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Kenya: Kalonzo Takes Ruto Fight to U.S. Congress Ahead of 2027

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Wiper leader Kalonzo Musyoka is taking the opposition's campaign against President William Ruto to the Uni...

Wedgetail · Nov 13, 2026
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N. Korea changes national flag proportions for first time in 78 years

North Korea has revised the official proportions of its national flag for the first time since the regime's establishment in 1948,...

Wedgetail · Nov 13, 2026
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Russia hopes German Nord Stream trial does not become farce — MFA

The trial opened in Hamburg in October 2026 and is scheduled to conclude in June 2027

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South Korea says Google has removed Korean coordinates from maps under export permit

The removal is one of the security conditions attached to a permit granted to export high-precision map data.

Wedgetail · Nov 13, 2026
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Thailand bets on local AI as Chinese drones dominate its skies

Drones could save Thai farmers fortunes in fertiliser and water management as a “super El Nino” withers harvests – while also mapp...

Wedgetail · Nov 13, 2026
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Europe could save 40% on electricity costs if solar and batteries ‘work in harmony’

“Solar is the fuel, the battery is the power plant. The whole system only becomes cheaper if these work in harmony with one anothe...

Wedgetail · Nov 13, 2026
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The Strait That Could Break the Pacific: The Interconnected Crisis No One Is Naming

“Indo-Pacific” is a term the US Army no longer uses. The term is now US Pacific Command (PACOM). There have been snarky comments i...

Wedgetail · Nov 13, 2026
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Ukraine envoy row hijacks EU leaders’ first AI summit

EU leaders meet in Dublin on Friday for their first AI discussion, with Mistral’s Arthur Mensch and Nobel laureate Geoffrey Hinton...

Wedgetail · Nov 13, 2026
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The Infrastructure of Dependence: Starlink, Knowledge, and Sovereignty

Who Controls the Battlefield? In October 2026, Ukrainian forces encountered a peculiar constraint on their ability to conduct dron...

Wedgetail · Nov 13, 2026
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David Cameron Calls for UK to Leave European Human Rights Convention

Former Prime Minister David Cameron said the UK should leave the European Convention on Human Rights, associating himself with a h...

Wedgetail · Nov 13, 2026
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Boxer on death row in Iran vows ‘not to bow before oppression’ after winning rights prize

Political prisoner Mohammad Javad Vafaei Sani, one of seven athletes at risk of execution in Iran, given prestigious Magnitsky hum...

Wedgetail · Nov 13, 2026
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City of London’s new Lord Mayor to press pension funds on investment pledges

Bronek Masojada, the South African-born former chief executive of insurer Hiscox, is being sworn in on Friday

Wedgetail · Nov 13, 2026
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Ukraine talks call for European speaker despite lack of continental consensus

Also in this newsletter: Retail investment reform gets killed

Wedgetail · Nov 13, 2026
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The EU sealed a migration deal with Nigeria. But what did Abuja get in return?

Nigerian media have reported that EU officials in Abuja pledged €100 million in funding, but the European Commission insists the d...

Wedgetail · Nov 13, 2026
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S. Korea urges Japan to face full history of Sado mine during separate memorial

SEOUL - South Korea on Friday called on Japan to fully acknowledge the history of wartime forced labor at the Sado mine complex as...

Wedgetail · Nov 13, 2026
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Former Ukrainian prime minister calls Kiev’s demand to maintain 800,000-strong army absurd

Nikolay Azarov noted that Kiev needed financial guarantees from the EU because it was unable to maintain such large armed forces o...

Wedgetail · Nov 13, 2026
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Getting ready for bombs: Europe's healthcare systems prepare for the unthinkable

As Europe prepares for the threat of wider conflict, its hospitals and healthcare systems are emerging as a critical — but still u...

Wedgetail · Nov 13, 2026
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China’s SMIC sees AI computing crunch until 2028 as Nvidia heat risks tighter chip curbs

China’s Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) is betting that a relentless data centre buildout will keep a...

Wedgetail · Nov 13, 2026
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Huang's exit could give Korean HBM makers more leverage, raise doubts over Nvidia's AI ventures

Jensen Huang's abrupt resignation from Nvidia could give South Korean memory chipmakers greater leverage in future supply negotiat...

Wedgetail · Nov 13, 2026
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US denies Iran's claim that it attacked early-warning radar in Bahrain

Nov 13 (Reuters) - The US military denied Iran's claim on Friday to have attacked a US early-warning radar in Bahrain, saying its ...

Wedgetail · Nov 13, 2026