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UK Prime Minister Starmer Reopens Bid to Join EU Defence Fund After Brussels Declines

Keir Starmer has relaunched efforts to secure UK access to the European Defence Fund after an initial refusal, framing the move as part of a broader push for practical defence cooperation while balancing wider strategic relationships and domestic industrial interests. The effort tests whether Brussels will offer tightly conditional arrangements that protect EU rules and technology controls or whether London will shift toward bespoke bilateral programmes to preserve capability links.

Singapore: GIC and Mubadala to Join KKR in About $10 Billion STT Transaction

Iran: Khamenei warns a US strike would ignite a regional war

Hong Kong Aims to Be the Global Conduit for Crypto and AI

Regulatory Chokehold Threatens Lab-Grown Meat Rollout in the US and Europe

Warren Demands Investigation After UAE Intelligence Chief’s Secret Stake in Trump-Linked Crypto Firm

Sen. Elizabeth Warren has called for congressional hearings after reporting that an entity tied to the UAE national security adviser covertly acquired a 49% stake in World Liberty Financial for $500 million, with roughly $187 million paid immediately to Trump-associated accounts. The deal — which involved buyer executives linked to G42 taking board roles and whose affiliates later used World Liberty’s stablecoin to move about $2 billion to Binance — coincided with U.S. approvals to export advanced AI chips to the UAE and has renewed national-security and foreign-influence concerns.

Drone strike on miners' bus in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk kills 15

U.S. Researchers Build a Thermal Diode to Force Heat Out of Phones and EVs

US economist: AI-driven investment is inflating consumption that wages don’t support