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1,300 dead, Hormuz still snarls

Heat kills Europeans as earthquakes batter Venezuela and Gulf rivals trade blows

The past 12 hours brought little mercy: heat, rubble and airspace all produced hard numbers. Governments that looked prepared on paper now face a sterner test, measured in hospital queues, rescue delays and nervous shipping lanes.

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AI: capabilities, regulation, labour

South Korea's announcement of a $590 billion investment in chip and AI infrastructure indicates a significant, albeit non-EU, development in global AI infrastructure, impacting the broader context of compute availability.

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