Donald Trump claims credit for ‘miracle’ of overturning right to abortion (www.theguardian.com)
Red Sea crisis: UN security council demands immediate end to Houthi attacks (www.theguardian.com)
Resolution calling for end to the attacks on shipping vessels by Yemen’s Houthis was adopted despite abstentions from Russia and China...
US transportation head says no grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 planes will return to air ‘until it is safe’ (www.theguardian.com)
The US transportation secretary announced on Wednesday afternoon that no grounded Boeing 737 Max 9 would return to service “until it is safe”, after Alaska Airlines announced the cancellation of all flights on its 737 Max 9 planes at the direction of the Federal Aviation Administration....
Covid infections rise in Sydney as JN.1 variant drives cases across Australia (www.theguardian.com)
Red Sea crisis: UN security council demands immediate end to Houthi attacks (www.theguardian.com)
The UN security council has called for an immediate end to attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels on shipping in the Red Sea, adopting a resolution despite abstentions from Russia and China....
Politicians from Germany’s AfD met extremist group to discuss deportation ‘masterplan’ (www.theguardian.com)
Keir Starmer announces plan for supervised toothbrushing in schools (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/6562239...
Mouse secretly filmed tidying man’s shed every night (www.theguardian.com)
Video included! Of course they picked the worst thumbnail lol
‘Better be scared’: threats of political violence foretell tense election year (www.theguardian.com)
Several years of sustained harassment of election workers and judges have led to security concerns and high a high turnover...
Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10484686...
Israel is murdering Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Where is the outrage? (www.theguardian.com)
Israel is murdering Palestinian journalists in Gaza. Where is the outrage? (www.theguardian.com)
Sperm whales live in culturally distinct clans, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
Sperm whales live in clans with distinctive cultures, much like those of humans, a study has found....
Afghan girls as young as 16 arrested in shops, classes and markets in Kabul by the Taliban, who labelled them ‘infidels’ for wearing ‘bad hijab’ (www.theguardian.com)
The girls – who were detained in shopping centres, classes and street markets – were accused of “spreading and encouraging others to wear a bad hijab” and wearing makeup....
Britain warns of severe consequences after Houthi attack in Red Sea repelled (www.theguardian.com)
Britain has warned of severe consequences after US and UK warships were forced to repel a barrage of 20 Houthi rockets, drones and cruise missiles fired at ships in the Red Sea....
Amazon workers at new Birmingham site to go on strike over pay (www.theguardian.com)
Armed gang storms Ecuador TV station as state of ‘internal armed conflict’ declared (www.theguardian.com)
Antony Blinken tells Israel: Palestinian rights are key to peace (www.theguardian.com)
Anthony Blinken has reaffirmed the United States’ “unique bond” with Israel, and rejected calls for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza but told his hosts in Tel Aviv that other regional powers have made clear that a pathway to the realisation of Palestinian political rights is essential for peace in the region....
True blue: Neptune only slightly deeper colour than Uranus, say Oxford scientists (www.theguardian.com)
Both ice giants are similar pale blue, new research finds, correcting earlier beliefs about the planets’ relative hues...
Israel and Hezbollah edge closer to war as drone hits key Israeli command base (www.theguardian.com)
Israel and Hezbollah edged closer towards full scale war on Tuesday, as the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group launched explosive drones at a key Israeli command base, declaring the attack part of its response to recent high-level Israeli assassinations in Lebanon....
Flowers ‘giving up’ on scarce insects and evolving to self-pollinate, say scientists (www.theguardian.com)
French wild pansies are producing smaller flowers and less nectar than 20 to 30 years ago in ‘startling’ act of evolution, study shows...
Greenland startup begins shipping glacier ice to cocktail bars in the UAE (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/10484686...
Palestinians desperate to flee Gaza pay thousands in bribes to ‘brokers’ (www.theguardian.com)
Fixers with alleged links to Egyptian intelligence are making a fortune in ‘fees’ from people hoping to exit through the Rafah crossing
2023 smashes record for world’s hottest year by huge margin (www.theguardian.com)
‘Everyone is leaving’: bombardments drive tens of thousands from southern Lebanon (www.theguardian.com)
