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NATO's Rutte tells allies Trump wants Hormuz pledges within days, diplomats say | Reuters

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte has told European governments that U.S. President Donald Trump wants concrete commitments within days to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, diplomats said on Thursday, as the alliance faces U.S. threats to leave.

Israel's attacks devastate Beirut and threaten U.S.-Iran ceasefire

Israel's intense bombardment left Beirut to confront new devastation Thursday as the U.S. ally's assault on Lebanon imperiled the fragile ceasefire with Iran.

Democrats talk about removing Trump from office after Iran threats | AP News

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Claude, Copilot, Codex

AI Coding Agent Security: Practical Guardrails for Claude Code, Copilot, and Codex - DEV Community

You gave your AI agent access to your codebase. Cool. Did you also give it access to...

Techbuzz

Anthropic has found success in ... embraced Claude for code generation and debugging tasks. OpenAI's response suggests the company sees this market as too valuable to cede. ... Codex itself has an interesting history within OpenAI's product lineup. Originally powering GitHub Copilot through a ...

OpenAI Codex Explained

GitHub Copilot is primarily an in-editor completion tool. Codex operates as an autonomous agent that compiles, tests, and submits code without staying inside an IDE. The comparison is closer between Codex and tools like Claude Code or Cursor. The AI-assisted coding market reached $7.37 billion ...

Democracy (wtf)

President Of Burkina Faso Says ‘Forget Democracy’ — 5 Signals of a Harder Break With Elections - El-Balad.com

Burkina Faso’s president of burkina faso is not just rejecting elections; he is recasting the country’s political future as something that does not need them. In a televised interview, Capt Ibrahim Traoré said democracy “kills” and told people to “forget” it, a line that marks ...

Democracy stabilizes globally after eight years of decline, EIU says

According to the Economist Intelligence Unit, among the 167 countries and territories covered, almost three quarters either improved from 2024 to 2025 or remained unchanged.

Kettering Foundation announces 15 new Dayton Democracy Fellows from area leaders | Local | daytondailynews.com

The Charles F. Kettering Foundation has announced that it is appointing 15 community members from the greater Dayton area to serve as Kettering Foundation Dayton Democracy Fellows.

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The construction of the Taj Mahal in Agra was completed in 1653 by Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan as a mausoleum for his wife Mumtaz Mahal.

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