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At least 164 people dead after twin quakes in Venezuela. Frantic search for survivors.
CNN: At least 164 people have been killed and 971 injured after Venezuela’s most powerful earthquake in more than a century, according to the country’s…
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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,…
Meta races to replace human moderation with AI
Financial Times: The $1.4tn tech group has accelerated plans to switch to using large language models to review content and advertising across…
EU wants influencers to cover its summits — but only if they love bloc
Politico Europe: Influencers will be able to film content while top EU leaders meet in Brussels — as long as they don’t question the bloc’s…
Trump says he’s ordered investigation into oil companies over alleged price gouging
The Guardian: “The big oil companies are not dropping their price at the pump commensurate with the sharply lower prices they are paying for…
Anthropic accuses Alibaba of obtaining ‘illicit’ access to Claude
Financial Times: In a letter to Congress, Anthropic said Alibaba had conducted the “largest campaign to illicitly extract Claude’s…
Under pressure from Trump, Republican-led Senate reverses course on Iran. White House asks Congress $67bn to pay for Iran war—AND MORE
Washington Post: The chamber rejected a resolution to force the president to end the war after he criticized Republicans for undermining his…
More relief from canola and seafood tariffs to be discussed between Canada and China in the fall
CTV: Sidhu was asked if the Chinese wanted more access for their EVs, in exchange for better terms for Canadian canola. “I would say that’s a…
Japan defense forces used USB drives with China-linked virus
Nikkei Asia: Japan’s Self-Defense Forces used USB drives containing a China-linked virus on computers with access to classified information…
Rutte’s balancing act between Trump and 31 NATO allies
Politico Europe: The two leaders have a history of working well together, but Rutte has a narrow lane to work with between Trump’s demands and…
How a crypto exchange became major hub for illicit Iranian cash
Wall Street Journal: Iranian entities have moved more than $3.84 billion in transactions through the crypto exchange CoinEx, according to an…
France calls for ‘orderly’ US military drawdown
Politico Europe: “We would like the U.S. shift to take place in an orderly, coordinated and efficient manner to avoid creating dilemmas for…
Putin’s system is in state of slow implosion
Alexandra Propenko/Financial Times: The west looks for signs of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s weakness in the form of a high-profile…
Federal workers can’t get White House’s app off their phones
Wired: “I deleted it as a test and it came immediately back,” says one government employee…
EU countries eye setting up migrant ‘return hubs’ in Rwanda and Uzbekistan
Politico Europe: The countries hosting the centers have not yet been decided and the political and diplomatic process still needs to play out,…
China makes new US warship target for missile tests, images show
Bloomberg: Satellite imagery shows a structure resembling a US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer in the Taklamakan Desert in…
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