Baby in critical condition in Victoria after being delivered in ‘freebirth’ (www.theguardian.com)
Why do hardly any straight men write about sex and dating? | Imogen West-Knights (www.theguardian.com)
Men do think about matters of the heart, but writing about it publicly could be seen as undignified, says journalist Imogen West-Knights
US faces ‘tragic’ rise in syphilis cases with life-saving drug in short supply (www.theguardian.com)
Early medieval Welsh cemetery found containing crouching bodies (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli public figures accuse judiciary of ignoring incitement to genocide in Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
"For the first time that we can remember, the explicit calls to commit atrocious crimes, as stated, against millions of civilians have turned into a legitimate and regular part of Israeli discourse,” they write. “Today, calls of these types are an everyday matter in Israel.”...
‘Ramen noodles budget’: EU moves to end exploitation of unpaid internships (www.theguardian.com)
Taiwan considers joining international criminal court to deter potential China invasion (www.theguardian.com)
How social media's biggest user protest rocked Reddit (www.theguardian.com)
Year-end recap from The Guardian.
‘Amazing’: Queensland mum uses electric car to ‘save’ son’s life with dialysis during power outage (www.theguardian.com)
An electric vehicle owner has used her car’s emergency power system to run her 11-year-old son’s lifesaving dialysis machine and another has ridden to the rescue of his neighbours after devastating storms cut power in south-east Queensland....
China cracks down on negativity over economy in bid to boost confidence (www.theguardian.com)
Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes into force (www.theguardian.com)
Poland reports airspace incursion as Russia launches huge strike on Ukraine (www.theguardian.com)
Controversial Brazil law curbing Indigenous rights comes into force (www.theguardian.com)
China cracks down on negativity over economy in bid to boost confidence amid record high youth unemployment and struggling property sector (www.theguardian.com)
This month the Weibo account Weibo Finance, which has more than 1.5 million followers, issued an instruction against posting any comments “that bad-mouth the economy”. The post appears to have since been deleted. Bloomberg reported that several other finance influencers had been told by Weibo to “avoid crossing red...
Many hostages released by Hamas still being treated for trauma (www.theguardian.com)
Head of psychiatry at Tel Aviv medical centre says hostages have undergone worst abuse she has witnessed
‘I can’t sing any more’: The survivors of China’s prison camps in Xinjiang – in pictures (www.theguardian.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/10619587...
Iceland’s ‘bike whisperer’: the vigilante who finds stolen bicycles – and helps thieves change (www.theguardian.com)
Animal shelter in Pennsylvania empty for first time in 47 years (www.theguardian.com)
Just in time for Christmas, Adams county SPCA adopts out 598 animals and reunites 125 with their owners...
‘Why are they forgetting about us?’: Sudan watches allies turn from war to aid Ukraine and Gaza (www.theguardian.com)
‘Zombie deer disease’ epidemic spreads in Yellowstone as scientists raise fears it may jump to humans (www.theguardian.com)
Escaping Xi’s China by paddleboard: ‘I rushed into the water and thought if they catch me, they catch me’ (www.theguardian.com)
Many prehistoric handprints show a finger missing. What if this was not accidental? (www.theguardian.com)
Men and women might have had their fingers deliberately chopped off during religious rituals in prehistoric times, according to a new interpretation of palaeolithic cave art....
‘I’m very proud of him’: Sebastien Lai on Hong Kong, accountability and his father Jimmy’s trial (www.theguardian.com)
"There is that idea that we always thought China would liberalise economically, get freer and freer,” says Lai. “But I think Dad realised very early on, and he said in an interview, that wishful thinking doesn’t work. You’ve got to put the work in. And that’s what he did.”...
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.”
French city of Montpellier makes public transport free for all residents (www.theguardian.com)
Cross posted from: lemmy.nz/post/4701018
