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‘I was handed to a complete stranger’: the survivors fighting to end child marriage in 37 US states — and the people who want to keep it legal ( www.theguardian.com )

Child marriage, which activists describe as one or both parties entering a union while under age 18, remains legal in 37 US states. There are no federal laws against it, meaning minors can marry, with parental consent, before they can vote, drink, or buy lottery tickets in the majority of the country. Some states have a minimum...

BP-owned company is selling carbon credits on trees that aren’t in danger, analysis finds ( www.theguardian.com )

Finite Carbon, created in 2009 and bought by British multinational oil and gas giant BP in 2020, is responsible for more than a quarter of the US’s total carbon credits, which it says it generates from protecting more than 60 “high credibility, high integrity projects” across 1.6m hectares (4m acres)....

In a Violent Nature review – horror unplugged is quietly gruesome ( www.theguardian.com )

A man in a mask is out to get you; that’s the basic drill, and horror fans know it – they love the drill, they worship the drill, they have an endless, insatiable appetite for the drill. But that doesn’t mean that you can’t appreciate innovative variations on the premise: an original choice of weapon, perhaps, or...

A game of football, a boom, then scattered bodies: video shows moment of Israeli strike on Gaza school ( www.theguardian.com )

The scene shows a moment of respite and relative calm in Gaza: a crowd of people watching a football match in a school playground. A player fails to control a long pass from a teammate. The opposing goalkeeper gathers the ball and looks to launch it back up the pitch....

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