French government in crisis mode after a weekend of riots

France is reeling after "unprecedented" violent riots, America’s debt-laden $10tn AI infrastructure boom is a reckoning for the data centre build-out underpinning the US economy, and Albertans gear up to vote today on whether to leave Canada.

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France reels after ‘unprecedented’ violent riots

Macron faces political firestorm after riots

‘The Switzerland of North America’: Albertans vote on leaving Canada

America’s $10tn AI infrastructure boom is starting to fray

Microsoft pulls plug on Nscale data centre deal

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