Joe Lewis spared jail time for part in ‘brazen’ insider trading conspiracy (www.theguardian.com)
The British billionaire Joe Lewis was spared jail time for his part in a “brazen” insider trading conspiracy on Thursday, and was instead fined $5m and given a three-year probation by a New York judge....
When security matters: working with Qubes OS at the Guardian (www.theguardian.com) Spanish
Amazon increased US plastic packaging despite global phase-out, report says (www.theguardian.com)
The same year, 2022, company replaced plastic sleeves in EU with paper and cardboard, and cut plastic packaging globally by 11.6%...
Former supreme court judges say UK arming Israel breaches international law (www.theguardian.com)
Three former supreme court justices, including the court’s former president Lady Hale, are among more than 600 lawyers, academics and retired senior judges warning that the UK government is breaching international law by continuing to arm Israel....
Israeli military investigating after Gaza officials say foreign aid workers killed in IDF strike (www.theguardian.com)
Russian journalist who covered Navalny trials jailed on extremism charges (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: Idaho professor behind extremist site that spread conspiracies (www.theguardian.com)
BSU’s Scott Yenor ran Action Idaho, which attacked the university, LGBTQ+ people and Republicans deemed not rightwing enough...
Russian police detain journalist who filmed last video of Alexei Navalny alive (www.theguardian.com)
A journalist who filmed the last video of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny before he died, Antonina Favorskaya, has been detained by authorities....
State department official’s resignation highlights rifts over US Gaza policy (www.theguardian.com)
A human rights official has resigned from the US state department over Gaza saying the Biden administration is flouting US law by continuing to arm Israel, and is hushing up evidence that the US had seen on Israeli human rights abuses.
Facing extinction, Tuvalu considers the digital clone of a country (www.theguardian.com)
EU nature restoration laws face collapse as member states withdraw support (www.theguardian.com)
Brussels vote cancelled after it became clear law would not pass final stage with majority vote...
Canada to halt arms sales to Israel after non-binding vote in house of commons (www.theguardian.com)
Global eradication of polio ‘tantalisingly close’ with UK urged to keep up funding (www.theguardian.com)
After no reported cases of wild polio for 19 weeks, vaccination efforts boosted at last endemic spots in Pakistan and Afghanistan...
Stargazer’s paradise: Oregon area named world’s largest dark sky sanctuary (www.theguardian.com)
Certification awarded for 2.5m acres offering pristine views of night sky, with hopes for expansion to 11m acres...
Take it from a former banker: the budget is for ordinary people. The mega-rich look on and laugh (www.theguardian.com)
No crops, no brides: how rising seas are killing India’s coastal villages (www.theguardian.com)
As the sea inundates Odisha’s coastline, livelihoods have withered with the harvest and weddings are a rarity as young women refuse to move to areas where they see no future...
The feud between Elon Musk and Sam Altman – explained | Technology (www.theguardian.com)
Gaza ceasefire talks appear to stall days before Ramadan (www.theguardian.com)
Negotiations aimed at brokering a ceasefire in the Israel-Gaza war appear to have stalled, days before an unofficial deadline of the beginning of Ramadan....
‘We were constantly in terror’: Israeli hostage tells of captivity in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Israel reportedly close to accepting six-week Gaza ceasefire, US official says (www.theguardian.com)
Israel is reported to be close to accepting a six-week ceasefire proposal for Gaza, a senior Biden administration official told several US news outlets on Saturday, two days after more than 100 Palestinians died while attempting to access aid trucks in the territory....
Court orders maker of Pegasus spyware to hand over code to WhatsApp | WhatsApp | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Shell must clean up pollution before it leaves Niger delta, report says (www.theguardian.com)
Firm told it must take responsibility for toxic legacy of pollution and safe decommissioning of abandoned oil infrastructure...