Fifa suspends Luis Rubiales from all football-related activity over Hermoso kiss (www.theguardian.com)
Spanish FA president Luis Rubiales has been provisionally suspended by Fifa following his conduct at the women’s World Cup final in Sydney last weekend....
Biden launches ‘most affordable ever’ student loan repayment plan (www.theguardian.com)
Federal student loan borrowers can expect “the most affordable student loan plan ever”, Biden said in a video address on Tuesday announcing significant changes to the debt from higher education held by over an eighth of the country.
‘Game-changer’: judge rules in favor of young activists in US climate trial (www.theguardian.com)
Sixteen young plaintiffs had alleged the Montana state government had violated their right to a healthy environment
Revealed: almost everyone in Europe is breathing toxic air (www.theguardian.com)
Guardian investigation finds 98% of Europeans breathing highly damaging polluted air linked to 400,000 deaths a year
Google goes to trial in biggest US challenge to tech power in decades (www.theguardian.com)
The justice department has accused Google of using its market power to unfairly lock out rivals and position itself as a gatekeeper of the web. The case marks the first brought by the government against Google to go to trial. The justice department has also joined a separate case against Google brought by the attorneys general...
Civilian deaths are indefensible, whether done by Hamas or Israel | Rajan Menon (www.theguardian.com)
US supreme court to hear case on domestic abuser’s right to own guns (www.theguardian.com)
The US supreme court will hear oral arguments on Tuesday in a case which gun and domestic violence prevention groups are warning could be a matter of life and death for thousands of abuse victims and their families....
UN finds further evidence of Russian war crimes in Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Report points to ‘wilful killing, torture, rape and other sexual violence, and the deportation of children to the Russian Federation’
China ‘world’s biggest debt collector’ as poorer nations struggle with its loans (www.theguardian.com)
Country, estimated to be owed up to $1.5trn, is increasing penalties for late payments and cutting back on infrastructure projects...
US man who killed woman by driving car through BLM protest pleads guilty (www.theguardian.com)
Dawit Kelete, 30, pleads guilty to multiple charges after hitting two protesters, one fatally, during 2020 protest in Seattle
Planned Parenthood in Wisconsin to resume abortion care after judge’s ruling (www.theguardian.com)
Announcement comes after July ruling that 1849 abortion law does not apply in significant victory for abortion rights in midwest...
Netanyahu declares a ‘second war of independence’ as fears for Gazans grow (www.theguardian.com)
Twitter accused of helping Saudi Arabia commit human rights abuses (www.theguardian.com)
The social media company formerly known as Twitter has been accused in a revised civil US lawsuit of helping Saudi Arabia commit grave human rights abuses against its users, including by disclosing confidential user data at the request of Saudi authorities at a much higher rate than it has for the US, UK, or Canada....
EU poised to water down new car pollution rules after industry lobbying (www.theguardian.com)
Moment Israeli airstrike hits Gaza tower block after Hamas attack – video (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli airstrikes destroyed a tower block in Gaza City after Hamas militants launched a rocket and air attack on Israel in the early hours of Saturday morning....
Russia ‘systematically’ forcing Ukrainians to accept citizenship, US report finds (www.theguardian.com)
Ukrainians in occupied territories who refuse Russian passports face threats, intimidation and possible detention or deportation, Yale study says
Banks pouring trillions to fossil fuel expansion in global south, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
“They say that money makes the world go round, but money is making the world go backwards,” Teresa Anderson, global lead on climate justice for ActionAid International, told reporters....
Global inflation fears as oil price rises towards $100 a barrel (www.theguardian.com)
Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads app – report (www.theguardian.com)
In our blood: how the US allowed toxic chemicals to seep into our lives (www.theguardian.com)
Certificate to own car in Singapore rockets to $106,000 (www.theguardian.com)
Aspartame is safe in limited amounts, say experts after cancer warning (www.theguardian.com)
So maybe the huge worry people had after the news that WHO would classify it as cancerous was a little too much. I think the media could have reported on it in a bit more responsible way.
‘The most successful land-grab strategy since 1967’ as settlers push Bedouins off West Bank territory (www.theguardian.com)
Herders report violence driving them from their homes in accelerating, aggressive and highly effective campaign