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Majority of US’s new AI datacenters to be built on drought-hit land

A record-shattering drought has racked much of the US. But the artificial intelligence industry is pushing ahead regardless, with the majority of planned datacenters set to be built in drought-ridden locations, a...

‘I’m tired of getting kicked in the teeth’: firefighting union leader seeks to shake up Congress

Bob Brooks has worked a lot of jobs, sometimes several at once to make ends meet. He was a paper boy at age 10, and then a dishwasher, prep cook, pizza deliverer, bartender...

Airline industry chiefs say 2050 net zero goal now unlikely

The aviation industry’s landmark pledges to be net zero by 2050 will probably not now be achieved, airline leaders have admitted. The collective goal to eliminate net carbon emissions was declared by global...

Robots could soon be delivering your pizza

An Estonian startup says its machines are now cheaper than human couriers 

‘Historic’: Canadian warehouse workers sign first-ever union deal with Walmart

Canadian warehouse workers have signed the first-ever collective agreement with Walmart, a breakthrough labour organizers are calling a “historic and powerful step”. But the union says the deal with a corporation long hostile...

On China, Trump picked the right battle but the wrong strategy

We are in for a long trade war. In the months since “Liberation Day” last year, when Donald Trump let loose a volley of tariffs against imports from everywhere, countries have rushed to...

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