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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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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…
U.S. begins disclosing C.I.A. interview reports from scrutiny of post-9/11 torture
New York Times: A former C.I.A. station chief who in 2005 pushed to destroy videotapes of terrorism detainees being tortured at a secret…
Netflix great at making money. Its problem is keeping viewers hooked.
New York Times: The time that viewers spend on the service has stagnated, as YouTube increasingly becomes a competitor. Netflix has struggled…
Billionaire wanted Trump pardon. His family gave Alina Habba $50 million deal.
New York Times: So Mr. Herrera deployed his lawyer, Christopher M. Kise, the former Florida solicitor general who was on Mr. Trump’s personal…
After welcoming China’s electric vehicles, this country paying price
New York Times: Thailand introduced subsidies and tax cuts to encourage electric vehicle adoption. Now it is trying to recalibrate, alarmed by…
Japan ‘months’ from running out of critical rare earth as China squeezes supply
Financial Times: Japan is months from running out of supplies of yttrium, a critical metal, and has asked the US to push China to ease rare…
Trump pushing Ukraine to surrender to Russia, Zelensky says
New York Times: “I believe steps have been taken to convince Ukraine to capitulate,” Mr. Zelensky told Bloomberg News. He was referring to a…
Latest climate report warns of major upheaval to California way of life
New York Times: In just a few decades, summers in California will not only be much hotter, but will also stretch for months longer. Floods…
Vance declines to endorse Netanyahu’s reelection bid, breaking with Trump
CNN: “I endorse American candidates, and that’s where I’m focused on is the midterm,” Vance said in an interview with journalist Mark Halperin…
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