Iceland’s ‘bike whisperer’: the vigilante who finds stolen bicycles – and helps thieves change (www.theguardian.com)
Many prehistoric handprints show a finger missing. What if this was not accidental? (www.theguardian.com)
scientists led by archaeologist Prof Mark Collard of Simon Fraser University in Vancouver say the truth may be far more gruesome. “There is compelling evidence that these people may have had their fingers amputated deliberately in rituals intended to elicit help from supernatural entities,” said Collard.
Britain to send patrol ship to Guyana amid Venezuela border dispute (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: how US residents are funding illegal settlements in the West Bank (www.theguardian.com)
How inflation stole Christmas across Europe (www.theguardian.com)
Wind turbines generate more than half of UK’s electricity due to Storm Pia (www.theguardian.com)
‘Busiest Christmas I have seen’: families turn to food banks in Australia’s cost-of-living crisis (www.theguardian.com)
British teenager behind GTA 6 hack receives indefinite hospital order (www.theguardian.com)
French city of Montpellier makes public transport free for all residents (www.theguardian.com)
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The curious case of Epic Games: how the developer beat Google but not Apple (www.theguardian.com)
Award ceremony suspended after writer compares Gaza to Nazi-era Jewish ghettos (www.theguardian.com)
A German foundation has said it will no longer be awarding a prize for political thinking to a leading Russian-American journalist after criticizing as “unacceptable” a recent essay by the writer in which they made a comparison between Gaza and a Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe.
‘The sprites clearly do not look like actual lemmings’: the inside story of an iconic video game (www.theguardian.com)
Paris mayor plans to triple SUV parking tariffs to cut air pollution (www.theguardian.com)
‘Substantial volume’ of clothing tied to Uyghur forced labour entering EU, says study (www.theguardian.com)
Muslim leaders in swing states pledge to ‘abandon’ Biden over his refusal to call for ceasefire [Dec 03 2023 | Edward Helmore | The Guardian] (www.theguardian.com)
“We are not powerless as American Muslims. We are powerful. We don’t only have the money, but we have the actual votes. And we will use that vote to save this nation from itself,” Hussein said. “Families and children are being wiped out with our tax dollars,” he added. “What we are witnessing today is the tragedy...
Police in Spain and Italy seize 5,000 litres of adulterated olive oil in raids (www.theguardian.com)
World’s biggest experimental nuclear fusion reactor launched in Japan (www.theguardian.com)
Joint project with EU involves more than 500 scientists and engineers and more than 70 companies...
Boy held by Hamas ‘forced to watch videos of 7 October attacks’ (www.theguardian.com)
“Every time a child cried, they would threaten him with a weapon to shut him up.”...
All 41 Indian labourers rescued from collapsed tunnel (www.theguardian.com)
Revealed: Saudi Arabia’s grand plan to ‘hook’ poor countries on oil (www.theguardian.com)
Paris mayor quits X, calling social media site a ‘gigantic global sewer’ (www.theguardian.com)
Anne Hidalgo, whose opponents have used the platform to criticise her, citied disinformation and antisemitism as reasons for leaving...