Nasa unveils quiet supersonic aircraft in effort to revive commercial flights ( www.theguardian.com )
In launch event on Friday, agency shared plans to test over US cities to see if it’s quiet enough by engaging ‘the people below’...
The French aristocrat who understood evolution 100 years before Darwin – and even worried about climate change ( www.theguardian.com )
It isn’t ‘anti-democratic’ to bar Trump from office. It’s needed to protect democracy | Steven Greenhouse ( www.theguardian.com )
What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation | US education | The Guardian ( www.theguardian.com )
What happens when a school bans smartphones? A complete transformation | US education | The Guardian::Teachers say mobile phones make their lives a living hell – so one Massachusetts school barred them
Chemicals from East Palestine derailment spread to 16 US states, data shows ( www.theguardian.com )
University of Florida terminating all diversity, equity and inclusion positions ( www.theguardian.com )
Move is to comply with state law passed by Governor Ron DeSantis that prohibits public funding of DEI programs...
Woman killed by her two XL bully dogs at home in east London ( www.theguardian.com )
‘I’m not buying new stuff any more’: the young people getting into ‘degrowth’ ( www.theguardian.com )
‘Get on a plane’: Danish minister urged to meet Greenland coil scandal women ( www.theguardian.com )
The Danish health minister should “get on a plane and visit” some of the thousands of women thought to be living with the consequences of being forcibly fitted with the contraceptive coil as children, Greenland’s gender equality minister has said....
Iran launches drone attack against Israel as Biden rushes to White House ( www.theguardian.com )
Iran said it launched dozens of drones and ballistic missiles towards Israel on Saturday in a major attack following days of acute tension building up in the region and warnings from the US and elsewhere about a wider conflict erupting....
The new science of death: ‘There’s something happening in the brain that makes no sense’ ( www.theguardian.com )
New research into the dying brain suggests the line between life and death may be less distinct than previously thought...
Vladimir Putin issues fresh demands to Ukraine to end war ( www.theguardian.com )
Vladimir Putin has demanded that Kyiv cede more land, withdraw troops deeper inside its own country, and drop its Nato bid in order for him to end Russia’s war in Ukraine....
Alabama inmate executed with nitrogen gas was ‘shaking violently’ for 22 minutes, witnesses say ( www.theguardian.com )
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New York Times editorial board declares Trump ‘unfit to lead’ ( www.theguardian.com )
Germany’s first African-born MP to stand down after racist abuse ( www.theguardian.com )
The first African-born MP to enter the German parliament has announced he will not be standing in next year’s federal election, weeks after he revealed the hate mail, including racist slurs and death threats, he and his staff had received....
China’s glut of idle property causes headache for the government ( www.theguardian.com )
The industry that has traditionally powered about a quarter of GDP has been in a downward spiral that policymakers have struggled to halt...
Conservative US lawmakers are pushing for an end to no-fault divorce ( www.theguardian.com )
Trump praises fictional serial killer Hannibal Lecter during rally speech ( www.theguardian.com )
Ex-president calls Hopkins’ cannibalistic Lecter ‘late, great’ while condemning ‘people who are being released into our country’...
Chinese students in US tell of ‘chilling’ interrogations and deportations ( www.theguardian.com )
As tensions with China rise, scientists at America’s leading universities complain of stalled research after crackdown at airports...
World’s five richest men double their money as poorest get poorer ( www.theguardian.com )
As a Palestinian American, I can’t vote for Joe Biden any more. And I am not alone ( www.theguardian.com )
I am a Palestinian American in Pennsylvania, a contested state. I plan to write in “uncommitted” in the Democratic primary on 23 April and in November, I will vote for a third-party candidate....
Russia to send combat vessels to Caribbean to project ‘global power’, US official says ( www.theguardian.com )
Naval exercises spurred by US support for Ukraine are likely to include port calls in Cuba and Venezuela, says official...
The Republican party has become a full-fledged anti-sex movement ( www.theguardian.com )
The conservative obsession with purity and control is being achieved by increasingly punitive means...
Tax our wealth, super-rich tell politicians at Davos ( www.theguardian.com )
Abigail Disney, Brian Cox and Valerie Rockefeller among signatories of open letter condemning inequality...
Opinion | Biden can pick up the phone and end the bombing of Gaza today ( www.theguardian.com )
