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Is the weight-loss drug revolution causing a frailty epidemic?
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Master’s degree isn’t the job Guarantee it used to be
Wall Street Journal: New data shows the unemployment rate for professionals under 35 with advanced degrees has rarely been higher in the past…
Lula trying to show left how to deal with Trump
Washington Post: “If I managed to make Trump laugh, I can achieve other things too,” he told The Washington Post in his first media interview…
How a secretive firm tried (and failed) to fix an Epstein friend’s tattered image
New York Times: Terakeet, a reputation management firm, used online tricks to downplay the friendship of the Goldman Sachs general counsel,…
Eager for arms deal, Taiwan stresses need for U.S. support
New York Times: Mr. Lai made a point to thank Mr. Trump for his support since his first term as president, including “a sustained increased in…
Can this man end war in Ukraine? The peacemaker Putin wants dead
Times: Carrying a holstered sidearm, Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff tells The Times that he’s a marked man. Yet Kyrylo Budanov is still…
What do China’s plans for ‘comprehensive’ new AI law mean for future of technology?
SCMP: It said the government would move faster to refine legislation concerning the protection and regulation of data, computing power,…
What A.I. did to my college class
Theo Baker/New York Times: Emerging research has begun to show what most people feel is obvious: Relying on A.I. for cognitive tasks can…
Trump warns ‘clock is ticking’ for Iran as peace progress stalls
BBC: “They better get moving, FAST, or there won’t be anything left of them,” he wrote on his Truth Social platform.…
Zhang Yueran on why Western readers are finally embracing Chinese stories
Reuters: “When a foreign reader says they feel very close to a character and can fully relate to them, that is the greatest reward for a…
China agrees with U.S. to set up trade and investment bodies
Wall Street Journal: A U.S.-China Board of Trade would be used to discuss tariff reduction on certain products, the Chinese ministry said,…
Tens of thousands join rival marches in London
BBC: Tens of thousands of protesters joined two rival marches in London on Saturday – the Unite the Kingdom rally organised by far-right…
National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross leading effort to wrangle hyper-advanced AI. Some worry he’s not up to task.
Politico: Four current U.S. officials and five industry representatives who spoke to POLITICO said they fear Cairncross isn’t moving with…
Pentagon defends Trump’s Golden Dome after $1 trillion estimate
Bloomberg: US Space Force General Michael Guetlein contested a Congressional Budget Office report that estimated the Golden Dome missile…
AI poised to tilt job market leverage toward older workers
Bloomberg: More than 40% of CEOs plan to cut junior roles over the next one to two years and shift the composition of their workforce toward…
Iran’s seizure of Chinese security ship shows its favors for friends have limits
Wall Street Journal: Iran seized a support vessel owned by a Chinese security firm near the Strait of Hormuz, appearing to signal it is…
Israel kills last Hamas chief who oversaw October 7 attack
Financial Times: Haddad’s elimination piles more pressure on a shaky US-brokered ceasefire between Israel and Hamas reached last October,…
Trump’s China summit shows toll of difficult year for president
Washington Post: Trump came to Beijing hoping to do trade deals. Xi made it known that Taiwan’s fate, not investment, was China’s top priority…
China will host Putin, days after Trump’s visit
New York Times: Dmitri S. Peskov, the Kremlin’s spokesman, told reporters on Friday that the trip would give Moscow “a good opportunity to…
China indicates tariffs were discussed at Trump summit
New York Times: The Chinese government indicated on Saturday that the United States and China had discussed the issue of tariffs during…
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