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Trump reverses threat of 20% fee on Hormuz cargo as US prepares to resume Iran ports blockade. Iran turns to Red Sea gateway as new pressure point—AND MORE
BBC: On Monday, the US president said he would impose a 20% charge on all cargo shipped through the key oil shipping route The toll…
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Futurism: “It’s just pretty much a heart, lungs, and everything that you would find in a body,” Gilman tells host and journalist Mangesh…
Fake KGB defector’s Tale
Filip Kovacevic: In the early 1960s, the foreign intelligence branch of the Lithuanian KGB, formally known as the First Department, produced a…
Trump paid $2 million by South Korean company facing trade investigation
New York Times: The document offered only a cryptic explanation for the payment, stating that it was part of a “letter of intent” and a…
ICE ordered to cease most vehicle stops after 2 killings in week
New York Times: The order comes after ICE officers killed two people over the past week, in Houston and the coastal city of Biddeford, Maine,…
China purges top official over corruption and sex charges
New York Times: Mr. Ma, a former party secretary for China’s northwestern region of Xinjiang, is now the third member of the top governing…
Marco Rubio launches campaign to dismantle international criminal court
The Guardian: Marco Rubio, the US secretary of state, launched a campaign to dismantle the international criminal court (ICC) on Monday,…
Supreme Court justices push Congress to boost security funding: “Threats have come very close”
CBS: “For some of us, those threats have come very close, and all of us live with the knowledge that they may again materialize,” she said.…
Johnson govt wasted £10bn on PPE, UK Covid inquiry finds
The Guardian: Chair criticises use of ‘VIP lane’ to prioritise PPE contracts for companies with Tory connections in damning report…
26 Meta employees sue, alleging AI-driven layoff picks hit workers on medical and parental leave
Associated Press: Many of these scores and ratings “by design, cannot be accumulated by an employee who is on protected medical or family…
AI lawsuits expose gaps in conventional insurance, says report
Financial Times: A report by the Artificial Intelligence Underwriting Company, co-authored with researchers from Anthropic and OpenAI, says…
DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis calls for US-led body to test ‘frontier’ AI models
Financial Times: “We’ve already seen the challenges frontier models pose for cybersecurity, and other threats including nuclear and bio risks…
RIP the US state department
Financial Times: Diplomats warn of a crude politicisation and a purge of experts in an “America First” culture that scorns regional expertise.…
US military smartphones targeted through roaming and ad tech
Financial Times: Middle Eastern mobile networks were repeatedly hit with cyber attacks to track the locations of US personnel and contractors…
Trump says Thursday address will focus on ‘free and fair elections’
CNN: “But it’s really big news,” he continued. “It’s really, really big news, and our country has to shape up.” “It doesn’t get bigger because…
E. Jean Carroll officially receives more than $5M from Trump in sexual abuse, defamation judgment
CNN: The transfer to Carroll’s attorneys was confirmed on the court docket Tuesday. Carroll’s lawyers said in a court filing that she would…
US refunds $81bn in Trump tariffs after supreme court ruled them illegal
The Guardian: According to the budget data, the US has paid out $81bn (£61bn) in tariff refunds so far this fiscal year, which started in…
EU sanctions Russian cyber spies for years-long hacking
Politico Europe: The European Union on Monday blacklisted members of a Russian intelligence group it said were responsible for spying on and…
Dubai plans new port to bypass Strait of Hormuz
Financial Times: DP World is planning to build a new port and a container terminal on the United Arab Emirates’ east coast that would reduce…
Kathryn Ruemmler gigs in at Goldman, complicating search for next General Counsel
Wall Street Journal: Ruemmler has been vetting candidates for her old job and has left some people with the impression that the acting general…
Japan builds intelligence agency it hasn’t had since World War II
New York Times: Facing threats from Russia and China, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi is turning to help from Western allies in forming a…
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