Today in News History

On July 13, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1830, The General Assembly's Institution, now the Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengali Renaissance, is founded by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy, in Calcutta, India. In 1886, Father Edward J. Flanagan, founder of Boys Town (died 1948) was born. In 1956, The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence. In 1962, In an unprecedented action, British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan dismisses seven members of his Cabinet, marking the effective end of the National Liberals as a distinct force within British politics. In 1973, Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee. In 1981, Martin Hurson Irish Republican Hunger Striker passed away. In 1983, Liu Xiang, Chinese hurdler was born. In 2011, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1999 is adopted, which admits South Sudan to member status of United Nations. In 2014, Alfred de Grazia, American political scientist, author, and academic (born 1919) passed away. In 2016, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom David Cameron resigns, and is succeeded by Theresa May. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.

SNP council backs datacentre halt and creates Burnham dilemma

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July 7, 2026

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Narrative Analysis: Name Calling

As Scottish National Party council passes a motion for Scotland datacentre moratorium, Andy Burnham’s avowed ‘power to the regions’ views face strain in light of critical national infrastructure designation

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Seeking Alpha

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· Jun 24, 2026

Capital Southwest: Don't Sleep On This 11%-Yielding BDC

Capital Southwest: Don't Sleep On This 11%-Yielding BDC

AMBCrypto

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· Jun 27, 2026

‘Halt is not okay’ – All about Base and its consensus problem

Base degraded some services like deposits after a consensus issue.

Vanguard News

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· Jun 22, 2026

Public Disclaimer And Warning Notice!!!

The North East Development Commission (NEDC) hereby draws the attention of the public, corporate organizations, and online platform users to the unauthorized use of the NEDC name, logo, insignia, and official identity on social media platforms, websites, and other digital or print media by certain individuals and entities. It has come to our notice that [] The post Public Disclaimer And Warning Notice!!! appeared first on Vanguard News.

The Real Deal

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· Jun 25, 2026

City Council greenlights Gotham’s controversial Monitor Point

Gotham Organization’s embattled rezoning plan for its massive Monitor Point development in Greenpoint eked out approval at a City Council land use vote Thursday, after negotiating to bump up the share of affordable housing to nearly half of the proposed units. “We just moments ago were able to reach a final agreement on this project,” Restler said before the City Council voted to approve the Monitor Point project. “It’s come an extraordinarily long way, and I am pleased today to express my support for the amended proposal for a majority affordable housing development known as Monitor Point at 40 Quay []This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.

The New Stack

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· Jul 9, 2026

The “silent hallucination” loop: how our autonomous data pipeline poisoned its own vector store

Nothing matches the dread of checking a perfectly green observability dashboard with sub-100ms latency, right before an enterprise client emails The post The “silent hallucination” loop: how our autonomous data pipeline poisoned its own vector store appeared first on The New Stack.

The Week

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· Jul 6, 2026

The data center backlash

The data center backlash

ComputerWeekly

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· Jun 23, 2026

nLighten CEO Dawn Childs on edge datacentres and sovereignty

We talk to the CEO of nLighten about the limits of the UK power grid, why that makes ‘edge’ datacentres a good idea, and navigating contemporary data sovereignty requirements

Voice of Nigeria

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· Jul 6, 2026

Head of Service Lauds NIMC Reforms

The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack, has commended the Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Abisoye Coker-Odusote, for driving reforms that have repositioned the commission as a leading public institution in digital identity management and human capital development. Speaking during a meeting with the NIMC management [] The post Head of Service Lauds NIMC Reforms appeared first on Voice of Nigeria.

Daily Post Nigeria

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· Jun 22, 2026

Obtain prior approval for major shareholding changes – NCC, CAC tell telecom firms

The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) and the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) have directed telecommunications companies to obtain regulatory approval before making significant changes in their ownership structures. In a statement jointly signed by NCC Director of Public Affairs, Nnenna Ukoha, and CAC Head of Public Affairs, Rasheed Mahe, on Sunday, both agencies warned that any proposed transfer of [] Obtain prior approval for major shareholding changes – NCC, CAC tell telecom firms

National Taxpayers Union

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· Jun 24, 2026

15 Myths about Data Centers—and the Taxpayer Perspective

By Jess Ward, Leah Vukmir.

