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SABEW-award-winning investigative journalist exposing the systems that make the world work. Bylines @GuardianUS, @OCCRP, @cambodiadaily, @ColoradoSun and more.
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Germany warns against election interference as US offers funding to Maga-aligned causes in Europe

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By Ben Quinn Verified, Aisha Down Verified
| Yahoo Canada Verified
Friedrich Merz has warned Donald Trump's administration against interfering in German elections after the US state department announced a scheme to fund Maga-aligned causes in Europe. The German chancellor was responding to a new US initiative offering grants of up to $3m (£2.2m) for European charities, thinktanks and individuals.
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Datacentres drive up carbon emissions of Microsoft, Amazon and Google to a third of those of France

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By Aisha Down Verified, Dan Milmo Verified
| Yahoo News UK Verified
Microsoft, Amazon and Google's collective carbon emissions have increased by nearly a fifth in the past year, driven largely by datacentre construction. In the financial year ending March 2026, the three tech companies emitted 119m mTCO₂e (metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent), or about a third of those of France. The previous year, they emitted roughly 101m mTCO₂e, roughly equivalent to the 2024 emissions of Czechia.
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Stymied datacentre projects threaten global AI revolution

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By Dan Milmo Verified, Aisha Down Verified
| Yahoo News UK Verified
Datacentre planning proposals face all kinds of hurdles, from securing energy supply to high construction costs. But the 2,000 acre Prince William Digital Gateway site in the US state of Virginia had another problem: its proximity to a Civil War battlefield.
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