Dutch lorry drivers could stop bringing goods to UK if post-Brexit delays not cut (www.theguardian.com)
ECJ to fine Hungary €200m+€1m a day until it complies with EU refugee laws (www.theguardian.com)
Visitors to Greece appear ill informed about heatwave risk, warn rescuers (www.theguardian.com)
Over the past week, three search and rescue operations have been started for tourists who have gone missing during treks on far-flung islands, including one for the popular TV presenter Michael Mosley, who was found dead on the island of Symi....
I banned my daughter from using the iPhone she bought. It made her a better person | Em Rio (www.theguardian.com)
I think its not just kids anymore, it’s adults too. Everyone is glued to their screens these days. But kids are more vulnerable to influences from “social” media and don’t have any defences to the psychological warfare going on. Of course they feel like shit.
Portrayal of character in Steve Coogan’s film The Lost King is defamatory, judge rules (www.theguardian.com)
The portrayal of a former university official in Steve Coogan’s film about the discovery of the remains of Richard III is defamatory, a high court judge has ruled....
Why the pope has the ears of G7 leaders on the ethics of AI (www.theguardian.com)
Wildlife experts urge action on pesticides as UK insect populations plummet (www.theguardian.com)
Campaigners say next government must reduce use and toxicity of pesticides before it is too late...
Clarence Thomas took additional trips funded by Harlan Crow, senator reveals (www.theguardian.com)
Democrat Dick Durbin announces failure of supreme court justice to disclose travel paid for by billionaire benefactor...
‘No one has any idea’ how many Israeli hostages are alive, says Hamas official (www.theguardian.com)
A senior Hamas official has said the group does not know how many of the Israeli hostages it is holding in Gaza are still alive, as Israeli and Hamas sources set out positions that could undermine the possibility of an imminent ceasefire deal....
Senate Republicans block bill that establishes right to IVF across the US (www.theguardian.com)
Trump’s mass purge of state department likely to sow chaos, US diplomats say (www.theguardian.com)
Project 2025 blueprint for second Trump term envisages replacing thousands of career staff with political loyalists...
South Australia introduces ‘world-leading’ bill to ban political donations from elections (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine war briefing: Sanctions to strike at Putin’s oil ‘shadow fleet’ (www.theguardian.com)
Book about book bans banned by Florida school board (www.theguardian.com)
Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas out of Olympics after losing legal battle (www.theguardian.com)
The US swimmer Lia Thomas, who rose to global prominence after becoming the first transgender athlete to win a NCAA college title in March 2022, has lost a legal case against World Aquatics at the court of arbitration for sport – and with it any hopes of making next month’s Paris Olympics....
Massive Attack pull out of gig in Georgia in solidarity with protesters (www.theguardian.com)
British band Massive Attack have pulled out of a concert in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi, in protest against the government’s “attack on basic human rights”....
Book about book bans banned by Florida school board (www.theguardian.com)
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China’s glut of idle property causes headache for the government (www.theguardian.com)
The industry that has traditionally powered about a quarter of GDP has been in a downward spiral that policymakers have struggled to halt...
China’s maritime militia: the shadowy armada whose existence Beijing rarely acknowledges (www.theguardian.com)
They look like simple fishing boats but are capable of swarming in huge numbers to help Beijing stake its territorial claims in the South China Sea...
DeSantis ‘freedom fund’ Pac targets abortion and marijuana ballot initiatives (www.theguardian.com)
Group, known as Florida Freedom Fund, launched in May and will also be involved in school board races...
Republicans push conspiracy theories after Hunter Biden verdict: ‘A fake trial’ (www.theguardian.com)
Rightwing politicians repeat unfounded theories that gun trial verdict is a ‘distraction’ from worse Biden crimes...
China’s maritime militia: the shadowy armada whose existence Beijing rarely acknowledges (www.theguardian.com)
They look like simple fishing boats but are capable of swarming in huge numbers to help Beijing stake its territorial claims in the South China Sea...
Rapid UTI test that cuts detection time to 45 minutes awarded Longitude prize (www.theguardian.com)
Russia accused of ‘deliberate’ starvation tactics in Mariupol in submission to ICC (www.theguardian.com)
‘The big story of the 21st century’: is this the most shocking documentary of the year? (www.theguardian.com)
In 2013, the US food conglomerate Smithfield Foods – the country’s largest pork producer and maker of the famous holiday ham – was sold to a Hong Kong-based company called WH Group in a deal worth $7.1bn. It was the largest ever Chinese acquisition of an American company; virtually overnight, WH Group, formerly called...
