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Those close to Criminal Cases Review Commission’s work hope review will pave way for change in leadership and purposeAndrew Malkinson had only just stepped outside the court of appeal last summer when he received a message of apology from Greater Manchester police. It was the force’s work that ultimately led to his wrongful conviction for rape, leaving him incarcerated for 17 years.Malkinson was unimpressed by their late contrition, but there was another body that refused to apologise at all that day. Yet their work – or lack of it – prolonged his time behind bars by a decade. Continue reading...

The seemingly overnight shift to a ‘caring and loving’, pro-unity Trump is reminiscent of Biden’s approachEven before Donald Trump takes the stage at the Republican national convention on Thursday night, promising a speech on national unity rather than the usual partisan rancour, his team has laboured hard in the wake of the rally shooting to give the impression that he is a changed man.Gone was the Trump of “this American carnage”, the victim of witch hunts who, if returned to the White House, would unleash a whirlwind of retribution on his enemies and be a dictator on day one. In

Analysts play down concerns and maintain confidence in AI boom after Nasdaq’s worst day since December 2022The tech-heavy Nasdaq stock index has deepened its losses after this week’s interventions by US presidential candidates, but analysts played down market jitters over chipmakers, saying the artificial intelligence boom would continue to support demand.New York’s Nasdaq composite index staged a brief recovery on opening on Thursday but was down more than 1% at midday eastern time, after posting its worst day since December 2022 on Wednesday. Continue reading... Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/business/article/2024/jul/18/nasdaq-losses-deepen-amid-market-jitters-over-us-policy-on-chipmakers Author : Dan Milmo and Jack Simpson Publish date : 2024-07-18