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AI-generated editorial illustration of passports and identity documents at an international airport border-control area.

Europol Confirms Six Arrests in 17-Country Investigation Into Alleged Air Route Smuggling Migrants to UK

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AI-generated editorial illustration of a video creator working with AI-assisted editing and production tools.

YouTube Pushes AI Deeper Into the Creator Workflow With Editing, Draft Feedback and Moderation

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AI-generated editorial illustration of an overcrowded small boat crossing rough Channel waters towards the Kent coast.

51 Migrants Reach Dover After Refusing French Rescue During 33 Hours in the Channel

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AI-generated editorial illustration of an abandoned small boat on the Kent coast after reaching shore.

Second Small Boat in Two Days Reaches Kent Coast Before Border Force Interception

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AI-generated editorial illustration representing Anthropic's Claude Opus 5.5 frontier AI model.

Anthropic Launches Claude Opus 5.5 With Lower Costs and Stronger Containment Results

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AI-generated editorial illustration representing a small migrant dinghy reaching the coast at Folkestone and subsequent border enforcement response.

Migrant Dinghy Reaches Folkestone Without Interception in First Recorded Unescorted Landing for a Year

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AI-generated editorial illustration representing voting in Borlänge during Sweden's parliamentary election.

Swedish Prosecutors Investigate Suspected Election Fraud as 11 Parliamentary Seats Could Be Put Back in Play

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AI-generated editorial illustration representing expanded US military access in Greenland under a trilateral agreement with Denmark and Greenland.

Trump, Denmark and Greenland to Sign Deal Expanding US Military Presence on Greenland

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AI-generated editorial illustration representing Amazon blocking Meta's autonomous Muse shopping agent.

Amazon Blocks Meta’s Muse AI Shopping Agent From Its Store

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AI-generated editorial illustration representing AI-supported air-traffic management in the United States.

FAA Begins Using AI to Predict Airspace Congestion and Reduce Flight Delays

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Illustration of a federal courtroom considering AI-generated political imagery and First Amendment law.
  • AI & Tech
  • USA

How Do You Regulate Election Deepfakes Without Giving Government Power Over Political Speech?

Dissenting Citizen1 month ago1 month ago05 mins

A federal judge has temporarily blocked Montana from enforcing its election-deepfake law against one PAC, finding it likely to succeed on a First Amendment viewpoint-discrimination claim.

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Illustration of Swedish election campaigning outside a mosque.
  • World

Sweden’s Muslim-Focused Nyans Party Loses Council Foothold as Leader Blames Mosque Campaigning

Dissenting Citizen1 month ago1 month ago03 mins

Partiet Nyans is set to lose its remaining municipal foothold as outgoing leader Mikail Yüksel claims mosques helped redirect Muslim voters towards established left-wing parties.

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British election candidate canvassing while facing intimidation on a residential street
  • UK

Candidate Abuse Is Changing How British Politicians Campaign, Electoral Commission Warns

Dissenting Citizen2 months ago2 months ago02 mins

Abuse and intimidation are changing how British candidates campaign, with many avoiding controversial subjects, campaigning alone or considering whether to stand again.

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German political scene outside the Reichstag with national flags and election imagery
  • World

78% of Germans Say Merz Should Not Remain Chancellor as AfD Surges

Dissenting Citizen2 months ago2 months ago02 mins

Friedrich Merz’s CDU topped Lower Saxony municipal elections, but 78% of Germans say he should not remain chancellor as the AfD surges.

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A voter casting a ballot at a Bangsamoro polling station while security personnel stand nearby
  • World

From Insurgency to Ballots: Bangsamoro Faces Its Democratic Test

Dissenting Citizen2 months ago2 months ago02 mins

Nearly 2.4 million voters in Bangsamoro are choosing the region’s first regular parliament after decades of insurgency and a peace process involving around 40,000 fighters.

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Blank ballot entering a secure ballot box near the Georgia state capitol at sunset
  • AI & Tech
  • USA

AI Helps Reconstruct Georgia Voters’ Secret Ballots From Public Records

Dissenting Citizen2 months ago2 months ago02 mins

Researchers say AI can help exploit a Georgia voting-system weakness to potentially connect secret ballots with individual voters using public records.

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