Quebec has abruptly scrapped its key immigration route, the Quebec Experience Program (PEQ), while sharply lowering future immigration thresholds—meaning thousands of temporary residents, including many French families, must now leave the province. Th…
Paradromics says it received FDA approval for a human trial of its Connexus brain implant, aimed at restoring speech to those with severe motor impairments (Emily Mullin/Wired)
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Paradromics says it received FDA approval for a human trial of its Connexus brain implant, aimed at restoring speech to those with severe motor impairments — The Austin-based startup will test its high-bandwidt…
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Ukraine: US-Russian peace proposal is ‘absurd’ and unacceptable
Officials say proposal is aimed at stirring up division and disorientating Kyiv’s allies• Europe live – latest updatesA new US-Russian peace proposal to end the war in Ukraine has been dismissed as “absurd” and unacceptable by officials in Kyiv amid ta…
Trump, Epstein and the files: What we know and what happens next
In a stunning reversal Wednesday, US President Donald Trump signed a bill mandating the release of government files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The documents could shed light on the full extent of Epstein’s criminal network and connecti…
Israel’s emptying of West Bank refugee camps amounts to war crimes: HRW
Human Rights Watch calls for Israeli leaders, including PM Netanyahu, to be investigated on war crimes accusations.
Golden Dome implementation plan under review, Congress may get look this week
“I predict that what you’re going to see is something that is far more… limited, both in terms of the number of threats that are feasibly able to be stopped, and also in terms of the area that [can be] defended against,” said Tom Karako with CSIS…
Opinion – Trump’s Cairo Roast and the Performance of Populism
To understand why Trump is such an effective populist we must comprehend how his transgressive performances link power to emotion.
French general warns ‘we’ll lose our children’ in war with Putin as US & Russia’s Ukraine plan slammed as ‘capitulation’
FRANCE’S top general has warned the country must be ready to “lose our children” in a future war with Putin as Paris erupted in anger over the secret US-Russia peace plan. General Fabien Mandon accused France of lacking the “strength of soul” for a fig…
Ukraine and Europe Chafe at Being Excluded From U.S.-Russian Peace Plan
Some in Kyiv expressed confusion over the Trump administration’s multiple diplomatic tracks as Washington tries to revive negotiations.