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CIA director John Ratcliffe makes surprise trip to Moscow. Why?
Wall Street Journal: It came as the U.S. struggles to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Iran war, although the reason for the visit…
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Hegseth’s purge of top generals leaves army rudderless
New York Times: A long-term worry is that the firings send a message that officers who provide frank military advice or fail ideological…
Is Mojtaba Khamenei dead?
The Atlantic: Some sources inside and close to the government speculated to me that Mojtaba recently died from the injuries that he had…
Maximum pressure on Iran will fail
Nate Swanson/Foreign Affairs: The irony of Trump’s failed war on Iran—and his stop-start negotiations to try to end it—is that it has so…
Why Israeli authorities are encouraging settler violence against Palestinians
New Yorker: Retired I.D.F. colonel Doron Meiner, who was arrested while trying to protect a Palestinian community from settlers in the West…
OpenAI’s head of data centers has left company
Wall Street Journal: Chris Malone joins a string of recent high-level executive departures as the AI giant heads toward an IPO and ramps up…
Deloitte to pay Trump admin $21.5mn to settle ‘discriminatory’ practices investigation
Financial Times: The accounting and consulting firm set race- and sex-based goals for the make-up of its workforce and tied tens of thousands…
Boss of Trump Jr-backed start-up donated to Republicans after winning US contract
Financial Times: The boss of a defence manufacturing start-up backed by Donald Trump Jr’s investment firm donated almost $450,000 to…
At home and abroad, deference to Trump turns increasingly to defiance
New York Times: The age of capitulation that defined Mr. Trump’s return to office may be starting to fade. World leaders and domestic…
Instagram head Mosseri, at children’s addiction trial, says few teenagers knew of safety feature
Reuters: Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram since 2018, denied any suggestion by U.S. states suing Meta that Instagram stalled by not making…
China’s new hypersonic missile puts US on notice
Telegraph: Beijing has developed a new manoeuvrable type of air-to-air warhead capable of avoiding interception and hitting aerial targets…
Iran and Oman propose temporary Hormuz deal as tensions over key waterway persist—AND MORE
CNN: Iran and Oman outlined a joint proposal to establish a temporary shipping lane and launch a demining effort in the critical…
Ukraine needs changes to avoid losing war, ousted defence minister says
Reuters: Fedorov, a young reformer whose dismissal last month sparked weeks of protests, said Ukraine lacked any overall vision for how to…
UK’s civil defence planning accelerated over threat from Russia
Telegraph: Civil defence planning for a major emergency has been accelerated amid fears Russia could strike a critical sector within “the next…
China hits out at ‘illegal’ new US sanctions on Iran and trading partners
BBC: This came after US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent announced the new measures on Monday, warning any nation financially partnering with…
Trump admin prepares to revoke up to 200,000 visas from asylum seekers
WSJ: The government is looking to take away business and tourism visas from immigrants who officials say came to the U.S. for a short-term…
Trump quietly asserts control over Postal Service amid plans to overhaul voting
New York Times: Four weeks before President Trump signed an executive order seeking to restrict mail voting, he filed four nominations for…
Supreme Court backs Trump’s order to curb mail ballots
CNN: The court’s conservative majority sided with Trump in concluding that when a federal judge blocked parts of Trump’s order for the…
Singapore offers parents $55,000 in battle to boost birth rates
Financial Times: “We want every family to know: if you choose to have children, the government will stand with you,” Wong said on Sunday. “We…
Iran using foreign criminals to attack its critics overseas
New Yorker: Pouria Zeraati, a dissident who was living in London, was stabbed by a group of Romanian thugs. His case is part of a widening…
US plans nuclear-powered merchant fleet to challenge China’s shipbuilding dominance
Financial Times: “We are not going to beat China by being a cheaper version of China. They have mastered the art of being cheap,” said Carmel…
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