New: Saudi Arabia is the largest contributor to the leveraged buyout of EA, marking yet another victory for the country’s gaming and esports strategy.

Officials plan to warn pregnant women against using the medication, one of the world’s most common, over-the-counter pain relievers, unless they have a fever, the paper said

Donald Trump and JD Vance were among the high-profile figures who addressed conservative activist Charlie Kirk's funeral yesterday, with the US President telling attendees that his death was an attack on "our entire nation”

The hardest thing about MS is the sheer unpredictability of it. For days now, I’ve thought that I was (slowly) getting better but last night I suddenly felt this wave of fatigue roll over me that appears to have completely totalled me today

The hardest thing about MS is the sheer unpredictability of it. For days now, I’ve thought that I was (slowly) getting better but last night I suddenly felt this wave of fatigue roll over me that appears to have completely totalled me today

Videos of the Charlie Kirk shooting rapidly spread across TikTok, Instagram, and X. Researchers say that major social platforms are falling short in enforcing their own content moderation rules.

In a speech calling for greater political unity following the killing of MAGA activist Charlie Kirk, Utah's Republican Governor blasted social medial companies as "“conflict entrepreneurs”

NEW: We got access to Jeffrey Epstein’s personal Yahoo inbox — more than 18,000 emails. It shows Epstein’s world in his own words: an unfiltered look at how his operation worked, who enabled it, and how Ghislaine Maxwell stayed at the center of it all.

Underreported detail from this analysis of Kirk: When Charlie Kirk was subpoenaed to testify in front of the January 6 committee, the conservative activist invoked his 5th amendment rights to more than 70 questions

Police continue the hunt for the killer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk who was shot dead while addressing a crowd at Utah Valley University

Maybe infinite content was a bad idea.

1/At Gamescom last week, I had one of the worst Multiple Sclerosis flare ups of my life. In just a few hours, my plans for a series of exclusives, interviews and networking opportunities were replaced by the fear that I would not be able to safely get myself home - my brain fog was just *that* bad

1/At Gamescom last week, I had one of the worst Multiple Sclerosis flare ups of my life. In just a few hours, my plans for a series of exclusives, interviews and networking opportunities were replaced by the fear that I would not be able to safely get myself home - my brain fog was just *that* bad

Suella Braverman was widely condemned when she proposed something similar just a few years ago during a speech to the Heritage Foundation in Washington DC

For the first time, far-right parties are leading the polls in the U.K., France and Germany, signaling growing voter discontent across the continent.

The meeting Chinese President Xi Jinping and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be their first since Donald Trump returned to power (🎁)

UK PM Starmer will be joined by the Ukrainian president at Downing Street, as Europe braces for the outcome of Donald Trump's face-to-face discussions with his Russian counterpart later this week

Right-wing creators on social media are helping to amplify the impact of anti-immigrant demonstrations across the UK (Free link 🎁)

I’m going to be at Gamescom next week. While my schedule is already pretty packed, do get in touch if you’ve got something cool to show me and/or want to chat about the industry. Worst case, we can arrange something for after the convention. DM for email, WhatsApp etc.

Stripe apologizes for customer service agents claiming LGBTQ products were banned

Right-wing creators on social media are helping to amplify the impact of anti-immigrant demonstrations across the UK (Free link 🎁)

Been a minute, huh?

I've been getting into #MagicTheGathering recently and would love some recommendations for creators. I'm still pretty new to the world so happy to hear about everything from Commander to Pauper, but just want more media to consume while I get to grips with this world #mtg #edgeofeternities

Exclusive: CDC Director Susan Monarez met with its vaccine-focused center to talk about yesterday’s shooting. I listened to a recording. Scientists and officials are shaken & pointing fingers at RFK Jr. Many said his vilification and misinfo turned them into targets. www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

Pakistan’s army chief visits the US for the second time in two months, further suggesting that ties are improving between the two countries

Ukraine won’t cede territory to end the war with Russia, Zelenskiy says. His comments come shortly after US President Donald Trump said that he would meet Vladimir Putin on August 15 for talks aimed ending the invasion

Unmasked: the man behind one of the fastest growing far-right YouTube channels

Ukraine detains four people as part of a probe into “large scale” corruption in the procurement of drones and planning systems (🎁)

Russia’s so-called hybrid war appears to have entered a quiet period according to US and European officials interviewed by Bloomberg News (🎁)

It is increasingly looking like Elon Musk is the biggest obstacle for his own companies. The centibillionaire’s political turn last year has raised questions about the management of SpaceX, Tesla and even xAI (🎁)

Israel's Foreign Ministry is funding a trip for US influencers associated with the America First and MAGA movements via a third party group. The government's contract with Israel365 was justified because of its "experience and know-how" in mobilising Christian audiences

Donald Trump’s tariff threat against Brazil over a legal probe into his political ally, former President Jair Bolsonaro, caught the Supreme Court in Brasilia off guard

Syria's Bedouin's withdraw from the Druze-majority city of Sweida following weeklong clashes and a U.S.-brokered ceasefire. The clashes killed hundreds and threatened to unravel the country's already fragile postwar transition.

For someone who built an entire platform on the back of anxiety about DC elites, the health of his predecessor(s) and Wall Street riches, this last week has been a rare reversal of fortune for Trump

I’m going to be at Develop: Brighton this week to meet video game folks and get a sense of the industry more broadly. Do get in touch if you want to chat, gossip or indeed invite me to your party

New from me: details on the sold Glory Club, which has set up at least 26 lodges across 20 states, and whose members include antisemitic podcasters, a national guardsman, and a defense contractor with secret clearance www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

For most of US history, the two-party system served as a bulwark against political extremism. Not anymore…

Civil society in Hong Kong might be on its knees, but that doesn’t mean the former colony has become just another Chinese city

Russia regularly switches off the internet in large swaths of the country for security reasons, showing the Kremlin’s growing ability to control popular access to technology Important 👇

Ships that carry about 80% of global trade are struggling to navigate through a world where tactics such as radar jamming and spoofing have become increasingly common