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• World at Large: Pakistan bombs Kabul: Why are Afghanistan and Pakistan fighting?
  World Economic Forum president and CEO steps down after facing scrutiny over Epstein links
  
WORLD — BY COUNTRY
• United States: U.S. and Iran wrap up 'most intense' nuclear talks with no deal — more negotiations ahead
  Russia says Cuba situation is escalating after deadly incident with U.S.-tagged speedboat
  U.S. warns Iran's reluctance to discuss weapons is a 'big, big problem' as fresh talks begin
• China: Xi Purge Latest: China's Top Legislature Abruptly Sacks 9 Top Military Officials
  "All Necessary Measures": China Warns US Against New Tariffs
  
• Russia: Ukraine, Russia to pore over memoranda exchanged at talks — Foreign Ministry
  Russia, Ukraine to agree on date of new round of talks after memorandums are studied
  Households money with Russian banks plunge 1.4% in January -— Central Bank
• United Kingdom: UK Locks In Critical Minerals Deal With Kazakhstan To Cut Reliance On China
  Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to India with trade on his mind.
  Growing approval in UK for assisted dying
• India: Pakistan Launches Cross‑Border Airstrikes Into Afghanistan; Taliban Vows Response
  Can Supreme Court’s observations help reverse the declining protection for free speech in India?
  
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• Germany: Germany Greenlights First Major Suicide Drone Acquirement After Learning From Ukraine War
  Norwegian World Economic Forum head Borge Brende quits after Epstein links revealed
  
• Japan: Chinese influence operation targets Japan elections, and President Trump
  Japan sees interest payments doubling by 2029 as BOJ hikes rate
  
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• Canada: Canada sending $8M in food aid to Cuba as humanitarian crisis deepens
  Canada’s 2025 Foreign Investment Inflows Reach 18-Year High, Data Show
  
• Australia: Australians urged to consider leaving Israel and Lebanon, as diplomats' families offered evacuation from Middle East
  
  
• Venezuela: Venezuelan oil really available to Cuba again?
  
  
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• Israel: Israel delivers first autonomous submarine to Germany
  
  
• Continental Africa: Kenya arrests suspect in duping men to fight for Russia in Ukraine war
  
  

• White House:
  Top U.S. commander in the Middle East briefs President Trump on Iran military options
  President Trump Heralds America’s Golden Age in Historic State of the Union Address
  President Trump Champions Peace Through Strength: Renewed American Leadership and Global Security
• State Department:
  Secretary of State Rubio warns of Iran’s missile threat ahead of US-Iran talks
  JUST IN: Rubio Responds to Cuban Military Firing on US Vessel, Killing 4, Injuring 6 (VIDEO)
  
• Dept of War (DoW):
  Army orders $186 million in Switchblade kamikaze drones, tank killers
  HoloLens Enables Remote Joint Inspection of Cargo
  Hegseth Inducts Naval Aviator, Medal of Honor Recipient Into Pentagon Hall of Heroes
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• HHS:
  Trump Admin to Withhold $259M in Medicaid Funding to MN
  
  
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• House:
  US Legislator Alleged Harboring an Illegal Alien in His Office During Trump's State of Union Speech
  
  
• Supreme Court:
  President Trump's administration asks justices to allow it to remove protected status from Syrian nationals
  Justices send litigation about tainted baby food back to state court
  Justices reveal little about whether the deadline for removing cases to federal court can be excused

• France's Engie jumps 8% after $14 billion UK power grid deal; European markets rise
  President Trump's allies David and Larry Ellison win battle for Warner Bros. Discovery after Netflix bows out
  OpenAI Secures Record $110 Billion Funding Round Backed By Amazon, Nvidia, & SoftBank

• SOCOM on the hunt for ‘acoustic rainbow’ tech for silencing drones
  Humans May Have Used These Mysterious Symbols to Encode Information Tens of Thousands of Years Before the First Writing Systems
  
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• Data Broker Breaches Fueled Nearly $21 Billion in Identity-Theft Losses
  Anthropic refuses Pentagon’s new terms, standing firm on lethal autonomous weapons and mass surveillance
  US Army revamping its electronic warfare acquisition system
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