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George Friedman explains why it doesn't make sense to keep American troops in Germany - and why the USA will create a permanent base in Poland. (translated)

Worse, there are also leaks about the (expected, in fact) reduction of American forces in Europe by 25,000 soldiers. If there are parallel shifts of some troops to Poland, this may be balanced, and deterrence maintained. (translated)

Protesters in San Francisco urged OpenAI and Anthropic to pause powerful AI, calling for global rules and an AI emergency amid safety and climate fears. #AISafety #OpenAI #Protests

Protesters target OpenAI and Anthropic in San Francisco over AI safety fears
French economist

⚠ Friday Brief ⚠ 🇺🇸 🇮🇷 #Trump Approaching Major Crossroads in #Iran War 🇺🇸🇨🇳 Traders Eye Xi-Trump Meet 🇯🇵 #BOJ Hikes Rates in Split Decision 🇫🇷 French Fiscal Deficit Remains a Key Topic ... https://t.co/z0uWQND6B9 #Iran #Trump #BOJ #US #IR #CN #JP #FR

French economist

All totalitarian parties, for a century, have taken power by denouncing "the system," a catch-all term that allows gathering all the grievances without proposing concrete solutions other than to overthrow the institutions. This is also what Trump is doing today. (translated)

French economist

🇺🇸 🇮🇷 Trump tells Axios he's approaching major crossroads in Iran war - Axios https://t.co/1K2t1XiAFe #Iran #Trump #Axios #US #IR

Poverty rate fell in 2025 (no 2026 data) for the 2nd year in a row. Little to do with Trump. GDP growth & real disposable incomes growth rates have been lower during Trump47. Food inflation is compounding on prior years & above median (average is a bad stat for volatile data). https://t.co/yXD6Q4bVbl #PovertyRate #GDPgrowth #FoodInflation #US

BBC 11h

Austin Tice’s abduction was approved by Syria’s former leader Bashar al-Assad, a source claims. #AustinTice #Syria #Journalism

Assad regime planned US journalist's kidnap for weeks, BBC finds

New warning from the United States about cartels in Mexico, Canada as an associated member of the European Union, and many other topics on the international agenda discussed in the meeting we had with @LeonardoCurzio at @adnnoticiasmx. (translated)

Two very good pieces of news from the USA 🇺🇸 for the security of Poland 🇵🇱 and the entire eastern flank of NATO. Congress adopted a law providing for massive sanctions against Russia and its supporters. President Donald Trump has announced that significant progress has been made on the establishment of a permanent US base. (translated)

Very irresponsible statement in today's times. We are not arming ourselves through the great effort of the entire nation, we did not build alliances in Europe and across the Atlantic to give up territory. (translated)

URGENT ‼️ Donald Trump announces significant progress in the work on the establishment of an American military base in Poland. If this happens, the location will be announced soon. TRUMP speaks about the leadership of his friend @NawrockiKn (translated)

The President of the USA D. Trump announces a permanent American base in Poland. 🇵🇱🇺🇸 And emphasizes that it is thanks to the friendship with President @NawrockiKn that he makes such a decision. Poland will be safer, and NATO under the leadership of the USA will be stronger! (translated)

BBC 15h

Mustafa Suleyman says he believes rival AI firm Anthropic is in effect teaching Claude it "may be conscious". #ArtificialIntelligence #AIEthics #TechResponsibility

Uncontrolled AI could lead to 'silicon species' rivalling humans, warns Microsoft