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Aucun individu ni groupe n'a revendiqué la responsabilité du drapeau, apparu sur le Spire de 120 mètres en septembre Tout ce qui monte finit par redescendre – à moins qu'il ne s'agisse d'un drapeau palestinien au sommet du plus haut monument de Dublin que personne ne sait comment retirer. Le drapeau est apparu sur le Spire de 120 mètres sur O’Connell Street en septembre dernier et, depuis sept mois, il défie toutes les mesures proposées pour le retirer. L'identité de la personne qui l'a installé et la manière dont elle s'y est prise restent un mystère. Lire la suite...

Exclusif : 839 000 logements en zones urbaines sont menacés par des inondations d'eaux de surface, les locataires de logements sociaux étant les plus vulnérables face aux coûts.

Delegates at event in Cape Verde highlight opportunities from tech while stressing AI is no replacement for talentLast July, the Nigerian singer-songwriter Fave found herself caught up in a viral moment: an unauthorised version of a track featuring an AI choir had been released, quickly becoming an internet sensation. To get ahead of the situation, she recorded her own remix that integrated the AI-assisted song and added it to her discography.“In my view, [that] was smart and very business aware,” Oyinkansola Fawehinmi, a Lagos-based entertainment lawyer, observed a few months later. “She essentially reclaimed the ‘AI version’ and released it as her own official expression.” Continue reading...

• Le Niesr affirme que même dans le meilleur des scénarios, l'économie croîtra à un rythme plus lent en 2026 et 2027 en raison du conflit • Le Royaume-Uni fait face à un impact économique de 35 milliards de livres et au risque d'une récession cette année, alors que les retombées de la guerre en Iran accentuent la pression sur le gouvernement de Keir Starmer, a averti un important groupe de réflexion. • Le National Institute of Economic and Social Research (Niesr) a déclaré que, même dans le meilleur des scénarios, l'économie britannique croîtrait à un rythme beaucoup plus lent cette année et l'année prochaine en raison du conflit au Moyen-Orient. Lire la suite...

Refusal or silence would increase denial risk under new US guidance requiring applicants to confirm no fear of returnApplicants seeking a temporary visa to the United States must now tell a consular officer that they have not experienced harm and do not fear returning to their home country, according to new guidance issued from the state department. If they answer yes or decline to respond to either question, the chance they will be denied will skyrocket.The Guardian obtained a state department cable which instructs officers at every US embassy and consulate globally to amend their process and ask applicants to affirm they do not fear mistreatment if they return home as a prerequisite for the interview to continue. Continue reading...

Bank’s chief executive points to rising fraud as it sets aside a further £105m for motor finance compensationBusiness live – latest updatesBarclays is pulling back from lending to risky borrowers, as its chief executive warned of increasing numbers of fraud cases and the bank took a £228m hit from the failure of a mortgage lender.The mortgage lender Market Financial Solutions (MFS) collapsed in February amid allegations of fraud and the UK’s financial regulator has since launched an investigation into the scandal. Continue reading...

Case centers on glyphosate, pesticide used in Roundup and other products that has been linked to cancer in some studiesThe US supreme court will hear arguments in a key pesticide regulation case on Monday, setting the stage for a ruling that could weaken the ability of consumers to sue companies for failing to warn of product risks.The case centers on glyphosate – a weed-killing chemical used in the popular Roundup brand and numerous other herbicide products. The chemical has been scientifically linked to cancer in multiple studies, and was classified a probable human carcinogen by an arm of the World Health Organization in 2015. Continue reading...

Experts fear losing ground to virus even as the end of the HIV epidemic is in sight, and say decline in infant testing is ‘particularly concerning’The US government released likely the last report from Pepfar (President’s Emergency Plan for Aids Relief) earlier this month and the chief science officer announced his resignation days later as the US moves to a patchwork of individual partnerships with each country, potentially driven by resource extraction.While more leadership with other countries has long been the goal with global HIV efforts, experts fear the US is moving too quickly without being able to monitor its efforts as well as it has done with Pepfar for more than two decades. They fear losing ground to the virus even as the end of the HIV epidemic is in sight. Continue reading...