The US food industry has long buried the truth about their products. Is that coming to an end? ( www.theguardian.com )
The FDA is developing front-of-package labels that corporations may have to start printing as early as 2027...
Fish deaths in England’s rivers rise tenfold in four years ( www.theguardian.com )
More than 216,000 fish died in 2022-2023, when England recorded a 54% increase in sewage spills...
Revealed: Meta approved political ads in India that incited violence ( www.theguardian.com )
Julian Assange wins right to appeal against extradition to US ( www.theguardian.com )
Julian Assange has been granted leave to mount a fresh appeal against his extradition to the US on charges of leaking military secrets and will be able to challenge assurances from American officials on how a trial there would be conducted....
‘Only Hamas can defend us’: Israeli raids and Fatah failures boost support in West Bank ( www.theguardian.com )
Khalil, a shy 21-year-old whose name has been changed, was arrested in a pre-dawn raid last October for his allegiance to Hamas. But when Israeli forces smashed through the door of his family home, they didn’t tell him why they were detaining him. He was imprisoned for six months without charge, in conditions he described as...
Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs admits he beat ex-girlfriend Cassie: ‘I take full responsibility’ ( www.theguardian.com )
The rap mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs admitted in a video apology that he punched and kicked his ex-girlfriend in 2016 in the hallway of a hotel after CNN released footage of the attack, saying he was “truly sorry” and his actions were “inexcusable”....
The Bezos Earth fund has pumped billions into climate and nature projects. So why are experts uneasy? ( www.theguardian.com )
But privately in the climate and biodiversity sector, the mood around the Bezos Earth Fund has turned to one of growing unease. Researchers, climate policy advisers and NGO staff voiced concerns about the level of influence the organisation holds over critical environmental institutions for halting climate change and...
AI chatbots’ safeguards can be easily bypassed, say UK researchers ( www.theguardian.com )
Guardrails to prevent artificial intelligence models behind chatbots from issuing illegal, toxic or explicit responses can be bypassed with simple techniques, UK government researchers have found....
Biden: what would Trump have done if the Capitol riots had been led by Black Americans? ( www.theguardian.com )
Joe Biden has launched one of his most scathing attacks yet on Donald Trump’s record of racism, suggesting that the former US president would have acted differently to the January 6 2021 insurrection if was led by Black people....
Taiwan’s new president takes office and calls on China to cease its hostile actions ( www.theguardian.com )
Lai Ching-te has been sworn in as Taiwan’s new president, urging China to “cease their political and military intimidation against Taiwan” and to keep the world free from the fear of more war....
The Bezos Earth fund has pumped billions into climate and nature projects. So why are experts uneasy? ( www.theguardian.com )
European far-right leaders gather ahead of EU elections ( www.theguardian.com )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/21515008...
The Bezos Earth fund has pumped billions into climate and nature projects. So why are experts uneasy? ( www.theguardian.com )
I'll note that the big spending announcement happened shortly after thousands of mostly HQ and engineering staff at Amazon signed an open letter asking the firm to decarbonize, so it can be seen as a way to buy influence and limit labor action.
Florida’s other big November vote: will the state legalize weed? ( www.theguardian.com )
‘Scary’: public-school textbooks the latest target as US book bans intensify ( www.theguardian.com )
Trump floats idea of three-term presidency at NRA convention ( www.theguardian.com )
During a bombastic speech in Dallas, GOP frontrunner asks: ‘Are we going to be considered three-term? Or two-term?’...
First Black astronaut candidate, now 90, reaches space in Blue Origin flight ( www.theguardian.com )
Ex-air force captain Ed Dwight, passed over by Nasa in 1961, now oldest person to reach edge of space with Jeff Bezo’s space firm...
Marco Rubio says he would not accept 2024 election results ‘if it’s unfair’ ( www.theguardian.com )
Republican senator’s comments come as he is considered among Trump’s top candidates for vice-president...
Ships in some UK port cities create more air pollution than cars ( www.theguardian.com )
Milford Haven, Southampton and Immingham top the list for emissions of gases and particulates...
European far-right leaders gather ahead of EU elections ( www.theguardian.com )
International far-right leaders, including France’s Marine Le Pen, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, Italy’s Giorgia Meloni and Argentina’s Javier Milei, came together in Madrid to rail against socialism and “massive illegal migration” three weeks before hard-right parties are expected to see a surge in support in June’s...
Eagles shifting flight paths to avoid Ukraine conflict, scientists find ( www.theguardian.com )
Vulnerable birds deviating from migratory routes by up to 155 miles, which could affect breeding
‘Only Hamas can defend us’: Israeli raids and Fatah failures boost support in West Bank ( www.theguardian.com )
Settler attacks and arrests of Hamas supporters create climate of fear and distrust in ruling Fatah party...
Islamic State claims responsibility for deadly tourist attack in Afghanistan ( www.theguardian.com )
Taliban says four arrested over attack at Bamiyan heritage site that killed three Spanish visitors and an Afghan...
‘It’s all been preposterous’: Stephen Merchant on fame, standup and the pressures of cancel culture ( www.theguardian.com )
Stephen Merchant has always been obsessed by the idea of the ordinary man “thrust into extraordinary circumstance”. Since he was a kid in Bristol, the son of a plumber and a nursery nurse, those were the kinds of films he sought out and the stories he wrote, about normal people who experience something that “jolts them out...