‘Stealing with both hands’: veteran reporter Joe Conason details the right wing’s graft ( www.theguardian.com )
Ex-president of Brazil Jair Bolsonaro could face money-laundering charges ( www.theguardian.com )
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...
Kyiv children’s hospital hit as Russian missile attack kills at least 29 in Ukraine ( www.theguardian.com )
An unknown number of people have been trapped under rubble after Ukraine’s largest children’s hospital was hit during a daylight Russian missile barrage that the authorities said had killed at least 29 people across the country....
Tennessee elections chief accused of intimidation for telling 14,375 voters to prove citizenship ( www.theguardian.com )
Republican secretary of state sends vaguely worded letter to voters weeks before primary...
China a ‘decisive enabler’ of Russia’s war in Ukraine, says Nato in stern rebuke ( www.theguardian.com )
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...
‘Everyone was paddling to get away’: seals with rabies alarm South Africa’s surfers ( www.theguardian.com )
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Israeli weapons packed with shrapnel causing devastating injuries to children in Gaza, doctors say ( www.theguardian.com )
‘Hard to argue against’: mandatory speed limiters come to the EU and NI ( www.theguardian.com )
All new cars must have the devices from 7 July, adding fuel economy as well as safety. Will mpg become the new mph?...
The amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found. ( www.theguardian.com )
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US justice department says it disrupted Russian social media influence operation ( www.theguardian.com )
The amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found. ( www.theguardian.com )
Singapore has approved 16 insects to eat as food: here’s everything you need to know ( www.theguardian.com )
US heatwave tied to four Oregon deaths as temperature records are shattered ( www.theguardian.com )
More than 146 million Americans under extreme heat alerts as dangerous weather fuels outbreak of new wildfires...
Scientists design spacesuit that can turn urine into drinking water ( www.theguardian.com )
Temperatures 1.5C above pre-industrial era average for 12 months, data shows ( www.theguardian.com )
Internal memo reveals Anti-Defamation League surveillance of leftwing activist ( www.theguardian.com )
The Anti-Defamation League has surveilled leftwing activists and “regularly tracks, profiles and sends threat assessments of individuals” it perceives as a problem, according to an internal email obtained by the Guardian....
Spanish tourist trampled to death by elephants in South Africa ( www.theguardian.com )
A Spanish tourist has been trampled to death by elephants in a South African national park after apparently trying to take pictures of a breeding herd that included three calves....
Chinese developers scramble as OpenAI blocks access in China ( www.theguardian.com )
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’...
‘We sell it in secret, like drugs’: Brazil’s appetite for shark meat puts species under threat ( www.theguardian.com )
Georgia accused of stopping defense lawyers visiting ‘Cop City’ protest site ( www.theguardian.com )
App that tracked fuel tankers in China used to transport cooking oil is disabled ( www.theguardian.com )
App reportedly received a surge in queries this week after newspaper exposed food safety scandal...
Internal memo reveals Anti-Defamation League surveillance of leftwing activist ( www.theguardian.com )
The Anti-Defamation League has surveilled leftwing activists and “regularly tracks, profiles and sends threat assessments of individuals” it perceives as a problem, according to an internal email obtained by the Guardian. The memo shows the ADL collected information on a Black Indianapolis activist, Tatjana Rebelle, who...