Eiffel Tower closed as staff strike on 100th anniversary of creator’s death ( www.theguardian.com )
Union says operating company is ‘heading for disaster’ with budget based on unrealistic future visitor numbers...
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 )
Man flies from Denmark to Los Angeles with no passport or plane ticket ( 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 )
Maduro’s land grab in Guyana is a cynical ploy to hang on to power in Venezuela ( www.theguardian.com )
It also seems clear that the dispute, which centres on control of the Essequibo region in western Guyana, a sparsely populated area the size of Greece that constitutes about two-thirds of Guyanese territory, is mostly about oil. In 2015, the US oil giant, ExxonMobil, discovered a big field off Guyana’s coast, largely within...
Guyana appeals to US and UN as Maduro advances annexation of territory ( www.theguardian.com )
Request for help came after Venezuelan president announced series of measures to formalize a referendum Sunday evening...
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
Netanyahu rejected ceasefire-for-hostages deal in Gaza, sources say ( www.theguardian.com )
Israeli PM said to have turned down proposal in early talks and continues to take tough line
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
Italian woman wins court case to evict her two sons, aged 40 and 42 ( www.theguardian.com )
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
Pope Francis suggests gay couples could be blessed in Vatican reversal ( www.theguardian.com )
Conservative cardinals had challenged the pope to confirm teachings on LGBTQ+ issues...
Boy, 16, arrested after felling of famous Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s Wall ( www.theguardian.com )
A 16-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of causing criminal damage in connection with the felling of the 300-year-old Sycamore Gap tree in the north of England....
Tesla is the next biggest union target in the United States. Sorry, Elon Musk ( www.theguardian.com )
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
