Third person charged for infant’s death from fentanyl in New York City daycare (www.theguardian.com)
Prosecutors say Renny Antonio Parra Paredes, 38, played a key role in selling the drugs that were stored at the childcare facility...
French art expert faces trial for allegedly forging 18th-century furniture (www.theguardian.com)
Author Arundhati Roy may face prosecution in India over 2010 speech (www.theguardian.com)
Australia now in El Niño climate pattern, increasing bushfire risk, BOM says (www.theguardian.com)
BoM warns it’s likely ‘this summer will be hotter than average and certainly hotter than the last three years’
China and Russia harden positions on Gaza as war stirs geopolitical tensions (www.theguardian.com)
Amanda Knox to face new trial in Italy over slander conviction (www.theguardian.com)
Knox had been found guilty of defamation for wrongly accusing Patrick Lumumba of murdering Meredith Kercher...
Suella Braverman sacked as home secretary after article criticising police (www.theguardian.com)
Belarus musicians jailed for up to nine years amid protest crackdown (www.theguardian.com)
British lawyers call on government to press for ceasefire in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
14 year old kills at least 3 in mass shooting in downtown bangkok (www.theguardian.com)
Big European insurers ‘underwrite 30% of US coal despite net zero pledges’ (www.theguardian.com)
‘Billionaire club’: the tiny island of Barbuda braces for decision on land rights and nature (www.theguardian.com)
Blockbuster show on Genghis Khan opens in France after row with China (www.theguardian.com)
The museum row in 2020 focused on the project’s collaboration with the Inner Mongolia Museum in Hohhot, China. Chinese authorities demanded that certain words, including “Genghis Khan”, “empire” and “Mongol”, be taken out of the French show.
Titanic salvage plan scrapped after Titan implosion killed mission head (www.theguardian.com)
Paul-Henri Nargeolet was onboard the ill-fated submersible that was likely crushed by the ocean earlier this year, killing all five crew
Vladimir Putin escalates nuclear rhetoric with threat to resume testing (www.theguardian.com)
Swedish criminal gangs using fake Spotify streams to launder money (www.theguardian.com)
Twin suicide attacks underline the depth of Pakistan’s crisis (www.theguardian.com)
The scenes of horror pictured on Friday have become all too familiar in Pakistan. This time it was a twin attack. A procession to mark the birthday of the prophet Muhammad and a police station were both targeted by suicide bombers, killing almost 60 people and injuring hundreds more....
Fugitive convicted of attempted murder in US caught in Mexico after 32 years (www.theguardian.com)
Greg Lawson disappeared in 1991 during his trial for murder of Seth Garlington in Bienville parish, Louisiana...
Almost 1,000 people arrested and $500m in drugs seized in police raids across Australia (www.theguardian.com)
Six people arrested in China’s Hubei province over ‘baby-trafficking ring’ (www.theguardian.com)
China ‘world’s biggest debt collector’ as poorer nations struggle with its loans (www.theguardian.com)
Tens of thousands attend pro-Palestinian rally in Washington DC (www.theguardian.com)
Instagram apologises for adding ‘terrorist’ to some Palestinian user profiles | Instagram (www.theguardian.com)
Instagram apologises for adding ‘terrorist’ to some Palestinian user profiles | Instagram::Parent company Meta says bug caused ‘inappropriate’ auto-translations and was now fixed while employee says it pushed ‘a lot of people over the edge’