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Lebanon ceasefire raises hopes of progress for Iran deal. Trump tells aides he won’t resume all-out war unless U.S. troops are killed—AND MORE
Reuters: Tehran has made a ceasefire in Lebanon a condition for any peace deal with Washington, and has suggested in recent days that it could…
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Taiwan beefs up anti-ship missile arsenal to counter threat of Chinese invasion
Reuters: Taiwan will sharply increase its arsenal of powerful anti-ship missiles to more than 1,800 by early 2029, as it seeks to enhance its…
EU’s tech independence push disappoints Brussels and irks Americans
Politico Europe: Even as Virkkunen was presenting the plan Wednesday, EU ambassadors meeting across the road were signing off on a Commission…
Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche to be attorney general
CNN: When Trump makes the nomination official, it will end Blanche’s two months serving in the role in an acting capacity since his…
Trump’s pick of Bill Pulte as spy chief threatens foreign surveillance bill
Financial Times: Thom Tillis, a Republican senator from North Carolina, lambasted Pulte in a CNBC interview for having “no experience in…
Senior official from Germany’s AfD meets top Kremlin associates
Financial Times: Markus Frohnmaier, the AfD’s foreign policy spokesman, met Alexey Miller, chief executive of Russia’s energy giant Gazprom,…
Meltdown inside ‘60 Minutes’
Wall Street Journal: “There is no question that the CBS News brand is severely damaged right now,” said Michael Socolow, a former television…
The Kennedy who says she left White House over concerns about CIA spending
Wall Street Journal: Some of that intelligence activity was “brilliant, courageous, and everything an American would be proud to fund,” she…
Meet Trump official shaping U.S. policy on Europe
Parliament Magazine: Peter Rough, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington D.C., knows Colby and…
Elon Musk’s SpaceX pitches investors $1.8tn valuation in historic IPO
Financial Times: The company plans to sell 555.6mn shares at $135 apiece, raising $75bn, according to an amended IPO filing on Wednesday. The…
Companies using Reddit to manipulate ChatGPT and Google AI search
404 Media: Peptide companies have been doing AI-engine optimization by spamming the biohackers subreddit to manipulate ChatGPT and Google…
‘He yells’: Carney’s focus has Liberal MPs bristling
Althia Raj/Toronto Star: Over the course of several caucus meetings now, Grit MPs report Carney lashing out at certain members when he doesn’t…
Trump signs order to make it easier to fire 8,000 federal workers
The Guardian: Order strips job protections from workers earning up to about $200,000 a year and deemed to be ‘influencing’ policy…
Europe’s tightrope walk on tech sovereignty
Financial Times: Yet few initiatives require such a delicate balancing act as the push to assert European “tech sovereignty” set out in a…
How China’s wealthy sidestep strict rules to get money out of country
Bloomberg: Households, institutions and companies moved a record $807 billion, roughly, out of the country last year, according to estimates…
Fired 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley says CBS told him to inject ‘falsehoods’ into reporting
The Guardian: He continued: “For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into a politically sensitive story.…
In a first, House votes to block Trump from ordering more strikes on Iran
Washington Post: The House passed a resolution Wednesday to block President Donald Trump from ordering further strikes on Iran, ratcheting up…
Trump appointee leading $205bn US agency had personal ties to Epstein, emails show
The Guardian: A Guardian review of more than 5,000 records from Epstein’s private correspondence found that Ben Black invested in the same…
Left with few choices, EU braces for trade fight with China
Bloomberg: The European Union is preparing to warn its citizens and companies about a potential trade war with China as it considers new…
How China’s cyber operations – and contractors behind them – target critics abroad
Natto Thoughts: Physical distance was once a meaningful form of protection. Dissidents who fled beyond China’s borders could not be easily…
U.S. and intelligence allies issue rare joint warning about China
Washington Post: The alert reflects rising concern that China is using artificial intelligence and other emerging tools to flood career…
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