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Franky Rizardo cancels Pete Tong remix collaboration following John Summit theft claim
Dutch DJ Franky Rizardo has withdrawn his remix of Everything But The Girl’s ‘Missing’, made with veteran broadcaster and producer Pete Tong, after John Summit publicly claimed that elements of the track had been taken from work he had originally created with Tong. The dispute matters because it involves three prominent dance-music figures and centres…
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Labour’s benefits reviewer says current cost of health and disability handouts is ‘not a great concern’ – despite fears ministers are ‘in denial’
Sir Stephen Timms, the minister leading Labour’s review of health and disability benefits, has said the current cost of such payments is “not a great concern”, playing down the case for outright cuts even as the Conservatives accuse the Government of being “in denial” about the spiralling welfare bill. Timms argued the priority should be…
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EU’s ‘unpleasant and dangerous’ border checks need overhaul, says Greek airports boss
The chief executive of Fraport Greece, Alexander Zinell, who runs 14 Greek airports including Corfu, Rhodes, Mykonos and Crete, has called for a major overhaul of the EU’s new entry-exit system (EES), describing the border checks as “unpleasant and dangerous” for passengers. His airports have had to erect gazebos to shield travellers queuing in the…
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BROADCAST BIAS: Graham Platner scandal shows how media’s #MeToo movement collapsed
This Fox News opinion piece argues that the sexual misconduct allegations against Graham Platner, a Democratic candidate in Maine’s US Senate race against Republican incumbent Susan Collins, expose what the author sees as inconsistency in the media’s handling of #MeToo cases. Platner suspended his campaign on 8 July after the allegations, and the article contends…
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Nigel Farage to trigger Clacton by-election with Count Binface as main rival
The Daily Mail’s “Poll of the Day” invites readers to vote on whether Nigel Farage will beat the novelty candidate Count Binface in a forthcoming Clacton by-election, framing the contest as a light-hearted test of the Reform UK leader’s standing in his own constituency. The article suggests the by-election is set to be triggered and…
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Data Centers Are Quietly Taking Over Texas. The Pollution Could Be Catastrophic
A Floodlight investigation has found that data centres are rapidly proliferating across Texas, often building large fossil-fuel power plants with minimal public scrutiny. The report centres on OpenAI’s flagship “Stargate” data centre in Abilene, whose 360-megawatt on-site gas plant sits just 500 yards from the home of resident Omaira Garcia, who says she learned of…
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Dragon Age’s former lead writer thinks the series is probably dead, but he’d be happy to take it off EA’s hands and ‘go somewhere dark and dangerous’ with it
Rescue mission.
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Why the Moreno–Warren Payroll Tax Hike Won’t Fix Social Security
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And the Inaugural ‘Supreme Flower of Nitwittery’ Awards Go To . . .
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How the Houthis Could Put the World in Double Dire Straits
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