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
Police to be able to run face recognition searches on 50m driving licence holders | Facial recognition | The Guardian (www.theguardian.com)
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/9812294
EU fingerprint checks for British travellers to start in 2024 (www.theguardian.com)
National Trust archaeologists find medieval ‘gift token’ in Norfolk (www.theguardian.com)
Three killed while repairing ancient wall at Unesco world heritage site in Tunisia (www.theguardian.com)
Israel-Gaza war live: Israeli hostages mistakenly killed by IDF in Gaza were holding makeshift white flag, official says (www.theguardian.com)
German prosecutors charge 27 over alleged far-right plot to topple government (www.theguardian.com)
The curious case of Captain Tom: how did the feelgood story of lockdown turn sour? (www.theguardian.com)
Long thought to be extinct in Kenya, giant pangolins are now being helped back from the brink (www.theguardian.com)
Paris mayor plans to triple SUV parking tariffs to cut air pollution (www.theguardian.com)
Archaeologists unearth ‘most shocking example of Roman slavery’ at Pompeii (www.theguardian.com)
Danish MPs vote to ban desecration of religious texts after Qur’an burnings (www.theguardian.com)
French parliament backs proposal to ban vapes (www.theguardian.com)
Sellafield nuclear site hacked by groups linked to Russia and China (www.theguardian.com)
But sources said breaches were first detected as far back as 2015, when experts realised sleeper malware – software that can lurk and be used to spy or attack systems – had been embedded in Sellafield’s computer networks....
Fears raised after Hong Kong journalist fails to return from China trip (www.theguardian.com)
US Air Force Osprey crash wreckage and remains of five crew found off Japan (www.theguardian.com)
‘I was told not to make eye contact with Tom Cruise’: meet the world’s most prolific film extra (www.theguardian.com)
As a new film spotlights her 60-year career, record-breaking film extra Jill Goldston discusses turning down Warren Beatty’s indecent proposal and hanging out with David Bowie
