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Don't like ads? Go ad-free with TradeBriefs Premium Rising petrol prices spark new concern in Washington    Rising US fuel prices are triggering alarm in Washington just as President Joe Biden steps up his bid for re-election by touting lower inflation and the strength of the US economy. The surge in petrol costs to a nine-month high follows a 20 per cent jump in global crude prices this summer, after Saudi Arabia and Russia slashed supply. The move has revived predictions of $100 a barrel oil this year — and new worries about the political fallout. "The White House is in full-blown panic mode," said Bob McNally, head of Washington-based consultancy Rapidan Energy Group and a former adviser to president George W Bush. "Any sitting president is threatened when pump prices go up because of the impact on consumer confidence and the president's approval rating." Continued here You Might Like � � � � � � � � � Rum and coke and automatic rifles: Myanmar's Gen Z guerrillas    On a sweltering afternoon in March, three recruits to the Albino Tiger Battalion – a paramilitary group resisting Myanmar’s junta regime – were studying the rules of war. Resting their dummy rifles made of wood and bamboo against their legs, they sat on a fallen tree in the shade of a rubber plantation at the edge of the rainforest. The group was only a few days from finishing six weeks of basic military training; the notebooks in their laps were crammed with diagrams of attack formations and rules of engagement. “Bravery is not about killing people or destroying things or burning down houses,” he told the students. “Bravery is about sacrifice, about giving yourself for others, about doing what you have to do under very difficult circumstances.” The 99 young soldiers who make up the Albino Tigers – most of whom are between the ages of 17 and 28 – understand that their circumstances are tough. The battalion is part of the People’s Defence Force (PDF), a resistance army formed by the National Unity Government (NUG), a coalition of politicians, ethnic and civil-society leaders who oppose the coup staged by Myanmar’s military generals in 2021. For the past two years, the resistance has been fighting a guerrilla war against the junta. Its goal is to force the army – which has ruled Myanmar for most of the past 60 years – out of politics permanently. It also hopes to ensure that the country becomes a federal democracy with equal rights for all, including women and ethnic minorities, who have long been brutally repressed. Continued here In every reported case where police mistakenly arrested someone using facial recognition, that person has been Black    For several years, civil liberties groups, tech experts, and activists have warned that the use of facial recognition technology will only increase racial inequities in policing. Porcha Woodruff — a mother from Detroit, Michigan — became the first woman to report that police falsely identified her as a suspect using faulty facial recognition, The New York Times reported. She is now the sixth person to report a false accusation based on facial recognition technology — and every report that came before hers was filed by someone who is Black, according to the Times. Continued here

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