‘This is barbarism’: shock at Russian strike on Odesa cathedral (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine deserved better from Nato | Letters (www.theguardian.com)
The Vilnius summit could have achieved much more, if only the political willpower had allowed it
Content Warning: Image of dead animal Mexico steps up rain-making project amid intense heatwave and drought (www.theguardian.com)
Amid a historic heatwave and months of drought, Mexico’s government has launched the latest phase of a cloud seeding project it hopes will increase rainfall....
Uncharted territory: do AI girlfriend apps promote unhealthy expectations for human relationships? (www.theguardian.com)
Uncharted territory: do AI girlfriend apps promote unhealthy expectations for human relationships?::Chatbots such as Eva AI are getting better at mimicking human interaction but some fear they feed into unhealthy beliefs around gender-based control and violence
Severe burns cases on rise in US south-west as extreme heatwave takes toll (www.theguardian.com)
Doctors report busy burns units with some patients having passed out and collapsed on superheated outdoor surfaces
Hundreds of millions in UK aid returns to Treasury in VAT on asylum hotel bills (www.theguardian.com)
Hundreds of millions of pounds in British aid spending is returning to the Treasury each year in tax, thanks to the spiralling cost of housing asylum seekers in UK hotels....
TIL in 2013, an Italian mafia "Ndrangheta" made more money than McDonald's and Deutsche Bank combined (€53bn / £44bn) (www.theguardian.com)
Los Angeles developer gets six-year term for $500,000 bribe to councilman (www.theguardian.com)
Experts say ‘cocaine sharks’ may be feasting on drugs dumped off Florida (www.theguardian.com)
Content Warning: Images of dead birds. Avian flu may have killed millions of birds globally as outbreak ravages South America (www.theguardian.com)
Millions of wild birds may have died from bird flu globally in the latest outbreak, researchers have said, as the viral disease ravages South America, with 200,000 deaths recorded in Peru alone....
‘Full steam ahead’ and no way out: how much can we trust cost estimates for the Brisbane Olympics? (www.theguardian.com)
‘No way out’: how video games use tricks from gambling to attract big spenders (www.theguardian.com)
‘No way out’: how video games use tricks from gambling to attract big spenders (www.theguardian.com)
‘No way out’: how video games use tricks from gambling to attract big spenders (www.theguardian.com)
Vegan diet massively cuts environmental damage, study shows (www.theguardian.com)
‘People need to be riled up’: meteorologist names US heatwaves after oil and gas giants (www.theguardian.com)
Guy Walton has christened two previous heatwaves this summer Amoco and BP in attempt to name and shame fossil fuel firms
‘There’s nothing American about promoting violence’: country star Jason Aldean criticised for anti-protest song (www.theguardian.com)
Try That in a Small Town features lyrics threatening violence against protesters and has been removed from Country Music Television, but Aldean says it is a celebration of community
Experts say ‘cocaine sharks’ may be feasting on drugs dumped off Florida (www.theguardian.com)
FTX sues founder Sam Bankman-Fried and three others for $1bn (www.theguardian.com)
FTX sues founder Sam Bankman-Fried and three others for $1bn::Lawsuit by cryptocurrency exchange, which collapsed in November, is attempt to recoup assets sought by creditors
Texas worker accused of being on drugs was actually dying of heatstroke (www.theguardian.com)
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It’s no great surprise, but now there’s proof that the rich get what they want | Torsten Bell (www.theguardian.com)
This article is two months old by the way....
It’s no great surprise, but now there’s proof that the rich get what they want | Torsten Bell (www.theguardian.com)
This article is two months old by the way....
US ambassador to Beijing targeted in Chinese cyber-attack – report (www.theguardian.com)
Fulton county prosecutors prepare racketeering charges in Trump inquiry (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: racketeering charges based on influencing witnesses and computer trespass, sources say
Tony Bennett, US singer with seven-decade career, dies aged 96 (www.theguardian.com)
