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

    Sam Jones / The Guardian /

    Also: Kyiv Post France Reeling From Cost-of-Living Riots as 1,800 Arrested, Sky News France wakes up to aftermath of worst riots in years | Full report, Financial Times France reels after ‘unprecedented’ violent riots, 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), 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), Le Figaro «Derrière chaque boutique saccagée, il y a une personne»: la très lourde facture du 17 octobre pour ces commerçants qui «n’en peuvent plus» (fr), 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

  2. 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)

  3. US threatens Europe over Starlink restrictions

    Financial Times /

    Also: France 24 Who capped Starlink in Ukraine? Musk, Trump and Rubio give three different answers

  4. Russia wins UN committee vote branding Western sanctions a form of colonialism

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

  5. Two killed and at least 17 injured as Russia and Ukraine trade blows on power infrastructure

    Sam Jones / The Guardian /

  6. Inside Andreessen’s Growing Political Influence

    Bloomberg /

  7. Zambia, Egypt, Malawi and Mauritania join World Bank's $19bn minerals financing drive

    bne IntelliNews /

  8. Trump’s bid to make America cheap again has failed

    Financial Times /

  9. OpenAI Arrest Raises AI Espionage Concerns

    Bloomberg /

  10. Option Traders Brace for VIX Surge as AI Jitters Jolt Market

    Christian Dass / Bloomberg /

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

    Financial Times /

  12. The AI promise was automation. The reality? Managing digital workers

    Chong Ming Lee and Mandy Zuo / South China Morning Post /

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

    Kyiv Post /

  14. Egypt says ready to give Saudi Arabia necessary support amid Houthi conflict

    Al-Monitor /

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

    Kyiv Post /

  16. US Tech Curbs on Kyiv Expose Allied Dependency

    Kyiv Post /

  17. US officials visit Palestinian village after settler attacks on diplomats

    Al-Monitor /

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

    Amanda Coletta / The Wall Street Journal /

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

    Al-Monitor /

  20. Israeli settlers attack European diplomats in the West Bank

    Sky News /

    Also: Financial Times Israeli settlers attack European diplomats in the West Bank, The Guardian Masked settlers attack European diplomats in occupied West Bank, Al-Monitor West Bank settlers attack Palestinians, Western diplomats, Belgium says, The Wall Street Journal Masked Israeli Settlers Attack European Diplomats in West Bank · see all

  21. Trump Waives Most Russia Sanctions Passed by Congress

    Dave Lawler / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: Al-Monitor Trump waives many Russia-related sanctions, tariffs before they were to take effect under new law, Kyiv Post Trump Halts Sweeping Russia Sanctions, Citing US National Interest, Bloomberg Russia Sanctions Waived, AI Debt Concerns, Making 'GTA VI', The Guardian Zelenskyy says Trump’s lifting of sanctions on Russia will intensify war in Ukraine · 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

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

    Eli Saslow and Erin Schaff / The New York Times /

  23. Electricity Island

    Doomberg /

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

    Adam Tooze / Chartbook /

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 /