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Advocacy groups and community members protest laws surrounding data centers while outside the Texas Capitol in Austin Monday, Feb. 23, 2026.Austin American-statesman/hearst Newspapers | Hearst Newspapers | Getty ImagesThe companies racing to build the massive infrastructure needed for the artificial intelligence boom are facing growing backlash over electricity costs, as households and policymakers question whether data centers are driving up power bills.However, a recent report from SemiAnalysis, a semiconductor research firm, argued that the expansion of data centers is only part of the story, and claimed that market design and policy decisions play a greater role in these energy price increases than AI…

Greyhound racing participants will be compensated as an Australian state forges ahead with a landmark ban.

SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, accompanied by his teenage daughter, observed a live-fire test of multiple rocket launch systems, state media reported on Sunday (Mar 15), a likely response to ongoing US-South Korean military training that North Korea views as an invasion rehearsal.The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported that Kim watched the strike drill involving twelve 600mm-calibre, ultraprecision rocket launchers off North Korea’s east coast on Saturday.South Korea’s military said on Saturday that it detected about 10 ballistic missiles fired from North Korea’s capital region toward the eastern sea. South Korea’s national security council called the…

The far-right leader, whose persistent health woes are linked to a 2018 stabbing, endorsed his son to run in this year’s election.Listen to this article | 2 minsinfoPublished On 14 Mar 202614 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoBrazilian far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro, imprisoned for plotting a coup after he lost the country’s last election, is receiving treatment in an intensive care unit after being hospitalised with bronchopneumonia.The DF Star hospital in Brasilia said in a statement on Saturday that the 70-year-old was in a stable condition despite being diagnosed with worsening kidney function.Recommended Stories list of…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Four suspected terror attacks have taken place in the United States since the Department of Homeland Security was defunded in a partial government shutdown last month, including one in the state of Michigan where Fox News Digital reached out to all the major Senate candidates if they support funding DHS.Republican Mike Rogers, former chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, says he would be a “Yes” vote to re-open DHS and told Fox News Digital in an interview that “we needed all hands on deck” when the United States engaged in “defanging Iran”…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Former Navy SEAL Robert J. O’Neill, who was part of the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden, delivered a pregame speech to Team USA players ahead of their World Baseball Classic quarterfinal game against Canada Friday. Team USA beat Canada 5-3 to advance to the semifinals after O’Neill’s pep talk. But the speech also received criticism from left-wing social media users within and beyond the U.S. Many who criticized the speech condemned its pro-war messaging and association of war with American values.  Edouard Julien of Canada slides into second base against Brice Turang…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The headless, handless body of a man found on the side of a lonely road in New York’s Allegany County 56 years ago has been identified through DNA advancements, officials announced this week.Still, his killer hasn’t been caught.The body of Clyde A. Coppage, 35, was discovered along a road in Andover in upstate New York in March 1970.STAR MURDAUGH TRIAL WITNESS PROBES MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF BUSTER’S FORMER CLASSMATE Clyde Coppage’s body remained unidentified for 56 years.  (New York State Police)”Over the course of nearly 56 years, investigating members of the New York…

Denis Sassou Nguesso’s decades-long rule in the Congo Republic looks set to continue as he faces six challengers in a tightly-controlled presidential election.

HANOI: Tens of millions of Vietnamese go to the polls on Sunday (Mar 15) to elect 500 members of the National Assembly from a list of candidates almost exclusively fielded by the ruling Communist Party.The five-yearly elections, in which nearly 73.5 million registered voters will also choose representatives for local councils, are one of the few nods to democratic practice in the tightly controlled one-party state, where the most powerful positions are decided by Communist senior officials ahead of the vote.Nearly 93 per cent of the 864 candidates running for the national parliament are Communist Party members, while 7.5 per…

Islamabad hits Kandahar facility after Taliban drones strike civilian areas and military sites as conflict intensifies.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoPublished On 14 Mar 202614 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoPakistan has carried out strikes on an Afghan military facility in Kandahar after Taliban drones targeted civilian areas and military installations across the country.The strikes on Saturday came after Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari condemned the overnight drone attacks, warning Kabul it had “crossed a red line by attempting to target our civilians”.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listPakistan’s military said the drones, described…