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“Deny, denounce, delay”: The battle over the risk of ultra-processed foods (arstechnica.com)
Big Food is trying to dampen fears about the effects of industrially formulated substances....
‘Exterminate the beasts’: How Israeli settlers took revenge for a murder in the West Bank (www.bbc.com)
Israeli settlers went on a violent rampage last month, inciting and co-ordinating attacks on WhatsApp....
USA | House Democrats Reject Mike Johnson’s Invite for Netanyahu to Address Congress (truthout.org)
Despite voting to send Netanyahu’s government billions as it commits war crimes, mainstream Dems criticized the invite....
Rates of melanoma skin cancer hit all-time high in UK, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Cancer Research UK notes particular rise in diagnoses among older people and says majority of cases are preventable...
Family infected with parasitic worms in US after eating bear meat, CDC says (www.theguardian.com)
Six people who ate a meal in South Dakota in 2022 with black bear meat diagnosed with trichinellosis, a parasitic zoonotic disease...
Israeli airstrike kills 35 in Rafah after Hamas launches rockets at Tel Aviv (www.theguardian.com)
IDF says strike on tents housing displaced people hit Hamas installation after militants launch first salvo at Israel in months...
Idaho drag performer awarded $1.1m in defamation case against far-right blogger (www.theguardian.com)
A blogger falsely claimed Eric Posey exposed himself to a crowd, including children
Israel/OPT: Israeli air strikes that killed 44 civilians further evidence of war crimes – new investigation (www.amnesty.org)
The International Criminal Court should investigate as war crimes three Israeli air strikes that killed 44 Palestinian civilians, including 32 children, in the occupied Gaza Strip last month, Amnesty International said today. The strikes – one on al-Maghazi on 16 April, and two on Rafah on 19 and 20 April 2024 – also injured...
India elections: PM Narendra Modi claims he has been chosen by God (www.theguardian.com)
Indian leader tells interviewer God ‘just keeps making me do things’ but that he ‘cannot dial him directly’...
Papua New Guinea disaster agency tells UN 2,000 people are buried after landslide (www.theguardian.com)
Unstable terrain, remote locations and damaged roads have been hampering relief efforts in the aftermath of the landslide, the UN said...
[Opinion] Biden Continues to Provide Israel Billions for War Crimes (truthout.org)
Biden’s administration is violating US law by continuing to send military aid to Israel despite its war crimes in Gaza....
‘They’re out of control’: flock of 100 feral chickens torments village (www.theguardian.com)
Residents of Snettisham, Norfolk, say birds are destroying their gardens, while food left out for them is attracting rats
Louisiana Is Poised to Enact Its Own “Don’t Say Gay” Law (truthout.org)
The bill is the second in the span of a week to attack the rights of LGBTQ+ Louisianans, following a trans bathroom ban....
French town reels from scandal involving mayor and fortune teller (www.bbc.com)
The mayor and fortune teller are both being kept in prison under judicial investigation....
UK | Family of man who died after being deported blame Home Office delays (www.theguardian.com)
Appeal allowed Sudharsan Ithayachandran to return to UK to be with his family, but he died in Sri Lanka while awaiting visa...
More than 300m children victims of online sexual abuse every year (www.theguardian.com)
First global study of its kind exposes ‘staggering scale’ of crime, with one in nine men in the US admitting to the offence...
Colombia begins exploring 'holy grail of shipwrecks' (www.bbc.com)
Exploration of a 300-year-old wreck in the Caribbean Sea with an estimate £16bn trove starts....
Palestinian Prime Minister in Brussels for more support from EU (www.euronews.com)
Palestinian prime minister Mohammad Mustafa says the Palestinian Authority is making reforms to govern Gaza after the war....
Lithuania President Nausėda wins landslide re-election in vote shaped by Russia fears (www.theguardian.com)
Incumbent, who beat challenge from prime minister Ingrida Šimonytė, says Lithuania’s independence a ‘fragile vessel that we must cherish’...
US, European nations consider vaccinating workers exposed to bird flu (www.reuters.com)
The United States and Europe are taking steps to acquire or manufacture H5N1 bird flu vaccines that could be used to protect at-risk poultry and dairy workers, veterinarians and lab technicians, government officials said, moves influenza experts say could curb the threat of a pandemic....
Volkswagen: Address Uyghur Forced Labor (www.hrw.org)
Volkswagen should inform shareholders at its May 29, 2024 annual general meeting how the company plans to eliminate Uyghur forced labor in its operations and supply chains....
EU watchdog rules airport biometrics must be passenger-controlled to comply with GDPR | Biometric Update (www.biometricupdate.com)
Facial recognition use for airport passenger processing only complies with GDPR if passengers have control over their biometrics, the EDPB has ruled....
Belarus: Crackdown on Human Rights Lawyers (www.hrw.org)
Belarusian authorities have unrolled systematic and widespread repression targeting lawyers who represent clients in politically motivated cases or who shed light on rights abuses, Human Rights Watch, the Belarusian Association of Human Rights Lawyers, and the Right to Defence Project said in a report released today....
Controversy as UK Conservatives plan to bring back national service (www.euronews.com)
Prime minister Rishi Sunak has announced plans to reintroduce mandatory national service for 18-year-olds, offering military placements or community service....