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Trip of the week: the glories of Trieste – then and now

As the great seaport of the Habsburg empire, Trieste was a “thriving ethnic, financial and cultural crossroads”, dubbed “Europiccola” (Europe in miniature) by James Joyce. Then came the First World War, and the grand geopolitical shifts of the 20th century, which left it ever more isolated – hemmed in on…

The Week

An experimental cancer trial in France is getting a boost from the Gates Foundation: ‘Potential game-changer’

It might eventually lead to an affordable bedside machine that "fully and rapidly" re-arms the immune system.

Fortune

As the women's World Cup looms on the horizon for Australian football, these legendary Matildas have been left behind

As preparations for the women's World Cup hit high gear, some of Australia's greatest ever players are being left behind.

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Elon Musk reportedly planning to launch AI rival to ChatGPT maker

Tesla and Twitter boss said to be bringing together team, weeks after co-signing letter demanding pause in AI research

The Guardian - UK

The week Macron’s grand diplomatic project floundered

A furore over the French president’s remarks on Taiwan has left him isolated on the world stage as well as at home

Financial Times

OpenAI’s red team: the experts hired to ‘break’ ChatGPT

Microsoft-backed company asked an eclectic mix of people to ‘adversarially test’ GPT-4, its powerful new language model

Financial Times

JPMorgan warns that bankers who fail to come into the office could face ‘corrective action’—and orders leaders to be in 5 days a week

The bank said in a memo to staff that all employees must meet their “in-office attendance expectations.”

Fortune

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A Little Life review: a ‘grisly spectacle’ starring James Norton

It’s “rare for a play to be a phenomenon before it even opens”, but A Little Life has managed that, said Sarah Crompton on What’s On Stage. The 2015 novel by Hanya Yanagihara on which it is based – about a New York lawyer whose life has been destroyed by…

The Week

The Pentagon docs: America’s worst intelligence leak in a decade

The release of classified US defence department documents that reveal how the war in Ukraine is really playing out as well as security secrets relating to the US’s allies has been described as America’s most serious intelligence leak in a decade.

The Week

The UK’s new mobile emergency alert system: what is it and how does it work?

The UK will test its new mobile phone “emergency alerts” system this month, despite concerns that it could endanger those at risk of domestic abuse by revealing hidden phones.

The Week

Nigel Lawson: Innovative chancellor who ushered in an economic shift

His various tax reforms made under Thatcher helped move economic policy from Keynesianism to monetarism

The Independent UK

US ‘resists’ giving Ukraine NATO accession ‘road map’

The US is pushing back against efforts by some European allies to offer Ukraine a “road map” to NATO membership at the Western alliance’s next summit in July, according to a British media report quoting unnamed diplomatic sources.

France 24

Souls Grown Deep Like the Rivers review: a display of ‘redemptive’ works

It took both ingenuity and courage for African Americans to become artists in the Jim Crow-era Deep South, said Maya Jaggi in the FT. The region’s black inhabitants typically received no education beyond primary level and were limited to low-paid jobs, making materials like oil paint all but unaffordable. Since…

The Week

THG puts 180 jobs at risk in Greater Manchester after closing major OnDemand division

THG said it 'will take steps to minimise the number of redundancies'

Manchester Evening News

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Deep-sea mining: can it help solve our climate problems?

A growing controversy is swirling around deep-sea mining, which aims to extract valuable minerals from the ocean floor.

The Conversation

What Binance's US lawsuit says about the future for cryptocurrency regulation

The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has been hit with a lawsuit by US regulator the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). This is not the first time a cryptocurrency exchange has been charged by a regulator. But this particular case involves a regulator that does not directly oversee cryptocurrencies. This…

The Week

The B Corp backlash

Since the first “B Corp” status was awarded in 2007, the number of companies that have received the certification for their environmental and social efforts has risen rapidly.

Fortune

Larry Summers: Danger of U.S. mortality 'transcends politics'

U.S. mortality data was "especially scary remembering that demographics were the best early warning on the collapse of the USSR,” Summers tweeted.

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China truce with business — for now

Worried about decelerating growth, Xi Jinping has launched a charm offensive to convince investors the country is open for business

The Week

Banking crisis: has the city weathered the financial storm?

It was perhaps inevitable that, after the shock collapse of Credit Suisse, attention would switch to another European bank with “a patchy record”, said Lex in the FT.

Financial Times

Lex in depth: how safe are America’s regional banks?

After the recent failures of Silicon Valley Bank and others, the FT has analysed more than 100 institutions to identify those that are the biggest cause for concern

Bangkok Post

Govt defends electricity bill hike

The government is defending its decision to raise the fuel tariff (Ft) price for households from May to August as suitable after the government's 3.2-billion-baht subsidy for vulnerable groups ends in April.

Fortune

Tech giants are cutting back on AI ethics research as Elon Musk calls for a cautious approach

Technologists are calling for a more cautious approach to AI, but some companies are still pushing forward at all costs.

Financial Times

Binance hid extensive links to China for several years

Company documents show crypto exchange relied on country long after it said it had left in 2017

The Week

Iraq: the cultural resilience of a war-ravaged country

It is 20 years since the US-led invasion of Iraq, and the Foreign Office still advises against travel there, owing to risks including kidnapping. But although the country is “by no means stable”, it is “just about functioning as a rare Arab democracy”, says Sophy Roberts in the FT –…

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