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131 articles collected in this run, grouped by pipeline outcome. Expand a kept article to see its signals + the trends those signals reinforce, with the verbatim evidence at every edge.

Body fetch: 112/131 (85%) good · 19 title-only

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Kept · signals extracted 13

Absent From the SpaceX and OpenAI I.P.O.s? Chinese Investors. Capital Flow Realignment 2 sig
Applied Materials in Singapore and Japan’s new subsea cable approach China AI Infrastructure 1 sig
Business Brief (June 11): China’s Auto Exports Extend Surge on NEV Boom Digital South Industrial Policy 2 sig
China launches new satellite to test high-speed communication tech China AI Infrastructure 1 sig
China’s EV Shift Creates a Growing Hole in Road Repair Funding Demographic & Labor-Market Inflection 1 sig
Commentary: The Geopolitics of Capital and China’s Outbound Investment Overhaul Capital Flow Realignment 2 sig
Deep-sea cable cutting can be a weapon of deterrence like nukes, RETN CEO says Defense-AI Convergence 1 sig
Musk’s $1.8 trillion SpaceX IPO could be ‘highly undesirable’ for some Capital Flow Realignment 3 sig
Nvidia denies Latin America role in chip smuggling as US-China AI rivalry reaches Brazil China AI Infrastructure 2 sig
Taipei envoy sees US$14 billion arms package moving ahead under Trump Defense-AI Convergence 2 sig
US lawmakers warn next revolution in AI race must be in America, not China China AI Infrastructure 1 sig
US targets Cuba oil giant as Beijing and Havana deepen party ties Conflict Economy & Energy Realignment 1 sig
What’s behind Beijing’s seabed mapping east of Taiwan? Defense-AI Convergence 2 sig

Kept · no signal extracted 5

Musk’s SpaceX raises $75bn in world’s biggest IPO Capital Flow Realignment
SpaceX Finalizes IPO Price at $135 a Share in World’s Largest Public Offering Capital Flow Realignment
State-owned AI Digital South Industrial Policy
The AI public market floodgates are opening Capital Flow Realignment
The unlikely alliance pushing an AI sovereign wealth fund Sovereign Data Localization

Triage skipped 23

Asia Could Bear the Brunt of the Next Gulf Oil Shock, IEA Chief Says Conflict Economy & Energy Realignment
Can Africa turn its population boom into prosperity? Demographic & Labor-Market Inflection
China sanctions Philippine defence chief Gilberto Teodoro Great-Power Diplomacy & Alliance Drift
China’s Edifice Complex China AI Infrastructure
Chinese Owner of British Steel Seeks Compensation From U.K. After State Takeover Capital Flow Realignment
Do not let US-China ties spiral out of control, ex-Treasury chief Paulson warns Great-Power Diplomacy & Alliance Drift
Drones Flown Over North Korea Were Part of Martial Law Plot by Former South Korean President Defense-AI Convergence
Has Beijing given up on a nuclear weapon-free Korean peninsula? Great-Power Diplomacy & Alliance Drift
Have trade tensions scuppered EU-China talks ahead of tough Brussels decisions? Great-Power Diplomacy & Alliance Drift
How Tuvalu Is Rewriting the Rules of Statehood State Formation & Authority Stress
Iran war live: Trump claims Tehran deal ‘approved’, cancels new strikes Conflict Economy & Energy Realignment
Jailed South Korea ex-president gets 30 more years for sending drones into North Defense-AI Convergence
Oil Falls, Stocks Rise as Trump Signals Iran Peace Deal Takes Shape Conflict Economy & Energy Realignment
South Korea’s ex-President Yoon gets 30 years over drone operation State Formation & Authority Stress
Stock markets surge as Trump calls off strikes on Iran, touts peace deal Conflict Economy & Energy Realignment
The Strange Defeat of Nuclear Deterrence Great-Power Diplomacy & Alliance Drift
Three Indian sailors killed in US strike on oil tanker Conflict Economy & Energy Realignment
Trump administration sanctions Cuba’s national oil company, blasts Castros Conflict Economy & Energy Realignment
Trump says US and Iran have reached a ‘great settlement’ Conflict Economy & Energy Realignment
US insurance rulemaker probes credit risks tied to data centres Compute-Energy Coupling
Why China is betting on big nuclear reactors Compute-Energy Coupling
Why Was Xi Jinping in North Korea? Great-Power Diplomacy & Alliance Drift
Xi on North Korean military ties; US blacklists Chinese tech firms: SCMP’s 7 highlights Great-Power Diplomacy & Alliance Drift

