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Britain’s housing crisis won’t be fixed without a new tax landscape

We need policies that stop treating property as a store of wealth and that allow people to move home cheaply John Healey’s critics on the right and left accused him of dodging the big questions in his first budget. The chancellor failed to announce reforms that might tackle some of Britain’s chronic problems, they say. Healey’s scatter-gun budget, as the Resolution Foundation called it, was more about politics than economics, and unapologetically so. Continue reading...

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International

Ликвидација Алта банке: Власник Давор Мацура приведен, сумњичи се за проневеру више од 380 милиона евра - BBC News на српском

Неколико дана после тријумфа Студентске листе над Српском напредном странком (СНС) на изборима 25. октобра, Народна банка Србије (НБС) одузела је дозволу за рад Алта банци, у власништву бизнисмена Давора Мацура, блиског СНС-у, који је приведен.

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International

સદ્દામ હુસૈનનો એ માસ્ટરપ્લાન જે નિષ્ફળ ગયો, કુવૈતમાં સરકાર રચી દીધી જે ચાર દિવસ પણ ન ટકી શકી - BBC News ગુજરાતી

ઓપેક (પેટ્રોલિયમ નિકાસકાર દેશોનું સંગઠન) દ્વારા નક્કી કરવામાં આવેલી તેલ ઉત્પાદનની મર્યાદા કરતાં કુવૈત વધુ તેલનું ઉત્પાદન કરી રહ્યું હોવાનો પણ ઇરાકે આક્ષેપ કર્યો હતો. તેના કારણે તેલના ભાવ ઘટ્યા હતા અને પરિણામે ઇરાકની આવકમાં ઘટાડો થયો હતો. આ આક્ષેપે બંને દેશો વચ્ચેની કટોકટીને વધુ ઘેરી બનાવી હતી.

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Military

Is AI your new wingman? How chatbots are transforming dating

Almost 40% of British singles have used AI for romantic advice, from writing messages to assessing potential partners After Sam’s ex joked that her sister found him ugly, he turned to AI. Google Gemini had a look at the photo and politely disagreed. AI has been his wingman ever since, aiding his dating life by giving pep talks and vetting his messages. The 27-year-old from Stoke-on-Trent is not the only AI-assisted romantic – a survey of 3,000 British singles published this month by Match Group, the owner of the Tinder and Hinge platforms, found 39% had used AI in their dating lives. Continue

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