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NPR (The Associated Press) - Australia moves to tax Meta, Google and TikTok to fund newsrooms

Australia is proposing to tax Meta, Google and TikTok a proportion of their revenue to pay for news reporters. The government intends to introduce the draft legislation to Parliament by July.

STRIPES (Gary Warner) - USS Nimitz transits the Strait of Magellan into the Atlantic | Stars and Stripes

The USS Nimitz is rounding South America on its way to the Atlantic Ocean and the last legs of its journey to its new homeport at Naval Station Norfolk, Va.

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Peter Van Buren) - How Will the Iran War End?

The U.S. is unlikely to win on maximalist terms. The post How Will the Iran War End? appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign Affairs How Will the Iran War End? The U.S. is unlikely to win on maximalist terms. (Photo by Tauseef MUSTAFA / AFP via Getty Images) “Tell me how this ends,” a young General David Petraeus asked early in the Iraq War, after Saddam Hussein’s army had largely been defeated. The United States is extraordinarily good at the first half of wars and far less capable in the second. So how does this one with Iran end? The Gulf War was fought on mostly contrived grounds. Saddam thrived in power in Iraq in part due to U.S. support; he certainly survived the 1980s Iran–Iraq War due to behind-the-scenes U.S. involvement. But by 1990 Saddam had morphed into a bad guy invading Kuwait, and the U.S. went to war against him supposedly to…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Kenji Yoshida) - Does Trump Get Another Shot at North Korea?

The president’s upcoming Beijing trip may provide an opportunity to reengage. The post Does Trump Get Another Shot at North Korea? appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign Affairs Does Trump Get Another Shot at North Korea? The president’s upcoming Beijing trip may provide an opportunity to reengage. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images) As President Donald Trump prepares for his upcoming Beijing trip, speculation is swirling again over a possible meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the sidelines. At their last summit in Hanoi in February 2019, negotiations collapsed after the two sides failed to bridge the gap between Pyongyang’s offer to dismantle nuclear facilities at Yongbyon and Washington’s demand for a broader denuclearization package in exchange for major sanctions relief. Even so, both leaders have reasons to look again, and both have signaled renewed…Open

THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Jon Hoffman) - Israel’s Campaign to Remake the Mideast Hurts America

The war with Iran is one part of a broader Israeli project. The post Israel’s Campaign to Remake the Mideast Hurts America appeared first on The American Conservative .

Foreign Affairs Israel’s Campaign to Remake the Mideast Hurts America The war with Iran is one part of a broader Israeli project. (Photo by Nasser Ishtayeh/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) “I promised you that we would change the face of the Middle East.” So spoke Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nearly seven weeks after he and President Donald Trump initiated Operation Epic Fury. Amid the noise and chaos, it is easy to lose track of the broader vision behind the war with Iran. This war is the culmination of a comprehensive Israeli effort—backed by the United States—to remake the Middle East following Hamas’ terror attack on October 7, 2023. Proponents argued it would produce a more peaceful and stable…Open

NYTIMES (Sachi Kitajima Mulkey and Harry Stevens) - Global Deforestation Slows, W.R.I. Report Finds. But Wildfires Are Taking a Toll.

In 2025, the world razed less forest than any other year in the last decade. The bad news: global warming is making wildfires more frequent and intense.