Pulses, Protests, and Prompts

🗞️ What’s Inside:

A lightning-fast scan of the world’s most urgent stories—from cutting-edge weapons and cyber threats to diplomatic shifts, domestic crackdowns, and disappearing infrastructure. We cover 18 headlines across 5 continents, each in under 15 seconds. This is your news, distilled.

Today’s Highlights:

• China’s 10GW microwave weapon unveiled

• Florida prison exposes visitor identities

• Portugal eyes Palestine recognition

• Qatar threatens Germany over gas laws

• Tigray atrocities ruled crimes against humanity

• Hong Kong’s LGBTQ event canceled

• Japan’s gas stations disappear—again

• ChatGPT hijacked via browser extensions

• Lithuania’s PM resigns under pressure

• FBI opens new Pacific office in NZ

• Taiwan’s US ties wobble under Trump

🔗 Mentioned Sources:

South China Morning Post, BBC, Al Jazeera, The Guardian, DW, Japan Times, ZDNET, Africanews, Florida Phoenix, and more.