Black mothers twice as likely as white mothers to be hospitalised with perinatal mental illness (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine war briefing: Russian attacks kill three during Orthodox Easter (www.theguardian.com)
Bomb attacks in Congo kill at least 12 people including children (www.theguardian.com)
ICJ rejects request to order Germany to stop selling arms to Israel (www.theguardian.com)
The International court of justice has rejected a request by Nicaragua to issue Germany emergency orders to desist selling arms to Israel, by 15 votes to one....
Red Cross decides against suspending Russian branch despite links to Kremlin war machine (www.theguardian.com)
The International Red Cross movement has decided not to suspend membership of the Russian Red Cross (RRC), despite potential breaches of neutrality regulations brought to light by an investigation by a group of international media outlets, including the Guardian....
Morehouse students criticize Biden as commencement speaker: ‘A political pawn to get Black votes’ (www.theguardian.com)
Flashback: 11 years ago "US supreme court finalizes gift of immunity to the telecom giants" (www.theguardian.com)
Scottish first minister Humza Yousaf in peril as Greens say they will back no confidence motion (www.theguardian.com)
UAW secures historic union election win at Tennessee Volkswagen plant (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Georgia lawmaker runs secret election-conspiracy Telegram channel (www.theguardian.com)
Bridget Thorne, a Republican elected in Fulton county in 2022, has spread election fraud lies and accused county employees of crimes...
Palestinian boy who survived airstrike dies during food aid drop (www.theguardian.com)
How did a Spanish chef gain a hotline to the White House? (www.theguardian.com)
José Andrés is perhaps the most influential Spaniard in the world right now. After the Israeli drone strike that killed seven people who worked for his non-profit World Central Kitchen (WCK) in Gaza earlier this month, Andrés’s criticism of Israel has carried more weight and garnered more attention than any statement from a...
Mass use of guided bombs driving Russian advances, says Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Up to 500 ‘drop-and-forget’ bombs containing foreign components being fired every week, government analysis finds...
‘My cast and crew’s safety kept me up at night’: why a queer Ghanaian film may never be screened (www.theguardian.com)
Joewackle J Kusi was finishing his film Nyame Mma when an anti-LGBTQ+ bill was passed, bringing the threat of prosecution for those ‘promoting’ queer stories...
Which countries supply Israel with arms and why is Biden reluctant to stop? | Explainer (www.theguardian.com)
Canada, the Netherlands, Japan, Spain and Belgium have all announced they would stop shipping weapons to Israel. In Denmark, a court case is pending which could result in the government having to suspend the export of F-35 fighter jet parts to the US, be
Slovakia: pro-western diplomat contests Russia-friendly politician for presidency (www.theguardian.com)
Polls show Ivan Korčok and Peter Pellegrini, an ally of prime minister Robert Fico, neck-and-neck before Saturday’s runoff...
‘You have imprisoned our democracy’: inside Republicans’ domination of Tennessee (www.theguardian.com)
A year after the Covenant school shooting in Nashville – and a mass movement for gun control – Republicans have accelerated their attacks on democratic norms...
Top UN expert warns of deteriorating situation in Haiti: ‘It’s apocalyptic’ (www.theguardian.com)
The UN’s top expert on human rights in Haiti has warned the Caribbean country is rapidly moving towards becoming “like Somalia in the worst of its times” after a criminal uprising which has displaced tens of thousands of people and largely cut its capital city off from the world....
Indian government ordered killings in Pakistan, intelligence officials claim (www.theguardian.com)
‘Headaches, organ damage and even death’: how salty water is putting Bangladesh’s pregnant women at risk (www.theguardian.com)
As rising sea levels and extreme weather contaminate drinking water sources, doctors are seeing alarming numbers of women with serious health problems including pre-eclampsia
Remains of missing French toddler Emile Soleil found in French Alps (www.theguardian.com)
Bones were discovered near the hamlet of Le Vernet, close to where the little boy went missing in 2023...
‘Death at any moment’: fights break out as Gazans compete over airdropped aid (www.theguardian.com)
Bolivian Indigenous groups assert claim to treasure of ‘holy grail of shipwrecks’ (www.theguardian.com)
Descendants of enslaved miners who dug up gold, silver and emeralds worth billions call on Colombia to halt plan to lift cargo...
Israeli settlers call for UN agency’s closure in Jerusalem protest (www.theguardian.com)
State department official’s resignation highlights rifts over US Gaza policy (www.theguardian.com)
A human rights official has resigned from the US state department over Gaza saying the Biden administration is flouting US law by continuing to arm Israel, and is hushing up evidence that the US had seen on Israeli human rights abuses.