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Five years after the height of debates on banning Huawei from European 5G infrastructure, Spain has quietly handed the Chinese tech giant a contract to store and manage police wiretaps, the legal ...

CHINA WATCH How Strong Is China’s Rare-Earth Card? (Christina Lu, Foreign Policy) Washington is making big moves, but Beijing has a powerful hand. Chinese Engagement with Africa (Oluwatimilehin Sotubo ...

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Musk’s Chatbot Started Spouting Nazi Propaganda. That’s Not the Scariest Part. (Zeynep Tufekci, New York Times) Last Tuesday, when an account on X using the name Cindy Steinberg started cheering the ...

MIDDLE EAST · Trump’s Iran Deal Withdrawal Comes Back to Haunt Him · 12 Days of Attacks Later, Could Iran Make an Atomic Bomb? · Trump Warns U.S. Will Strike Again if Iran Resumes High-Level Uranium ...

Albanian gangs are charging £4,000 to help migrants enter the UK through Ireland. China’s Chokehold on This Obscure Mineral Threatens the West’s Militaries (Keith Bradsher, New York Times) China ...

The leadership changes at ICE come as the Trump administration is facing challenges reaching the president’s goal of removing 1 million unauthorized immigrants in his first year. The project’s ...

Trump’s Actions Are Pushing Thousands of Experts to Flee Government (Hannah Natanson, Dan Diamond, Rachel Siegel, Jacob Bogage and Ian Duncan, Washington Post) The U.S.DOGE Service’s push for early ...

The CIA plans to cut 1,200 positions, along with thousands more from other parts of the U.S. intelligence community. The Antisemitism Awareness Act Shows the Mire of Identity Politics (Jason Willick, ...

The Trump administration is considering launching drone strikes on drug cartels in Mexico as part of an ambitious effort to combat criminal gangs trafficking narcotics across the southern border, ...

Ammonia is used in many cleaning products, and it also fertilizes most of the U.S. agricultural crops. It will soon be used as emission free green fuel to power ships. With all of the many benefits, ...