Twitter traffic sinks in wake of changes and launch of rival platform Threads (www.theguardian.com)
Data shows the micro-blogging website has been shedding users since early 2023, not long after Elon Musk’s takeover
Alzheimer’s can pass between humans in rare medical accidents, suggests study (www.theguardian.com)
‘I don’t see how it ends’: expert sounds alarm on new wave of US opioids crisis (www.theguardian.com)
Russia-Ukraine war: attacks on Russian enlistment offices signal dissatisfaction with war, says UK (www.theguardian.com)
Hunter-gatherers were mostly gatherers, says archaeologist (www.theguardian.com)
EU fossil fuel CO2 emissions hit 60-year low (www.theguardian.com)
Arctic zombie viruses in Siberia could spark terrifying new pandemic, scientists warn (www.theguardian.com)
How much should I care about news? (www.theguardian.com)
I read this article recently and I was just thinking about my news consumption and how much I want to be affected by it....
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’...
The online hate campaign turning Indonesians against Rohingya refugees (www.theguardian.com)
EU silver filling ban could lead to dental care crisis in Northern Ireland, says BDA (www.theguardian.com)
Italian province orders all dogs to be DNA tested in poo crackdown (www.theguardian.com)
Palestinian state only way to lasting peace for Israeli people, US says (www.theguardian.com)
Remains of ‘lost’ bronze age tomb discovered in County Kerry in Ireland (www.theguardian.com)
The remnants of a bronze age tomb once thought to have been destroyed and lost to history have been discovered in County Kerry on the Atlantic coast of Ireland....
‘It’s difficult to survive’: China’s LGBTQ+ advocates face jail and forced confession (www.theguardian.com)
In recent years, China’s LGBTQ+ community has been swept up in the Chinese Communist party’s broader crackdown on civil society and freedom of expression. In May 2023, a well known LGBTQ+ advocacy group in Beijing announced it was closing due to “unavoidable” circumstances. Last February, two university students filed a...
Oxford becomes UK's electric bus capital as 159 vehicles join fleet (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: feddit.uk/post/6709894...
Taiwan election, China urges US, UK and Japan not to interfere in ‘China’s internal affairs’ after they congratulate Lai Ching-te for election win as Beijing hoped to see Taiwan’s ruling party ousted (www.theguardian.com)
Cross-posted from: beehaw.org/post/11038232...
Cholera cases soar globally amid shortage of vaccines (www.theguardian.com)
Cape Verde becomes fourth African country to eliminate malaria (www.theguardian.com)
Majority of debtors to US hospitals now people with health insurance (www.theguardian.com)
Israeli prime minister says “no intention of permanently occupying Gaza” – as it happened (www.theguardian.com)
Afghan girls as young as 16 arrested in shops, classes and markets in Kabul by the Taliban, who labelled them ‘infidels’ for wearing ‘bad hijab’ (www.theguardian.com)
The girls – who were detained in shopping centres, classes and street markets – were accused of “spreading and encouraging others to wear a bad hijab” and wearing makeup....
Ministers prioritised driving in England partly due to conspiracy theories (www.theguardian.com)
Predictably, it’s the 15-minute-city conspiracy crap.
Armed gang storms Ecuador TV station as state of ‘internal armed conflict’ declared (www.theguardian.com)
