When politicians write bad erotic fiction

The latter — who ran for president in 1990 — won the prize “for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual’s resistance, revolt, and defeat.” But has he ever referred to British…

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Polls close in Holborn and St Pancras byelection as Labour hopes to retain seat

Labour is seeking to retain Keir Starmer's former north London seat, where he won a majority of more than 11,000 votes in the 2024 general election . The byelection is seen as a measure of the political landscape under…

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‘Not great, not terrible’: Why nobody trusts Russia to tell the truth about plague

Soviet authorities said the children suffered from thallium food poisoning, but later studies raised questions about that, with some suggesting the cause was hydrazine, or acid rain . Over the years, the Kremlin has also…

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EU cyber and science researchers are testing Chinese AI models

Open-weight models are those whose core components are publicly released, allowing anyone to run the model and study how it works. China’s approach to AI has leaned more towards open models than the United States. Some…

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EU’s fight to break China’s raw material dominance isn’t going well

It also includes 13 projects from outside the bloc. These were designed to deliver the EU’s raw materials targets: by 2030, the bloc aims to mine at least 10 percent, process 40 percent and recycle 25 percent of its own…

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Meet the German spymaster turned treason suspect

“You could also say if you want to talk to Russia, take former members of the government or former members of the secret services.” Hanning also became involved with Samuel Danilowitsch, a German businessman, who led the…

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EU countries brace for €100B-€200B smaller budget

The 17 countries — including heavyweights Italy, Spain and Poland — issued a joint statement last week opposing cuts to agriculture and cohesion. In a concession to this camp, Ireland is expected to propose budget…

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Croatian MEP stands down from national party after friends and family attended EU Parliament event

“Just like all other MEPs, I invited citizens to Parliament whom I was entitled to invite —individuals whose experience and work directly contributed to the health policies we were developing. All rules were followed…

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The Guardian view on cancers in under-50s: the risks of obesity must be confronted | Editorial

While a cancer diagnosis is bad news at any time, it is a particular blow for those in younger age groups where most people are in good health. Overlapping trends observed in England, the Netherlands and the US include a…

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NATO attempts to cool tensions with Russia ahead of key nuclear exercise

Following the previous NATO exercises, Moscow sent a letter to the alliance threatening to hit allied territory and mentioning the use of its nuclear arsenal — a move that NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte publicly…

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