Chinese zoo denies its sun bears are humans dressed in costumes (www.theguardian.com)
Review: What About Men? by Caitlin Moran (The Guardian) (www.theguardian.com)
What About Men? by Caitlin Moran review – bantz gone badA tendentious take on masculinity that takes unoriginal thoughts and confirms them in the echo chamber of TwitterStuart Jeffries Wed 12 Jul 2023 09.00 BST...
How Europe’s far right is marching steadily into the mainstream (www.theguardian.com)
Elon Musk unveils Grok, an AI chatbot with a ‘rebellious streak’ (www.theguardian.com)
Boss of X said tech being tested is inspired by Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Israel-Hamas war live: Israel says it launched ‘limited raids’ into Gaza Strip as it says Hamas is holding 222 hostages (www.theguardian.com)
UK lockdowns were a policy ‘failure’, health expert tells Covid inquiry (www.theguardian.com)
Life on board a British nuclear submarine (2012) (www.theguardian.com)
UK budget deficit falls in June but experts say tax cuts are unlikely (www.theguardian.com)
The UK’s spending deficit fell unexpectedly last month, helped by higher income tax revenues on the back of a flurry of wage rises earlier in the year and a jump in VAT receipts....
Finland coalition in chaos as far-right minister quits over ‘climate abortion’ remark (www.theguardian.com)
The good people of Finland decided to elect the most right wing government in the history of the country just a couple of months ago. The government is a coalition of an extreme right wing party, a right wing christian party, and a "fiscally conservative" party – ie. they mostly leave saying the bigoted shit out loud to the...
Super-rich warned of ‘pitchforks and torches’ unless they tackle inequality (www.theguardian.com)
Nottingham in shock after three die in early morning attacks (www.theguardian.com)
*Two 19-year-old students and a man in his 50s were stabbed to death, and a further three people injured when a stolen van was driven into them, in an early morning rampage across Nottingham....
Biden expected to meet with Xi Jinping next month for ‘constructive’ talks (www.theguardian.com)
Sam Bankman-Fried living off bread and water in prison - lawyer says (www.theguardian.com)
Jacqueline Wilson says rewriting children’s books can be justified (www.theguardian.com)
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The Ultimate-Rare story: 40 years of brilliant British games, from Jetpac and GoldenEye to Sea of Thieves (www.theguardian.com)
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UFO hearings: whistleblower David Grusch says ‘non-human biologics’ found at alleged crash sites – as it happened (www.theguardian.com)
Sixty women at MoD complain of widespread ‘toxic’ and ‘hostile’ behaviour (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Senior civil servants make serious allegations, including sexual assault, harassment and abuse, in leaked letter
EU carmakers urge Von der Leyen to delay post-Brexit tariffs on electric vehicles (www.theguardian.com)
Astrophysicist Avi Loeb: ‘UFOs should be the subject of mainstream inquiry. Science must bring clarity’ (www.theguardian.com)
Dozens injured after protesters storm Eritrean festival in Stockholm (www.theguardian.com)
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‘Does it really matter who wrote it?’: the rise of ghostwritten celebrity fiction (www.theguardian.com)
Super-rich warned of ‘pitchforks and torches’ unless they tackle inequality (www.theguardian.com)
How John Oliver became a weapon in Reddit’s civil war (www.theguardian.com)
Moderators flood feeds with pictures of TV comic as they fight owners’ plans to go public
UK: Former Brexit party MEP says there is no “given right” for low food prices, advises Britons to "not have cheese sandwiches if you can’t afford them" (www.theguardian.com)
Ann Widdecombe, who joined the Reform UK party this year, made the comments when she was asked what she would say to consumers who could not afford to pay for basics such as the ingredients of a cheese sandwich. The Liberal Democrat Treasury spokesperson, Sarah Olney, said: “How out of touch can you get? Ann Widdecombe joins a...
Israel drops leaflets warning people to flee southern Gaza towns (www.theguardian.com)
