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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 the United States…
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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…
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…
OpenAI restricts release of newest ChatGPT model to Trump-approved group during testing period
Associated Press: ChatGPT maker OpenAI said Friday it is restricting the release of its new artificial intelligence model at the request of…
Trump threatens to impose 100% tariff on European countries over tech taxes
New York Times: The president claimed the tariffs would override a trade deal with the European Union, which European officials finalized just…
Rescuers race to find Venezuela quake victims as global relief effort gains pace
CNN Live Updates: The death toll from the twin quakes in Venezuela — a country mired in political and financial crisis — has risen to around…
Chinese hedge funds warn AI ‘super bubble’ ready to burst
Bloomberg: Two of China’s best-known hedge fund managers are warning that the artificial intelligence boom in global stock markets has become…
Zelensky steps up threats against Belarus for aiding drone attacks
New York Times: Ukrainian officials say their northern neighbor is allowing its radio relay stations to be used to guide Russian attack drones…
Apple supplier Tata tightens internal controls after data breach, sources say
Reuters: Tata Electronics, a key Indian supplier to Apple, has restricted internal access to sensitive systems as it investigates a leak of…
$2.5 billion whodunit: Hack that dented U.K. economy
New York Times: A loose collective of cybercriminals initially took credit for crippling Jaguar Land Rover last year. Investigators now see…
John Bolton, former Trump adviser, expected to plead guilty in classified information case
New York Times: Mr. Bolton is expected to admit to mishandling classified information and could face time in prison, in an inquiry that…
DeepSeek plans hiring spree in escalation of China’s AI talent war
Financial Times: The advertised roles suggest the group is broadening beyond frontier model research into product development as it prepares…
Volkswagen to axe up to 100,000 jobs in sweeping cost-cutting drive
Financial Times: Volkswagen is planning to cut up to 100,000 jobs and end production at four plants in Germany in a significant acceleration…
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