The cat in the flat: Singapore lifts ban on pets in public housing (www.theguardian.com)
EU elections: Macron to dissolve French parliament after crushing loss to far right (www.theguardian.com)
As National Rally achieves best ever result in France, populists also make gains in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands...
Appeals court tells Texas it cannot ban books for mentioning ‘butt and fart’ (www.theguardian.com)
Conservative-dominated court restores books denounced by officials as ‘pornographic filth’ to school libraries...
US patients charged for ‘hospital facility fees’ – even if they don’t set foot in one (www.theguardian.com)
Hospitals adding charge to bills from doctors’ offices, outpatient surgical clinics and diagnostic centers they own...
EU elections 2024 live: Emmanuel Macron dissolves French parliament and calls snap elections after huge far-right gains (www.theguardian.com)
“Emmanuel Macron, the French president, has announced that he is dissolving the national assembly, and calling for legislative elections on June 30 and July 7....
Outrage over ‘massacre’ in Gaza as Israel rescued four hostages (www.theguardian.com)
At least 274 Palestinians were killed and 698 wounded in Israeli strikes on the Nuseirat refugee camp in central Gaza, Gaza’s health ministry said on Sunday. The Israeli military said its forces came under heavy fire during the daytime operation....
South Korea thinktank suggests girls start school earlier to raise birthrate (www.theguardian.com)
Critics label as ‘absurd’ idea from government-backed thinktank as country seeks to address population decline...
US seizes $63m worth of cocaine after dramatic shootout on high seas (www.theguardian.com)
Patrol boat off Venezuelan coast shoots and sinks vessel suspected of carrying drugs as three people go overboard...
Sharks attack three swimmers off two Florida beaches (www.theguardian.com)
Woman, 45, sustains ‘significant trauma’ and has part of arm amputated, as two teens injured in second attack...
‘We’re in 1938 now’: Putin’s war in Ukraine and lessons from history (www.theguardian.com)
Interesting article that talks about the similarities between now and 1938, and the sort of lessons we can learn from history.
‘They have no options’: Texas court dims hope of timely abortion care for high-risk patients (www.theguardian.com)
Trial of jailed Iranian Nobel laureate Mohammadi opens in her absence (www.theguardian.com)
Hungarians rally for former ally leading the charge against Viktor Orbán’s rule (www.theguardian.com)
Thousands gather at White House for pro-Palestinian protest (www.theguardian.com)
South Africa floats universal basic income for all (www.theguardian.com)
Thousands gather at White House for pro-Palestinian protest (www.theguardian.com)
‘We will not go away’: Israeli demolitions leave Bedouin homeless | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Man arrested after attacking Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen (www.theguardian.com)
Secretive court system has awarded over $100bn public money to corporations, finds new analysis (www.theguardian.com)
UN adds Israel to list of states committing violations against children (www.theguardian.com)
‘We have normalised horror’ says agency official, after Israeli strike on school (www.theguardian.com)
Mass casualty incidents caused by the Israeli military offensive in southern Gaza are becoming normalised in the west and leading to a sense of fatalism inside Gaza itself, according to Sam Rose, the director of planning for the Palestinian relief agency Unrwa....