theguardian.com

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/17423369

As Julian Assange enjoys his first weekend of freedom in years, there appeared to be no question in the mind of his wife, Stella, about what the family’s priorities were....

Israeli soldiers have destroyed 11 homes and other structures in an isolated community in the occupied West Bank, leaving 50 people homeless, amid a reported uptick in house demolitions and spiralling violence in the Palestinian territory....

Mary Morrissey apologizes after being filmed dumping liquid into backpack of Democratic legislator Jim Carroll

UPFs should also be heavily taxed due to impact on health and mortality, says scientist who coined term...

Hundreds of Kenyan police officers have arrived in Haiti as part of a US-backed security intervention aiming to rescue the Caribbean country from a criminal insurrection that toppled the prime minister and brought death and chaos to the streets....

Reports surface days before UN summit on Afghanistan that will exclude Afghan women and debate on women’s rights...

A dangerous strain of mpox that is killing children and causing miscarriages in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is the most transmissible yet and could spread internationally, scientists have warned....

A newly identified tipping point for the loss of ice sheets in Antarctica and elsewhere could mean future sea level rise is significantly higher than current projections....

A man who narrowly survived an ebike battery fire that killed his partner and two children says he is tormented by grief and guilt but determined to fight to change the law to avoid similar tragedies....

Vivek Murthy made declaration after weekend in which dozens of Americans were killed or wounded in mass shootings...

Higher PFAS exposure could cause lactation to slow or stop altogether within six months, new research finds...

The international criminal court issued arrest warrants on Tuesday for Russia’s former defence minister and its military chief of staff for attacking civilian targets in Ukraine....

New research has found for the first time that PFAS “forever chemicals” accumulate in the testes, and the exposure probably affects children’s health....

Reports surface days before UN summit on Afghanistan that will exclude Afghan women and debate on women’s rights...

As Israel’s offensive in Gaza has become the deadliest conflict for journalists in recent history, its military has repeatedly said it is not deliberately targeting the media....