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A little-known US-based developer tied to a failed bitcoin business and a fraudulent-transfer lawsuit is quietly advancing Alberta’s latest gas-fired AI data centre proposal. The 466MW Black Bear Power Project …
U.S. Developer Tied to Failed Bitcoin Venture Is Proposing Major Alberta Data Centre Read More
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said on Tuesday that Iraq had offered to supply Turkey with up to 1 million barrels of oil a day as Iraqi Prime Minister Ali …
Iraq eyes supplying Turkey with 1 million oil barrels a day amid Hormuz crisis Read More
Marginalized communities and creators are forming data cooperatives to claw back control from Big Tech’s scraping practices. These grassroots collectives ensure that local communities — not Silicon Valley — dictate …
Fed up with Big Tech, communities turn to data collectives for control Read More
In a 2-1 vote, the Republican majority on the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) voted to roll back a six-decade-old requirement under an anti-discrimination law in the United States that …
Why the US may stop collecting workplace race and gender data Read More
Indigenous communities around the world face mounting, and colliding, impacts from climate change, violence, rising threats from artificial intelligence, and many other crises. Their leaders are demanding that the world …
Indigenous leaders give the UN a roadmap for protecting their peoples Read More
A ban on the disposal of unsold clothes and shoes took effect across the European Union on Sunday, in the bloc’s latest move to cut waste. Hundreds of thousands of tons of fashionwear …
EU ban on destroying unsold clothes takes effect Read More
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The U.S. government plans to auction off massive sections of water surrounding American Samoa for potential deep-sea mining in an unprecedented move that is expected to …
The US plans to auction off sections of water around American Samoa in a push for deep-sea mining Read More
The European Commission has proposed reducing the capital requirements for the EU’s banks, in a move aimed at overhauling the regulatory framework introduced after the 2008 financial crisis. In a communication published …
Brussels proposes cuts to EU bank capital requirements Read More
The news came out just a few days ago: ADNOC Distribution, a petroleum retailer in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, will take over energy giant Shell’s petrol …
Why Gulf states are investing billions in Africa Read More
Together, these initiatives would have made up around half of the £200m that the UK pledged to support conservation in the Congo basin – the world’s second-largest rainforest. When it …
UK withdraws millions in funding from world’s second-largest rainforest in Congo Read More