Sam Altman says OpenAI shares Anthropic’s red lines in Pentagon fight

(Maria Curi, Dave Lawler - Axios) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote in a memo to staff that he will draw the same red lines that sparked a high-stakes fight between rival Anthropic and the...

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Afghanistan - Pakistan  (Hafsa Khalil - BBC) Pakistan's defence minister has said the country is in "open war" with Afghanistan, after Islamabad launched airstrikes on...

Trump wonders why Iran hasn’t ‘capitulated’. There are lots of reasons

(Abbas Al Lawati, Nadeen Ebrahim - CNN) “Curious to know why we do not capitulate? Because we are IRANIAN,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi...

Pakistan’s defense minister says latest clashes with Taliban mean ‘open war.’ What’s happening?

(Sophia Saifi, Masoud Popalzai and Rhea Mogul - CNN) Afghanistan and Pakistan are fighting again, trading deadly shelling and mortar fire across their rugged...
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OpenAI secures $110B funding round, announces Amazon partnership

(Pete Gannon, Dan Primack - Axios) OpenAI on Friday said it's secured $110 billion in new funding from Amazon,...

Bill Clinton plunges into historic Epstein deposition

(Kate Santaliz - Axios) Former President Bill Clinton testified under oath that he had no knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's...

Trump-MAHA split complicates midterm agenda

(Caitlin Owens - Axios) The Trump administration's 2026 health care agenda is shaping up to look pretty different from last year's — and that's...

UN agency reports ‘unprecedented’ death toll on Mediterranean migration route

(Hanne Cokelaere - Politico) The start of this year has been the deadliest on record for migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea, according to a...

Privacy-Enhancing Technologies in the Crypto Industry

(Allison Owen - RUSI) An Insights Paper examines the need to balance compliance objectives with the growing role of privacy-enhancing technologies (PETs) in the...

Global AI data center boom hits delays

(Amy Harder - Axios) As many as half of the world's data center projects slated to come online this year could face delays, according...

Newsom backs social media restrictions for teens under 16

(Tyler Katzenberger and Christine Mui - Politico) California Gov. Gavin Newsom stepped into the fight over age limits on social media Thursday, saying he...

US says EU ambition to cut reliance on American gas is ‘unfortunate’

(Elena Giordano - Politico) Donald Trump's energy chief slammed his EU counterpart Thursday over suggestions Europe should reduce its dependence on American liquefied natural...

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Worlds In Brief (27/28 February 2026)

Afghanistan - Pakistan  (Hafsa Khalil - BBC) Pakistan's defence minister has said the country is in "open war" with Afghanistan, after Islamabad launched airstrikes on...

Trump wonders why Iran hasn’t ‘capitulated’. There are lots of reasons

(Abbas Al Lawati, Nadeen Ebrahim - CNN) “Curious to know why we do not capitulate? Because we are IRANIAN,” Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi...

Pakistan’s defense minister says latest clashes with Taliban mean ‘open war.’ What’s happening?

(Sophia Saifi, Masoud Popalzai and Rhea Mogul - CNN) Afghanistan and Pakistan are fighting again, trading deadly shelling and mortar fire across their rugged...

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Twenty-five years on, advancing the Women, Peace, and Security agenda is more urgent than ever (Melanne Verveer and Ana Lejava – Atlantic Council)

Twenty-five years ago today, the United Nations (UN) Security Council, under the chairmanship of Namibia, unanimously adopted Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace, and Security—a...

In landmark Syria elections, women still face electoral hurdles (Marie Forestier – Atlantic Council)

Syrians are about to complete a new and important step of the country’s transition after the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad’s regime last year: the...

Afghanistan quake: Rescuers dodge dangers, women and girls face disaster, warns UN (UN News)

Women and girls still reeling from Afghanistan's deadly earthquake face even greater suffering rebuilding their lives and livelihoods – with little help to hand,...

Afghanistan: Ban on secondary education for girls marks four long years (UN News)

For millions of girls in Afghanistan, it has been four long years since the ban on secondary education came into force, one of many...

Leadership of women crucial to UN’s reinvention at 80, says former Assembly President (UN News)

Since the creation of the United Nations 80 years ago, only four women have served as President of the General Assembly, where all 193...

The missing half: The urgent need for more women’s representation in the media (UN News)

Women make up half of the world’s population but receive only 26 per cent of media coverage, according to the latest UN-backed Global Media...

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Sam Altman says OpenAI shares Anthropic’s red lines in Pentagon fight

(Maria Curi, Dave Lawler - Axios) OpenAI CEO Sam Altman wrote in a memo to staff that he will draw the same red lines...

The AI influence network’s power players

(Ashley Gold - Axios) Millions of dollars are pouring into state and federal races specifically around AI, targeting and supporting lawmakers in both parties....

Cyber (In)Security and Surveillance (27 February 2026)

North Korea's APT37 Expands Toolkit to Breach Air-Gapped Networks (Kevin Poireault - Infosecurity Magazine) A cyber espionage group linked to North Korea has been observed...

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