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#StraitOfHormuz #Iran #GlobalOilTrade
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Why US-Iran Tensions Raise Concern Over the Strait of Hormuz
Iran's government has said it will "defend itself and respond like never before" should US President Donald Trump follow through on threats to attack the country if it doesn't agree to a deal to curb its nuclear program.
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#Avalanche #SierraNevada #SearchAndRescue
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Avalanche Leaves 10 Skiers Missing in California's Sierra Nevada
An avalanche warning remains in effect in the region through at least Wednesday, according to authorities.
Search and rescue crews were working into Tuesday evening after an avalanche near Castle Peak in California's Sierra Nevada left 10 people missing, authorities said.
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#Ukraine #Russia #PeaceNegotiations
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Putin Doesn't Want Peace. He Wants More Time
It should be obvious by now that Russian President Vladimir Putin is playing for time. His negotiators are dragging out peace talks, making enough conciliatory noises to fend off renewed US pressure while Russian missiles and drones pound Ukraine.
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#ArtificialIntelligence #JobMarket #AIRevolution
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The AI Panic Ignores Something Important -- the Evidence
Last week, a post written by tech entrepreneur and investor Matt Shumer went viral on social media. Titled, Something Big Is Happening, it was a rundown of all the ways artificial intelligence would, in short order, decimate professional jobs.
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#MetalsMarket #ChipShortage #AIIndustry
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Industrial Metals Decline in Thin Lunar New Year Holiday Trading
Copper and aluminum edged lower as rising stockpiles of the red metal and tariff uncertainty weighed on sentiment, with many Asian traders away from their desks for the Lunar New Year break.
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#Taiwan #USChinaRelations #ArmsSales
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Trump Says He'll Soon Make Decision on Weapon Sales to Taiwan
President Donald Trump said that he's discussing future weapons sales to Taiwan with Chinese President Xi Jinping and teased that he would soon make a decision about future defense support for the self-governing island.
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#ClimateChange #DisasterRelief #AdaptationFinance
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Asia Needs to Play Smarter to Win Climate Dollars
Every month, disasters caused by extreme weather kill more people in South and Southeast Asia. In January, a landslide in Indonesia's West Java followed heavy rain and led to dozens of deaths -- including 23 Indonesian marines out on a training exercise.
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#AI #DefenseTechnology #AutonomousWeapons
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SpaceX to Compete in Pentagon Contest for Autonomous Drone Tech
The effort is set to develop in phases, starting with developing software and progressing to real-life testing, with the goal of creating technology that can be used for offensive purposes.
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#BeltandRoad #China #GlobalSouth
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Stop Fighting Yesterday's Battle on China's Belt and Road
China's Belt and Road program is not in retreat, although many have been predicting its untimely demise for some time. Far from shrinking, President Xi Jinping's signature lending plan is adapting, and in doing so becoming harder to counter.
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#Investment #PrivateCredit #MemoryChipShortage
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Fortress' Latest Private Debt Fund Seeks to Lure Insurance Firms
Fortress Investment Group is adding an insurer-friendly feature to its latest fund, which will primarily invest in direct corporate loans, according to people familiar with the matter.
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#AI #MemoryChips #TechIndustry
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Alibaba Unveils Major AI Model Upgrade Ahead of DeepSeek Release
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. unveiled a major upgrade of its flagship AI model, accelerating a race with a panoply of startups and sectoral leaders aiming to get in ahead of Chinese sensation DeepSeek's next big platform.
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#Corruption #Ukraine #EnergySector
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Ukraine's Graft Probe Engulfs Ex-Minister After Failed Escape
A former Ukrainian energy minister has become a suspect in a far-reaching corruption investigation that shook the administration of President Volodymyr Zelenskiy and forced out his top aide last year.
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#SoftwareStocks #AIImpact #InvestingInsights
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Fund Beating 99% of Peers Sees Few Software Firms Surviving AI
Selling software stocks before the crowd paid off for Nick Evans, a Polar Capital fund manager. His warning to potential bargain hunters: most shares are still toxic and few firms will survive.
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#HumanRights #ImranKhan #PakistanPolitics
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Pakistan's Imran Khan Seeks Release From Jail on Medical Grounds
Khan's sons have described his imprisonment as a violation of human rights, allegations the government has rejected, with his son Kasim saying Khan's loss of eyesight was "the direct consequence of 922 days of solitary confinement".
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#ArtificialIntelligence #India #TechSummit
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India Seeks Role in Shaping AI Future With Summit of Tech Chiefs
India kicks off one of the world's largest artificial intelligence summits Monday, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi seeking to clear a path for India in a heated race to develop frontier models.
