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Europe Drops the Passport Stamp for Good

Schengen passport stamps end next month, replaced by fingerprints and facial scans for more than 60 nationalities including the UK, US, and Australia.

Britain’s Creative Industries Beat the AI Scraping Machine

Britain dropped its AI copyright opt-out plan this week after Elton John, Thom Yorke and 88 per cent of respondents all said the same thing: no.

Could AI Follow the Metaverse Into Oblivion?

On 18 March, Meta announced it was shutting down Horizon Worlds, meaning the app will vanish from Quest hardware by 15 June but why?

A School Bombing Tests AI’s Liability Limits

A US strike killed up to 168 people at a girls' school in Iran last week. Investigators now believe an AI system using outdated targeting data identified it as a military site.

Lost in Automation: AI Predictions and the Reality Check 

Although tech giants claim office jobs will vanish in months, their software remains stuck in an English bubble that cannot grasp the wider global world.

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France Returns Colonial Art, and Nazi-Looted Works Too

France confronts two legacies of stolen art as new restitution laws ease colonial returns and the Musée d’Orsay spotlights Nazi-looted works still awaiting heirs.

Syrian Reconstruction Era: Abu Dhabi’s First-Mover Advantage

As foreign funds return to Damascus, the UAE has eagerly secured prime real estate with preemptive speed.

UAE Classrooms Reopen After a Week of War

UAE schools have returned to in-person learning after a second week of remote classes triggered by Iranian attacks, testing a system that has now been forced to switch modes twice in less than two months.

EU Development Finance Bankrolls China’s African Expansion

Brussels funds hundreds of buses for Dakar, a Chinese state firm bids at half the European price and wins the contract.

Populist Divorce: Meloni and the MAGA Civil War

A public break with Trump over Iran and the Pope lifts Meloni's domestic standing, saving her political skin.