Ann Wilson, frontwoman of Heart, diagnosed with cancer ( www.theguardian.com )
Ann Wilson, the lead singer of rock band Heart, has announced that she has been diagnosed with cancer....
‘We’re in 1938 now’. | The dominos are in place. Putin must be defeated now to prevent a very real third world war. ( www.theguardian.com )
Germany’s first African-born MP to stand down after racist abuse ( www.theguardian.com )
Diaby, of the Social Democrats (SPD), entered parliament alongside Charles M Huber, who sat for the Christian Democrats for just one parliamentary term. They were the first black members of the Bundestag and their entry was hailed as groundbreaking and historic by equal rights campaigners....
California school board president who led conservative culture war loses recall vote ( www.theguardian.com )
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 )
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....
South Carolina implements one of US’s most restrictive public school book bans ( 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....
Race to unseat New York progressive ‘most expensive House primary ever’ ( www.theguardian.com )
The primary for New York’s 16th congressional district, which takes place on Tuesday, has drawn record-breaking spending, with the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (Aipac) and a crypto-currency Super Pac behind the lion’s share of the funding....
Stonehenge sprayed with orange powder paint by Just Stop Oil activists ( www.theguardian.com )
If you ever wanted to read about fake druids vs. environmental activists, now's your chance.
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 )
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...
‘Crime is out of hand’: how young people turned to far right in east German city ( www.theguardian.com )
Germans under 25 gave the AfD 16% of their vote in the European elections, with particular support in the east...
Millions face record-high temperatures as heat dome intensifies over US ( www.theguardian.com )
Cities in midwest and north-east brace for heatwave with some to experience highs of 105F – 25 degrees above normal...
Colorado oil and gas wells can’t fund their own cleanup. Taxpayers may foot the bill | A Carbon Tracker report shows the cost to safely shut down low-producing wells is $3bn more than what they earn ( www.theguardian.com )
cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/10954294
Britain will not rejoin EU in my lifetime, says Starmer ( www.theguardian.com )
Supreme court declines to take up case alleging voter discrimination in Georgia: Public service commission, which regulates & sets rates for utilities, accused of disenfranchising Black voters ( www.theguardian.com )
The commission has five members, each elected to represent one of five districts in Georgia. But elections for each seat are decided in a statewide vote; though the commissioners must live in the district they represent, a voter in Savannah or Augusta has as much say over the commissioner representing Atlanta as a voter who...
Barcelona to ban apartment rentals to tourists in bid to cut housing costs ( www.theguardian.com )
Labour would comply with ICC arrest order for Netanyahu, Lammy reiterates ( www.theguardian.com )
David Lammy has reiterated that Labour would seek to implement an arrest warrant against Benjamin Netanyahu if one was issued by the international criminal court....
Toxic PFAS absorbed through skin at levels higher than previously thought ( www.theguardian.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/17080384
Israeli court rules ultra-Orthodox men must be drafted for military service ( www.theguardian.com )
Post-Brexit ‘mess’ as Italian driver’s lorry held for 55 hours at UK border post ( www.theguardian.com )
An Italian lorry driver has described the UK’s new post-Brexit controls as a “mess” after his lorry was held at a government-run border post for more than two days....
South Korea thinktank suggests girls start school earlier to raise birthrate ( www.theguardian.com )
Critics label as ‘absurd’ idea from government-backed thinktank as country seeks to address population decline...
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....
