Google restricts AI chatbot election answers
Elections are due to be held around the world this year including in the US, India and the UK. Source link
After Newsom veto, California lawmakers try again to ban tampons with ‘forever chemicals’
SACRAMENTO — A new bill could ban the sale of tampons and other menstrual products that contain potentially toxic chemicals in California, reigniting a push by…
Angela Rayner will not face police inquiry
The deputy Labour leader had faced claims she gave false information on official documents. Source link
Bill would give families more information on police killings
California law enforcement investigators would have to change how they interview the families of people killed by police under legislation meant to stop officers from…
Gething helped donor's waste offence company
Candidate to be the next FM lobbied regulators for firm owned by company that later donated to him. Source link
How Trump and MAGA became the Republican establishment
Donald Trump’s domination of last week’s primaries made it official: He has successfully routed the GOP establishment. Some would argue, with ample evidence, that this…
Archbishops criticise Gove's extremist definition plans
Justin Welby and Stephen Cotterell warn the move risks the right to worship and peaceful protest. Source link
Opposition concedes that Newsom likely to win on Proposition 1
Gov. Gavin Newsom brimmed with confidence about Proposition 1 in January as he sat in a Costa Mesa Motel 6 room that was converted into…
UK to pay failed asylum seekers to move to Rwanda
The Home Office is offering up to £3,000 to encourage people to relocate to the East African country. Source link
California schools could ban Flamin’ Hot Cheetos under bill
The days of Flamin’ Hot Cheetos in California schools may be numbered. A new bill aims to ban from public schools food products that contain…
NHS England to stop prescribing puberty blockers
The BBC understands that the new policy, confirmed on Tuesday, will not allow them to be prescribed "routinely" outside of a research trial, but that…
Pentagon to give Ukraine $300 million in weapons
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon will rush about $300 million in weapons to Ukraine after finding some cost savings in its contracts, even though the military remains…
BBC report into Gaza medics 'disturbing' – Cameron
UK foreign secretary demands answers from the Israeli government over how medical staff were treated. Source link
Special counsel who questioned Biden’s memory testifies
WASHINGTON — Over five hours of interviews, President Biden repeatedly told a special counsel that he never meant to retain classified information after he left the…
Tory donor alleged remarks were racist – Badenoch
The business secretary says the "idea of linking criticism" of Diane Abbott to her skin colour "is appalling". Source link
GOP leaders blame abortion-ban confusion on doctors, misinformation
NASHVILLE — In Republican-led states across the U.S., conservative legislators are refusing to reevaluate abortion bans — even as doctors and patients insist the laws’ exceptions…
Tory donor comments on Abbott ‘racist and sexist’ – Kwarteng
Former Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng has condemned comments from Frank Hester, the Tory party's biggest donor, about MP Diane Abbott, who sits as an independent.Kwasi Kwarteng…
Biden’s State of the Union address should give us hope on climate
If I were a pessimist, I might start today’s newsletter by telling you that Earth just wrapped up its ninth straight month of record-breaking temperatures.…
Diane Abbott calls Tory donor’s comments frightening
The Guardian reported that he went on to say: "It's like trying not to be racist but you see Diane Abbott on the TV, and…
Kamala Harris, in San Francisco, outlines ‘profound’ stakes of election
SAN FRANCISCO — Vice President Kamala Harris made a trip home to San Francisco on Monday, kicking off the November general election less than a…