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Five men have been arrested as counter-terrorism police lead investigation into major incident near RAF Fairford.
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Five men have been arrested as counter-terrorism police lead investigation into major incident near RAF Fairford.

70% vote against tightening centuries-old neutrality, which far right said was being eroded by sanctions against RussiaSwiss voters have decisively rejected a proposal for a strict definition of neutrality that would have required Switzerland to curb cooperation with Nato and abandon sanctions against Russia.All cantons and about 70% of voters rejected the proposal for a strictly defined version of neutrality to be written into the Swiss constitution, final results from the Federal Statistical Office showed. The motion had been promoted by the far-right Swiss People’s party (SVP). Continue reading...
Jennifer RankinSwitzerlandEuropean Union

The gap between technology and policymaking has gotten wider than ever with artificial intelligence, leaving a global policy vacuum as A.I. models rapidly advance.
Adam Satariano and Cecilia KangArtificial IntelligenceComputers and the Internet

Longtime friend tells of president’s obsession with social justice and fears for country’s future under another Bolsonaro presidencyOn 1 January 2023, a few hours after being sworn in for his third stint as Brazil’s president, a ravenous Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva sneaked away from a celebratory cocktail party packed with politicians and diplomats to grab a snack with one of his oldest friends.“This is your penultimate term,” that friend, the Dominican theologian and writer Frei Betto, recalls telling Lula as the pair chewed the fat in a back room of the foreign ministry in Brasília. Continue reading...
Tom Phillips Rio de JaneiroLuiz Inácio Lula da SilvaJair Bolsonaro

Burnham said the fund would would support communities to transform derelict buildings and keep businesses open

As her latest novel about Daphne du Maurier is published, the bestselling author reflects on age and creativity – and why at 83 she has no plans to stop My generation of writers is dying. Of Granta’s fabled list of 20 Best of Young British Novelists, 1983, six are gone, including our most princely satirist, Martin Amis. We’re all approaching birthdays where the cake is too small for the candles. Some of us are wounded: Salman Rushdie by an attacker’s knife, Julian Barnes lives with blood cancer, others with the fatal hurt of being forgotten.But what’s the likely fate of those of us who are surviving – for now? Do readers still love us? When Barnes announced that he was signing off because of illness, was he also intuiting that the younger generations had heard enough from us old birds and geezers who were young when Sean Connery had dimples, when David Hockney first coloured his hair yel
Rose TremainBooksRose Tremain

The foreign secretary stresses "the UK's unwavering resolve to combat threats from Iranian-linked groups in UK soil, including attacks on the British Jewish community".

Three ministers lose their seats and Peel and Glenfaba elects the Isle of Man's youngest MHK.

Where do America's X-plane projects fit in an era of cheap drones?

The Palestinian leader renewed his call for a two-state solution on Thursday, as he accused Israel of prosecuting “a genocidal war” against Palestinians.
Farnaz Fassihi and Zane IrwinGeneral Assembly (UN)Gaza Strip

Despite promises to make safe AI, examples of bots behaving badly are now coming at us thick and fast.
Ethiopia’s army has reportedly recaptured the strategic town of Sekota from Tigrayan forces as fighting spreads.
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Police say the US shooting followed an altercation at an after-hours venue, and four people are in hospital.
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Cuba's deputy foreign minister slams US sanctions, labelling them 'equivalent to genocide'.
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Despite student-led protests and political unrest challenging his rule, Vucic intends to run in the snap elections.
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Israel escalates retaliatory measures as Western sanctions target illegal West Bank settlements.
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The US president has reportedly threatened to resume strikes on Iran.
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Ireland has been thrust into the global spotlight over two controversial Nations League football games against Israel.
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The billionaire cofounder of Microsoft says, without restrictions, AI could 'cause a billion deaths'.
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Israeli road closures have become a part of daily life for Palestinians in the occupied West Bank.
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