Armed gang storms Ecuador TV station as state of ‘internal armed conflict’ declared (www.theguardian.com)
China cracks down on negativity over economy in bid to boost confidence (www.theguardian.com)
The plight of Gaza’s ‘WCNSFs’ – wounded child, no surviving family: A chilling acronym used by aid workers reflects the reality of a conflict in which 40% of casualties are believed to be minors (www.theguardian.com)
"We had a 14-year-old girl just walk out of some war zone of Gaza City, stunned, mute, bloodied, and she absolutely had no one,” says James Elder, Unicef’s chief spokesperson, who spent weeks in Gaza under bombardment. “How many other children are like that right now? We simply don’t know.”
Long thought to be extinct in Kenya, giant pangolins are now being helped back from the brink (www.theguardian.com)
Archaeologists unearth ‘most shocking example of Roman slavery’ at Pompeii (www.theguardian.com)
Victims of French serial killer face last chance for justice as accomplice of ‘Ogre’ goes on trial (www.theguardian.com)
Greek PM bemoans lack of progress on return of Parthenon marbles (www.theguardian.com)
Russia wages electronic warfare ‘using UK-made tech’, Ukraine dossier claims (www.theguardian.com)
‘Alive with rats’: north Queensland town of Karumba overrun by plague of swimming rodents (www.theguardian.com)
Albania opposition starts fire in parliament during anti-government protest (www.theguardian.com)
What do we know about forced labour in Xinjiang? (www.theguardian.com)
EU poised to water down new car pollution rules after industry lobbying (www.theguardian.com)
UK Government Drawing Up Proposals To Criminalise Dissent (www.theguardian.com)
I don’t know if this is 100% strictly privacy related but I think it does fall in the sphere of protecting one’s right to express oneself privately....
French police detain Russian tycoon over alleged financial and sanctions violations (www.theguardian.com)
Cold war satellite images reveal hundreds of unknown Roman forts (www.theguardian.com)
‘People are happier in a walkable neighborhood’: the US community that banned cars (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/6669422...
Escape from the rabbit hole: the conspiracy theorist who abandoned his dangerous beliefs (www.theguardian.com)
Canada’s first First Nations provincial premier elected in Manitoba (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmit.online/post/1016220...
‘Gobsmackingly bananas’: scientists stunned by planet’s record September heat (www.theguardian.com)
European governments shrinking railways in favour of road-building, report finds (www.theguardian.com)
There’s a bit of good news in here:...
Meat and masculinity have been bound together for centuries – and that’s no accident (www.theguardian.com)
Framing men as the ‘villains’ in relationships also frames them as unable to change (www.theguardian.com)
Though I don’t think this terminology is used, this article is primarily about heteropessimism and it’s effects on relationships from both sides.
Facial recognition used after Sunglass Hut robbery led to man’s wrongful jailing, says suit (www.theguardian.com)
Engraving on 2,000-year-old knife thought to be oldest runes in Denmark (www.theguardian.com)
Inscription on knife discovered by archaeologist in grave on island of Funen spells hirila, which means ‘little sword’...