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Hungarian opposition ousts Viktor Orbán after 16 years in power | Hungary | The Guardian

Péter Magyar’s Tisza party wins election as prime minister concedes defeat, in result likely to reshape ties with EU

Planeloads of negotiators and too little time: US and Iran’s 21 hours of talks | US-Israel war on Iran | The Guardian

The two sides turned up to test one another’s resolve. It was probably unrealistic to expect a dispute that has taken up years of discussion to be settled in one marathon session

🔒 Eric Swalwell Suspends Campaign for California Governor After Sexual Assault Allegations - The New York Times

In a social media post, the representative said he was “deeply sorry for mistakes in judgment I’ve made in my past,” but promised to fight what he called “false allegations.”

Claude, Copilot, Codex

The AI code wars are heating up | The Verge

OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic are eating the software world alive.

Cursor, Claude Code, and Codex are merging into one AI coding stack nobody planned - The New Stack

Cursor, Claude Code, and OpenAI Codex are forming a composable AI coding stack with orchestration, execution, and review layers instead of consolidating into one tool.

Security Check-in Quick Hits: Copilot Stealth Attacks, BLACKWATER Ransomware Debut, AI Zero-Day Hunters, and Supply Chain Wake-Up Calls

Anthropic has quietly launched Project Glasswing—a private consortium that gives Apple, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, the Linux Foundation, Cisco, Nvidia, Broadcom, and more than 40 other major tech, finance, and critical-infrastructure players exclusive early access to its Claude Mythos Preview ...

Democracy (wtf)

How Trump's New Executive Order Turns the USPS into a Partisan Weapon Against Mail-In Voting and Democracy

Access to the ballot for all eligible voters is the lifeblood of democracy. For decades, pro-democracy groups have fought to make voting as seamless as possible.They have pushed for same-day registration, making Election Day a national holiday, and expanded mail-in voting.

To stop Australian democracy going the way of the US, here’s what we need to do

Australia is one of the world’s leading democracies, but we’re not immune from the pressures causing backsliding overseas.

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📜 History Fact

The Atlantic slave trade transported an estimated 12.5 million Africans to the Americas between the 16th and 19th centuries.

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