Judge denies Trump’s third attempt this week to delay hush-money trial (www.theguardian.com)
Case on Monday will be first ever criminal trial of an ex-president as Trump’s lawyers fight to put it off and try to remove its judge...
OJ Simpson, ex-NFL star who was acquitted of murder, dies aged 76 (www.theguardian.com)
‘Shame! Shame!’: Arizona Republican leaders block effort to repeal abortion ban (www.theguardian.com)
Democrats stymied after state supreme court rules that 1864 law with no exceptions for rape or incest can go into effect...
Menthol cigarettes are killing Black Americans. Advocates are suing the government to change that (www.theguardian.com)
Biden says he is ‘considering’ Australian call to drop Julian Assange charges (www.theguardian.com)
Joe Biden said on Wednesday that he is considering a request from Australia to drop the decade-long US push to prosecute the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for publishing a trove of American classified documents.
Quebec separation re-enters political debate thanks to TikTok-friendly leader (www.theguardian.com)
Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon speaking loudly and often after party win over Coalition Avenir Québec...
German university rescinds US scholar’s job offer over pro-Palestinian letter (www.theguardian.com)
A leading Jewish American philosopher has been disinvited from taking up a prestigious professorship at the University of Cologne after signing a letter expressing solidarity with Palestinians and condemning the killings in Gaza carried out by Israeli forces.
Mass use of guided bombs driving Russian advances, says Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Up to 500 ‘drop-and-forget’ bombs containing foreign components being fired every week, government analysis finds...
'A dark day': Arizona governor condemns ruling on near-total abortion ban – video (www.theguardian.com)
The Arizona governor, Katie Hobbs, a Democrat, called for an Arizona supreme court ruling to be repealed that permits enforcement of an 1864 law banning almost all abortions. Speaking at a press conference the governor said: ‘The near total civil war-era ban that continues to hang over our heads only serves to create more...
UK ministers considering banning sale of smartphones to under-16s (www.theguardian.com)
Two far-right conspiracy theorists to pay up to $1.25m for robocall campaign (www.theguardian.com)
Jacob Wohl and Jack Burkman found liable last March for trying to discourage Black New Yorkers from voting in 2020 election...
Residents in wealthy California town block access to public hot springs with boulders (www.theguardian.com)
County officials alert Montecito homeowners that they face prosecution, including daily fines of $850 if stones are not removed...
EU passes asylum and migration pact after eight years of deadlock (www.theguardian.com)
Roberta Metsola, the European parliament president, wrote on X: “History made. We have delivered a robust legislative framework on how to deal with migration and asylum in the EU. It has been more than 10 years in the making. But we kept our word. A balance between solidarity and responsibility. This is the European way.”
Outrage after US hunter who reportedly took wolf in bar and killed it only fined (www.theguardian.com)
A Wyoming hunter who reportedly ran over a gray wolf with a snowmobile, taped the creature’s mouth shut, took a picture with it inside a local bar and then shot it to death behind the tavern has ignited calls for stiffer penalties in such an egregious case of animal abuse....
Stubborn US inflation dents hopes for imminent Fed interest rate cut (www.theguardian.com)
After six months of war, I fear we may lose Palestine completely | Raja Shehadeh (www.theguardian.com)
Blow for Myanmar’s military as rebels say hundreds have surrendered at key border town (www.theguardian.com)
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Ohio to purchase mobile homes to train public school staff in firearms (www.theguardian.com)
The French aristocrat who understood evolution 100 years before Darwin – and even worried about climate change (www.theguardian.com)
Which countries supply Israel with arms and why is Biden reluctant to stop? | Explainer (www.theguardian.com)
Canada, the Netherlands, Japan, Spain and Belgium have all announced they would stop shipping weapons to Israel. In Denmark, a court case is pending which could result in the government having to suspend the export of F-35 fighter jet parts to the US, be
‘I run out of money each month’: the Americans borrowing to cover daily expenses (www.theguardian.com)
German art museum fires worker for hanging his own painting in gallery (www.theguardian.com)
The 51-year-old man had smuggled his work into the display at Munich’s Pinakothek der Moderne “in the hope of achieving his artistic breakthrough”, the German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung reported, citing police sources.
UK will not suspend arms exports to Israel, David Cameron says (www.theguardian.com)
Ohio to purchase mobile homes to train public school staff in firearms (www.theguardian.com)
In a first, the state has purchased shoot houses designed for indoor gun training to help school staff ‘respond to active shooter’...