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  • May 27

    North Korea Tests New AI-Guided Cruise Missiles and Battlefield Nuclear Warheads in Eighth Launch of 2026

    North Korea confirmed it tested a new lightweight multi-purpose missile launcher and AI-guided cruise missiles on Tuesday, marking its first launch in 37 days and the eighth this year as Kim Jong Un pushes to modernize his frontline forces.

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Hormuz shut, Toronto choked

Washington widens Iran campaign as Kyiv reshuffles and smoky cities confront heat

The day’s main stories share a hard edge: governments are taking bigger risks and asking citizens to trust them. War widened in the Gulf, Ukraine changed hands at the top of its defence ministry, and smoke turned North American summer into a public-health warning.

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  • Russia says Zaporizhzhia engineer killed

    IAEA condemns drone strike that killed a chief engineer at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant, as Kyiv denies responsibility for the attack.

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China and the West: decoupling

The US adjusted its AI chip export policy to China, while China signaled a limited opening for specific AI chip imports, and the EU prepared additional duties on Chinese plug-in hybrid vehicles.

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