‘Queen of trash’ and employees arrested over Sweden’s ‘largest environmental crime’ (www.theguardian.com)
China cracks down on negativity over economy in bid to boost confidence amid record high youth unemployment and struggling property sector (www.theguardian.com)
This month the Weibo account Weibo Finance, which has more than 1.5 million followers, issued an instruction against posting any comments “that bad-mouth the economy”. The post appears to have since been deleted. Bloomberg reported that several other finance influencers had been told by Weibo to “avoid crossing red...
Mexico: 14 kidnapped from village that rose up and killed cartel members - Farmers in Texcaltitlán in central Mexico, tired of being extorted, chased down gang members and killed 10 earlier this month (www.theguardian.com)
Chinese chess champion stripped of title after defecating in hotel bathtub (www.theguardian.com)
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Venezuela mounts military exercises as UK sends warship to support Guyana (www.theguardian.com)
Venezuela’s president Nicolás Maduro has ordered more than 5,600 military personnel to participate in “defensive” exercises, after the UK deployed a warship to waters off the coast of Guyana in a show of support for the former British colony....
Man survives flight from Algeria to Paris hidden in plane’s landing gear (www.theguardian.com)
Many hostages released by Hamas still being treated for trauma (www.theguardian.com)
Head of psychiatry at Tel Aviv medical centre says hostages have undergone worst abuse she has witnessed
Theatre chain AMC apologizes after civil rights leader says he was kicked out of screening (www.theguardian.com)
Movie theatre chain AMC has apologized to a North Carolina civil rights leader after he was kicked out of a screening of The Color Purple for trying to use his own chair in the disabled section....
Many hostages released by Hamas still being treated for trauma (www.theguardian.com)
Head of psychiatry at Tel Aviv medical centre says hostages have undergone worst abuse she has witnessed.
Israel says time running out to reach diplomatic solution in Lebanon (www.theguardian.com)
London Ulez averts more air pollution than that caused by capital’s airports, report shows (www.theguardian.com)
Colorado Republicans appeal to supreme court after Trump disqualified from state ballot (www.theguardian.com)
Former president and frontrunner for Republican 2024 presidential nomination also expected to file own appeal...
‘I can’t sing any more’: The survivors of China’s prison camps in Xinjiang – in pictures (www.theguardian.com)
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Far-right extremists stage rural land grab across Germany (www.theguardian.com)
Reichsbürger movement aims to establish parallel societies by infiltrating schools, clubs and public offices...
Far-right extremists stage rural land grab across Germany (www.theguardian.com)
Reichsbürger movement aims to establish parallel societies by infiltrating schools, clubs and public offices...
Why US double standards on Israel and Russia play into a dangerous game (www.theguardian.com)
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Eiffel Tower closed as staff strike on 100th anniversary of creator’s death (www.theguardian.com)
Union says operating company is ‘heading for disaster’ with budget based on unrealistic future visitor numbers...
I hadn’t broken Poland’s abortion laws – so why did the police raid my flat? (www.theguardian.com)
Artist was humiliated by the authorities and lambasted by the press after terminating a pregnancy, but refuses to be silenced...
Michigan supreme court rules that Trump will stay on state ballot (www.theguardian.com)
Ex-president can participate in state primary despite accusations of insurrection stemming from the January 6 Capitol attack...
Alcohol misuse and loneliness ‘increase risk of early-onset dementia’ (www.theguardian.com)
Ground-breaking research identifies 15 factors that significantly raise chance of developing illness...
Italian woman facing removal from UK despite ‘permanent residency’ card (www.theguardian.com)
New breed of climate protesters vows to take fight to ‘cowards’ of US politics (www.theguardian.com)
Battle for the past: the Ukrainians trying to save their archaeological treasure amid war (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine is a country spectacularly rich in ancient archaeology, whether of the Scythians, with their horses and finely worked gold, who ranged across the steppes from the ninth to second centuries BC, or of the intriguing stone age Cucuteni-Trypillia culture, which produced remarkable, elaborately decorated ceramics and huge,...
Kanye West apologises to Jewish community for 2022 antisemitic remarks (www.theguardian.com)
Rapper posts message in Hebrew to social media, saying he is ‘committed to making amends and promoting unity’...