Canada police charge man with 14 counts of murder for mailing poison (www.theguardian.com)
Myanmar becomes world’s biggest producer of opium, overtaking Afghanistan (www.theguardian.com)
Myanmar became the world’s biggest producer of opium in 2023, overtaking Afghanistan after the Taliban government’s crackdown on the trade, according to a United Nations report....
‘Don’t get sick. It’s too expensive’: medical debt is putting more Americans in financial crisis (www.theguardian.com)
German prosecutors charge 27 over alleged far-right plot (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: more than 160 representatives with climate-denying track records got Cop28 access (www.theguardian.com)
The World Health Organization prohibits tobacco companies and lobbyists from attending its summits, yet the UNFCCC (UN Framework Convention on Climate Change) has no conflict of interest policy allowing organizers to ban bad-faith actors from registering as observers....
Dozens of US lobbyists represent both climate-focused charities and fossil fuels – report (www.theguardian.com)
‘Don’t get sick. It’s too expensive’: medical debt is putting more Americans in financial crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Drug lords hunt corrupt police officers who stole shipment in Tijuana (www.theguardian.com)
The new ‘Rwanda deal’ was a shock to Rwandans. We know this is no place for asylum seekers (www.theguardian.com)
I was sentenced to 15 years’ jail for speaking out about the government in my country. Its human rights record is appalling...
Trump says he won’t return to witness stand in $250m New York fraud trial (www.theguardian.com)
Donald Trump announced he would not take the witness stand for a second time at his fraud trial in New York on Monday, the former US president’s last chance to make his case as he combats a potential $250m fine that hangs over his family business....
‘Hugely frustrating’: international media seek to overcome Gaza ban (www.theguardian.com)
World economy on brink of ‘cold war two’, IMF official warns (www.theguardian.com)
Title is unfortunate, a bit sensationalist. It’s about the decline of the world’s GDP due to Geopolitical tensions....
US police agencies took intelligence directly from IDF, leaked files show (www.theguardian.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/us-police-agencies-idf-files-bl…
Republicans to meet allies of Hungary’s Viktor Orbán on ending Ukraine aid (www.theguardian.com)
Allies of Hungary’s far-right prime minister Viktor Orbán will hold a closed-door meeting with Republicans in Washington to push for an end to US military support for Ukraine, the Guardian has learned....
India’s supreme court upholds decision to strip Kashmir of special status | Kashmir | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Zelenskiy to visit Washington in bid to break Senate deadlock on Ukraine aid (www.theguardian.com)
Northern Irish leaders offered £2.5bn package in bid to revive Stormont (www.theguardian.com)
Lost in space no more: missing tomato found in space station after eight months (www.theguardian.com)
‘The Gospel’: how Israel uses AI to select bombing targets in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
India’s supreme court upholds decision to strip Kashmir of special status (www.theguardian.com)
Chief justice says government did not overreach its powers when it revoked autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir in 2019...
Sweden demands immediate release of EU diplomat from Iran jail (www.theguardian.com)
Reuters journalist Issam Abdallah ‘killed by Israeli tank shell’ (www.theguardian.com)
Michigan teen sentenced to life for school shooting that killed four (www.theguardian.com)
Ethan Crumbley apologized before the sentencing for the 2021 high school shooting as parents still in jail on related charges...
‘It’s just a show’: Hong Kong voters likely to stay away as ‘patriots only’ local elections loom (www.theguardian.com)
Lost in space no more: missing tomato found in space station after eight months (www.theguardian.com)
It might have remained one of the greatest mysteries of the universe, destined never to be solved until a freak recent discovery by the crew of the International Space Station (ISS)....