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British banking giant to cut 15% of jobs to AI. The left needs a vision for tech.
21 May 2026 @ 11:04 pm
British banking giant Standard Chartered could cut more than 7,500 jobs and replace them with AI and automation. More broadly, analysis from Morgan Stanley has found that UK companies that had used AI for a least a year had net losses of 8% of jobs over only the last 12 months. This was the highest […]
By James WrightSomaliland and Israel agree to open embassies as genocide state’s influence in Africa grows
21 May 2026 @ 10:46 pm
Israel and Somaliland have agreed to open embassies in Jerusalem and Hargeisa. Israel’s influence in the strategic Horn of Africa is growing. And there have been warnings Israel might ethnically cleanse Palestinians out of Palestine and into the country. Israel was one of the first countries to recognise Somaliland, a breakaway territory of Somalia, in […]
By Joe GlentonMilitary order means Palestinians in occupied West Bank will endure harsher death penalty regime
21 May 2026 @ 10:35 pm
West Bank — As part of its ongoing genocidal campaign against Palestinians, the Israeli occupation passed the Death Penalty Law on 30 March. Death by hanging, but only for Palestinians This mandates death by hanging for so-called “terrorism related” offences, and applies only to Palestinians and to crimes committed after the legislation was passed. Five human […]
By Charlie JaayIndependents accuse Greens of making deal with Labour in Newham
21 May 2026 @ 9:12 pm
Independents are the main opposition to Labour in the London borough of Newham, and have just accused the local Greens of entering “into an unholy alliance” with Labour. The Newham Greens, which will now chair the council, have denied this and said “all 3 groups” will be “power sharing” in the borough. Newham Independents “refused […]
By Ed SykesBook shows how the ‘War on Terror’ sank the US into authoritarian extremism
21 May 2026 @ 9:03 pm
After World War Two, US authorities changed the name of the Department of War to the Department of Defence. In September 2025, the Donald Trump administration changed it back. As elsewhere, President Trump abandoned propaganda niceties as he made brute realities explicit. The US state is a war machine, ruthlessly enforcing global capitalism while leaving […]
By The CanaryOF COURSE queen pushed for ‘spare part’ son to be trade envoy. Duh
21 May 2026 @ 8:32 pm
The BBC and various ‘news’ outlets are today trumpeting the ‘breaking’ news that the late queen pushed for her second son Andrew‘s appointment as UK trade envoy. Well duh. The then-monarch needed something useful for her ‘spare part’ son to do as his military career came to an end. Andrew had been close to serial […]
By SkwawkboxEurovision viewership on BBC hits 15-year low
21 May 2026 @ 8:15 pm
The Palestine Solidarity Campaign thanked the public after BBC’s Eurovision viewership hit a 15-year low because of Israel’s inclusion in the contest. The BBC’s live broadcast of the Eurovision final had the lowest viewership in 15 years. Millions are heeding call from Palestinians and are refusing to watch because of the continued platforming of genocidal […]
By The CanaryUK signs GCC trade pact as the bloc intensifies crackdown on Shia Muslims
21 May 2026 @ 7:53 pm
The Gulf Cooperation Council has been accelerating its crackdown on Shia Muslims, but this was no barrier in the UK signing a historic multi-billion-pound trade deal with the bloc, becoming the first G7 nation to do so. The UK, which has backed the US/Israel’s war of choice on Iran, is celebrating the trade pact with […]
By Nandita LalPalestine campaigners welcome Khan’s decision to block Met police Palantir contract
21 May 2026 @ 6:43 pm
Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) welcomes the news that London mayor Sadiq Khan has blocked a £50m Metropolitan police deal with notorious US tech company Palantir. Prior to today’s announcement, over 1,000 PSC supporters in London emailed the mayor asking him to block the contract. It would have been Palantir’s largest ever contract in British policing. […]
By The CanaryDidsbury for Palestine battles Siemens over activities in Occupied Palestinian Territories
21 May 2026 @ 5:45 pm
One Manchester-based grassroots campaign group has spent over a year pressing Siemens PLC on its role in sustaining Israel’s occupation. It says Siemens’ pained responses and denialism amount to little more than corporate stonewalling. The group shared the full correspondence trail with the Canary. Didsbury for Palestine (D4P), a community campaign group based in Manchester, […]
By Cameron Baillie