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This actually happened. 👇🏼

TLDR:
^ Meta acquired a Chinese AI startup called Manus.
^ Now, Chinese authorities have stopped its two co-founders from leaving China.
^ This is to "check" whether the Meta's acquisition broke rules.
^ The founders are now stuck in China while officials review the deal.
^ No one has been charged so far.

Deal. Manus, a Chinese AI startup sometimes called the "second DeepSeek," was bought by Meta in December for $2-3 billion (reportedly). The company had already moved its headquarters and key staff to Singapore last year (something more and more Chinese firms are doing to hedge geopolitical and regulatory risk.

Founders. CEO Xiao Hong and Chief Scientist Ji Yichao were recently called into a National Development and Reform Commission meeting in Beijing. After that, they were told they can't leave China while regulators look at the transaction.

Rules. The questions seem to center on two things:

So far, there is no formal investigation and no charges.

Signal. What this really shows is Beijing getting nervous about top AI startups drifting overseas, especially to Singapore.

TLDR:
^ Netanyahu wanted a public push for Iranians to rise up.
^ Trump killed it, saying they'd just get mowed down.
^ He was worried the call would end in a massacre.

Plan. On a call last week, Israeli PM Netanyahu argued that Iran's government was rattled and that there was a real opening to push things further.

Pushback. US President Trump rejected the idea of telling Iranians to take to the streets, arguing, Why the hell should we tell people to take to the streets when they'll just get mowed down?"

Test. The two men then waited to see whether people would come out the next day for Iran's annual festival of fire. Reports from inside the country said turnout was very low while the joint bombing campaign was still underway.

Split. The two leaders are not operating with the same endgame in mind:

Pressure. The bigger problem for Trump is that US intelligence thinks the regime is likely to stay in power, while oil prices are rising and Tehran is still pushing back on direct talks with the US.

TLDR:
^ Greenland's hard-line independence party just broke through in Copenhagen.
^ Naleraq party won 24.6% of the vote, up from 12.2% in 2022.
^ It now has its first Danish parliament seat.
^ That matters because Greenland is under fresh pressure from Washington and still split on how fast to cut from Denmark.

TLDR:
^ London police arrested two men after four Jewish charity ambulances were burned.
^ The fire hit Golders Green early Monday and oxygen cylinders exploded.
^ Police say the arson is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime.
^ Detectives are investigating a claim of responsibility by a group with potential links to Iran now.

TLDR:
^ Cuba says talks with the US have started, barely.
^ President Diaz-Canel says former President Raul Castro is still guiding the process.
^ The talks are early and still pretty fragile.
^ This is happening while blackouts and fuel shortages hit hard.

TLDR:
^ Trump says Iran wants a deal fast.
^ But Iran says it's reviewing a US proposal, but still no talks planned.
^ Oil started climbing again once ceasefire hopes cooled.