Rage, waste and corruption: how COVID changed politics.
Same as every US (and some other countries, as well) election season, a wave of new (sometimes convincing-looking) fake news sites run by Russia have popped up all over the web.
This is going to get worse before it gets better: Florida middle schoolers arrested for creating (AI-generated) deepfake nudes of their classmates.
India says it uncovers trafficking racket duping people into fighting for Russia in Ukraine.
As far as the Pentagon knows (and is able to divulge), there aren’t any aliens on Earth.
US prepared ‘rigorously’ for potential Russian nuclear strike in Ukraine in late 2022, officials say.
“Since the collapse of Wirecard, Jan Marsalek has been on the run and is one of the most wanted men in the world. A DER SPIEGEL investigation has revealed how he went underground and that he’s a Russian spy.”
A solid collection of resources maintained by Semafor for the many elections happening around the world this year.
The US is hoping ships filled with aid can help Gazans who are on the brink of starvation.
Trump’s strange relationship with TikTok, and what (or who) might be influencing his new stance on the matter.
Online surveys really aren’t very good or trustworthy, but they’re incredibly common and treated as legitimate.
China’s really pushing their new three-child policy as part of an attempt to increase collapsing birthrates, but citizens don’t seem to be interested, or in many cases able to afford more children:
Big new trade commitment between India and a European trade group.
Things are going from bad to worse to somehow even worse in Haiti, as PM resigns.
Israeli settlements are still expanding throughout occupied Palestinian territories (at a record pace), despite this being a war crime.
Armenia may soon apply for EU membership.
Crypto market Binance is being blamed for currency devaluation in Nigeria (two employees of the company have been detained by the government, as a consequence):
The GOP response to Biden’s State of the Union Address hasn’t gone over very well.
US companies are going to be investing more than $1 billion in the Philippines.
What’s happening in eastern Congo and why aid groups are warning of a new humanitarian crisis.
And the US makes and sells a lot of weapons:
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