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The Trudeau government will announce plans for a high-speed train linking Quebec City and Toronto in the coming weeks, Radio-Canada has learned. Proponents of the project hope the train will take passengers from Montreal to Toronto in three hours. By car, it takes about five-and-a-half hours to travel between the two cities. Sources told Radio-Canada […]
The make-up of Japan’s future government was in flux on Monday after voters punished Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba’s scandal-tainted ruling coalition in a weekend election, leaving no party with a clear mandate to lead the world’s fourth-largest economy. The uncertainty sent the yen currency to a three-month low as analysts prepared for days, or possibly […]
UK Finance Minister Rachel Reeves makes a speech during the Labour Party Conference that is held at the ACC Liverpool Convention Center in Liverpool, UK on September 23, 2024. Anadolu | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. Finance Minister Rachel Reeves will deliver the government’s hotly awaited debut budget on Wednesday, putting to bed weeks of […]
28th October 2024 Author: Aleksandra Cupriak Over 50 rural MPs are urging the government to confirm funding for rural Gigabit speed internet ahead of the Budget, amid reports of the money being redirected from the countryside. A letter supported by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA) and written by former secretary of state […]
The affair embroiling the far-left Sumar party has forced one of its top figures to resign and comes as Sánchez is facing two graft scandals involving his wife and one of his former ministers. The scandal broke on Thursday when Sumar lawmaker Íñigo Errejón , the party’s spokesman in parliament, announced he was stepping down […]
President Biden has issued the US’ first-ever National Security Memorandum (NSM) on AI, addressing how the nation approaches the technology from a security perspective. The memorandum, which builds upon Biden’s earlier executive order on AI, is founded on the premise that cutting-edge AI developments will substantially impact national security and foreign policy in the immediate […]
ActionSA has called on the government to stop the “gross abuse” of ratepayers’ funds following revelations by Minister of Home Affairs Leon Schreiber that nearly R200 million has been spent deporting undocumented foreigners since 2022. ActionSA’s Member of Parliament (MP) Lerato Ngobeni had asked Schreiber about the total number of deportations since 1 January 2022, […]
A comprehensive AI sector study – conducted by the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) in collaboration with Perspective Economics, Ipsos, and glass.ai – provides a detailed overview of the industry’s current state and its future prospects. In this article, we delve deeper into the key findings and implications—drawing on additional sources to enhance […]
PA Media Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer said this week he wants to discuss current challenges with Commonwealth leaders, especially climate change, rather than the past Commonwealth heads of government are preparing to defy the United Kingdom and agree plans to examine reparatory justice for the transatlantic slave trade, the BBC has learned. Downing Street […]
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