Met police officer under investigation over alleged racially aggravated assault (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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Modi-linked Adani family secretly invested in own shares, documents suggest (www.theguardian.com)
Offshore records suggest associates of wealthy Indian family spent years acquiring stock during rise of founder to be worth $120bn
Pacific islands warn US over Chinese threat and urge US president Biden to increase aid (www.theguardian.com)
Island nations who offer the US military proximity to China in exchange for aid emphasized they are especially vulnerable to Chinese cyber-attacks and economic exploitation as they struggle to recover from the pandemic.
Niger coup: West African countries suspend key military meeting on ‘standby’ force (www.theguardian.com)
Man arrested after stabbing near British Museum in London (www.theguardian.com)
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Mpox (monkeypox) circulated for five years before global explosion in 2022, research finds (www.theguardian.com)
The Philippines summons Chinese ambassador after two South China Sea collisions (www.theguardian.com)
Russian sources disappeared after Trump declassified ex-spy’s evidence, UK court told (www.theguardian.com)
China and Russia harden positions on Gaza as war stirs geopolitical tensions (www.theguardian.com)
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Dozens injured after protesters storm Eritrean festival in Stockholm (www.theguardian.com)
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US rejects Australia’s calls to end pursuit of WikiLeaks (www.theguardian.com)
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DRC offers free maternity care to cut death rate among mothers and babies (www.theguardian.com)
Healthcare workers say clinics are being overwhelmed by women seeking help, amid lack of staff and facilities to back programme
Kharkiv to build Ukraine’s first underground school to protect children (www.theguardian.com)
Children in frontline city are currently taught in the underground metro system amid threats from Russia’s missile attacks...
Greece wildfire declared largest ever recorded in EU (www.theguardian.com)
Eleven planes and helicopter from bloc sent to tackle fire that has burned more than 300 sq miles of land...
From botflies to eye worms, a brief history of rare parasites in humans (www.theguardian.com)
After a live roundworm was found in the brain of an Australian woman, we take a look at other unusual cases of parasites turning up unexpectedly and explore how worried we should be....
UK ‘seeking to block ICJ ruling’ on Israeli occupation of Palestine (www.theguardian.com)
‘One big adventure’: the Russian minister who fled the draft to drive trucks in the US (www.theguardian.com)
After years navigating the byzantine corridors of provincial Russian power, Denis Sharonov now works as a truck driver, steering his way through the vast highways of the US.
German prosecutor investigates possible poisoning of Russian journalist (www.theguardian.com)
In an article published with Russian-language outlet Meduza and US publication n+1 on Tuesday night, journalist Elena Kostyuchenko said she was tipped off by a source in Ukrainian military reconnaissance last March about Russian plans to assassinate her. Kostyuchenko, who was at the time reporting for the now-shuttered...
Israeli parliament votes in Netanyahu’s controversial supreme court changes (www.theguardian.com)
Israel’s parliament has voted into law a controversial curb on some supreme court powers submitted by Benjamin Netanyahu’s government, the Knesset speaker has said....
Alabama due to resume executions despite botching three last year (www.theguardian.com)
James Barber due to die on Friday but granddaughter of Dorothy Epps, the woman he murdered, doesn’t want it to happen
Drug that can halve breast cancer risk offered to 289,000 women in England (www.theguardian.com)
Xi says China willing to cooperate with US as hopes rise for talks with Biden (www.theguardian.com)
The Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, has said China is willing to cooperate with the US as both sides manage their differences and work together to respond to global challenges, raising hopes of a meeting between Xi and the US president, Joe Biden, this year.
UK officials use AI to decide on issues from benefits to marriage licences (www.theguardian.com)
Chinese censors block ‘Tiananmen’ image of athletes hugging (www.theguardian.com)
