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I avoid AI tools because thinking is supposed to be hard. It’s what makes us human

As intelligence itself becomes privatised by big tech, allowing your intellectual faculties to wither in service of inane bots seems a dangerous move, says author Wendy Liu

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OPINION - Whistleblowers are not bounty hunters —so let’s get the law fixed to protect them

Back in May 1999, I and six other care workers blew the whistle on Isard House, a Bupa-run care home in Bromley, after witnessing shocking abuse of vulnerable older residents. We had seen people left in urine, physically assaulted and robbed by staff.

Evening Standard

My dad was far from perfect – but I live by the advice he gave me on his deathbed

It’s been 14 years since he passed, but I can feel his blood coursing through my veins whenever I realise the small ways I am just like him, writes Polly Hudson

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The Cockroaches are restless: Anatomy of a 22-million-strong meme movement

Let’s be clear. The Cockroach Janta Party is not a political party. It started as satire – its founder has said so many times, and he said so again when I spent an hour chatting with him for a Newslaundry interview.

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Hard to take

Re: "Thai visa exemptions cut by cabinet" (Business, May 20).

Bangkok Post

Education beyond prejudice

Fear and prejudice should not decide who are entitled to receive education. Yet Thailand risks moving towards exactly that.

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Garden gnomes back in the limelight

Important news from London. The ban on garden gnomes has been lifted at the Chelsea Flower Show, bringing joy to aficionados of these kitschy figurines.

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The office lunch was once a luxury. Now it’s just a pain

A Mad Men-style steakhouse break would be welcome. But I’ve had it with the Lunch Industrial Complex

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Stephen Miller delivers for Trump: 145,000 US kids separated from their parents

A thinktank investigation shows how immigration detention has torn apart families, and experts point to trauma

The Guardian - US

An ever-expanding catastrophe over Iran is not inevitable. Trump can and must be stopped

Millions are being dragged into starvation, while people everywhere pay a Trump war tax. But there are plenty of powers who could bring him to heel, says Simon Tisdall, Guardian foreign affairs commentator

The Guardian - UK

All rhetoric, no resilience: Why India is still addicted to ‘majboori’

Earlier this month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked Indians to rethink some of their habits. Travel abroad less, work from home when possible, reduce unnecessary imports, and buy less gold.

Newslaundry

OPINION - So you’re a ‘little bit OCD’? For some of us, it’s a little bit more than a personality type

I’ve been guilty of it myself. Admiring a stranger’s colour coded closet, entering a well-made bedroom, perusing an alphabetised bookshelf categorised entirely by genre. Attributing all these things to the curator’s tendency towards “OCD”. I have uttered as much, even as I privately run through a mental checklist of my…

Evening Standard

If Tagore were alive today, he’d be called ‘anti-national’

Without a doubt, nationalism perpetuates an insular view of the world. And demands from the citizen an acceptance of the phrase ‘national interest’ – the constituents of which are, more often than not, a moving target. This notion of nationalism sets itself up as superior in the international arena. Unsurprisingly…

Newslaundry

Cutting visa-free stays? Show us the lower crime stats

After circling the issue seemingly since being elected, the cabinet finally moved forward this week to end the 60-day visa-free programme for 93 nationalities, citing a need to stem crime and misconduct by foreigners. But if discussion of the decision’s necessity is now officially closed, attention must turn instead to…

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CJP can endure the meme cycle. But can it articulate what kind of India it’s fighting for?

The Modi government has decided that the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) is a ‘threat’ to national security. Earlier this week, its X handle with approximately 200,000 followers was withheld in India under Section 69(A) of the IT Act after the Intelligence Bureau flagged its content as a national security risk,…

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French stars are rightly worried by billionaire Vincent Bolloré. Here’s how to rein him in

The conservative tycoon’s grip on media and cinema is unhealthy. An EU fund could protect democracy in perpetuity says Guardian Europe writer Alexander Hurst

Bangkok Post

Toxic air deadlier than tobacco

Air pollution is one of the greatest environmental threats to human health. Every day, 99% of the global population breathes in invisible microparticles from dirty air, which enter our bloodstream and cause damage to our cells and organs. This contributes to 7.9 million deaths around the world every year and…

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Esports vs addiction

The Ministry of Education's policy to integrate esports into schools nationwide is raising many eyebrows. That is because the esports-in-schools policy comes at a time when parents and governments are trying to bring children and students offline.

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The US and China must learn to coexist

The recent summit between Donald Trump and Xi Jinping in Beijing produced no major breakthroughs on tariffs, Taiwan, or ongoing geopolitical conflicts like the Iran war, prompting many observers to dismiss it as inconsequential. Yet its restrained and cordial tone suggested a new, more pragmatic approach that implicitly acknowledges the…

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on Britain’s coming energy shock: mini-measures won’t suffice

Editorial: Consumer giveaways may soften the blow from the the war on Iran. But Britain’s vulnerability demands deeper state intervention and a faster transition

The Guardian - UK

The Guardian view on gallery and museum gardens: a blooming triumph

Editorial: The award-winning Tate design at the Chelsea flower show reveals how urban spaces can be transformed by bringing art and nature together

The Independent UK

Putin will not wait for the UK to get its act together on defence

THE INDEPENDENT VIEW: Editorial: Nato’s joint military exercises on the London Underground are a reminder that the UK’s soft targets are underprotected and underfunded – even as our enemies are looking more dangerous than ever

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Arsenal’s title win should be studied by politicians everywhere – and especially Keir Starmer. Here’s why

The sensational victory didn’t happen by accident, it took years of dedication and clever planning, something the PM – himself a fan – should note, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

The Guardian - UK

Nobody better represents Israeli politics today than Itamar Ben-Gvir

He may be the most brazen of the nation’s leaders, but his ideological spirit is found throughout its government, and beyond, says Ben Reiff, deputy editor of +972 magazine

The Guardian - AU

Keeping my dead wife’s books safe for our son helped me let go of guilt

Reading with him, I am reminded of the world of words his mother and I shared. I no longer feel so overwhelmed

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