iPhone Photo Rejected from Photo Contest for Suspected AI Use (www.theguardian.com)
Always love when self agrandized authorities act like idiots. Feels like the box wine wins wine competition article....
‘Hell on earth’: Phoenix’s extreme heatwave tests the limits of survival (www.theguardian.com)
Brazil apologises after three diplomats’ Black teenagers searched at gunpoint (www.theguardian.com)
Brazil’s ministry of foreign affairs has been forced to apologise to the embassies of Canada, Gabon and Burkina Faso after three diplomats’ teenage children – all of whom are Black – were searched at gunpoint by police officers....
Golden age for south-east Asian cinema as local films break box office records (www.theguardian.com)
On social media videos, audiences throw packs of tissues around the cinema halls. Tearful TikToks from across Thailand, the Philippines, Malaysia and Singapore show friends leaving the cinema weeping. Thailand’s latest hit film, How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies, has reduced audiences across south-east Asia to tears –...
Orbán to meet Putin in Moscow visit likely to anger EU (www.theguardian.com)
‘It’s nonsensical’: how Trump is making climate the latest culture war (www.theguardian.com)
Melbourne airport staff accused of smuggling drugs for organised crime cartels (www.theguardian.com)
Dozens of Melbourne Airport staff have been accused of working for organised criminals attempting to smuggle drugs into the state....
Voter turnout in France’s parliamentary election at near-40-year high (www.theguardian.com)
Newly identified tipping point for ice sheets could mean greater sea level rise (www.theguardian.com)
A newly identified tipping point for the loss of ice sheets in Antarctica and elsewhere could mean future sea level rise is significantly higher than current projections....
Russia-Ukraine war live: international court issues warrants for Russian officials over attacks on Ukrainian civilian targets (www.theguardian.com)
The international criminal court issued arrest warrants on Tuesday for Russia’s former defence minister and its military chief of staff for attacking civilian targets in Ukraine....
Russia-Ukraine war live: Volodymyr Zelenskiy orders purge of Ukraine state guard after alleged assassination plots (www.theguardian.com)
Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, told the new chief of Ukraine’s state guard service to clear its ranks of people discrediting it after two of its officers were accused of plotting to assassinate senior officials....
Eight-year-old pekingese Wild Thang wins World’s Ugliest Dog contest (www.theguardian.com)
The World’s Ugliest Dog annual contest may not render the most flattering title to its victor, but don’t tell that to Wild Thang....
Namibia high court overturns law banning consensual gay sex (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/17125300
Dutch lorry drivers could stop bringing goods to UK if post-Brexit delays not cut (www.theguardian.com)
Swiss lawmakers reject climate ruling in favour of female climate elders (www.theguardian.com)
Swiss lawmakers have rejected a landmark climate ruling from the European court of human rights, raising fears that other polluting countries may follow suit....
‘Unprecedented scale’ of violations against children in Gaza, West Bank and Israel, UN report says (www.theguardian.com)
World’s top banks ‘greenwashing their role in destruction of the Amazon’ (www.theguardian.com)
Five of the world’s biggest banks are “greenwashing” their role in the destruction of the Amazon, according to a report that indicates that their environmental and social guidelines fail to cover more than 70% of the rainforest....
Hungarians rally for former ally leading the charge against Viktor Orbán’s rule (www.theguardian.com)
Secretive court system has awarded over $100bn public money to corporations, finds new analysis (www.theguardian.com)
More than $100bn of public money has been awarded to private investors in investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) courts, according to the most comprehensive analysis yet....
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: Investigation reveals how intelligence agencies tried to derail war crimes prosecution, with Netanyahu ‘obsessed’ with intercepts
‘Time is our life’: Volodymyr Zelenskiy on balancing urgency with diplomacy in the war against Russia (www.theguardian.com)
The interview came at perhaps the toughest moment for Ukraine since the early days of the war. Zelenskiy insisted, however, that it was too early to write off the country, and that he remained positive despite all his frustrations. “I’m not in despair at all … I don’t feel like we are on a sinking ship which is going to...
No need for countries to issue new oil, gas or coal licences, study finds (www.theguardian.com)
Researchers say world has enough fossil fuel projects planned to meet demand forecasts to 2050 if net zero is reached...
Critics of Putin and his allies targeted with spyware inside the EU (www.theguardian.com)
At least seven journalists and activists who have been vocal critics of the Kremlin and its allies have been targeted inside the EU by a state using Pegasus, the hacking spyware made by Israel’s NSO Group, according to a new report by security researchers....
Only seven EU countries require parties to reveal identity of all private donors (www.theguardian.com)
Spain and France are among the most opaque when it comes to declaring who party funders are, analysis shows...
Spying, hacking and intimidation: Israel’s nine-year ‘war’ on the ICC exposed (www.theguardian.com)