Anger swells in Albania over Trump-linked resort project

Thousands of protesters marched through Albania’s capital on Thursday, the latest in a series of demonstrations against a planned resort linked to the Trump family. For over a week, daily demonstrations have been held in Tirana against the project con…

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Digested week: Starmer is trying to carve out his legacy – but it’s not his to write | John Crace

Plus, Brexit at 10, dinner as protest, 100 best novels and not watching the World Cup (yet)We’re approaching the 10-year anniversary of the Brexit referendum. Documentaries are being aired and newspaper features are being written. But one thing seems t…

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Bernie Sanders’ AI Sovereign Wealth Fund Plan

Let no one accuse Bernie Sanders of ducking the big questions. Writing in the New York Times last week, the senator asked: “Will the future of humanity be determined by a handful of billionaires who have promoted and developed AI, with virtually no democratic input, who stand to become even richer and more powerful than they are today?”

We agree entirely that this is one of the most potent questions facing global democracy today. Our book, Rewiring Democracy, surveys the emerging uses for and impacts of AI in democracy around the world and reaches the same conclusion: that the most urgent risk posed by AI is the …

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Horror moment helicopter pilot & passenger violently shaken like rag dolls inside cockpit after crashing into field

THIS is the terrifying moment a helicopter pilot and his passenger are violently tossed around inside the cockpit after crashing into a field in China. Shocking footage shows the aircraft lying wrecked on a grassy verge with its rotor blades still spin…

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Lyhanna case triggers calls for law change in France

The death of 11-year-old Lyhanna, whose body was found in an abandoned silo, has shocked France and galvanized a population who say that her death was entirely preventible. They blame the slow justice system which failed to bring the main suspect into…

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