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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…

Manchester City draw 1-1 with relegation-threatened West Ham to fall nine points behind Arsenal in the Premier League race.Listen to this article | 2 minsinfoPublished On 14 Mar 202614 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoManchester ‌City lost further ground on Premier League leaders Arsenal on Saturday as they were held ⁠to a 1-1 draw ⁠at West Ham United, which left them nine points behind the leaders with a game in hand.After Arsenal left it late to beat Everton 2-0, Bernardo Silva ⁠put City ahead in the 31st minute with a fortunate chip over goalkeeper Mads Hermansen,…

The Trump administration has proposed the construction of an underground facility to screen visitors to the White House. The National Capital Planning Commission is scheduled to consider plans for the approximately 33,000-square-foot visitor screening facility that would be built entirely on federal land in Sherman Park, which is located southeast of the White House. The NCPC is the commission that approves construction projects on federal land in the Washington, D.C., region. The plans, listed on the agenda for the NCPC’s April 2 meeting, were developed by the Executive Office of the President in conjunction with the U.S. Secret Service, the Interior Department,…

Anti-Regime Iranian Americans Blast Pro Regime Socialists Iranian Americans marched near the White House, on Saturday, March 7, 2026, advocating for a secular democracy in Iran, and they faced off against socialist organizations that support the clerical regime that has controlled Iran since 1979. NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Washington, D.C. – “You’re hypocrites!”The shout cut across H Street NW last week as about 500 Iranian Americans supporting regime change in Iran marched toward a smaller group of pro-China socialists gathered two blocks away across from the White House, backing the radical clerics leading Iran.”We are here…

Police in Regina are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 11-year-old boy who hasn’t been seen since Friday afternoon. Athan Knipfel-Severight was last seen at around 4:30 p.m. on March 13 in the 1600 block of Rae Street, according to the Regina Police Service Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you’ll never miss the day’s top stories. He is described as about 4’9” tall and 80 pounds, with short light brown hair and brown eyes.Police believe he was wearing a black and blue winter jacket, a black Nike sweater, black…

Another three members of the Iranian women’s football team who accepted asylum in Australia have now changed their minds and will return to Iran.The development overnight means that just three of the seven women who sought protection in dramatic scenes last week will remain in Australia.Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke said the players who had changed their mind were given repeated chances to talk about their options.The government believed it had done everything it could to make sure the players were provided with the chance for a safe future in Australia.“While the Australian Government can ensure that opportunities are provided…

“They will leave a problem of acid mine drainage there in the open pit, in the waste rock facility, in the tailings ponds. It’s a permanent footprint. It’s a perpetual footprint,” said Bishop Cirilo Casicas of the Diocese of Marbel in South Cotabato. The Catholic Church has been an active voice against the mine for many years.Rene Pamplona, the programme coordinator of civil society organisation Convergence of Initiatives for Environmental Justice (CIEJ) and the national chair of Alyansa Tigil Mina – the Alliance Against Mining in the Philippines – has also long campaigned against the project and aims to prevent…

How does grabbing a chicken roll in Kolkata—a city famed for its vibrant culinary heritage—connect to the US-Israel-Iran war raging in the Middle East? Surprisingly, it does—a lot.Samir Ray, who runs a bustling fast-food stall serving hundreds daily, told Invezz he may soon have to shut down amid India’s worsening LPG cylinder shortage, directly linked to the supply disruptions caused by the Strait of Hormuz blockade. The crunch has street vendors and popular eateries scrambling, trimming menus and suspending food delivery app listings.And it’s not just eateries, even fish retailers in Kolkata’s New Market, where orders from restaurants have dwindled…

Iranian media report the deaths in central Iran as Tehran launches new missile salvoes at Israeli targets.Listen to this article | 3 minsinfoPublished On 14 Mar 202614 Mar 2026Click here to share on social mediashare2Shareplus2googleAdd Al Jazeera on GoogleinfoA missile strike on an industrial area of the central Iranian city of Isfahan has killed at least 15 people, with workers having been inside a factory at the time of the attack, Iranian media reports.The strike hit a factory producing heating and cooling equipment on Saturday, a working day in Iran, according to the semi-official Fars news agency, which attributed the attack to…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Repairs have been completed following the historic Potomac River sewage spill in Washington, D.C., less than a month after President Donald Trump approved a disaster declaration that allowed the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help.”Emergency repairs to the Potomac Interceptor are complete,” DC Water said Saturday. “Full flow has been restored and the C&O Canal has been fully drained as part of site restoration. Since Jan 19, crews worked around the clock to stabilize the site and protect the Potomac River.”The declaration came after a sewage pipe interceptor ruptured on Jan.…