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Briefing: Can brain cells run computers? This startup powers data centre using human neurons

Strategic angle: What previously required months or years of specialised lab work can now be done in hours or days thanks to its integrated platform.

editorial-staff Apr 4

Politics

Briefing: The cost of climate change is ‘hitting homes’ this Easter. Your lamb roast dinner is proof

Strategic angle: Climate-fuelled extreme weather is becoming farmers’ “biggest challenge”, as the price of lamb continues to soar.

editorial-staff Apr 4

Politics

Briefing: The new spring detox? How to eat like a Greek monk over Lent

Strategic angle: A proper fast for a few weeks can boost health, researchers and nutritionists say.

editorial-staff Apr 4

Politics

Briefing: AI is rewiring the world’s most prolific film industry

Strategic angle: AI is transforming the landscape of the film industry, impacting production and storytelling.

editorial-staff Apr 4

Politics

Briefing: Beauty as strategy: Why K-beauty is also a political success

Strategic angle: K-beauty is more than just a cosmetics trend. South Korea has combined popular culture, innovation and national strategy to create a business model where beauty products are an economic and political tool.

editorial-staff Apr 4

Politics

Briefing: 65, single, seeking a roommate: More seniors are being priced out of living alone

Strategic angle: Roommates overall are skewing older, as young people stay with their parents for longer.

editorial-staff Apr 4

Politics

Briefing: French-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan denounces 'judicial harassment' as court case looms over social media post

Strategic angle: Rima Hassan will be tried over allegedly 'promoting terrorism' over an X post referring to a Japanese man who carried out a terror attack in Israel in 1972.

editorial-staff Apr 4

Politics

Briefing: Afghanistan earthquake of magnitude 5.9 kills at least 8

Strategic angle: Authorities report ongoing damage assessment in remote areas affected by the quake.

editorial-staff Apr 4

Politics

Briefing: New Saint-Denis mayor seeks to turn racist insults against him into 'a foundation for building things'

Strategic angle: Bally Bagayoko, the new hard-left mayor, aims to transform negative experiences into positive community initiatives.

editorial-staff Apr 4

Politics

Briefing: Remote work for Canada's civil servants is being called into question

Strategic angle: Several provinces are requiring civil servants to return to the office full time, challenging Canada's remote work reputation.

editorial-staff Apr 4

Politics

Briefing: Israel launches new strikes on Beirut after destroying bridge in eastern Lebanon

Strategic angle: Explosions rocked Beirut early Saturday as Israel targeted Hezbollah infrastructure following the destruction of a bridge in eastern Lebanon.

editorial-staff Apr 4

Politics

US lifts sanctions on Venezuelan interim leader Delcy Rodriguez

Ties between the United States and Venezuela have warmed since Nicolas Maduro's ouster.

editorial-staff Apr 4

Politics

Briefing: US Company Secures Major Mining Deal in Democratic Republic of Congo

Strategic angle: The $700 million acquisition of Chemaf highlights a strategic move in US mining diplomacy amid rising competition with China.

editorial-staff Apr 4

Politics

Briefing: NASA's Artemis II crew are quite the photographers. See what they've snapped so far

Strategic angle: Many of the photos that have come out of the moon mission so far were taken by crew members.

editorial-staff Apr 4

Politics

Briefing: Trump admin’s challenge of Watergate-era records law alarms historians

Strategic angle: The Trump administration's legal challenge to a key records law raises concerns among historians about transparency and accountability.

editorial-staff Apr 3

Politics

Briefing: Pedro Sanchez: strong on the world stage, but vulnerable at home

Strategic angle: The Spanish prime minister commands international stature, notably due to his opposition to the war in Iran. But this recognition abroad hides the fragility of his political base in Madrid.

editorial-staff Apr 3

Politics

Briefing: Trump plans spending $377M on executive residence renovations – and wants $174M more

Strategic angle: The former president seeks additional funding for extensive renovations to the executive residence.

editorial-staff Apr 3

Politics

Briefing: The FAA’s “Temporary” Flight Restriction for Drones is a Blatant Attempt to Criminalize Filming ICE

Strategic angle: Legal intern Raj Gambhir argues that the Trump administration's flight restriction undermines First Amendment rights.

editorial-staff Apr 3

Politics

Briefing: Donald Trump unwittingly, but significantly, advances the energy transition

Strategic angle: In the wake of the global oil and gas shock triggered by the American strike on Iran, the president of the United States has turned into something of a climate doctor, accelerating the shift of major economies toward decarbonized energy.

editorial-staff Apr 3

Politics

Briefing: April - Politico

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editorial-staff Apr 3