Rubio recast CIA memo that toppled Nvidia's Jensen Huang
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World

World
Angola och Tanzania planerar järnväg tvär över södra Afrika Korridoren mellan Atlanten och Indiska oceanen avgör vem som kontrollerar kobolten till batterierna, USA försöker tränga ut Kina ur mineralerna medan de fyra länderna på stråket auktionerar ut byggrätten
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Sudans dödligaste krig pågår utan en enda kamera RSF massakrerar familjer på flyktvägar och FN varnar för folkmord i Kordofan, 14 miljoner på flykt och Emiraten misstänks finansiera milisen medan världen tittar åt annat håll
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Car bomb wounds exiled pro-Kremlin Ukrainian official in Moscow Sergei Zavorotny in serious condition after magnetic blast under his SUV, second bombing in Russia in two days while Abu Dhabi talks deliver only prisoner swaps
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World
Global oil supply overtakes demand for first time since Iran war IEA finds European diesel still 77 percent above pre-war levels, crude fell 32 percent from October peak while diesel fell 11 percent
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World
China signs 15 billion dollar solar and wind deal with Nato member Türkiye Seven-gigawatt agreement at COP31 in Antalya came with no timetable or financing details, Ankara puts its energy transition bill at 300 billion dollars by 2040
euronews.com
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United States

Italy fines Meta $887m for reading Android users' photo galleries Sum equals about five days of profit and the remedies for 20 million affected users are consent screens instead of payments, Meta will appeal after Amazon's Italian fine was cut on review
theguardian.com
Tesla opens Cybercab sales to invited customers Two-seater without steering wheel costs $29,990 plus $299 monthly autonomy fee Musk himself calls too high, NHTSA audit of the safety self-certification remains open
foxbusiness.com
Rubio recast CIA memo that toppled Nvidia's Jensen Huang Agency analysts were not convinced Alice Huang knowingly spied, Silicon Valley circulates 100 000-signature petition to reinstate him while three China chip bills wait in the Senate
techcrunch.com timesnownews.com
USA and China discuss 30 billion dollar reciprocal tariff cuts ahead of Trump-Xi summit Farm purchases are Beijing's price for implementing the deal, Europe's billion-dollar-a-day deficit with China has no seat at the table
timesnownews.com
Cannabis worsens sleep quality measured on the wrist Northwestern study of 1 266 adults tracked over 35 years finds users sleep worse than their own reports admit, daily weed use has already overtaken daily drinking in America
foxnews.com

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous
David Warner accuses Cricket Australia of sandpapergate cover-up Claims the bowlers were never interviewed in the 2018 investigation, only three players were punished and the federation declines to reopen the case
independent.co.uk
Miscellaneous
Bavaria holds state funeral for Hubert Aiwanger Free Voters leader and economics minister died suddenly at 55 in a Berlin hotel, chancellery never said whether the public could attend
wp.de
Miscellaneous
Pensioner in Hagen beats EON in court over delayed heating bills Ruling says district heating billing may not be postponed for years, first successful suit of its kind against the energy group's practices
wp.de
Miscellaneous
Movie2k boss could end money-laundering trial a billionaire Leipzig court proposes dropping the case for 40,000 more Bitcoin, six million euros in film earnings became coins worth 6.8 billion
bild.de
Miscellaneous
Tiger kills 19-year-old during TikTok filming at Lahore wildlife farm Big cat had been taken from its cage for the video despite Punjab ban on displays outside enclosures, police investigate why the wounds were first reported as a dog attack
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Media

Media
Russell Brand imprisoned for rape and sexual assault, British media revisit 2000s clips as scrutiny widens to the enablers Radio 1 host Chris Moyles once spoke on air about wanting to take Charlotte Church's virginity when she turned 16
theguardian.com
Media
Robyn calls Eurovision 'embarrassing' on Amy Poehler's podcast Ireland and Czech broadcaster sit out 2027 as contest sheds 35 million viewers
euronews.com
Media
X still hosts bishop stabbing video Southport killer watched before murders Platform's safety lead apologises but says footage meets policy, first regret the inquiry has heard from the company
standard.co.uk
Media
UK ministers eye quick curb on NDAs after Walliams allegations Existing law protects only employees while TV and film run on freelancers, government official seeks loopholes to close without legislation
theguardian.com
Media
Formula One bans Daily Mail veteran Jonathan McEvoy over Leclerc column Ferrari team principal reported the piece to the sport's bosses, journalists in the paddock hold their passes at the pleasure of the people they cover
dailymail.com
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Politics

