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NASA sends Artemis moon rocket back to hangar for repairs Rework cycle reflects procurement and risk politics as much as engineering, Moon schedule moves with the budget calendar
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Mexican forces reportedly kill CJNG leader El Mencho Roadblocks and arson spread across multiple states, decapitation headline meets franchise reality
aljazeera.com cbsnews.com latimes.com
Secret Service shoots dead Mar-a-Lago intruder Trump absent during perimeter breach, VIP protection logic keeps widening
independent.co.uk time.com theguardian.com
French carrier Charles de Gaulle deploys to Baltic Sea and North Atlantic Deterrence narrative masks basing logistics and interoperability lock in, Temporary port access tends to become permanent policy
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Iran student protests flare in Tehran US military buildup tightens Gulf noose, Domestic dissent becomes convenient casus belli
independent.co.uk euronews.com infobae.com
US expands third-country deportations despite judge protection orders Asylum constraints outsourced to Cameroon and return to Morocco where homosexuality illegal, Rule-of-law becomes logistics problem
independent.co.uk
Eight bodies recovered in Libya and Greece Mediterranean rescue chain functions as implicit insurance for smuggling market, Taxpayers absorb risk premium while facilitators capture upside
aljazeera.com
Pakistan launches cross-border strikes into Afghanistan Islamabad cites suicide attacks and claims seven militant sites hit, border militarisation turns insecurity into self-funding economy
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Australian frigate HMAS Toowoomba transits Taiwan Strait China tracks passage as allied navies test freedom of navigation, shipping markets quietly price escalation risk
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Trump announces US Navy hospital ship mission to Greenland Humanitarian branding masks logistics and basing leverage, Mercy and Comfort sit in Alabama shipyard
independent.co.uk foxnews.com spiegel.de
Canada pressures OpenAI over unreported ChatGPT flag before Tumbler Ridge shootings Ottawa pushes AI platforms into pre-crime escalation, Due process outsourced to corporate risk teams
globalnews.ca spiegel.de
ICE agent fatally shoots US citizen in Texas Public learns nearly a year later as records surface, DHS policing powers expand faster than accountability
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Berlinale awards Golden Bear to Yellow Letters Film depicts Turkish purge-by-bureaucracy and creeping authoritarianism, Festival’s Gaza row turns anti-despotism into house style
theguardian.com france24.com euronews.com
Avalanches kill at least five in Austria’s Tirol Off-piste tourism meets state-funded rescue as risk pricing stays fictional
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Germany budgets €35bn for military space capabilities Iceye-Rheinmetall SAR satellites expand ISR while zero-debris doctrine shifts to reversible interference
euronews.com
Kennedy Center outdoor ice rink vandalized with toxic chemical Park Police investigate, security state expands perimeter as culture becomes trophy
independent.co.uk
Tour bus falls through Lake Baikal ice Chinese tourists killed, Instagram winter tourism prices risk while regulators certify vibes
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US nears 1 000 measles cases in early 2026, outbreaks cluster in South Carolina and university campus in Florida, public-health logistics collide with politics and incentives
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Nobel laureate Omar Yaghi touts container-scale water-from-air machine 1,000 litres/day claim hinges on heat and sorbent mass, thermodynamics ignores PR
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Israeli strikes hit Hezbollah missile unit sites in Lebanon Bekaa Valley Lebanese ministry reports 10 dead while Hezbollah claims 8 fighters among them, Ceasefire becomes paperwork as cross-border war turns routine
independent.co.uk
Ukrainian drones strike suspected Votkinsk missile plant deep in Russia Udmurt officials confirm injuries as Telegram channels point to Iskander and ICBM production, Air defense becomes nationwide overhead with no SLA
independent.co.uk
Hong Kong offers to buy back Wang Fuk Court ownership rights after 168-death fire HK$6.8bn plan replaces illiquid property with state-set cash exit, Government becomes market maker after regulated failure
independent.co.uk
Cuba blackouts accelerate rooftop solar and generator workarounds US oil pressure and state grid rationing collide, Energy autonomy emerges as de facto private exit option
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Victoria bushfire triggers leave immediately orders near Gaffneys Creek Police probe possible arson with three ignition points, State power peaks at push-notification governance
independent.co.uk
UK tourist with valid visa held six weeks by ICE Detention quotas and budget boom turn border discretion into revenue stream, Trump Iran strike talk makes emergency logic portable
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Pangolins remain world’s most trafficked mammals CITES seizures top 500,000 since 2016, prohibition pricing turns keratin into contraband
independent.co.uk
US military burns alleged drug boat in eastern Pacific Trump cartel war expands into offshore kill list, 148 dead in 43 strikes with little public evidence
aljazeera.com independent.co.uk
Floreana giant tortoises return to Galápagos after 180 years Back-breeding produces hybrids with 40–80% ancestry, conservation becomes genetic engineering by committee
theguardian.com independent.co.uk
Cloudflare outage disrupts apps and sites Scheduled maintenance at Portland data center cited, internet decentralization looks contractual
