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Mexico’s top kingpin is dead, unleashing wave of violence
Wild scenes erupted across Mexico yesterday (Sunday) after special forces killed the country’s most-wanted cartel boss, ‘El Mencho’. Who? After two US jail stints and deportations for trafficking in the 80s, El Mencho worked as a cop back in Mexico before joining the Milenio Cartel as a sicario (hitman), until something big happened: Mexico famously […]
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Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, four years on
As Ukrainians today mark their fourth year of defending against a Russian invasion — 11 years if you start the timer from Russia’s seizure of Crimea — peace looks no closer. Why? Putin continues to claim marginal gains at staggering cost: he’s now averaging ~44,000 casualties a month (and rising) in return for 50-100 sq […]
The US and Iran are back on the brink
The weekend is rolling around, which in recent times has meant one of two things: a) Sabrina Carpenter is about to unveil her latest brand collab, or b) the US is about to launch its latest daring military operation. As much as we’re keen to explore Sabrina’s Pringle-scented Redken hair mist and Dunkin’ x Prada […]
The fight tearing AI and defense apart
News recently broke that the Pentagon had used Anthropic’s Claude AI tool to capture Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro. Cue the memes about Secretary Hegseth prompting AI with something like “hey Claude, go seize Maduro without US casualties, make no mistakes”. But this was all apparently news to Anthropic itself, which reportedly sought clarification. The AI firm […]
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