Russia’s central bank to hold extraordinary meeting after rouble falls to 16-month low (www.theguardian.com)
Bank will discuss interest rate after high spending on war in Ukraine and drop in export revenues put further pressure on Russia’s economy.
Trump’s Georgia charges are a win for voting rights leaders (www.theguardian.com)
Girl, 13, gives birth after she was raped and denied abortion in Mississippi (www.theguardian.com)
The nearest abortion clinic – in Chicago – was too far away and too expensive for her mother to provide her with the procedure
Supermarket AI meal planner app suggests recipe that would create chlorine gas (www.theguardian.com)
Fears UK’s cashless society will leave more than just the vulnerable behind (www.theguardian.com)
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‘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
‘Bulldozer politics’: Modi’s demolition drive fuels Muslims’ fears in Kashmir (www.theguardian.com)
US publisher of pro-fascist books revealed as military veteran (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: neo-Nazi active club counts several of US military as members | California (www.theguardian.com)
A neo-Nazi “active club” counts several current and former members of the United States military as its members, the Guardian has learned, including a lance corporal machine gunner currently in detention on insubordination charges and a former US Marine Corps staff sergeant who was booted from the service for stealing large...
‘Times change’: what authors think about rewriting older books (www.theguardian.com)
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Jacqueline Wilson says rewriting children’s books can be justified (www.theguardian.com)
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Deaths surge in the US’s hottest city as governor declares statewide ‘heat emergency’ (www.theguardian.com)
Fears UK’s cashless society will leave more than just the vulnerable behind (www.theguardian.com)
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Mark Zuckerberg shuts door on cage fight, saying Elon Musk ‘isn’t serious’ (www.theguardian.com)
Meta boss says ‘time to move on’ after Twitter owner fails to name date and says he needs surgery
Kenya launches inquiry into claims of abuse by British soldiers at training unit (www.theguardian.com)
The Kenyan government has launched an inquiry into allegations of abuse by the British army, which MPs say could have implications for the future role of UK troops in the country....
Fears UK’s cashless society will leave more than just the vulnerable behind (www.theguardian.com)
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‘Everything you’ve been told is a lie!’ Inside the wellness-to-fascism pipeline (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine desperate for help clearing mines, says defence minister (www.theguardian.com)
Nearly 4m fewer UK working days in past year due to strike action, study says (www.theguardian.com)
Resolution Foundation report says much of industrial action ‘fuelled’ by public sector workers’ anger over falls in real-terms pay
Hawaii fires: tourists warned against travelling to Maui in wake of disaster (www.theguardian.com)
Officials say hotel rooms needed to house thousands of displaced residents
Ukraine: baby among seven people killed in Russian shelling of Kherson (www.theguardian.com)
Seven people including a 23-day-old girl were killed in Russian shelling of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region on Sunday, the country’s internal affairs ministry has said.
‘Stressed beyond her limits’: co-owner of Kansas newspaper dies after police raid (www.theguardian.com)
Police served a search warrant to the Marion County Record’s Joan Meyer, 98, after the paper’s investigation into local restaurateur
Record-breaking mountaineer denies climbing over dying porter on K2 (www.theguardian.com)
Fellow climbers say video footage shows Kristin Harila’s team walking over body of frostbitten man during record ascent
China vows ‘vigorous’ response to US visit by Taiwan vice president (www.theguardian.com)
China’s foreign ministry has criticised a brief US visit by Taiwan vice president William Lai, saying he was a separatist and “troublemaker through and through” and Beijing would take strong steps to protect its sovereignty.
‘Into brain and the heart’: how China is using apps to woo Taiwan’s teenagers (www.theguardian.com)
China has made clear that it wants to take control of Taiwan, by force if necessary; and the two share a common language. That makes Chinese apps, music and drama particularly attractive and accessible to the Taiwanese and Taiwanese users a particularly important audience for Beijing. “The similarities in language make the...
