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“Witkoff has declined multiple offers from the CIA for a briefing on Russia. The State Department assigned a group of staffers to support him, but members of that team, and others across the administration, have struggled to get summaries of Witkoff’s foreign meetings.” www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
How Putin Got His Preferred U.S. Envoy: Come Alone, No CIA
The Kremlin fueled the rise of Trump’s friend Steve Witkoff with a prisoner release, sidelining career diplomats.
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December 21, 2025 at 1:39 AM
“Witkoff has declined multiple offers from the CIA for a briefing on Russia. The State Department assigned a group of staffers to support him, but members of that team, and others across the administration, have struggled to get summaries of Witkoff’s foreign meetings.” www.wsj.com/world/putin-...
“There should be a full fledged investigation into every government employee who knew about this document and allowed a narrative to be publicized that it did not exist.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
Epstein Files Include 1996 Child Porn Complaint That F.B.I. Ignored
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December 20, 2025 at 8:38 AM
“There should be a full fledged investigation into every government employee who knew about this document and allowed a narrative to be publicized that it did not exist.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/19/u...
“In 1989, Gen. Xu Qinxian defied orders to crush the pro-democracy protests in Beijing. Now, leaked video from his court-martial is on YouTube.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/w...
The Secret Trial of the General Who Refused to Attack Tiananmen Square
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December 18, 2025 at 10:45 PM
“In 1989, Gen. Xu Qinxian defied orders to crush the pro-democracy protests in Beijing. Now, leaked video from his court-martial is on YouTube.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/w...
“All the official sources across multiple agencies who spoke to this masthead said there was consensus in the law enforcement community that Australia’s firearms monitoring systems are badly outdated and plagued by siloing and jurisdictional inconsistencies.” www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
Bondi shooter was interviewed two years before father was granted a gun licence
ASIO and NSW Police both interviewed Naveed Akram over his associations with Islamic extremists long before his father obtained a gun licence.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:03 PM
“All the official sources across multiple agencies who spoke to this masthead said there was consensus in the law enforcement community that Australia’s firearms monitoring systems are badly outdated and plagued by siloing and jurisdictional inconsistencies.” www.theage.com.au/politics/fed...
“Belgian politicians and senior finance executives have been subject to a campaign of intimidation orchestrated by Russian intelligence aimed at persuading the country to block the use of €185bn assets for Ukraine.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
Belgian politicians and finance bosses targeted by Russian intelligence over seized assets
Exclusive: Key figures at frozen assets depository among targets of intimidation campaign, say European intelligence agencies
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December 18, 2025 at 6:29 AM
“Belgian politicians and senior finance executives have been subject to a campaign of intimidation orchestrated by Russian intelligence aimed at persuading the country to block the use of €185bn assets for Ukraine.” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
“China's machine is operational and successfully generating extreme ultraviolet light, but has not yet produced working chips.” www.reuters.com/world/china/...
Exclusive: How China built its ‘Manhattan Project’ to rival the West in AI chips
In a high-security Shenzhen laboratory, Chinese scientists have built a prototype of a machine capable of producing cutting-edge semiconductor chips that power artificial intelligence, smartphones and...
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December 18, 2025 at 5:51 AM
“China's machine is operational and successfully generating extreme ultraviolet light, but has not yet produced working chips.” www.reuters.com/world/china/...
“The Kandahar-based hard-liners who lead the regime appear comfortably in control in conservative southern Afghanistan and may not need to pool their resources there. But they are competing with a faction that’s active in the capital and east of the country.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
Trump wants Bagram back. Satellite images show how the Taliban are using it.
Taliban propaganda has depicted a flurry of activity at former U.S. bases in Afghanistan. Aerial images show aircraft decoys and equipment scavenged for parts.
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December 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
“The Kandahar-based hard-liners who lead the regime appear comfortably in control in conservative southern Afghanistan and may not need to pool their resources there. But they are competing with a faction that’s active in the capital and east of the country.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/intera...
How to Find a Date in a Country With Over 30 Million Extra Men youtu.be/-UjDPE2Dbjc
How to Find a Date in a Country With Over 30 Million Extra Men | Op-Docs
YouTube video by New York Times Opinion
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December 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
How to Find a Date in a Country With Over 30 Million Extra Men youtu.be/-UjDPE2Dbjc
“Hawks in intelligence circles across the continent are now wondering, as the scale of Russia’s aggression in Europe has become clearer, whether there is a strategic escalation taking place, and not just tactical opportunism.” www.ft.com/content/2084...
Russia’s hybrid warfare puts Europe to the test
Officials suspect a campaign of sabotage that once looked opportunistic may be a strategic escalation
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December 9, 2025 at 8:47 AM
“Hawks in intelligence circles across the continent are now wondering, as the scale of Russia’s aggression in Europe has become clearer, whether there is a strategic escalation taking place, and not just tactical opportunism.” www.ft.com/content/2084...
