‘Game-changer’: judge rules in favor of young activists in US climate trial (www.theguardian.com)
Sixteen young plaintiffs had alleged the Montana state government had violated their right to a healthy environment
Revealed: almost everyone in Europe is breathing toxic air (www.theguardian.com)
Guardian investigation finds 98% of Europeans breathing highly damaging polluted air linked to 400,000 deaths a year
Google goes to trial in biggest US challenge to tech power in decades (www.theguardian.com)
The justice department has accused Google of using its market power to unfairly lock out rivals and position itself as a gatekeeper of the web. The case marks the first brought by the government against Google to go to trial. The justice department has also joined a separate case against Google brought by the attorneys general...
Civilian deaths are indefensible, whether done by Hamas or Israel | Rajan Menon (www.theguardian.com)
US supreme court to hear case on domestic abuser’s right to own guns (www.theguardian.com)
The US supreme court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in a case which gun and domestic violence prevention groups are warning could be a matter of life and death for thousands of abuse victims and their families....
UN finds further evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Report points to ‘wilful killing, torture, rape and other sexual violence, and the deportation of children to the Russian Federation’
China ‘world’s biggest debt collector’ as poorer nations struggle with its loans (www.theguardian.com)
Country, estimated to be owed up to $1.5trn, is increasing penalties for late payments and cutting back on infrastructure projects...
US man who killed woman by driving car through BLM protest pleads guilty (www.theguardian.com)
Dawit Kelete, 30, pleads guilty to multiple charges after hitting two protesters, one fatally, during 2020 protest in Seattle
Planned Parenthood in Wisconsin to resume abortion care after judge’s ruling (www.theguardian.com)
Announcement comes after July ruling that 1849 abortion law does not apply in significant victory for abortion rights in midwest...
Netanyahu declares a ‘second war of independence’ as fears for Gazans grow (www.theguardian.com)
Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses (www.theguardian.com)
The social media company formerly known as Twitter has been accused in a revised civil US lawsuit of helping Saudi Arabia commit grave human rights abuses against its users, including by disclosing confidential user data at the request of Saudi authorities at a much higher rate than it has for the US, UK, or Canada....
EU poised to water down new car pollution rules after industry lobbying (www.theguardian.com)
Russia ‘systematically’ forcing Ukrainians to accept citizenship, US report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Ukrainians in occupied territories who refuse Russian passports face threats, intimidation and possible detention or deportation, Yale study says
Banks pouring trillions to fossil fuel expansion in global south, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
“They say that money makes the world go round, but money is making the world go backwards,” Teresa Anderson, global lead on climate justice for ActionAid International, told reporters....
Global inflation fears as oil price rises towards $100 a barrel (www.theguardian.com)
Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads app – report (www.theguardian.com)
In our blood: how the US allowed toxic chemicals to seep into our lives (www.theguardian.com)
Certificate to own car in Singapore rockets to $106,000 (www.theguardian.com)
Aspartame is safe in limited amounts, say experts after cancer warning (www.theguardian.com)
So maybe the huge worry people had after the news that WHO would classify it as cancerous was a little too much. I think the media could have reported on it in a bit more responsible way.
‘The most successful land-grab strategy since 1967’ as settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory (www.theguardian.com)
Herders report violence driving them from their homes in accelerating, aggressive and highly effective campaign
Corporations are paying for worker abuse audits that are ‘designed to fail’, say insiders (www.theguardian.com)
Six people killed in unprecedented Hawaii wildfires fanned by hurricane winds (www.theguardian.com)
Six people were killed in the unprecedented wildfires that tore through the Hawaiian island of Maui overnight, authorities said....
Rishi Sunak considers tax cut for top earners after byelection defeats (www.theguardian.com)
Apple shares fall after China reportedly bans iPhone use by government officials | Apple (www.theguardian.com)
Apple shares fall after China reportedly bans iPhone use by government officials | Apple::The move suggests that China, which is one of Apple’s biggest markets, is unwilling to spare any US company in fight to boost homegrown technology
Decades of mercury exposure has been linked to the high youth suicide rates in an Indigenous community in Canada (www.theguardian.com)
Researchers who studied three generations of mothers and their children from the community of Grassy Narrows, Ontario, have concluded that sustained exposure to the toxic metal helped cause a suicide rate three times higher than any other First Nations community – which are already far higher than among the country’s general...
