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  • Jul 2

    Google and Amazon emissions surge as AI expansion overwhelms net-zero pledges

    Google's carbon emissions rose 18% last year and Amazon's 16%, both companies reported this week, as the breakneck buildout of AI data centers consumes ever more electricity, making their 2030 and 2040 net-zero targets harder to reach.

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Pilgrim bus crashes in Hungary

Trump unsettles allies as Iran raises stakes and disasters test crowded front lines

The last half-day mixed battlefield escalation, personal diplomacy and the ordinary cruelty of accidents and weather. Governments looked busy, but several looked less in control than their communiqués suggested.

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  • US-South Korea military drills cut

    Trump orders reduction of joint military exercises with South Korea, citing high costs, while Seoul says scheduled drills will proceed

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The US under Trump: second term

No new discrete occurrences; findings restate the South Korea drill reduction already recorded on 2026-08-16.

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