Data centres on the ballot: could the AI infrastructure shape US midterms?
Voters from Ohio to Illinois decide dozens of local measures on Tuesday, as opposition to the giant buildings powering AI cuts across party lines.

Voters from Ohio to Illinois decide dozens of local measures on Tuesday, as opposition to the giant buildings powering AI cuts across party lines.

Dr Marta Shahbazi was travelling to a conference to receive award for scientific excellence in developmental biologyAn “inspiring” University of Cambridge scientist died in the Spanish train collision on Wednesday that killed at least 69 people.Dr Marta Shahbazi, an affiliate associate professor at the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute and a group leader at the city’s…

Residents evacuated from Russian-occupied Oleshky have reached Ukrainian-held territory following a rare local truce. They described years of isolation, food shortages and regular shelling, with some saying they were forced to eat grass and dogs to survive. Seized by Russian forces in the early days of the 2022 invasion, the city remains cut off by…

Adrian Ramsay says some new members would be ‘more at home’ in Your Party or Socialist Workers partyThe former Green party leader Adrian Ramsay has said the party must fix its internal democracy to avoid a takeover by the hard left, saying that some new members “might be more at home” in Your Party or…

The head of a student union said Sunday that high school blockades throughout France would restart on Monday. French President Emmanuel Macron has called for classes to resume after the government announced new measures to address the ongoing education crisis which student groups found insufficient.

Eight injured in shooting outside Legion FieldAnnual game draws huge crowds to BirminghamOne person was killed and eight others were wounded in a mass shooting outside Legion Field after the annual Magic City Classic football game on Saturday night, police in Birmingham, Alabama, said.Michael Pickett, chief of the Birmingham Police Department, said most spectators and…

Switzerland is renewing direct talks with North Korea as tensions rise on the peninsula. Seoul hopes the Swiss office will help it engage with Pyongyang.

As Democrats seek to regain control of Congress, divisions within the party are emerging over its future direction. A new wave of progressive candidates is pushing to shift priorities further to the left, challenging corporate money in politics and calling for universal healthcare, climate action and an end to police violence. Monte Francis reports.

Iran’s army spokesman says Trump will not be in a position to dictate ‘timing, conditions’ of a future war

The EU has called on Polish authorities to ensure that the country’s Constitutional Tribunal functions in accordance with the constitution and European legal standards amid an escalating political crisis.”The Commission is following the recent developments closely,” a European Commission spokesperson told Anadolu on Sunday.”It is for the Polish authorities to ensure that the Constitutional Tribunal…