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🎯 Inside the Russian effort to build 6,000 attack drones with Iran’s help. Leaked documents show that Moscow is progressing toward its goal of mass-producing UAVs it could use to pummel Ukrainian cities. WaPo
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🌎 British Muslims Say Banks Ruin Lives With Debanking Policies. Since Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage declared that he’d lost his bank account with NatWest in June, the concept of debanking has catapulted into the spotlight. Bloomberg
🌎 Dismembered Body of U.S. Crypto Mogul Found in Bulgaria. The remains of Christian Peev, 41, who held U.S. and Bulgarian citizenship, were found stuffed in a toilet by plumbers who had been called to clear a blocked drain. Newsweek
🌎 Singapore Busts $735 Million Laundering Ring Holding Bentleys and Luxury Houses. Ten foreign nationals were arrested for committing forgery and money laundering after $735 million worth of cash and assets were seized in raids across the country. CNN
🌎 Former U.S. officials urge Congress to enhance Biden's China investment order. A bipartisan group of former senior U.S. national security officials urged Congress to dedicate resources to President Joe Biden's recent order restricting outbound U.S. investment to China. Reuters
🌎 China Is Buying the Most Iranian Oil in a Decade. The easing of a probe by Beijing into imports of bitumen mixture, which Iranian crude is sometimes disguised as, is speeding the passage of cargoes through customs. Bloomberg
🌎 NYC bans TikTok on city-owned devices. The directive comes after a review by the NYC Cyber Command, which found that TikTok “posed a security threat to the city’s technical networks.” The Verge
🌎 Sinclair Accused of Draining $1.5 Billion From Local Sports Unit. The complaint accuses Sinclair of charging Diamond exorbitant management fees totaling more than $100 million a year. Bloomberg
🌎 Trump supporters post names and addresses of Georgia grand jurors online. A fringe website featured the purported names and addresses of the Fulton County grand jury that indicted Trump and 18 other people for their efforts to overturn the 2020 election. NBC News
🌎 Coinbase wins approval to offer crypto futures trading in US. The move will allow Coinbase to offer bitcoin and ether futures directly to eligible U.S. customers. Until now, only its institutional clients could trade in such products. Reuters
🌎 Cartel hitman aged just 14 beheaded four victims as Mexico's lawlessness exposed. Researcher Ioan Grillo says that getting away with murder is almost routine in Mexico, with 98% of cartel executions going unsolved. Daily Star
🌎 Philly Criminal Lawyer Reveals Teen Terror Suspect Is His Son. A memo released by the DA alleges that the teenager had been in contact with Katibat al Tawhid wal Jihad (KTJ) – a Syria-based extremist group designated by the U.S. State Department as global terrorists. Daily Beast