Politics

How Putin’s Refinery Dream Became Ukraine’s Target

Damage to Russian refineries still visible from space months after strikes

Saudi Arabia is still doomed to dependence on America

The US president’s latest outburst reveals that Benjamin Netanyahu’s preferences continue to trump Mohammed bin Salman’s ambitions

Newsmax will pay $40 million to settle Smartmatic voting machine allegations

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Newsmax will pay $67 million to settle Dominion voting machine lawsuit.

Dominion filed a defamation lawsuit against the conservative news station after it pushed false claims about “rigging” the 2020 presidential election. Along with this hefty sum, Newsmax must also pay $40 million to the voting machine company Smartmatic as part of an earlier settlement.

Digital avatar of Jair Bolsonaro tests Brazil’s AI election rules

Lawyers for former president insist he did not authorise the projection following legal challenge from leftwing groups

Comcast store punished low sales by smashing pies in workers' faces, lawsuit claims

Comcast, accused of negligence, says lawsuit mischaracterized alleged events.

Anthony Fauci invokes Fifth Amendment at fiery Senate hearing on Covid-19

Republican lawmakers threaten to hold scientist in contempt for failing to answer questions

Ex-Goldman executive awarded £1.45mn after paternity leave ‘stigma’

Jon Reeves lost his job after he took six months off to look after his baby

Populism will eat itself

A movement that admires belligerence and confrontation will turn on its own in the end

US says it intercepted ‘surprise’ Iranian missile attack

Incident ends a days-long pause in direct air strikes

If you think your profession is dying, it could soon be gone

Younger workers once foresaw the demise of horse-drawn carriages — but anticipating obsolescence can be self-fulfilling

How Absurdist Memes Turned Into War Propaganda

Trump’s and Iran’s social media posts on the conflict have become ‘a substitute for thought’, says one memetic pioneer