Issue 2026-02-11
Stories
- Trump Floats Second Carrier Deployment After Oman Nuclear Talks Stall
- Israeli Security Cabinet Scraps Jordan-era Land Law, Tightens Administrative Grip on West Bank
- LDP Secures 316-Seat Super-Majority; Opposition Slumps to Record 49 in 2026 Japan Snap Election
- Alphabet Floats £1 Billion Century Bond Amid $32 Billion, Three-Currency AI Funding Blitz
- Paramount Adds “Ticking Fee” and Break-Up-Fee Coverage to $30-a-Share Cash Bid for Warner Bros. Discovery
- Bithumb's 620,000-Bitcoin Misfire Triggers Korean Regulatory Scrutiny
- Russia Begins Nationwide Throttling of Telegram to Funnel Users to State-Run ‘Max’ App
- India Slashes AI Deepfake Takedown Window to 3 Hours, Mandates Irremovable Labels
- Discord Rolls Out Global ‘Teen-By-Default’ Age Verification for March 2026
At a Glance
- In a Feb 10 Axios interview, President Trump warned he may dispatch a second U.S. aircraft-carrier strike group to th...
- On 9 Feb 2026, Netanyahu’s five-member security cabinet adopted regulations that let any Israeli buy West Bank land a...
- Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s snap poll vaulted the Liberal Democratic Party from 198 to 316 seats on 8 Feb 2026, g...
- In less than 24 hours on 9-10 Feb 2026, Alphabet sold about $32 billion in dollar, sterling and Swiss-franc bonds—inc...
- On 10 Feb 2026 Paramount amended its hostile $30/share all-cash tender for WBD by promising a 25-cent quarterly ‘tick...
- On 6 Feb 2026, a payout typo at Bithumb credited 695 users with 620,000 BTC—about US$44 billion—prompting a 35-minute...