Los Angeles developer gets six-year term for $500,000 bribe to councilman (www.theguardian.com)
Loan sharks taking advantage of desperate Australians amid cost-of-living crisis, Asic warns (www.theguardian.com)
The Philippines summons Chinese ambassador after two South China Sea collisions (www.theguardian.com)
Does glyphosate cause cancer? Australia’s Roundup case against Monsanto will offer a fresh legal answer (www.theguardian.com)
The class action will be decided by a single judge and could be a ‘genuine problem for Monsanto and Bayer if we’re successful’, lawyer says
Mass death of Amazonian dolphins prompts fears for vulnerable species (www.theguardian.com)
Rising temperatures could be passing tolerance threshold for endangered animals as Lake Tefé reaches 39C (102.2 F)
Melbourne man charged with lighting fires had ducklings in his underwear, police allege (www.theguardian.com)
Eritrean diaspora vow to continue disrupting festivals that ‘promote dictatorship’ (www.theguardian.com)
After opponents of the Eritrean government stormed a festival in Stockholm that was allegedly promoting the east African country’s regime earlier this month, setting light to cars and throwing stones, the Swedish government tried to distance itself from it all. The justice minister, Gunnar Strömmer, said it was “not...
Mexico set for first female president in 2024 election (www.theguardian.com)
Gotthard rail tunnel, world’s longest, closes for months after Swiss derailment (www.theguardian.com)
‘Ghost flights’: Qatar Airways flying near-empty planes in Australia to exploit legal loophole (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)
Emmanuel Macron pledges €1bn to fund research into melting ice caps (www.theguardian.com)
Huge Lego collection and boxes of gemstones seized by Victoria police in alleged meth lab raid (www.theguardian.com)
US economy added 336,000 jobs in September surpassing expectations (www.theguardian.com)
The US workforce added 336,000 jobs last month, much more than expected, as the world’s largest economy remained resilient in the face of higher interest rates....
Scorching heat caused deaths to double at busiest US-Mexico border route (www.theguardian.com)
More than 100 of 148 recorded deaths in El Paso sector were recorded between May and September when heat topped 100F
‘The kids had all been tortured’: Indonesian military accused of targeting children in West Papua (www.theguardian.com)
Hawaii fire survivors urged to submit DNA to help identify victims (www.theguardian.com)
Governor Josh Green tells people to prepare for ‘a lot more loss of life’ as search continues for bodies in ruins of Lahaina
Chinese soldiers pledge to sacrifice their lives in documentary on Taiwan invasion (www.theguardian.com)
Georgia prosecutors seek protective order after leak of videos in Trump case (www.theguardian.com)
The request came after several media outlets published details of videotaped statements that former Trump lawyers Jenna Ellis, Sidney Powell and Kenneth Chesebro gave as part of plea deals to avoid being tried as racketeering co-defendants with the former president....
One in 18 babies born in Australia are conceived via IVF, latest data shows (www.theguardian.com)
The 102,157 cycles of IVF performed in 2021 was a 17% increase on 2020, with an average of two cycles for each woman.
Small island nations take high-emitting countries to court to protect the ocean (www.theguardian.com)
China’s property crisis deepens as developer Country Garden at risk of default (www.theguardian.com)
A decade after a disastrous launch, is Apple Maps finally good? (www.theguardian.com)
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Bear escapes from crate in plane’s cargo hold at Dubai airport (www.theguardian.com)
Italy wildfires encircle Palermo as temperatures hit 47C (www.theguardian.com)
