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London Bets More Than £5 Billion on Military Drones
On June 30, 2026, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer unveiled his Defence Investment Plan, confirming more than £5 billion earmarked for transforming

Kostyantynivka, the City Putin Claims to Have Taken and Kyiv Refuses to Bury
On July 3, 2026, General Valery Gerasimov stood before Vladimir Putin to announce, with the confidence of a man reciting a script

NATO's drone problem, can European industry close the gap
A drone crashed into a house in Romania, another violated Lithuanian airspace, and Munich airport had to suspend operations for several hours

Trump says Iran is "dying to make a deal" during the funeral truce
Speaking at Mount Rushmore on July 3, 2026, on the eve of the 250th anniversary of American independence, President Donald Trump declared:

Trump and his allies target the Federal Reserve's independence again
According to Reuters, the June 2026 jobs report published on July 2 showed only 57,000 jobs created, along with a downward revision

Washington is negotiating a 5% stake in OpenAI, according to the Financial Times
According to a Financial Times report published on July 2, 2026 and picked up by Reuters, OpenAI has opened preliminary discussions with

How Insilico Medicine's AI will help Takeda invent new drugs
On July 2, 2026, Insilico Medicine announced a strategic partnership with Japanese pharmaceutical giant Takeda to use its generative artificial intelligence platform,

Drinking to cope with teenage stress can rewire the brain for life
A new study from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, published in the journal Alcohol, Clinical and Experimental Research and reported by ScienceDaily

Can the Netherlands really catch up with China on robots
On Thursday, July 2, 2026, a new Humanoid Application Center opened near Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, with the stated ambition of reviving