‘Mansplaining’ UK election coverage marginalises women’s concerns, study finds ( www.theguardian.com )
General election coverage has been dominated by male voices, according to researchers from Loughborough University....
UK haulage industry calls for investment in electric truck infrastructure ( www.theguardian.com )
It doesn’t make sense: why US tariffs on Chinese cleantech risk the green transition | Jeffrey Frankel ( www.theguardian.com )
Melbourne airport staff accused of smuggling drugs for organised crime cartels ( www.theguardian.com )
Dozens of Melbourne Airport staff have been accused of working for organised criminals attempting to smuggle drugs into the state....
Ukraine war briefing: Russia launches attacks on Kharkiv and Kyiv as Zelenskiy appeals for help ( www.theguardian.com )
America’s big problem is not Joe Biden, it’s the menace to democracy posed by Donald Trump ( www.theguardian.com )
I saw first-hand just how much fracking destroys the earth | Rebecca Solnit ( www.theguardian.com )
At least 18 people killed in series of suicide attacks in Nigeria ( www.theguardian.com )
South Carolina implements one of US’s most restrictive public school book bans ( www.theguardian.com )
Lindsey Graham warns ‘accountability coming to Biden’ if Trump wins ( www.theguardian.com )
Voter turnout in France’s parliamentary election at near-40-year high ( www.theguardian.com )
Porn sites and Meta among those tasked with drafting Australia’s online child safety rules ( www.theguardian.com )
Regulator gives industry groups six months to come up with draft code, expected to include rules about age verification
Meta accused of breaking EU digital law by charging for ad-free social networks ( www.theguardian.com )
European Commission objects to ‘pay or consent’ model for users of Facebook and Instagram
Freed Gaza hospital head accuses Israel of repeated torture ( www.theguardian.com )
Al-Shifa’s Mohammed Abu Salmiya alleges Israel tortured him across seven months of detention without charge...
Thousands fear they will lose vote in UK election after postal ballot delays ( www.theguardian.com )
Voters in the UK and abroad have either not received their ballots or have been left with too little time to return them...
TV tonight: Tim Harford’s long, hard look at Britain’s broken economy ( www.theguardian.com )
The Financial Times columnist asks why younger generations are no longer expected to be wealthier than their forebears. Plus: House of the Dragon takes off. Here’s what to watch this evening...
Thames Water accused of ‘chicanery’ over £150m dividend payment | Thames Water ( www.theguardian.com )
South Carolina implements one of US’s most restrictive public school book bans ( www.theguardian.com )
China says farewell to two giant pandas traveling to San Diego zoo ( www.theguardian.com )
The loan was finalized in February after the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping, suggested sending pandas to the San Diego zoo as “envoys of friendship” between China and the US....
Byron Bay is to be stripped of its nudist beach – and naturists blame ‘conservative creep’ ( www.theguardian.com )
It’s a Tuesday morning, the infinite blue sky of Byron Bay has opened up and the six naturists – four men, two women – have stripped down to their birthday suits for a quick dip in the buff....
‘A death sentence for music’: the battle for America’s last Live Nation-free city ( www.theguardian.com )
From tiny coffee shops where folkies sway to acoustic guitars and mandolins, to thronging dark halls where bodies collide as metal bands and hip hop artists dominate the stage, live music can be heard seeping out of venues across Portland on almost any given night....
Trump loyalists plan to name and shame ‘blacklist’ of federal workers ( www.theguardian.com )
Armed with rhetoric about the “deep state”, a conservative-backed group is planning to publicly name and shame career government employees that they consider hostile to Donald Trump....
Toxic PFAS absorbed through skin at levels higher than previously thought ( www.theguardian.com )
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