‘Duty to report’ child abuse laws will not apply to doctors, teachers or nurses (www.theguardian.com)
Survivors of abuse express outrage as long-awaited legislation falls far below recommendations of independent inquiry...
Man linked to viral dress pleads guilty to endangering wife’s life (www.theguardian.com)
Keir Johnston, 38, admits strangling Grace Johnston outside Scottish home on Isle of Colonsay
Two Just Stop Oil protesters attack Magna Carta’s glass case (www.theguardian.com)
Group says two women in their 80s took hammer and chisel to protective glass at British Library...
Jailed Indian opposition leader granted bail to take part in election campaign (www.theguardian.com)
Supreme court judges order Arvind Kejriwal’s release until 1 June and question timing of his arrest on corruption charges...
Michigan woman found living inside rooftop store sign with desk and coffee maker (www.theguardian.com)
The woman told police she had been living inside the grocery store sign for roughly a year, and had been able to get electricity
Record-breaking increase in CO2 levels in world’s atmosphere (www.theguardian.com)
Experts issue warning after finding global average concentration in March was 4.7ppm higher than same period last year...
David Cameron says UK will not withhold arms sales to Israel (www.theguardian.com)
Foreign secretary says British weapons position different to US, but UK does not support Rafah invasion without civilian protection plan...
Chinese network behind one of world’s ‘largest online scams’: Vast web of fake shops touting designer brands took money and personal details from 800,000 people in Europe and US, data suggests (www.theguardian.com)
A trove of data examined by experts indicates the operation is highly organised, technically savvy – and ongoing....
Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna reveal bill aimed at eliminating medical debt (www.theguardian.com)
Exclusive: legislation would create a program to cancel all existing patient debt and block creditors from collecting past medical bills
US crypto entrepreneur arrested in Dubai alleges torture by police (www.theguardian.com)
Edel Hsieh, who is linked to HyperVerse CEO, alleges police tortured him into signing a false confession...
Robert F Kennedy Jr says health issue caused by dead worm in his brain (www.theguardian.com)
Third-party US presidential candidate says 2010 issue ‘caused by a worm that got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died’
Utah tip line flooded with false reports of trans bathroom law violations (www.theguardian.com)
State auditor, tasked with managing tip line, has been swamped with hoax reports made to protect trans people from inquiries
Flame retardants in auto seats pose multiple health risks, research shows (www.theguardian.com)
About 99% of car-interior air samples contained at least one flame retardant considered a carcinogen or potential carcinogen...
‘Huge’ proportion of mental health conditions in Australia found to be caused by childhood maltreatment (www.theguardian.com)
Almost a quarter of the 1.8m cases of depression, anxiety and substance disorders could be prevented, researchers find...
Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes has prison sentence reduced again (www.theguardian.com)
Disgraced biotech company founder is now due to be released in August 2032, two years and four months before original date
Joe Biden’s ‘red line’ is an invasion of Rafah. So what happens if Israel attacks? (www.theguardian.com)
It’s a moment of truth for Biden’s policy on Israel and the Palestinians – and at the least will make continued prevarication harder to disguise...
Boy Scouts of America changes name after bankruptcy and sexual abuse claims (www.theguardian.com)
Organization will become Scouting America after decades of turmoil and flagging membership numbers...
Rudy Giuliani struggles to find an accountant: ‘nobody seems interested’ (www.theguardian.com)
Lawyers for former Trump attorney attempt to explain failure to meet accounting obligations in bankruptcy case
New York governor said Black kids in the Bronx do not know the word ‘computer’ (www.theguardian.com)
Kathy Hochul made comment at California conference to showcase upstate AI center before apologizing on Monday night
Germans grill Olaf Scholz over soaring cost of doner kebabs (www.theguardian.com)
How rental ‘libraries of things’ have become the new way to save money (www.theguardian.com)
The theory is simple: instead of buying a household item or a piece of clothing or some equipment you might use once or twice, you take it out and return it.
Canberra accuses Chinese fighter jet of dropping flares dangerously close to Australian helicopter (www.theguardian.com)
Defence minister Richard Marles says protests made to Beijing over ‘unacceptable’ altercation that forced pilot on UN mission to avoid being hit...
Israeli airstrikes on Rafah begin despite mounting ceasefire pressure (www.theguardian.com)
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Italian government accused of using defamation law to silence intellectuals (www.theguardian.com)
Philosopher being sued by Giorgia Meloni’s brother-in-law says such trials are part of a political strategy...
Key aid crossing into Gaza closed after rocket attack kills Israeli soldiers (www.theguardian.com)
The Kerem Shalom crossing was closed after Hamas claimed the rocket attack which Israel said was fired from Rafah...