Politics
Democrat wins Alaska governorship as Senate race still counts, Kreiss-Tomkins takes first Democratic governor since 1998 while Peltola leads Sullivan GOP midterm bloodbath already fractures Vance's 2028 path before primaries begin
foxnews.com
Politics
Majority in Northern Ireland wants UK back in the EU ten years after Brexit Windsor Framework support at lowest since 2021 as Burnham heads to Brussels for food and energy accords, only 16 percent expect an informed debate
independent.co.uk
Politics
Iran's neighbours refuse to close borders despite US pressure Baghdad Ankara and Islamabad defy Washington's Task Force Iron Gate, Putin offers Tehran gas pipelines after Kremlin talks
zerohedge.com
Politics
Van Hollen challenges Schumer for Senate leadership after midterm sweep First contested Democratic leader race in decades follows a victory rather than a defeat, generational change arrives as a 67-year-old weighing a presidential run
euronews.com newsweek.com
Politics
Abbas postponed Palestinian elections to September 2027, decree blames the occupation while Hamas calls the delay a step in the right direction Authority without a mandate since 2006 remains slated to run postwar Gaza
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Opinion

Opinion
Rafael Behr: Musk spent 474 million dollars losing midterms and Texas answered Farage funds a party from two crypto fortunes while his polling lead collapses, voters reject parties that billionaires own
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Opinion
Luca Cesari: Italian chef sacked in Brisbane for refusing pineapple on pizza Food historian traces culinary authenticity to shifting recipe books and one 1860 newspaper, tradition's own elite already serve the forbidden fruit
theguardian.com
Opinion
Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett: Propranolol prescriptions to English teenage girls up 90% in a decade Beta blockers blunt panic symptoms while the causes go untreated, therapy waiting lists make the cheaper pill the default answer
theguardian.com
Opinion
Simon Jenkins: Notre-Dame was rebuilt in five years under budget by donors free to walk away Westminster's repair estimate has climbed from 5.7 to 40 billion pounds, the MPs who commission the work also approve its budget and occupy the building
theguardian.com
Opinion
André Spicer: UK equality watchdog wants workers to see colleagues' exact pay Gender-gap reporting shrank the gap 19 percent by curbing men's raises, Danish transparency cut wages across the board
theguardian.com
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Europe

Europe
Girls Do Porn survivor addresses British parliament Coerced videos drew more than a billion views before US federal prosecutions shut the channel, campaign wants new UK powers to verify performers' consent
theguardian.com
Europe
Italian Communist Party headquarters opens as five-star Rome hotel Berlinguer's 1976 balcony now room 207 at roughly 600 euros a night, heritage rules preserve the hammer and sickle in the entrance wall
english.elpais.com
Europe
Central European University reaches back toward Budapest, Soros-founded institution forced to Vienna under Orbán now courts Péter Magyar's government US applicants up since Trump targeted elite universities
theguardian.com
Europe
AI cuts gut entry-level finance jobs in Bournemouth Barclays sheds 5000 roles while Standard Chartered plans 7000, the office where the country's cheques were once checked has stood empty since 2022
theguardian.com
Europe
Europe's hospitals prepare for mass casualties from missile and drone attacks NATO's surgeon general calls healthcare a matter of national security, plans quietly assume the war will not stop at Ukraine
euronews.com
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North America

