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Rubio softens the tone but makes same demands of Europe
When US Secretary of State Marco Rubio took the stage at the Munich Security Conference on February 14, the hall was braced for turbulence. They got something quite different. A standing ovation followed a speech that was notably, and deliberately, conciliatory in tone, a marked contrast to the jolt that US Vice President JD Vance…
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Washington offers US$200 million to boost US smartphone industry in Indo-Pacific
The US State Department will subsidise companies to roll out cheap smartphones running American software in the Indo-Pacific region, part of its “Pax Silica” initiative that seeks to shore up the resilience of the US artificial intelligence supply chain and win the AI race with China. The US has launched the Edge AI Package, which…
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Paramounts Savvy Legal Maneuver for Warner Bros. Alarms Democratic Senators
Something that went a tad undernoticed in Paramount‘s announcement that it had added sweeteners to its offer for Warner Bros. Discovery: Compliance with what’s known as a second request for information in the Justice Department’s probe into the hostile takeover bid. In normal circumstances, such compliance can take over a year. The scope of the…
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Sources: Brewers reward Murphy with new deal
Feb 19, 2026, 07:13 PM ET The Milwaukee Brewers have given a new contract to Pat Murphy, the reigning two-time National League Manager of the Year, that makes him one of the highest-paid managers in Major League Baseball, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. The new contract, which adds two years to his contract and…
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