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Trapped by debt: migrant workers in Israel unable to escape conflict (www.theguardian.com)

Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke (www.theguardian.com)

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MPs vote to ban public bodies from boycotting Israel and other countries (www.theguardian.com)

Government wins Commons vote despite more than 80 Tory backbenchers joining Labour in abstained on the vote.

Judges ban Bolsonaro from running for office for eight years over ‘appalling lies’ (www.theguardian.com)

French police detain Russian tycoon over alleged financial and sanctions violations (www.theguardian.com)

Wednesday briefing: How ‘anti-woke’ tech bro Vivek Ramaswamy shook up the Republican race (www.theguardian.com)

In today’s newsletter: the 38-year-old entrepreneur has emerged as the most potent threat to Donald Trump in the GOP’s bid for the White House. But what does he stand for?...

‘We were once paid $50 to quit’: new wave heroes Devo on boos, Bowie and retiring after 50 years (www.theguardian.com)

And while Devo may be saying farewell to touring, it’s not entirely the end. A new box set of rarities, Art Devo 1973-1977, is coming in September along with a documentary in production by Tiger King director Chris Smith. However, there’s no sloppy sentiment about retiring from performing from Mothersbaugh. “I’m looking...

US delegate says Solomon Islands PM was too ‘busy’ to meet him (www.theguardian.com)

Fears UK’s cashless society will leave more than just the vulnerable behind (www.theguardian.com)

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‘I wanted to be No 1. But a certain JK Rowling came along’: Jacqueline Wilson on rivalry, censorship – and love (www.theguardian.com)

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‘It’s destroyed me completely’: Kenyan moderators decry toll of training of AI models (www.theguardian.com)

Nicaragua fails to back censure of Russia at end of EU-Latin America summit (www.theguardian.com)

EU leaders have failed to persuade all of their Latin America and Caribbean counterparts to strongly condemn Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, despite watering down a joint statement closing a two-day summit in Brussels....

Woman’s iPhone photo of son rejected from Sydney competition after judges ruled it could be AI (www.theguardian.com)

Leading biologist dampens his ‘smoking gun’ Covid lab leak theory [The Guardian] (www.theguardian.com)

FYI, this US Nobel Laureate was one of the originators of the China lab conspiracy theory, debunked last year, and failed to be revived this year.

‘It will be slow, very hard’: can Israel achieve its aims in Gaza invasion? (www.theguardian.com)

Five Americans fly out of Iran in $6bn oil money prisoner swap (www.theguardian.com)

Conservationist Morad Tahbaz among US detainees released and on way to Qatar in first stage of journey to Washington...

‘They would not listen to us’: inside Biden’s troubled $53bn chip plant (www.theguardian.com)

Taiwanese microchip manufacturer TSMC blames struggle to build Phoenix plant on skilled labor shortage but workers cite disorganization and safety concerns...

‘If Stevie Wonder wants to play it, pay attention!’: how a bizarre new instrument found unusual success (www.theguardian.com)

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Man arrested after stabbing near British Museum in London (www.theguardian.com)

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Forgotten fantasy: after 11 years, Dragon’s Dogma makes an unlikely return (www.theguardian.com)

cross-posted from: yiffit.net/post/678516

The indie publishing mavericks shaking up the UK books world (www.theguardian.com)

Last year, all of literature’s big prizes went to small publishers. In a risk‑averse climate, edgy debuts and ‘tricky-to-sell’ foreign titles have found a home at the likes of Fitzcarraldo Editions and Sort Of Books – and the gamble has paid off.

Remember the child mannequin being run over by a Tesla? Now Musk obsessives are putting their actual, living children in front of moving Tesla cars just to prove a point (www.theguardian.com)

A continuation of this: lemmy.ml/post/427773/

The Bystanders review – British parallel-universe comedy of invisible guardian angels (www.theguardian.com)

Peter (Scott Haran) is a former child chess prodigy who these days excels at nothing much in particular, except perhaps his ability to blend into the background. A birthday card at his office is handed to him to sign – for his own birthday. None of his colleagues know who he is, and the card is crammed with polite, anodyne...