‘It is shameful’: why the return of Victorian-era diseases to the UK alarms health experts (www.theguardian.com)
There has been a surge in cases of scabies and measles – both highly contagious – as well as rickets and scurvy, conditions we thought had been eradicated. Are public health cuts to blame?...
Two police officers and firefighter fatally shot after call in Minneapolis suburbs (www.theguardian.com)
Russia claims full control of Avdiivka after Ukrainian retreat (www.theguardian.com)
Russia has said it has taken full control of the eastern Ukrainian city of Avdiivka, its biggest gain since capturing Bakhmut last May, after a retreat by Ukrainian troops....
Russia claims full control of Avdiivka after Ukrainian retreat (www.theguardian.com)
Ron DeSantis condemned as Florida removes sociology as core college class (www.theguardian.com)
Board of education replaces course at 12 public universities with own US history curriculum, in latest ‘anti-woke’ attack...
Italian town in turmoil after far-right mayor bans Muslim prayers (www.theguardian.com)
Bangladeshi residents and others in Monfalcone say decisions to prohibit worship at cultural centres and banning burkinis at the beach is part of anti-Islam agenda...
Boy injured in Osteen church shooting lost ‘portion of his frontal lobe’ (www.theguardian.com)
Samuel Moreno-Carranza, age seven, was injured after his mother fired a rifle inside church and police responded, killing her...
Warren Buffett’s Squishmallows firm sues Build-A-Bear amid ‘knock-off’ claims (www.theguardian.com)
Jazwares claims that rival has created its own pillow-like toys to cash in on its viral success...
Murder victim Kelly Wilkinson repeatedly visited police in fear. They said she was ‘cop shopping’ (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Family calls for inquest, saying Wilkinson visited police ‘almost every day’ before she was murdered by her husband in 2021
Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution (www.theguardian.com)
Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution::The environmentally friendly LignoSat probe – set to orbit this summer – has been created to combat harmful aluminium particles
Japan to launch world’s first wooden satellite to combat space pollution (www.theguardian.com)
The environmentally friendly LignaSat probe – set to orbit this summer – has been created to combat harmful aluminium particles...
OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it (www.theguardian.com)
OpenAI boss Sam Altman wants $7tn. For all our sakes, pray he doesn’t get it::The man behind ChatGPT is wooing the UAE to invest in energy-hungry AI. But if it turns out his tech can’t fix the world, he’s got his escape plan
Tampa man wrongfully imprisoned for nearly four decades to receive $14m (www.theguardian.com)
Robert DuBoise, sentenced over a 1983 rape and murder he did not commit, says he hopes others in his position now ‘get justice’...
Air Canada ordered to pay customer who was misled by airline’s chatbot (www.theguardian.com)
Company claimed its chatbot ‘was responsible for its own actions’ when giving wrong information about bereavement fare...
School uniforms may be barrier to physical activity among younger girls (www.theguardian.com)
‘It went nuts’: Thousands join UK parents calling for smartphone-free childhood (www.theguardian.com)
Man who mixed own sperm with dad’s will not have to take paternity test (www.theguardian.com)
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Genetics journal retracts 18 papers from China due to human rights concerns (www.theguardian.com)
Egypt scraps plan to restore cladding on one of three great pyramids of Giza (www.theguardian.com)
I’m not trying to destroy art, says man planning to do just that if Assange dies in jail (www.theguardian.com)
I’m not trying to destroy art, says man planning to do just that if Assange dies in jail (www.theguardian.com)
Alexei Navalny appears healthy in video-link court hearing on day before his death – video (www.theguardian.com)
Trump fraud trial ruling expected today as Fani Willis misconduct hearing resumes (www.theguardian.com)
Trump faces a potential $370m fine and a lifetime ban on doing real estate in New York; Trump Georgia prosecutor won’t take stand again after fiery first day