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Heads roll over Epstein files
CTV: Jeffrey Epstein cultivated a global network of politicians, top business executives, academics and celebrities, many of whom…

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As West goes after Russia’s oil fleet, Moscow fears for its war funding
Washington Post: The European Union is considering imposing an outright maritime ban on services needed to ship Russian oil, such as…
Norway investigates former PM on suspicion of corruption over Epstein ties
Financial Times: Jagland, who was Norway’s prime minister in the 1990s and secretary-general of the Council of Europe and Nobel Committee for…
Big Tech’s ‘breathtaking’ $660bn spending spree reignites AI bubble fears
Financial Times: Big Tech stocks sold off heavily after unveiling plans to spend $660bn this year on AI, as investors fret that the…
COVID-19: Defense Intelligence Agency considered lab leak scenario in March 2020, new records show
U.S Right to Know: More than six years after COVID-19 emerged in China and killed millions worldwide, newly released intelligence records show…
EU, US and Japan to cooperate on critical raw materials supply chains
Euronews: Within the coming 30 days, the EU and the two nations are expected to sign a memorandum of understandingto boost critical minerals…
Trump admin favored Germany’s far right in Washington visit
Politico: A German parliamentary delegation visiting Washington late last month saw center-left MPs frozen out by the U.S. State Department,…
Analysis: Epstein files suggest systematic China influence operation through Lord Mandelson
Sam Cooper/The Bureau: Newly released emails reveal convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein coaching British politician Peter Mandelson and JP…
EU countries seal deal on €90 billion loan for Ukraine, funded through joint debt
Euronews: Under the special loan, Ukraine will receive €30 billion to support its budgetary needs and €60 billion to purchase weapons and…
Europe begins slow retreat from US dependence
Politico: From orders banning civil servants from using U.S.-based videoconferencing tools to trade deals with countries like India to a push…
Epstein files rife with uncensored nudes and victims’ names, despite redaction efforts
Associated Press: A judge scheduled a hearing for Wednesday in New York on the matter, then canceled it after one of the lawyers for victims…
Le Pen’s fighting spirit fades as presidential dream slips away
Politico: The far-right leader seems increasingly resigned to her fate despite fighting to overturn the ruling that knocked her out of the…
Top Democrat launches probe into ‘spy sheikh’ deal with Trump company
Wall Street Journal: In a letter to Zach Witkoff, CEO of the Trump-backed World Liberty Financial, California Rep. Ro Khanna sent a list of 16…
Google set to double AI spending to $185bn after strong earnings
Financial Times: Search giant reports more than $400bn in annual revenue for the first time. … Google has gained momentum in…
Taiwan’s AI boom minting millionaires, stoking inequality
Bloomberg: Taiwan’s economy is growing rapidly due to high demand for artificial intelligence chips, but the wealth boom is not being…
China’s Xi presses Trump on Taiwan in phone call
New York Times: …a description of the call from Chinese state media was much more forceful, and suggested that the issue of Taiwan was…
Prosecutor fired after voicing frustration with immigration caseload
New York Times: A federal prosecutor in Minneapolis was fired from the U.S. attorney’s office on Wednesday after she expressed exasperation…
Senators push $70bn funding deal to support Donald Trump’s critical minerals agenda
Financial Times: The effort to grow the pot of cash available to companies that are mining or manufacturing in strategic sectors comes as the…
Russian spy spacecraft have intercepted Europe’s key satellites, officials believe
Financial Times: Officials believe that the likely interceptions, which have not previously been reported, risk not only compromising…
Cuba defiant as Trump ramps up pressure. Ready for talks, but not regime change.
CNN: Cuba is ready for “meaningful” dialogue with the United States but it is not willing to discuss changing its government, the Cuban deputy…
Washington Post begins laying off more than 300 journalists
New York Times: The company is laying off about 30 percent of all its employees, according to two people with knowledge of the decision. That…
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