Night owls’ cognitive function ‘superior’ to early risers, study suggests ( www.theguardian.com )
Spain sentences 15 schoolchildren over AI-generated naked images ( www.theguardian.com )
Teenagers each given a year’s probation after creating and spreading faked images of female classmates in south-west Spain...
Starmer ‘shocked’ about prisons crisis as early release scheme prepared | Prisons and probation | The Guardian ( www.theguardian.com )
Billionaire Sung Kook ‘Bill’ Hwang convicted of fraud by New York jury ( www.theguardian.com )
Archegos Capital Management’s founder guilty of 10 of 11 criminal counts over investment firm that collapsed in 2021...
New Zealand’s sea temperatures hit record highs, outstripping global averages ( www.theguardian.com )
I hope the billionaire bunkers down there have good aircon /s
Thames Water fails to complete 108 upgrades to ageing sewage works ( www.theguardian.com )
Thames Water has failed to complete more than 100 upgrades to ageing sewage treatment works to meet legal pollution limits, the Guardian can reveal....
China a ‘decisive enabler’ of Russia’s war in Ukraine, says Nato in stern rebuke ( www.theguardian.com )
TV tonight: learn about the art of Swedish death cleaning ( www.theguardian.com )
A surprisingly cheerful documentary series on preparing for death. Plus: toe-curling drama Douglas Is Cancelled. Here’s what to watch this evening...
Artificial light on coastlines lures small fish to their doom, coral reef study finds ( www.theguardian.com )
‘All threats to the sea come from humans’: how lawyers are gearing up to fight for the oceans ( www.theguardian.com )
Why are the US and IMF imposing draconian austerity measures on Kenya? ( www.theguardian.com )
For US democracy to survive, it needs progressives like Sanders and AOC ( www.theguardian.com )
Widow of Isis leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi given death sentence by Iraqi court ( www.theguardian.com )
Palestinians told to leave Gaza City as Israel steps up offensive ( www.theguardian.com )
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....
Republican ghoul who brought a snowball to Congress as proof against climate change is dead ( www.theguardian.com )
James Inhofe, former Republican senator who called climate change a ‘hoax’, dies aged 89...
First F-16 jets heading to Ukraine after months of training and negotiations ( www.theguardian.com )
Dutch and Danish leaders say Ukraine will be ‘flying operational F-16s this summer’ as Kyiv seeks battlefield wins...
Japan introduces enormous humanoid robot to maintain train lines ( www.theguardian.com )
Rio’s ‘narco-pentecostal’ gangs accused of ordering Catholic churches to close ( www.theguardian.com )
US Gaza aid pier to be permanently dismantled after operating for just 20 days – reports ( www.theguardian.com )
US Gaza aid pier to be permanently dismantled after operating for just 20 days – reports ( www.theguardian.com )
We’re all feeling sequel fatigue – but Hollywood’s giving us Shrek 5 ( www.theguardian.com )
Streaming has meant it has never been easier for Hollywood to measure the power of nostalgia. They watch what we’re watching and rewatching and it means they bring back, to varying degrees of success: The Matrix, Scream, Top Gun, Indiana Jones, Mad Max, Hocus Pocus, Legally Blonde, Ghostbusters, Home Alone, Blade Runner, Kung...
Man in China caught smuggling 100 live snakes in his trousers ( www.theguardian.com )
A man has been caught trying to smuggle more than 100 live snakes into mainland China by cramming them into his trousers, according to the country’s customs authority....
Japan adds ‘most severe’ category to its heatstroke index amid deadly summer ( www.theguardian.com )
Hospitals are stretched to their limits during unseasonably early heatwave, as medical authorities liken public health risk to a ‘natural disaster’...
Urban heat island effect making temperatures 8F hotter in 65 US cities – study ( www.theguardian.com )
Nearly 34 million people in those cities, or 15% of the US population, experiencing temperatures higher than in surrounding areas...
