Een premier die de koning inzet als vooruitgeschoven diplomatieke pion, moet zelf de rokade, een veiligheidszet, inbouwen om de monarchie te beschermen.
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In Ă©Ă©n week zag de wereld het beste en het slechtste van de mensheid, schrijft Charlie Warzel.
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De Uncensored Library in het spel âMinecraftâ biedt bezoekers toegang tot verboden journalistiek werk uit verschillende landen. Nu zijn er ook documenten en cartoons uit de Verenigde Staten te vinden.
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MOSKOU (ANP/AFP) - Rusland heeft een inval gedaan bij de onafhankelijke krant Novaja Gazeta. De krant meldt op haar website dat "gemaskerde veiligheidsagenten" bezig zijn met onderzoek. Een AFP-journalist zag twee busjes van de Russische federale onderzoeksdienst bij de redactie.
"De reden kennen we niet. De advocaten van het medium mogen het kantoor, waar ook een aantal medewerkers aanwezig is, niet in", schrijft Novaja Gazeta.
De Russische autoriteiten hebben in het verleden vaker opgetreden tegen het medium, dat kritisch over de regering schrijft en ook onderzoek doet naar mensenrechtenschendingen in het land. In het verleden zijn meerdere medewerkers van de krant gedood. Een bekend voorbeeld is Anna Politkovskaja, die onderzoek deed naar misstanden bij de Russische krijgsmacht. Zij werd in 2006 doodgeschoten.
In 2021 kreeg Dmitri Moeratov de Nobelprijs voor de Vrede voor zijn werk als hoofdredacteur van Novaja Gazeta.
BEIROET (ANP/AFP) - Libanon wil dat bemiddelaar Pakistan nogmaals bevestigt dat het onder een bestand valt dat de VS en Iran hebben gesloten. Dat meldde de Libanese regering nadat de Israëlische bombardementen ook na het staakt-het-vuren waren doorgegaan.
Premier Nawaf Salam heeft dat volgens een verklaring telefonisch besproken met zijn Pakistaanse ambtsgenoot, Shehbaz Sharif. Salam vroeg om "bevestiging dat het staakt-het-vuren ook voor Libanon geldt om herhaling van de Israëlische aanvallen van gisteren te voorkomen".
Bij die aanvallen vielen volgens Libanese autoriteiten meer dan tweehonderd doden. Volgens Israël, dat Iran-bondgenoot Hezbollah aanvalt in Libanon, valt het buurland niet onder het bestand. Iran spreekt dat tegen en stelt dat schendingen van het akkoord niet zonder gevolgen blijven.
De Pakistaanse premier Sharif schreef eerder al op sociale media dat het bestand "overal" geldt. Hij noemde daarbij ook Libanon expliciet.
In the little town of Kosciusko, Mississippi, a self-described “unusual artist” named L.V. Hull transformed her home and garden of three-and-a-half decades into an elaborate, continuous artwork. Through found objects and trinkets, paint, and glue she purchased at the local Walmart, the artist created an immersive art environmentâa riot of color, patterns, and textures in which creativity merged with daily living.
Many of Hull’s works are currently on view in the show Love Is a Sensation at the Mississippi Museum of Art, which celebrates the self-taught artist’s eclectic approach to materials and space. From vibrantly painted everyday objects to idiosyncratic assemblages, Hull’s creativity and penchant for collecting knew no bounds.
“Hull merged art-making and the Southern art of ‘visiting’ to craft a creative practice that allowed her to commune with her inner spirit, her Creator, her community, and visitors from around the state, region, and world,” says a statement.
As a Black woman from a small Southern community, working within a genre often referred to as folk art, the artist worked outside of the mainstream art world. And like many minoritiesâespecially in rural placesâher practice is among those that have been marginalized within the canon, “resulting in an incomplete account of American creativity and art history,” the museum says. Love Is a Sensation spotlights Hull’s contributions to not only the creative legacy of the South but the tradition of artist-built environments.
Love Is a Sensation continues through June 14 in Jackson, and it also marks the advent of the new L.V. Hull Legacy Center, which is slated to open to the public this summer. You might also enjoy Tyree Guyton’s Heidelberg Project in Detroit, plus Jo Farb HernĂĄndez’s forthcoming book, Architectural Fantasies, which is slated for release on April 14.
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A federal appeals court denied Anthropic's bid to temporarily block the Pentagon's blacklisting, meaning the company remains shut out of Defense Department contracts while the case continues, even though a separate court has allowed other federal agencies to keep using Claude for now. CNBC reports: "In our view, the equitable balance here cuts in favor of the government," the appeals court said in its decision. "On one side is a relatively contained risk of financial harm to a single private company. On the other side is judicial management of how, and through whom, the Department of War secures vital AI technology during an active military conflict. For that reason, we deny Anthropic's motion for a stay pending review on the merits." With the split decisions by the two courts, Anthropic is excluded from DOD contracts but is able to continue working with other government agencies while litigation plays out. Defense contractors will be prohibited from using Claude in their work with the agency, but they can use it for other cases.
[...] In the ruling on Wednesday, the court acknowledged that Anthropic "will likely suffer some degree of irreparable harm absent a stay," but that the company's interests "seem primarily financial in nature." While the company claimed the DOD was standing in the way of its right to free speech, "Anthropic does not show that its speech has been chilled during the pendency of this litigation," the order said. Because of the harm Anthropic is likely to suffer, the appeals court said "substantial expedition is warranted."
An Anthropic spokesperson said in a statement after the ruling that the company is "grateful the court recognized these issues need to be resolved quickly" and that it's "confident the courts will ultimately agree that these supply chain designations were unlawful." "While this case was necessary to protect Anthropic, our customers, and our partners, our focus remains on working productively with the government to ensure all Americans benefit from safe, reliable AI," Anthropic said.
[...] In the ruling on Wednesday, the court acknowledged that Anthropic "will likely suffer some degree of irreparable harm absent a stay," but that the company's interests "seem primarily financial in nature." While the company claimed the DOD was standing in the way of its right to free speech, "Anthropic does not show that its speech has been chilled during the pendency of this litigation," the order said. Because of the harm Anthropic is likely to suffer, the appeals court said "substantial expedition is warranted."
An Anthropic spokesperson said in a statement after the ruling that the company is "grateful the court recognized these issues need to be resolved quickly" and that it's "confident the courts will ultimately agree that these supply chain designations were unlawful." "While this case was necessary to protect Anthropic, our customers, and our partners, our focus remains on working productively with the government to ensure all Americans benefit from safe, reliable AI," Anthropic said.
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