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Drafts of potential US-Iran agreement ‘being circulated,’ Qatar says. US used ‘virtually all’ of its long-range precision missiles during Iran war—AND MORE
CNN: Efforts to resolve the US-Iran conflict are “in very progressive stages,” Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said, adding that drafts of a potential agreement are “being…
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China using financial leverage to expand Pacific influence, analysts warn
Epoch Times: Newsham said that the Chinese regime always uses economic assistance and other forms of aid for political leverage. “China’s aim…
Former Mossad Chief David Barnea joins defense technology firm in senior role
Haaretz: Barnea joined Ondas Defense Ltd. as global president and chairman, according to a statement from Florida-based Ondas Inc. The…
“For your eyes only”: Israel’s mole inside United Nations
Drop Site: Hacked emails show Yahav Lichner, a UN official, repeatedly supplied Israeli diplomats with confidential UN reports and private…
Inside Oval Office showdown between Trump and Jeanine Pirro
New York Times: Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, told President Trump that his interior secretary, Doug Burgum,…
Appeals Court says E.P.A. cannot block billions in climate grants
New York Times: In a split decision, 10 judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upheld an earlier injunction…
Trump admin drafting ban on Chinese data center devices, sources say
Reuters: The Federal Communications Commission, which oversees the U.S. telecom industry, is working on the measure to bar imports of new…
US consumer watchdog supervisor warned staff of ‘unpleasant’ fallout if they go too hard on firms
Reuters: The threat, which Reuters is reporting for the first time, was emailed on May 13 by Chief Examiner Fatima Batie to many of the…
King who outfoxed Pedro Sánchez
Financial Times: Pol Morillas, director of Cidob, a Barcelona think-tank, said Ceuta was a clear example of the “weaponisation of…
US cannot ‘stay isolated’ from Chinese EV competition, warns Lucid CEO
Financial Times: “Everyone is fighting for survival . . . the number of EV suppliers we have today is excessive and they will not survive,”…
Trump admin refunds $100bn in ‘liberation day’ tariffs
Financial Times: The sum, which is 60 per cent of the $165bn collected from the president’s “liberation day” tariffs, was reported by US…
OpenAI and Anthropic models went rogue in cyber tests, UK watchdog says
Financial Times: The UK government’s frontier-AI safety and security research body said Anthropic’s Mythos 5 and OpenAI’s GPT 5.6 Sol engaged…
China’s open-weight models will be spared US safety tests
Bloomberg: The White House has told top US artificial intelligence companies that open-weight models being developed by their Chinese rivals…
White House’s AI guidelines exempt U.S. open models from govt review
Wall Street Journal: Under a framework that administration officials discussed with executives from leading AI companies Tuesday, only makers…
OpenAI calls Apple’s trade-secret suit ‘careless’ and ‘oddly personal’
Wall Street Journal: OpenAI swung back hard at Apple’s AAPL allegations it stole trade secrets, saying that the iPhone maker was sloppy about…
How ICE weaponizing social media against its critics
Wall Street Journal: To unmask anonymous online critics, DHS has sent hundreds of subpoenas to social-media companies, according to people…
‘Fraud squad’ at Caltech will catch you if you lie on your application
Wall Street Journal: The four-person team inspects every admitted student’s application, taking nothing for granted. They scour the internet…
MI6 is top European foreign intelligence service, peer review finds
The Guardian: A former head of the DGSE said: “The British have the ability to play the long game, investing in sources over a 10-year…
Presence is deterrence: Restore America’s maritime patrol in Taiwan Strait
Miles Yu: Seeking a strategic opening to Beijing, primarily motivated by a desire to extricate the U.S. from the Vietnam War, President Nixon…
Future, made in China
Evan Osnos/New Yorker: What kind of world does China imagine? A preview of sorts is provided by its Belt and Road Initiative, which since 2013…
Putin doesn’t take Europe seriously. Who can blame him?
Garry Kasparov/Telegraph: Putin, like all successful dictators, relies on animal instinct, and every concession on the part of Europe’s…
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