A North Carolina PFAS factory claims its emissions fell by 99.99%. A Guardian test reveals otherwise (www.theguardian.com)
Protesters throw soup at Mona Lisa in Paris (www.theguardian.com)
Visitors at Louvre look on in shock as Leonardo da Vinci masterpiece attacked by environmental protesters...
AfD narrowly loses first election since mass deportation meeting revelations (www.theguardian.com)
AfD faces first election since revelations about mass deportation meeting...
‘I don’t see how it ends’: expert sounds alarm on new wave of US opioids crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Dr Art Van Zee set out in the early 2000s to tell anyone who would listen how a powerful opioid was destroying lives. Two decades later, he’s still in disbelief...
Ukraine levels up the fight with drone strikes deep into Russia (www.theguardian.com)
Over the past three weeks, Ukraine has wreaked havoc with Russia’s energy infrastructure. Soon after the new year, someone attached explosives to train carriages in the Urals city of Nizhny Tagil. A blast took place next to facilities owned by Gazprom Neft, the country’s third biggest oil producer. Next, a kamikaze drone...
Pentagon ex-UFO chief says conspiracy theorists in government drive spending (www.theguardian.com)
US planning to station nuclear weapons in UK amid threat from Russia – report (www.theguardian.com)
US planning to station nuclear weapons in UK amid threat from Russia – report (www.theguardian.com)
Missiles could be placed at RAF Lakenheath in Suffolk in case of potential war between Nato and Russia...
Revealed: UK granted asylum to Rwandan refugees while arguing country was safe (www.theguardian.com)
Russia-Ukraine war: attacks on Russian enlistment offices signal dissatisfaction with war, says UK (www.theguardian.com)
Theresa May to confront Home Office over ‘appalling’ secret policy on trafficking victims (www.theguardian.com)
Department has admitted that it hid the policy due to concerns about former PM’s reaction
‘Every noise makes you jumpy’: US election workers confront threats and abuse with resilience training (www.theguardian.com)
Nearly half of all officials have been insulted, a third harassed, and nearly one in five threatened, according to CivicPulse
Australia pauses UN agency funding as staff investigated for suspected role in 7 October attack on Israel (www.theguardian.com)
Australia urged to reconsider support for Israel after ICJ ruling (www.theguardian.com)
UN court orders Israel to ensure acts of genocide are not committed in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
In an interim judgment delivered on Friday, the president of the court, Joan Donoghue, said Israel must “take all measures within its power” to prevent acts that fall within the scope of the genocide convention and must ensure “with immediate effect” that its forces do not commit any of the acts covered by the...
Germany unearths pro-Russia disinformation campaign on X (www.theguardian.com)
Middle East crisis live: ICJ ruling on case alleging genocide by Israel in Gaza and call for it to stop military action (www.theguardian.com)
Live coverage thread of the International Court of Justice and the case of South Africa vs. Israel.
Japan’s ‘moon sniper’ probe made incredibly accurate landing, but is now upside down (www.theguardian.com)
Oil tanker on fire after being struck off coast of Yemen (www.theguardian.com)
Australia urged to reconsider support for Israel after ICJ ruling (www.theguardian.com)
US ‘disappointed’ Hungary taking so long to approve Sweden joining Nato (www.theguardian.com)
Washington’s ambassador says Budapest is ‘really alone’ and describes its foreign policy as a ‘fantasy’...
Proud Boys member gets six years in prison for Capitol riot after insulting judge (www.theguardian.com)
Bru has been representing himself with an attorney on standby. He has spewed anti-government rhetoric that appears to be inspired by the sovereign citizen movement. At the start of the hearing, Bru demanded that the judge and a prosecutor turn over five years of their financial records....
Babies born in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’ record lower birth weight, preterm births – report (www.theguardian.com)
New report shows babies born in notorious industrial corridor experience low birth weight at three times the national average...
Florida advances law banning children under 16 from using social media (www.theguardian.com)
Bill would prohibit teenagers from creating an account, and is now headed to the state’s Republican-controlled senate...
UN agency investigates staff suspected of role in 7 October attack on Israel (www.theguardian.com)
The UN agency for Palestinian refugees (UNRWA) said on Friday it had opened an investigation into several employees suspected of involvement in the 7 October attacks in Israel by Hamas, and that it had severed ties with those staff members....
