Forced property sales on the rise in outer Sydney as interest rate rises start to bite (www.theguardian.com)
The Greek shipwreck was a horrific tragedy. Yet it didn’t get the attention of the Titanic story | Arwa Mahdawi (www.theguardian.com)
New Zealand PM disagrees with Joe Biden over Xi Jinping ‘dictator’ remark (www.theguardian.com)
AstraZeneca considers spinning off its China business (www.theguardian.com)
BBC drops Panorama inquiry into claims of sexual harassment by MPs (www.theguardian.com)
Ecuador: ‘dead’ woman who was found alive in her coffin dies in intensive care (www.theguardian.com)
The Guardian’s approach to generative AI (www.theguardian.com)
Hong Kong democracy leaders found guilty over peaceful 2019 protest (www.theguardian.com)
Re-vamped: British horror film-makers Hammer and Amicus are back from the dead (www.theguardian.com)
Hammer and Amicus were the studios that defined British horror cinema and bestrode the 1960s and 1970s, employing a wealth of British acting talent including Christopher Lee and Peter Cushing. Casts included names such as Michael Gough, Ralph Bates, Ingrid Pitt, Patrick Magee and Joan Collins....
An Alabama woman was imprisoned for ‘endangering’ her fetus. She gave birth in a jail shower (www.theguardian.com)
US publisher of pro-fascist books revealed as military veteran (www.theguardian.com)
Vegan diet massively cuts environmental damage, study shows (www.theguardian.com)
Hollywood actors announce strike in first joint action with writers in 60 years (www.theguardian.com)
The union representing Hollywood actors formally announced a strike on Thursday, expanding the standoff between Hollywood workers and studio executives over wages, AI technology, and how to divide the profits of the new digital streaming era....
United flight to Amsterdam reportedly diverted to Chicago over meal choice (www.theguardian.com)
UK’s soaring liver cancer death rate blamed on alcohol and obesity (www.theguardian.com)
‘We have ambitious plans’: Anti-Putin forces plan fresh attacks inside Russia (www.theguardian.com)
In – or out? Wimbledon considers replacing line judges with AI (www.theguardian.com)
Tournament director says tennis club needs to balance preserving traditions with technological innovation
Ford unleashes the UK’s first legal hands-free drive car – but who will buy it (www.theguardian.com)
Ford’s Mustang Mach-E lets motorists drive hands-free in UK; T&Cs apply: motorways only, don’t look away for too long.
Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads app – report (www.theguardian.com)
Twitter was locked in a chaotic doom loop. Now it’s on the verge of collapse | Siva Vaidhyanathan (www.theguardian.com)
Super-rich warned of ‘pitchforks and torches’ unless they tackle inequality (www.theguardian.com)
New Zealand PM sparks row after flying to China with backup plane (www.theguardian.com)
Britons’ earlier deaths linked to NHS underinvestment – study (www.theguardian.com)
New windfarm could be used to power North Sea oilfield (www.theguardian.com)
Wagner chief claims to have seized military sites in Rostov as Moscow implements anti-terror measures (www.theguardian.com)
In videos posted on social media early on Saturday, Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed that he was at the headquarters of the Southern Military District (SMD) in Rostov and demanded that defence minister Sergei Shoigu and Russia’s top general Valery Gerasimov come to the city, 1,000 kilometres south of Moscow. The videos could not be...
