who ran child sexual abuse sites jailed for 16 years (www.theguardian.com)
Mississippi prison delayed woman’s cancer diagnosis until it was terminal, lawsuit says (www.theguardian.com)
Missing Turkish miners ‘swallowed by cyanide-laced landslide’ (www.theguardian.com)
‘Now we are not safe’: Sweden’s Kurds fear Nato deal has sold them out (www.theguardian.com)
Inside tech billionaires’ push to reshape San Francisco politics: ‘a hostile takeover’ (www.theguardian.com)
Inside tech billionaires’ push to reshape San Francisco politics: ‘a hostile takeover’::The Guardian and Mission Local unravel ‘grey money’ network flooding the progressive city with conservative cash
Zelenskiy set to replace senior officials amid Ukraine leadership ‘reset’ (www.theguardian.com)
Comments come as speculation continues president is preparing to fire commander of armed forces Valerii Zaluzhnyi...
‘They thought they were doing good but it made people worse’: why mental health apps are under scrutiny (www.theguardian.com)
Georgia senate passes bill curtailing charitable bail funds for protest groups (www.theguardian.com)
Bill passed by Republican-dominated state senate may exacerbate deadly overcrowding in Fulton county jail
Armenia formally joins international criminal court in snub to Russia (www.theguardian.com)
Armenia has formally joined the international criminal court (ICC), officials said, a move which traditional ally Moscow has denounced as unfriendly....
Russia and Ukraine exchange PoWs after plane crash prevented last swap (www.theguardian.com)
Russia and Ukraine have conducted a major prisoner-of-war exchange a week after a previous swap was prevented when a Russian Il-76 transport plane was shot down and exploded near the border between the two countries....
US marshals lure fugitive killer of Texas cyclist out of hiding with yoga ad (www.theguardian.com)
Officials give details of how Kaitlin Armstrong, convicted over murder of Anna Wilson in 2022, was arrested in Costa Rica...
AfD narrowly loses first election since mass deportation meeting revelations (www.theguardian.com)
AfD faces first election since revelations about mass deportation meeting...
US planning to station nuclear weapons in UK amid threat from Russia – report (www.theguardian.com)
Top hedge funds make record $67bn in profits for 2023 (www.theguardian.com)
Profits boom at top 20 funds including TCI, Citadel, Viking and Pershing Square thanks to rebound in stock markets...
Man jailed for record 50 years for criticising Thai monarchy (www.theguardian.com)
Fascist salute not a crime unless a risk to public order, Italy’s top court says (www.theguardian.com)
Taiwan election: global leaders draw Beijing’s ire for congratulating new president (www.theguardian.com)
Global leaders have congratulated Lai Ching-te for winning Taiwan’s presidential election, praising the high turnout and democratic process – and drawing ire from Beijing, which had hoped to see Taiwan’s ruling party ousted.
‘It is a time of witch hunts in Israel’: teacher held in solitary confinement for posting concern about Gaza deaths (www.theguardian.com)
An unlikely charge of intent to commit treason landed Meir Baruchin, a grey-haired, softly spoken history and civics teacher, in the solitary confinement wing of Jerusalem’s notorious “Russian Compound” prison in early November....
Cape Verde becomes fourth African country to eliminate malaria (www.theguardian.com)
With no recorded cases since 2017, the archipelago has had a long journey to become free of the disease, which killed 608,000 people globally in 2022...
Valley of lost cities that flourished 2,000 years ago found in Amazon (www.theguardian.com)
‘January 6 never ended’: alarm at Trump pardon pledge for Capitol insurrectionists (www.theguardian.com)
The ex-president has said he would pardon those convicted of violence, obstructing Congress and seditious conspiracy...
Xi Jinping says Chinese business having ‘tough time’ in new year message (www.theguardian.com)
China’s president, Xi Jinping, acknowledged in his new year’s message that “some enterprises had a tough time” in 2023 as data showed a weakening of factory production deepened this month, but he vowed to step up the pace of the economy’s recovery....
China cracks down on negativity over economy in bid to boost confidence (www.theguardian.com)
Travellers crossing Channel at Dover face long queues during Christmas getaway (www.theguardian.com)