North America
US seeks first known extradition of a citizen over alleged Hamas support Cox heir Fergie Chambers heard in Spanish high court over $7.2m transfers and Elbit protests, prosecutor asked no questions and Spain's cabinet can overrule the court
theguardian.com
North America
Bomb found at Illinois ethanol plant forces evacuations FBI searches for more devices after credible threat at BioUrja facility in Peoria, same week European bomb scares proved hoaxes and aging telecom grounded US flights
wtop.com
North America
Tanker T-bones docked cruise ship on Mississippi in New Orleans 32 hospitalized as all aboard accounted for after vessel rolls onto its side, mayor hails 'miracle' while investigators probe steering failure
theguardian.com
North America
FAA grounds all US departures in nationwide telecom outage More than 11,000 flights delayed or canceled, third total flight halt in US history comes the same day the agency asks Congress for another 30 billion dollars
theguardian.com businessinsider.com
North America
Brooklyn building collapse kills eight including two children and injures 18 Three-storey Flatbush block stood at the edge of a construction site, two of the dead worked at the site next door
theguardian.com
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Latin America

Latin America
Ecuadorian fishermen sue US government over drone strike that sank their boat 16 plaintiffs say military burned and hooded them before weeks in El Salvador detention, Operation Southern Spear blamed for up to 250 deaths now faces first court test
theguardian.com
Latin America
Salvadoran troops seize Haiti's national stadium from gangs Bukele says several human skulls found inside grounds, foreign army now holds Port-au-Prince's monopoly on violence as 2 000-strong force pushes deeper into capital
breitbart.com
Latin America
Vatican counts 250 victims of dissolved Peruvian group Sodalitium Christianae Vitae At least 20 women had ovaries removed as superiors denied them care, gay members drugged and paired off in arranged marriages
english.elpais.com
Latin America
Argentina asks Hamburg sea tribunal to halt UK oil drilling near Falklands Lawyer Marcelo Kohen mocks British sovereignty claim before 20 judges, UK warns suspension would kill Sea Lion project due to start drilling in March
theguardian.com
Latin America
CJNG ordered Uruapan mayor's murder by encrypted chat while he held his son El País reconstruction traces the order to a teenage gunman and 34 arrests, Rio Bravo mayor kidnapped with his family the same weekend
english.elpais.com
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Asia

Asia
Banned Blackwell chips trained six Chinese frontier AI models Former OpenAI researcher finds Nvidia fingerprints in the published weights, an estimated two million advanced chips entered China in two years
techcrunch.com euronews.com
Asia
First Trump-Xi-Putin summit expected at Apec in Shenzhen Ukraine, eastern Europe and Taiwan left outside the room, Zelenskyy warns of a second Yalta
theguardian.com
Asia
Delhi's air quality index built to discard readings above 1000 micrograms per cubic metre 36 of city's monitoring stations went dark at peak pollution hour on Diwali night, activists put under house arrest ahead of pollution protest
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Asia
Taliban orders bar male doctors from examining women without guardian present Unannounced decree enforced through clinic raids and prison warnings, women sent home mid-treatment as remaining female physicians too few to absorb patients
theguardian.com
Asia
Singapore bars Alice Huang from re-entry as Megaspeed pledges GPU census Ministry says US requests for cooperation went unanswered, chip-diversion probe now spans three jurisdictions days before Trump-Xi summit
nbcnews.com techcrunch.com
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Middle East

Middle East
IRGC strikes US early-warning radar in Bahrain, first direct attack on American military installation in months Trump pulls Vance from Iran talks while clerical body demands NPT review
theguardian.com
Middle East
Israeli strike on Gaza's Nasser hospital kills at least six including a surgeon, military says Hamas commanders were operating inside the complex Health officials count 1,600 dead since the ceasefire
bnonews.com
Middle East
Iran wins UN committee seat steering women's rights and counterterrorism priorities Secret General Assembly ballot returns 144 votes with no government on record, UN Watch chief Hillel Neuer calls appointment a travesty
breitbart.com
Middle East
Egypt confirms troops defend Saudi sites against Houthis Soldiers and air defences arrived months before parliament authorised the mission, mandate permits self-defence but no strikes on the Houthis
breitbart.com
Middle East
Israel holds 49 Syrians without charges from seized buffer zone Families get no answers from Jerusalem Damascus or the UN, military refuses to discuss cases until relatives supply ID numbers
independent.co.uk
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Africa

