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Midterms meltdown

4 November5 min read

Tired of all the winning, President Trump has now pivoted to losing. And losing bigly, might we add.

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  1. 01

    ITALY

    Plane bomb hoax.

    Authorities have diverted, inspected, and even scrambled fighter jets to escort at least seven flights across Italy, Poland, Bulgaria, and Spain (plus an Israel-bound cruise ship in Greece) following a coordinated wave of bomb threats later confirmed to be hoaxes. (Reuters)

  2. 02

    INDONESIA

    Suspected treason?

    President Prabowo Subianto has sacked his chief of staff and former police chief for what advisors warn could amount to treason, a day after he was arrested alongside two top cops for allegedly wiretapping the president, senior officials, journalists, and others. (Malay Mail)

  3. 03

    CANADA

    Canopy strategy.

    The EU’s von der Leyen and Canada’s Carney have used their Montreal summit to launch a new ‘Alliance for the Future’, billed as a “protective canopy” against the raging geopolitical winds out there. (Guardian)

  4. 04

    SOUTH KOREA

    Oops.

    A foreign ministry employee has accidentally uploaded passport details for President Lee and dozens more senior officials to a malware-scanning platform, unwittingly granting access to global security researchers (and potentially adversaries). (Korea Joongang Daily)

  5. 05

    CHINA

    Nvidia caps.

    US-based AI chips pioneer Nvidia has apparently told (verbally) its data centre partners to reduce their China exposure, mandating that at least 51% of their revenue must now come from clients outside China. (FT $)

  6. 06

    ISRAEL

    Tapering off.

    President Trump says he’s reached a deal with Israel’s Netanyahu to wind down $4B in annual military aid to Israel by the end of the year. The aid is part of an Obama-era agreement that wasn’t due to expire until 2028. Israeli officials haven’t yet commented. (CNN)

  7. 07

    SYRIA

    Refinery plot.

    Syrian intelligence says it’s foiled a Hezbollah-linked plot to bomb the Homs oil refinery, arresting two suspects and seizing explosives. (Al Jazeera)

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