AI filtered out 90

After Senate Loss, Cornyn Predicts ‘Miserable’ Final Two Years for Trump
After the final whistle: media groups battle for World Cup attention
AI-generated film about Iran protests turns tragedy into slop
Air India crash families' year-long battle to identify remains of victims
‘All Men Are Created Equal’? Not Everyone Agrees.
Amnesty and Oxfam warn of displacement in the occupied West Bank
Analysis: Why China’s Tax Revenue Outpaces Income Growth
Asian stocks rise after Trump hints at Iran war deal
Bangladesh’s Myanmar Border Challenge Is No Longer Just About the Rohingya
Beijing online shopping warning hits shares in Chinese tech groups
Beijing Summons E-Commerce Giants Over Excessive Competition
Bosnia’s Esmir Bajraktarevic: Child of Srebrenica
Caixin Launches Year-Round Global Summit Series to Deepen China-World Dialogue
Caixin Summer Summit Opens With Focus on Greater Bay, AI and Global Expansion
China Postal Regulator Opens Probe Into J&T Over Safety Failures
Chinese Cities Raise Housing Fund Loan Limits to Spur Home Sales
Chinese police detain man after dog torture videos spark outrage
Chinese safety official investigated over Liushenyu Coal Mine blast that killed 82
Climate Change and the Future of Central Asia-South Asia Connectivity
Conor McGregor’s Comeback: A Tale of Banned Drugs and a Famous Doctor
Corporate climate plans arbiter draws critics on new ‘net zero’ rule book
Don’t panic if you see a snake on a Chinese power line. It might be a robot
DR Congo arrive in the US for the World Cup after Ebola quarantine
For 5 million years, whales have come to this place in the Indian Ocean to die
For a Knicks Reporter, Good Basketball Wasn’t Always So Easy to Find
Four days of extreme rain killed 7% of world's rarest orangutans, study says
From Cram Schools to Smart Tablets: AI Fuels China’s New EdTech Boom
FT readers tell us how AI is changing their jobs
Google DeepMind is worried about what happens when millions of agents start to interact
Hong Kong Charges Seven With Manslaughter, Fraud in Deadly High-Rise Fire
Hong Kong Filmmaker Raymond Wong Jailed Five Months for Insider Trading
How Elon Musk always wins
How puppets are helping women and children in Gaza cope with trauma
Inside soccer’s data renaissance
Iran World Cup captain reveals Mexico cartel robbery story
Israel launches overnight strikes across Gaza
Israel releases Hamas co-founder after two years in detention
Japan’s Wataru Endo retires after injury ends World Cup 2026 dream
Jeff Bezos says AI will bring ‘golden ages’ not mass job losses
Jimenez and Quinones net as Mexico beat South Africa in World Cup opener
Job titles of the future: Nature’s drug designer
Justice Dept. Pushes Limits of Its Power Over State Elections
Kennedy Center Appeals Order to Remove Trump’s Name
Klarity IPO Marks Another Step in Beijing Bourse’s Book-Building Revival
KMT chief Cheng Li-wun meets Trump ally Steve Daines in Washington
KPMG report contained AI hallucinations on benefits of . . . AI
Major League Baseball Will Question the Dodgers’s Doctor About Banned Drugs
Mamdani Finds a Foil Familiar to New Yorkers: James Dolan
Man pleads guilty to slaying top Democrat and her husband in Minnesota
Mexico City dazzles as World Cup 2026 kicks off in style
Minister condemns ‘racist thuggery’ as violence returns to Northern Ireland
NOAA Issues El Nino Advisory
‘Operation Pushkin’: Paris Trial Puts Spotlight on Rare-Book Heists
Postal Service Issues Proposal to Block Mail Ballots in States That Don’t Turn Over Data
Princess Bha of Thailand, Second in Line to the Throne, Dies at 47
Regulators Summon Trip.com, Meituan Over Train Ticket Sales Practices
Saudi Arabia ends ban on Lebanese imports
Scientists Measure Earth’s Vast Underground Fungal Webs
Skeptics Question Whether SpaceX Is Worth $1.77 Trillion
Supreme Court Blocks Alabama From Executing Inmate Using Nitrogen Gas
Thai court sentences two men to death over Bangkok shrine bombing
Thai Princess Bajrakitiyabha dies after more than three years in coma
Thanks to Trump, Chinese people have a more realistic view of America
The Download: soccer’s data renaissance and China’s big nuclear plans
The quantum computing revolution is closer than you think
Thousands march in Pakistan-administered Kashmir as clashes kill at least 15
Tom Steyer Spent $558 Million. What a Waste.
Top Provincial Emergency Official Targeted in Probe Over Fatal Coal Mine Disaster
Tornadoes Are Reported in Illinois as Storms Sweep the Midwest
‘Toxic’ social media overwhelms police response to Belfast violence
Trump calls off Iran strikes, citing progress in talks
Trump Picks Jay Clayton for Director of National Intelligence After Backlash Over Bill Pulte
Trump Suspends Funding for Los Angeles Homeless Agency
Trump to pick US attorney Jay Clayton for director of national intelligence
Trump Unveils UFC ‘Claw’ Ahead of Cage Match at the White House
Turkiye - re-writing the MPC statement
UBS Sees Surge in China Family Trusts as Founders Plan Wealth Transfers
U.S. Brothers Jailed for $19 Million Fraud Scheme Involving Chinese Crypto Executive
US lawmakers press Israel to let cancer patients out of Gaza for treatment
Wartime apology author and Japan-China ‘bridge’ Yohei Kono dies at 89
Weekly Must-Read: China Restarts Stalled Property Megaproject in State-Led Takeover
What happened, and who performed at the World Cup 2026 opening ceremony?
What to Know About Jay Clayton, Trump’s Pick for Intelligence Director
Whipsawed Between Fear and Relief, Iranians Hope for War’s End
White House shows off cage match arena as corruption lawsuit looms
Who are Julian Quinones and Raul Jimenez, Mexico’s World Cup goal scorers?
Why Modi’s Great Nicobar Project is a Recipe for Disaster
Why tech titans’ IPOs matter as much in China as in the US
Why UMNO is the Biggest Beneficiary of Malaysia’s PAS-Bersatu Divorce
World Cup mania at Mexico’s Zocalo Square
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