Return of Spanish right risks reigniting Catalan separatist flame
It would also, according to Oriol Bartomeus, director of Barcelona’s Institute for Political and Social Sciences, be “a declaration of war” for separatists. Álvaro, of the pro-independence ERC, sees a prototype for what…
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Why the Democrats’ midterm blowout is making Burnham’s Labour nervous
By making small adjustments, the MP argued, Burnham has begun to “develop a coherent argument — which is actually voters have to see you trying on the cost of living.” Yet beyond this apparent vindication of the PM’s…
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Europe needs Nvidia. It’ll take more than a spy scandal to change that.
In both Silicon Valley and Washington, investigators are already busy. Nvidia has opened an internal investigation into whether its CEO was targeted by a Chinese intelligence operation, after Huang developed an intimate…
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The Dollar's Last Stand? Iran, China & the Collapse of US Hegemony | Silk and Steel
From energy markets and shipping routes to inflation, international finance, and America's military credibility, the risks of escalation are growing. Carl explains why Iran's control over shipping through the Strait of…
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Daylight Savings Time is Unhealthy and Stupid | Jerm Warfare Weekly Banter
From global views on clocks to natural rhythms versus artificial schedules, they look at how geography shaped civilisation and infrastructure, especially under colonialism, and how nomadic life never needed permanent…
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EU offers cash for Black Sea attack response
An agreement would not end the conflict, Rubio said, but it would “solve a unique aspect” of it by easing the spillover on food security for vulnerable nations. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said on Oct. 21 that…
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Pourquoi la COP31 pourrait être la dernière chance pour l’UE de peser sur les négociations climatiques
La hausse de la demande en électricité pour les besoins de l’IA risque d’entraîner une concurrence acharnée pour l’accès à l’énergie et de faire grimper les factures, a prévenu la commissaire européenne responsable de la…
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Mahmood’s ICE-style immigration raid agency accused of ‘fishing expeditions’
The home secretary has hailed the expanded use of immigration enforcement teams, and claimed they will help to secure the UK's borders by removing a key incentive for irregular migration. Under her leadership, raids have…
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Revealed: Palantir lobbied minister to stretch AI tools’ reach to NHS GP records
The US company, co-founded by the Trump-supporting billionaire Peter Thiel, used a direct WhatsApp channel to argue that "the logic of joining up primary and secondary [care] data is unarguable" and said its software was…
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Reform UK councillor in Sunderland handed community order after racist ‘joke’ about Nigerians
He said the post was not meant to be taken literally. "It was just a bit of fun." It was agreed at South Tyneside magistrates court in South Shields that the social media post was offensive – the question was whether it…
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