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• Exclusive: Congo-Rwanda draft deal outlines role of US, others in revamp of minerals sector

  September 14, 2025

  Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo will commit to working with third parties, including the U.S., to revamp their mineral supply chains and develop reforms, according to a draft… more ›

• Decoder with Nilay Patel: Sierra CEO Bret Taylor on why the AI bubble feels like the dotcom boom

  September 13, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/m49AuqX This is Alex Heath. For my final episode as your Thursday episode guest host, I recently sat down with Bret Taylor, the CEO of AI startup Sierra and… more ›

• My blue is your blue: different people’s brains process colours in the same way

  September 12, 2025

  Neuroscientists can predict what colour a person is looking at using a machine-learning tool trained on the brain activity of others. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02901-3?utm_source=semafor more ›

• Net gains as language barriers fall in global trade

  September 12, 2025

  Language matters more than many may think when it comes to global trade. When trading partners use similar languages, trade is likely to be 72 percent higher on an average than when trading partners… more ›

• Decoder with Nilay Patel: Sal Khan is hopeful that AI won’t destroy education

  September 12, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/j9cGU62 This is Hank Green, cofounder of Complexly. You might remember last year when I turned the tables on Nilay and interviewed him on his own show. That was… more ›

• GZERO World with Ian Bremmer: Rethinking the refugee crisis and global aid system, with David Miliband

  September 11, 2025

  Listen: https://ift.tt/ctvOCD7 The number of people forced to flee their homes because of war, persecution, humanitarian disaster or political collapse topped 123 million people in 2024. That’s double what it… more ›

• Anonymity is dead and we’re all content now | The Verge

  September 10, 2025

  The rise of viral videos of unremarkable people — along with their near-immediate identification — means you can’t assume you’re anonymous in public. https://share.google/Zla2Y5GiZzvOTKd2L more ›

• Inside the CIA’s secret fight against Mexico’s drug cartels

  September 10, 2025

  Working with special Mexican army and navy units, the CIA for years has been running covert operations to hunt down Mexico’s most-wanted narcos, a Reuters investigation finds. Among the captures:… more ›

• A killing at sea marks America’s descent into lawless power – Defense One

  September 10, 2025

  The peremptory strike on a speedboat is a warning to all who serve. Remember your oath. This was not a counterdrug operation. It was not law enforcement. It was killing… more ›

• Amnesty says Pakistan spying on millions through phone-tapping, firewall

  September 10, 2025

  Pakistan is spying on millions of its citizens using a phone-tapping system and a Chinese-built internet firewall that censors social media, in one of the most comprehensive examples of state… more ›