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» GTCR’s $24bn reasons to be happy
18/04/25 00:00 from FT.com - World
Plus, US regulators’ antitrust fight with Big Tech continues and some ‘clearly unusual’ trades related to Trump family appointments

» The problem with wealth taxes
18/04/25 00:00 from FT.com - World
Taxing the rich is a tantalising prospect for the cash-strapped UK government — but imposing a levy that is both fair and effective is fraught with difficulty

» Raiffeisen halts sale of Russia unit amid US thaw
18/04/25 00:00 from FT.com - World
Western bank has faced pressure to quit, but exit has been complicated by court process

» Tariffs ignore the reality of global tech supply chains
18/04/25 00:00 from FT.com - World
Nvidia has become a symbol of the looming business nightmare unleashed by Donald Trump

» ‘A reliable, old-school Italian’ — Jay Rayner reviews Da Mario, Kensington
18/04/25 00:00 from FT.com - World
Where on earth can you go to eat before attending a show at the Royal Albert Hall?

» Ackman bets on a U-turn at Hertz
18/04/25 00:00 from FT.com - World
Tariffs on imported new cars may prop up the values of existing cars, such as those in Hertz’s fleet

» Number of UK consumers who stream sports illegally has gone ‘through the roof’, police say
18/04/25 00:00 from FT.com - World
Enforcement resources directed at gangs at the top rather than consumers who flout law

» Blue Whale fund dumps Meta and Microsoft stakes
18/04/25 00:00 from FT.com - World
Fund manager warns economic slowdown due to tariffs could hit Facebook owner’s revenues

» Tech industry fears Trump’s trade war will hamper US AI ‘dominance’
18/04/25 00:00 from FT.com - World
Tariffs and threat of new duties on chips and computing infrastructure could frustrate American ambitions to lead artificial intelligence race

» Axing arts quangos risks ‘liberty of thought’ says Serota
18/04/25 00:00 from FT.com - World
Chair of Arts Council England says arm’s-length funding of theatre, music and museums helps prevent politicisation

» Non-doms quit London private members’ clubs to avoid UK tax links
18/04/25 00:00 from FT.com - World
Lawyers advise wealthy clients that HMRC could use membership as evidence of strong ties to Britain

» Finding ‘cockroach stocks’ amid the economic mire
18/04/25 00:00 from FT.com - World
Tilt away from the US and superpower multinational tech companies

» Sparks fly in battle for Pakistan’s K-Electric as military presses for deal
18/04/25 00:00 from FT.com - World
Clash threatens to jeopardise Saudi stake, as authorities try to attract more Gulf investment

» Trump’s world of rival fortresses
18/04/25 00:00 from FT.com - World
In his vision of post-liberal global disorder, the weak should always surrender to the strong

» US senator meets man mistakenly deported to El Salvador
17/04/25 23:33 from BBC News - World
But Salvadoran President Bukele says Kilmar Ábrego García - who is at the centre of a US court battle - will stay in custody.

» Trump admin live updates: Judge blocks DOGE from sensitive Social Security records
17/04/25 23:24 from ABC News: ABCNews
Several of President Donald Trump's top Cabinet officials are in Paris on Thursday to engage with their European counterparts on how to end the Russia-Ukraine war.

» U.S. citizen dead after hijacking small plane in Belize
17/04/25 23:22 from World news
Authorities in Belize say a U.S. man hijacked a small plane, stabbed two passengers and a pilot, before one of the stabbed passengers fatally shot him. NBC News' Sam Brock explains.

» Five takeaways from Canada party leaders' big TV debate
17/04/25 22:53 from BBC News - World
There were two ghosts in the room during Canada's federal election debate - Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump.

» Maryland Sen. Van Hollen shares photo with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador
17/04/25 22:44 from ABC News: ABCNews
Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., shared a photo of his meeting with Kilmar Abrego Garcia in El Salvador on Thursday.

» US lays out plans to hit Chinese ships with port fees
17/04/25 22:40 from BBC News - World
The charges will start in 180 days and rise in the coming years.

