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Xi Jinping told Trump that Putin might ‘regret’ invasion of Ukraine
Financial Times: According to several people familiar with the US assessment of last week’s summit in Beijing, the…
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Morgan Stanley issues China-only iPhones to its Hong Kong bankers
Financial Times: US bank’s move reflects rising concern over data security for staff travelling to mainland China…
US to cut troops in Europe to lowest level since before Ukraine invasion
Financial Times: The defence department said the decision to reduce the number of brigades on the continent from four to three was “the result…
Trump’s $1.8 billion ‘lawfare’ fund making Republicans nervous
Politico: “I’ve got more questions than I’ve heard answers for, and … I didn’t hear anything that gave me certainty in terms of how this all…
New settlement term bars IRS from investigating Trump, his family for past tax issues
CNN: The Internal Revenue Service can’t bring claims against President Donald Trump, his family or businesses for past tax issues, according…
Rep. Thomas Massie loses GOP primary, latest casualty of Trump’s wrath
Washington Post: Ed Gallrein, a farmer and former Navy SEAL recruited by Trump, beat Massie in the most expensive U.S. House primary on…
Russians covertly trained by China return to fight in Ukraine, sources say
Reuters: China’s armed forces secretly trained about 200 Russian military personnel in China late last year and some have since…
Brussels ‘would charge Britain billions’ to rejoin EU
Telegraph: Sir Julian King said Britain would need to surrender Margaret Thatcher’s EU budget rebate, meaning it would pay at least £5bn each…
US and China crave hegemony without responsibility
Financial Times: There is a difference between the US losing credibility as a global leader and China successfully claiming it. The world is…
Meta moves 7,000 workers into AI roles ahead of job cuts
Bloomberg: Meta Platforms Inc. is reassigning workers to new jobs related to artificial intelligence as part of a broad corporate…
Germany’s Merkel criticizes EU for not talking to Russia
Politico Europe: “I think the military support we’ve provided so far is absolutely the right thing to do. I also think it’s right that we do…
Big Four post more job ads for AI specialists than auditors
Financial Times: Roles requiring AI skills made up almost 7 per cent of job postings by Deloitte, EY, KPMG and PwC in English-speaking…
Iran says peace proposal includes reparations for war damage, US troop withdrawal
Reuters: Tehran’s latest peace proposal to the United States involves ending hostilities on all fronts including Lebanon, the exit of…
Top treasury lawyer resigns after creation of ‘anti-weaponization fund’
New York Times: The top lawyer at the Treasury Department stepped down on Monday in the wake of the creation of a $1.8 billion…
Israel seizes 1,000 sq km under Benjamin Netanyahu’s war strategy
Financial Times: Israeli forces have established positions in Gaza, Lebanon and Syria, taking control of land equivalent to roughly 5 per cent…
Donald Trump trapped in Chinese bluff on issue of arms deliveries to Taiwan
Le Monde: In Taiwan, where one of the favorite pastimes is to analyze the Chinese power, many observers had tended to think, before Donald…
Trump admin ends civil, criminal cases against Adani after $10 billion investment promise
Reuters: The resolution of outstanding cases against one of the world’s richest people came after Adani’s attorney, who is also a…
Anthropic lets Mythos users share cyber threats with others
Wall Street Journal: The Mythos users initially signed confidentiality agreements to make sure their cyber risk information wasn’t shared, a…
Defence groups clamour to delay US ban on Chinese rare earth magnets
Financial Times: Some defence groups want more time to comply with the prohibition on using Chinese samarium cobalt magnets and neodymium iron…
Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt booed by graduates at mention of AI
BBC: “I know what many of you are feeling about that. I can hear you,” Schmidt told graduates as jeers rang out at the venue…
Foreign influence in campaign against American AI
Bitcoin Policy Institute: BPI report documents three vectors of foreign influence — CCP state media, the Singham network and…
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