Marco Rubio announced sanctions against a tech collective designated as a terrorist organization for providing tools to Antifa cells and groups like Hamas.

A pro-Israel messaging website badged with the name of a thinktank that does not exist has published more than half a million words in nine days, built on a commercial platform that promises to optimize content so that AI chatbots will cite it. The site gives Israel's position on subjects including the torture of Palestinian prisoners, Israeli war crimes and whether Israel has deliberately starved Palestinians in Gaza, all presented as neutral research. The site publishes in the name of the Hanover Institute for Public Policy, which apparently does not exist as a legal entity in any jurisdiction, has no physical address, and carries no named staff and no bylines on any of its reports. Its own terms of use are governed by the laws of "the state in which the Institute is established", which they decline to name. The existence of the site was first reported on 14 August.

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'This is an apartheid regime' Does Trump have real leverage over Netanyahu? Former Colombia President, Gustavo Petro, says restoring ties with Israel while Benjamin Netanyahu is in power'applauds the Gaza genocide'. Colombia's new right-wing government restored ties with Israel, two years after Petro severed diplomatic relations. Chinese robot beats Usain Bolt's 100m world record at humanoid games Thousands flee Sudan's Kordofan fighting for relative safety of El Obeid Iran threatens countries that join US'economic D-Day' More than 200,000 newly displaced in Sudan's Kordofan region Putin warns Ukraine has opened'Pandora's box', rejects peace proposals

Is the war entering a new phase? Several killed in Russia's'double-tap' drone strike on Ukraine mall Several killed in Russia's'double-tap' drone strike on Ukraine mall Ukraine's president accuses Russia of a'cowardly and deliberate' attack on a shopping centre in his hometown of Kryvyi Rih. The'double-tap' attack, which means a second strike was launched to hit first responders, killed at least 16 people and wounded 130 others. Trump: 'We're seeing what happens' on sanctions for Iran Global Sumud Flotilla joins Albania's anti-resort protest Pope Leo urges the world to'help begin reconstruction' of Gaza

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Is the war entering a new phase? Ukraine launched hundreds of drones across Russia, killing at least six people and striking a Wildberries logistics hub near Moscow. Russia claimed to have intercepted 822 drones. Who is DEI critic and Jason Arday accuser, Nathan Cofnas? Doctor describes amputating girl's leg in Gaza without anaesthesia

'This is an apartheid regime' Does Trump have real leverage over Netanyahu? Israeli drone strikes killed at least 2 people and wounded several others in Gaza on Thursday. The attacks came days after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's rejection of US President Donald Trump's latest Gaza peace plan. Are We in the Singularity? Gaza mural for Burger King worker fired for shouting'Free Palestine'

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Why $370bn tech group Palantir pays 1.4 percent tax rate: Report Palantir Technologies, the United States data analytics and artificial intelligence company which has contracts with the country's military and intelligence apparatus, has "engineered its corporate structure" to pay no US federal corporate income tax, according to a new report. The study by the Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research (CICTAR) comes as Palantir reports soaring revenues, driven partly by government contracts, while it faces continued criticism for providing technology to the Israeli military amid the genocide in Gaza. What does the report show? Earlier this week, Palantir reported second-quarter revenue of $1.94bn, up 93 percent from a year earlier. But despite its rapid growth, CICTAR said its global effective tax rate was just 1.4 percent in 2025.