- ‘Ticking time bomb’: Ocean acidity crosses vital threshold, study finds The Hill
- ‘Ticking timebomb’: sea acidity has reached critical levels, threatening entire ecosystems – study The Guardian
- New Study Says Oceans Are Acidifying Beyond Planetary Thresholds Truthout
- Ocean acidification crosses “planetary boundaries” Ars Technica
- Ocean acidification on the rise Revista Pesquisa Fapesp
France to use UK drama Adolescence to teach teenagers about toxic masculinity
French education ministry follows Britain and Netherlands in incorporating Netflix hit into school curriculums
France has followed the UK and the Netherlands in allowing the Netflix drama Adolescence to be used in secondary schools as part of efforts to teach teenagers about toxic masculinity and online harms.
The French education ministry will offer schools five classes based on excerpts from the critically acclaimed mini-series, which has provoked a global debate about the impact on young boys of misogynistic content online and on social media.
Continue reading...Six babies with unvaccinated mothers born with measles in Canada
Ontario’s chief medical officer of health says infections could have been prevented through routine vaccination
Six babies with unvaccinated mothers have been born with congenital measles in the Canadian province of Ontario since the start of the largest outbreak of the disease in the western hemisphere late last year.
Ontario’s chief medical officer of health, Kieran Moore, said the infants, who were infected with measles in the womb, had all recovered. He said the infections could have been prevented through routine vaccination.
Continue reading...NATO boss warns ‘learn Russian’ as he predicts war in Europe in next five years – Daily Express US
- NATO boss warns 'learn Russian' as he predicts war in Europe in next five years Daily Express US
- NATO Chief Urges Members to Spend Far More on Military The New York Times
- Russia could be ready to attack Nato within five years, says secretary general The Guardian
- NATO chief to urge four-fold boost to European defense spending NBC News
- NATO needs 400% increase in air and missile defence, Rutte will say in London Reuters
GHF says aid site closed due to crowd ‘chaos,’ as Hamas authorities claim 6 killed – The Times of Israel
- GHF says aid site closed due to crowd ‘chaos,’ as Hamas authorities claim 6 killed The Times of Israel
- Palestinians say local gunmen and Israeli forces opened fire near Gaza aid site BBC
- Palestinians say Israel and its allies fired on a crowd near Gaza aid site. Hospital says 14 killed AP News
- Palestinians say at least five people killed by Israeli gunfire near Gaza aid centers NPR
- US-backed Gaza group suspends aid for a day over threats, Hamas vows to protect UN aid Reuters
Iran to present counterproposal for nuclear deal to US via Oman
Tehran indicates it will not accept the US proposal made during the fifth round of talks last month.
Fresh Los Angeles rallies planned to demand release of arrested union leader
ACLU says David Huerta ‘was unjustly arrested’ after thousands protested against Ice raids over weekend
Los Angeles was waking Monday up to another day of high tensions with Donald Trump’s administration, the fourth since protests began over efforts by federal immigration authorities’ attempts to arrest illegal migrants in the city and a day after the president ordered in the national guard.
New rallies against US immigration and customs enforcement (Ice) detentions are planned, with the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) announcing an event “to demand justice for detained immigrants and an end to the ongoing human rights abuses by Ice”.
Continue reading...China shuts down AI tools during nationwide college exams – The Verge
- China shuts down AI tools during nationwide college exams The Verge
- Chinese tech firms freeze AI tools in crackdown on exam cheats The Guardian
- China's tech firms block AI access during high-stakes college entrance exams Business Insider
- Alibaba, Tencent Freeze AI Tools During High-Stakes China Exam Bloomberg.com
- AI helps keep candidates safe, honest China Daily
Winter fuel payments U-turn likely to lead to higher taxes or other welfare cuts, says IFS director – UK politics live
Treasury says move to restore the funding for most pensioners will cost around £1.25bn
The Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats are both trying to take credit for the winter fuel payments U-turn by the government.
This is from Kemi Badenoch, the Tory leader.
Keir Starmer has scrambled to clear up a mess of his own making. I repeatedly challenged him to reverse his callous decision to withdraw winter fuel payments, and every time Starmer arrogantly dismissed my criticisms.
This humiliating U-turn will come as scant comfort to the pensioners forced to choose between heating and eating last winter. The prime minister should now apologise for his terrible judgement.
Finally the chancellor has listened to the Liberal Democrats and the tireless campaigners in realising how disastrous this policy was, but the misery it has caused cannot be overstated.
Countless pensioners were forced to choose between heating and eating all whilst the government buried its head in the sand for months on end, ignoring those who were really suffering.
