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Briefing: Trump to Congress: End DHS shutdown or face 'very drastic measures'

Strategic angle: Lawmakers are stalled on funding the Department of Homeland Security as airport delays mount.

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Briefing: Spanish woman to die by euthanasia after long legal battle with father

Strategic angle: The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled in Noelia Castillo's favour earlier this week.

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Briefing: Florida Can’t Explain Its Own License Plate Frame Law, So A Federal Court Will

Strategic angle: Drivers risk jail over license plate frames under a new Florida law now facing a constitutional challenge.

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Briefing: Trump has deployed ICE agents to the nation's airports. What's their role?

Strategic angle: The president says ICE agents are being stationed at airports to help reduce long wait times. Here's a look at what they're authorized to do.

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Briefing: Winding down or spinning out of control? Trump's mixed signals on Iran rattle traditional allies

Strategic angle: As G-Seven foreign ministers root for the offramp in the Iran war, François Picard’s panel weighs the damage done to the region, to the world economy and to transatlantic trust.

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Briefing: Sens' Chabot (broken arm) could miss 2 months

Strategic angle: Senators defenseman Thomas Chabot will miss up to two months with a broken arm, coach Travis Green announced on Thursday.

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Briefing: Waymo Has Doubled Its Weekly Ridership In Under A Year

Strategic angle: Waymo said on Thursday that it is handling 500,000 driverless rides per week across the U.S.

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Briefing: We Need To Escape Our Family Hauler For Something Bigger! What Car Do We Buy?

Strategic angle: Jesse wants to help his wife replace her old Ford Escape. She needs something bigger with three rows. With a budget up to $50,000, what car should she buy?

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Briefing: Programmable superconducting diode can flow on command

Strategic angle: A team of researchers led by the University of Pittsburgh demonstrated a programmable superconducting diode at the LaAlO3/KTaO3 interface.

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Briefing: Moscow’s mobile internet restored as Saint Petersburg goes offline

Strategic angle: Restrictions lifted in Moscow while St Petersburg faces ongoing outages amid security concerns.

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Briefing: Rare sperm whale birth and coordinated caregiving revealed by drone footage and underwater audio

Strategic angle: Project CETI publishes groundbreaking studies on sperm whale births and cooperative caregiving.

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Briefing: Luft Toyko Showcases Porsche Love In A Stunning Setting

Strategic angle: A retired stretch of Tokyo expressway proved the perfect backdrop for peering at pristine parked Porsches.

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Briefing: Rationing power and diluting petrol - how African countries are coping with effects of Iran war

Strategic angle: The disruption in oil supplies has caused shortages and concerns in several African countries.

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Briefing: DOJ admits ICE courthouse arrests relied on erroneous information

Strategic angle: Hundreds of immigrants have been arrested at immigration courthouses, raising questions about the validity of these actions.

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Briefing: Spain's parliament approves €5 billion package to curb impact of war in Iran

Strategic angle: The European Union's fourth-largest economy responds to the ongoing conflict with a significant financial package.

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Briefing: Iran’s hardline new leaders take control

Strategic angle: US-Israeli assassinations have left a regime that looks more hawkish at home and abroad

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Briefing: EU accuses four porn sites of allowing children access adult content

Strategic angle: The European Commission has found that Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX, and XVideos violated children's rights under the Digital Services Act.

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Briefing: Xbox’s latest games showcase had Hades 2, The Expanse, and Bluey

Strategic angle: Amidst leadership changes, Microsoft reveals exciting new titles for Xbox.

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Briefing: Iran and Ukraine wars 'very much interlinked' by Russia, Kallas warns

Strategic angle: "We can't forget about Ukraine," High Representative Kaja Kallas has said as the war in the Middle East leads the geopolitical agenda at G7 meeting.

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Briefing: Sexual violence 'form of warfare' in Sudan war, UN representative says

Strategic angle: Sexual violence is being used as a weapon of war in Sudan, with women and girls bearing the brunt amid mass displacement and scarce health services.