US returns stolen Italian art worth $65m in vow to put loot back ‘where it belongs’ (www.theguardian.com)
Italy celebrates getting back 600 antiquities that were taken and sold years ago and recovered as a result of criminal investigations...
As avian flu hops to cows and at least two humans, migrant farm workers are at risk (www.theguardian.com)
Officials are now incentivizing testing, but experts say workers need protective equipment and paid sick leave to prevent further spread...
Ditch brightly coloured plastic, anti-waste researchers tell firms (www.theguardian.com)
Studies find red, blue and green plastic decomposes into microplastic particles faster than plainer colours...
UCLA academic workers go on strike in support of pro-Palestinian protests (www.theguardian.com)
US aid to Gaza stalls after temporary pier breaks apart in heavy seas (www.theguardian.com)
“The rebuilding and repairing of the pier will take at least over a week, and, following completion, will need to be re-anchored to the coast of Gaza,” Singh said....
Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry (www.theguardian.com)
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Investigation reveals how intelligence agencies tried to derail war crimes prosecution, with Netanyahu ‘obsessed’ with intercepts
In historic first, Canada lawmaker addresses legislature in Indigenous language (www.theguardian.com)
Sol Mamakwa, a New Democratic party member from the community of Kingfisher Lake First Nation, rose on Tuesday to give the province’s first-ever Indigenous language speech in Queen’s Park, telling colleagues the moment left him feeling “thankful and proud”....
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
When the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court (ICC) announced he was seeking arrest warrants against Israeli and Hamas leaders, he issued a cryptic warning: “I insist that all attempts to impede, intimidate or improperly influence the officials of this court must cease immediately.”...
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
Pope Francis allegedly used offensive slur during discussion about gay men (www.theguardian.com)
Trump revives false claim that Biden authorized ‘deadly force’ for Mar-a-Lago search (www.theguardian.com)
EPA accused of ‘egregious’ misconduct in PFAS testing of pesticides (www.theguardian.com)
US agency found PFOS and other types of PFAS in pesticides but failed to disclose those results, watchdog group alleges...
Majority of US voters support climate litigation against big oil, poll shows (www.theguardian.com)
And almost half of respondents back the filing of criminal charges against oil companies that have contributed to the climate crisis...
Israeli spy chief allegedly ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor to pressure her to drop Palestine investigation (www.theguardian.com)
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Last major Arabic-style mosque in China loses its domes (www.theguardian.com)
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry (www.theguardian.com)
India elections: PM Narendra Modi claims he has been chosen by God (www.theguardian.com)
Indian leader tells interviewer God ‘just keeps making me do things’ but that he ‘cannot dial him directly’...
World has ‘moral responsibility’ to help small island states survive climate crisis – UN agency chief (www.theguardian.com)
Vulnerable economies must be supported with finance and practical aid to find long term solutions, says Jorge Moreira da Silva of Unops...
North Korea spy satellite explodes in flight as latest launch fails (www.theguardian.com)
‘Heads, we win; tails, you lose’: how rightwing hush-money trial coverage boosts Trump (www.theguardian.com)
