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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…
June 9, 2026
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…
June 9, 2026
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…
June 9, 2026
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…
June 9, 2026
A mayor, her boyfriend and China’s mysterious propaganda machine
New York Times: Eileen Wang pleaded guilty to acting as a foreign agent. But what could Beijing want…
June 9, 2026
Parsing Trumps’ crypto profits, investors’ losses
Reuters: The conclusion: the Trump family has made $2.3 billion from crypto with little-to-no downside risk, while other…
June 9, 2026
SpaceX’s $1.78tn IPO asks investors to buy Musk’s moonshots
Financial Times: As much as $1tn of the value of SpaceX’s initial public offering is based on a…
June 9, 2026
ASML chief warns EU against directing chip supplies
Financial Times: Fouquet said Europe needs to build as “many champions as possible” across the semiconductor supply chain…
June 9, 2026
‘Rent now, pay later’ loans target US consumers squeezed by housing costs
Financial Times: Rent-split lenders cover a tenant’s monthly payment to their landlord and receive the money back in…
June 9, 2026
Will Trump abandon Taiwan?
Financial Times: The threat across the Strait is rising. But the US president appears to have adopted Chinese…
June 9, 2026
Germany drops jet project with France in setback for European defense sovereignty
Wall Street Journal: Berlin will no longer pursue building and ordering the aircraft after failing to resolve a…
June 8, 2026
Meta deletes face-recognition system from its smart glasses app after WIRED report
Wired: The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for…
June 8, 2026
UK spying fears after secret camera found in Whitehall ceiling panel
iPaper: The discovery sparked alarm because officials in the building had been involved in the controversial planning application…
June 8, 2026
Meta launches ‘workforce academy’ to train workers to build data centers
Wall Street Journal: The company is starting a “workforce academy” to train Americans to build its data centers…
June 8, 2026
White House, Hill relaunch effort to block state AI laws
Axios: The White House is negotiating a federal preemption of state AI laws in exchange for its support…
June 8, 2026
Fight to break China’s rare-earth dominance moves to new front in Brazil
Wall Street Journal: Brazil holds the world’s second-largest reserves and wants to become a processor of critical minerals,…
June 8, 2026
Alibaba, Baidu accused by Pentagon of aiding Chinese military
Bloomberg: The companies were added to the Pentagon’s 1260H list, which also includes Tencent Holdings Ltd. and targets…
June 8, 2026
Meta furious over bombshell smart glasses revelation
Futurism: “Despite the billions of reasons not to, Meta seems to have created the capacity to turn their…
June 8, 2026
Apple renames Siri as ‘Siri AI’ with new push into artificial intelligence
NBC: The overhaul puts Siri into more direct competition with modern AI assistants such as ChatGPT… Apple unveils…
June 8, 2026
Andrew Tate’s empire of abuse
New Yorker: How the defining figure of the manosphere built a fortune—and became a political force—by systematically exploiting…
June 8, 2026