France’s “absolute priority” was the fight against the Islamic State (IS) group, French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot told his Syrian counterpart during his visit to Damascus Thursday. The visit came weeks after Syrian government forces seized con…
As West goes after Russia’s oil fleet, Moscow fears for its war funding – The Washington Post
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UK PM Starmer apologises to Epstein victims for appointing Mandelson
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T20 World Cup: India will travel to Colombo despite Pakistan boycott
India will send team for February 15 game against Pakistan despite boycott by confirmation.
Iran seizes 2 foreign oil tankers in Persian Gulf, state media says
Iranian state television says the Revolutionary Guard’s navy has seized two foreign oil tankers in the Persian Gulf Thursday, claiming the tankers had been smuggling fuel.
Senator expresses ‘deep concern’ about CIA activity in cryptic letter
It’s not clear what activities — whether at home or abroad — the senator was referring to
Mass weddings on the rise in Pakistan as poverty soars
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New kingpin driving the VLCC market as global fleet supply dries up
Shadow fleet hunger sees mainstream fleet shrink as South Korean owner buys in
AI interpretability startup Goodfire raised a $150M Series B at a $1.25B valuation, taking its total funding to $209M, and is working on retraining AI models (Rebecca Torrence/Bloomberg)
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AI interpretability startup Goodfire raised a $150M Series B at a $1.25B valuation, taking its total funding to $209M, and is working on retraining AI models — A growing cadre of multibillion-dollar sta…
China plans massive flying aircraft carrier with hypersonic missiles
Ambitious air and space defence system known as Nantianmen, featuring the Luanniao flying carrier that would be larger than any warship on Earth