Trinity College Dublin agrees to divest from Israeli firms after student protest ( www.theguardian.com )
‘They’ve destroyed us because of some tweets’: why has Saudi Arabia targeted these three sisters? ( www.theguardian.com )
Last week one was sentenced to 11 years, another had to flee the country, a third could be arrested at any moment. And what were Manahel, Maryam and Fawzia al-Otaibi’s ‘crimes’? A few social media posts that outraged Saudi Arabia’s conservatives...
Sticky trick: new glue spray kills plant pests without chemicals ( www.theguardian.com )
The insect glue, produced from edible oils, was inspired by plants such as sundews that use the strategy to capture their prey. A key advantage of physical pesticides over toxic pesticides is that pests are highly unlikely to evolve resistance, as this would require them to develop much larger and stronger bodies, while bigger...
‘Total outrage’: White House condemns Israeli settlers’ attack on Gaza aid trucks ( www.theguardian.com )
The White House has condemned an attack on an aid convoy heading to Gaza by Israeli settlers who threw packages of food into the road and set fire to the vehicles....
Brazil counts cost of worst-ever floods with little hope of waters receding soon ( www.theguardian.com )
David Cameron urges BBC to describe Hamas as terrorist organisation ( www.theguardian.com )
Foreign secretary’s call comes after group releases video of British-Israeli hostage it says died after being wounded in Israeli airstrike...
Nikki Haley writes ‘finish them’ on IDF artillery shells during Israel visit ( www.theguardian.com )
Exclusive: Israeli documents show expansive government effort to shape US discourse around Gaza war ( www.theguardian.com )
David Cameron backed Israel arms sales two days after death of UK aid workers ( www.theguardian.com )
Israeli airstrike that killed seven health workers in Lebanon used US munition, analysis reveals ( www.theguardian.com )
Ancient Mayan vase purchased by US woman for $4 returned to Mexico ( www.theguardian.com )
Google Cloud accidentally deletes UniSuper’s online account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’ ( www.theguardian.com )
More than half a million UniSuper fund members went a week with no access to their superannuation accounts after a “one-of-a-kind” Google Cloud “misconfiguration” led to the financial services provider’s private cloud account being deleted, Google and UniSuper have revealed.
Man who survived ebike fire that killed his family fights for change to UK law ( www.theguardian.com )
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....
UN says it has no more food or tents for nearly 2m people in Gaza ( www.theguardian.com )
The UN has run out of tents and food to distribute to almost 2 million people in Gaza, the majority displaced from their homes and dependent on aid to stave off looming famine....
Indian farm worker in Italy ‘left to die on road’ with severed arm ( www.theguardian.com )
A trade unionist has called for a crackdown against “barbaric exploitation” after an Indian farm worker died when he was allegedly being left on a road by his employer following an accident that severed his arm....
Parents of over 900 Israeli soldiers urge IDF to call off ‘death trap’ Rafah attack ( www.theguardian.com )
Letter sent to defence minister and IDF chief says assault on city ‘appears to be nothing short of recklessness’...
How Zionism became a synonym for violence and oppression ( www.theguardian.com )
For decades, Joe Biden has proudly declared that he is a Zionist, and he has repeated that claim since Hamas’s 7 October attacks on Israel. But for the student anti-war protests gripping the US, the words “Zionist” and “Zionism” have become a watchword – pejorative and emblematic of the violent state policies driving...
‘It’s the perfect place’: London Underground hosts tests for ‘quantum compass’ that could replace GPS ( www.theguardian.com )
Spain to give Ukraine €1bn in military aid in decade-long defence deal ( www.theguardian.com )
Spain will provide Ukraine with €1bn in military aid this year after the Spanish prime minister, Pedro Sánchez, and Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, met in Madrid to sign an “enormously important”, decade-long defence and security deal....
Terrified families flee Rafah as Israel set to open all-out assault ( www.theguardian.com )
Tens of thousands of Palestinians were fleeing Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, on Saturday, after Israeli warnings to evacuate before an imminent military assault that will open a bloody new phase of the seven-month-long conflict....
Israeli soldiers and police tipping off groups that attack Gaza aid trucks ( www.theguardian.com )
Exclusive: Members of security forces giving settlers who intercept vital supplies information on location of convoys, group says...
World has ‘moral responsibility’ to help small island states survive climate crisis – UN agency chief ( www.theguardian.com )
Vulnerable economies must be supported with finance and practical aid to find long term solutions, says Jorge Moreira da Silva of Unops...
Vermont Republican secretly poured water into colleague’s bag over months ( www.theguardian.com )
Mary Morrissey apologizes after being filmed dumping liquid into backpack of Democratic legislator Jim Carroll
Israel calls on ‘civilised nations’ to boycott ICC arrest warrants against its leaders ( www.theguardian.com )
Israel has urged what it called “nations of the civilised world” to refuse to implement any international criminal court arrest warrants issued against its leaders....
‘I am not made for war’: the men fleeing Ukraine to evade conscription ( www.theguardian.com )
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