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US and Iran exchange fresh strikes as Tehran threatens to halt talks. Mines will hold back Strait of Hormuz shipping for months, CEO warns—AND MORE
CNN: Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said it targeted American military sites in neighboring countries including Kuwait and Bahrain, after the US struck Iranian sites.…
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Trump cut billion-dollar mining deal. His sons stand to profit.
New York Times: An agreement between the U.S. and Kazakhstan has given a group of American investors with ties to the president and the…
Kazakhstan’s leader deepens U.S. ties, saying Trump was ‘sent by heaven’
New York Times: The Central Asian nation is aggressively courting President Trump’s Washington to counterbalance its powerful neighbors,…
Inside Jamieson Greer’s quiet ascent as Trump’s trade architect
Wall Street Journal: A stern, lawyerly Mormon, Greer is seen by most officials as a tough negotiator in the mold of his mentor, former U.S.…
Google caps Meta’s Gemini use as AI demand strains capacity
Financial Times: Google has put limits on Meta’s use of its Gemini AI models after the social media giant sought more computing capacity than…
I spent my life fighting Russian spies. They haven’t been this reckless for years
Telegraph: Former CIA station chief says the West is ‘wilfully unprepared’ for Moscow’s hybrid war of sabotage and assassination plots…
Ethical AI rows open way to wave of litigation
Financial Times: “For years, the AI ethics debate produced frameworks, guidelines and voluntary commitments that changed almost nothing,” says…
All quiet on eastern flank? Nato leaders fear they can no longer rely on US help if Russia attacks
The Guardian: One senior official in the region described a sense of bemused disillusionment: “What do you do when your beloved father figure…
China has matched Anthropic in cybersecurity, resetting AI race
Wall Street Journal: Security researchers said that a new AI model, released this month by China’s Zhipu AI, also known as Z.ai, can match the…
Trump allows dairy farms path for migrant labor, upsetting anti-immigration camp
Washington Post: President Donald Trump was expected to announce the expansion of a guest-worker program to the dairy industry at a Wisconsin…
Venezuela quake toll tops 900, search intensifies for hundreds trapped
Reuters: The government said 172 people remained trapped, 920 were dead and 3,360 injured after the quakes devastated parts of Caracas and…
Small plane slammed into tallest skyscraper in China’s capital. Hours later, it was like nothing had happened.
CNN: All references to the incident – and the shocking footage of it – had been scrubbed from Chinese social media. The government initially…
‘I need to be the lion’: Inside boot camp teaching men how to talk to women
CNN: And his offering caught the eye of Crook, a 55-year-old recent divorcee, who says he’s desperate to quash his “nice guy tendencies” and…
Unease deepens in Russia as Ukraine steps up long-range strikes
Washington Post: The Kremlin is scrambling to respond to an intensifying campaign of Ukrainian drone attacks reaching ever deeper into Russia,…
When cybercriminals hire burglars: Inside alleged Russian effort to infiltrate multibillion-dollar US law firms
CNN: The goal of these brazen operations is to strengthen the criminals’ hands in multimillion-dollar ransom negotiations by obtaining…
German carmakers embark on historic job cuts as Chinese rivals flood market
Financial Times: German carmakers are embarking on their deepest ever restructuring to stem “the bleeding” from an influx of Chinese rivals…
Bahrain targeted, ship struck as Iran, US trade attacks in worst escalation since peace deal. Israelis see friendship with U.S. slipping away—AND MORE
Reuters: A tanker reported being struck by a projectile in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday, Britain’s maritime security agency said, after…
Germany’s far right finally poised for power
Politico Europe: With the AfD leading the polls in Saxony-Anhalt, there’s little to suggest the country’s politicians or public are prepared…
Bill Pulte picks G.O.P. election operative for spy agency job
New York Times: Christina Norton, the former R.N.C. official, has also served as Bill Pulte’s chief of staff at the federal housing agency he…
U.S. govt gives Anthropic green light for limited re-release of Mythos 5
NBC: Mythos 5 access will be restored to around 100 organizations that include government agencies and private companies, according to people…
Apple seeks to buy memory chips from blacklisted Chinese company
Financial Times: Apple is lobbying the Trump administration for clearance to buy memory chips from CXMT, a Chinese company that the Pentagon…
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