Body of last missing worker killed in Baltimore bridge collapse recovered (www.theguardian.com)
Officials made announcement Tuesday, as demolition crews prepared to use explosives in continued cleanup effort...
Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes has prison sentence reduced again (www.theguardian.com)
Disgraced biotech company founder is now due to be released in August 2032, two years and four months before original date
Israeli offensive on Rafah would break international law, UK minister says (www.theguardian.com)
Andrew Mitchell says military action on city will not eradicate Hamas and priority is to secure a permanent ceasefire...
Joe Biden’s ‘red line’ is an invasion of Rafah. So what happens if Israel attacks? (www.theguardian.com)
It’s a moment of truth for Biden’s policy on Israel and the Palestinians – and at the least will make continued prevarication harder to disguise...
Georgia claims police not using Signal to message about ‘Cop City’, despite evidence to contrary (www.theguardian.com)
Defense attorney in conspiracy case cites Guardian reporting in seeking police messages on activists opposed to training center
Abortion restrictions tied to higher rates of intimate partner homicide, says study (www.theguardian.com)
For each of the five studied abortion restrictions, risk of intimate partner homicide increased by 3.4% in new study...
Boy Scouts of America changes name after bankruptcy and sexual abuse claims (www.theguardian.com)
Organization will become Scouting America after decades of turmoil and flagging membership numbers...
Zelenskiy assassination plot foiled by security service, says Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Two Ukrainian colonels allegedly recruited by FSB to kill president as inauguration ‘gift’ for Vladimir Putin...
Erneuerbare decken erstmals mehr als 30% des globalen Strombedarfs (www.theguardian.com) German
Das sind mal gute Nachrichten für die Energiewende. Auch wenn ich mir wünschen würde, dass wir viel weiter wären....
Why have student protests against Israel’s war in Gaza gone global? (www.theguardian.com)
Ceasefire and divestment calls have spread beyond US campuses, with more expected as Rafah offensive begins...
Rudy Giuliani struggles to find an accountant: ‘nobody seems interested’ (www.theguardian.com)
Lawyers for former Trump attorney attempt to explain failure to meet accounting obligations in bankruptcy case
Boeing cargo plane forced to land at Istanbul without front landing gear (www.theguardian.com)
Australia’s health watchdog warns patients are being overprescribed psychotropic medication (www.theguardian.com)
Health watchdog warns Australians are being overprescribed psychotropic medicine...
British woman admits role in global monkey torture network (www.theguardian.com)
Holly LeGresley, 37, whose username was ‘The Immolator’, uploaded images and videos to online group...
Israeli forces say they have control of Gaza side of Rafah crossing (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli military forces have taken control of the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing between Gaza and Egypt, Israeli officials have said, in the first stage of what appears to be a wider offensive targeting Hamas in the southernmost parts of Gaza....
‘Countries are now forced to confront it’: Rise in Chinese espionage arrests alarms Europe (www.theguardian.com)
Experts say the recent increase in arrests and investigations reflects a changing mood in Europe towards Chinese threats....
Northern Ireland police spied on investigative journalists, tribunal told (www.theguardian.com)
Secretive hearing learns of ‘defensive operation’ carried out by PSNI in attempt to identify sources
Biden is on board with the lie, equating campus protests with anti-Semitism (www.theguardian.com)
Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’ took money and personal data from people in Europe and the US through a vast web of fake shops touting designer brands, data suggests (www.theguardian.com)
A trove of data examined by experts indicates the operation is highly organised, technically savvy – and ongoing....
Boeing cargo plane forced to land at Istanbul without front landing gear (www.theguardian.com)
Incident involving Boeing 767 jet operated by FedEx comes amid intense scrutiny of troubled planemaker
An arctic fox used sea ice to travel 3,500km from Norway to Canada. The epic 76 day journey was the fastest movement rate for a fox ever recorded: 46.3km per day. (www.theguardian.com)
Arctic foxes are incredibly hardy animals that can survive brutal freezing temperatures as low as -50C (-58F). The animals have furry-soled paws, short ears and a short muzzle to help them manage cold climates....
Venezuela loses its last glacier as it shrinks down to an ice field (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/15159065...
Jack Dorsey quits Bluesky board and urges users to stay on Elon Musk’s X (www.theguardian.com)
The Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has left the board of Bluesky, the decentralised social network he helped start, and encouraged users to remain on his first site, now owned by Elon Musk and called X....
[Boeing accident news] Boeing cargo plane forced to land at Istanbul without front landing gear (www.theguardian.com)
European People’s Party to which Ursula von der Leyen belongs declines to sign letter condemning far right political violence (www.theguardian.com)
The open letter calls on Von der Leyen to “reject any normalisation, cooperation or alliance with the far right and radical parties” and denounces a physical assault on German centre-left politician Matthias Ecke. Ecke was “seriously injured” after allegedly being attacked by four young men while putting up campaign...