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From a wonky elm in County Down to OpenAI’s AI-written email gaffe, Britain’s innovation landscape reveals both nature’s resilience and tech’s growing pains.
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UK by-election tests Labour’s grip as student procrastination crisis deepens
Holborn and St Pancras votes today to replace Keir Starmer, while a study reveals procrastination as students’ top academic threat—what it says about UK pressures.
UK business digest: banknotes, EVs and a by-election’s economic shadow
Bank of England unveils new wildlife-themed notes, Jaguar’s electric pivot risks jobs, and Labour’s hold on Starmer’s seat tests post-election economic confidence.
UK defence shift and by-election test Labour’s geopolitical balance
A thinktank report urges the UK to refocus military spending on domestic defence, while Labour’s hold on Keir Starmer’s former seat faces a Green Party challenge in a key by-election.
Lobbying des plasturgistes : comment l'industrie bloque l'interdiction des emballages jetables
Un rapport de Zero Waste France révèle l'ampleur des dépenses de lobbying des industriels du plastique pour retarder l'interdiction des emballages à usage unique. Enjeux économiques et stratégies d'influence.
Kurt Schwitters, cancers du sein et lobbying plastique : les fronts culture et écologie
À Paris, une rétrospective éclaire l’héritage de Kurt Schwitters. Pendant ce temps, un livre dénonce les liens entre cancers du sein et conditions de travail, tandis que l’industrie du plastique dépense des millions pour retarder l’interdiction des emballages jetables.