How AI drones are influencing the course of the Ukraine war – NPR

  1. How AI drones are influencing the course of the Ukraine war  NPR
  2. NATO's drone-predicting AI gives Ukrainian commanders a glimpse into Russia's next moves on the front line  Yahoo
  3. Opinion | The New Age of Mutually Assured Disruption  WSJ
  4. Meet Kolibri Advance—Ukraine’s FPV Drone That Uses AI to Find and Follow Targets  UNITED24 Media
  5. Forget the Terminator – the age of AI weaponry is already here  The New European
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Norwegian prime minister denies Putin lectured him and Finnish president on medieval Slavs during call – Meduza

  1. Norwegian prime minister denies Putin lectured him and Finnish president on medieval Slavs during call  Meduza
  2. Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, October 27, 2026  Institute for the Study of War
  3. ​Pragmatic or pointless? Europe’s rift over whether to pick up the phone to Putin  The Guardian
  4. Norway and Finland hold rare phone call with Putin: What that means  Al Jazeera
  5. Vladimir Putin lectures Nordic leaders on Russian history  Financial Times
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Hello Kitty company cuts ties with Japanese spy show after China outcry

Sanrio ends association with TV drama Vivant after China says portrayal of ruthless Chinese agents is ‘deliberate smear’

The company behind the successful Hello Kitty franchise has apologised and ended its commercial tie-up with a Japanese TV drama after Chinese state media and netizens condemned the show’s “deliberate smears” against China.

Sanrio, a Japanese firm whose characters are popular around the world, said in a post on the Chinese social media site Weibo that it had decided to end its association with the TV drama Vivant after concluding that it “contained elements inconsistent with Sanrio’s core values”.

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‘If you don’t stop, they’ll kill all of us’: Somali pirates are back with a vengeance – CNN

  1. ‘If you don’t stop, they’ll kill all of us’: Somali pirates are back with a vengeance  CNN
  2. The age of pirates isn't over: Modern-day Somali raiders are hijacking oil tankers, holding sailors hostage and demanding millions in ransom  The Economic Times
  3. Piracy at its lowest level since 1992, but attacks are on the rise again in Somalia  AdriaPorts
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Hello Kitty maker cuts ties with Japanese spy drama after China backlash – BBC

  1. Hello Kitty maker cuts ties with Japanese spy drama after China backlash  BBC
  2. How a Japanese Spy Drama Became the Target of China’s Anger  The New York Times
  3. Hello Kitty maker Sanrio cuts ties with TV spy show after China backlash  Reuters
  4. Turns Out, Even Children’s Toys Can Set Off International Outrage  Esquire
  5. Hello Kitty gets caught up in Japan-China spat  Financial Times
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El Salvador sends 2,000 troops to Haiti to rescue four missing soldiers – BBC

  1. El Salvador sends 2,000 troops to Haiti to rescue four missing soldiers  BBC
  2. El Salvador to send over 2,000 soldiers to Haiti for rescue while elections postponed  Reuters
  3. Haiti Postpones Elections as Gang Violence Runs Rampant  The New York Times
  4. Haiti announces new election dates as 2,000 Salvadoran troops help fight gangs  AP News
  5. El Salvador continues to deploy soldiers, equipment to Haiti as gangs threaten violence  Miami Herald
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Why is Egypt jumping into Houthi war? First, follow the money. – Responsible Statecraft

  1. Why is Egypt jumping into Houthi war? First, follow the money.  Responsible Statecraft
  2. Egypt approves military support for Saudi Arabia after Houthi attacks escalate  Reuters
  3. Egyptian parliament authorises military aid for Saudi Arabia  Al Jazeera
  4. Iran’s Houthi allies may have new enemy: Egypt  NewsNation
  5. Houthis: Egypt’s decision to give military support to Saudi Arabia is declaration of war  The Times of Israel
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Outcry after Call of Duty maker uses real footage of deadly Seoul crowd crush in new video game

Bereaved families have urged the publisher of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4 to remove a clip from the game that shows a figure performing CPR and bodies lying in the street

Bereaved families in South Korea have demanded that the makers of Call of Duty remove harrowing footage of the deadly 2022 Seoul crowd crush from the latest instalment of the video game.

The clips, which are seconds-long, appear in the opening moments of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 4, and are used to represent a scenario of civilian casualties during a fictional North Korean invasion.

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Brussels wants industry to ditch Chinese suppliers. Businesses are pushing back – South China Morning Post

  1. Brussels wants industry to ditch Chinese suppliers. Businesses are pushing back  South China Morning Post
  2. EU's push to reduce reliance on China could come at a price  Euronews.com
  3. EU diversification tool targets strategic dependencies ahead of leaders' summit - News and Statistics  IndexBox
  4. DiversifyEU: 15 member states back the proposed instrument  Table.Briefings
  5. EU business opposes plan to diversify supplies away from China — South China Morning Post  UA.NEWS
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Activists accuse Israeli settlers of assault in occupied West Bank – Al Jazeera

  1. Activists accuse Israeli settlers of assault in occupied West Bank  Al Jazeera
  2. Washington Post journalist says attack by Israeli West Bank settlers has only ‘strengthened’ her resolve  CNN
  3. Journalists attacked by settlers, detained by police after incident  Committee to Protect Journalists
  4. Israeli extremists attack peaceful Palestinians  The Ramapo News
  5. Armed Israeli settlers threaten West Bank families, attack journalists  The New Arab
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