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  • Global markets reacted positively to a reported U.S.-Iran peace deal, with oil prices tumbling and stocks surging, although underlying tensions remain.
  • The European Union's auto industry is lobbying for 'Made in Europe' incentives to counter increasing competition from Chinese manufacturers.
  • Concerns are mounting over soaring Gonorrhea rates in NYC, prompting urgent public health responses.
  • SpaceX's potential IPO and the expanding race for data center infrastructure signal significant shifts in the technology and space sectors.
  • The UK government is considering a ban on social media use for individuals under 16, aiming to protect minors from potential harms.

ZeroHedge

  • Anduril CEO Urges U.S. Arms Export Reset To Become World's Gun Store 10 minutes ago by Tyler Durden

    Anduril CEO Urges U.S. Arms Export Reset To Become World's Gun Store Anduril founder Palmer Luckey has called for critical resets across defense procurement, manufacturing, innovation, and national identity. Luckey's defense startup, valued at over $60 billion, is one of the key forces reshaping America's military power through low-cost, automated systems that can be manufactured and reproduced at scale, from autonomous weapons and AI fighter jets to drones for the modern battlefield. America's hollowed-out industrial base is being rebuilt through President Trump's reshoring push and other domestic policies designed to expand the war economy . This leads us to the

  • Watch: Korean Humanoid Robot Performs Viral K-POP Dance, Learns By Watching Videos 35 minutes ago by Tyler Durden

    Watch: Korean Humanoid Robot Performs Viral K-POP Dance, Learns By Watching Videos Authored by Jijo Malayil via Interesting Engineering , While China dominates humanoid robotics headlines, a Korean firm showcased a humanoid learning complex motions through an open-source AI framework. AI Sapiens enables a complete pipeline for imitation learning, covering data collection, training, and inference. ROBOTIS/YouTube In a recent demonstration, ROBOTIS' AI Sapiens learned the famous CORTIS REDRED Challenge motion using only smartphone video, eliminating the need for professional motion-capture systems. The process combined video-based motion capture, motion retargeting, simulation-based reinforcement learning, and Sim2Real transfer. According to the firm, the

  • Pump Pain Relief? Gas Above $4 May End Soon As U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Sends Oil Lower an hour ago by Tyler Durden

    Pump Pain Relief? Gas Above $4 May End Soon As U.S.-Iran Peace Deal Sends Oil Lower The national average for U.S. gasoline prices has hovered above the politically sensitive $4-per-gallon level for 76 days, or roughly 2.5 months, as the Gulf energy shock tightened physical markets and forced emergency SPR draws. But with President Trump declaring late Sunday, just 30 minutes before NY futures opened, that a US-Iran peace deal has been secured, and with WTI and Brent futures tumbling, pressure at the pump could begin to ease in the very near term. National gasoline prices could slip back below

  • Exposed: UK Govt Has A 'Thought Police' Unit To Control Mass Migration Narrativ 2 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    Exposed: UK Govt Has A 'Thought Police' Unit To Control Mass Migration Narrativ Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity , A secretive Home Office propaganda outfit founded by a former MI6 officer is actively working to control narratives around incidents involving migrants and rising tensions, a bombshell report reveals. The Research, Information and Communications Unit, or RICU, has been exposed advising police on how to portray protesters and intervening in the aftermath of brutal attacks by migrants to prevent statements that might inflame public anger over mass immigration failures. This comes as fresh confirmation of suspicions raised after the attack

  • EU Auto Giants Call For 'Made In Europe' Incentives Amid Rising Chinese Competition 3 hours ago by Tyler Durden

    EU Auto Giants Call For 'Made In Europe' Incentives Amid Rising Chinese Competition Europe's largest automakers are stepping up efforts to secure stronger support for domestic vehicle manufacturing as competition from Chinese electric vehicle producers intensifies. Renault, Volkswagen, and Stellantis have jointly urged EU policymakers to introduce rules that more heavily reward cars developed and produced within Europe, according to FT . The companies are advocating for a straightforward local content requirement under which vehicles sold as European would need to source the majority of their components from within the EU and closely associated European countries. They argue that industrial


The Guardian

  • Attacks on education, pupils and staff around the world up by 40%, says study 7 hours ago by Sarah Johnson
    Global development, Children, Education, Conflict and arms, Society, International law, Human rights, Schools, Lebanon, Special educational needs, World news, Middle East and north Africa, Geneva conventions, Law, Nigeria, Africa, Myanmar, Cameroon, Yemen, Colombia, Haiti

    Cases reported in 83 countries, with at least 10,600 students and staff killed, injured, abducted or arrested, GCPEA says Attacks on education globally have surged by 40% with more than 8,556 recorded incidents and 10,600 students and staff killed, injured, abducted, arrested or otherwise harmed in 2024 and 2025, according to new research. Attacks were reported in 83 countries, with the highest incidences recorded in Colombia, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Haiti, Palestine and Ukraine. Continue reading...

