Berlin’s plan for driverless magnetic trains derided by climate groups ( www.theguardian.com )
Russia warns US and Europe over reports Ukraine may get its seized assets ( www.theguardian.com )
Kremlin threatens ‘serious consequences’ if there is an unprecedented seizure of Russian assets held abroad...
‘You didn’t just succeed, you Exceled’: Sydney man dubbed the ‘Annihilator’ wins spreadsheet world championship ( www.theguardian.com )
Woman who sued Texas for abortion left state to have procedure after ‘hellish’ week ( www.theguardian.com )
Center for the Reproductive Rights, which is representing Kate Cox, says she left after being ‘in and out of the emergency room’...
‘The Gospel’: how Israel uses AI to select bombing targets in Gaza ( www.theguardian.com )
How do you reduce a national dish to a powder?: the weird, secretive world of crisp flavours ( www.theguardian.com )
New Zealand scraps world-first smoking ‘generation ban’ to fund tax cuts ( www.theguardian.com )
Health experts say axing plan to block sales of tobacco products to next generation will cost thousands of lives
How the Israel-Hamas conflict is dividing the UK Labour party ( www.theguardian.com )
Keir Starmer’s refusal to back calls for ceasefire has led to resignations and calls to quit from some in his party
Young people think vapes aren’t harmful because they are so easy to buy, study finds ( www.theguardian.com )
Gaza hospitals ceasing to function as water and fuel run out ( www.theguardian.com )
Pope accepts resignation of Polish bishop after gay orgy scandal in diocese ( www.theguardian.com )
People diagnosed with ADHD as adults could be ‘at greater risk of dementia’ ( www.theguardian.com )
Study does not establish cause and effect, and experts say it highlights need for further research...
Russia’s Avdiivka offensive is failing, says top Ukrainian officer ( www.theguardian.com )
A top Ukrainian commander has claimed that Russia’s biggest offensive in months – involving tanks, thousands of soldiers and armoured vehicles in an attack on the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka – is failing, as he admitted Kyiv’s own attempts to advance in the south were proving “difficult”....
‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars ( www.theguardian.com )
A new housing development outside Phoenix is looking towards European cities for inspiration and shutting out the cars. So far residents love it - The Guardian
Calls for Starbucks boycott grow amid aggressive union-busting activities ( www.theguardian.com )
Mexico set for first female president in 2024 election ( www.theguardian.com )
Mexico will almost certainly have its first female president in 2024, after the governing Morena party and the opposition coalition both chose women as their candidates....
Cancer cases in under-50s worldwide up nearly 80% in three decades, study finds ( www.theguardian.com )
More than a million under-50s a year dying of cancer and figure projected to rise by another 21% by 2030
AOC urges US to apologize for meddling in Latin America: ‘We’re here to reset relationships’ ( www.theguardian.com )
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a prominent member of Congress and leading voice of the American left, has called on the US government to issue an apology to Latin American countries for decades of meddling in their affairs and causing instability in the region....
Young climate activist tells Greenpeace to drop ‘old-fashioned’ anti-nuclear stance ( www.theguardian.com )
I really don’t know where I want to end up. How do I figure out what I want to do? (Leading questions, The Guardian) ( www.theguardian.com )
Archived version: https://archive.ph/CpoEk...
First cheetah cubs born in India in more than seven decades die in heatwave ( www.theguardian.com )
Mother among 20 of the big cats flown in from Africa as part of plan to reintroduce animal to country
"Please stop telling me to leave my comfort zone" ( www.theguardian.com )
I came across this article from 2018 and it really spoke to me as a late-diagnosed autistic only just learning what "comfortable" feels like.
Top economists call for action on runaway global inequality ( www.theguardian.com )
The letter says: “We know that high inequality undermines all our social and environmental goals. It corrodes our politics, destroys trust, hamstrings our collective economic prosperity and weakens multilateralism. We also know that without a sharp reduction in inequality, the twin goals of ending poverty and preventing...
‘Hell on earth’: Phoenix’s extreme heatwave tests the limits of survival ( www.theguardian.com )
Crows and magpies using anti-bird spikes to build nests, researchers find ( www.theguardian.com )
