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Trump lands in China for high-stakes summit with Iran war in limbo. Demands Xi Jinping ‘open’ China to US business—AND MORE
The Guardian: The US president arrives with tech leaders including Elon Musk and Tim Cook, with trade, AI…
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How China prevented a human rights conference in Africa
Spiegel: The world’s largest conference on digital human rights was to take place in Zambia. China had something against it, days before the…
Trump cuts to grocery subsidies bite US food companies
Financial Times: Kraft Heinz and supermarket operator Ahold Delhaize have disclosed that lower demand from recipients of America’s…
Badenoch is underpriced to become prime minister
Financial Times: Badenoch’s great friend is time. For three years, Farage has to sustain a movement that trades on freshness and novelty. For…
Elon Musk’s anonymous online BFF spreads his ideas and attacks his enemies
Washington Post: Musk’s critics say he tried to use his influential X account to shape public opinion on his lawsuit with OpenAI CEO Sam…
Gen. Caine’s silence on Iran war leaves questions about military strategy
New York Times: The answers General Caine delivered highlighted the tightrope he walks. As the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, he is…
Kevin Warsh wins Senate confirmation as next Federal Reserve chair
CNBC: President Donald Trump has made no secret that he expects Warsh to lower rates after having lashed out repeatedly at outgoing Chair…
Israel says Netanyahu made secret trip to U.A.E., which says he didn’t
New York Times: The claim and the denial signaled both how close Israel and the United Arab Emirates have become, and how delicate that…
China gains major edge on U.S. amid Iran war, intelligence report finds
Washington Post: A confidential U.S. intelligence analysis details how China is exploiting the war in Iran to maximize its advantage over the…
GLP-1 users taking bite out of restaurant business
Wall Street Journal: Restaurants are pushing protein and smaller portions to keep attracting those eating less…
What I told the Baltics about Donald Trump
Craig Unger: Now I’m going to say something that may be obvious to many of you but is still taboo in the United States: Donald Trump is an…
‘A’ grades suddenly everywhere since arrival of ChatGPT
Wall Street Journal: AI is accelerating grade inflation, research indicates, and making it harder for employers to size up graduates…
France probes whether Israeli firm BlackCore interfered in local elections, sources say
Reuters: French intelligence agencies are now investigating who may have commissioned the alleged BlackCore campaign to smear three France…
Swamped by Chinese exports, Europe nears point of no return
The Economist: THE CHANCES of a trade war between the European Union and China are far higher than most Europeans realise. In the corridors of…
Pentagon abruptly cancels deployment to Europe as part of Trump’s drawdown
Wall Street Journal: The Pentagon abruptly canceled the deployment of an armored brigade to Poland, a major step toward President Trump’s plan…
Elon Musk’s settlement with SEC raises ‘red flags’, judge says
New York Post: A federal judge on Wednesday cast doubt on the motives behind the Securities and Exchange Commission’s $1.5 million…
Federal judge blocks US sanctions against UN expert on Palestinian territories
Reuters: U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington found that Albanese’s residency outside the U.S. does not undercut her protections…
10,000 rulings: Courts’ overwhelming rebuke of Trump’s ICE policies
A POLITICO analysis reveals judges have ruled against ICE detention practices in roughly 90 percent of cases since the agency mandated that…
Trump’s Truth Social rants reveal a president desperate to distract
Telegraph: How much of his social media activity is calculation, and how much of it is genuine anger at his political enemies? For Mike…
Meta employees launch protest against mouse-tracking tech at US offices
Reuters: The pamphlet distribution comes about a week before Meta is set to lay off 10% of its workforce. It is the most visible sign…
Private schools spent years chasing foreign students. Now they’re bribing the British to come back
Telegraph: Faced with classes full of overseas pupils, parents are shunning their alma mater – but the institutions may not survive without…
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