Cincinnati CityBeat

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· Jun 22, 2026

Ambassador program, expansion worries at center of 3CDC presentation to city council

As Cincinnati Center City Development Corp. (3CDC) faces mounting criticism over its role in a dispute involving downtown’s Piatt Park, the nonprofit used a city council committee meeting Monday to spotlight its contributions to the neighborhoods it has helped redevelop. Representatives from 3CDC, the real estate-focused nonprofit, presented to Cincinnati City Council’s Economic and Cultural [] The post Ambassador program, expansion worries at center of 3CDC presentation to city council appeared first on Cincinnati CityBeat.

Independent Online

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· Jul 9, 2026

National Treasury decision to withhold R13.5bn from municipalities 'should not be seen in isolation'

National Treasury decision to withhold R13.5bn from municipalities 'should not be seen in isolation'

Free Press

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· Jun 25, 2026

Stop the Data Center Proposed at Big Darby Creek

Reprinted from Marcia Miller's Substac

Toronto Sun

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· Jul 4, 2026

Despite city objections, RapidTO rollout squashed parking spots 

Emails show how the city’s leaders clashed and strategized over the removal of parking spots on Bathurst St. to speed up a sluggish bus route

CBC News

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· Jun 3, 2026

This Ontario city's set for final vote on a data centre moratorium. Here's more on the debate

This Ontario city's set for final vote on a data centre moratorium. Here's more on the debate

The New Zealand Herald

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· Jul 12, 2026

Fair to the taxpayer? MPs dodged cuts to their lavish super scheme

Fair to the taxpayer? MPs dodged cuts to their lavish super scheme

Investing.com

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· Jun 29, 2026

Form 13D/A Citizens Community Bancorp Inc. For: 29 June

Form 13D/A Citizens Community Bancorp Inc. For: 29 June

Canada's National Observer

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· Jul 10, 2026

A proposed Mississauga data centre experiences growing pushback

At least six of the city's councillors are having second thoughts about a proposed data centre .

Truthout

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· Jul 11, 2026

NextEra’s Acquisition of Dominion Energy Would Result in Corporate Mega-Utility

The utility merger seeks to exploit the data center boom for profit and political clout, at ratepayers’ expense.

MyJoyOnline

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· Jul 9, 2026

Reconsider termination of Zoomlion contract; assemblies are not ready to take over – Nitiwul tells Local Gov’t Minister

The Chairman of Parliament's Assurances Committee, Dominic Aduna Bingab Nitiwul, has called on the Minister for Local Government, Chieftaincy, and Religious Affairs, Ahmed Ibrahim, to reconsider the decision to terminate Zoomlion Ghana Limited's waste management contract, arguing that Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs) lack the capacity to take over the responsibility.

Bisnow News

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· Jun 29, 2026

Big Tech Says Data Centers Must Change To Survive Local Opposition

As data center projects face fierce opposition across the U.S., leaders at Microsoft and Oracle say the industry can no longer afford to be dismissive of local concerns. Instead, developers and hyperscalers need to be proactive and change how data centers...

Drudge Report

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· Jul 9, 2026

The great hub cover-up...

The great hub cover-up... (First column, 2nd story, link) Related stories:Big Tech Now Targeting Native American Land for Massive Data Centers...ZITRON UNLOADS: INVESTORS BEING CONNED BY AI HYPE!ANTHOPIC, OPENAI SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO IPO...Public Offerings Spark FOMO Among San Fran Home Buyers...Doom Loop Replaced by Land Grab...

NaturalNews.com

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· Jul 3, 2026

Pennsylvania coal towns fight the data center boom

(NaturalNews) Hazle Township's board of supervisors voted unanimously to pause data center applications for 180 days amid growing local opposition. More than...

