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US and Iran will ‘stand down for now’ after strikes with talks ‘on track,’ US officials say—AND MORE
CNN: The US and Iran will “stand down for now,” and talks remain “on track”, two US officials have said, after both sides traded fire…
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Comcast to spin off NBCUniversal and Sky into separate media business
The Guardian: When Comcast acquired Sky for £31bn in 2018 the company guaranteed to keep funding Sky News for a decade, increasing its funding…
Volkswagen’s brutal jobs cull sparks prospect of sale of crown jewels
Financial Times: Volkswagen has signalled that it could offload more non-core assets including stakes in battery unit PowerCo and its…
China targets more Japanese companies with export controls
Financial Times: Monday’s move, which restricts Chinese exports of “dual use” items that may serve both civilian and military purposes, is the…
Not all depts will enforce July 6 return-to-office deadline for public servants
The Globe and Mail: The federal government is moving ahead with its July 6 deadline for public servants to return to the office at least four…
How master of deception conned investors out of $50 million—in his own words
Wall Street Journal: “We’ve laughed about how overwhelming it is to have to deal with this level of ignorance, this level of stupidity,” he…
‘It’s dangerous and it’s going to erode trust’: Redesign of US govt websites stokes surveillance fears
The Guardian: The NDS built and now operates four public federal websites: ndstudio.gov, trumprx.gov, realfood.gov and trumpaccounts.gov. All…
Baby formula probe produced pile of evidence. Then DOJ dropped case.
Wall Street Journal: The outcome, which hasn’t been previously reported, illustrates how the Justice Department under President Trump has…
Trump cut billion-dollar mining deal. His sons stand to profit.
New York Times: An agreement between the U.S. and Kazakhstan has given a group of American investors with ties to the president and the…
Kazakhstan’s leader deepens U.S. ties, saying Trump was ‘sent by heaven’
New York Times: The Central Asian nation is aggressively courting President Trump’s Washington to counterbalance its powerful neighbors,…
Inside Jamieson Greer’s quiet ascent as Trump’s trade architect
Wall Street Journal: A stern, lawyerly Mormon, Greer is seen by most officials as a tough negotiator in the mold of his mentor, former U.S.…
Google caps Meta’s Gemini use as AI demand strains capacity
Financial Times: Google has put limits on Meta’s use of its Gemini AI models after the social media giant sought more computing capacity than…
US and Iran exchange fresh strikes as Tehran threatens to halt talks. Mines will hold back Strait of Hormuz shipping for months, CEO warns—AND MORE
CNN: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it targeted American military sites in neighboring countries including Kuwait and Bahrain,…
I spent my life fighting Russian spies. They haven’t been this reckless for years
Telegraph: Former CIA station chief says the West is ‘wilfully unprepared’ for Moscow’s hybrid war of sabotage and assassination plots…
Ethical AI rows open way to wave of litigation
Financial Times: “For years, the AI ethics debate produced frameworks, guidelines and voluntary commitments that changed almost nothing,” says…
All quiet on eastern flank? Nato leaders fear they can no longer rely on US help if Russia attacks
The Guardian: One senior official in the region described a sense of bemused disillusionment: “What do you do when your beloved father figure…
China has matched Anthropic in cybersecurity, resetting AI race
Wall Street Journal: Security researchers said that a new AI model, released this month by China’s Zhipu AI, also known as Z.ai, can match the…
Trump allows dairy farms path for migrant labor, upsetting anti-immigration camp
Washington Post: President Donald Trump was expected to announce the expansion of a guest-worker program to the dairy industry at a Wisconsin…
Venezuela quake toll tops 900, search intensifies for hundreds trapped
Reuters: The government said 172 people remained trapped, 920 were dead and 3,360 injured after the quakes devastated parts of Caracas and…
Small plane slammed into tallest skyscraper in China’s capital. Hours later, it was like nothing had happened.
CNN: All references to the incident – and the shocking footage of it – had been scrubbed from Chinese social media. The government initially…
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