46 m. ago Judicial branch employees – which Trump does not oversee – got Musk’s email asking for their accomplishments

Legal experts condemned the move, with one branding it a ‘fundamental failure’ in understanding the separation of powers, given the court system is not part of the executive branch

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87 m. ago US court upholds Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’s conviction

Holmes, who is serving nine years, attempted to overturn conviction over multimillion-dollar investor fraud scandalA US court upheld the conviction of the Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes for defrauding investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars while operating her failed blood-testing startup, once valued at $9bn, rejecting her multi-year appeal. The court also upheld the conviction of Ramesh “Sunny” Balwani, once Holmes’s romantic partner and president of Theranos.A three-judge panel for the 9th US circuit court of appeals in San Francisco rejected claims of legal errors at their separate trials held in 2022. Continue reading...

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99 m. ago ICC urged to investigate Biden for ‘aiding and abetting’ Gaza war crimes

US-based nonprofit Dawn also accuses ex-secretary of state Antony Blinken and ex-Pentagon chief Lloyd AustinA US-based nonprofit organization has urged the international criminal court to investigate former president Joe Biden and two of his cabinet members for complicity in war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza.The request, submitted by the Democracy for the Arab World Now (Dawn) last month but made public by the group on Monday, urges the ICC to investigate Biden, as well as former secretary of state Antony Blinken and former defense secretary Lloyd Austin, for their “accessorial roles in aiding and abetting, as well as intentionally contributing to, Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity in Gaza”. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Most conservation funds go to large vertebrates at expense of ‘neglected’ species

Study shows funding bias towards animals like rhino while other endangered species including amphibians and algae disregardedMost global conservation funds go to larger, charismatic animals, leaving critically important but less fashionable species deprived, a 25-year study has revealed.Scientists have found that of the $1.963bn allocated to projects worldwide, 82.9% was assigned to vertebrates. Plants and invertebrates each accounted for 6.6% of the funding, while fungi and algae were barely represented at less than 0.2%. Continue reading...

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2 h. ago Unforgotten theme tune: real life love story behind haunting track

ITV's Unforgotten murder investigation is concluding but there is one other question nagging everyone

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2 h. ago Holidaymakers' beloved £157k BMW 'wrecked' after leaving it with meet

"That car means everything to me"

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2 h. ago India demands more UK visas as the price of a free trade deal with Britain

Minister of Commerce Piyush Goyal said that allowing British companies access to India's services sector would require greater access for its staff.

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3 h. ago The Guardian view on AI and copyright: creativity should be cherished, not given away | Editorial

The government’s consultation was weighted towards big tech. Now is the time for a rethinkIt’s a seductive promise: let our computers scrape the internet for ideas, images, forms of words, stories, music, jokes and our industry will make your country rich. For a UK government desperate for economic growth, the demands of tech companies for copyright laws to be relaxed – in order that their artificial intelligence (AI) systems can access as much online content as possible without having to pay or seek permission – have been hard to resist. The US and China are the global leaders of this new tech race. But the UK has a chance to compete that ministers are desperate not to miss.To AI businesses, copyright is an irritant. Three years ago, it appeared that their lobbyists were on the verge of getting their way when a government agency, the Intellectual Property Office, recommended an exemption for data mining. This would grant bots free rein and – so the argument...

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3 h. ago Now THAT'S chilling out: The igloo hotels in the Alps rebuilt each winter... from snow

There are three igloo villages in Switzerland, in Davos, Gstaad (1,900m) and Zermatt (2,700m); one in Austria, in Innsbruck (2,000m); and one in Germany, at Zugspitze (2,600m).

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4 h. ago New Zealand minister quits after having ‘placed hand’ on staffer’s arm

‘I took the discussion too far,’ says commerce minister Andrew Bayly, calling his own behaviour ‘overbearing’A New Zealand government minister said on Monday he has resigned from his post after “placing his hand” on a staff member’s upper arm during an “animated” discussion.The country’s minister for commerce and consumer affairs, Andrew Bayly, told reporters his behaviour towards the staff member had been “overbearing”. Continue reading...

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4 h. ago Jeremy Hunt says welfare cuts would let Starmer commit to 3% defence spend now

Mr Hunt said the UK raising defence spending to match the US relative to GDP would secure the future of Ukraine and of Nato.

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4 h. ago Wojnarowski auctions iPhones used for 'Woj bombs' to raise NIL money at St. Bonaventure

Adrian Wojnarowski is cleaning out his office of cell phones and press passes, and even offering dinner dates in a bid to raise name, image and likeness funds for the St. Bonaventure men’s basketball program

Economics

4 h. ago Stormont deputy First Minister will travel to US for St Patrick’s Day

Emma Little-Pengelly did not confirm whether she will meet US President Donald Trump, saying her programme is being worked out.

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4 h. ago Dairy company plans £90m investment and 90 jobs at Lockerbie site

The investment would have an impact on other Arla sites across the country.

Economics

4 h. ago Met Police detective is sacked for football hooliganism after he threw a firework into crowd during Arsenal's defeat to Bayern Munich in Germany

Detective Constable Gordon Irikefe was found to have committed gross misconduct in acts of 'unacceptable' football hooliganism.

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4 h. ago Apple announces $500 billion investment in US amid tariff threats that could affect the iPhone

Apple announced Monday that it plans to invest more than $500 billion in the United States over the next four years, including plans to hire 20,000 people and build a new server factory in Texas

Economics

4 h. ago BMW committed to UK investment despite £600m funding pause, says minister

BMW announced it is delaying investment into its Oxford plant over the weekend, pointing to ‘multiple uncertainties facing the automotive industry’.

Economics

5 h. ago Livingston MP welcomes £200m investment in Grangemouth refinery

The investment, announced by Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer at Scottish Labour Conference in Glasgow, will be delivered through the National Wealth Fund and aims to unlock private sector investment to ensure Grangemouth remains a hub for clean energy and skilled jobs.

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5 h. ago Women are more likely than ever to invest. Here’s six tips to get started

New data shows some women are powering ahead as investors

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5 h. ago Federal workers sue over Elon Musk’s threat to fire them if they don’t explain their accomplishments – live

Attorneys for federal workers say Elon Musk violated the law with his weekend demand that employees explain their accomplishments or risk being firedMusk demand for federal workers document what they do brings chaosMusk’s ‘Doge’ claim about USAid funds for India sets off political firestormHere’s a little more on Dan Bongino, the Maga podcaster Donald Trump has named as deputy director of the FBI and who will oversee the bureau alongside newly appointed director Kash Patel.The president announced the appointment on Sunday night in a post on his Truth Social platform, praising Bongino as “a man of incredible love and passion for our country”. He called the announcement “great news for law enforcement and American justice”.Kash Patel should have been a redline. Bongino is what you get when R Senators fail to do their jobs and say no to Patel. The Trump Admin is turning federal law enforcement over to unqualified, unprincipled, partisan henchmen. It’s unacceptable and conservatives nee...

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