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Trump vents anger in call with Netanyahu over Lebanon conflict’s threat to Iran talks. Even as he says ‘couldn’t care less’ if negotiations fail—AND MORE
CNN: US President Donald Trump declared Israeli forces would not move on Beirut after a call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The call became heated,…
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Google owner Alphabet to sell $80bn in stock to fund AI spending spree
The Guardian: The move, the largest equity fundraising ever according to analysts, includes a $10bn share sale to the US investment group…
Humiliation for Starmer as Mandelson files reveal government by WhatsApp
The Independent: The publication of more than 1,000 pages of messages relating to the appointment of Peter Mandelson as Britain’s ambassador…
As Russia fails to achieve war aims in Ukraine, Putin needs way out
Washington Post: European officials say Moscow’s escalating aggression is a result of increasing difficulties that Russia is facing militarily…
Major Russian attack kills at least 18 and leaves Ukraine pleading for help from Trump
NBC: The assault follows warnings of an intense new wave of attacks, as the Kremlin hopes to change the narrative of a war mired in…
US in talks to expand nuclear weapons deployments in Europe
Financial Times: The US is discussing whether to deploy nuclear weapons in additional European Nato states, in a move intended to reassure…
Anthropic files for blockbuster initial public offering
Financial Times: Anthropic has filed for an initial public offering that is set to value the Claude maker at more than $1tn, setting up a race…
How Trump supercharged EU’s tech independence push
Politico Europe: “People have finally realized that there’s nothing that wields more power than technology,” said Sebastiano Toffaletti,…
Anthropic to offer EU access to its advanced Mythos model
CNBC: The European Commission confirmed to CNBC on Monday that it had “several productive meetings” with the American AI firm. “We welcome the…
’60 Minutes’ staff meeting turns hostile for new executive producer
Wall Street Journal: Pelley took aim at Bilton’s qualifications for the executive producer job. Bilton, who is the author of two New York…
Chinese military sought Nvidia chips for years, report says
New York Times: Jensen Huang, Nvidia’s chief executive, has said China’s military doesn’t rely on chips from his California-based company. But…
Nvidia introduces first PCs designed for AI agents
Wall Street Journal: Nvidia unveiled the first personal laptop computers designed for running artificial-intelligence “agents,” using a newly…
Trump backs off plan for $1.8 billion fund that drew political backlash
New York Times: The people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to describe the president’s thinking, said he had been leaning for days toward…
INVESTIGATION: Stanford receives Chinese state-linked donations
The Stanford Review: Stanford University accepted at least $3 million in 2025 from a donor whose name it disclosed as “Chen Yuan,” of China,…
Hegseth strikes female and black Navy officers from promotion list
New York Times: Mr. Hegseth’s removal of the officers from the one-star list is highly unusual, said the current and former defense officials.…
Losing trust in Justice Dept., judges call out its lawyers’ behavior
New York Times: The federal courts have long assumed that the government’s lawyers are trustworthy. Now judges across the country are…
Age verification for social media: Beginning of end for free internet?
Mullvad: …if age verification is introduced, everyone will have to identify themselves either to the service/website they want to use or to a…
No raise, no promotion: 1 in 4 white-collar workers stalling out
Wall Street Journal: Roughly a quarter of American professionals hit a wall in their careers before their so-called peak earning years, going…
Hungarian govt to amend constitution to allow removal of president
Euronews: “The office of the president of the republic is more important and more powerful than any individual head of state. It is in…
UK warns it could take action over crown dependencies’ lack of transparency
Financial Times: Hodge told the FT that the transparency regime in the dependencies and territories needed to catch up with the EU, which was…
‘More harmful than helpful’: Young people sour on AI
Financial Times: From software developers who fear being replaced to students who feel AI is hollowing out learning and creativity, a growing…
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