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Andy Burnham admitted the Labour Government ‘needs to be better’ today after he officially replaced Keir Starmer as Prime Minister. The new premier delivered his latest hint at a lurch to the Left in a speech in Downing Street, watched by an adoring crowd of aides and supporters. Mr Burnham said he wanted to put services…
Texas blacklisted HSBC over the bank’s refusal to fund new oil and gas projects
The same day, Biden used his first veto to reverse a Republic-led anti-ESG bill HSBC’s slow crawl away from oil and gas is still too much for Texas. Texas comptroller Glenn Hegar yesterday (Mar. 20) added Europe’s largest bank to his office’s list of companies that boycott the oil and gas industry in light of…
Proof scientists can now read your MIND: AI turns people’s thoughts into images with 80% accuracy
Artificial intelligence can create images based on text prompts, but scientists unveiled a gallery of pictures the technology produces by reading brain activity. The new AI-powered algorithm reconstructed around 1,000 images, including a teddy bear and an airplane, from these brain scans with 80 percent accuracy. Researchers from Osaka University used the popular Stable Diffusion model, included…
Neighboring countries send aircraft to aid Greece with wildfires
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Gaza checkpoint to be staffed by scores of armed American contractors
WASHINGTON, Jan 30 (Reuters) – A small U.S. security firm is hiring nearly 100 U.S. special forces veterans to help run a checkpoint in Gaza during the Israel-Hamas truce, according to a company spokesperson and a recruitment email seen by Reuters, introducing armed American contractors into the heart of one of the world’s most violent…
France bans public, short-haul flights to cut carbon emissions — but critics say it ‘will have very little impact’
France signed into law this week a ban on domestic, short-haul flights when the journey can be completed in less than two-and-a-half hours by train. The new decree, which seeks to reduce carbon emissions, prohibits “regular public passenger air transport services.” However, the ban does not appear to extend to private jet travel. According to Greenpeace, private jet…


