Revealed: Tyson Foods dumps millions of pounds of toxic pollutants into US rivers and lakes (www.theguardian.com)
Nitrogen, phosphorus, chloride, oil and cyanide among the 371m lb of pollutants released by just 41 plants in five years...
Ukraine war briefing: Russian attacks kill three during Orthodox Easter (www.theguardian.com)
Bomb attacks in Congo kill at least 12 people including children (www.theguardian.com)
Union plans strike vote over crackdown on University of California Gaza protests (www.theguardian.com)
David Cameron backed Israel arms sales two days after death of UK aid workers (www.theguardian.com)
First scientist to publish Covid sequence in China protests over lab ‘eviction’ as Chinese government attempts to avoid scrutiny over handling of outbreak (www.theguardian.com)
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Flint residents grapple with water crisis a decade later: ‘If we had the energy left, we’d cry’ (www.theguardian.com)
Chinese jets fly sorties over Taiwan strait in show of force as US delegation departs (www.theguardian.com)
Taiwan has reported that a dozen Chinese warplanes flew sorties close to the island on Saturday, in a sudden surge of military activity just hours after the US secretary of state, Antony Blinken, left Beijing following talks with President Xi Jinping and top Chinese officials.
‘In the US they think we’re communists!’ The 70,000 workers showing the world another way to earn a living (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ca/post/20125866...
Israel thought to be preparing to send troops into Rafah (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/14684357...
US teacher charged with using AI to frame principal with racist audio (www.theguardian.com)
Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf in peril as Greens say they will back no confidence motion (www.theguardian.com)
Louisiana’s flagship university lets oil firms influence research – for a price (www.theguardian.com)
Louisiana State University allowed Shell to influence studies after a $25m donation and sought funds from other fossil fuel firms...
Women run 80% of US elections – but are targets of misogyny-laced threats (www.theguardian.com)
Threats lean toward sexual or domestic violence, attacks on their families and criticisms that they can’t do their jobs...
Germany arrests two for alleged plot to attack military bases on behalf of Russia, accuses suspects of working with Russian secret service in attempt to undermine support for Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
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Forced home moves cost renters over half a billion pounds a year (www.theguardian.com)
There were 830,000 unwanted moves in England over the past 12 months, meaning 40% have been forced to relocate...
New Mexico’s rivers are most threatened waterways in US, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Supreme court ruling left more than 90% of state’s surface waters with no pollution protections, since they don’t run continuously...
Mike Johnson unveils complex plan for Israel and Ukraine aid as pressure rises (www.theguardian.com)
Speaker rejects pressure to approve package sent over by Senate, leaving its path to passage deeply uncertain...
Owners of Colorado funeral home where 190 bodies were found charged with Covid fraud (www.theguardian.com)
‘Shhh or I’ll shoot you’: family of jailed Christian woman tell of Israeli raid (www.theguardian.com)
The Israeli troops arrived at about 4am last Saturday to take 23-year-old Layan Nasir away at gunpoint from her parents’ home in the West Bank town of Birzeit. There was no arrest warrant or charges, and her parents haven’t been notified of where she is held....
Mass use of guided bombs driving Russian advances, says Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Up to 500 ‘drop-and-forget’ bombs containing foreign components being fired every week, government analysis finds...
Which countries supply Israel with arms and why is Biden reluctant to stop? | Explainer (www.theguardian.com)
Canada, the Netherlands, Japan, Spain and Belgium have all announced they would stop shipping weapons to Israel. In Denmark, a court case is pending which could result in the government having to suspend the export of F-35 fighter jet parts to the US, be
Indian government ordered killings in Pakistan, intelligence officials claim (www.theguardian.com)
‘Headaches, organ damage and even death’: how salty water is putting Bangladesh’s pregnant women at risk (www.theguardian.com)
As rising sea levels and extreme weather contaminate drinking water sources, doctors are seeing alarming numbers of women with serious health problems including pre-eclampsia
Israel lodges proposal with UN for dismantling of Palestinian relief agency (www.theguardian.com)
Israel has given the UN a proposal to dismantle Unrwa, its relief agency in the Palestinian territories, and transfer its staff to a replacement agency to make large-scale food deliveries into Gaza, according to UN sources....
