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The Kyiv Independent: With a web of drones and infiltrating infantry, Russian troops overrun Kupiansk
Supremația dronelor
The Kyiv Independent: With a web of drones and infiltrating infantry, Russian troops overrun Kupiansk

Ambush drones, urban infiltration, and a daring Russian river crossing now puts the major Kharkiv Oblast city under threat of a second Russian occupation.

The Washington Post: As Hong Kong waged shadow war in Britain, ex-Royal Marine became a casualty
Agenți chinezi, la vânătoare de dizidenți în UK
The Washington Post: As Hong Kong waged shadow war in Britain, ex-Royal Marine became a casualty

U.K. officials have tracked what they describe as an escalating campaign of surveillance and intimidation against Hong Kong exiles living in Britain.

Alliance4Europe: Still marching on(line): How R-FBI Targets Moldova’s Elections
Războiul hibrid al Rusiei împotriva R. Moldova
Alliance4Europe: Still marching on(line): How R-FBI Targets Moldova’s Elections

Storm-1516 focuses on the dissemination of false stories, often via fabricated and impersonation websites. These stories are initially spread by pro-Russian influencers, anonymous “news” accounts, and parody/fan accounts

Politico: Hi Donald, it’s Ursula: Von der Leyen opens crucial hotline to Trump
Trump își schimbă poziția cu privire la Ucraina, dar contra-cost
Politico: Hi Donald, it’s Ursula: Von der Leyen opens crucial hotline to Trump

The European Commission president appears to be winning the U.S. president’s ear on Ukraine, but that comes at a price.

Foreign Affairs: The Lies America Tells Itself About the Middle East
Welcome to the Middle East: de ce nu înțelege SUA Orientul Mijlociu
Foreign Affairs: The Lies America Tells Itself About the Middle East

As Its Influence Faded, Washington Dissembled and Denied Reality

Nature: Trump links autism and Tylenol: is there any truth to it?
Paracetamolul provoacă autism?
Nature: Trump links autism and Tylenol: is there any truth to it?

The US president repeatedly advised people, “Don't take Tylenol,” but scientists say that strong evidence between the medication and autism is lacking.

Ethical Media Alliance: Republica Moldova, sub asaltul războiului dezinformării plătite de Kremlin.
Focus Republica Moldova
Ethical Media Alliance: Republica Moldova, sub asaltul războiului dezinformării plătite de Kremlin.

Urmează un weekend crucial pentru drumul spre Vest (sau Est) al Republicii Moldova. Este o miză foarte importantă și pentru România.

Misreport: Ediția #270
Big tech în ofensivă împotriva reglementării rețelelor sociale
Misreport: Ediția #270

Giganți tech precum Meta sau Google au orchestrat o ofensivă împotriva reglementării rețelelor sociale în țări precum Brazilia, Australia, Canada, Indonezia sau Columbia.

The Atlantic: A Rogue Nation on the High Seas
Atacurile armatei SUA în Marea Caraibilor, ilegale?
The Atlantic: A Rogue Nation on the High Seas

Trump is treating the military like his personal mercenaries.

The New York Times: Russia, China and Iran Use Kirk’s Murder to Stoke Conspiracy Theories and Division
Războiul informațional al regimurilor autoritare împotriva Occidentului
The New York Times: Russia, China and Iran Use Kirk’s Murder to Stoke Conspiracy Theories and Division

State media and online trolls have seized on the assassination to score geopolitical points against the United States, according to a new report.

The Times of Israel: Revealed: Tony Blair’s US-backed proposal for ending the Gaza war and replacing Hamas
Gaza, sub administrație internațională până la preluarea de către Autoritatea Palestiniană
The Times of Israel: Revealed: Tony Blair’s US-backed proposal for ending the Gaza war and replacing Hamas

After receiving Trump’s blessing, the former British PM has been rallying international stakeholders to form a transitional authority to govern the Strip before it gets handed over to the PA

The Guardian: Billion-dollar coffins? New technology could make oceans transparent and Aukus submarines vulnerable
China ar putea contracara una din principalele arme occidentale
The Guardian: Billion-dollar coffins? New technology could make oceans transparent and Aukus submarines vulnerable

Quantum sensing, satellite tracking and AI are part of an accelerating arms race in detection that should prompt a re-evaluation of Australia’s defence strategy

Misreport: Pe 28 septembrie, Moldova are alegeri parlamentare, poate cele mai importante alegeri din ultimii ani.
Rusia și alegerile parlamentare din Republica Moldova
Misreport: Pe 28 septembrie, Moldova are alegeri parlamentare, poate cele mai importante alegeri din ultimii ani.