“De Chinese overheid heeft de namen van enkele medewerkers van inlichtingendiensten AIVD en MIVD gepubliceerd. Deze ongebruikelijke en intimiderende stap betekent een nieuwe escalatie in de vete tussen Nederland en China rond chipbedrijf Nexperia.” www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nieuwe escalatie in Nexperia-vete: China publiceert namen Nederlandse spionnen
De Chinese overheid heeft de namen van enkele medewerkers van inlichtingendiensten AIVD en MIVD gepubliceerd. Deze ongebruikelijke en intimiderende stap betekent een nieuwe escalatie in de vete tussen...
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December 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
“De Chinese overheid heeft de namen van enkele medewerkers van inlichtingendiensten AIVD en MIVD gepubliceerd. Deze ongebruikelijke en intimiderende stap betekent een nieuwe escalatie in de vete tussen Nederland en China rond chipbedrijf Nexperia.” www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
“Rebuilding manufacturing capacity, investing in dual-use tech ecosystems, strengthening energy and cyber resilience and ensuring workforce availability are all part of credible deterrence.” www.ft.com/content/9864...
Ukraine, Europe and the new economics of war
By maintaining stability and innovating to hold out against Russia, Kyiv has shown that size matters less in conflict than it used to
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December 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
“Rebuilding manufacturing capacity, investing in dual-use tech ecosystems, strengthening energy and cyber resilience and ensuring workforce availability are all part of credible deterrence.” www.ft.com/content/9864...
“Je komt in dat algoritme, en dan zie je niks anders meer. Als je dat de hele dag hoort, snap ik wel dat je gaat denken: dít is het. Dit gebeurt erdoor.” www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Hoe een vermeende misbruikzaak uit Uden munitie werd tegen azc’s
Asielzoekers: Het verzet tegen asielopvangcentra verspreidt zich over Nederland. Eén zaak duikt telkens op in de protesten: het vermeende misbruik van de dochter van een prominente actievoerder in Ude...
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December 7, 2025 at 8:01 AM
“Je komt in dat algoritme, en dan zie je niks anders meer. Als je dat de hele dag hoort, snap ik wel dat je gaat denken: dít is het. Dit gebeurt erdoor.” www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
“It’s about deterrence. Deterrence only works if we’re credible. And we are only credible when we have plans — and we are ready.” www.ft.com/content/0a07...
The surreal 45-day trek at the heart of Nato’s defence
Europe wrestles with crumbling bridges, narrow tunnels and red tape as it plans how to move an army eastward
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November 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
“It’s about deterrence. Deterrence only works if we’re credible. And we are only credible when we have plans — and we are ready.” www.ft.com/content/0a07...
“De westerse wereld is om begrijpelijke redenen de afgelopen tijd vooral bezig geweest met haar eigen slavernijverleden, maar daardoor is bij het grote publiek wellicht een misverstand ontstaan over de uniciteit van de westerse slavernij.” www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Een onthullend boek over hoe religie en racisme slavernij vormgaven in de islamitische wereld
Slavernij in de islamitische wereld
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November 17, 2025 at 7:18 AM
“De westerse wereld is om begrijpelijke redenen de afgelopen tijd vooral bezig geweest met haar eigen slavernijverleden, maar daardoor is bij het grote publiek wellicht een misverstand ontstaan over de uniciteit van de westerse slavernij.” www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
“De proceshouding weegt mee, terwijl je eigenlijk weet dat het een culturele houding is, geen proceshouding. Maar wij spreken recht binnen een klassiek westerse, christelijke traditie – niet binnen een islamitische of West-Afrikaanse.” www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
Rechters over hun vooroordelen: ‘Had ik dit met een witte, hoogopgeleide jongen hetzelfde aangepakt?’
Rechtspraak: Verdachten met een migratieachtergrond worden zwaarder gestraft dan witte Nederlanders, blijkt uit onderzoek. Lang bleef deze ongemakkelijke waarheid binnen de rechtspraak onbesproken. In...
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November 8, 2025 at 6:24 AM
“De proceshouding weegt mee, terwijl je eigenlijk weet dat het een culturele houding is, geen proceshouding. Maar wij spreken recht binnen een klassiek westerse, christelijke traditie – niet binnen een islamitische of West-Afrikaanse.” www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...
“Denmark’s near-consensual diagnosis that the poor are left to pick up the pieces of botched migration policies is worth pondering.” www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
Denmark’s left defied the consensus on migration. Has it worked?
Building walls, one brick at a time
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November 7, 2025 at 5:07 PM
“Denmark’s near-consensual diagnosis that the poor are left to pick up the pieces of botched migration policies is worth pondering.” www.economist.com/europe/2025/...
“While the US can dictate the pace and pressure of the conflict in the short term, China is digging in for a protracted struggle. It’s less about who has the ‘upper hand’ now, and more about who is better positioned for a long-term contest.” www.ft.com/content/b505...
China emerges as US ‘peer rival’ at Xi Jinping-Donald Trump summit
Beijing shows it can force Washington to compromise on trade issues
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October 31, 2025 at 7:14 AM
“While the US can dictate the pace and pressure of the conflict in the short term, China is digging in for a protracted struggle. It’s less about who has the ‘upper hand’ now, and more about who is better positioned for a long-term contest.” www.ft.com/content/b505...
