Banks have given almost $7tn to fossil fuel firms since Paris deal, report reveals (www.theguardian.com)
Among world’s top 60 banks those in US are biggest fossil fuel financiers, while Barclays leads way in Europe...
Rise of drug-resistant superbugs could make Covid pandemic look ‘minor’, expert warns (www.theguardian.com)
Common infections will kill millions if drug resistance through misuse of antibiotics is not curbed, says England’s ex-chief medical officer...
Sleep does not help brain wash out toxins, study suggests (www.theguardian.com)
Finding that clearance of fluid in mice brains is lower in sleep and anaesthesia runs counter to dominant view in neuroscience...
Vatican Museums faces unprecedented legal dispute over job conditions (www.theguardian.com)
Petition by 49 employees could lead to Holy See being taken to court for ‘undermining dignity and health’...
UK universities report drop in international students amid visa doubts (www.theguardian.com)
Creative UK and Universities UK urge government to reject plans to abolish or restrict graduate visa route...
Texas man reclaims world’s oldest skydiver record at 106 years old (www.theguardian.com)
Alfred ‘Al’ Blaschke, who first broke the Guinness World Record for at 103 in 2020, reached an altitude of 9,000ft in November...
‘You say you are a musician, they beat you more’: the Ukrainian sax player who survived Putin’s torture prisons (www.theguardian.com)
Yuriy Merkotan played in a military band and, after being caught up in the Mariupol siege, spent nearly two years in various jails
China accused of targeting citizens studying abroad for political activism, with some students reporting harassment of family members back home (english.alarabiya.net)
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Egypt says it will join South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at ICJ (www.aljazeera.com)
Dozens killed in cold lava mudslides on Indonesian island of Sumatra (www.theguardian.com)
Heavy rains triggered flash floods and caused torrents of cold lava and mud to flow down a volcano’s slopes on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, killing at least 41 people and leaving more than a dozen others missing, officials have said. Monsoon rains and a major mudslide from a cold lava flow on Mount Marapi caused a river to...
Indonesia: Floods and cold lava from Marapi volcano kill 41 (www.bbc.com)
Heavy rains washed volcanic debris and pebbles down Mount Marapi in Indonesia....
