The News A Ghanaian energy company has raised more than half a billion dollars to fund ongoing natural gas-based power projects and pursue new opportunities in West Africa. Genser Energy secured a €456 million ($527 million) credit package arranged by three of South Africa’s top banks First Rand Bank, Absa ...
OpenAI funds new think tank projectsOpenAI funds new think tank projects
OpenAI is announcing the winners of its call for grant proposals to study the economic and societal impact of artificial intelligence, and to develop solutions to address disruptions. According to details shared first with Semafor, recipients include US-based organizations across the political spectrum, like the American Enterprise Institute, the Progressive ...
Can Democrats afford to take on Big Tech? Or to leave it alone?Can Democrats afford to take on Big Tech? Or to leave it alone?
The News Juleanna Glover, a longtime adviser to CEOs navigating Washington, DC, and onetime adviser to Elon Musk, spent the summer of 2020 texting Musk’s phone number to everyone she knew in Joe Biden’s campaign. The Tesla CEO had started to grouse on X about the Democratic nominee, and she ...
Progressive Democrats eye Israel policy shift in 2027Progressive Democrats eye Israel policy shift in 2027
Capitol Hill progressives are homing in on the “Block the Bombs Act” as they prepare for a potential overhaul of Israel policy under a Democratic majority. The legislation would block certain weapons transfers to Israel and is cosponsored by more than a third of House Democrats. Progressive Caucus Chair Rep. ...
Two Republicans with the same name are running for Senate in Alaska. The bigger threat? Democrat Mary PeltolaTwo Republicans with the same name are running for Senate in Alaska. The bigger threat? Democrat Mary Peltola
Observers call Peltola, who won the red state’s House seat twice and is running to unseat Dan Sullivan, ‘a unicorn’ Dan J Sullivan is a retired schoolteacher and US Forest Service employee living in the town of Petersburg in south-eastern Alaska, who is running as a Republican for the US ...
The one change that worked: I sent myself a letter – and realised what’s missing in this world of WhatsAppThe one change that worked: I sent myself a letter – and realised what’s missing in this world of WhatsApp
I’ve started writing to my sister, my mum, my friends … Not everyone writes back, but when we connect it’s on a deeper level than any group chat Last January, I received a letter. Most of my post was predictably boring – a statement from the water company, my credit ...
‘I had to learn how to be a feminist’: Greg Dulli on surviving grunge, shunning misogyny, and Afghan Whigs’ glorious return‘I had to learn how to be a feminist’: Greg Dulli on surviving grunge, shunning misogyny, and Afghan Whigs’ glorious return
With a soulful sound and soul-baring lyrics, the Afghan Whigs rode the post-Nirvana boom to the big leagues. Their frontman explains his exploration of the male ego – and how Usher got the band back together The Afghan Whigs were always heavier than their grunge-era brethren. Not musically – their ...
Parents pushed to breaking point by Child Maintenance Service, BBC toldParents pushed to breaking point by Child Maintenance Service, BBC told
Mothers, like Katy, describe battles to make ex-partners pay, while fathers say they have been wrongly charged thousands. ...
Burnham exchanged messages with person posing as Trump’s chief of staffBurnham exchanged messages with person posing as Trump’s chief of staff
Downing Street has declined to comment on the security breach, first reported by Politico. ...
Rain on way for UK with temperatures to drop to overnight lows of 3C in some placesRain on way for UK with temperatures to drop to overnight lows of 3C in some places
After and exceptional summer of heatwaves and drought, the weather will turn wetter and cooler this week, as Simon King explains ...