  • London council seizes social housing flat rented by Sierra Leone first lady 4 days ago by Sundus Abdi
    Social housing, Housing, Communities, Society, London, UK news, Local government, Sierra Leone, Africa

    Fatima Jabbe-Bio kept tenancy in Southwark despite living for much of year at presidential lodge in Freetown A social housing flat rented by Sierra Leone’s first lady has been seized by a London council. Southwark council confirmed it had repossessed the two-bedroom home in Walworth previously occupied by Fatima Jabbe-Bio, whose tenancy was reported by the Times last year. Continue reading...

  • Trump targeting immigrants from countries hit most by climate shocks 5 days ago by Oliver Milman
    US immigration, Climate crisis, Refugees, Trump administration, Donald Trump, Fossil fuels, Hurricanes, Extreme heat, Flooding, Drought, Wildfires, Extreme weather, Pollution, Environment, United Nations, Chad, Niger, Sudan, Somalia, Sierra Leone, Honduras, Syria, Haiti, Africa, Americas, Caribbean, Middle East and north Africa, US politics, US news, World news

    A Guardian analysis reveals how most of 39 countries facing US entry restrictions are most vulnerable environmentally ‘Every day it’s more barriers’: how the US is shutting out climate refugees Donald Trump ’s immigration crackdown is largely targeting people from the countries most vulnerable to displacement from climate-driven disasters, a Guardian analysis shows. As the Trump administration pushes policies to boost planet-heating fossil fuels , millions of people are being forced to flee their homelands due to storms, floods and droughts worsened by the climate crisis . Continue reading...

  • Global brands ‘likely’ using mineral that funds rebels accused of atrocities in DRC, investigation finds 5 days ago by Mark Townsend
    Global development, Conflict and arms, Mining, Technology, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Africa, Amazon, Sony, Microsoft, Nvidia, World news, Business, Human rights

    Amazon and Sony among firms that may have sourced coltan, used in phones, from supply chains controlled by the M23 rebels, says Global Witness Leading global brands including Amazon, Ericsson and Sony are “likely” to have sourced minerals linked to a militia accused of widespread sexual violence, summary executions and torture, a new investigation claims. The companies allegedly, but unknowingly, acquired coltan smuggled from mines in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that are occupied by the M23 militia , which has committed myriad atrocities in eastern DRC. Continue reading...

  • Man shot dead during protest against proposed US Ebola quarantine facility in Kenya 6 days ago by Carlos Mureithi in Nairobi and agencies
    Kenya, Ebola, US news, Africa, World news

    Police dispersed demonstrators in Nanyuki, 120 miles from Nairobi, amid rising anger at US plans Kenyan police have shot dead a man during a protest against a proposed Ebola quarantine facility for US citizens. Patrick Wahome, who has organised protests in Nanyuki against the centre, told Reuters on Tuesday the man died from a gunshot wound to the head. Reporters from the agency saw his body lying motionless in a police van with a large head wound. Continue reading...


South China Morning Post

  • UK to ban under 16s from social media apps including TikTok, YouTube 20 minutes ago by Associated Press

    Britain will ban children under 16 from using a range of social media apps including Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube to protect young people from harmful content and excessive screen time, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said on Monday. Starmer told a news conference that he will fight back if technology companies resist the move, and acknowledged some teens would try to find their way around a ban. But he said he is “not prepared to compromise on the safety and happiness of our children”. “Every...

  • US-Iran peace deal gets cautious welcome amid unresolved tensions 2 hours ago by Neil Denslow,Raymond Ma

    The United States and Iran are set to sign an interim peace deal on Friday that will reopen the Strait of Hormuz and potentially end a nearly four-month-long conflict that has killed thousands and upended the global economy. “The deal with the Islamic Republic of Iran is now complete,” US President Donald Trump said on social media on Sunday, which was also his 80th birthday. “I hereby fully authorize the toll free opening of the Strait of Hormuz” along with the “immediate removal” of the US...

