Chinese officials have been requiring police forces across the country to replace their foreign dogs with more home-grown Kunmings. One reason is that they are, at least according to the police, very good dogs https://t.co/V2Ib0Ae5OV ...

“The Lebanese government wants to minimise Hizbullah’s ability to act.” The balance of power within Lebanon remains uneasy and volatile, @BrowneGareth tells “The Intelligence” https://t.co/Tgot0Ef3cx ...

Reform’s pub crawl to power https://t.co/7zLgc8U1pO ...

Even if the Strait of Hormuz were to reopen tomorrow, some 3% of the world’s annual oil output has probably already been forfeited. We explain how the effects will ripple around the world in the coming months https://t.co/DH3ESmcsSaIllustration: Carolina Moscoso https://t.co/NGYHdPIKo0 ...

Also on the daily podcast: the Labubu bubble bursts and decluttering guru Margareta Magnusson https://t.co/CqMNrPET2f ...

Two former Israeli prime ministers have announced that they are merging their parties under one leadership. Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid hope they can then build a wider bloc that will replace Binyamin Netanyahu’s government https://t.co/THinfOBqO0 ...

“Merger policy alone cannot solve Europe’s competitiveness problem,” writes Teresa Ribera. “Europe will not create globally competitive firms solely by changing the way it reviews corporate deals” https://t.co/7N0Xy1dC1V ...

How will oil prices be affected by the UAE’s exit from OPEC? Donald Trump says it’s "great" that the Emiratis have left. But @ARobertsjourno explains why it’s not all good news for America.Read why oil prices may have even further to rise. Register and read for free:https://t.co/YVouRuaalV ...

Perhaps it is no surprise that Zack Polanski’s thumbs are working faster than his judgment when he likes Bluesky posts. A spokesperson says he is “sorry for any mistakes made when working fast” https://t.co/nO0PCOylRV ...

If AI is to transform the economy, demand for tokens will grow by orders of magnitude. And as model-makers pass on their rising compute costs, users will have to economise https://t.co/8SKR3aM5en ...