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1) Putin’s piggy bank running low
YAHOO: Russia is on pace to run out of financial reserves by this fall, which would cripple war efforts, economist says
2) China just fine with 90-day pause on tariffs
WAPO: China celebrates hard-line stance after trade deal with U.S.
3) Don’t bite the hand of those you are feeding
WSJ: China Is Building Megaports in South America to Feed Its Need for Crops
4) About that new designated military zone …
NYT: Judge Dismisses ‘Trespassing’ Charges Promoted by Trump in Border ‘Defense Area’
5) Our Americans are better than your Americans (or “loose nukes, part duh!”)
NYT: The World Is Wooing U.S. Researchers Shunned by Trump
6) Just say no to India!
BLOOMBERG: Trump Asks Apple to Stop Moving iPhone Production to India
7) The Singularity inches a bit closer
NYT: Baby Is Healed With World’s First Personalized Gene-Editing Treatment
8) The Centaur Solution strikes again!
NYT: Your A.I. Radiologist Will Not Be With You Soon
9) China: I’ll be watching you … and you … and you …
REUTERS: Ghost in the machine? Rogue communication devices found in Chinese inverters
10) The Military Singularity singles out the lost utility of traditional platforms
FORBES: After Losing 1,000 Tanks, Ukraine Is Rethinking How It Uses The Heavily Armed Vehicles
11) A map after my own heart
VISUAL CAPITALIST: The Size of Each Country’s Shadow Economy
12) With prices like this, you’d have to be MAD to keep up your nuclear arsenal!
AXIOS: 1 big thing: Nukes' $1 trillion price tag
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