The Brutalist Report

Fortune

ASEAN can still hedge between America and China on AI. It needs to get its act together first [5d]
Meet the carnival performer-turned-opera actor in charge of auditioning snakes for a Mozart adaptation. ‘We will be moving forward with Princess’ [5d]
These industries will lead hiring in the next decade, with just one sector accounting for more than a third of all new jobs [5d]
Mexican drug cartels are increasingly using bomb-laden drones and improvised explosive devices. ‘We are facing steady intensification of violence’ [6d]
U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner meet with Putin in Russia again, ahead of their first-ever visit to Ukraine during peace effort [6d]
MAGA Inc. to put $10 million in Texas Senate race to hold a once-safe Republican seat after Trump vows to spend ‘whatever amount of money necessary’ [6d]
‘Chuck it in the fire.’ A leading candidate in France’s presidential race has a simple solution to its massive national debt: just cancel it [6d]
After hitting oil tankers, Iran targets Navy warships and U.S. retaliates with ‘higher economic cost’ in new escalation that could transform the war [6d]
U.S. sanctions Turkish bank, accusing it of helping Iran transfer oil revenue from China to Turkey by converting it to cash and gold [6d]
Trump says ‘Stupidity causes inflation’ and threatens to stop trade with foreign countries in retaliation for higher interest rates [6d]
U.S. military strikes Iranian tankers and warns it will destroy Tehran’s oil fleet if necessary after Navy aircraft carrier and destroyer are targeted [6d]
U.N. General Assembly endorses a new world map that represents Africa more accurately in its larger size. Only the U.S. voted against it [6d]
Former Cowboys star Emmitt Smith is sued by a Native American investment company over a $2.5 million loan for wind farm project [6d]
White House unveils ‘Build the Wall,’ a Tetris knockoff video game, to ‘protect the border from the coming horde’ [6d]
Trump calls the Iran war — which has left 18 U.S. service members dead — ‘small potatoes’ and backs Vance’s view that it’s not a war [6d]
Men are larp-ing as NFL players to score dates and cash—one made $1.3 million before the FBI arrested him [6d]
Federal regulators are investigating Musk’s new steering-wheel-free Cybercabs a day after launch, unconvinced by Tesla’s self-certification process [6d]
Widow of airman killed in Mideast was told hazard pay and combat-related tax breaks wouldn’t apply because ‘we were not at war.’ A viral post fixed it [6d]