Africa
EU signs readmission deal with Nigeria Abuja media report almost 100 million euros pledged in return, international law already obliges states to readmit their own nationals
euronews.com
Africa
Japanese programme hands Madagascar parents control of school budgets School for All runs in 11 African countries on meetings and meals, reading improves where the community watches the money
euronews.com
Africa
At least 39 dead as migrant boat breaks apart off Senegal Only one survivor recovered from the pirogue that left Saint-Louis for the Canary Islands, tighter coastal patrols have made the crossing longer and more hazardous
euronews.com
Africa
DR Congo sentences 66 soldiers to death for cowardice Batch verdicts have been routine since 2024 as the army keeps retreating in the east, execution is cheaper than paying the soldiers
dailymail.com
Africa
Seven dead as two trains collide south of Cairo Stationary Cairo–Aswan train struck from behind with passengers trapped in carriages, second train collision in same district in two months
theguardian.com
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Economy

Economy
Rubio recast CIA memo that toppled Nvidia's Jensen Huang Agency analysts were not convinced Alice Huang knowingly spied, Silicon Valley circulates 100 000-signature petition to reinstate him while three China chip bills wait in the Senate
techcrunch.com timesnownews.com
Economy
USA and China discuss 30 billion dollar reciprocal tariff cuts ahead of Trump-Xi summit Farm purchases are Beijing's price for implementing the deal, Europe's billion-dollar-a-day deficit with China has no seat at the table
timesnownews.com
Economy
Greenpeace boulders land on Norfolk Vanguard windfarm site, £12 billion North Sea project surveys must be redone after 15 tonnes of stones dropped without marine authority consent Campaign against trawling is paid for out of the windfarm's schedule
theguardian.com
Economy
USA promises India comparative tariff advantage in proposed trade deal Preferential rates become Washington's price for staying outside China's camp, an advantage granted by decree can be withdrawn the same way
timesnownews.com
Economy
Nvidia's top lawyer invoked meetings with Trump to pressure US export officials Semafor report details China chip export fight and Justice Department takeover of Megaspeed smuggling probe, company told Congress that locating its own chips was impossible
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Technology

Technology
Italy fines Meta $887m for reading Android users' photo galleries Sum equals about five days of profit and the remedies for 20 million affected users are consent screens instead of payments, Meta will appeal after Amazon's Italian fine was cut on review
theguardian.com
Technology
Tesla opens Cybercab sales to invited customers Two-seater without steering wheel costs $29,990 plus $299 monthly autonomy fee Musk himself calls too high, NHTSA audit of the safety self-certification remains open
foxbusiness.com
Technology
Viral video appears to show Odisha MLA attempting to kiss man at minister's press briefing, wife calls the clip AI-generated and demands police act against those who shared it Once any video can be forged every video can be denied
timesnownews.com
Technology
Rivian spinoff begins selling consumer e-bike Launch edition pitched at buyers priced out of America's $51 000 average new car, two wheels route around a price floor the rulebook built
businessinsider.com
Technology
Starship faces historic upper-stage landing attempt, Rocket Lab's Electron flies its hundredth mission the same week Expendable small rocket has outlived every flashier rival
arstechnica.com
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Science

Science
Cannabis worsens sleep quality measured on the wrist Northwestern study of 1 266 adults tracked over 35 years finds users sleep worse than their own reports admit, daily weed use has already overtaken daily drinking in America
foxnews.com
Science
SpaceX catches Starship upper stage with launch tower arms, black-and-silver ship survives reentry under its own power after practice runs into the Indian Ocean NASA's shuttle promised $25 flights a pound and delivered $25 000
arstechnica.com
Science
Tau fragment raises prospect of diagnosing CTE in living patients Washington University team found elevated eMTBR-tau243 in blood stored from eleven CTE cases, marker missed early disease while the only certain diagnosis still requires an autopsy
independent.co.uk
Science
Friday the 13th arrives for third time in 2026 Weddings vanish and air fares drop while superstition quietly prices itself into the economy, psychologists blame missing 13th floors for keeping the fear alive
theguardian.com
Science
India cuts TB deaths 38 percent since 2015 Ministry credits AI X-rays and village screening for outpacing global decline, WHO country profile still pending while ministry grades its own mortality ledger
timesnownews.com
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