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Academy apologises for statement on No Other Land director attack newsthirst.

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences apologised on Friday after hundreds of its members criticised it for not supporting Oscar-winner Hamdan Ballal, a Palestinian who was recently detained by Israeli settlers. The academy apologised for not “directly [acknowledging] Mr Ballal and the film by name”, after nearly 700 voting members, including multiple A-list…

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More than 900 Labour figures decry party’s migration and asylum policy | Labour newsthirst.

A group of more than 900 Labour members and trade unionists, including MPs and peers, have accused the government of copying the “performative cruelty” of the Conservatives in its migration and asylum policy. In a joint statement, they singled out the Home Office’s decision, revealed last week, to refuse citizenship to anyone who arrives in…

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Trump administration puts about 60 USAid officials on leave after aid freeze | US foreign policy newsthirst.

The Trump administration has put on leave about 60 senior career officials at the US Agency for International Development (USAid) workers, sources familiar with the matter said, after Washington put a sweeping freeze on US aid worldwide. The administration on Saturday urged the USAid staff to join the effort to transform how Washington allocates aid…

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Nvidia, GM announce deal for AI, factories and next-gen vehicles newsthirst.

Nvidia is building out an automotive tech business. Pictured here are its autonomous vehicle test cars at the company’s auto garage in Santa Clara, California, on June 5, 2023. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images General Motors and Nvidia have agreed to a strategic collaboration that includes the automaker using several products and artificial intelligence…

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