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» Mounting Calls for Shin Bet Chief Ronen Bar’s Resignation Amid October 7 Failures and "Qatargate" Scandal
17/04/25 11:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
Michael_Novakhov shared this story from The Jewish Voice. (TJV NEWS) Pressure is intensifying on Shin Bet Director Ronen Bar as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and key government officials move to oust him following deepening allegatio...

» When the New York Times lost its way
15/04/25 17:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
Michael_Novakhov shared this story . By James Bennet A re we truly so precious?” Dean Baquet, the executive editor of the New York Times , asked me one Wednesday evening in June 2020. I was the editorial-page editor of the Times , and we...

» FBI analyst targeted in Kash Patel's book is placed on leave
15/04/25 09:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
Michael_Novakhov shared this story . The FBI has placed an analyst on leave whose name was on a list of alleged "deep state" actors in a book written by FBI Director Kash Patel, two people familiar with the matter told NBC News. This was...

» ISW calls Ukraine disabling over 20 Russian missiles with EW stations a turning point
14/04/25 18:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
Michael_Novakhov shared this story from Yahoo News - Latest News & Headlines. The disabling of over 20 missiles with the help of "active countermeasures by means of electronic warfare" may be a turning point in Ukraine’s electronic w...

» The Invisible War: Inside the electronic warfare arms race that could shape course of war in Ukraine
14/04/25 18:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
Michael_Novakhov shared this story from The Kyiv Independent. When Ukraine received Excalibur artillery shells in March 2022 from the U.S. shortly after the start of Russia’s full-scale invasion, it was immediately the military’s weapon ...

» Russia claims its deadly attack on Ukraine's Sumy targeted military forces as condemnation grows
14/04/25 16:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
Michael_Novakhov shared this story . BRUSSELS (AP) — Russia on Monday claimed its deadly missile attack on Ukraine’s Sumy that killed and wounded scores including children had targeted a gathering of Ukrainian troops, while European lead...

» Roman Rozhavsky Named Assistant Director of FBI Counterintelligence Division Following Decades of Operational Leadership - HS Today
14/04/25 09:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
Michael_Novakhov shared this story from HSToday. Roman Rozhavsky has officially taken the helm as Assistant Director of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division, bringing with him more than 18 years of deep operational experience, strategi...

» Why Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s Love Affair with the Ottoman Empire Should Worry The World
12/04/25 12:56 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
Michael_Novakhov shared this story . A t the end of August, Turkey’s president Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrated the Islamic New Year with aplomb. Fresh off his conversion of the monumental Haghia Sophia to a mosque , he converted another ...

» Antalya Forum Reveals Türkiye’s Evolving Diplomacy
12/04/25 12:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
Michael_Novakhov shared this story . 2024-03-23 1026 view Introduction The Antalya Diplomacy Forum is a major platform for Türkiye’s efforts to strengthen its diplomatic influence. It plays an important role in strengthening Turkish dipl...

» Disgraced ex-Congressman Weiner receives campaign donation from unexpected New Yorker in new race
10/04/25 11:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
Michael_Novakhov shared this story . FIRST ON FOX: Former Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner received surprising donations to his campaign for City Council of New York City from ex-wife Huma Abedin and her sister, Heba Abedin, despite his ex...

» The mysterious novelist who foresaw Putin’s Russia – and then came to symbolise its moral decay
08/04/25 16:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
Michael_Novakhov shared this story from The Guardian. F iction has a habit of coming to life in Russia. On the evening of 2 April 2023, the military blogger Vladlen Tatarsky appeared at an event in St Petersburg organised by Cyber Front ...

» Russia and Iran: The Limits of Strategic Partnership in the Face of Conflict - Robert Lansing Institute
08/04/25 14:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
Michael_Novakhov shared this story from Robert Lansing Institute. While Russia and Iran have deepened cooperation in recent years—especially through military-technical exchanges and shared opposition to Western influence—the Kremlin has ...

» Kash Patel's surprising appointment of a top J6 inquisitor to head DC FBI office
08/04/25 12:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
Michael_Novakhov shared this story from Blaze Media. The surprise appointment of a hard-line critic of Jan. 6 protesters to lead the FBI’s Washington Field Office has set the conservative political world ablaze and put new FBI Director K...

