Tories urged to condemn Braverman for gay persecution comments on refugees (www.theguardian.com)
UK home secretary in US to call for rewriting of UN asylum rules so they are ‘fit for the modern age’
Canada’s house speaker apologises after praising Ukrainian veteran of Nazi unit (www.theguardian.com)
Apple removes app created by Andrew Tate (www.theguardian.com)
Apple has withdrawn an app created by Andrew Tate after accusations that it encouraged misogyny and could be an illegal pyramid scheme....
One in 18 babies born in Australia are conceived via IVF, latest data shows (www.theguardian.com)
The 102,157 cycles of IVF performed in 2021 was a 17% increase on 2020, with an average of two cycles for each woman.
AI developing too fast for regulators to keep up, says Oliver Dowden (www.theguardian.com)
Deputy prime minister to urge UN general assembly to create international regulatory system
AI-focused tech firms locked in ‘race to the bottom’, warns MIT professor (www.theguardian.com)
France accused of attack on press freedom after journalist arrest (www.theguardian.com)
Western leaders defend slow progress to end global inequality as UN summit starts (www.theguardian.com)
Leaders insisted war in Ukraine had not distracted them from sustainable development goals
TikTok fined €345m for breaking EU data law on children’s accounts (www.theguardian.com)
TikTok has been fined €345m (£296m) for breaking EU data law in its handling of children’s accounts, including failing to shield underage users’ content from public view....
Sound of Freedom film producer plots long-shot bid for Mexican presidency (www.theguardian.com)
Just what Mexico needs, a QAnon, Maga nutjub.
Vietnam: 56 people dead after fire at nine-floor apartment building (www.theguardian.com)
About 70 people have been rescued, according to Hanoi authorities, with nearly 40 injured...
Chinese state media censors itself after highlighting poem about corrupt leaders (www.theguardian.com)
Russian minister says G20 summit a success after criticism over war blocked (www.theguardian.com)
UK Parliamentary researcher ‘who spied for China’ arrested (www.theguardian.com)
Two men have been arrested under the Official Secrets Act amid allegations that a parliamentary researcher spied for China....
US climate scientist risks felony by chaining herself to pipeline drill (www.theguardian.com)
Rose Abramoff was one of two protesters who helped temporarily shut down construction of Mountain Valley pipeline
The US should not normalize Modi’s autocratic and illiberal India at the G20 (www.theguardian.com)
Despite his lip-service to democracy and human rights, Biden keeps embracing autocrats and would-be autocrats
Former PM Sanna Marin quits Finnish politics to join Tony Blair Institute (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: Home Office secretly lobbied for facial recognition ‘spy’ company (www.theguardian.com)
Facewatch uses cameras to check faces against a watch list and, despite widespread concern over the technology, it has already been introduced in hundreds of high street shops and supermarkets....
Flora, fauna and … funga: UN backs new term for conservation talks (www.theguardian.com)
Secretariat on biodiversity says fungi should be recognised and protected on equal footing with plants and animals...
From botflies to eye worms, a brief history of rare parasites in humans (www.theguardian.com)
After a live roundworm was found in the brain of an Australian woman, we take a look at other unusual cases of parasites turning up unexpectedly and explore how worried we should be....
‘Threatened and vulnerable’: Cop City activists labeled as terrorists pay high price (www.theguardian.com)
Protesters say classification as ‘domestic terrorists’ for opposing planned Georgia police facility has upended their lives...
Hawaii fire survivors urged to submit DNA to help identify victims (www.theguardian.com)
Governor Josh Green tells people to prepare for ‘a lot more loss of life’ as search continues for bodies in ruins of Lahaina