UNCOVERED: 67 - Caught on Camera

In Wales, I’ve seen what happens when devolution isn’t done right. Here’s what Andy Burnham must know

In my country, devolution has been the equivalent of giving someone a new electric car without the capacity to charge it. That can’t be the model for the whole UK, says Guardian columnist Will Hayward

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15

Surviving extreme heat increasingly boils down to this: access to air conditioning

The next great climate divide will be between countries that have the resources to adapt and those that don’t

The Guardian - US · Jul 15

Some advice for Andy Burnham? Crack down on ‘rip-off Britain’ – and make sure voters feel the benefits

Fining errant corporations is welcome – but when consumers are also getting shaken down on their local high street, it’s time for a new and boisterous approach, says Guardian Opinion assistant editor Jason Okundaye

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15

Once again we are told AI may be conscious – I study consciousness, and I have my doubts

Despite Anthropic’s claims, Claude is no more likely to achieve sentience than a simulation of a weather system is likely to generate a real hurricane, says Anil Seth, professor of cognitive and computational neuroscience at the University of Sussex

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15

I investigated Palantir’s foothold in the British state – and what I found should worry us all

Paid-for political access and threadbare regulations have helped to embed the US tech firm in the NHS – and beyond. But there is a way to free ourselves, says Peter Geoghegan of Democracy for Sale

The Guardian - UK · Jul 15

Worawit: The doctor with a border

Dr Worawit Tantiwattanasap, director of Umphang Hospital, has spent his entire career treating patients along the remote and rugged terrain of the Thai-Myanmar border. "Border doctors are like soldiers, but the enemy isn't people or armies, but disease," he tells me in our interview on June 19. "Preventing epidemics from…

Bangkok Post · Jul 15

Beyond water leakage

Bangkok's subway system is not a symbol of modernity. Launched on July 3, 2004, the Chalerm Ratchamongkhon Line -- the country's first subway line -- is a triumph of Thai civil engineering and a source of national pride.

Bangkok Post · Jul 15

Stronger European links needed

Speaking at the National Press Council of Thailand on July 4, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Ekniti Nitithanprapas gave one of the clearest recent statements of the government's economic thinking: Thailand is being hit by global shocks it cannot control and domestic weaknesses it can no longer defer. Investment,…

Bangkok Post · Jul 15

I was injured by an e-bike, but believe over-regulating alternative forms of transport is misdirected

Better regulation to stop antisocial behaviour is required, but safer, healthier forms of active transport need our support | Opinion

Newcastle Herald · Jul 14

ED sells Hawker 800A jet for Rs 3 cr: Are you buying property or just a legal headache?

The Enforcement Directorate recently auctioned a private jet under money laundering laws. This sale clarified that attachment of property is not ownership by the agency. Ownership of seized assets only passes after a court confirms money laundering has occurred. The agency can sell rapidly depreciating assets like aircraft with court…

The Economic Times · Jul 14