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Danish PM says her country is ‘ready to defend’ Greenland as Trump’s demands upend NATO summit
Associated Press: “We hope that all, including all allies, will respect the Greenland people’s right for self-determination,” Frederiksen…
July 8, 2026
Chinese men in Germany used Telegram groups to share rape videos and drugging tips, prosecutors say
Associated Press: In posts that sometimes included photos and videos of their attacks on unconscious victims, they referred…
July 8, 2026
Anthropic caught secretly spying on users
Futurism: As Ars Technica reports, a security researcher last week uncovered spyware-like code in the company’s Claude Code…
July 7, 2026
White House pressures top U.S. grocers on beef prices
Wall Street Journal: Tate Bennett, the chief of staff for USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins, spoke last week with…
July 7, 2026
Farage resigns as MP and vows to fight by-election amid finances row
BBC: Nigel Farage says he will resign as MP for Clacton and stand in the subsequent by-election, after…
July 7, 2026
NATO allies to sign a raft of missile deals with US companies
Politico: European allies are preparing deals to produce or maintain U.S.-designed missiles on the continent, signaling that U.S.…
July 7, 2026
Iran’s slain Supreme Leader mourned in Qom. Iran’s revolutionary guard fires missiles at ships near Hormuz—AND MORE
New York Times: The ceremony for Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, held at a site considered sacred by many Shiites,…
July 7, 2026
More Americans than ever taking weight-loss drugs
New York Times: The survey showed that 15 percent of Americans reported using a weight-loss drug at any…
July 7, 2026
China’s DeepSeek developing its own AI chip, sources say
Reuters: Chinese startup DeepSeek is developing its own AI chip, according to three people familiar with the matter,…
July 7, 2026
Far-right leader Marine Le Pen cleared to run for French presidency — but under a condition she rejects
NBC: Far-right leader Marine Le Pen will be able to run in France’s presidential election next year, though her involvement…
July 7, 2026
Trump in Turkey for NATO summit as he piles pressure on alliance. Rutte to NATO: Admit it, Trump was right—AND MORE
CNN: President Donald Trump has landed in Turkey ahead of the NATO summit in Ankara, as his growing…
July 7, 2026
EU Reddit users must verify age with govt ID or selfie
Reclaim the Net: Reddit began forcing many of its European users to prove their age on June 24,…
July 6, 2026
War threatens Russian banking crisis, European intelligence report says
Reuters: Russia risks an “explosive” banking crisis because lenders are shouldering much of the burden of the country’s…
July 6, 2026
Zelenskyy says ‘battle in the sky’ will decide outcome of war with Russia
Financial Times: “Today I believe victory in this war belongs to whoever is smarter,” Zelenskyy said. “If you…
July 6, 2026
UK’s COVID inquiry ‘suppressed evidence on vaccines’
Telegraph: Doctors and medical professionals who were asked to submit evidence have criticised the inquiry for failing to…
July 6, 2026
UK regulator warns of ‘arms race’ to keep up with AI use in financial services
Financial Times: Mills’s report identifies benefits and risks from increasing use of AI in financial services. “Hyper-personalisation could…
July 6, 2026
ICE’s internal watchdog now investigating online critics
Wired: The Office of Professional Responsibility has opened more than 100 cases over what ICE officials call “incidents…
July 6, 2026
Britain intercepted Russian aircraft in expanded NATO Arctic mission
Politico Europe: The Ministry of Defence said Monday that two Russian “Bear F” maritime patrol aircraft had repeatedly…
July 6, 2026
EU Commission considers supercharged dept for foreign relations
Politico Europe: The European Commission is considering combining several units into one powerful department for external relations, three…
July 6, 2026
Covert U.S.-China battle to make chatbots leak their secrets
Washington Post: American tech firms say rivals are forcing their chatbots to act as tutors to make Chinese…
July 6, 2026