In this dangerous age, Britain needs to exert soft power as well as the hard stuff

EU ambassador to China urges Beijing to stop building coal-fired power plants

Jorge Toledo’s comments come after approvals for coal power projects increased in second half of 2024. The EU’s ambassador to China has urged Beijing to stop building coal-fired power plants, ...

The Guardian - 21h

F1's balance of power: Does each team have a clear-cut No. 1?

Built to be united, F1 teams rarely are, with drivers determined to beat their teammates first and foremost. So who's the No. 1 at all 10 teams?

ESPN - 21h

Trump admin is rethinking Guantánamo immigrant detention plan amid cost issues and power struggles

President Trump still wants to use the base for detention, but a scaled-down version is the most likely outcome, sources said.

NBC News - 18h

How the A-MEM framework supports powerful long-context memory so LLMs can take on more complicated tasks

A-MEM uses embeddings and LLMs to create dynamic memory notes that automatically link to create complex knowledge structures.

VentureBeat - 17h

NBA power rankings 2024-25: Cavaliers retake top spot in rankings, Pistons move into top 10

Detroit has moved into the top 10, maybe the biggest surprise of the NBA season.

Yahoo Sports - 16h

Restricting power across US-Canada border risks grid stability, watchdog warns

Any move to stymie electricity flows amid trade war would create a ‘big problem’, regulator Nerc says

Financial Times - 10h

‘It shows how far we’ve come’: how women’s boxing powered its way to the Royal Albert Hall

Lauren Price, Natasha Jonas and Cindy Ngamba believe groundbreaking all-female bill offers the sport the chance to set aside its problems and show pride in its progress. “It’s maddening and sad to ...

The Guardian - 7h

Trump’s 2025 strategy: Use power while you have it and don’t worry about the polls

The president and the Republican Party seem not to be troubled by polls. They are adhering to a simple maxim: Political power is a terrible thing to waste. Use it while you can.

The Hill - 2h

NBA Power Rankings: Lakers, Warriors steamrolling toward playoffs, Cavs on fire ... again, Bucks on the rise

A look at the league's power structure just over a month before the postseason begins

CBS Sports - 54m

If road deaths were a virus, we’d call it a pandemic. Safer transport helps us all – and we need it urgently | Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Jean Todt

Deaths on the road costs countries up to 5% of GDP. Centring transport around people, not cars, can propel development. If you had to guess the leading cause of death for children and young people ...

The Guardian - Feb. 22

Warren Buffett: You don't need to attend college to be a great CEO—'I never look at where a candidate has gone to school'

When Warren Buffett selects CEOs for Berkshire Hathaway-owned companies, he doesn't care about where they went to college, he wrote in a shareholders letter.

CNBC - Feb. 26

2025 NFL free agency: Needs for every NFC team with new league year coming soon; what do Cowboys, Lions seek?

What positions are on the top of NFC teams' wish lists entering free agency?

CBS Sports - Feb. 26

Dining across the divide: ‘I’m not saying Israel is without its flaws, but if we’re talking about the current conflict, you need to talk about Hamas’

They have different views on Israel, Zionism and antisemitism – could they find common ground?. Marco, 34, London . Occupation Public servant Continue reading...

The Guardian - Feb. 27

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