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Brands using AI-generated influencers to promote products on social media
The Guardian: The findings suggest companies are increasingly turning to AI-generated content that purports to show genuine customer…
June 21, 2026
Inside exclusive ‘man camp,’ where one woman is trying to save men from themselves
CNN: “Men are struggling,” Glass tells CNN. Some lack positive leaders, she says. Others get canceled too quickly,…
June 21, 2026
Keir Starmer expected to announce departure as prime minister on Monday
The Guardian: Speaking for the government on Sunday, Peter Kyle, the business secretary, refused to comment on Starmer’s…
June 21, 2026
US treasury chief urged Trump not to host ‘Mr Bean on crack’ Zelenskyy, book says
The Guardian: Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, advised Donald Trump not to host Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Oval Office,…
June 20, 2026
Unquiet American: Charles Kushner brings Trump diplomacy to France
New York Times: The U.S. envoy to Paris has emerged as the embodiment of combative diplomacy in the…
June 20, 2026
India calls in military, blocks app to lock down college-entrance exam
Wall Street Journal: The extraordinary measures are a response to a recent scandal that angered millions of young…
June 20, 2026
Rural gay love story Cactus Pears is quietly radical moment for Indian film
Financial Times: Rohan Parashuram Kanawade on channelling his own experience into one of the country’s only screen portrayals…
June 20, 2026
US envoy heading to Switzerland as Lebanon fighting tests Iran agreement. U.S., Qatar work to give Iran access to billions of dollars in frozen cash—AND MORE
CNN: US envoy Steve Witkoff is traveling to Switzerland for technical talks with Iran, a US official said,…
June 20, 2026
Signal’s Meredith Whittaker: Push for online safety risks mass surveillance
Bloomberg: The president of the encrypted messaging app says autonomous AI agents, device scanning and digital advertising are…
June 19, 2026
Secret vetting and blocked promotions: Inside Hegseth’s war on diversity
New York Times: A Black admiral fixed one of the Navy’s worst messes. Mr. Hegseth blocked his promotion…
June 19, 2026
Europe’s making fewer cars and lots of them are actually Chinese
Bloomberg: Workers at a car plant in Rennes, France, are worried about worsening working conditions and a loss…
June 19, 2026
Trump unveils new Air Force One jet gifted by Qatar
NBC: President Donald Trump on Friday officially unveiled his new Air Force One jet that was contentiously given…
June 19, 2026
Whistleblower kidnapped after explosive South Sudan revelations
Financial Times: A South Sudanese businessman who helped expose alleged state capture has been kidnapped at gunpoint in…
June 19, 2026
Italy’s Meloni says Trump ‘totally invented’ story that she begged him for photo
Reuters: Meloni said she was “astonished” by his comments, which were “completely made up”. She also chided him…
June 19, 2026
Trump’s new acting intel chief Bill Pulte arrives early, eyes firing hundreds
CNN: The sources said Pulte is eyeing to cut hundreds of jobs at the Office of the Director…
June 19, 2026
Lutnick’s Anthropic crackdown claims new power over AI models
Bloomberg: The Trump administration’s push to rein in Anthropic PBC relies on an unprecedented use of export control…
June 19, 2026
Sweden may oppose Tesla’s supervised self-driving tech in Europe over speeding concerns
Reuters: In a previously unreported letter dated April 30, obtained through a freedom of information request, the Swedish…
June 19, 2026
White House delays release of US voting machine study as midterms near
Reuters: The report, produced by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, concludes that voting machines could…
June 19, 2026
Burnham’s emphatic Makerfield win leaves Starmer and Labour MPs with big decision on leadership
BBC: It has allowed Burnham and his team to road test an argument here – and we can…
June 19, 2026
US-Iran talks postponed, peace deal under stress as Israel’s strikes Hezbollah. Vance warns Israeli critics over Iran deal: Trump is your only ally—AND MORE
CNN: Vice President JD Vance is no longer traveling to Switzerland for US-Iran negotiations today, with talks postponed.…
June 19, 2026