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Iraq warns it might leave OPEC if oil quota not raised, sources say
Reuters: The prospect of Iraq leaving would be a serious blow to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting…
June 25, 2026
Meet megadonors pouring more than $1.3 billion into 2026 election
Washington Post: But most of the money, regardless of affiliation, was given to super PACs that can legally…
June 25, 2026
New push to ready millions for AI career upheaval
Wall Street Journal: To that end, the bipartisan consortium, which includes state governments, philanthropic groups and employers ranging…
June 25, 2026
Senate Democrats investigate Trump family-linked group over Venezuela business push
Financial Times: Senate Democrats are investigating Yorkville Advisors, a financial group with ties to US President Donald Trump’s…
June 25, 2026
Meta races to replace human moderation with AI
Financial Times: The $1.4tn tech group has accelerated plans to switch to using large language models to review…
June 25, 2026
EU wants influencers to cover its summits — but only if they love bloc
Politico Europe: Influencers will be able to film content while top EU leaders meet in Brussels — as…
June 25, 2026
Trump says he’s ordered investigation into oil companies over alleged price gouging
The Guardian: “The big oil companies are not dropping their price at the pump commensurate with the sharply…
June 25, 2026
Anthropic accuses Alibaba of obtaining ‘illicit’ access to Claude
Financial Times: In a letter to Congress, Anthropic said Alibaba had conducted the “largest campaign to illicitly extract…
June 25, 2026
Under pressure from Trump, Republican-led Senate reverses course on Iran. White House asks Congress $67bn to pay for Iran war—AND MORE
Washington Post: The chamber rejected a resolution to force the president to end the war after he criticized…
June 25, 2026
At least 164 people dead after twin quakes in Venezuela. Frantic search for survivors.
CNN: At least 164 people have been killed and 971 injured after Venezuela’s most powerful earthquake in more…
June 25, 2026
Japan defense forces used USB drives with China-linked virus
Nikkei Asia: Japan’s Self-Defense Forces used USB drives containing a China-linked virus on computers with access to classified…
June 24, 2026
Rutte’s balancing act between Trump and 31 NATO allies
Politico Europe: The two leaders have a history of working well together, but Rutte has a narrow lane…
June 24, 2026
How a crypto exchange became major hub for illicit Iranian cash
Wall Street Journal: Iranian entities have moved more than $3.84 billion in transactions through the crypto exchange CoinEx,…
June 24, 2026
France calls for ‘orderly’ US military drawdown
Politico Europe: “We would like the U.S. shift to take place in an orderly, coordinated and efficient manner…
June 24, 2026
Putin’s system is in state of slow implosion
Alexandra Propenko/Financial Times: The west looks for signs of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s weakness in the form of…
June 24, 2026
Federal workers can’t get White House’s app off their phones
Wired: “I deleted it as a test and it came immediately back,” says one government employee…
June 24, 2026
EU countries eye setting up migrant ‘return hubs’ in Rwanda and Uzbekistan
Politico Europe: The countries hosting the centers have not yet been decided and the political and diplomatic process…
June 24, 2026
China makes new US warship target for missile tests, images show
Bloomberg: Satellite imagery shows a structure resembling a US Navy Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer in the Taklamakan Desert…
June 24, 2026
Venezuela to reveal $240bn debt pile in world’s largest restructuring
Financial Times: The country is on track to reveal borrowings that are significantly larger than market estimates of…
June 24, 2026
Australia spy chief warns of Iran terror threat
France 24: Giving an annual threat assessment, Mike Burgess, director-general of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), said…
June 24, 2026