Banks driving increase in global meat and dairy production, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
United Airlines CEO vows to review recent safety incidents and learn ‘the right lessons’ (www.theguardian.com)
In recent weeks, Unites Airlines planes have had a panel missing, rolled onto the grass at an airport and lost a tire after takeoff...
Criminal fraud trial of UK tech tycoon Mike Lynch to begin (www.theguardian.com)
Co-founder of Autonomy charged with 17 counts of wire fraud, securities fraud and conspiracy in 2011 sale of company to HP...
Massachusetts town grapples with sea rise after sand barrier fails (www.theguardian.com)
A $500,000 sand dune collapsed in days after being erected, and residents are looking for help to protect their homes...
Niger junta repudiates deal allowing US military bases on its soil (www.theguardian.com)
Niger’s ruling military junta says it has revoked with immediate effect a military accord that allows US military personnel and civilian staff on its soil....
Iceland volcanic eruption: barriers reinforced as lava flows towards town (www.theguardian.com)
Flows pose danger to infrastructure in Grindavik, and hundreds of people are evacuated from nearby Blue Lagoon...
Mushrooms swapped for tampons among bizarre UK supermarket substitutions (www.theguardian.com)
Tesla settles with former employee over racial discrimination claims (www.theguardian.com)
Pet DNA testing company in doghouse after identifying human as canine | Dogs | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
Leading adviser quits over Instagram’s failure to remove self-harm content (www.theguardian.com)
Leading adviser quits over Instagram’s failure to remove self-harm content (www.theguardian.com)
A leading psychologist who advises Meta on suicide prevention and self-harm has quit her role, accusing the tech giant of “turning a blind eye” to harmful content on Instagram, repeatedly ignoring expert advice and prioritising profit over lives.
Global eradication of polio ‘tantalisingly close’ with UK urged to keep up funding (www.theguardian.com)
After no reported cases of wild polio for 19 weeks, vaccination efforts boosted at last endemic spots in Pakistan and Afghanistan...
Leading adviser quits over Instagram’s failure to remove self-harm content (www.theguardian.com)
A leading psychologist who advises Meta on suicide prevention and self-harm has quit her role, accusing the tech giant of “turning a blind eye” to harmful content on Instagram, repeatedly ignoring expert advice and prioritising profit over lives.
‘I saw many people suffer’: former Del Monte Kenya guards speak of violence on pineapple farm (www.theguardian.com)
Fresh Del Monte, the Florida-based headquarters of the tropical fruit empire, is arguing that it should not be liable for a case in Kenya because it is domiciled in the Cayman Islands.
US marriages back to pre-pandemic levels while divorce rate falls (www.theguardian.com)
2022 saw nearly 2.1m marriages, up slightly from 2019 – but still far below their height in 1946...
Leading adviser quits over Instagram’s failure to remove self-harm content (www.theguardian.com)
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Netanyahu approves Rafah attack plans as aid ship reaches Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
Germany’s foreign affairs minister, Annalena Baerbock, tweeted: “A large-scale offensive in #Rafah cannot be justified. Over a million refugees have sought protection there and have nowhere to go. A humanitarian truce is needed immediately so that more people don’t die and the hostages are finally released.”
Mike Pence will not endorse Donald Trump’s presidential campaign (www.theguardian.com)
Former Indiana governor and candidate for Republican nomination tells Fox News decision ‘should come as no surprise’...
Stargazer’s paradise: Oregon area named world’s largest dark sky sanctuary (www.theguardian.com)
Certification awarded for 2.5m acres offering pristine views of night sky, with hopes for expansion to 11m acres...
‘Democracy is teetering’: at ground zero for Trump’s big lie in Arizona (www.theguardian.com)
The state Republican party is undaunted by electoral defeats for those claiming voting is rigged – and election officials are bearing the brunt of their fury...
China Nobel prize winner tarred as one of ‘three new evils’ amid rise in nationalist fervour (www.theguardian.com)
Mo Yan is widely celebrated in China but now faces a lawsuit accusing him of smearing the Communist party amid an increasingly febrile atmosphere online...
Israeli forces kill 20 Palestinians waiting for aid, Gaza health ministry says (www.theguardian.com)
The latest incident came hours after eight people were killed in an airstrike on an aid distribution centre at al-Nuseirat camp in central Gaza, health officials said.
Most US sandwich baggies contain toxic PFAS ‘forever chemicals’, analysis says (www.theguardian.com)
Testing commissioned by Mamavation blog found high levels of a marker of PFAS in nine of 11 baggies tested
Man who was almost sucked off plane among group suing Alaska and Boeing (www.theguardian.com)
Seven people who allegedly suffered injuries after a door-sized panel blew off mid-air file suit against airline and manufacturer...