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Europe’s tightrope walk on tech sovereignty
Financial Times: Yet few initiatives require such a delicate balancing act as the push to assert European “tech…
June 3, 2026
How China’s wealthy sidestep strict rules to get money out of country
Bloomberg: Households, institutions and companies moved a record $807 billion, roughly, out of the country last year, according…
June 3, 2026
Fired 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley says CBS told him to inject ‘falsehoods’ into reporting
The Guardian: He continued: “For my part, new management has instructed me to inject falsehoods and bias into…
June 3, 2026
In a first, House votes to block Trump from ordering more strikes on Iran
Washington Post: The House passed a resolution Wednesday to block President Donald Trump from ordering further strikes on…
June 3, 2026
Trump appointee leading $205bn US agency had personal ties to Epstein, emails show
The Guardian: A Guardian review of more than 5,000 records from Epstein’s private correspondence found that Ben Black…
June 3, 2026
Left with few choices, EU braces for trade fight with China
Bloomberg: The European Union is preparing to warn its citizens and companies about a potential trade war with…
June 3, 2026
How China’s cyber operations – and contractors behind them – target critics abroad
Natto Thoughts: Physical distance was once a meaningful form of protection. Dissidents who fled beyond China’s borders could…
June 3, 2026
U.S. and intelligence allies issue rare joint warning about China
Washington Post: The alert reflects rising concern that China is using artificial intelligence and other emerging tools to…
June 3, 2026
‘We risk ending up with China-style social control,’ warns top cryptographer Bart Preneel
L’Eclaireur: Europe’s digital identity framework also hands too much control to Google and Apple, warns top cryptographer Bart…
June 3, 2026
China-US tech truce is fragile
Financial Times: What is Washington’s theory of the truce? Silicon Valley types talk of being “AGI pilled” —…
June 3, 2026
Grab what you can while you can: New reality in South China Sea
BBC: After years of watching China creating land to back its expansive territorial claims Vietnam too is now…
June 3, 2026
MI5 warns Chinese spies using job websites to target government staff
BBC: In a joint warning issued in a bulletin by the Five Eyes alliance, made up of UK,…
June 3, 2026
Erin Brockovich takes aim at rapid growth of AI data centres with new project
CBC: Brockovich’s efforts to build a case against Pacific Gas & Electric Company over groundwater contamination in Hinkley,…
June 3, 2026
Brussels says new US forced-labour tariffs are unjustified
Euractiv: Accusing the EU of not doing enough to combat forced labour is “absurd”, said German MEP Bernd…
June 3, 2026
China Shock 2.0 could destroy Europe as we know it
Telegraph: The Rhodium Group says the Chinese Communist Party is digging in its heels, doubling down on a…
June 3, 2026
EU plots long game against US digital supremacy
Politico Europe: As the European Commission unveiled a plan Wednesday to reduce Europe’s reliance on the foreign technology…
June 3, 2026
Hundreds of thousands of EU jobs at risk, Commission to warn
Politico Europe: EU countries risk mass job losses in the coming years as high energy costs, industrial restructuring…
June 3, 2026
Iran targets Kuwait and Bahrain as US conducts new strikes in latest test of peace talks—AND MORE
CNN: Iran launched missiles at Kuwait — where one person was killed, according to the country’s foreign ministry…
June 3, 2026
Scott Pelley fired by CBS after ‘60 Minutes’ clash with management
CNN: The firing is sure to trigger even more scrutiny of CBS News editor in chief Bari Weiss…
June 3, 2026
Putin tasks FSB with creating ‘white list’ internet system
Kyiv Post: The Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin’s new directive deepens Russia’s shift from traditional blocking of “undesirable” sites…
June 3, 2026