Meloni stands by Trump outreach despite 'restraining order' jab, renews Ukraine aid pledge at NATO summit · Pollar

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Hormuz burns, Ankara fumes

Trump escalates Gulf war as NATO allies absorb oil shock and insults

War, weather and courts set the pace today. The Gulf crisis widened, Europe sweated through another dangerous heatwave, and French politics gained a campaign that may be decided as much by judges as voters.

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AI: capabilities, regulation, labour

The EU AI Office launched its first systemic-risk investigation, testing the AI Act's capability-based triggers, while new US export controls on AI chips are creating uneven access to compute within the EU.

Meloni stands by Trump outreach despite 'restraining order' jab, renews Ukraine aid pledge at NATO summit · Pollar