Unilever to scale back environmental and social pledges (www.theguardian.com)
Tory MP from slave-owning family set to gain £3m from sale of former plantation (www.theguardian.com)
The Conservative MP under fire for his ancestors’ role in Caribbean slavery is in line for a multimillion-pound payout from the Barbados government....
US citizen who fought with pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine reported dead (www.theguardian.com)
Russell Bentley, 64, reported killed in Moscow-occupied Donetsk by Russian state media and confirmed by his battalion...
Land of the dinosaurs: baseline of sexism overshadows tennis in Madrid (www.theguardian.com)
When the female tennis players head back to Spain’s capital for the Madrid Open this week, they may be forgiven for letting out a collective groan. A quick glance at the tournament’s history shows a litany of gaffes, accusations of inequality and a full-blown sexism row just last year. Not exactly a highlight of the...
Chinese students in US tell of ‘chilling’ interrogations and deportations (www.theguardian.com)
As tensions with China rise, scientists at America’s leading universities complain of stalled research after crackdown at airports...
US man arrested for allegedly throwing pipe bomb at Satanic Temple (www.theguardian.com)
Sean Patrick Palmer, of Oklahoma, arrested after explosive device found last week near porch of Satanic Temple in Massachusetts...
Next pandemic likely to be caused by flu virus, scientists warn (www.theguardian.com)
Influenza is still the biggest threat to global health as WHO raises fears about the spread of avian strain...
Man dies after setting himself on fire outside Trump trial courthouse (www.theguardian.com)
Man identified by police as Max Azzarello, from Florida, declared dead after incident outside lower Manhattan courthouse...
Brexit plans in ‘complete disarray’ as EU import checks delayed, say businesses (www.theguardian.com)
Businesses have described Britain’s Brexit border plans as being in “complete disarray” after it emerged the introduction of some checks on EU imports will be delayed....
US to withdraw from Niger after security pact fails in strategic victory for Russia (www.theguardian.com)
The US will withdraw more than 1,000 military personnel from Niger in a move that will force the Biden administration to rethink its counter-terrorism strategy and amounts to a strategic victory for Russia....
France urged to repay billions of dollars to Haiti for independence ‘ransom’ (www.theguardian.com)
EPA moves to make US polluters pay for cleanup of two forever chemicals (www.theguardian.com)
Superfund law requires industries responsible for PFOA and PFOS contamination in water or soil to pay for cleanup...
Ocean spray emits more PFAS than industrial polluters, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Research into release of ‘forever chemicals’ raises concerns about contamination and human exposure along world’s coastlines...
UN livestock emissions report seriously distorted our work, say experts (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Study released at Cop28 misused research to underestimate impact of cutting meat eating, say academics...
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...
US citizen who fought with pro-Russia separatists in Ukraine reported dead (www.theguardian.com)
France urged to repay billions of dollars to Haiti for independence ‘ransom’ (www.theguardian.com)
France should repay billions of dollars to Haiti to cover a debt formerly enslaved people were forced to pay in return for recognising the island’s independence, according to a coalition of civil society groups that is launching a new push for reparations....
US vetoes Palestinian request for full UN membership (www.theguardian.com)
The US has vetoed a Palestinian request to the United Nations security council for full UN membership, blocking the world body’s recognition of a Palestinian state....
Georgia lawmaker runs secret election-conspiracy Telegram channel (www.theguardian.com)
Bridget Thorne, a Republican elected in Fulton county in 2022, has spread election fraud lies and accused county employees of crimes...
‘This is a violent attack against women’: Florida Senate candidate seeks to channel abortion outrage (www.theguardian.com)
Democrat Debbie Mucarsel-Powell is challenging incumbent Rick Scott and highlighting his ‘unapologetic and proud’ support for the state’s six-week ban...
Iran and Israel playing with fire as old rules of confrontation are torn up (www.theguardian.com)
Reported Israeli drone strike on Isfahan may signal that this widening conflict has become more dynamic...
Black death row inmates suffer botched executions at twice rate of whites in US (www.theguardian.com)
A glaring racial disparity is evident in the 73 botched procedures involving lethal injections since 1976, report by Reprieve finds...
Risk of bird flu spreading to humans is ‘enormous concern’, says WHO (www.theguardian.com)
The World Health Organization has raised concerns about the spread of H5N1 bird flu, which has an “extraordinarily high” mortality rate in humans....
California readies itself as ‘abortion sanctuary’ while Arizona gears up for ban (www.theguardian.com)
Golden state expanded abortion access after Roe was repealed in 2022 while neighboring state is set to enact near-total ban...
‘Wake-up call’: pipeline leak exposes carbon capture safety gaps, advocates say (www.theguardian.com)
Estimated 2,548 barrels of carbon dioxide leaked from Exxon pipeline in Louisiana on 3 April, triggering alarm among residents...