"De rechtsstaat is geen abstract begrip. Zij bestaat uit mensen die hun werk doen met overtuiging, maar die recht hebben op een overheid die hen ondersteunt. De vraag is niet of de rechtsstaat bedreigd wordt, dat is hij al. De vraag is: hoe onze staat zichzelf gaat verdedigen." nos.nl/l/2588112
Rechter die moest onderduiken waarschuwt: België wordt een narcostaat
De rechter, die zelf vier maanden in een safehouse zat, schrijft dat de overheid te weinig doet om rechters te beschermen. "We zijn soldaten in de frontlinie zonder rugdekking."
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October 27, 2025 at 12:50 PM
"De rechtsstaat is geen abstract begrip. Zij bestaat uit mensen die hun werk doen met overtuiging, maar die recht hebben op een overheid die hen ondersteunt. De vraag is niet of de rechtsstaat bedreigd wordt, dat is hij al. De vraag is: hoe onze staat zichzelf gaat verdedigen." nos.nl/l/2588112
“Als je met Rusland in dit hybride conflict zit, wil je ook af en toe een statement afgeven dat er een grens is. Dus zul je bereid moeten zijn te escaleren.” www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
Nederlandse diensten delen minder informatie met de VS: ‘Soms vertellen we dingen niet meer’
Het aantal dreigingen dat op Nederland afkomt is groot, zien de hoofden van de AIVD en de MIVD elke dag: niet alleen Russische agressie, maar ook de opmars van China als digitale macht en binnenlands ...
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October 18, 2025 at 8:22 AM
“Als je met Rusland in dit hybride conflict zit, wil je ook af en toe een statement afgeven dat er een grens is. Dus zul je bereid moeten zijn te escaleren.” www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/n...
“Around one and a half million Syrians have already returned from neighbouring states to their homeland. Now it is a matter of ensuring that the EU, that Europe, also makes sure that returns are possible.” www.euractiv.com/news/eu-coun...
EU countries clash over migration solidarity plan | Euractiv
The EU’s new migration plan is already running into resistance, as capitals clash over who should take in asylum seekers
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October 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
“Around one and a half million Syrians have already returned from neighbouring states to their homeland. Now it is a matter of ensuring that the EU, that Europe, also makes sure that returns are possible.” www.euractiv.com/news/eu-coun...
“MI5, MI6, GCHQ and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) are not allowed to give evidence about national security risks, which have previously included fears that China would tap into underground cables that serve the nearby City of London.” www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
October 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
“MI5, MI6, GCHQ and the National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) are not allowed to give evidence about national security risks, which have previously included fears that China would tap into underground cables that serve the nearby City of London.” www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...
“Some NATO countries require fighter pilots to make visual confirmation of threats before engaging, while others allow them to open fire based on radar data or the perceived danger from the direction or speed of the hostile object.” www.ft.com/content/6803...
Nato weighs armed response to Vladimir Putin’s hybrid war
Defence alliance mulls easing restrictions on pilots to open fire on Russian aircraft
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October 9, 2025 at 6:23 AM
“Some NATO countries require fighter pilots to make visual confirmation of threats before engaging, while others allow them to open fire based on radar data or the perceived danger from the direction or speed of the hostile object.” www.ft.com/content/6803...
“Keir Starmer’s government fatally undermined an investigation into Chinese spying against politicians in Westminster to protect the UK’s commercial and diplomatic relations with Beijing despite concern that a hostile state had infiltrated the heart of British democracy.” www.ft.com/content/0aa1...
UK government undermined China spying probe to protect Beijing ties, say officials
Prosecution case collapsed after senior security advisers said they would not testify that China was an ‘enemy’
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October 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
“Keir Starmer’s government fatally undermined an investigation into Chinese spying against politicians in Westminster to protect the UK’s commercial and diplomatic relations with Beijing despite concern that a hostile state had infiltrated the heart of British democracy.” www.ft.com/content/0aa1...
“Ook moet er meer worden ingezet op robotisering en automatisering in sectoren zoals de landbouw. De SER vreest dat door de goedkope arbeidskrachten grote investeringen in robotiseren en automatisering minder aantrekkelijk zijn.” nos.nl/l/2584916
SER: overheid moet zich actief bezighouden met arbeidsmigranten
De Sociaal Economische Raad publiceerde vanmiddag hun advies over arbeidsmigratie.
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October 2, 2025 at 7:22 PM
“Ook moet er meer worden ingezet op robotisering en automatisering in sectoren zoals de landbouw. De SER vreest dat door de goedkope arbeidskrachten grote investeringen in robotiseren en automatisering minder aantrekkelijk zijn.” nos.nl/l/2584916
“It would take more than 70 years at recent growth rates for Madagascan living standards to catch up with those of Rwanda and Uganda, which are in the bottom half of African countries by gdp per person.” economist.com/middle-east-...
Why protests are sweeping Madagascar
Anti-government protests reflect profound frustration about poverty and corruption
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October 1, 2025 at 7:11 AM
“It would take more than 70 years at recent growth rates for Madagascan living standards to catch up with those of Rwanda and Uganda, which are in the bottom half of African countries by gdp per person.” economist.com/middle-east-...