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Trump sends tougher terms to Iran for peace framework, officials say—AND MORE
New York Times: The official added that Mr. Trump’s changes — a new, tougher proposal — were potentially intended to speed up the process by…
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AfD, Vox mingle with ex-US Border Patrol chief, white nationalist leader at ‘remigration summit’
Politico Europe: Gregory Bovino and Jared Taylor flew in to support activists once deemed too toxic even by European far-right parties. …In an…
Trump admin sees striking exodus of legal talent
New York Times: The departure of more than 10,000 federal lawyers has left some agencies without sufficient staff and has boosted the ranks of…
Iran’s reopened underground missile sites show limits of US bombing plan
CNN: For weeks, strikes by the United States and Israel restricted Iran’s access to its underground missile sites by destroying roads and…
Great Indo-Pacific hedge: Deeper defence ties as US doubts grow and China ascends
Reuters: In interviews with Reuters on the sidelines of the annual gathering, regional defence chiefs and military officers made clear the…
American allies warn division weakens deterrence in calls for global unity to meet new threats
Associated Press: American allies stressed the need for unity at a top defense conference Sunday, saying that as threats increasingly…
EU frets as China builds industrial base in Morocco
Financial Times: Billions of dollars of investment raise concerns that subsidised goods could swamp European manufacturers…
SoftBank pledges €75bn to build Europe’s biggest AI facility in France
Financial Times: The deal came together quickly after Macron and Son dined together in Tokyo in early April, according to people familiar with…
Future belongs to those who resist it
The New Atlantis: Magnifica Humanitas is an inspiring invitation. But its focus on war, unemployment, and oligarchy misses the more insidious…
Inside deal to drop Trump’s $10 billion suit against I.R.S.
New York Times: Discussions among a group of lawyers with allegiance to the president were closely held. Some senior White House officials…
‘To call it a ceasefire is a joke’: Israeli soldiers share rare accounts from Gaza with AP
Associated Press: AP has documented shootings of Palestinian civilians, including children playing, close to the yellow line. And the soldiers…
Bill Gates spent years crafting his image. Now it’s cracking.
Wall Street Journal: Internally Gates’s team realized the situation surrounding their leader was unlikely to subside, even as they continued…
Trump suggests canceling all musical performances at Great American State Fair after several musicians drop out
CBC: “We should have a giant MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN RALLY, for 250, instead of having overpriced singers, who nobody wants to hear, whose…
Crisis of agency: Feeling of losing control to AI is real
The Atlantic: People who don’t feel empowered by all of this are unmoored. Across so many levels of culture, there’s a feeling of control…
Why $1bn in Balkans energy contracts are going to obscure company connected to Donald Trump
The Guardian: AAFS Infrastructure and Energy is close to securing a concession to build and operate a pipeline across the Balkans to allow…
Beijing’s emerging corps of foreign service nationals and proxies
Jamestown: The People’s Republic of China (PRC) is increasingly employing locally hired foreign nationals as staff in its foreign mission…
Congress quietly moves to integrate US and Israeli militaries
Responsible Statecraft: Buried in the House’s version of the 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) released on Tuesday, is section…
China’s AI heist: How to counter Beijing’s unauthorized “distillation”
Foreign Affairs: The unchecked spread of Chinese local models distilled from American products is on track to generate a serious geopolitical…
Farage cast out ‘contemptible’ Rupert Lowe. Now, his party is raining on Reform’s parade
Telegraph: Those bringing up Restore in conversations with pollsters are typically white, working-class voters for whom immigration is the…
Among Mamdani’s priorities, economic development seems low on list
New York Times: Mayor Zohran Mamdani has not filled the vacant role of president of the Economic Development Corporation, deepening concern…
Germany’s Merz struggles to contain ‘chancellor swap’ talk
Financial Times: Hendrik Wüst, the 50-year-old prime minister of North Rhine-Westphalia, shares many of Merz’s attributes: he is also tall,…
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