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Crypto industry braces for quantum computing threat
Financial Times: The risk is especially stark for the crypto industry because theft from blockchains can be anonymous…
May 21, 2026
How Chris Hohn built the world’s most profitable hedge fund
Financial Times: The billionaire hedge fund manager has deep convictions on finance, philanthropy — and, increasingly, faith…
May 21, 2026
Generics drugmaker Sandoz calls for EU to probe alleged China dumping
Financial Times: The world’s largest maker of generic drugs said Chinese imports of amoxicillin trihydrate, an active ingredient…
May 21, 2026
Trump reboots foreign aid with new ‘America First’ strategy
Financial Times: After gutting USAID, Washington is striking transactional money-for-data deals that some critics liken to ‘recolonisation’…
May 21, 2026
China’s universities offer Mao and Xi courses to help students nail top jobs
Financial Times: Covering the thoughts of CCP leaders from party founder Mao Zedong to market reformer Deng Xiaoping,…
May 21, 2026
China shock 2.0: Cost of Germany’s complacency
Centre for European Reform: The risk for Berlin, which already struggled to adjust when China’s surplus jumped from…
May 21, 2026
How Trump’s Cuba grudge threw 99-year-old mining company into turmoil
Bloomberg: The Trump administration’s hard line against Cuba pushed Sherritt International Corp. to the brink. Now, an ex-adviser…
May 21, 2026
China spy case shakes German research institutions
A married couple has been arrested in Munich on suspicion of running a Chinese espionage ring that targeted…
May 21, 2026
‘No means no’: Greenlanders protest against Trump outside new US consulate
BBC: The protest capped a week in which the US president’s special envoy to Greenland, Jeff Landry, made…
May 21, 2026
European cars made in China
Financial Times: Western automakers are taking advantage of Chinese overcapacity to export lower-cost vehicles to their home markets…
May 21, 2026
Global buyout funds to exit China’s data centres with final $1bn deal
Financial Times: Foreign private equity firms are cashing out of China’s data centre sector after years of betting…
May 21, 2026
Trump tried to silence late-night hosts. They’re mocking him even more.
Washington Post: A Washington Post analysis shows hosts are telling more jokes about Trump, despite threats by the…
May 21, 2026
Trump pledges additional 5,000 troops for Poland in apparent u-turn
The Guardian: It was not immediately clear whether the deployment would be rotational or permanent, or if there…
May 21, 2026
Disputed Democratic autopsy of 2024 loss says White House failed Harris
Washington Post: The draft report, which was prepared by Democratic strategist Paul Rivera, argues that the White House,…
May 21, 2026
Pressure from Silicon Valley helped block Trump’s expected order on AI
Washington Post: Industry leaders warned in last-minute calls to the president that the proposed safety vetting system could…
May 21, 2026
Pentagon doubles down on Canada rebuke with demand for NATO spending road map, F-35 decision
CBC: The absence of a plan to spend 3.5 per cent of Canada’s gross domestic product on the…
May 21, 2026
Alberta to hold fall referendum on whether to have binding referendum on separating from Canada
CBC: In a pre-recorded speech broadcast on television Thursday evening, Smith said a question will be added to…
May 21, 2026
From big oil to big algorithm: Public money in private models
Privacy International: As governments rush to adopt artificial intelligence in public services, Privacy International asks who controls these…
May 21, 2026
Sadiq Khan sparks row with Met after blocking £50m AI deal with Palantir
The Guardian: After the UK’s largest police force had agreed to use Palantir’s AI technology to automate intelligence…
May 21, 2026
Kremlin prepares for defeat in Ukraine
Le Grand Continent: To “sell” Russian strategic failure as a victory, Putin’s communicators are prowling their elements of…
May 21, 2026