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US vows ‘economic D-Day’ as Iran threatens to halt all oil exports
Reuters: The U.S. threatened Iran with what it called “the greatest financial offensive ever marshalled” as it prepared to roll out economic sanctions on Monday…
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Secret White House bunker undercuts Trump’s ballroom lawsuit, ex-officials say
Washington Post: The facility, which was secretly completed during the Obama administration, can house dozens of people for up to multiple…
How big tech captured American schools
New York Times: After Ms. Weingarten announced her union’s deal with Big Tech companies, a few teachers and professors publicly warned that…
Iranian hackers shut down UK power plant
Telegraph: It is thought to be the first time that hackers affiliated to the Iranian regime have succeeded in closing down such a facility in…
Bribes, betrayal … and Reform’s Nathan Gill: Inside Russia’s operation to drive wedge between Ukraine and Europe
The Nerve: Voloshyn cultivated Gill using KGB methods. There was flattery and expressions of friendship, similar to the techniques used on…
Russia sabotages weapons factories across Europe
Telegraph: The Kremlin is recruiting local gang members to sabotage defence manufacturers to test Nato’s resolve. The attacks appear carefully…
U.S. citizen who deleted phone’s data says his prosecution puts privacy at risk
New York Times: His prosecution is one of the earliest known instances of the federal authorities charging a person with destroying evidence…
My troubling introduction to China’s all-powerful “Boss AI”
SpyTalk: “I have to say, listening to this,” I told him, “it has a creepy Orwellian vibe.” “Welcome to China,” he responded with a smile, as…
‘Appeasement is not a strategy’: How media fighting back against Trump’s legal threats
Financial Times: Some media executives and analysts see growing strategic merit in fighting these cases, with one eye on the midterm elections…
Germany plans €12B missile program to deter Putin
Politico: Internal defense ministry documents say the plan for a new long-range strike arsenal ranges from cheap cruise missiles to Tomahawks…
Iranian military leader vows Tehran ‘will not submit’ as US prepares further economic squeeze
CNN: A close ally of Iran’s supreme leader said President Donald Trump’s current rhetoric about the war stems from desperation, vowing Iran…
Chinese research centre near MoD site is ‘enormous concern’, says ex-spy chief
Telegraph: Col Phil Ingram said: “This concerns me enormously. The Chinese are positioning themselves in the perfect place to help develop…
Southeast Asia isn’t buying Elbridge Colby’s flexible realism
Hunter Marston/Foreign Policy: Colby and other senior Trump officials who espouse this false promise of “flexible realism” ignore the fact…
‘Ghost job’ ads getting so bad that lawmakers want to ban them
Wall Street Journal: Some companies post less-than-real ads to build a pipeline for jobs that might open up someday or in case they reel in a…
Controversial academic who ignited Jason Arday furor
Wall Street Journal: Cofnas, speaking from Belgium in one of his first interviews since Arday’s death, said he doesn’t regret publishing his…
US ambassador to Belgium defends controversial academic who scrutinized late Cambridge professor
Politico: Bill White, the U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, condemned the suspension in a social media post Friday, writing that the Trump…
US plans $725 million payment towards its large UN debt
Reuters: The administration has criticized the global body for not living up to its potential and slashed funding to many U.N. agencies. When…
‘Betrayal’: US ranchers lash out at Donald Trump’s plan to cut tax on beef imports
Financial Times: Colin Woodall, chief executive of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, on Friday said he was “disappointed by the…
U.S. agreed to pay Liberia $5 million in connection with deportees, documents say
New York Times: The State Department documents show why the United States directed a grant to the West African nation, which announced this…
TikTok settles with U.S. over child privacy concerns for $400 million
New York Times: Under the settlement announced Friday, TikTok will pay $300 million. The Justice Department also asked the court to eliminate…
Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes leaders who criticized DOD’s interference
Washington Post: The Pentagon on Friday fired the publisher and the editor in chief of Stars and Stripes, the military newspaper funded by the…
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