Schools in England send police to homes of absent pupils with threats to jail their parents (www.theguardian.com)
‘Heavy-handed’ crackdown ignores underlying reasons for failure to attend classes, say critics...
German star at Cannes condemns ‘madness’ of protective culture for UK child actors (www.theguardian.com)
Cast member of Palme d’Or contender shot in Kent says the high number of chaperones and intimacy coordinators on set was over the top...
Eye-tattooing: experts warn about risks of colour-changing surgery (www.theguardian.com)
Concerns raised as influencers promote pigment-injection procedure as latest cosmetic trend...
Chinese social media companies remove posts ‘showing off wealth and worshipping money’ while the gap between the country's rich and poor widens (www.theguardian.com)
Targeting posts boasting of personal wealth appears to be part of campaign to ‘purify the internet cultural environment’....
Master of litters: cat named Max given honorary degree by US university (www.theguardian.com)
Vermont State University confers doctorate in ‘litter-ature’ upon tabby for being keen hunter of mice and beloved figure on campus
‘Sexual predator’ teacher found guilty of grooming schoolboys (www.theguardian.com)
Rebecca Joynes, 30, convicted of engaging in sexual activity with minors while in a position of trust
Economic damage from climate change six times worse than thought – report (www.theguardian.com)
A 1C increase in global temperature leads to a 12% decline in world gross domestic product, researchers have found...
Patients in England want right to see GPs with 24 hours enshrined in NHS (www.theguardian.com)
Royal College of GPs says constitution guarantee would just pile on pressure given loss of 1,000 practices in past 10 years...
Ron DeSantis signs bill scrubbing ‘climate change’ from Florida state laws (www.theguardian.com)
State, which just had its hottest year since 1895, will ban offshore wind power, boost natural gas and reduce gas pipeline rules...
Tiny US fire department using 1980s gear surprised by $500,000 donation (www.theguardian.com)
A 91-year-old man made the donation to a struggling rural station in Missouri: ‘It’s important to have a good fire department’
Like a ‘civil war’: Nouméa residents describe terror as deadly riots sweep New Caledonia capital (www.theguardian.com)
Some locals say they have been too scared to leave their homes as protests over changes to the voting law grew into deadly riots...
‘No water, food, health care, toilet’: Desperation deepens in Gaza’s camps (www.theguardian.com)
Hundreds of new shelters set up near Khan Younis as Palestinians flee fighting in Rafah...
‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services (www.theguardian.com)
Ship in Baltimore bridge collapse lost power hours before leaving port - report (www.theguardian.com)
Cargo ship experienced electrical outage 10 hours before departing then lost power again before collision, preliminary report says...
‘My whole library is wiped out’: what it means to own movies and TV in the age of streaming services (www.theguardian.com)
*What rights do you have to the digital movies, TV shows and music you buy online? That question was on the minds of Telstra TV Box Office customers this month after the company announced it would shut down the service in June. Customers were told that unless they moved over to another service, Fetch, they would no longer be...
Harvard’s Gaza encampment ends after administration agrees to meet (www.theguardian.com)
After nearly three weeks, students dismantle tents amid demands including disclosure of school’s financial ties to Israel...
Trump pledges to scrap offshore wind projects on ‘day one’ of presidency (www.theguardian.com)
The Republican frontrunner has vowed to put an end to ‘horrible’ wind turbines, pledging to undo yet another key US green policy...
UK police could get Ghostbusters-style backpack devices to halt ebike getaways (www.theguardian.com)
Device in development fires electromagnetic pulse that tricks ebikes and scooters into shutting off
Rise of drug-resistant superbugs could make Covid pandemic look ‘minor’, expert warns (www.theguardian.com)
Common infections will kill millions if drug resistance through misuse of antibiotics is not curbed, says England’s ex-chief medical officer...
Sleep does not help brain wash out toxins, study suggests (www.theguardian.com)
Finding that clearance of fluid in mice brains is lower in sleep and anaesthesia runs counter to dominant view in neuroscience...
Georgia police accused of beating protesters against ‘foreign influence’ bill (www.theguardian.com)
Unrest came as demonstrator who was attacked near his home says government is trying to intimidate critics...
How ‘Zionist’ became a slur on the US left (www.theguardian.com)
For many Jews, Zionism signifies a connection to Israel. But a large number of student protesters see the violence in Gaza as a logical conclusion of the late 19th century ideology...
Lack of bird flu testing may be hiding true spread of virus on US farms (www.theguardian.com)
H5N1 has been found in commercially available milk – but gaps in testing of cattle and humans are hampering effort to stop virus...
Google Cloud accidentally deletes UniSuper’s online account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’ (www.theguardian.com)
More than half a million UniSuper fund members went a week with no access to their superannuation accounts after a “one-of-a-kind” Google Cloud “misconfiguration” led to the financial services provider’s private cloud account being deleted, Google and UniSuper have revealed.
Katie Britt proposes federal database to collect data on pregnant people (www.theguardian.com)
Republican US senator from Alabama best known for delivering widely ridiculed State of the Union speech in March...
