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The Guardian - World News

2026-04-10 02:00:12 (2 days ago)

‘Irresponsible failure’: Google, Meta, Snap and Microsoft slam EU over child sexual abuse law lapse

Experts warn lapse could sharply reduce reports of abuse, echoing a 58% drop during a similar legal gap in 2021

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The European parliament has blocked the extension of a law that permits big tech firms to scan for child sexual exploitation on their platforms, creating a legal gap that child safety experts say will lead to crimes going undetected.

The law, which was a carve-out of the EU Privacy Act, was put in place in 2021 as a temporary measure allowing companies to use automated detection technologies to scan messages for harms, including child sexual abuse material (CSAM), grooming and sextortion. However, it expired on 3 April, and the EU parliament decided not to vote to extend it, amid privacy concerns from some lawmakers.

The Guardian - World News

2026-04-10 02:00:12 (2 days ago)

Welcome to Y’all Street: bullish Dallas aims to steal New York’s financial crown

Texas city believes loose rules and low taxes will make the US’s biggest banks come running – can it pull it off?

As the warm sun rises over the Dallas skyline, SUVs and pickup trucks whiz past an unassuming construction site that is helping cement the city’s Texas-sized financial ambitions.

Nestled between towers claimed by Bank of America and JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs has cordoned off 800,000 sq ft for a new Dallas campus able to host more than 5,000 staff. But the $700m (£530m) project is more than a regional expansion plan by one of America’s largest banks. It is another win for the lobbyists behind Dallas’s “Y’all Street” – the Texan city’s aggressive push to steal New York’s financial crown.

The Guardian - World News

2026-04-10 02:00:11 (2 days ago)

‘Tranquil, natural and barely a tourist in sight’: readers’ favourite hidden gems in Spain

Your top off-the-beaten track discoveries, from gorges in Galicia to vineyards in La Rioja
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Recently travelling from Madrid to San Sebastián, we spent three days in picturesque Briñas in La Rioja, staying at the beautiful Finca Torre de Briñas (doubles from €189 B&B). The neighbouring town, Haro, reached via a 40-minute walk by the Ebro River, hosts several of the largest wine producers in the region (CVNE and Muga are recommended). You can stop in and sample them, before heading into the town centre, which has several tapas spots to fuel the walk back to the hotel. Bliss.
Tom Dickson

The Guardian - World News

2026-04-10 02:00:10 (2 days ago)

I baulked at the idea of ‘friction-maxxing’. But there’s more to it than meets the eye | Gaby Hinsliff

Self-help hacks such as ‘cooking from scratch’ or ‘meeting your friends’ may seem ridiculous. But there’s something deeply human at the heart of this trend

Does life, of late, feel just too easy? Are you keen to make it harder than it already is? If that sounds like a genuinely demented question in the week that the world came close to threatened Armageddon, then fair enough. I bridled too when I read last week about friction-maxxing, the supposed trend for doing things in slightly more effortful, time-consuming or analogue ways – cooking from scratch instead of ordering a delivery, finding your way using road signs instead of just plugging in the satnav, or reading a book rather than half-listening to the audio version of it – as a form of creative resistance to the inexorable march of big tech through our lives. Times are tough enough for a lot of people without being made to feel lazy for taking shortcuts.

Besides, the list published this week by the Washington Post of ways to friction-maxx – which included such superhuman feats as seeing your friends in person rather than just WhatsApping them, and actively trying to remember something rather than just falling back on Google – sounds suspiciously like the rebranding under an irritating new name of what used to be considered merely living. Your grandparents would have scoffed at the idea that any of these things were remotely difficult, or that making an effort to do them could somehow make you a better, more resilient person.

Le Monde - World News

2026-04-10 01:59:18 (2 days ago)

Afrika Bambaataa, US hip-hop pioneer, dies at 68

'With his passing, we reflect on his contributions to the genre and broader culture, which continue to this day,' his former label Tommy Boy Records said in tribute.

Al Jazeera - Top Stories

2026-04-10 01:41:18 (2 days ago)

Energy prices may take ‘months’ to normalise, despite ceasefire: Analysts

There needs to be a predictable and stable flow of cargo through the strait before markets can stabilise, experts say.

ABC News - International News

2026-04-10 01:36:37 (2 days ago)

Pope's Africa trip takes him to a source of growth for the church, and critical challenges

Pope Leo XIV is making a long and ambitious odyssey across four African countries -- Algeria, Angola, Cameroon and Equatorial Guinea

ABC News - International News

2026-04-10 01:36:15 (2 days ago)

Croatian fishermen feel the strain after Iran war ramps up fuel prices

Croatian fishermen are facing tough times as rising fuel prices, driven by the war in Iran, impact the industry

Times of Israel - World News

2026-04-10 01:33:02 (2 days ago)

US Republicans block attempt to rein in Trump’s war powers over Iran campaign

US president's threat that 'a whole civilization will die' sparks new concern among Democrats, who have begun to openly float impeachment for the first time since his reelection

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New York Times - World News

2026-04-10 01:31:59 (2 days ago)

Putin Announces Orthodox Easter Cease-Fire, but Ukraine Is Skeptical

The cease-fire would be in effect this weekend, but each side accused the other of violating a similar pause announced last year.

The Guardian - World News

2026-04-10 01:30:10 (2 days ago)

Reich: The Sextets album review – Colin Currie celebrates the minimalist master’s joy of six

Colin Currie Group
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The fourth Reich album for Currie’s specialist ensemble celebrates the composer’s precise patterns with an enjoyably chilled feel and plenty of dynamic niceties

The Colin Currie Group formed 20 years ago to honour Steve Reich’s 70th birthday with a performance of Drumming. This year, the great American composer turns 90, making this, the group’s fourth Reich album on Currie’s own label, a double celebration.

Sextet, hailing from 1985, features two keyboardists playing piano and synthesisers alongside four percussionists on marimbas, vibraphones, bass drums, crotales, sticks and tam-tams. Shifting patterns interlock with the precision of a Swiss watch across one of the composer’s typical fast, slow, fast, slow, fast arcs. Currie’s recording flickers with subtle nuances with a naturalistic sound less closely mic’d than in Reich’s own classic accounts.

South China Morning Post - World News

2026-04-10 01:30:08 (2 days ago)

Fisherman catches Chinese drone; Iran war’s lessons for China: SCMP’s 7 highlights

We have selected seven stories from this week’s news across Hong Kong, mainland China, the wider Asia region and beyond that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. Indonesian fisherman nets surprise catch – a Chinese underwater drone A Chinese underwater drone was caught by an Indonesian fisherman near a key waterway leading to Australia, local media reported. 2. What is the war on Iran teaching...