Revealed: the 1,200 big methane leaks from waste dumps trashing the planet (www.theguardian.com)
A total of 1,256 methane super-emitter events occurred between January 2019 and June 2023, according to the new data. Pakistan, India and Bangladesh lead the list of nations with the most large leaks, followed by Argentina, Uzbekistan and Spain....
Contents of Charles Darwin’s entire personal library revealed for first time (www.theguardian.com)
300-page catalogue details thousands of books, journals, pamphlets and articles in naturalist’s library...
US defense secretary Lloyd Austin transfers duties to deputy after being hospitalised (www.theguardian.com)
Biden’s top military adviser is receiving treatment for an ‘emergent bladder issue’, with deputy Kathleen Hicks taking over his duties...
Musk ordered to testify again in SEC investigation of Twitter takeover (www.theguardian.com)
US regulator sued in October to compel Musk to testify as part of an investigation into his $44bn purchase of what is now known as X...
World marathon record holder Kelvin Kiptum dies after car crash in Kenya (www.theguardian.com)
Biden warns Netanyahu against Rafah operation without ‘credible’ safety plan (www.theguardian.com)
In a call Sunday with Benjamin Netanyahu, Joe Biden told the Israeli prime minister that Israel should not launch a military operation in Rafah “without a credible and executable plan for ensuring the safety of and support for the more than one million people sheltering there”....
Nato chief says Trump remarks may put US and EU lives at risk (www.theguardian.com)
A White House spokesperson put it the best, I think:...
Donald Trump says he would encourage Russia to attack Nato allies who pay too little (www.theguardian.com)
UK workers must accept lower pay deals to help beat inflation, says Bank ratesetter (www.theguardian.com)
Fighting the smartphone ‘invasion’: the French village that voted to ban scrolling in public (www.theguardian.com)
Seine-Port is introducing restrictions on phone use in streets, shops and parks – but young people say there’s little else to do...
‘What do you mean, the tower is gone?’: thieves steal 200ft structure from Alabama radio station | Alabama (www.theguardian.com)
‘What do you mean, the tower is gone?’: thieves steal 200ft structure from Alabama radio station | Alabama::Small radio station forced to go silent after ‘unbelievable’ theft of giant tower, which would cost over $100,000 to replace
How war destroyed Gaza’s neighbourhoods – visual investigation (www.theguardian.com)
Meet generation stay-at-home: ‘You don’t need to pay to go clubbing: you can sit at home and watch it on your phone’ (www.theguardian.com)
Meet generation stay-at-home: ‘You don’t need to pay to go clubbing: you can sit at home and watch it on your phone’::Why have so many teens and twentysomethings stopped going out?
Donald Trump says he would encourage Russia to attack Nato countries who don’t pay ‘bills’ (www.theguardian.com)
Biden urged to include politicians in sanctions on violent Israeli settlers (www.theguardian.com)
There are growing calls for Joe Biden to use his new executive order sanctioning violent Israeli settlers to also target political leaders, including government ministers, responsible for driving attacks against Palestinians....
Baby in Missouri dies after mother mistakenly puts her in oven for nap (www.theguardian.com)
‘I’m so scared, please come’: Hind Rajab, six, found dead in Gaza 12 days after cry for help (www.theguardian.com)
‘I’m so scared, please come’: Hind Rajab, six, found dead in Gaza 12 days after cry for help (www.theguardian.com)
Beijing accused of using spying, threats and blackmail against Tibetan exiles (www.theguardian.com)
Instagram and Facebook delete the accounts of Iran’s supreme leader (www.theguardian.com)
Instagram and Facebook delete the accounts of Iran’s supreme leader::Ayatollah Ali Khamenei supported Hamas’s 7 October attack on Israel, which Meta said violated its policies
Georgia police and FBI conduct Swat-style raids on ‘Cop City’ activists’ homes (www.theguardian.com)
Hawaii rules against public carrying of guns without permit citing ‘aloha spirit’ (www.theguardian.com)
Russian drone attack on Kharkiv petrol station kills seven (www.theguardian.com)
Seven people, including three children, were killed in a Russian drone attack on a petrol station in the city of Kharkiv in eastern Ukraine, the regional governor said on Saturday....