Europe and Africa soak up container capacity as US and Middle East trades slide
Impact of Gulf crisis and US tariffs on container trade is hitting home
Day: June 3, 2026
The Population Bust
A revealing global journey into declining birth rates, ageing societies, and their far-reaching impact.
Russia’s FSB Says Foreign Spies Infected Officials’ Phones With Malware
Russia’s FSB claims foreign intelligence planted malware on senior officials’ phones to intercept calls and activate cameras. No technical evidence, no country named. On June 2, 2026, Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB) published a statement claiming it had uncovered and documented a large-scale foreign intelligence operation targeting the mobile devices of senior Russian officials. The […]
Meta launches Meta Business Agent globally on WhatsApp and Instagram DMs, after a two-year pilot of the customer support AI bot in India, Mexico, and others (Ivan Mehta/TechCrunch)
Ivan Mehta / TechCrunch:
Meta launches Meta Business Agent globally on WhatsApp and Instagram DMs, after a two-year pilot of the customer support AI bot in India, Mexico, and others — For years, WhatsApp has been a communication lay…
EBRD Dials Down Kyrgyz GDP Forecast Over Sanctions Worries
While still growing, Kyrgyzstan’s GDP may slow due to increasing weight of sanctions.
Trump confirms calling Netanyahu ‘f****** crazy’ in telephone row over Lebanon strikes
The comments provide a rare public glimpse into tensions between the two leaders, who have long presented a united front despite occasional disagreements behind closed doors.
Trump says ‘there would be no Israel’ if not for him after clash with Netanyahu
Trump also hit back at claims he only started the war with Iran because he was “tricked” into the conflict by the Israeli prime minister
Israel and Hezbollah exchange fire amid new talks in Washington
Lebanon said Israeli strikes on June 3 killed at least nine people in the country’s south, while the Israeli army says it has intercepted a “hostile aircraft” in its northern regions. This comes as a new round of talks is to be held in Washington. FRA…
Autonomous AI Tool Finds 2-Year-Old RCE Flaw in Redis (CVE-2026-23479)
Redis has patched a use-after-free in its blocking-client code that lets an authenticated user run arbitrary OS commands on the machine hosting the database. The flaw was found by an autonomous AI tool built to hunt bugs in large codebases.
Tracked a…
Google sold $35B in stock in its equity raise this week, up from its planned $30B and taking its total funding to $85B; a source says it contacted 75 investors (Katherine Blunt/Wall Street Journal)
Katherine Blunt / Wall Street Journal:
Google sold $35B in stock in its equity raise this week, up from its planned $30B and taking its total funding to $85B; a source says it contacted 75 investors — $35 billion — …