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US warns Kyiv that strikes on Russia jeopardise intelligence-sharing
Financial Times: Zelenskyy’s negotiating team met Trump’s representatives for nearly eight hours on Friday in Miami, where they were meant to discuss ways to convince…

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DOJ investigating five TV networks over White House pool coverage
Washington Post: The Justice Department’s investigation marks a sharp escalation in the administration’s use of its powers against perceived…
Russia steps up bid to kill European defence chiefs, spy agencies warn
Financial Times: With progress on the battlefield deadlocked in Ukraine and Russia’s economy struggling, the Kremlin has ordered an expansion…
Nvidia in talks to acquire US ‘open’ model start-up Reflection AI
Financial Times: Nvidia is in talks to acquire or deepen its investment in US start-up Reflection AI, a developer of open-weight models that…
Video cameras everywhere—and now they are being hacked for war
Wall Street Journal: “We are now seeing the conversion of civilian surveillance into wartime intelligence collection,” said Alexander Leslie,…
At Davos, Kimberly Guilfoyle boasted of private jet trips, luxury stays
Wall Street Journal: According to people who heard the conversation and an audio recording reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Guilfoyle was…
Exasperation and resignation in Greece over allegations against Kimberly Guilfoyle
New York Times: Revelations this week that a Republican donor said Ms. Guilfoyle asked him to pay her American Express bill in exchange for…
Rebuking Ukraine over oil strikes, Trump says it should ‘get a new President’
New York Times: President Trump on Saturday accused Ukraine of causing a “world problem” with Russian refinery attacks and said it should “get…
12 killed, hundreds injured in Saudi Arabia airport attack as Houthi strikes intensify
Washington Post: At least 12 people were killed — including one American — and more than 300 injured in an attack Saturday at Saudi Arabia’s…
AfD’s retreat on exiting euro shows how it’s eyeing power
Politico EU: In the paper, first reported by Bild am Sonntag, the AfD drops its demand for Germany to withdraw in an “orderly” manner from the…
Deadly firefight exposes Erik Prince’s new shadow war in Congo
New York Times: What brought both men to Congo was their employment by Mr. Prince, the founder of Blackwater Worldwide, a company notorious…
She was offered $40 million for silence on Elon Musk. She spoke out instead.
New York Times: “This is about a deeper rot in our society, where we’ve equated capital with morality,” she said. “There’s a level of societal…
EU cyber and science researchers testing Chinese AI models
Politico EU: The experiments with Chinese models at the JRC are part of a broader research project to evaluate artificial intelligence that…
Arrested German spy chief lashed out at his old agency over allegations he spied for Russia
Politico EU: In a three-page letter sent on Aug. 17, less than three months before his arrest this week, Hanning demanded answers to 11…
Anthropic AI model goes rogue, submits fake unsolved murder tip
Wall Street Journal: Rogue AI models have hacked companies and tried to break into government websites. Now they are submitting fake tips for…
China’s next ‘gray zone’ target: Island chain critical to U.S. defense of Taiwan
Wall Street Journal: Chinese academics and media laid the groundwork for Beijing to claim the Batanes Islands, where U.S. troops frequently train…
Cheap AI ‘deepfakes’ give new twist to US political attack ads
Financial Times: They run the gamut from obvious satire to deepfakes “where you have candidates saying or doing things that they didn’t say or…
China, EU strike deal to halve Chinese hybrid exports
Reuters: The “shared understanding” would “moderate” China’s export of hybrids and plug-in hybrids to the EU, and would cut the imports of…
Why Is Kash Patel planning to visit Russia?
The Atlantic: With so little information available either publicly or internally, the anxiety within the agency Patel leads has only grown.…
Israel denounces decision to award Nobel Peace Prize to Navi Pillay
New York Times: In a statement, Mr. Netanyahu called the decision by the Norwegian Nobel Committee misguided and said it had “lost its moral…
US unveils sanctions on ICC in move court condemns as ‘assault on rule of law’
BBC: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the measures – which include a ban on US entities making transactions with the ICC – were intended…
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