Huw Edwards named as BBC presenter at centre of scandal (www.theguardian.com)
Zelenskiy forced to recalibrate to avert Nato summit falling-out (www.theguardian.com)
Lawyers with supreme court business paid Clarence Thomas aide via Venmo (www.theguardian.com)
Payments to Rajan Vasisht, an aide from 2019-21, underscore ties between the justice and lawyers who argue cases in front of him
Canadian lake chosen to represent start of the Anthropocene (www.theguardian.com)
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Review: What About Men? by Caitlin Moran (The Guardian) (www.theguardian.com)
What About Men? by Caitlin Moran review – bantz gone badA tendentious take on masculinity that takes unoriginal thoughts and confirms them in the echo chamber of TwitterStuart Jeffries Wed 12 Jul 2023 09.00 BST...
Tech companies block wage increase for New York City delivery workers (www.theguardian.com)
Doordash, GrubHub, Uber and Relay lawsuits claim that the $17.96 per hour wage set to start on 12 July would deal blow to business
As Threads app thrives, experts warn of Meta’s string of privacy violations (www.theguardian.com)
Privacy experts point out that Meta has put the launch of Threads in the European Union on hold because it’s unclear whether the way the company handles user data and shares it across different platforms, including Threads, will run afoul of impending privacy regulations.
Lawyers with supreme court business paid Clarence Thomas aide via Venmo (www.theguardian.com)
Elon Musk goes low against Zuckerberg as Twitter-Threads spat intensifies (www.theguardian.com)
“Twitter owner calls Facebook founder a ‘cuck’ as rancour grows over launch of Threads, a competitor to Musk’s network”...
‘I deleted my Twitter account’: eight readers on how they avoid digital burnout (www.theguardian.com)
‘I deleted my Twitter account’: eight readers on how they avoid digital burnout...
US aid policies undermined success of Afghanistan mission, says watchdog chief (www.theguardian.com)
What did the BBC presenter allegedly do and why hasn’t he been named? (www.theguardian.com)
The BBC suspended one of its male presenters on Sunday after he was accused of spending £35,000 buying explicit images from a young person who spent the money on crack cocaine.
Elizabeth Holmes’ 11-year prison sentence shortened by two years (www.theguardian.com)
Elizabeth Holmes’ prison sentence was quietly shortened by two years, new records show....
Israeli parliament gives initial approval to judicial overhaul bill (www.theguardian.com)
In a move that seems to clearly violate the (ostensible) three-way division of power, Netanyahu moves to consolidate more power in the legislative that he controls....
Life imitates art as El Salvador pressures book fair to bar dissenting writer (www.theguardian.com)
Heatwave last summer killed 61,000 people in Europe, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
Twitter traffic sinks in wake of changes and launch of rival platform Threads (www.theguardian.com)
Data shows the micro-blogging website has been shedding users since early 2023, not long after Elon Musk’s takeover
Students barred from Iranian universities for refusing to wear a hijab (www.theguardian.com)
Female students reportedly given sham disciplinary ‘hearings’, suspended from classes and threatened with ‘zero grades’ for defying head covering law....