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Between 1975 and 2000 America accepted more than a million South-East Asian refugees, about a fifth of them from Laos. Now some face deportation https://t.co/9UVQRl2xET ...

Jensen Huang of Nvidia, the leading seller of AI chips, has argued that the data-centre boom could be as good for India’s economy as the internet. That is optimistic https://t.co/GVjd2y2i9u ...

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Recently the WHO stripped Britain of its status as a measles-free country, an embarrassment for a rich country https://t.co/jcaO6mHo39 ...

It could pose a challenge for Westminster if after May all three first ministers—in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales—want their territories to leave the union https://t.co/4VY2u4MZaZ ...

A 350-metre-tall casino is under construction on an otherwise barren coast an hour’s drive north of Dubai. When it opens next year, it will be one of the world’s largest https://t.co/OAVL5A0mRv ...

The Scottish National Party argues that issuing bonds will boost investment in Scotland’s wider economy by raising the country’s profile. This is wishful thinking https://t.co/eccYIgFSpQ ...

Unable to build the foremost AI models, Britain is world-leading in testing them, an expertise it still hopes to monetise one day https://t.co/Ua03QL4mrA ...

Betting on prediction markets has ballooned in recent years. So, too, have worries that they are hotbeds of sharp dealing, with some punters using privileged information to fleece others https://t.co/zlF76HKOzW ...