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Ireland embraced data centers that the AI boom needs. Now they're consuming too much of its energy
Dozens of massive data centers humming at the outskirts of Dublin are consuming more electricity than all of the urban homes in Ireland and starting to wear out the warm welcome that brought them here. Now, a country that made itself a computing factory for Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft and TikTok is wondering whether it was all worth it as tech giants look around the world to build even more data centers to fuel the next wave of artificial intelligence. Fears of rolling blackouts led Ireland's grid operator to halt new data centers near Dublin until 2028.
Reuters
India gears up for a potential trade deal as Trump targets China, say government sources
India is preparing to offer tariffs cuts on some farm and other goods mainly imported from the U.S., aiming to clinch a broader trade and investment deal once president-elect Donald Trump takes charge, government and industry sources in New Delhi said. To tackle Trump's threat of a "reciprocal tax" on Indian goods for high tariffs, some officials of the Indian commerce ministry are ready to consider cuts on certain products such as pork, a senior government source said. Currently India slaps about a 45% import tariff on pork, which is mostly supplied by the U.S.
AFP
White House unveils new climate goals weeks before Trump's return
President Joe Biden's administration on Thursday unveiled a new climate target under the landmark Paris accord, just weeks before Donald Trump's return to the White House threatens to upend US efforts to combat global warming.Yet critics point to the contradiction of the US maintaining its status as the world's largest fossil fuel producer, complicating efforts to lead on global climate action.
Politico
Biden ramps up US climate target ahead of Trump takeover
The president strengthened America’s commitment to slashing climate pollution under the Paris Agreement knowing that it could be abandoned when President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month.
Associated Press
Blinken will avoid Ukraine and the Middle East at a divided UN Security Council
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will make what is likely his final trip in office to the United Nations this week, capping his engagements with the world body after a tumultuous four years that saw war return to Europe and multiple crises in the Middle East. With the U.N. Security Council more divided than ever, Blinken will chair two meetings of the U.N.’s most powerful body on Thursday.
CBS News
2 soldiers killed by landmine day after troops killed by booby trap
The incident happened one day after a blast caused by another improvised landmine killed two Mexican soldiers and wounded five others.
CBS News
CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione expected to waive extradition
An attorney for Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, says he will waive extradition at his hearing on Thursday.
AFP
Gisele Pelicot's ex-husband jailed 20 years in France mass rape trial
A court on Thursday sentenced a French man to 20 years jail for committing and orchestrating the mass rapes of his now former wife Gisele Pelicot with dozens of strangers, but her children expressed disappointment at what they saw as overly-lenient sentences for the other men convicted.The three Pelicot children "are disappointed by these low sentences," said a family member, asking not to be identified, adding that there was "no question" of any of the children wanting to speak to their father
Reuters
Cuba tourism struggles as blackouts and shortages deter visitors
As blackouts, food, fuel and labor shortages in Cuba grow more acute by the day, a trip to the Caribbean island has become a hard sell. Cuban government statistics tell the story: Earlier this week, Tourism Minister Juan Carlos Garcia said Cuba saw 2.2 million international visitors this year, well short of its original goal of 3.2 million and less than half of pre-pandemic levels. This year's decline stalled a fledgling recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic, the government said, a negative trend that Cuban tourism expert Paolo Spadoni says may be hard to reverse.
Reuters
Amazon workers go on strike in US ahead of Christmas rush as union seeks contract talks
Warehouse workers in cities including New York, Atlanta and San Francisco are taking part in the "largest" strike against Amazon, said the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, which represents about 10,000 workers at 10 of the firm's facilities. "If your package is delayed during the holidays, you can blame Amazon's insatiable greed," Teamsters' General President Sean O'Brien said late on Wednesday. The union had given Amazon a Dec. 15 deadline to begin negotiations and warehouse workers had recently voted to authorize a strike.
CBS News
Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband found guilty in mass rape trial in France
A French judge has sentenced Gisèle Pelicot's ex-husband to 20 years in prison for drugging and raping her for years and inviting dozens of other men to do the same.
CNN
Israeli military strikes Yemen hours after Houthi attack targets Israel
Israel’s military launched deadly strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen early Thursday, just hours after the Iran-backed militant group’s latest attack on Israel.
Reuters
UnitedHealth executive murder suspect to appear in court over New York extradition
Luigi Mangione, 26, was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, on Dec. 9, five days after Thompson was fatally shot outside a Manhattan hotel before a company conference in what law-enforcement officials have called a premeditated assassination. A grand jury in New York has indicted Mangione on 11 counts, including first-degree murder and murder as an act of terrorism. Mangione has been in jail since his arrest.
Yahoo Finance
Robinhood's surge towards profitability brings it back to the top of the financial world
Robinhood has landed Yahoo Finance's Comeback of the Year award. Co-founder Vlad Tenev shares how the company elevated its financial performance while planning for the future.
Yahoo Finance
It was a better year for Bidenomics than for Biden
Voters are unimpressed with the Biden economy, but it has improved all year and should allow Trump to take office in January with a pleasant tailwind.
Yahoo Finance
Why Powell says inflation is still on track: Morning Brief
Fed Chair Powell tried to make sense of contradictory storylines and conflicting data, delivering a final watchword: caution.
AFP
Stock markets decline as Fed eyes fewer rate cuts
European and Asian stock markets slid Thursday following sharp losses on Wall Street as the Federal Reserve signalled fewer cuts to US interest rates next year.The Bank of England was widely expected to maintain its key interest rate in a decision due at 1200 GMT. "Investors were blindsided as the Federal Reserve halved the expected pace of interest rate cuts for next year," noted Richard Hunter, head of markets at Interactive Investor.
Associated Press
Bosnia's capital Sarajevo chokes on toxic air as a thick blanket of winter fog rolls over the city
SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — Flights were grounded and people were told to stay indoors as a thick blanket of smog Thursday engulfed Bosnia's capital of Sarajevo as residents tried to cope with toxic air. The Swiss air quality technology company IQAir, which assesses air quality in real time, put Sarajevo’s air quality index, or AQI, at a “very unhealthy” 225, ranking the city as the third most-polluted in the world.
Reuters
Putin denies Russian defeat in Syria, says he plans to meet Assad
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that Russia had not been defeated in Syria and that Moscow had made proposals to the new rulers in Damascus to maintain Russia's military bases there. In his first public comments on the subject, Putin said he had not yet met former Syrian president Bashar al-Assad since was overthrown and forced to flee to Moscow earlier this month, but that he planned to do so. In response to a question on the subject from a U.S. journalist, Putin said he would ask Assad about the fate of U.S. reporter Austin Tice, who is missing in Syria, and was ready to ask Syria's new rulers about Tice's whereabouts too.
CNN
Putin says Russia making advances along Ukraine’s ‘entire frontline’ in year-end news conference
President Vladimir Putin insisted Russia was making advances “along the entire frontline” of Ukraine, but declined to say when Moscow would retake the southern Kursk region, as he began his year-end news conference.

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