The Trump administration, meanwhile, aims to shield its manufacturer from lawsuits.

The decisive factor isn’t his ads or charisma. It is the public financing of election campaigns, and it should be replicated across the United States.

Despite the speed at which it is progressing, AI is getting far too little discussion in Congress, the media and within the general population. That has got to change

This is evil.

Tweaks to state laws mean many Americans will be able to benefit from small, simple plug-in solar panels

The biggest story of the climate summit might be the brand-new EVs on the streets outside.

Account of visit to Gaza by French professor describes Israeli military attacks on security personnel protecting convoys A historian who spent more than a month in Gaza at the turn of the year says he saw “utterly convincing” evidence that Israel supported looters who attacked aid convoys during the conflict. Jean-Pierre Filiu, a professor of Middle East studies at France’s prestigious Sciences Po university, entered Gaza in December where he was hosted by an international humanitarian organisation in the southern coastal zone of al-Mawasi. Continue reading...

Committee highlights allegations including dog attacks and sexual violence, raising concern about impunity for war crimes Israel has “a de facto state policy of organised and widespread torture”, according to a new UN report covering the past two years, which also raised concerns about the impunity of Israeli security forces for war crimes. The UN committee on torture expressed “deep concern over allegations of repeated severe beatings, dog attacks, electrocution, waterboarding, use of prolonged stress positions [and] sexual violence”. Continue reading...

We can do away with it without a new Supreme Court. Nor do we need a constitutional amendment. There’s a far simpler way.

The number has skyrocketed in recent weeks and includes at least 20 judges appointed by Trump himself.

Mould found at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster appears to be feeding off the radiation. Could we use it to shield space travellers from cosmic rays?