Mary-Louise McLaws, epidemiologist who guided Australia through Covid, dies aged 70 from brain cancer https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/14/mary-louise-mclaws-epidemiologist-who-guided-australia-through-covid-dies-aged-70-from-brain-cancer?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Cigarette packs could soon include advice on how to quit smoking https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/aug/14/cigarette-packs-could-soon-include-advice-on-how-to-quit-smoking?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Australia news live: epidemiologist Mary-Louise McLaws dies age 70; Minns plans NSW public holiday if Matildas win Cup https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2023/aug/14/australia-news-live-mushroom-deaths-ian-wilkinson-defence-jets-mary-louise-mclaws-anthony-albanese-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-matildas-public-holiday?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 537 of the invasion https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/14/russia-ukraine-war-at-a-glance-what-we-know-on-day-537-of-the-invasion?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Five-year-old girl suffers facial injuries during dog attack in County Durham https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/13/five-year-old-girl-suffers-facial-injuries-during-dog-attack-in-county-durham?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Boy, 13, survives after falling 100ft from Grand Canyon’s north rim https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/13/boy-survives-fall-grand-canyon?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Contractors told about legionella on day asylum seekers boarded barge https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/13/home-office-was-told-about-legionella-on-refugees-barge-on-day-they-boarded?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

‘Stressed beyond her limits’: co-owner of Kansas newspaper dies after police raid https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/13/marion-county-record-co-owner-joan-meyer-dies-kansas-police-raid?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Author walks out of Edinburgh book festival over sponsor’s fossil fuel links https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/13/mikaela-loach-author-walks-out-of-edinburgh-book-festival-over-sponsors-fossil-fuel-links?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Woman in Teesside accused of carrying out own abortion to appear before judge https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/13/woman-teesside-accused-abortion-poison-judge-court?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Arrest of Saudi scholar and influencer another sign of social media crackdown https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/aug/13/arrest-of-saudi-scholar-mohammed-alhajji-and-influencer-another-sign-of-social-media-crackdown?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Hawaii fires: search for victims continues in Maui as death toll rises to 93 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2023/aug/13/hawaii-fires-lahaina-maui-death-toll-rises?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Hawaii wildfires: deadliest US blaze in a century kills at least 93 people https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/13/hawaii-wildfires-at-least-89-confirmed-killed-after-deadliest-us-blaze-in-100-years?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Nine people injured as car crashes into campsite in Wales https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/aug/13/multiple-people-injured-as-car-crashes-into-campsite-in-wales?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

MP who survived skin cancer pushes for sunscreen to be VAT exempt https://www.theguardian.com/society/2023/aug/13/snp-mp-amy-callaghan-survived-skin-cancer-sunscreen-vat-melanoma-cases-uk?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

‘Already vulnerable’: UK film and TV workers feel the pinch from US strike https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/aug/13/already-vulnerable-uk-film-and-tv-workers-feel-the-pinch-from-us-strike?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Carbon-capture gold rush an ‘insult’ to locals in emissions-hit Louisiana https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/13/louisiana-carbon-capture-emissions?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

Russia-Ukraine war live: Moscow says it destroyed drone targeting Belgorod; Kyiv claims progress in south https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2023/aug/13/russia-ukraine-war-live-moscow-says-it-destroyed-drone-targeting-belgorod-kyiv-claims-progress-in-south?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

More than 15,000 New Zealanders apply for Australian citizenship in six weeks https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/13/more-than-15000-new-zealanders-apply-for-australian-citizenship-in-six-weeks?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian

TikTok users in UK to be left with ‘more toxic’ version of app, say campaigners https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/aug/13/tiktok-users-in-uk-to-be-left-with-more-toxic-version-of-app-say-campaigners?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon - via @guardian