Can Europe go it alone on Russia sanctions?

Washington’s coercive economic diplomacy is undergoing massive change

Source: Financial Times

Jailed Kurdish leader issues call to lay down arms

Abdullah Ocalan had earlier met pro-Kurdish MPs on an island where he has been in jail since 1999.

Source: BBC

Google announces layoffs in its HR, cloud units as part of on-going cost cuts

The company has begun cutting from units in order to invest more in AI.

Source: CNBC

NordLayer set to release a new security-focused browser for the enterprise

How much of your work is done in your browser? And is that browser truly secure?

Source: ZDNet

Alarms raised over legitimacy of Fyre festival 2: ‘An event that does not exist’

Tourism and local officials in Mexico deny any knowledge of proposed follow-up to disastrous 2017 event

When tickets to the second Fyre festival went on sale this week, there …

Source: The Guardian

Trump tracker: the latest data on US trade, tariffs and economy

As the president threatens a trade war, follow the latest on tariffs and executive orders

Source: Financial Times

Afghanistan vs Australia – ICC Champions Trophy: Match time, points, teams

The teams meet in a virtual knockout with a semifinal spot on the line and their cricket boards at loggerheads.

Source: Al Jazeera

Iran’s government hits out at crypto again as currency freefalls

Iran appears poised to impose new levels of control and oversight into crypto amid deteriorating economic conditions.

Source: Al Jazeera

Russian chess grandmaster Boris Spassky dies aged 88

World champion will be remembered for the ‘match of the century’ against American Bobby Fischer in 1972

Soviet chess grandmaster Boris Spassky, who was famously defeated at the height of …

Source: The Guardian

Trump threatens to slap 25% tariffs on EU, says bloc was always meant to hurt the U.S.

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to impose 25% tariffs on imports from the European Union, claiming that the bloc was formed "to screw" the U.S.

Source: CNBC

Thursday Briefing

President Trump’s relationship with Europe.

Source: New York Times

Andrew Tate and brother, accused of trafficking, leave Romania for Florida

Romania allowed the travel after pressure from Trump officials, said a person familiar with the case. The brothers, vocal Trump supporters, were detained in 2022.

Source: Washington Post