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Middle East crisis could cost world $1tn while oil firms make ‘obscene’ profit, analysis finds

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Tuesday briefing: How AI facial recognition in policing works – and how it can go wrong

company in an attempt to gain better employment rights, including the minimum wage and holiday pay. 3. ***Europe*** | At the European Political Community summit in the Armenian capital of Yerevan, Keir Starmer has called

Turkiye woos investors amid Iran war fallout in Gulf economies

benefit for it,” Yildiz told Al Jazeera. “That’s a direct play for the kind of intermediation business that Dubai has owned for two decades,” he said, adding that “the timing is obviously shaped

The hidden power keeping wages low

benefits for employers, like lower turnover or higher productivity, and so economic damage is relatively minimal. Still, despite this evidence and some early enthusiasm, the idea that monopsony power was pervasive in the economy remained

What are Iran’s $100bn in frozen assets and where are they held?

powers negotiated by the US under President Barack Obama, called the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). Under the pact, Tehran agreed to scale down its nuclear programme and, as a result, regained access

Palantir manifesto described as ‘ramblings of a supervillain’ amid UK contract fears

benefits of American power and implying some cultures are inferior to others – in what MPs have called “a parody of a RoboCop film” and “the ramblings of a supervillain”. “Some cultures have produced vital advances

Democrats urged to link clean energy to affordability as Iran war hikes up prices

benefit. When you pitch clean energy as cutting consumer costs first and improving the overall economy second, people are happy to cut emissions third.” Translating this into a winning political message has been a struggle

Iran War timeline continues to shift. And, jury rules Live Nation acted as monopoly

power, Montanaro says. He adds that American presidents also want to be seen as moral authorities, as it can help them sell their worldview. Trump has [experienced some declines in support](https://one.npr.org/?sharedMediaId=nx-s1-5787383:x) among

US tech firms successfully lobbied EU to keep datacentre emissions secret

power that is being met, in part, by burning fossil gas. Legal scholars warn the blanket confidentiality clause may fall foul of EU transparency rules and the Aarhus convention on public access to environmental information

The personal pettiness of the Elon Musk v OpenAI trial

benefit? He doesn’t lead xAI that way. If Musk wins, he will kneecap a rival AI company. Without its for-profit arm, OpenAI will face difficulty attracting the level of investment it needs

Judge halts local TV giant Nexstar's takeover of rival Tegna until trial

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May Day in the age of AI: The new war on workers

public holiday in many countries, May Day has traditionally been stifled in the United States, a nation that has never been big on either international labour solidarity or workers’ rights. The US and its tagalong

How car-loving American cities fell so far behind their global peers on public transit

power more cars, planes and ships. With global demand for passenger transport expected to nearly triple by 2050, an expansion of efficient, affordable public transport is critical in helping address the climate crisis and toxic

Why are Harvard’s slavery researchers quitting or being fired?

companies in the Canary Islands before sailing to Antigua. “I have no fixed calling, not knowing what profession I should embrace,” a young Samuel complains to his dad, but he knew he wanted to make

Thursday briefing: ​Why the US president is losing support from crucial allies

company’s AI technology](https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/22/met-police-talks-palantir-ai-tech-criminal-investigations-automate-intelligence) to automate intelligence analysis for criminal investigations. ## In depth: ‘Trump campaigned on the cost of living and did nothing about it after he won’ ![A passerby takes