Quebec judge gives go-ahead for lawsuit over sterilisation of Indigenous women (www.theguardian.com)
Sam Bankman-Fried living off bread and water in prison - lawyer says (www.theguardian.com)
Rumours swirl after Xi Jinping fails to give key Brics speech (www.theguardian.com)
India lands spacecraft near south pole of moon in world first (www.theguardian.com)
India has become the first country to successfully land a spacecraft near the south pole of the moon.
India lands spacecraft near south pole of moon in world first (www.theguardian.com)
Biden launches ‘most affordable ever’ student loan repayment plan (www.theguardian.com)
Federal student loan borrowers can expect “the most affordable student loan plan ever”, Biden said in a video address on Tuesday announcing significant changes to the debt from higher education held by over an eighth of the country.
Central Moscow building hit by drone in latest attack on Russian capital (www.theguardian.com)
Moscow airports suspend flights briefly as drone hits site in city centre, with two others brought down across the region
‘We are burned out’: UAW ready to take on automakers in contract negotiations (www.theguardian.com)
"The forced overtime – we are working to death. We are working 12-hour shifts, seven days a week, every day, week after week, month after month, year after year. We are burned out,” added Ferdinandsen. “These companies are profiting the way that they are and trying to convince the American people that they’re hurting,...
Hollywood studio Lionsgate brings back mask mandate amid Covid spike (www.theguardian.com)
The studio behind John Wick and The Hunger Games has reinstated the use of masks after several employees tested positive for Covid-19
Elon Musk to strip headlines off news links on Twitter in latest overhaul (www.theguardian.com)
Donald Trump to surrender at Fulton county jail on Thursday night (www.theguardian.com)
3D eye scans at opticians could identify those at risk of Parkinson’s, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
3D eye scans widely used in high street opticians could help to identify people at high risk of developing Parkinson’s disease up to seven years before they have symptoms, data has suggested....
US businessman is wannabe ‘warlord’ of secretive far-right men’s network (www.theguardian.com)
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African Union issues ambiguous view on possible Niger military intervention (www.theguardian.com)
The African Union (AU) appears to have left room open for military intervention by a west African political bloc to restore democracy in Niger, as Algerian state radio said it had refused a French request to fly over its airspace for a military operation....
‘Orphaned by decree’: Italy’s same-sex parents react to losing their rights (www.theguardian.com)
Rightwing PM Giorgia Meloni has demanded councils register only biological parents on birth certificates, leaving partners in legal limbo
Storm Hilary aftermath: 10,000 without power, Palm Springs declares emergency (www.theguardian.com)
Row over restaurant ‘wealth screening’ boils over in French resort of St-Tropez (www.theguardian.com)
The Nice Matin newspaper quoted unnamed insiders as saying that some restaurants in St-Tropez, a favoured summer haunt of celebrities and the international jet set for more than half a century, had taken to checking customers’ names against their database and refusing reservations if a previous visit was not felt to have...
Melbourne man charged with lighting fires had ducklings in his underwear, police allege (www.theguardian.com)
Monday briefing: Are the vanished British Museum relics the tip of the iceberg? (www.theguardian.com) Japanese
In today’s newsletter: As police in the UK launch an investigation into what happened to missing artefacts, an art detective explains why such thefts are so difficult to prevent
Shark nets to return to NSW beaches despite calls from councils to abolish practice (www.theguardian.com)
Environmentalists say nets’ bycatch unacceptable but premier Chris Minns says alternative technologies not as good a replacement
‘Fired on like rain’: Saudi border guards accused of mass killings of Ethiopians (www.theguardian.com)
Report by Human Rights Watch details alleged attacks using explosive weapons and small arms on Saudi Arabia-Yemen border
The Staffordshire Panther: is the British countryside really teeming with big cats? (www.theguardian.com)
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Washington state wildfire leaves one dead and nearly 200 structures destroyed (www.theguardian.com)
Evacuations ordered after wind-fueled blaze expands unchecked near eastern city of Spokane and shuts highway...