Last major Arabic-style mosque in China loses its domes ( www.theguardian.com )
Ex-Royal Marine charged with spying for Hong Kong found dead in park ( www.theguardian.com )
Matthew Trickett, 37, who was charged with surveillance of activists, was found on Sunday evening in Maidenhead park...
Taiwan’s new president takes office and calls on China to cease its hostile actions ( www.theguardian.com )
Lai Ching-te has been sworn in as Taiwan’s new president, urging China to “cease their political and military intimidation against Taiwan” and to keep the world free from the fear of more war....
Biodiversity loss is biggest driver of infectious disease outbreaks, says study ( www.theguardian.com )
Biodiversity loss is the biggest environmental driver of infectious disease outbreaks, making them more dangerous and widespread, a study has found....
Toxic PFAS absorbed through skin at levels higher than previously thought ( www.theguardian.com )
Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere ( www.theguardian.com )
‘A catastrophe’: Greenpeace blocks planting of ‘lifesaving’ Golden Rice ( www.theguardian.com )
Thousands of children could die after court backs campaign group over GM crop in Philippines, scientists warn...
Microplastics found in every human testicle in study ( www.theguardian.com )
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US paused weapons shipment to Israel amid concern over Rafah, senior US official says ( www.theguardian.com )
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that as Israeli leaders seemed to approach a decision on a Rafah incursion, “we began to carefully review proposed transfers of particular weapons to Israel that might be used in Rafah” beginning in April....
Israel destroys 11 homes in West Bank village amid spiralling violence ( www.theguardian.com )
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....
Bolivia’s president accused of plotting coup against himself to boost popularity ( www.theguardian.com )
Revealed: the tech entrepreneur behind a pro-Israel hate network ( www.theguardian.com )
Revealed: Israeli spy chief ‘threatened’ ICC prosecutor over war crimes inquiry ( www.theguardian.com )
Men believed to be missing surfers died from gunshots, Mexican officials say ( www.theguardian.com )
Families of men presumed to be two Australians and American who went missing in Baja California arrive in Tijuana to identify bodies...
Israel-Gaza war live: Israel warns it could take Lebanon ‘back to the Stone Age’ as defence minister wraps up Washington trip ( www.theguardian.com )
‘People are in no mood to mourn’: mixed reactions in Tehran after death of President Ebrahim Raisi ( www.theguardian.com )
Iran’s supreme leader has announced a five-day mourning period, but there have been fireworks and cheering in the country since the death was confirmed...
Afghan girls accuse Taliban of sexual assault after arrests for ‘bad hijab’ ( www.theguardian.com )
Reports surface days before UN summit on Afghanistan that will exclude Afghan women and debate on women’s rights...
UK surgeon who described Gaza ‘massacre’ denied entry to France | The Guardian ( www.theguardian.com )
Norway blocks sale of last private land on Svalbard after Chinese interest ( www.theguardian.com )
The Norwegian government has called off a plan to sell the last privately owned piece of land on the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard in order to prevent its acquisition by China....
Wild horses return to Kazakhstan steppes after absence of two centuries ( www.theguardian.com )
Seven Przewalski’s horses, the only truly wild species of the animal in the world, flown to central Asian country from zoos in Europe...
Stonehenge sprayed with orange powder paint by Just Stop Oil activists ( www.theguardian.com )
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UN denies Gaza death toll of women and children has been revised down ( www.theguardian.com )
The UN has denied that the estimated death toll of women and children in the war in Gaza has been revised downward, pointing towards a confusion between the total numbers of dead bodies recorded, and the number of those who have so far been fully identified....
Spain to give Ukraine €1bn in military aid in decade-long defence deal ( www.theguardian.com )
China has renamed hundreds of Uyghur villages and towns, say human rights groups ( www.theguardian.com )
EU restates readiness to launch trade war with China over cheap imports ( www.theguardian.com )
The European Commission chief said she was “convinced that if the competition is fair” from China, then Europe “will have thriving durable economies”....
