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Pentagon looks to build deep-cover spy program to confront China
Washington Post: This new next-generation spying program — in which U.S. operatives would go undercover as businesspeople or other private-sector personnel, without any overt U.S.…
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Iran’s fleet of shadow tankers has run out of oil after monthslong U.S. blockade
Wall Street Journal: Now, that floating storage is gone. By mid-October, the reserves were fully depleted, according to analysts at Kpler, as…
Talking to Putin: Europe seeks negotiator-in-chief for Ukraine
Politico EU: “President Putin disregards the European Union as an authority,” Czech President Petr Pavel said Tuesday in an interview with the…
Peter Thiel breaks with Trump over Iran war: ‘We should not have done it’
Politico: “I’m skeptical of [the war], I think we should not have done it,” Thiel said. “There were a lot of mistakes that were made.” Thiel…
Calling Putin a ‘humanitarian,’ Witkoff thanks him for releasing an American
New York Times: The release came after Mr. Trump made a direct appeal last week to Mr. Putin to let the 74-year-old teacher, Stephen James…
China’s battery makers race to invest abroad to avoid western barriers
Financial Times: These manufacturers are able to build a gigafactory — the industry term for the plants making cells used in EVs, AI data…
U.S. and Israel draw up plans for renewed strikes on Iran after elections
New York Times: As planning for a short but intensive operation progresses, the U.S. and Israeli militaries have stepped up exercises, flying…
Fridge hackers exploited ‘basic security flaws’ at French retailers
Financial Times: Vincent Strubel, head of cyber security agency ANSSI, told the French Senate on Wednesday that it appeared that weak…
Amazon warns new cyber flaws detected using AI are being ‘broadly exploited’
Financial Times: The world’s largest cloud computing provider on Wednesday said it had identified an attempt by hackers to exploit the bug…
Meta ordered to pay $25 billion for deceiving users on privacy
New York Times: On Wednesday, Judge Francis J. Mathew of the Santa Fe court issued the landmark penalty, writing that the company and its…
Putin sends fishing trawlers to spy on Britain
Telegraph: Ministers have confirmed that Moscow is using “commercial proxies” to threaten vital undersea infrastructure. Analysis by The…
PM Carney, Trump spoke this morning ‘for quite some time,’ addressed ‘some of the issues around trade’
CTV: With the highly consequential U.S. midterm elections fast approaching and amid a protracted trade war, Canada has yet to reach a new…
Fears of post-midterms Trump rampage spur ‘brutal’ internal jockeying
CNN: Administration officials have grown increasingly convinced that steep GOP losses will trigger major personnel shakeups across the…
Google executive dismisses European fears over US dominance of AI
Financial Times: A top Google executive has dismissed European concerns that US companies are set to dominate AI, arguing fierce competition…
Maybe it’s personal: Europeans worry Trump just likes Putin more than Zelenskyy
Politico EU: “I do think it’s a personal thing,” said former British Cabinet minister David Lidington, now distinguished fellow at the Royal…
More oil now coming out of Persian Gulf than before Iran war
Wall Street Journal: Persian Gulf oil exports have surpassed prewar levels, as an improvised shipping system under U.S. protection is helping…
Trump envoy tells nervous Gulf allies U.S. can’t guarantee security forever
Wall Street Journal: Tom Barrack, the U.S. ambassador to Turkey and President Trump’s special envoy for Syria and Iraq, said the grand…
U.S. officials privately advise states fearing Trump election meddling
Washington Post: The group includes about 10 current and former officials with experience in the Defense Department, some of whom have…
U.S. restores intelligence sharing with Ukraine, Zelensky says
Washington Post: “I’m speaking about the early warning. That is very important for our people, for children, adults, civilians, because we can…
China’s villages pay price for Beijing’s AI ambitions
Financial Times: But despite the din of construction and dust now sweeping through many parts of Shaoguan, its residents appear to be more…
OpenAI says its AI agents weakened internal monitoring system
Reuters: OpenAI said on Tuesday that two of its AI agents weakened parts of an internal monitoring system designed to detect misbehavior, the…
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