Rudy Giuliani’s lawyer tells court awarding millions of dollars in damages would be like ‘death penalty’ for his client – as it happened (www.theguardian.com)
Model says her face was edited with AI to look white: ‘It’s very dehumanizing’ (www.theguardian.com)
Shereen Wu says leading designer uploaded altered picture, amid fears AI could ‘turn back the clock’ on progress in the industry
Their kids died after buying drugs on Snapchat. Now the parents are suing (www.theguardian.com)
Their kids died after buying drugs on Snapchat. Now the parents are suing::Suit claims app features like disappearing messages and geolocating users make kids easy targets for dealers
Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble (www.theguardian.com)
Leading energy companies are intent on pushing the world in the opposite direction, expanding fossil fuel production and insisting that there is no alternative. It is evidence that they are motivated not by record warming, but by record profits, experts say.
Nestlé adds sugar to infant milk sold in poorer countries, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Global inflation fears as oil price rises towards $100 a barrel (www.theguardian.com)
ABC shuts down official Twitter accounts due to 'toxic interactions' (www.theguardian.com)
US says Chinese spy balloon downed in February did not collect information. Yet, Biden was referring to it as a spy balloon just this month. (www.theguardian.com)
‘They call us Nazis’: inside the wealthy German town where the far right is on the rise (www.theguardian.com)
Counter rallies in Kaufbeuren show split between supporters of AfD and locals who acknowledge the Bavarian town’s Nazi past...
Twelve billionaires’ climate emissions outpollute 2.1m homes, analysis finds (www.theguardian.com)
Half of Britons can’t name a Black British historical figure, survey finds (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Majority of British people found to have ‘shockingly little’ knowledge about Black British history
India launches space mission to the sun a week after moon landing (www.theguardian.com)
Vladimir Putin issues fresh demands to Ukraine to end war (www.theguardian.com)
Vladimir Putin has demanded that Kyiv cede more land, withdraw troops deeper inside its own country, and drop its Nato bid in order for him to end Russia’s war in Ukraine....
Netanyahu aims to trap west into war across Middle East, warns Iranian diplomat (www.theguardian.com)
Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking to trap the west into a total war across the Middle East that would have incalculable consequences for the region and the world, Iran’s top diplomat in the UK has claimed, in his first interview since Tehran launched an unprecedented missile and drone attack against Israel at the weekend....
The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’ (www.theguardian.com)
New research into the dying brain suggests the line between life and death may be less distinct than previously thought...
US uses loophole to keep 100 arms sales to Israel under the radar amid Gaza war – report (www.theguardian.com)
The US is reported to have made more than 100 weapons sales to Israel, including thousands of bombs, since the start of the war in Gaza, but the deliveries escaped congressional oversight because each transaction was under the dollar amount requiring approval....
Japan wrestles with its views on ‘outside people’ amid population crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Low birthrate and ageing population pose ‘an urgent risk to society’, but can opening its borders to skilled overseas workers fix the problem?
Germany’s first African-born MP to stand down after racist abuse (www.theguardian.com)
The first African-born MP to enter the German parliament has announced he will not be standing in next year’s federal election, weeks after he revealed the hate mail, including racist slurs and death threats, he and his staff had received....
Democrats decry Biden executive order turning away some asylum seekers | US-Mexico border (www.theguardian.com)
EU unveils ‘revolutionary’ laws to curb big tech firms’ power - The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
New regulations will target six major tech companies to improve consumer experience and data privacy. These include Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, ByteDance, Meta, and Microsoft....
China’s glut of idle property causes headache for the government (www.theguardian.com)
The industry that has traditionally powered about a quarter of GDP has been in a downward spiral that policymakers have struggled to halt...
World faces ‘deathly silence’ of nature as wildlife disappears, warn experts (www.theguardian.com)
Loss of intensity and diversity of noises in ecosystems reflects an alarming decline in healthy biodiversity, say sound ecologists...
I believe in another Israel – one not defined by Benjamin Netanyahu and his cronies (www.theguardian.com)
The Israel that I meet every day is made up of people who want to forge a path towards peace and security for all...
Taliban edict to resume stoning women to death met with horror (www.theguardian.com)
The Taliban’s announcement that it is resuming publicly stoning women to death has been enabled by the international community’s silence, human rights groups have said....
Chinese video games are on the rise, but I wish they got more respect (www.theguardian.com)
