Samantha Johnson
Pressure mounts on UK government to ban Kanye West after festival backlash
The British government was under growing pressure on Monday to bar American rapper Kanye West from entering the country after he was named as the…
Strait of Hormuz: are France and Germany just out to ‘manage their irrelevance’?
France and Germany have ramped up diplomatic efforts to contain the fallout from an escalating Middle East oil crisis, seeking to project European autonomy and…
The danger in the Global South’s pursuit of AI as a magical cure
Much Western discourse on artificial intelligence has lately focused on establishing safeguards and installing guardrails against powerful new AI systems, algorithmic bias, the collusion of…
Video brings new scrutiny to Minnesota ICE shooting after charges against 2 men collapsed
The city of Minneapolis released a video on Monday showing a chase and scuffle that ended in a non-fatal shooting in January and the suspensions…
Venezuela’s government, opposition may cooperate to safeguard US assets
Venezuela’s government and its political opposition are seeking to coordinate their legal defence of the oil-rich country’s United States assets, after Washington’s official recognition of…

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