Henry Kissinger meets China’s defence minister in surprise visit to Beijing (www.theguardian.com)
EU to give Tunisia €1bn to fight trafficking and prop up ailing economy - Von der Leyen to return with Italian and Dutch PMs despite warnings over ‘breakdown’ of democracy under Saied (www.theguardian.com)
40 Years of the Nintendo Famicom (www.theguardian.com)
40 Years of the Nintendo Famicom (www.theguardian.com)
Tesla directors agree to return $735m to settle claims they were grossly overpaid (www.theguardian.com)
First-generation Apple iPhone sells at auction in US for $190,000 (www.theguardian.com)
Italian media more focused on foreign coverage of heatwave than its effects (www.theguardian.com)
China to ‘fill the gap’ in Solomon Islands budget as PM blasts ‘unneighbourly’ Australia and US (www.theguardian.com)
Death Valley approaches global heat record as US reels from extreme weather (www.theguardian.com)
Temperatures in Death Valley, which runs along part of central California’s border with Nevada, reached 128F (53.3C) on Sunday at the aptly named Furnace Creek, the National Weather Service said.
‘Your heart races a bit’: US weather man threatened with death for mentioning climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Top economists call for action on runaway global inequality (www.theguardian.com)
The letter says: “We know that high inequality undermines all our social and environmental goals. It corrodes our politics, destroys trust, hamstrings our collective economic prosperity and weakens multilateralism. We also know that without a sharp reduction in inequality, the twin goals of ending poverty and preventing...
Is there a relationship between increasing animal atacks on humans and global rising temperatures? (www.theguardian.com)
So would you say animal behaviour is indeed changing lately?...
UN unable to feed 100,000 Haitians this month amid ‘catastrophic’ conditions (www.theguardian.com)
Tory MPs condemn delay to ban on LGBTQ+ conversion practices (www.theguardian.com)
Senior Conservative MPs have accused the government of a “moral failing” for delaying the long-promised ban on conversion practices that they say damage the lives of LGBT+ people....
Why bands are disappearing: "Young people aren’t excited by them" (www.theguardian.com)
I was looking into why I just don’t see cover bands at my local venue but this hits a bit deeper at the issue....
DNA database to be used to crack down on dog faeces in French town (www.theguardian.com)
‘Your heart races a bit’: US weather man threatened with death for mentioning climate crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Chris Gloninger wove the reality of global heating into his forecasts in the conservative heartland of Iowa. Not everyone was receptive.
Teachers in England will have to tell parents if children question their gender (www.theguardian.com)
Teachers will be forced to tell parents that their child is questioning their gender even if the young person objects under new guidance for schools in England, the equalities minister has indicated.
Tunisia says it will not be ‘reception centre’ for returning migrants (www.theguardian.com)
Tunisia has said it will not be a “reception centre” for returns of sub-Saharan migrants from Italy or any other country in Europe despite a groundbreaking €1bn deal signed on Sunday.
Extremist-friendly tech company closes after fine for securities fraud (www.theguardian.com)
Extremist-friendly tech company closes after fine for securities fraud::Experts say LBRY’s failure casts shadow on future of other ‘alt-tech’ sites as Twitter becomes more receptive to far right
The state of AI and social media shows capitalism is unlikely to end with a robot rebellion | Jeff Sparrow (www.theguardian.com)
We tend to think about media disruption as driven by technological innovation. But the ‘enshittification’ of our socials shows that the tech itself plays a relatively minor role
Looks like bridgeposting is back on the menu, boys! (www.theguardian.com)
Some explosions reported at the Kerch Strait bridge. Again.
Woman’s iPhone photo of son rejected from Sydney competition after judges ruled it could be AI | Suzi Dougherty’s photograph of 18-year-old Caspar deemed ‘suspicious’ by judges, even though it was ... (www.theguardian.com)
Woman’s iPhone photo of son rejected from Sydney competition after judges ruled it could be AI | Suzi Dougherty’s photograph of 18-year-old Caspar deemed ‘suspicious’ by judges, even though it was …::Suzi Dougherty’s photograph of 18-year-old Caspar deemed ‘suspicious’ by judges, even though it was taken on her...
Big oil quietly walks back on climate pledges as global heat records tumble (www.theguardian.com)
Leading energy companies are intent on pushing the world in the opposite direction, expanding fossil fuel production and insisting that there is no alternative. It is evidence that they are motivated not by record warming, but by record profits, experts say.