Ukrainian shelling of Donetsk shopping area kills dozens, local officials say (www.theguardian.com)
Fears grow for largest remaining hospital in Gaza as Israeli forces bombard Khan Younis (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli forces have advanced further into southern Gaza’s main city, pounding areas near the territory’s biggest functioning hospital and sparking fears it could be forced to close due to Israeli bombardments and evacuation orders....
Fears grow for largest remaining hospital in Gaza as Israeli forces bombard Khan Younis (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli forces have advanced further into southern Gaza’s main city, pounding areas near the territory’s biggest functioning hospital and sparking fears it could be forced to close due to Israeli bombardments and evacuation orders....
China population decline accelerates as birthrate hits record low (www.theguardian.com)
Population data shows drop of almost three million in 2023...
‘Giving us oxygen’: Italy turns to Cuba to help revive ailing health system (www.theguardian.com)
Almost 500 Cuban health workers deployed across Calabria amid severe shortage of doctors...
French woman ‘heartbroken’ after losing job in UK after Brexit speaks out (www.theguardian.com)
‘People laughed at it’: the unlikely story behind the music of Crash Bandicoot (www.theguardian.com)
Taiwan election, China urges US, UK and Japan not to interfere in ‘China’s internal affairs’ after they congratulate Lai Ching-te for election win as Beijing hoped to see Taiwan’s ruling party ousted (www.theguardian.com)
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Tree that lives underground among newly named plant species (www.theguardian.com)
Valley of lost cities that flourished 2,000 years ago found in Amazon in Ecuador (www.theguardian.com)
Pattern found in world’s rainforests where 2% of species make up 50% of trees (www.theguardian.com)
From the Amazon to Africa and south-east Asia, diversity among rainforest species follows the same rule, study shows...
Majority of debtors to US hospitals now people with health insurance (www.theguardian.com)
Italian minister accused of possessing painting stolen from castle (www.theguardian.com)
‘Astounding’ ocean temperatures in 2023 intensified extreme weather, data shows (www.theguardian.com)
Record levels of heat were absorbed last year by Earth’s seas, which have been warming year-on-year for the past decade
Serbian opposition leader left partly paralysed by attack, say family (www.theguardian.com)
Armed gang storms Ecuador TV station as state of ‘internal armed conflict’ declared (www.theguardian.com)
Secret Service investigating vehicle crash into gate of White House complex (www.theguardian.com)
UK accused of hypocrisy in not backing claim of genocide in Gaza before ICJ (www.theguardian.com)
Alaska Airlines grounds Boeing 737 Max 9 planes after mid-air window blowout (www.theguardian.com)
YouTube’s video games are almost impossible to find – but once you unearth them, you’ll wish you never looked (www.theguardian.com)
After a labyrinth of menus as intuitive as dadaist poetry, players are rewarded with knockoffs of decades-old games too maliciously bad to have been designed by AI...
As the mayor of Amsterdam, I can see the Netherlands risks becoming a narco-state (www.theguardian.com)
Trump businesses received millions in foreign payments while he was in office (www.theguardian.com)
Donald Trump “repeatedly and willfully” violated the US constitution by “allowing his businesses to accept millions of dollars from some of the most corrupt nations on Earth”, prominently including China, the top Democrat on the House oversight committee charged on Thursday, unveiling a 156-page report on the matter....
Documents linked to associates of Jeffrey Epstein made public (www.theguardian.com)
Almost 100 dead in blasts at Iran memorial for assassinated commander (www.theguardian.com)
Two explosions at Kerman ceremony marking anniversary of killing of Qassem Suleimani raise Middle East tensions further...
Man survives flight from Algeria to Paris hidden in plane’s landing gear (www.theguardian.com)
Unidentified man in life-threatening condition after enduring temperatures of around -50C on Air Algerie flight from Oran
