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‘Who should I vote for?’ Voters turn to A.I. before casting their ballots
New York Times: Voters are turning to new A.I. tools to serve as nonpartisan researchers, viewing them as a viable alternative to traditional news coverage,…
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Revealed: Nigel Farage secretly funded by convicted criminal
Times: The Reform UK leader did not declare benefits including staff, security and housing by crypto-gambler George Cottrell, our…
Taiwan military resumes ‘anti-communist’ classes for graduates, citing Chinese threat
Reuters: Taiwan’s defence ministry said in a statement that the classes for its military academy graduates had been restored due to rising…
China frees pastor detained in crackdown on religion after Trump’s urging
New York Times: The pastor, Jin Mingri, who also goes by the name Ezra, was freed after more than 250 days in custody and allowed to leave for…
French push to exclude UK from EU defence spending backfires
Financial Times: The French government requested €16.2bn from Safe, the EU’s €150bn rearmament fund. But the European Commission approved only…
Ukraine striking Russian energy infrastructure at unprecedented rate
Financial Times: Russia’s defence ministry says it is intercepting the vast majority of incoming Ukrainian attack drones. However, the sheer…
Three of Khamenei’s sons join mass mourning in Tehran, but not his successor—AND MORE
CNN: Mourners prayed over the coffin of slain Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with a poet reading a piece attacking US President Donald…
Wars blurring lines between corporate and national security
Wall Street Journal: Businesses and governments are struggling to determine who will shoulder the costs of protecting critical infrastructure…
Cuba’s vast surveillance network preserves Communist Party’s grip on power
Wall Street Journal: Committees for the Defense of the Revolution, known as CDRs, are an important cog in Cuba’s vast surveillance system.…
How rogue nations using cryptocurrencies to evade sanctions
Wall Street Journal: Iran and Russia have used virtual cash to buy drones and weapon parts, and Russia has used it to pay salaries for…
High-earner families ditching traditional schools for life skills and AI
Wall Street Journal: Parents considering less traditional options say AI is poised to have significant effects on the economy, so old ways of…
AI lawyers could save you thousands
Telegraph: New AI technologies now offer to make legal services much cheaper. In the case of Garfield AI, the chatbot will draft legal letters…
Xi Jinping steamrolls dissent with tactics from Stalin and Mao
Wall Street Journal: In a throwback to the most powerful Communist leaders of the 20th century, Xi has purged dozens of senior officials—even…
Chinese Perth control: Beijing urges Australia to block establishment of an unofficial Taiwan consulate in WA
The West Australian: “The Federal Government must realise that the issue of Taiwan is the most sensitive matter between both our countries,…
YouTube urges creators to fight proposed UK algorithm changes
Dexerto: The government is consulting on options, considering whether to make public service news easier to discover on sites like YouTube and…
Thousands protest in Germany as far-right AfD sets sights on power
Reuters: The AfD launched the event by re-electing party chiefs Alice Weidel and Tino Chrupalla, under whose leadership the AfD has surged to…
China launches coast guard patrol east of Taiwan despite international pushback
Reuters: The fleet will conduct “law enforcement patrols” in the area, China’s Coast Guard said in a statement, adding it would strengthen…
Trump extols America, rails at communism in US 250th celebration
Reuters: “We stand beneath the monument of these heroes, a true group of unbelievable people, and we rededicate ourselves to being a nation as…
Trump will never back US AI regulator, says outgoing tech adviser
Financial Times: Donald Trump will not establish a formal licensing regime for AI, the president’s departing AI adviser has said, even as the…
Top official recuses herself from NHS Palantir contract decision after business links
Financial Times: Samantha Jones, the department’s permanent secretary, was an adviser to one of Palantir’s partners at the time it was bidding…
Huge crowds gather in Iran for dayslong funeral, public mourning for slain supreme leader. Tehran getting bolder—AND MORE
CNN: People have gathered in Tehran for the start of days long funeral processions and mourning for slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali…
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