independent.co.uk
DHS pushes single search interface for faces and fingerprints Wired describes cross-agency biometric querying, Efficiency pitch accelerates mission creep and false-match governance
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NASA targets March 6 Artemis II launch First crewed SLS-Orion lunar flyby after fueling test, Calendar milestone meets unresolved abort and re-entry failure modes
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European military warns F-35 combat power depends on US-controlled software and sustainment Lockheed ecosystem resembles vendor lock-in, Strategic autonomy meets licensed fighter jet
dnyuz.com
Venezuela releases hundreds of political prisoners after Maduro abduction Freedom comes with bans and re-arrest risk, state swaps cells for administrative control
aljazeera.com
WFP warns Somalia emergency food aid may stop by April Donor funding gap threatens ration pipeline, Centralized humanitarian logistics doubles as political choke point
aljazeera.com
Five miners presumed dead after mud-rush at Ekapa diamond mine near Kimberley Workers trapped 800 metres underground as rescue turns to recovery, Zero Harm slogans meet geology
independent.co.uk
Japan moves to ban power-bank use on domestic flights New Civil Aeronautics Act guidelines cap carry-on chargers at two units, Lithium-ion risk management becomes passenger punishment
independent.co.uk
Portugal navy shadows Russian-flagged SPARTA IV off Nazaré Ship sails outside traffic corridors over 3,000m depths, Subsea cable security turns private networks into state targets
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Nigeria reports 33 killed in simultaneous armed attacks West Bank Palestinian-American killed by Israeli settlers, State monopoly on violence keeps exclusivity not protection
wtop.com aljazeera.com
Asos co-founder Quentin Griffiths dies after fall in Pattaya Thai police rule out foul play as legal troubles linger, Expat freedom still ends at local police desk
theguardian.com independent.co.uk
NORAD intercepts 5 Russian aircraft near Alaska ADIZ Tu-95 bombers and A-50 trigger F-35 and tanker scramble despite no airspace breach, Costly signalling ritual normalises escalation risk
newsweek.com independent.co.uk
Indonesia Morocco Kosovo offer troops for Gaza plan Multinational force takes shape without clear mandate funding or command, peacekeeping bureaucracy markets accountability dilution as security
aljazeera.com
Israel tightens control at al-Aqsa/Temple Mount as Ramadan begins 1967-era prayer status quo breaks under arrests raids and access bans, sacred-space ambiguity turns into a sovereignty test
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Epstein scandal resurfaces in US New Mexico reopens Zorro Ranch probe as DOJ examines alleged CBP ties, Europe arrests royals as US consequences remain limited
wired.com latimes.com japantimes.co.jp
Lancet Global Health study estimates Gaza violent deaths exceed reported toll Household survey replaces collapsed administrative records, Casualty statistics become information-weaponry
japantimes.co.jp
New Zealand sanctions 100 Russian shadow-fleet ships Insurance and flagging become enforcement tools, Trade adapts via opacity and risk
gcaptain.com
Reliance unveils $110B plan for gigawatt AI data centers and nationwide edge compute in India Ambani sells compute sovereignty via power-hungry infrastructure, Cloud becomes domestic gatekeeper rather than foreign landlord
techcrunch.com
FBI informant allegedly helps run darknet site selling fentanyl-laced drugs for years Controlled delivery turns into state-provided market stability, Overdose costs externalized while evidence pile grows
wired.com
Denmark detains Iran-flagged container ship over registry doubts Western escalation shifts from declarations to port paperwork, coercion scales quietly when law becomes logistics
gcaptain.com
Trump administration expands ICE detention of legally admitted refugees CBS says security concerns justification broadens discretionary custody, Lawful status becomes a revocable privilege by memo
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Lake Tahoe avalanche kills eight backcountry skiers California deadliest slide on record near Castle Peak, Public safety rhetoric arrives after physics and risk tolerance did the work
cbsnews.com cbsnews.com theguardian.com
UK reportedly blocks US use of Diego Garcia and RAF Fairford for Iran strikes Trump sets 10-day decision window as oil prices jump, special relationship becomes a basing-permission problem
standard.co.uk nbcnews.com standard.co.uk
US guts Internet Freedom funding pipeline State Department and USAGM grants freeze hits Open Technology Fund and circumvention stack, rights rhetoric collapses into a budget switch
theguardian.com
US military buildup around Iran lowers strike threshold Carriers and tankers pre-position kill chain while oil options price upside risk, diplomacy becomes logistics and Brent skew does the voting
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Reliance commits $110B to gigawatt-scale AI data centers in India Ambani pitches compute sovereignty as Adani and OpenAI-Tata scale capacity, Data-center boom turns AI into utility with costs socialized and access gated
techcrunch.com businessinsider.com businessinsider.com
Trump Board of Peace plans 5 000-person fortified base in Gaza, Guardian cites contracting files, Reconstruction governance arrives as barbed wire and watchtowers
theguardian.com thehill.com wtop.com
European intelligence chiefs doubt US-led Ukraine peace deal in 2026 Reuters via Japan Times calls Geneva talks negotiation theater aimed at sanctions relief, Peace process risks becoming time arbitrage and budget machine
japantimes.co.jp
Karachi apartment blast kills at least 13 Pakistan gas networks mix low-pressure mains with LPG cylinders and predictable failure modes
independent.co.uk