Între timp, Kremlinul și-a conturat o politică directă prin care intenționează să schimbe conducerea pro-europeană de la Chișinău cu una pro-rusă, în urma acestor alegeri.

Nature: Pig lung transplanted into a person in world first
Transplant de la porc la om
Nature: Pig lung transplanted into a person in world first

At least half a dozen people in the United States and China have received organs from genome-edited pigs, including hearts, kidneys, livers and a thymus.

BBC: How Russia is quietly trying to win over the world beyond the West
Propaganda rusă în „Sudul global”
BBC: How Russia is quietly trying to win over the world beyond the West

Over the past three years, Russian state-backed news channel RT has expanded its international presence.

Focus 28/4
Republica Moldova, ținta a dezinformărilor în perioada electorală
Focus 28/4

Un newsletter despre lupta Republicii Moldova pentru Europa, sub focul dezinformării rusești

Mark Galeotti: A Conspiracy Theory About the 1991 August Coup Gets More Interesting
„Conspirație” între Elțin și șeful KGB-ului, Vladimir Kriucikov?
Mark Galeotti: A Conspiracy Theory About the 1991 August Coup Gets More Interesting

On 19 August 2025, the 24th anniversary of the 1991 August Coup, the newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda ran an article New Twist in the GKChP case: Kryuchkov was in collusion with Yeltsin, planning to make him president of the USSR.

The Wall Street Journal: How Finland’s Golf-Loving President Got Trump to Hear Him Out on Russia
Finlanda, jucător-cheie în relația trans-atlantică
The Wall Street Journal: How Finland’s Golf-Loving President Got Trump to Hear Him Out on Russia

‘He’s a very good player,’ Trump says of Alexander Stubb, who warns after the two played a round that Putin couldn’t be trusted

The Insider: The Kremlin’s laundromat: Billionaire Moldovan fraudster Vladimir Plahotniuc repeatedly flew to Moscow for secret high-level
Plahotniuc se pune în slujba Moscovei
The Insider: The Kremlin’s laundromat: Billionaire Moldovan fraudster Vladimir Plahotniuc repeatedly flew to Moscow for secret high-level

Vladimir Putin’s Deputy Chief of Staff, Dmitry Kozak, has been negotiating with Plahotniuc since June 2024 as part of a Kremlin effort to secure the support of Moldova's richest man ahead of the country’s presidential elections.

The New Yorker: Hiroshima
Cel mai bun reportaj american al secolului XX
The New Yorker: Hiroshima

John Hersey's 1946 piece exploring how six survivors experienced the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, and its aftermath.

The Wall Street Journal: China Is Choking Supply of Critical Minerals to Western Defense Companies
Cvasi-monopolul Chinei asupra pământurilor rare
The Wall Street Journal: China Is Choking Supply of Critical Minerals to Western Defense Companies

Beijing’s tightened controls are a sign of the leverage it has over the U.S. military supply chain

CNN: US support for Israel’s actions in Gaza drops, as Democratic opposition grows and MAGA movement splits
Criza umanitară din Gaza
CNN: US support for Israel’s actions in Gaza drops, as Democratic opposition grows and MAGA movement splits

US support for Israel’s actions in Gaza drops, as Democratic opposition grows and MAGA movement splits

Foreign Affairs: The Real Meaning of Putin’s Middle East Failure
Rusia, „prietenul” care nu se cunoaște la nevoie
Foreign Affairs: The Real Meaning of Putin’s Middle East Failure

Russia’s Allies in the Region Couldn’t Count on Moscow—and Neither Should China

The New Yorker: A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That’s a Problem
AI poate alunga singurătatea, dar stimulează narcisismul
The New Yorker: A.I. Is About to Solve Loneliness. That’s a Problem

The discomfort of loneliness shapes us in ways we don’t recognize—and we may not like what we become without it.