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Microsoft drops huge AI datacentre project in Essex over power supply concerns

Gwyn Topham / The Guardian /

Also: Financial Times Microsoft pulls plug on Nscale data centre deal

In other languages: Børsen Microsofts milliarder i datacentre har fået lokalsamfund til at rejse sig (da)

  1. Missile War Monitor: Ukrainian drones set St Petersburg oil terminal on fire as Russia claims 1,015 downed

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

    Also: Financial Times St Petersburg endures biggest Ukrainian drone attack, The New York Times Ukraine Strikes Russian Oil Terminal, as Starshield Disruptions Persist, POLITICO Europe Ukraine strikes oil facility in St. Petersburg as part of ‘massive’ drone attack

    In other languages: Svenska Dagbladet Attacker i S:t Petersburg – oljeterminal brinner (sv), Rzeczpospolita Zmasowany atak dronów na Petersburg. Płonie terminal naftowy i obiekty cywilne (pl), Dagens industri Attacker i S:t Petersburg – oljeterminal brinner (sv)

  2. OpenAI Arrest Raises AI Espionage Concerns

    Bloomberg /

  3. Why Globalization Is Getting Harder to Navigate

    Bloomberg /

  4. ‘The Switzerland of North America’: Albertans vote on leaving Canada

    Financial Times /

  5. Zelensky: Russia Hit Energy Grid 76 Times Since Ceasefire Call

    Kyiv Post /

  6. Trump Envoys Push Russian Gas Transit in Ukraine Peace Talks

    Kyiv Post /

  7. US Tech Curbs on Kyiv Expose Allied Dependency

    Kyiv Post /

  8. ‘We are suffocating’: protests spread to Lisbon and Milan as housing and living cost tensions intensify

    Sam Jones / The Guardian /

  9. World Bank says ‘small AI’ could transform developing countries

    Heather Stewart / The Guardian /

  10. Accenture looks to sell Chinese operations for up to $1.5bn

    Financial Times /

  11. Alberta’s Secession Vote Has Opened Up a Bitter Divide in Canada

    Amanda Coletta / The Wall Street Journal /

  12. Dangote Cement adds Goldman Sachs and UBS for planned $1bn London listing

    bne IntelliNews /

  13. Iran urges US to accept proposal to reopen Strait of Hormuz

    Al-Monitor /

  14. Ukraine's strikes on Russian data centres threaten its AI ambitions

    IntelliNews / bne IntelliNews /

  15. America’s Downtowns Need More Than Offices

    Bloomberg /

  16. Protesters clash with police in Paris and Marseille

    Financial Times /

    Also: The Guardian Revealed: French police used UK-funded 4x4 vehicles to charge student protesters, Sky News France wakes up to aftermath of worst riots in years | Full report, The New York Times France in Shock After Protests Devolve Into Riots, The Telegraph Thousands arrested after looters ransack Paris, BBC How day of protests unfolded as disorder breaks out across France · see all

    In other languages: NRC Demonstraties in Frankrijk lopen uit de hand: demonstranten bestormen overheidsgebouwen, politie zet traangas in (nl), Valor Econômico Polícia francesa entra em confronto com manifestantes em protesto contra o custo de vida (pt), Handelsblatt Neue Gelbwestenbewegung?: Schwere Krawalle bei frankreichweiten Protesten (de), Le Temps Un demi-million de manifestants dans les rues françaises: le 17 octobre, «tout était prévisible, sauf l’intensité des violences» (fr), Diario Financiero Saqueos e incendio de edificios durante protestas en Francia profundizan división entre extremos políticos y provocan reacción de la Casa Blanca (es), Dagens industri Facket i Frankrike: 800 000 demonstrerar (sv), Expansión (México) Francia estalla contra el costo de vida: cientos de miles protestan y desafían a Macron antes de las elecciones (es), Svenska Dagbladet Eld och tårgas när halv miljon demonstrerar (sv), Rzeczpospolita Płonące budynki, plądrowane sklepy i 1,8 tys. aresztowanych. Bilans zamieszek we Francji (pl), Frankfurter Allgemeine Gewalt in Frankreich: Pulverfass Paris (de) · see all

  17. Oklahoma Families Faced the Hottest Summer Ever and an Electricity Crisis

    Eli Saslow and Erin Schaff / The New York Times /

  18. Electricity Island

    Doomberg /

  19. Top Links 1258 Auto overcapacity. Shredding Chanel. Lincoln, Lenin & deus ex machina.

    Adam Tooze / Chartbook /

  20. Faster services imports threaten to erode cushion against India’s goods trade deficit: Report

    The Economic Times /

  21. EU condemns attacks by violent settlers, including on diplomats, spokesperson says

    Al-Monitor /

    Also: The Guardian Masked settlers attack European diplomats in occupied West Bank, Financial Times Israeli settlers attack European diplomats in the West Bank

  22. Trump waives many Russia-related sanctions, tariffs before they were to take effect under new law

    Al-Monitor /

    Also: The Wall Street Journal Trump Waives Most Russia Sanctions Passed by Congress, The Economic Times Trump’s 100% Russian oil tariff U-turn has a catch India can’t ignore, Kyiv Post White House Defends Russia Sanctions Waiver to Aid Peace Talks, bne IntelliNews Trump waives Russia's "hellish" sanctions two days before they bite, The Guardian Zelenskyy says Trump’s lifting of sanctions on Russia will intensify war in Ukraine, Bloomberg Russia Sanctions Waived, AI Debt Concerns, Making 'GTA VI' · see all

    In other languages: Dagens industri Sanktionsstopp mot Ryssland ska gälla i 60 dagar (sv), Børsen Trumps pause i sanktioner mod Rusland vil gælde i 60 dage (da), Handelsblatt Ukraine-Krieg: Selenskyj kritisiert Aussetzung von US-Sanktionen (de), Dagens Næringsliv Rubio: Trump satte Russland-sanksjoner på pause for å analysere (no), Aftenposten Rubio: Trump satte Russland-sanksjoner på pause for å analysere (no), Rzeczpospolita Wyłom w sankcjach wobec Rosji. Donald Trump podpisał częściowo je znoszący dekret (pl), Het Financieele Dagblad Trump schort sancties tegen Rusland op (nl) · see all

  23. ‘We lost 15 bases’: US tank commander on Pentagon’s Iran war failures ahead of US midterms

    The Telegraph /

  24. India needs policy credibility and continuity to sustain FDI as strong growth alone is not enough, says KIEP expert

    The Economic Times /

Earlier today

  1. Starlink access still not fully restored for Ukraine’s military, says Zelenskyy

    Jennifer Rankin and Andrew Rothin Kyiv / The Guardian /

  2. Nidec to seek damages from founder and executives over accounting fraud

    The Japan Times /

  3. From Ukraine to the Strait of Hormuz, the second energy crisis in five years is undermining resistance to the green transition

    Ignacio Fariza and Manuel Planelles / El País /

  4. Russian ‘shadow fleet’ fakes locations to appear in two places at once

    Financial Times /

  5. America’s $10tn AI infrastructure boom is starting to fray

    Financial Times /