Planned Parenthood in Wisconsin to resume abortion care after judge’s ruling (www.theguardian.com)
Announcement comes after July ruling that 1849 abortion law does not apply in significant victory for abortion rights in midwest...
Sound of Freedom film producer plots long-shot bid for Mexican presidency (www.theguardian.com)
Just what Mexico needs, a QAnon, Maga nutjub.
Kim Davis must pay $100,000 to US same-sex couple she denied marriage license (www.theguardian.com)
Sean Penn: Will Smith slap wouldn’t have happened if Oscars had let Zelenskiy speak (www.theguardian.com)
Taiwan tells Elon Musk it is ‘not for sale’ after latest China comments (www.theguardian.com)
Reproach comes as Taiwan says it has detected a large number of Chinese aircraft crossing into its air defence identification zone...
Swedish criminal gangs using fake Spotify streams to launder money (www.theguardian.com)
This may be the only time you will ever see the phrase “Swedish gangster rap,” so enjoy it.
Experts call for global moratorium on efforts to geoengineer climate (www.theguardian.com)
Vietnam: 56 people dead after fire at nine-floor apartment building (www.theguardian.com)
About 70 people have been rescued, according to Hanoi authorities, with nearly 40 injured...
Police union leader said woman killed by Seattle officer ‘had limited value’ (www.theguardian.com)
Daniel Auderer denies wrongdoing, claiming he ‘intended the comment as a mockery of lawyers’
Earth ‘well outside safe operating space for humanity’, scientists find (www.theguardian.com)
‘Sea is constantly dumping bodies’: fears Libya flood death toll may hit 20,000 (www.theguardian.com)
In our blood: how the US allowed toxic chemicals to seep into our lives (www.theguardian.com)
"It serves no purpose, it is unjust:" 63 Australian politicians urge US to let WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange walk free (www.theguardian.com)
The Australian federal politicians have explicitly called on the US to drop the prosecution of Julian Assange, who remains in Belmarsh prison in the UK, warning of “a sharp and sustained outcry in Australia” if the WikiLeaks founder is extradited.
Antisemitism definition used by UK universities leading to ‘unreasonable’ accusations (www.theguardian.com)
Calls for Starbucks boycott grow amid aggressive union-busting activities (www.theguardian.com)
US behind more than a third of global oil and gas expansion plans, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
US behind more than a third of global oil and gas expansion plans, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Kim Jong-un offers Putin ‘full support’ in Russia’s ‘sacred fight’ with west (www.theguardian.com)
US to argue Google abused power to monopolize internet search as antitrust trial begins (www.theguardian.com)
US to argue Google abused power to monopolize internet search as antitrust trial begins::US makes case Google leveraged power and wealth to strangle competition, spending billions on deals with Apple and Samsung
UK election watchdog issues damning verdict on voter ID impact (www.theguardian.com)
Electoral Commission says policy could exclude hundreds of thousands of voters in a general election
High court rules Qantas illegally outsourced 1,700 jobs during pandemic (www.theguardian.com)
Decision exposes embattled airline to mammoth compensation bill in major win for the Transport Workers Union
New federal charges filed against ex-police officers in Tyre Nichols killing (www.theguardian.com)
Five former Memphis police officers are now facing federal civil rights charges in the beating death of Tyre Nichols as they continue to fight second-degree murder charges in state courts arising from the killing....
Frustrated China steps up warship and fighter plane activity around Taiwan (www.theguardian.com)
China has sent a carrier strike group and dozens of warplanes into the region around Taiwan in one of its biggest operations in months. The activity comes as Beijing accuses the US and Canada of “inciting conflict” by sailing through the Taiwan Strait, and as Xi Jinping calls for “comprehensive” military combat readiness...
Younger people more likely to doubt merits of democracy – global poll (www.theguardian.com)
Democracy remains popular across the world, but faced with a global array of challenges from inequality to the climate crisis, young people are far less likely than their elders to believe it can deliver on what concerns them....
Hong Kong’s multimillion dollar cliffside mansions on brink of collapse after record rains (www.theguardian.com)