Radio New Zealand

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· Jun 21, 2026

Infrastructure Commission warned govt to slow down on LNG plans

The Infrastructure Commission cautioned that alternatives to the 1 billion-plus terminal had not been properly explored, and officials should take the time to find the right solution.

Jamaica Information Service

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· Jun 25, 2026

Persons With Disabilities Encouraged to Register With the JCPD

Minister of Labour and Social Security, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., is urging persons with disabilities and their families to register with the Jamaica Council for Persons with Disabilities (JCPD), to []

South Africa Today

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· Jul 9, 2026

‘Criminal Mismanagement’: Dr Mmusi Maimane Defends Treasury’s 69-Municipality Funding Freeze

PRETORIA, South Africa — The National Treasury’s decision to temporarily withhold the equitable share from 69 underperforming municipalities has sparked a fierce debate over financial accountability and service delivery in South Africa. Dr. Mmusi Maimane, Chairperson of the Standing Committee on Appropriations, has strongly defended the funding freeze, arguing that consequence-free mismanagement is far more []

LabourList

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· Jul 13, 2026

‘ To achieve good growth in every postcode, look to centre left governments overseas’

Andy Burnham is right to put achieving growth at the centre of his mission for Government. Without it, The post ‘ To achieve good growth in every postcode, look to centre left governments overseas’ appeared first on LabourList.

Sky News Australia

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· Jul 6, 2026

UK Labour accused of running a ‘Big Brother’ censorship regime over social media algorithms

Sky News host Danica De Giorgio accuses the UK Labour government of running a “censorship regime”. “In the UK, the Labour government over there, they want to go one step further; they actually want to tamper with algorithms on certain social media sites like YouTube or TikTok,” Ms De Giorgio said. “I have a lot of concerns over this, because to me, this sounds like it would absolutely be a Big Brother-style censorship regime by the Labour government to try and skew your algorithm so it can see what it wants you to see.”

The Hacker News

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· Jul 10, 2026

Unpatched XRING Flaw in XQUIC Lets Remote Clients Crash HTTP/3 Servers

A single wrong variable on one line in XQUIC, Alibaba's QUIC and HTTP/3 library, lets any remote client crash the server with a short burst of completely legal traffic. There is no patch. FoxIO researcher Sébastien Féry disclosed the flaw on July 8 and nicknamed it XRING. He says it needs no login and no malformed packets: about 260 bytes of ordinary QPACK traffic takes the server

India Today

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· Jun 21, 2026

Inside CISF's tech-driven security overhaul of J&K's high-risk jails

Inside CISF's tech-driven security overhaul of JK's high-risk jails

Malay Mail

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· Jul 10, 2026

MoF says no blanket freeze on 2026 allocations for Health and Education ministries

KUALA LUMPUR, July 9 — The government is not implementing across-the-board restrictions on the allocations for the...

Conservative Home

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· Jul 6, 2026

Thomas Heald: From Burnham’s Manchester to Scotland’s councils, power must travel further

Burnham’s No 10 North may yet prove more symbol than substance. The test will not be where an office is based, but whether power and responsibility genuinely move with it. It is time the Scottish Government remembered that devolution should not stop at Holyrood. The post Thomas Heald: From Burnham’s Manchester to Scotland’s councils, power must travel further appeared first on Conservative Home.

Spotlight Delaware

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· Jul 2, 2026

County Councilman says Newark data center plan paused after deal

New Castle County Councilman Tim Sheldon says he recently brokered a handshake deal to pause a data center development project near Newark. The post County Councilman says Newark data center plan paused after deal appeared first on Spotlight Delaware.

Prism

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· Jun 29, 2026

In a divided country, U.S. residents agree on one thing: no data centers 

Across the country, in cities and rural areas, locals are pushing elected officials to introduce data center regulations and pause new construction In a divided country, U.S. residents agree on one thing: no data centers is a story from Prism, a BIPOC-led nonprofit news outlet that centers the people, places, and issues currently underreported by national media. Please consider making a tax-deductible donation to support our work today.

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