» Book Review: 'Make Sure You Die Screaming' is an absurd road trip novel for modern times
08/04/25 10:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
Michael_Novakhov shared this story . If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em on a multi-day, drunk-driving road trip in middle-class middle of America to find their missing father with a garbage goth girl named Yivi whom they met two weeks ago i...

» Azerbaijan: Arbitrary arrest of Bashir Suleymanli and Mammad Alpay
07/04/25 12:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
Michael_Novakhov shared this story from Fédération internationale pour les droits humains.

» Elon Musk may step back from government role after turbulent run at DOGE
06/04/25 03:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
Michael_Novakhov shared this story . DOGE’s days appear to be numbered. Elon Musk recently suggested that he will be done with his work in the near future. President Donald Trump told reporters this week that “at some point, he’s going t...

» 'Game Changer' In Ukraine War, ATACMS Era Coming To An End As U.S Army To Get Next-Gen Precision Strike Missiles
05/04/25 14:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
Michael_Novakhov shared this story from EURASIAN TIMES. Lockheed Martin has secured a contract worth up to US$4.94 billion from the U.S. Army to produce Precision Strike Missiles (PrSM), which are set to replace the Army Tactical Missile...

» Sean 'Diddy' Combs charged with five new criminal counts weeks before sex trafficking trial
05/04/25 12:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
Michael_Novakhov shared this story from Entertainment – Metro. Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has been charged with a new federal indictment weeks before his trial is due to start. The US rapper was hit with five new criminal counts, including racke...

» Declassified: Trump To Release FBI’s Russia Probe Documents | CNN Politics
04/04/25 10:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
Michael_Novakhov shared this story . CNN  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday declassified a host of materials from the FBI’s 2016 investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia, the latest instance of Trump using the power of his off...

» CIA lays off some recently hired officers as Trump shakes up intelligence community
04/04/25 10:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
Michael_Novakhov shared this story . WASHINGTON (AP) — The Central Intelligence Agency will fire an unreleased number of junior officers as President Donald Trump’s efforts to downsize and reshape the federal government reverberate throu...

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» Trump vs universities – podcast
18/04/25 01:00 from Global: Audio | theguardian.com
This week, Harvard University, the oldest and wealthiest in the US, defied Donald Trump a list of demands. The Trump administration responded by freezing $2.2bn in federal funding for the Ivy League school. This week, Jonathan Freedland ...

» Kahane’s ghost: how a long-dead extremist rabbi continues to haunt Israel’s politics – podcast
18/04/25 01:00 from Global: Audio | theguardian.com
A violent fanatic and pioneer in bigotry, Meir Kahane died a political outcast 35 years ago. Today, his ideas influence the very highest levels of government By Joshua Leifer. Read by Kerry Shale Continue reading...

» Is the gym gen Z’s pub? – podcast
17/04/25 23:00 from Global: Audio | theguardian.com
While generation Z are making gains at the gym, are they losing out on connection? Gym membership in the UK is more popular than ever – and generation Z are a key demographic boosting the numbers . Gen Z are also drinking less than previ...

» Trump and Meloni talk up chances of US trade deal with Europe
17/04/25 21:46 from Global News
US President Donald Trump says he's 100% sure that he'll strike a trade deal with the European Union, after hosting the Italian PM Giorgia Meloni in Washington. Also: Rico the sloth gets surgery to cure toothache.

» Trump attacks Fed boss for not cutting interest rates
17/04/25 18:06 from Newshour
President Trump has attacked the head of the US Central Bank Jerome Powell for refusing to cut interest rates, saying he should be terminated from his position. We speak to economists for and against sacking the president's latest critic...

» Back to Back Barries: is it all over for the Coalition?
17/04/25 12:00 from Global: Audio | theguardian.com
Just over halfway into the election campaign, Australians have now heard from both major parties on their solutions to the housing crisis. But with the flooding of media messaging, are voters able to tell the difference in what’s being o...

