Israeli settlers call for UN agency’s closure in Jerusalem protest (www.theguardian.com)
Dozens of Israeli settlers and rightwing activists have protested by again blocking the entrances of the UN agency for Palestinian refugees (Unrwa) office in Jerusalem and calling for the body’s closure....
Facing extinction, Tuvalu considers the digital clone of a country (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: San Jose CA is training AI to spot homeless encampments (www.theguardian.com)
Archived at web.archive.org/…/san-jose-homelessness-ai-detect…
‘Pushed to the limit’: the tiny Greek island in people smugglers’ sights (www.theguardian.com)
Fears of a new migration route grow as more than 800 people land on Gavdos, population fewer than 70, in a few months...
Scientists link 2019 Iranian landslide to building of dam (www.theguardian.com)
Researchers studying satellite data show slope near village of Hoseynabad-e Kalpush moved after reservoir began to be filled...
Clashing convictions mark protests as US supreme court weighs abortion pill (www.theguardian.com)
Hearing on mifepristone most consequential abortion-related case since overturning of Roe v Wade nearly two years ago...
Baltimore Key Bridge collapse: six missing now presumed dead, police say (www.theguardian.com)
Maryland state police say the six people who were missing after the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapsed Tuesday in Baltimore, Maryland, are now presumed dead....
Lego tells California police: stop putting our heads on your mugshots (www.theguardian.com)
Toy company makes request after altered images – which hide suspects’ identities in line with state law – go viral...
The end of landlords: the surprisingly simple solution to the UK housing crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Biden administration’s Gaza strategy panned as ‘mess’ amid clashing goals (www.theguardian.com)
The Biden administration’s policy on Gaza has been widely criticised as being in disarray as the defense secretary described the situation as a “humanitarian catastrophe” the day after the state department declared Israel to be in compliance with international humanitarian law....
Twelve people reported drowned off a Gaza beach trying to reach aid drop (www.theguardian.com)
Twelve people drowned trying to get to aid dropped by plane off a Gaza beach, Palestinian health authorities have said, amid growing fears of famine nearly six months into Israel’s military campaign....
Utah forced to move hotels at NCAA Tournament after ‘racial hate crimes’ (www.theguardian.com)
Green said the team, cheerleaders and members of the school band were walking to dinner when a truck approached the group, revved its engines before someone in the vehicle shouted the n-word....
‘Madness’: Netanyahu’s handling of US relations under scrutiny after UN vote | Benjamin Netanyahu (www.theguardian.com)
Cargo ship that hit Baltimore bridge was involved in Antwerp collision in 2016 (www.theguardian.com)
The Dali was reportedly detained in Belgium after scraping side of quay and significantly damaging part of hull in good weather...
EU nature restoration laws face collapse as member states withdraw support (www.theguardian.com)
Brussels vote cancelled after it became clear law would not pass final stage with majority vote...
Meta is the world’s ‘single largest marketplace for paedophiles’, says New Mexico attorney general (www.theguardian.com)
Louisiana coroner accused of child abuse cuts sexual assault exam program (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/13556724
Charity steps in to rehome 300 cats from ‘overwhelmed’ man in Canada (www.theguardian.com)
An animal welfare charity in western Canada is scrambling to secure the resources needed to care for about 300 cats – all of them seemingly in good condition – after a call came in from a man who described himself as being “overwhelmed” by the sheer number of cats and kittens in his home....
Speaker of South African parliament accused of taking $135,000 and a wig in bribes (www.theguardian.com)
Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula denies allegations she took bribes over three years while defence minister...
Senegal’s anti-establishment candidate almost certain to become president (www.theguardian.com)
Radical change candidate Bassirou Diomaye Faye pulls off stunning election win after main rival Amadou Ba concedes defeat...
Louisiana coroner accused of child abuse cuts sexual assault exam program (www.theguardian.com)
Christopher Tape, indicted in 2022 before charges were dismissed, says office will stop giving exam that helps collect key evidence...
US supreme court to hear first major abortion case since Roe decision (www.theguardian.com)
Future of mifepristone at issue as rightwing groups seek to roll back measures taken by the FDA to expand drug’s availability...
Louisiana coroner accused of child abuse cuts sexual assault exam program (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: a California city is training AI to spot homeless encampments (www.theguardian.com)
To help them find housing without punishing them for existing, right? Right?