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Iran insists on right to control shipping in Hormuz after ship hit near Oman. Expects $40 billion windfall from reopening Hormuz with Gulf states—AND MORE
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Rescuers race to find Venezuela quake victims as global relief effort gains pace
CNN Live Updates: The death toll from the twin quakes in Venezuela — a country mired in political and financial crisis — has risen to around…
Chinese hedge funds warn AI ‘super bubble’ ready to burst
Bloomberg: Two of China’s best-known hedge fund managers are warning that the artificial intelligence boom in global stock markets has become…
Zelensky steps up threats against Belarus for aiding drone attacks
New York Times: Ukrainian officials say their northern neighbor is allowing its radio relay stations to be used to guide Russian attack drones…
Apple supplier Tata tightens internal controls after data breach, sources say
Reuters: Tata Electronics, a key Indian supplier to Apple, has restricted internal access to sensitive systems as it investigates a leak of…
$2.5 billion whodunit: Hack that dented U.K. economy
New York Times: A loose collective of cybercriminals initially took credit for crippling Jaguar Land Rover last year. Investigators now see…
John Bolton, former Trump adviser, expected to plead guilty in classified information case
New York Times: Mr. Bolton is expected to admit to mishandling classified information and could face time in prison, in an inquiry that…
DeepSeek plans hiring spree in escalation of China’s AI talent war
Financial Times: The advertised roles suggest the group is broadening beyond frontier model research into product development as it prepares…
Volkswagen to axe up to 100,000 jobs in sweeping cost-cutting drive
Financial Times: Volkswagen is planning to cut up to 100,000 jobs and end production at four plants in Germany in a significant acceleration…
China sharpens tools for hitting back at foreign sanctions
Wall Street Journal: Senior lawmakers in Beijing reviewed a bill this week that would empower state prosecutors to file civil suits against…
U.S. bans Polestar, Chinese-owned EV maker, from selling cars in U.S.
Wall Street Journal: The decision represents the first major casualty of a U.S. rule to ban Chinese software in new vehicles that connect to…
Whistleblower Sarah Wynn-Williams sues Meta over attempts to ‘silence’ her
The Guardian: Thursday’s complaint, accompanied by a 285-page declaration by Wynn-Williams, argues that the severance agreement is…
Russia breaks into human rights activist’s phone with Cellebrite
Citizen Lab: We analyzed Russian activist Andrey Pivovarov’s phone, finding that Russian authorities used forensic extraction tools made by…
Mamdani’s rent freeze approved by New York City board
New York Times: The panel, known as the Rent Guidelines Board, approved the freeze on both one- and two-year leases in a 7-to-1 vote, pausing…
Supreme Court lets Trump end temporary protections for Haitian, Syrian migrants
Washington Post: The Trump administration can cancel temporary humanitarian protections for Haitian and Syrian immigrants living legally in…
Appeals court deals biggest setback yet to Trump DOJ’s demands for confidential voter roll data
CNN: The 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals said Michigan was not obligated to produce the confidential voter data – which could include social…
‘Salami slicing’: How China trying to increase control in Pacific
CNN: In a span of just a few weeks, China’s ships have carried out “law enforcement” activities farther from its mainland than ever before,…
Iraq warns it might leave OPEC if oil quota not raised, sources say
Reuters: The prospect of Iraq leaving would be a serious blow to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries, which saw the United…
Meet megadonors pouring more than $1.3 billion into 2026 election
Washington Post: But most of the money, regardless of affiliation, was given to super PACs that can legally accept unlimited sums…
New push to ready millions for AI career upheaval
Wall Street Journal: To that end, the bipartisan consortium, which includes state governments, philanthropic groups and employers ranging from…
Senate Democrats investigate Trump family-linked group over Venezuela business push
Financial Times: Senate Democrats are investigating Yorkville Advisors, a financial group with ties to US President Donald Trump’s family,…
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