German security authorities are rushing to ensure sensitive information is kept safe in the event that the country’s far-right party takes government control for the first time in an eastern region later this year
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Uniqlo's lower priced sibling brand GU is betting a former luxury fashion designer can help turn $18 jeans into global success
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China warned its flood-control situation remains “severe and complex” as the country’s main rain belt shifted south again, prompting authorities to step up disaster preparedness.
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe:

The Chinese steal the technology, they replicate it, the state subsidizes it, and that's their model of success.

They are very good at it.
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe:

Right now, Russia occupies 20% of Ukraine. When I came in as CIA Director 18 months ago, Russia occupied 19% of Ukraine.

The pace of their advance has stopped because Ukraine's mastery of drone warfare and asymmetric warfare is such a great equalizer.
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe:

Average life expectancy of a Russian recruit arriving on the battlefield in Ukraine now is estimated to be between 20 and 30 minutes.

That's because AI-powered drones have become specialized, low-cost killing machines.
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe:

If China gets a technological advantage over us, that's a real problem.

We can't let that happen.
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CIA Director John Ratcliffe:

China is the second-largest economy in the world. Russia's economy is about the size of my home state, Texas.

Russia has to choose where they are gonna compete, but China competes with us across the board.
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German authorities are investigating how a train door came to open mid-journey, leading to a security guard falling out
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member of Iran's Expediency Council said Iran was attacking ships in the Omani section of the Strait of Hormuz because its enemies were transporting military equipment through Omani waters that threatened Iran's national security
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We attack ships in the Omani section of the Strait of Hormuz because the enemy transports its military equipment through that route and via Omani waters to endanger our national security," Hossein Mozaffar said.
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Mozaffar also said Iran was facing a "deceitful and treacherous enemy" that had abandoned negotiations and said Tehran should adhere to the conditions set by Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei.
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Bahrain's Interior Ministry said on Saturday air raid sirens had been sounded and urged citizens and residents to remain calm and head to the nearest safe place.
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Spain’s Deoleo, the world’s largest olive oil company, says a period of unprecedented volatility has unequivocally given way to more stable market conditions, citing an unlikely catalyst in helping to lift U.S. sales
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday they carried out a simultaneous missile and drone attack on fighter shelters and a large aircraft parking apron at a US base in Azraq, Jordan, destroying at least two fighter jets and three other US aircraft and damaging several others.
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Hungary’s $20 billion electric-vehicle industry, which long enjoyed the protection of ex-premier Viktor Orban, is facing a reckoning as the country’s new leadership cracks down on environmental violations and looks to raises taxes.
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Ukraine's farms grew some 60 million metric tons of grain this year, enough to help feed hundreds of millions of people abroad. Yet along the country's own front line, 700,000 Ukrainians depend for their next meal on U.N. convoys that barely stop moving.
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Japan maglev project clears hurdle for construction of key section
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Weekend markets update:
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#NASDAQ 28540 -0.17%
#FTSE 10565 -0.09%
#HANGSENG 24570 -0.10%
#EURUSD 11434 -0.04%
#GOLD 4015 -0.09%
#SILVER 5590 -0.13%
#USOIL 8216 +0.34%
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Cancer society applauds certification of class-action against e-cigarette maker JUUL
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Zelensky: Ukraine strikes logistical and oil facilities in Russia
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