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New York Times journalists pressed the Canadian prime minister about a range of topics in an hourlong interview last week. Here’s a transcript of their conversation.
The New York TimesCarney, Mark JCanada
Arizona rider first US champion since Lance ArmstrongPre-race favourite Evenpoel fails to add second goldBrandon McNulty, a UAE Emirates teammate of Tadej Pogacar, succeeded the Slovene as world champion with an unexpected solo win in the men’s UCI road race in Montreal.In the biggest triumph of his career, the 28-year-old American took his country’s first win in the UCI’s blue riband event since Lance Armstrong’s lone victory in Oslo in 1993. Continue reading...
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Exclusive: Move by Shabana Mahmood comes after closure of Afghan scheme last year but experts say numbers too small to deter Channel crossingsUK politics live – latest updatesShabana Mahmood will announce a new legal route for refugees that prioritises Afghan women and girls and Palestinians, unfreezing a scheme that will put the most vulnerable refugees on a faster path to permanent status.The change marks a shift in Mahmood’s approach to asylum seekers after the abrupt closure of the Afghan resettlement scheme last year and changes that will keep refugee status under constant review for two decades. Continue reading...
Jessica Elgot and Rajeev SyalImmigration and asylumLabour conference 2026
As their midterm picture darkens, and gas and diesel prices soar, some Republicans who backed the war for months are now changing their tune.
Tim BalkUnited States Politics and GovernmentUS and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026)
‘The push against datacenters speaks to the frustration of people who don’t feel they are making the choices in their lives’The Stanford ethicist Rob Reich was once invited to a dinner organized by a Silicon Valley mogul to discuss what a state designed to maximize science and tech powered by commercial models might look like. The gathered technologists were drawn to the idea of building a small nation-state dedicated to the endeavor, Reich recalls in “System Error: Where Big Tech Went Wrong and How We Can Reboot it”.When Reich asked whether this state would be a democracy, he got a cool no. “Democracy is too slow, and it holds science back,” he was told. “To optimize for science, we need a beneficent technocrat in charge.” Continue reading...
Eduardo PorterAI (artificial intelligence)Technology
The popular Twitch streamer has been vilified by Republicans, but the socialist commentator has a large audience that some Democrats have courtedIt’s only 9am and the latest media shitstorm is well under way. Hasan Piker scrolls through his social media feeds as he comes down the stairs of his home in West Hollywood.An interview with Axios, in which Piker said the US had committed more atrocities than al-Qaida, is blowing up his phone. Requests from reporters are streaming in. Comments on the interview flood his replies. Continue reading...
Rachel Leingang in Los Angeles, CaliforniaUS midterm elections 2026Democratic socialism
Sixty years after the film’s release, Salzburg is embracing a Hollywood classic it once kept at arm’s lengthLet’s start at the very beginning – famously, a very good place to start.Just two decades after the second world war, a Hollywood crew descended on Salzburg with stars, show tunes and a compelling, essentially true story of love and opposition to Adolf Hitler: The Sound of Music.Kym Karath, Debbie Turner, Angela Cartwright, Duane Chase, Heather Menzies, Nicholas Hammond, Charmian Carr and Julie Andrews in The Sound Of Music. Continue reading...
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Emergency teams discovered victims after two-storey building in historic Plaka district collapsed ‘in seconds’Greek authorities say they are trying to discover what caused a two-storey apartment block in the heart of ancient Athens to collapse “in a matter of seconds”, killing six people.Emergency teams found the victims, including four American tourists, on Saturday, more than 24 hours after the early morning explosion in the historic Plaka district. Continue reading...
Helena Smith in AthensGreeceEurope
Germany's education minister has branded the ban on the small brass memorial plaques a "scandal".
Lula, who is currently in a tight presidential race against Flávio Bolsonaro, said the industry was a "cancer" that he must "remove".
Israel ‘categorically rejects’ publication and says businesses on database have committed no wrongdoingThe UN human rights office has added 61 more companies to a blacklist of firms that it says are involved in violating Palestinian human rights through business ties to Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank.The vast majority of the total 214 companies, which are based in 11 countries, are Israeli. Five of the 158 companies listed last year were removed in the latest update. Continue reading...
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President’s ‘hard, drastic and necessary measure’, likely to attract widespread public support, polls suggestThe Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has signed an order banning fixed-odds sports betting just over a week before the first round of the presidential election, in a move he said was designed to tackle the pervasive problem of families falling into debt.The decision ends the operation, offering, intermediation and advertising of betting. Continue reading...
Associated PressBrazilGambling
The professor had catalyzed debates over diversity efforts in higher education.
Mara HvistendahlArday, Jason (1985- )Cambridge University
Andy Burnham has long championed a repeal of the ban which prevents football supporters from drinking alcohol in the view of the pitch. But do fans even want it?
Dopamine sites mimic shopping’s thrill without the spending, turning the ritual of consumption into a digital game.
The prime minister opposes the law - in place since 1985 - and believes there is a case to remove it.
From highlighted ledges to characters telling you what to do, blockbuster games are increasingly taking the challenge out of playing – and players are pushing back• Don’t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up hereMarvel’s Wolverine, the latest action game from Sony’s stable of expensive blockbuster-factory studios, has had an unfortunate launch. Reviews were decent, if not stellar, but a series of viral video clips from reviewers and streamers have made it the scapegoat for a patronising flavour of game design that gamers have hated for decades. This clip, from Skill Up’s review, shows the player entering a beautiful wintry landscape before being overwhelmed by visual cues telling them what they’re supposed to be doing there. Sonar pulses point you in the direction of objectives. Targets – which, it bears emphasising, are shaped like targets – get an extra reflective visua
Keza MacDonaldGamesCulture
Generations of artisans from Mumbai to Lucknow have shaped the world’s most coveted designs. Plus, the gen Z memes giving classic Bollywood a new lifeThe zardozi embroidery on a Dior dress, the T-strap leather sandals at a Prada show, the mirror-work technique used on a Fendi bag – for decades, the skill of Indian artisans has been an invisible force behind some of the world’s most coveted fashion.Now, that work is beginning to claim its own place in the spotlight, and the Mumbai-based textile and embroidery atelier Chanakya International is at the forefront. Continue reading...
Niha MasihWorld newsIndia
In an era when reputations can be made or broken with a single post, getting the balance right is tricky.
South Korea's presidential office criticised Ukraine for denying POW nondisclosure agreement.
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