Revenge: analysis of Trump posts shows relentless focus on punishing enemies (www.theguardian.com)
Millions were in germ war tests (www.theguardian.com)
Large Area Coverage Trials’, the MoD describes how between 1961 and 1968 more than a million people along the south coast of England, from Torquay to the New Forest, were exposed to bacteria including e.coli and bacillus globigii , which mimics anthrax. These releases came from a military ship, the Icewhale, anchored off the...
Spanish town bans penis suits and sex dolls from stag and hen dos (www.theguardian.com)
Boeing’s largest plant in ‘panic mode’ amid safety crisis, say workers and union officials (www.theguardian.com)
Managers in Washington accused of hounding staff to keep quiet over quality concerns, as employees point to union-busting...
‘Virtually complete’ Stegosaurus fossil to be auctioned at Sotheby’s geek week (www.theguardian.com)
Makes me sad it’s being sold instead of studied. “For Profit Paleontology” leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
No end to Gaza war until ’destruction’ of Hamas, says Netanyahu (www.theguardian.com)
‘Time is our life’: Volodymyr Zelenskiy on balancing urgency with diplomacy in the war against Russia (www.theguardian.com)
The interview came at perhaps the toughest moment for Ukraine since the early days of the war. Zelenskiy insisted, however, that it was too early to write off the country, and that he remained positive despite all his frustrations. “I’m not in despair at all … I don’t feel like we are on a sinking ship which is going to...
Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton dies after assault in prison (www.theguardian.com)
German police shoot knifeman after attack on rightwing protest (www.theguardian.com)
‘Solidarity over hatred’: the small band of Israelis stopping settlers obstructing aid trucks (www.theguardian.com)
The AfD’s obsession with the Third Reich is driving a realignment of Europe’s far right | Mariam Lau (www.theguardian.com)
Massive change is afoot within Europe’s far right. Just as voters across 27 countries prepare to go to the polls in EU elections, a split over the German far right’s allegiance to the Third Reich is driving a realignment....
Trial results for new lung cancer drug are ‘off the charts’, say doctors (www.theguardian.com)
Doctors are hailing “off the chart” trial results that show a new drug stopped lung cancer advancing for longer than any other treatment in medical history....
Texas Republicans open to death penalty for abortion providers (www.theguardian.com)
GOP convention votes on wide-ranging platform including striking law protecting abortion providers from being charged with murder...
‘People ask me to use another door’: MEPs on bias, whiteness and rise of far right (www.theguardian.com)
From being repeatedly asked for ID to feeling threatened by harmful rhetoric, politicians say lack of diversity is undermining work of EU...
Third person tested positive for bird flu in the US, CDC says (www.theguardian.com)
Farm worker who had contact with sick cows tests positive for H5N1, making it the second case detected in Michigan...
OpenAI says Russian and Israeli groups used its tools to spread disinformation (www.theguardian.com)
Networks in China and Iran also used AI models to create and post disinformation but campaigns did not reach large audiences...
US state department falsified report absolving Israel on Gaza aid – ex-official (www.theguardian.com)
New York governor to launch bill banning smartphones in schools (www.theguardian.com)
Donald Trump found guilty of hush-money plot to influence 2016 election (www.theguardian.com)
Donald Trump has been found guilty of using a criminal hush-money scheme to influence the outcome of the 2016 election....
No need for countries to issue new oil, gas or coal licences, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Researchers say world has enough fossil fuel projects planned to meet demand forecasts to 2050 if net zero is reached...
US state department report absolving Israel on Gaza aid is false, says ex-official (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli journalist says he was threatened by senior intelligence officials if he reported on attempts by the country's spy chief to intimidate ex-prosecutor (www.theguardian.com)
- An investigative reporter with Israel’s leading leftwing newspaper, Haaretz, has said unnamed senior security officials threatened actions against him if he reported on attempts by the former head of the Mossad to intimidate the ex-prosecutor of the international criminal court....
The ugly truth behind ChatGPT: AI is guzzling resources at planet-eating rates (www.theguardian.com)
When you picture the tech industry, you probably think of things that don’t exist in physical space, such as the apps and internet browser on your phone. But the infrastructure required to store all this information – the physical datacentres housed in business parks and city outskirts – consume massive amounts of energy....
Two more US officials resign over Biden administration’s position on Gaza war (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry (www.theguardian.com)
According to accounts shared with ICC officials, he is alleged to have told her: “You should help us and let us take care of you. You don’t want to be getting into things that could compromise your security or that of your family.”...
