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Controversial academic who ignited Jason Arday furor
Wall Street Journal: Cofnas, speaking from Belgium in one of his first interviews since Arday’s death, said he…
August 21, 2026
US ambassador to Belgium defends controversial academic who scrutinized late Cambridge professor
Politico: Bill White, the U.S. Ambassador to Belgium, condemned the suspension in a social media post Friday, writing…
August 21, 2026
US plans $725 million payment towards its large UN debt
Reuters: The administration has criticized the global body for not living up to its potential and slashed funding…
August 21, 2026
‘Betrayal’: US ranchers lash out at Donald Trump’s plan to cut tax on beef imports
Financial Times: Colin Woodall, chief executive of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, on Friday said he was “disappointed…
August 21, 2026
U.S. agreed to pay Liberia $5 million in connection with deportees, documents say
New York Times: The State Department documents show why the United States directed a grant to the West…
August 21, 2026
TikTok settles with U.S. over child privacy concerns for $400 million
New York Times: Under the settlement announced Friday, TikTok will pay $300 million. The Justice Department also asked…
August 21, 2026
Pentagon fires Stars and Stripes leaders who criticized DOD’s interference
Washington Post: The Pentagon on Friday fired the publisher and the editor in chief of Stars and Stripes,…
August 21, 2026
Iran’s president calls to end war with US from ‘position of strength’. NATO members discuss Hormuz options without alliance involvement—AND MORE
Financial Times: In public remarks on Friday, Pezeshkian, who is responsible for running the economy but does not…
August 21, 2026
Shortage of petrol but not patriotism as Russians feel growing impact of war
BBC: Volunteers are handing out Russian tricolours to people on the square. “Dear friends, we live in a…
August 21, 2026
German spy agency opens helpline for those exiled from Russia, China
Reuters: Germany’s BfV, the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, on Thursday published a brochure advertising a…
August 21, 2026
Natalie Harp’s intimate letters to Trump revealed in full
Daily Beast: Trump’s biographer Michael Wolff is revealing two bombshell letters Harp wrote to Trump, calling him her…
August 20, 2026
British scientist plotted to cover up Covid lab leak
Telegraph: Dr Peter Daszak, the former president of EcoHealth Alliance, sent bottles of wine to David Morens, thanking…
August 20, 2026
China’s passport warfare targets Taiwan
Taiwan News: This behavior embodies the Chinese idiom 蠶食鯨吞, or “to nibble away like a silkworm before swallowing…
August 20, 2026
How Texas student blew whistle on rogue AI hacking attempt
Reuters: It started after Demir, a computer science student at the University of Texas at Dallas, stumbled across…
August 20, 2026
Working in Keir Starmer’s No 10 ‘unbearable’, says Sue Gray
The Guardian: Keir Starmer’s former chief of staff has lifted the lid on how “unbearable” it was working…
August 20, 2026
New kingmakers: Crypto, AI and betting firms fuel record spending on 2026 midterms
Reuters: The new money surging into U.S. politics comes from a fresh class of billionaires hailing from industries…
August 20, 2026
CIA staff exodus leaves new retirees waiting months for benefits
Washington Post: While precise numbers are classified, current and former officials say the pace of retirements and resignations…
August 20, 2026
Evergrande tycoon at the heart of China’s property crisis sentenced to life in prison
CNN: It completes a dramatic downfall for Hui – also known as Xu Jiayin – who emerged from…
August 20, 2026
FBI seizes former Congressman Eric Swalwell’s devices and searches his home as part of investigation
BBC: The White House released declassified documents from a separate FBI investigation ion Monday that revealed details of…
August 20, 2026
US envoy Huckabee tells Israeli settlers not to take Palestinian Americans’ land
Reuters: U.S. Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee has warned militant Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank not…
August 20, 2026