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Over 4,732 messages, he fell in love with an AI chatbot. Now he’s dead.
Wall Street Journal: Jonathan Gavalas was a seemingly healthy and even-keeled 36-year-old when he began chatting with Gemini,…
April 11, 2026
Taiwan and Trump-Xi meeting
Wall Street Journal | Editorial Board: Taiwan’s opposition party leader Cheng Li-wun is on a rare trip to…
April 11, 2026
Anthropic closes in on OpenAI as US business use surges
Financial Times: Nearly one in three US businesses paid for Anthropic’s tools in March, according to data from…
April 11, 2026
Growing list of Orban loyalists defecting before critical election
New York Times: “For years I had to practice severe self-censorship on Russia and the Russian policy of…
April 11, 2026
Historic Iranian palaces caught up in US-Israeli strikes
Financial Times: More than 130 Iranian landmarks were destroyed or damaged by either direct or nearby strikes across…
April 11, 2026
Wall Street banks set to report $40bn trading haul as Iran war rekindles volatility
Financial Times: JPMorgan Chase, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and Bank of America are next week expected to…
April 11, 2026
Market failure beneath manosphere
Financial Times: Strip away the misogyny, the supplements, the snarling podcasts, and what remains is a disarmingly simple…
April 11, 2026
Pentagon asks court to keep restrictions on journalists
New York Times: The Defense Department wants to keep in place a policy requiring escorts for journalists in…
April 11, 2026
Judges fired after blocking deportations of pro-Palestinian students
New York Times: The firings of the judges, Roopal Patel and Nina Froes, marked the latest efforts by…
April 11, 2026
China unveils Taiwan goodwill steps after rare opposition talks
Bloomberg: China announced a series of policy measures to demonstrate “goodwill” toward Taiwan on Sunday, following a landmark…
April 11, 2026
‘They have chosen not to accept our terms’: U.S., Iran talks collapse over nuclear issue
New York Times: Vice President JD Vance said on Sunday that 21 hours of peace talks in Pakistan,…
April 11, 2026
ICE launches new effort to uncover US ‘birth tourism schemes’
Reuters: In an internal email sent Thursday and reviewed by Reuters, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ordered investigative…
April 11, 2026
Coordinated Telegram posts push pro-Orban narratives on eve of Hungary vote
Reuters: Content creators and distributors who are Russian or affiliated to Russia account for a significant share of…
April 11, 2026
UK pauses plan to cede Chagos Islands after US opposition
BBC: Sir Keir Starmer has shelved his Chagos Islands deal amid worsening relations with Donald Trump after the…
April 11, 2026
Iranian source says US has agreed to unfreeze Iranian funds, Washington denies it
Reuters: The senior Iranian source welcomed the purported U.S. move as a sign of “seriousness” in reaching a…
April 11, 2026
Iran’s new supreme leader has severe, disfiguring wounds
Reuters: The 56-year-old is nonetheless recovering from his wounds and remains mentally sharp, according to the people, who…
April 11, 2026
Oil shock worse than you think
New York Times: The war with Iran is preventing huge amounts of oil from flowing out of the…
April 11, 2026
Israel’s new strategy: Lean on Trump, pressure Iran, keep military option
Politico: Israeli officials say the real test is whether military pressure and nuclear talks can produce a more…
April 11, 2026
Trump promises mass pardons to staff before leaving office
Wall Street Journal: The president has repeatedly raised the specter of pardons with White House aides and other…
April 10, 2026
Sandy White: Unhappy Conservatives shouldn’t defect to Carney’s Liberals — they should replace Poilievre
Sandy White/Toronto Star: The Liberals remain what they have long been: a big-spending, announcement and image-driven, hypocritical party…
April 10, 2026