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Trump demands Israel and Iran ‘immediately stop ‘shooting’’ as fresh strikes imperil ceasefire. Says he never promised no new wars—AND MORE
CNN: Israel and Iran are trading strikes in the worst escalation since the April truce — a major test for negotiations. Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis also…
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Prosecute Orbán’s inner circle over ‘stolen’ billions, Hungary’s anti-corruption watchdog says
Politico Europe: The head of the Hungarian Integrity Authority claims top officials oversaw a scheme to systematically defraud the public purse…
Europe ready to take reins from US in talks with Putin, says Berlin
Politico Europe: “What is new, I believe, is that this process is now gaining new momentum in Europe,” Stefan Kornelius, Merz’s spokesperson,…
Back-channel bid to go soft on Maduro
Politico: A web of oil interests, a fallen congressmember, a special envoy and a fleet of social-media influencers tried to pull the Trump…
Armenia’s pro-West government wins election despite Russian pressure
BBC: Pashinyan’s centrist Civil Contract Party secured 49.8% of the vote, with the Strong Armenia Alliance coming in second with 23.2%. The…
China’s Xi Jinping calls for strengthened ‘strategic cooperation’ with North Korea in rare summit with Kim Jong Un
CNN: The visit is Xi’s first overseas trip this year and comes just weeks after he separately hosted Russian leader Vladimir Putin and US…
A ‘miraculous transformation’: How Kim Jong-un fortified North Korea
New York Times: He used the pandemic to ruthlessly tighten his grip on the country. Then he energized its economy by leveraging Russia’s war…
C.I.A. officer found with gold bars said to have created fake spy program
New York Times: A C.I.A. employee who was found recently with $40 million of gold bars in his house had created a secret intelligence program…
Switzerland weighs Franco-Italian alternative to US air defences
Financial Times: Switzerland should prioritise interoperability with Europe on air defence as it weighs alternatives to the US Patriot orders…
We must not grant AI agents legal personhood
Y.N. Harari/Financial Times: What kind of sanctions could keep a non-human corporation in check?…
New AI espionage powers trigger Putin camera scare
Financial Times: Russia paused surveillance system after killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader exposed how AI can be used on CCTV data to target enemies…
How SpaceX became embedded in America’s war machine
Wall Street Journal: Pledges to quickly deploy technology and ties cultivated with Pentagon have helped land new contracts totaling billions…
Democrats unveil flood of AI proposals in potential challenge to tech giants
Wall Street Journal: Sen. Adam Schiff (D., Calif.) is proposing a bill that would ensure a human is involved when the Pentagon uses AI in…
Customers giving billions to scammers. Tellers are intervening.
New York Times: With cybercrime continuing to rise, some banks are testing new prevention strategies. JPMorgan Chase hired a behavioral scientist…
Chinese article warns VPN use alone can trigger punishment under expanding censorship regime
Epoch Times: Cases cited in a widely shared post suggest that the CCP is targeting not only online content but also how users access the internet…
Watching the watchers: Why New Zealand’s age verification plan gets it backwards
New Zealand Herald: The goal is straightforward enough: keep children under 16 off social media. The method being pursued is anything but. New…
France has identified number of fake news websites dedicated to promoting China
RFI: On June 4, Viginum, France’s national regulatory body responsible for preventing foreign digital interference, disclosed that it had…
“Even among Americans, it’s not universally accepted”: How French army wants to expel Palantir’s decision-making system from NATO
Les Echos: “Maven is not unanimous, even among the Americans. We are developing an alternative and several of our European partners are…
Scott Pelley says Bari Weiss wanted 60 Minutes to say Renee Good was ‘driving toward officer’
The Guardian: In an interview with the New York Times published on Sunday, the 68-year-old Pelley accused Weiss of injecting “falsehoods and…
Trump considers buying Chagos Islands
Telegraph: US officials have drawn up a proposal to bypass Britain and make its own deal to take control of Diego Garcia, the strategically…
Author of UK’s Home Office report on China reveals attempts to compromise him
The Guardian: The author of a Home Office-sponsored report on the Chinese state and organised crime in the UK was the target of failed honey…
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