Nasa unveils quiet supersonic aircraft in effort to revive commercial flights (www.theguardian.com)
‘It is a time of witch hunts in Israel’: teacher held in solitary confinement for posting concern about Gaza deaths (www.theguardian.com)
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Cholera cases soar globally amid shortage of vaccines (www.theguardian.com)
Cholera cases soared last year, according to preliminary data from the World Health Organization, which recorded 4,000 cholera deaths and 667,000 cases globally....
Human rights in decline globally as leaders fail to uphold laws, report warns (www.theguardian.com)
Human rights across the world are in a parlous state as leaders shun their obligations to uphold international law, according to the annual report of Human Rights Watch (HRW)....
‘Black bodies are not for sale’: the battle over an African American cemetery (www.theguardian.com)
Activists fight to stop further development on historic Maryland burial site beneath an apartment complex
‘He disappeared for a year’: The survivors of China’s prison camps in Xinjiang – in pictures (theguardian.com)
Since 2014, millions of Uyghurs, Kazakhs and other minorities have been locked up in China and subjected to torture and forced labour. Some of those freed talk about trying to rebuild their lives in neighbouring Kazakhstan
Norway to allow mining waste to be dumped in fjords (www.theguardian.com)
Norway to allow mining waste to be dumped in fjords (www.theguardian.com)
After a 15-year dispute, the private company Nordic Mining has been given the go-ahead to dispose of 170m tons of mining waste at the bottom of the Førde fjord, which critics say will threaten marine life and put biodiversity at risk....
Cape Verde becomes fourth African country to eliminate malaria (www.theguardian.com)
With no recorded cases since 2017, the archipelago has had a long journey to become free of the disease, which killed 608,000 people globally in 2022...
Newly discovered cosmic megastructure challenges theories of the universe (www.theguardian.com)
A 1.3bn light year-sized ring discovered by PhD student in Lancashire appears to defy the cosmological principle assumption...
California city to pay $5m to family of Willie McCoy, who police shot 55 times (www.theguardian.com)
The 2019 killing of the 20-year-old rapper raised scrutiny of Vallejo police department, which has a history of brutality...
‘This used to be a calm place’: killing continues in Ecuador’s week of chaos (www.theguardian.com)
As cartels and crime syndicates flock to Ecuador for cocaine trade profits, its murder rate has soared, with a TV station assault the crescendo of a week of bloodshed...
Tennessee after-school Satan club holds first meeting despite protests (www.theguardian.com)
Neo-Nazis in the US no longer see backing Ukraine as a worthy cause (www.theguardian.com)
Neo-Nazis in the US no longer see backing Ukraine as a worthy cause (www.theguardian.com)
US and UK prepare to launch strikes against Houthis in Yemen (www.theguardian.com)
Britain and the US are poised to launch strikes against Houthi military targets in Yemen, as the leader of the rebel group promises to respond to any assault with fresh attacks on shipping in the Red Sea....
Majority of debtors to US hospitals now people with health insurance (www.theguardian.com)
Scholz urges unity against far right after mass deportation ‘masterplan’ revealed (www.theguardian.com)
Learning from history is about more than just lip service,” he added, in what appeared to be a reference to the Nazi dictatorship, which made race ideology, ostracism and the deportation of Jews, Roma and Sinti, gay people and many others the cornerstone of its politics. Scholz continued: “Democrats must stand together.”
Children as young as 10 demanding anti-ageing products, say UK dermatologists (www.theguardian.com)
Pattern found in world’s rainforests where 2% of species make up 50% of trees (www.theguardian.com)
From the Amazon to Africa and south-east Asia, diversity among rainforest species follows the same rule, study shows...
It’s not just Israel in the dock over genocide, it’s everyone who looked away | Nimer Sultany (www.theguardian.com)
What has been remarkable about the last three months is the chilling disregard shown towards Palestinian civilian lives. Too many lazy talking points were used to enable so many in Europe and North America to look away, or worse, to justify complicity in what South Africa argues is a genocide, through their support for Israel...
It’s not just Israel in the dock over genocide, it’s everyone who looked away | Nimer Sultany (www.theguardian.com)
What has been remarkable about the last three months is the chilling disregard shown towards Palestinian civilian lives. Too many lazy talking points were used to enable so many in Europe and North America to look away, or worse, to justify complicity in what South Africa argues is a genocide, through their support for Israel...
Valley of lost cities that flourished 2,000 years ago found in Amazon (www.theguardian.com)
Valley of lost cities that flourished 2,000 years ago found in Amazon (www.theguardian.com)
Laser-sensor technology reveals network of earthen mounds and buried roads in rainforest area of Ecuador...
2023 saw record killings by US police. Who is most affected? (www.theguardian.com)
In 2023, Black people were killed at a rate 2.6 times higher than white people, Mapping Police Violence found. Last year, 290 people killed by police were Black, making up 23.5% of victims, while Black Americans make up roughly 14% of the total population. Native Americans were killed at a rate 2.2 times greater than white...