  • Norwegian crown princess’ son sentenced to 4 years’ jail for rape, domestic violence 4 hours ago by Reuters

    The stepson of Norway’s Crown Prince Haakon was found guilty of two counts of rape, one count of domestic violence and other crimes and sentenced to four years in prison, after a seven-week trial that has further dented the royal family’s once picture-perfect image. Oslo District Court ruled that 29-year-old Marius Borg Hoiby, who joined the royal family when ‌his mother Mette-Marit married Haakon in 2001, was guilty of two counts of rape including one in the basement of the crown prince’s...

  • Brazilian woman killed after being thrown off bridge without rope is buried in Sao Paulo 5 hours ago by Associated Press

    A 21-year-old woman who died in dramatic fashion, when two rope jumping instructors threw her from a bridge without first harnessing her to security equipment, was buried on Sunday in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state. Maria Eduarda Rodrigues de Freitas was going rope jumping on Saturday at Ponte do Esqueleto, an abandoned bridge in the municipality of Limeira where tourists practice extreme sports. The young woman, who aspired to become a physical education teacher, had asked to be launched from the...

  • Palestinian death toll tops 73,000 despite ongoing Gaza truce 6 hours ago by Associated Press

    The Palestinian death toll from the Israel-Gaza war has surpassed 73,000, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry, as Israeli military operations continue despite a stalled and fragile ceasefire in place since October. Israel says it is targeting Hamas and other militants who pose a threat, and in response to ceasefire violations, including occasional attacks. Nearly 1,000 people have been killed in Gaza since the start of the ceasefire, the health ministry said on Sunday. Five Israeli soldiers have...


New York Times

  • Trump Claims Strait Will Be ‘Permanently Toll-Free’ Under Agreement With Iran 9 hours ago by David E. Sanger
    United States International Relations, US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), Trump, Donald J, Iran, Middle East, Strait of Hormuz, United States Politics and Government, Nuclear Weapons, Ships and Shipping, Xi Jinping, Netanyahu, Benjamin, Putin, Vladimir V, Khamenei, Mojtaba (1969- ), Israel

    In a call to The New York Times, President Trump praised Russia’s and China’s leaders and described Israel’s prime minister as “a very difficult guy.”

  • On the Nuclear Issue, Each Side Finds a Way to Claim Victory 36 minutes ago by Steven Erlanger
    US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), War and Armed Conflicts, Defense and Military Forces, United States International Relations, Iran-Israel War (2025- ), Khamenei, Mojtaba (1969- ), Trump, Donald J, Iran, Nuclear Weapons

    President Trump said Iran had promised to suspend enriching uranium, but it is unclear for how long and the details still have to be negotiated.

  • Oil Tumbles and Stocks Surge After Trump Announces Deal With Iran an hour ago by Rebecca F. Elliott and Joe Rennison
    US and Israeli Attack on Iran (2026), Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Stocks and Bonds, Standard & Poor's 500-Stock Index, Iran

    Oil prices fell and stocks gained early Monday after Iran and the U.S. reached a deal that may allow more energy and other goods to flow through the Strait of Hormuz.

  • Inside the U.S.-Iran Deal, and Trump Hosts U.F.C. Fights an hour ago by Tracy Mumford, Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas, Ian Stewart and David E. Sanger
    United States Politics and Government, Iranian-Americans, Kennedy, John F, Center for the Performing Arts, Ultimate Fighting Championship, Trump, Donald J, Japan, Iran

    Plus, crafting the perfect grass for the World Cup.

  • Frustrated by Courts, Trump Weighed Suspending a Constitutional Right 2 hours ago by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan
    United States Politics and Government, Habeas Corpus, Insurrection Act (1807), Illegal Immigration, Trump, Donald J, Miller, Stephen (1985- ), Will Scharf, Federal Actions in US Cities, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (US), Abrego Garcia, Kilmar Armando, Good, Renee Nicole (1988-2026), Pretti, Alex Jeffrey (1988-2026), Vance, J D, Wiles, Susie, Minnesota, El Salvador

    Secret memos show that the White House debated last year, to a greater degree than previously known, whether to limit habeas corpus rights for undocumented immigrants.


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