Wrongfully jailed for 20 years, Australia’s ‘most hated woman’ likely to receive record compensation (www.theguardian.com)
Etsy lays off 225 workers after ‘essentially flat’ sales, says CEO | Business (www.theguardian.com)
Etsy lays off 225 workers after ‘essentially flat’ sales, says CEO | Business::Staff notified via livestream Wednesday by Josh Silverman, who acknowledged ‘unfortunate’ timing during holiday season
Crooks Sam Lee and Ryan Xu: Investors lose millions as crypto schemes operate unchecked in Australia (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: the New Zealand regulator has warned the schemes could be a ‘scam’ but they have escaped such scrutiny in Australia and thousands have lost money. Sam Lee and Ryan Xu are both cheaters and liars and deserve to be hunted down, tortured and executed.
Gaza a ‘living hell’ after heavy winter rains drench makeshift tents (www.theguardian.com)
Indiana suspect arrested after leaving debit card at scene of killing (www.theguardian.com)
Police in Gary were able to track down the man after he allegedly shot a fellow customer during a fight at a grocery store...
Boston fertility doctor accused of impregnating patient with own sperm (www.theguardian.com)
Dr Merle Berger told patient Sarah Depoian sperm had come from an anonymous donor, new lawsuit claims...
Festive cheer for Filipino fishers after supply boat evades Chinese vessels (www.theguardian.com)
Festive cheer for Filipino fishers after supply boat evades Chinese vessels (www.theguardian.com)
Crackdown on ‘foreign interventions’ decried by Hungarian media (www.theguardian.com)
No more drunk driving? US to force carmakers to adopt life-saving tech by 2024 (www.theguardian.com)
Quarter of world’s freshwater fish at risk of extinction, according to assessment (www.theguardian.com)
Nearly a quarter of the world’s freshwater fish are at risk of extinction due to global heating, overfishing and pollution, according to an expert assessment....
German prosecutors charge 27 over alleged far-right plot to topple government (www.theguardian.com)
Man flies from Denmark to Los Angeles with no passport or plane ticket (www.theguardian.com)
‘Don’t get sick. It’s too expensive’: medical debt is putting more Americans in financial crisis (www.theguardian.com)
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....
Far-right Polish MP uses fire extinguisher to put out Hanukah candles (www.theguardian.com)
Looks like the Nazis are back in Poland. They didn’t even have to invade this time.
Far-right Polish MP uses fire extinguisher to put out Hanukkah candles after Donald Tusk speaks out against xenophobia – Europe live (www.theguardian.com)
German prosecutors charge 27 over alleged far-right plot (www.theguardian.com)
‘I no longer feel at home here’: German Muslims frustrated by Israel backing (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)
‘Putin must lose’: Zelenskiy arrives in US to try to save $61bn Ukraine aid package (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, has flown to Washington DC in an attempt to rescue a critical $61bn military aid package, while the UK separately hinted that it could increase the value of the arms, ammunition and training that it donates to Kyiv....