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China arrests American scholar-journalist, adding to friction with U.S.
Wall Street Journal: Min Zin, a U.S. citizen, has been placed under criminal detention by authorities, Lin Jian,…
June 12, 2026
Trump’s allies have another way to pay ‘weaponization’ victims
Reuters: The most viable path, according to Trump allies and legal experts, may involve compensating these loyalists under…
June 12, 2026
U.S. plan said to pull third of fighter jets it provides NATO for Europe
New York Times: The United States plans to significantly reduce the aircraft and warships that it makes available…
June 12, 2026
Interim US-Iran agreement appears to take shape. Possible signing close to G7 next week—AND MORE
CNN: An interim deal between the US and Iran would extend the ceasefire, reopen the Strait of Hormuz,…
June 12, 2026
2029 warning: NATO’s race to rearm ahead of Russia
CBC: In remarks published Wednesday, Generalleutnant Christian Freuding, the inspector of the German Army, said the 2029 date…
June 12, 2026
Google director resigns, citing its military deals: ‘Management has lost its moral compass’
Business Insider: “Google management has quietly abandoned the goals to become carbon-neutral because of the AI model energy…
June 11, 2026
End of open internet: How Europe lost plot on online speech
Jacob Mchangama/Foreign Affairs: The real promise of the open Internet was never that platforms would be impartial gatekeepers…
June 11, 2026
Kallas defends EU’s foreign service after French paper questions its survival
Politico Europe: In an email seen by POLITICO, Kaja Kallas, the bloc’s foreign policy chief, wrote to the…
June 11, 2026
Advanced AI models can ‘destroy the financial system,’ IMF boss warns
Politico Europe: Georgieva said frontier AI models can be used positively to identify “cybersecurity vulnerabilities with speed and…
June 11, 2026
Prominent Biden envoy unloads on White House he served
Politico: “There was political failure to understand the reality of the crisis at the border, and the political…
June 11, 2026
Trump and allies working on plan to ‘expunge’ impeachments
Wall Street Journal: President Trump and his allies have discussed pushing lawmakers to pass a resolution aimed at…
June 11, 2026
Switzerland’s radical proposal on immigration: Cap the population
Wall Street Journal: A referendum Sunday on keeping permanent residents below 10 million people reflects a growing discontent…
June 11, 2026
Elon Musk’s SpaceX raises $75bn in world’s biggest IPO
Financial Times: Trading is due to start on Friday after SpaceX priced 555.6mn shares at $135 a piece.…
June 11, 2026
Lawmakers don’t know what will happen when FISA goes dark
NOTUS: A critical spy powers program is set to go dark Saturday after Congress failed to reauthorize the…
June 11, 2026
Spy world says it’s pivoting to China after years of whistleblower warnings
Daily Caller: Whistleblowers and declassified documents have revealed a pattern of the CIA and FBI soft-pedaling findings that…
June 11, 2026
Trump nominates Jay Clayton to top intelligence post amid uproar over prior, interim pick
CNN: President Donald Trump on Thursday nominated Jay Clayton, the US attorney for the Southern District of New…
June 11, 2026
I was scammed buying GLP-1s online. I’m not alone
Wired: Customers have complained that a telehealth network selling compounded GLP-1s has been ripping them off—even after it…
June 11, 2026
China hits Philippine defense chief with entry ban over South China Sea remarks
Associated Press: Teodoro is known for using strong language to counter China’s claims over the strategic waters, calling…
June 11, 2026
Anthropic announces ‘Claude Corps’ to teach nonprofits to use AI more effectively
Associated Press: Claude Corps, named for the company’s popular AI chatbot, will hire and embed 1,000 fellows trained…
June 11, 2026
Why reviving US manufacturing is so hard
Financial Times: Shifting tariffs are just one of the barriers companies face as they seek to revive US…
June 11, 2026