» US and Europe discuss ending Ukraine war
17/04/25 11:21 from Global News
US and Ukrainian officials discuss ending the Ukraine war with European allies in Paris. Also: Russia has seized thousands of homes in occupied Ukraine, and scientists find promising signs of life on a distant planet

» US holds talks on Ukraine with European allies
17/04/25 11:09 from Newshour
Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff and top diplomat Marco Rubio hold talks with European counterparts in Paris. Will Washington take a tougher line with Moscow? Also on the programme: Palestinian officials in Gaza say Israeli air...

» Awesome Arsenal silence Madrid and set up PSG semi: Football Weekly Extra - podcast
17/04/25 08:07 from Global: Audio | theguardian.com
Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Nicky Bandini and Philippe Auclair as Arsenal win 2-1 in Madrid to knock the holders out of the Champions League Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts , Soundcloud , Audioboom , Mixcloud , Acas...

» Anthony Albanese on Trump, Gaza and Dutton - podcast
17/04/25 07:36 from Global: Audio | theguardian.com
With two weeks to go until polling day, the prime minister speaks to Full Story. In this wide-ranging interview, political reporter Josh Butler and Full Story co-host Nour Haydar ask Anthony Albanese about the global upheaval caused by D...

» RFK Jr’s mixed messages on vaccines - podcast
17/04/25 06:54 from Global: Audio | theguardian.com
As a measles outbreak expands across the US, comments by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr have come under scrutiny. Kennedy has said that the best way to prevent measles is to get vaccinated – but he has also caused alarm among paedi...

» How RFK Jr’s mixed messages on vaccines are impacting scientific research – podcast
17/04/25 01:00 from Global: Audio | theguardian.com
As a measles outbreak expands across the US, comments by health secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr have come under scrutiny. Kennedy has said that the best way to prevent measles is to get vaccinated – but he has also caused alarm among paedi...

» What’s next for British Steel? – Politics Weekly UK
17/04/25 01:00 from Global: Audio | theguardian.com
The future of the steelworks in Scunthorpe has been hanging in the balance after the government stepped in to try and save it from collapse. So what happens next for the UK steel industry and the people of Scunthorpe? And why does it mat...

» Trump’s trade war: the view from China – podcast
16/04/25 23:00 from Global: Audio | theguardian.com
As the Washington-Beijing trade war grows deeper, who will blink first? Amy Hawkins reports After a fortnight in which Donald Trump’s “liberation day” tariffs evolved into an escalating trade war with China, a sense of defiant nationalis...

» Judge says US government could be in contempt over deportation flights
16/04/25 22:00 from Global News
The Trump administration is accused of "wilful disregard" of a ruling blocking the deportation of alleged gang members to El Salvador. Also: new speed climbing record set in the Swiss Alps.

» US judge rules he could hold Trump administration in contempt
16/04/25 18:07 from Newshour
A US judge has ruled there is "probable cause" to find the Trump administration in contempt of court, after it violated an order against deporting Venezuelan migrants under an obscure wartime law. Judge James Boasberg said the government...

» Beijing admits feeling pressure of US trade war
16/04/25 13:11 from Newshour
Just weeks into a vicious trade war between the world's two largest economies, Beijing admits it's feeling the pressure; we look at China’s strategy moving forward. Also in the programme: we report from newly uncovered secret prisons in ...

» Why Labor and the Coalition's housing policies could make the crisis worse - podcast
16/04/25 12:00 from Global: Audio | theguardian.com
For many Australians, home ownership is a dream that keeps getting further and further away. Over the weekend, Labor and the Coalition announced policies they say will help more people buy their first home. But will these plans only driv...

» UK's top court rules on definition of woman
16/04/25 11:49 from Global News
In a landmark ruling, the UK Supreme Court says the legal definition of a woman refers to biological sex. Also: BBC gets rare access to a torture cell in Bangladesh, and the unexpected popularity of a slow TV moose show.

» Aston Villa fall short of heroic comeback against PSG – Football Weekly
16/04/25 08:03 from Global: Audio | theguardian.com
Max Rushden is joined by Barry Glendenning, Mark Langdon and Lars Sivertsen as Aston Villa go out swinging in the Champions League Rate, review, share on Apple Podcasts , Soundcloud , Audioboom , Mixcloud , Acast and Stitcher , and join ...

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