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Iran’s president calls to end war with US from ‘position of strength’. NATO members discuss Hormuz options without alliance involvement—AND MORE
Financial Times: In public remarks on Friday, Pezeshkian, who is responsible for running the economy but does not decide wartime strategy, said it would be…
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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…
Shortage of petrol but not patriotism as Russians feel growing impact of war
BBC: Volunteers are handing out Russian tricolours to people on the square. “Dear friends, we live in a wonderful country!” declares one of…
German spy agency opens helpline for those exiled from Russia, China
Reuters: Germany’s BfV, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, on Thursday published a brochure advertising a helpline for…
Natalie Harp’s intimate letters to Trump revealed in full
Daily Beast: Trump’s biographer Michael Wolff is revealing two bombshell letters Harp wrote to Trump, calling him her “Guardian and Protector.”…
British scientist plotted to cover up Covid lab leak
Telegraph: Dr Peter Daszak, the former president of EcoHealth Alliance, sent bottles of wine to David Morens, thanking him for his “behind the…
China’s passport warfare targets Taiwan
Taiwan News: This behavior embodies the Chinese idiom 蠶食鯨吞, or “to nibble away like a silkworm before swallowing like a whale.” Avoiding hot…
How Texas student blew whistle on rogue AI hacking attempt
Reuters: It started after Demir, a computer science student at the University of Texas at Dallas, stumbled across an attempt to sabotage a…
Working in Keir Starmer’s No 10 ‘unbearable’, says Sue Gray
The Guardian: Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff has lifted the lid on how “unbearable” it was working in No 10, revealing she feared her…
New kingmakers: Crypto, AI and betting firms fuel record spending on 2026 midterms
Reuters: The new money surging into U.S. politics comes from a fresh class of billionaires hailing from industries that barely existed a…
CIA staff exodus leaves new retirees waiting months for benefits
Washington Post: While precise numbers are classified, current and former officials say the pace of retirements and resignations from the CIA…
Evergrande tycoon at the heart of China’s property crisis sentenced to life in prison
CNN: It completes a dramatic downfall for Hui – also known as Xu Jiayin – who emerged from humble origins during a turbulent political era, to…
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