The U.S. wants Iran to understand that killing Americans is its red line.

Trump said Canada can either pay $61 billion toward the missile defense shield or get it for free if it joins the U.S.

Green groups and industry warn axing of Moonlight Range Wind Farm project risks undermining confidence in renewables * Australia news live: latest politics updates * Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast The Liberal National party’s axing of a conditionally approved windfarm that could have powered hundreds of thousands of homes risks undermining confidence in the renewable energy sector in Queensland, green and industry groups have warned. Planned for a site 40km north-west of Rockhampton, Greenleaf Renewables’ $1bn Moonlight Range Wind Farm Project would have been able to power about 260,000 homes, using 88 260-metre turbines. It also included a grid-scale battery. Sign up for Guardian Australia’s breaking news email Continue reading...

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My habit is quaint, I know, and there are downsides – but for those who value literature, the focus will shift to this: how do we prove we didn’t use AI? When I was very young, three or four, before I learned to write, I’d search out empty pages in my father’s thin, hardbound ledgers and out-of-date diaries, and scribble from left to right. I would sit them on an angled louvre, the humid Brisbane air drifting in, and play at writing. I think I derive some pleasure in the friction of pencil on paper itself, surfing the feint-ruled lines. There is electricity – lightning, back through memoir – that links to my early tactile sense of the world. Perhaps, eventually, we’ll be able to see AI for what it is and take solace in human traces – an interest in process and practice will deepen. This is happening already, but there’ll be more focus on the open studio or the singular, lifelong accumulation of skill and intelligence of any artist, musician or writer – something AI lacks. A painter slowly perfecting a subtle un-mimicable line via studies or works-in-progress. Continue reading...