Continue reading...India to send first astronaut on mission to International Space Station
Shubhanshu Shukla will be first Indian to reach orbit in more than 40 years as country works to join global space race
The first Indian astronaut to visit the International Space Station is due to blast off as part of an effort by the world’s most populous nation to catch up with the US, Russia and China in human space flight missions.
Shubhanshu Shukla, a 39-year-old air force fighter pilot, is one of a four-person mission launching on Tuesday from the US with the private company Axiom Space, which is using a SpaceX capsule.
Continue reading...Lex Greensill says SoftBank managers ‘felt threatened’ by his links to founder
Financier tells court he travelled to Tokyo ‘often weekly’ for mentoring sessions with Masayoshi Son
The financier Lex Greensill has told a court that senior managers at SoftBank “felt threatened” by his relationship with Masayoshi Son, the founder of the Japanese tech investor that pumped hundreds of millions of dollars in his specialist lender before its collapse.
Greensill said he travelled to Tokyo “often weekly” for in-person mentoring sessions with the billionaire founder, who he dined with and referred to by the Japanese honorific “Son-san”. Greensill made the comments in his first public courtroom appearance since the devastating demise in 2021 of his company, which counted former prime minister David Cameron as an adviser.
Continue reading...Nigel Farage’s pitch for Welsh elections: bring back coalmining
Reform leader says steel and coal industries can be revived but does not say how beyond ‘scrapping net zero’
Nigel Farage has demanded the reopening of domestic coalmines to provide fuel for new blast furnaces, arguing that Welsh people would happily return to mining if the pay was sufficiently high.
Speaking at an event in Port Talbot, the south Wales town traditionally associated with the steel industry, the Reform UK leader said it was in the “national interest” to have a guaranteed supply of steel, as well as UK-produced fuel for the furnaces, a close echo of Donald Trump’s repeated pledges to return heavy industry to the US.
Continue reading...Labour hope to put winter fuel misstep behind them – BBC
- Labour hope to put winter fuel misstep behind them BBC
- Better-off pensioners able to 'opt-out' of Scottish fuel payment BBC
- Means testing Winter Fuel Payment at £35,000 taxable income per annum – impact on poverty levels GOV.UK
- The Guardian view on Labour’s tough choices: they are costing the government dearly | Editorial The Guardian
- 500,000 more pensioners at risk of losing winter fuel payments under Labour The Telegraph
US-China trade talks: Is a thaw on the cards after Trump-Xi call?
A new round of talks aimed at resolving trade tensions between the US and China take place in London.
Glendale ends ‘divisive’ Ice detention contract amid California protests
Decision comes as federal action to enforce US immigration laws inspired three days of protests in the LA area
The California city of Glendale has terminated a contract to house federal immigration detainees, with local officials saying the arrangement had become increasingly “divisive” within the community.
The decision by the Los Angeles county municipality to sever ties with US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (Ice) comes after three days of protests in other parts of the LA area. That included Sunday near the Metropolitan Detention Center, about nine miles from Glendale, where cars were set alight as anti-Ice protesters clashed with law enforcement officers, including the national guard.
Continue reading...Russia plans to boost economic and military ties in Africa
Kremlin announcement comes as Wagner Group quits West African state of Mali.
NIH scientists go public to denounce Trump’s deep cuts in health research
Scores of National Institutes of Health researchers and staffers sign letter criticizing agency policies: ‘We dissent’
In his confirmation hearings to lead the National Institutes of Health, Jay Bhattacharya pledged his openness to views that might conflict with his own. “Dissent,” he said, “is the very essence of science.”
That commitment is being put to the test.
Continue reading...What happened when Israeli forces seized Gaza aid ship Madleen?
Israel’s seizure of a ship trying to deliver aid to Gaza has been condemned by rights campaigners as illegal.
Latinas for Trump co-founder criticizes president’s immigration arrests: ‘Unacceptable and inhumane’
Florida state senator joins US House member in expressing alarm over ‘arbitrary measures to hunt down people’
A co-founder of a group for Latinas who support Donald Trump has excoriated the president on some of the immigration-related arrests being carried out by his administration, which she called “unacceptable and inhumane”.
In a statement posted on X over the weekend, Ileana Garcia wrote, “This is not what we voted for.”
Continue reading...Why Bamboozled Putin Is Struggling to Avenge Ukraine’s Sneak Attack – The Daily Beast
- Why Bamboozled Putin Is Struggling to Avenge Ukraine’s Sneak Attack The Daily Beast
- Putin promised to make Ukraine pay for its airbase attacks. What does he have left? CNN
- Fake war clips from video games mislead millions on social media Euronews.com
- What the US can learn from Ukraine’s remarkable Operation Spider Web The Hill
- Ukraine's drone attacks temporarily halt flights in Moscow, across Russia Reuters