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Trump might order another Iran strike before midterms
The Atlantic: The White House has asked the Pentagon to develop strike options against Iranian targets that could be exercised ahead of the midterms, according…
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Trump threatens to ‘terminate’ top campaign advisers after revelation of work for pro-Russia Bosnia party
New York Post: President Trump threatened Wednesday to “terminate” two key advisers after they were revealed to have raked in “hundreds of…
Google, Unity launch platform to create video games from prompts
Bloomberg: The initiative, called Playground, will “put game creation in the hands of millions of new creators, and bring new experiences to…
Russia says it found no ‘emergency’ in plague lab. Trump says ‘we don’t think’ Russian plague case is a bioweapon
New York Times: The Russian authorities said on Wednesday that a researcher at a Siberian anti-plague institute who died from a mysterious…
Former Taiwan President Tsai tells US audience of ‘sustained’ Chinese pressure
Reuters: “We face daily cyberattacks, cognitive warfare, information manipulation, economic coercion, and attempts to compromise our critical…
Spy crisis that threatens to defang Germany’s top intelligence agency
Wall Street Journal: Hanning’s arrest on suspicion of espionage and attempted treason this week is threatening to further defang the Federal…
Rubio urges Europe to awaken from ‘slumber’ and uphold Western dominance
New York Times: In Greece, Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Western nations must embrace an earlier ethos of exploration and conquest as…
Trump’s retreat: From Gulf to Britain, American forces pull back
New York Times: A war that was intended to demonstrate the reach of American power has now done the opposite. It is a lesson in unintended…
MI6 fears German spy chief leaked British secrets…
Telegraph: German security sources said some of the high-level information the pair handled came from partner intelligence agencies abroad,…
HSBC plans sweeping job cuts across UK wealth business in AI push
Financial Times: About half of the business’s management and specialist roles are expected to go, while the reduction in the ranks of…
China slaps down EU request for voluntary curbs on hybrid car exports
Financial Times: China has rejected an EU request to voluntarily restrict its surging exports of hybrid cars to the bloc as the two sides…
School protests sweeping France cause ‘heaviest toll in decades’
Reuters: The protests, in which a teenager lost a hand on Monday, were the latest manifestation of public anger in a country where support for…
David Ellison cements status as Hollywood mogul with studio mega-deals
Bloomberg: In running an empire that includes two major studios, streaming services, cable television portfolios and news networks, Ellison…
EU quietly braces for nightmare scenario of multiple-casualty hybrid attack
Politico EU: The talks about a nightmare attack scenario have taken place in recent weeks among EU ambassadors from all 27 countries gathering…
Inside Bessent’s treasury: Tension, turnover and unmet economic goals
Wall Street Journal: Bessent’s behavior was a factor—and sometimes the most-important one—in the departure of multiple key officials, people…
OpenAI releases findings on 377 math problems, further roiling field
New York Times: For 10 of the solutions, the company also provided summaries of how the A.I. model came up with its solution. The average…
Ex-C.I.A. officer who stashed gold bars admits to far larger $145 million scam
New York Times: A former C.I.A. officer who the authorities say stashed hundreds of gold bars in his home admitted in court on Tuesday to a…
Rubio urges Russia to share more information on plague lab worker’s death as U.S. prepares formal request
BBC: “I think it’s incumbent upon Russia to obviously share more information with the world,” Rubio told reporters. “We’re watching it very…
Vance says Iran must cut enrichment to end war
Reuters: Speaking on Monday after a campaign trip in Alaska, Vance said any agreement would require Iran to reduce its nuclear enrichment…
Emails show how ICE trimmed training for deputized officers
Washington Post: Police officers helping ICE arrest unauthorized immigrants were given a shortened training course that scaled back…
Beijing’s policy advisers map out how post-reunification Taiwan could be governed
SCMP: Rather than setting out a single fixed model, scholars involved in those studies told the SCMP there should be different scenarios based…
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