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Blanket ban on face coverings threatens several human rights
Black prisoners are assigned harsher living conditions in Ontario jails—thanks to AI
Ontario jails are using a program that claims it can predict prisoners’ behaviour, disproportionately putting Black prisoners in higher-security facilities
Trump’s War on Journalists
The recent subpoenas of reporters make clear that the President is trying to threaten the press. Few protections are in place to stop him.
The World Cup tested the limits of Egypt’s pro-Palestine solidarity
Coach Hossam Hassan and his team have become a vehicle for expressing a popular sentiment that is either repressed or carefully contained at home.
us/Big Tech Joins Big Oil in Ruining Summer
us/ Big Tech Joins Big Oil in Ruining Summer The industry has abandoned its climate pledges in favor of fossil fuel-powered AI data centers.
€79 Million Share Deal Links Lebanon’s IBL Bank to an Italian Drug Trafficker
In a country whose courts continue to struggle to investigate and hold senior figures accountable for the financial collapse, the IBL Bank case, along with similar cases uncovered by foreign judicial …
Pokopia, cosy games and the problem of escapism
'Cosy games' have grown in popularity in recent years but can they be more than mere escapism? Dr Stephanie Farnsworth investigates
Ancient Princesses Were Weapon-Wielding Badasses, Scientists Discover
The mummified remains of 4,000-year-old Egyptian royals suggest that they were buried with weapons because they could use them, not for symbolic reasons.
If Andy Burnham Ignores the Climate, He’ll Do So at His Peril
Keir Starmer will pack up his desk and exit Downing Street on Monday, without even the sweetener of watching England in a World Cup final.
Your Period Tracker Is (Probably) Spying on You
Plus: Russian cyberspies turn to infrastructure hacking, DHS repeatedly fails to realize it’d been hacked, a breach exposes an AI music generator’s scraping ways, and more.
Von Pflastern und Pflanzenfressern
Gutes Essen und Dinge reparieren haben mehr gemeinsam, als man vielleicht denkt. Wir finden: beides verdient mehr Aufmerksamkeit.
Debriefed 17 July 2026: UK ‘firewave’ | Fossil-fuelled heat deaths | London’s Natural History Museum spotlights climate
Welcome to Carbon Brief’s DeBriefed. An essential guide to the week's key developments relating to climate.
Priests vs Godbots
‘Godbots are on the rise because they fill a human need that even God’s ministers have failed to provide in our busy world: the gift of presence’
KW 29: Die Woche, als ein Kompetenzzentrum Misstrauen erzeugte
Die letzten Wochen waren voller dreiköpfiger Affen, mit denen die tollpatschig bis fintenreich agierende Bundesregierung von ihren Gesetzesvorhaben ablenken will.
Tribune Appoints New Editor
Tribune is pleased to announce that journalist Oliver Eagleton has joined us as our new editor. He is the author of The Starmer Project (2022) and the forthcoming The Future Regained (2027).
Russland-Propaganda: AfD-Influencer Murad Dadaev im Einsatz in der Ukraine
Murad Dadaev war in der AfD aktiv und pflegte Kontakte bis in die Parteispitze. Nun dokumentiert der Influencer auf Instagram seinen Einsatz für die russische Armee in der Ukraine.
Swedbank fined $50 million by New York authorities over Panama Papers revelations
The Swedish bank and its New York subsidiary agreed to the penalty to settle final U.S. probe tied to money laundering case, officials say.
Why Britain wanted to keep Pathan migrants out of Siam
Colonial records reveal how extraterritorial privilege, migration and fears of crime collided in early 20th-century Siam.
From friends to foes: how Türkiye-Israel relations soured
Turks have been helping Jews for at least 500 years, but today many are angry at the injustices suffered by Palestinians at the hands of the Israeli government. Is there hope for a reset?
