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Germany’s spy agency comes in from cold
Financial Times: Berlin wants to loosen the shackles on the BND as part of a Europe-wide drive to…
June 22, 2026
Robots will replace 700,000 delivery workers ‘sooner or later’, warns JD.com boss
Financial Times: “In the future, when robots are delivering parcels, sooner or later, there will be a day…
June 22, 2026
Vance hails ‘very good day’ of US-Iran negotiations. High hopes and big challenges—AND MORE
CNN: US Vice President JD Vance touted a “very, very good day” of negotiations Sunday between the US…
June 22, 2026
Keir Starmer resigns as prime minister and leader of Labour Party
BBC: In a statement outside 10 Downing Street, the PM says his party has been asking whether he’s…
June 22, 2026
Microsoft’s Satya Nadella: We can’t let AI giants eat economy
Wall Street Journal: “You can’t say, hey, all white-collar jobs are gone and this could even be a…
June 21, 2026
Brands using AI-generated influencers to promote products on social media
The Guardian: The findings suggest companies are increasingly turning to AI-generated content that purports to show genuine customer…
June 21, 2026
Inside exclusive ‘man camp,’ where one woman is trying to save men from themselves
CNN: “Men are struggling,” Glass tells CNN. Some lack positive leaders, she says. Others get canceled too quickly,…
June 21, 2026
Keir Starmer expected to announce departure as prime minister on Monday
The Guardian: Speaking for the government on Sunday, Peter Kyle, the business secretary, refused to comment on Starmer’s…
June 21, 2026
US and Iran to hold high-level talks as Lebanon tops agenda. Rahm Emmanuel says Trump ‘got schooled’ by Iran—AND MORE
CNN: Delegations from the US, Iran Pakistan and Qatar are in Switzerland, with talks expected to start later…
June 21, 2026
Covid inquiry ‘buried evidence’ of lockdown critic surveillance
Telegraph: The Telegraph can reveal that detailed evidence was submitted to the inquiry, examining how the CDU “routinely…
June 20, 2026
US treasury chief urged Trump not to host ‘Mr Bean on crack’ Zelenskyy, book says
The Guardian: Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, advised Donald Trump not to host Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office,…
June 20, 2026
Unquiet American: Charles Kushner brings Trump diplomacy to France
New York Times: The U.S. envoy to Paris has emerged as the embodiment of combative diplomacy in the…
June 20, 2026
India calls in military, blocks app to lock down college-entrance exam
Wall Street Journal: The extraordinary measures are a response to a recent scandal that angered millions of young…
June 20, 2026
Rural gay love story Cactus Pears is quietly radical moment for Indian film
Financial Times: Rohan Parashuram Kanawade on channelling his own experience into one of the country’s only screen portrayals…
June 20, 2026
US envoy heading to Switzerland as Lebanon fighting tests Iran agreement. U.S., Qatar work to give Iran access to billions of dollars in frozen cash—AND MORE
CNN: US envoy Steve Witkoff is traveling to Switzerland for technical talks with Iran, a US official said,…
June 20, 2026
Signal’s Meredith Whittaker: Push for online safety risks mass surveillance
Bloomberg: The president of the encrypted messaging app says autonomous AI agents, device scanning and digital advertising are…
June 19, 2026
Secret vetting and blocked promotions: Inside Hegseth’s war on diversity
New York Times: A Black admiral fixed one of the Navy’s worst messes. Mr. Hegseth blocked his promotion…
June 19, 2026
Trump unveils new Air Force One jet gifted by Qatar
NBC: President Donald Trump on Friday officially unveiled his new Air Force One jet that was contentiously given…
June 19, 2026
Europe’s making fewer cars and lots of them are actually Chinese
Bloomberg: Workers at a car plant in Rennes, France, are worried about worsening working conditions and a loss…
June 19, 2026
New Super PAC aims to rally tech workers to help limit A.I.
New York Times: The Guardrails Alliance, which has raised $5 million, is positioning itself as a populist effort…
June 19, 2026