Music publishers sue Amazon-backed AI company over song lyrics (www.theguardian.com)
South Korean teachers stage walkout over harassment by parents and students (www.theguardian.com)
Australia’s internet providers are ditching email, to the disgust of older customers (www.theguardian.com)
US scientists achieve net energy gain for second time in a fusion reaction (www.theguardian.com)
‘Pervasive and relentless’ racism on the rise in Europe, survey finds (www.theguardian.com)
The survey of 6,752 people of African descent in 13 countries – Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Poland, Portugal, Spain and Sweden – found 45% had experienced racial discrimination, an increase of six percentage points from 39% in 2016.
Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses (www.theguardian.com)
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Spin machines: the curious history of video games on vinyl (www.theguardian.com)
Kevin Spacey cleared of sexually assaulting four men (www.theguardian.com)
Jury at Southwark crown court finds Oscar-winning actor, 64, not guilty after four-week trial
Sharp rise in bear attacks in Japan as they struggle to find food (www.theguardian.com)
Iran accused of threatening ‘terrified’ BBC staff in London (www.theguardian.com)
‘It’s already way beyond what humans can do’: will AI wipe out architects? (www.theguardian.com)
‘It’s already way beyond what humans can do’: will AI wipe out architects?::It’s revolutionising building – but could AI kill off an entire profession? Perhaps not, finds our writer, as he enters a world where Corbusier-style marvels and 500-room hotels are just a click away
‘Era of global boiling has arrived,’ says UN chief as July set to be hottest month on record (www.theguardian.com)
Iceland declares state of emergency over volcanic eruption threat (www.theguardian.com)
‘Hostage situation’ at Hamburg airport as gunman drives on to runway (www.theguardian.com)
German police say that two children are in car used to drive through security barriers...
Fukushima nuclear plant workers sent to hospital after being splashed with tainted water (www.theguardian.com)
At least 21 dead after coach veers off overpass near Venice (www.theguardian.com)
FBI warned prominent US Sikhs of threats after murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in Canada (www.theguardian.com)
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Shell called out for promoting fossil fuels to youth via Fortnite game (www.theguardian.com)
‘We are burned out’: UAW ready to take on automakers in contract negotiations (www.theguardian.com)
"The forced overtime – we are working to death. We are working 12-hour shifts, seven days a week, every day, week after week, month after month, year after year. We are burned out,” added Ferdinandsen. “These companies are profiting the way that they are and trying to convince the American people that they’re hurting,...
Row over restaurant ‘wealth screening’ boils over in French resort of St-Tropez (www.theguardian.com)
The Nice Matin newspaper quoted unnamed insiders as saying that some restaurants in St-Tropez, a favoured summer haunt of celebrities and the international jet set for more than half a century, had taken to checking customers’ names against their database and refusing reservations if a previous visit was not felt to have...
Judge orders FTX chief Sam Bankman-Fried to jail after bail revoked (www.theguardian.com)
Lewis Kaplan says he has cause to believe defendant ‘had tried to tamper with witnesses at least twice’ since December arrest
Fukushima fish with 180 times legal limit of radioactive cesium fuels water release fears (www.theguardian.com)
Say hello to longlife tech that can challenge our throwaway culture (www.theguardian.com)
Matteo Messina Denaro, ‘last godfather’ of Sicilian mafia, dies after long illness (www.theguardian.com)
Cosa Nostra boss, 61, had been in hiding since 1993 and was arrested in January while attending hospital...
Kim Kardashian’s next trick? A bra to make you look turned on by absolutely everything (www.theguardian.com)
Highlights: The new bra in Kim Kardashian’s lingerie range, with its “daring” raised nipple detail, goes on sale on Halloween, but not, I think, because the effect she’s going for is “scary”. The sales pitch is “No matter how hot it is, you will always look cold”, but I’m not sure “cold” is the look she’s...
