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Tech giants are racing to build the infrastructure that powers artificial intelligence.But a growing body of evidence suggests that AI hyperscalers – large-scale cloud service providers like Google, Amazon and Microsoft – are warming the ground around them as well.A study [PDF] by Cambridge-led researchers found that land surface temperatures around AI data centres rise by an average of 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit), with some areas recording increases as high as 9C (16.2F).Researchers have called this the “data heat island effect”. Al Jazeera explains what that is, where AI data centres are concentrated and the effects on those…
You can follow the action on Al Jazeera’s dedicated World Cup 2026 page with all the latest news, match build-up and live text commentary, and keep up to date with group standings, real-time match results and schedules.After years of planning, preparations, and no shortage of controversy, the FIFA World Cup 2026 is about to kickoff.Recommended Stories list of 4 itemsend of listThe event, cohosted by Canada, Mexico and the United States, is the biggest in the competition’s history.The 23rd edition, which will be played in an expanded 48-team tournament, begins its 104 matches with Mexico against South Africa on Tuesday.Argentina are…
England head coach Thomas Tuchel said the delay to their World Cup warm-up game with Costa Rica gave them a “little taste of what can happen” – but will that prove to be an understatement?The match was due to start at 21:00 BST in Orlando, Florida, but heavy rain and thunderstorms pushed it back an hour to 22:00 BST.Weather delays have been a major talking point in the build-up to this year’s World Cup, with several matches in last year’s Fifa Club World Cup in the United States impacted by thunderstorms.This was not the first tournament warm-up game to suffer…
Protesters chant ‘Albania is not for sale’ as demonstrations swell against Kushner-backed luxury resort plan.Published On 11 Jun 202611 Jun 2026Thousands of Albanians have taken to the streets of the country’s capital, Tirana, in the largest protest yet against a luxury resort development backed by United States President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner.Protesters on Wednesday held signs that said “Albania is not for sale” and chanted “New Albania” outside Prime Minister Edi Rama’s office as the crowd stretched half a mile down one of the city’s main boulevards.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe project, expected to cost about…
Voters punished ruling parties across the globe in 2024. They are doing it again now. The same voters who rejected their rulers without mercy on both sides of the Atlantic — throwing out Britain’s Conservatives after 14 years in power and humbling Democrats in the United States — are now poised to deliver resounding defeats to the very leaders they elected two years ago. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer faces the prospect of being ousted later this year if a key rival in Manchester can pull off a win in a special parliamentary vote next week. President Donald Trump, while…
FIFA chief says his organisation cannot rule on government policies after a Somali referee was denied entry into the US.Published On 11 Jun 202611 Jun 2026FIFA president Gianni Infantino has fended off concerns over ongoing visa issues for players and officials entering the United States for the World Cup, saying the global football body’s executives are not “kings of the world” and cannot override government decisions.Infantino, facing questions from the media on the eve of the tournament on Wednesday, said that FIFA is focused on being a “sports organisation” and will not intervene in helping the US determine approvals for…
Kane’s status as captain, talisman and main marksman is illustrated very simply by his all-time record of 79 goals in 114 England games.And yet, at 32, he continues to add strings to his bow in a fashion that now makes him the complete player.In Orlando, there was further evidence that Tuchel has effectively given Kane a roving commission to link, create and score – all tasks he performs superbly.In the first half, there was even the sight of Kane picking the ball up in England’s own penalty area as they played out from the back, linking comfortably with his defenders.And…
Monduli, Tanzania – When drought wiped out most of her family’s livestock, 30-year-old Nesirkar Loongidong’i, a Maasai mother of four from Selela village in northern Tanzania, found herself with very few options. The dry season had already killed most of their animals.Today, she makes a living growing and selling drought-resistant livestock fodder.“Before I planted fodder, I lost most of our goats. Now, people come from other villages to buy grass, and I can support my children. I don’t fear drought anymore,” Loongidong’i told Al Jazeera.With the income, she has built a house and bought five goats.Loongidong’i’s story is part of…
Prosecutors say man deliberately started blaze that became one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history.Published On 10 Jun 202610 Jun 2026Federal prosecutors in the United States have accused 29-year-old Jonathan Rinderknecht of deliberately starting the Palisades Fire, which grew into one of the most destructive in the history of Los Angeles, California.Opening statements were presented on Wednesday in Rinderknecht’s federal trial, where he stands accused of destroying property by means of fire, committing arson affecting interstate commerce, and lighting timber aflame.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listRinderknecht has pleaded not guilty to starting the fire in…
Democrats aren’t done debating Graham Platner. Platner’s decisive victory in Maine’s Democratic Senate primary quelled for now any serious discussion that he could be replaced as the party’s nominee in the wake of a recent bout of scandals. The party’s campaign arms were quick to indicate support for him after the race was called Tuesday night. Progressives took a victory lap while arguing their colleagues need to coalesce around the Maine nominee. But a small yet notable faction of Capitol Hill Democrats still has qualms about the oysterman’s tumultuous past that has rattled some Maine voters — and what it…