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#EconomicCrisis #FinancialTransparency #PrivateMarkets
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Data Black Holes Leave Policymakers 'Flying Blind' in Hunt for Next Crash
Predicting the next economic crash or financial crisis has always been more art than science. Today there's an added complication -- the increasing paucity of information about what's really going on in the economy and financial system.
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#MemoryChipCrisis #TechIndustry #AIImpact
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Rampant AI Demand for Memory Is Fueling a Growing Chip Crisis
A growing procession of tech industry leaders including Elon Musk and Tim Cook are warning about a global crisis in the making: A shortage of memory chips is beginning to hammer profits, derail corporate plans and inflate price tags on everything from laptops and smartphones to automobiles and data centers -- and the crunch is only going to get worse.
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#IranTalks #NuclearNegotiations #USIsraelRelations
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Netanyahu Says Iran Deal Has to Strip Away Nuclear Capabilities
The US and Iran are expected to hold a second round of talks in Geneva, with Trump seeking an arrangement to curb Tehran's nuclear ambitions and having previously stated that regime change would be the best outcome for Iran.
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#SpaceRace #Satellites #ChinaSpaceProgram
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Musk Is Beating China's 203,000 Paper Satellites
If orbital space is the 21st century's high seas, China looks to be preparing an armada.
Government plans submitted late last year to the United Nations' International Telecommunications Union, or ITU, promise a fleet of 203,000 satellites to be deployed by the mid-2030s.
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#Drones #MilitaryTechnology #CounterDrone
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El Paso Shutdown Puts Focus on Army's Struggle to Counter Drones
The incident highlights the Pentagon's struggle to defeat low-cost drone threats and the need for greater cooperation and clarity between military and federal agencies on the use of counter-drone technologies in US airspace.
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#GasolineImports #CaliforniaEconomy #EnergyMarket
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Gasoline-Starved California Is Turning to Fuel From the Bahamas
US supplies of gasoline are being shipped out of the country to travel thousands of miles via the Bahamas before finally ending up in California, a state battling shrinking fuelmaking capacity and high pump prices.
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#JeffreyEpstein #HarvardUniversity #HastyPuddingInstitute
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'Hello Girls!': Epstein Was a Hasty Pudding Donor for Years After Sex Conviction
Long after Jeffrey Epstein was known as a convicted sex offender, he was also a top contributor to an elite cluster of groups founded by Harvard University students.
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#HumanitarianEfforts #MiddleEastPeace #TrumpAdministration
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Trump Says Board of Peace Members Pledged More Than $5 Billion
President Donald Trump said founding member countries of his Board of Peace have pledged more than $5 billion toward humanitarian efforts and reconstruction in Gaza.
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#NuclearWeapons #PolandDefense #InternationalRelations
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Poland Should Develop Its Own Nuclear Defenses, President Says
Poland should look at developing its own nuclear weapons in light of the growing threat from Russia, President Karol Nawrocki said in an interview with Polsat News television.
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#Epstein #RoyalFamily #Scandal
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An Epstein Show Trial for Andrew Is a Bad Idea
There is a better than even money chance that Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor, formerly Prince Andrew, Duke of York, Knight of the Garter, will soon be obliged to fly to Washington and testify before a congressional committee about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein.
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#AI #Investing #CorporateEarnings
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AI Risk Is Dominating Conference Calls as Investors Dump Stocks
In what's turning out to be a great quarter for corporate earnings growth, company executives and investors alike are focused on something else entirely: the threat from artificial intelligence.
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#JeffreyEpstein #SexualCrime #FinancialCrime
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Epstein Files Prompt France to Open New Probes, Revisit Brunel
French authorities opened new probes into possible sexual and financial crimes linked to Jeffrey Epstein and are revisiting the file on modeling agent Jean-Luc Brunel, who died in a French prison in 2022.
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#Italy #RailwaySabotage #EconomicNegotiations
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Italy Probing Fresh 'Criminal' Railway Damage During Olympics
Italy is investigating deliberate damage to the country's railway infrastructure for a second time during the Winter Olympics, in what the transport minister called "criminal acts.
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#Finance #ArtificialIntelligence #MarketTrends
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Bankers' Winter Getaway to Sunny Florida Is Upended By AI Chaos
Some Wall Street professionals believe the selling reflects a knee-jerk reaction and may be overestimating the actual risk from AI, while others think investors need to differentiate between companies that are truly at risk and those that should be fine.
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#InternetFreedom #Censorship #VPNs
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Iranian Internet Goes Dark as US Agencies Clash Over VPN Funding
US agencies are struggling to find the best method to fund additional software for millions of Iranian civilians to get around their government's strict internet censors, amid a surge in demand over weeks of domestic unrest.
