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Hormuz traffic low as world rapidly burns through oil stockpiles. Top adviser to Iran’s IRGC says U.S. military ‘weaker than what we perceived’—AND MORE
CNN: The reopening of the Strait of Hormuz is becoming more pressing as the International Energy Agency warns that global oil stockpiles are diminishing at…
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Ukraine destroys air defences guarding Putin’s holiday home
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McDonald’s built 515-page dossier on me. It says I’ll never stop eating there
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U.S. and Ukrainian forces went head-to-head in exercise. Ukraine’s drones won.
Wall Street Journal: Battlefield drill shows Pentagon hasn’t fully absorbed lessons of Russia’s war…
Fiasco in factory: Taxpayers funded $533 million artillery plant that made nothing
Pro Publica: In a rushed process exempted from normal rules, the Army hired General Dynamics, which brought on a Turkish subcontractor with…
2 ex-Chinese military service members arrested in South Korea for alleged espionage — accused of tracking US military movement
New York Post: Police said that one of the suspects, a Chinese national in his 60s, set up an interception device consisting of a…
China’s “citizen external propaganda” pipeline put Chinese nationals inside Congress. They wrote lawmaker speeches, researched policy and responded to American constituents.
Natalie Winters: One participant was unusually explicit about what the opportunity represented. Beijing International Studies University…
Trump sued on First and Fifth Amendment grounds over paid Truth Social access
CNN: The Intercept and the Freedom of the Press Foundation jointly sued Trump and his White House social media team for restricting their…
For Trump, secret flight was stunning ruse. For Putin, ‘a regular tuesday.’
New York Times: President Trump’s Air Force One subterfuge pales in comparison to the secrecy surrounding Russia’s president, whose fixation…
Settler siege of Palestinian homes highlights growing West Bank chaos
New York Times: Two families have been trapped by settlers for days, casting a spotlight on the army’s struggle to curtail settler violence…
Ford to move production of some Lincoln models from China to US
Reuters: Ford Motor plans to move production of some Lincoln models from China to the U.S. beginning in 2030, Ford’s CEO told Reuters on…
Inside Google executive moves that led to its big AI reshuffle
Reuters: Google co-founder Sergey Brin in recent months has urged key AI staff to go all in on the company’s Gemini model as parent Alphabet…
Lilly sues six companies over alleged illegal sales of experimental obesity drug retatrutide
Reuters: The Indianapolis-based drugmaker said the lawsuits target a range of businesses, including compounding pharmacies, medical spas and…
Trump admin set to spend at least $900 million on White House construction
Washington Post: The price tag is much larger than what has been previously reported, according to a Post review of confidential contracts,…
China’s great jobs squeeze
Financial Times: As construction slumps and manufacturing automates, 53mn Chinese now work for low wages in food delivery and ride-hailing…
China-linked hackers hit Taiwan in unprecedented ‘autonomous’ AI cyber attack
Financial Times: The attackers used open-source AI agents to build an autonomous hacking tool that behaved like a co-ordinated cyber team,…
‘Tolerating the Netanyahu two-step’: Why White House can live with Israel rejecting its peace plan
Politico: “We recognize the complexities that come from the Israeli elections, and we’re obviously going to give Bibi a space to try and…
Zhu Rongji, reforming Chinese premier, 1928-2026
Financial Times: Zhu Rongji, who has died aged 97, was one of the most consequential Chinese leaders after the Communist revolution in 1949.…
Poorer Americans struggling to make ‘ends meet’, top Fed official says
Financial Times: Boston Fed president Susan Collins told the FT businesses and households in the US north-east were being squeezed by…
Mexico pushes for lower auto tariffs in trade talks
Wall Street Journal: The Trump administration currently charges a 25% tariff on non-U.S. content in vehicles from Canada and Mexico. The…
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