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Keir Starmer’s artificial intelligence tsar, a key figure in steering the government’s approach to artificial intelligence, is stepping down after six months in the role. Matt Clifford, the author of the government’s AI opportunities action plan, said: he would leave his post next month for personal reasons. He described his work on drafting and implementing
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As Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government works to reshape its economic policies amid an unpredictable administration south of the border, Canadian businesses that trade with China say Ottawa needs to find ways to expand exports there — and fast. While the Canada-China relationship has been stymied in recent years, there are signals of relations improving.
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The UK government has pledged more money for “crumbling” hospitals, schools and courts as part of a ten year infrastructure strategy. It will spend £9bn a year over the next decade to fix and replace buildings, but is yet to publish a list identifying major projects such as new roads and rail lines. The strategy
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Police in New York are investigating car bomb threats against Democratic mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani, according to a Thursday release from his campaign. Mamdani said a repeat caller has been leaving “alarming” voicemails. “While Zohran does not own a car, the violent and specific language of what appears to be a repeat caller is alarming
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MPs, read this horror before you vote today. Here’s how some people are slowly dying, right now, in mortal agony untreatable by the best palliative care: “Some will retch at the stench of their own body rotting. Some will vomit their own faeces. Some will suffocate, slowly, inexorably, over several days.” An average of 17
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A controversial bill which would give some terminally ill adults the right to end their lives is facing a crunch vote in the Commons today. The Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill, more commonly known as the assisted dying bill, will be back for its third reading, which is the first time MPs will
A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump’s administration from forcing 20 Democratic-led states to cooperate with immigration enforcement in order to receive billions of dollars in transportation grant funding. Chief U.S. District Judge John McConnell in Providence, Rhode Island, ruled that the Transportation Department lacked authority to require the states to cooperate with
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Journalist John Stossel said President Trump is an “arrogant bully” during a special, John Stossel: Give Me Liberty!, set to air Sunday at 7 p.m. ET on NewsNation, while commending policy changes implemented by the White House. “He’s an arrogant bully, but I love it that he’s changing the way things were,” Stossel told Connell
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Frank Gardner BBC Security Correspondent Getty Images People gather outside the UK parliament protesting against Israel’s attacks on Iran Is this, some will be wondering, 2003 all over again? In 2003 Britain joined the US in a highly controversial military campaign against Iraq in a quest to rid it of its supposed arsenal of “weapons
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