Some headlines from today’s news stories:
- Spotify confirms Joe Rogan removed episodes with racially offensive language
- Volvo announces massive 50-gigawatt-hour battery plant in Sweden
- Paralysed man with severed spine walks thanks to implant
- Boris Johnson sang 'I Will Survive' to new communications chief Guto Harri
- The NFL is a microcosm of America. Brian Flores’ lawsuit is a reminder of that
- Second man to plead guilty over plot to kidnap Michigan governor
- Macron warns don’t expect ‘miracles’ in talks with Putin over Ukraine
- Ottawa protests: how did the rallies against vaccine mandates begin and what’s next?
- ‘Cutting through the greenwash’: Australian energy retailers ranked on climate action
- Sydney private school lists same-sex relationships along with abusive relationships as ‘not acceptable’
- Police rescue Keir Starmer after protesters berate him near parliament
- UK drops ‘absurd’ case against Greenpeace for dropping rocks in sea
- Bangkok: China offers Navy two subs as purchase deal hits snag
- Yemen: Intensifying war worsens world’s worst civilian crisis
- Big Oil’ board members face hot seat over climate ‘deception’
- Ukraine crisis: Putin says Macron made 'realistic' proposals
- Biden promises no Nord Stream 2 if Russia invades Ukraine
- Corporate climate pledges are weaker than they seem, a new study reports
- The future of the pandemic is looking clearer as we learn more about infection
- Vaccination a major benefit for expectant mothers, new studies show; U.S. death rate may finally start falling: Live COVID updates