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Ukraine builds cheap alternative to Patriot missiles
Financial Times: Kyiv has struggled to secure enough western interceptors to protectits cities from constant Russian missile and drone…
Lowe’s hard-right Restore Britain has plan to hammer Farage nationwide
Politico Europe: Lowe, a personally wealthy businessman, was kicked out of Reform earlier this year — and swiftly had criminal allegations…
Bill Gates to face congressional investigators about ties to Jeffrey Epstein
CNN: The House Oversight Committee sought Gates’ voluntary cooperation after a tranche of documents released by the Department of Justice…
Inside White House freakout over Epstein files
New York Times: The president’s top advisers gathered in a series of Situation Room meetings as they struggled to contain a scandal engulfing…
Top Goldman Sachs executive opposed David Solomon’s backing of Kathy Ruemmler
Financial Times: Russell Horwitz, a top executive at the investment bank, voiced concerns over Solomon’s decision to back Ruemmler for months…
Germany seeks to lead fighter jet project after ditching France
Financial Times: In a draft of new aviation strategy to be unveiled on Wednesday and seen by the FT, the German government said it was still…
BYD to spend €2bn to build out 5-minute flash chargers in Europe
Financial Times: The world’s largest electric vehicle maker is banking on ultrarapid charging to take market share from legacy rivals, but the…
Trump regulator proposes new rules on what’s allowed on prediction markets
Wall Street Journal: The Commodity Futures Trading Commission will propose the new rules on Wednesday, seeking the ability to block prediction…
Trump’s sharp turn on China: Embracing it as peer power
New York Times: The new phrase — “constructive strategic stability” — was rolled out by both governments during President Trump’s meeting in…
Trump’s drug pricing war comes for Germany
Politico Europe: U.S. embassies across the continent are being mobilized to deliver a message to European capitals: American patients are…
Europe’s growing rift with Trump ensnares $115 million tech deal
New York Times: The Netherlands blocked a U.S. company from buying a Dutch firm that handles its national ID system, saying it would create a…
Anthropic releases new ‘Mythos-class’ model to general public with guardrails
Wall Street Journal: Called Claude Fable 5, the large language model will mostly let users query Mythos, which the company previously deemed…
White House reins in AI-testing unit as national-security concerns grow
Wall Street Journal: Administration officials including National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross have told the Center for AI Standards and…
Signal says Keir Starmer is launching mass surveillance in name of child safety
The Print: The document alleged that the proposed regulatory features would amount to “mass surveillance and censorship capabilities”, the…
Russia upgrades rules for its digital spy system to better track citizens online
The Record: “Previously, the general requirement was relatively straightforward: operators had to install SORM equipment and provide…
How KGB detected spies
Filip Kovacevic: The document described no less than five types of indicators of the potential espionage involvement as perceived by the KGB.…
Hundreds of UK civil servants ‘working from beach’ abroad
Telegraph: More than a third of the civil servants accused of “taxpayer-funded globetrotting” are from Ed Miliband’s net zero team, accounting…
US at UN: Invasion of Ukraine has become strategic failure for Russia
Ukrainska Pravda: ‘Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has been a strategic disaster. Its oil refineries are ablaze […]. Moscow cannot achieve its…
Inside Hegseth’s Pentagon, where distrust and suspicions of loyalty are rampant
CNN: The firings and restricted access have been a cornerstone of Hegseth’s tenure, though sources told CNN it is not limited to the…
Democratic group kicks off $50 million midterm blitz in Conservative strongholds
New York Times: American Bridge is hoping that Republicans are vulnerable in parts of the country that had been exceedingly tough terrain for…
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