🐢 US and China impose new port fees on each other + 9 more stories

In the last 2 days ChatGPT read 61248 top news stories. After removing previously covered events, there are 10 articles with a significance score over 5.9.

[5.9] US and China impose port fees on each other's vessels — smh.com.au [$] (+49)

The US and China this week implemented substantial, retaliatory port fees on each other’s commercial vessels, opening a new front in their ongoing trade war.

Initiated by the US to counter China's shipbuilding dominance, the fees are substantial and set to triple. China immediately mirrored the charges, which target ships with ownership interests from the rival nation.

The Trump administration aims to revitalize America’s dormant commercial shipbuilding industry with these fees. The move could benefit shipbuilders in Japan and South Korea, who have pledged US investments.

[5.9] Russia prepares to mobilize volunteer reservists outside its borders — lalibre.be (French) (+6)

Russia is preparing to mobilize volunteer reservists for deployment abroad for the first time, a move that bypasses a law requiring an official declaration of war for such actions.

A legislative commission on Monday approved a bill making deployment mandatory for these reservists in so-called "expeditionary" missions. Previously, this force was restricted to domestic use unless Russia was officially at war, but can now be sent to Ukraine.

This change allows Moscow to access a two-million-strong reserve pool. It avoids a politically unpopular general mobilization while upholding the official narrative of a "special military operation" rather than a war.

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[5.5] Elite military unit seizes power in Madagascar — svd.se (Swedish) (+155)

[5.8] SpaceX completes 11th Starship test flight from Texas — dw.com (+103)

[6.5] Cambridge scientists grow human embryo models that produce blood stem cells — bbc.co.uk (+3)

[5.9] Foundations commit $500 million to prioritize human needs in AI development — abcnews.go.com (+9)

[5.7] Syria’s new leaders are talking to Russia, a former enemy — nytimes.com [$] (+26)

[6.3] Mothers' voices promote language development in premature infants' brains — med.stanford.edu (+4)

[6.1] OpenAI will allow erotica for verified adults on ChatGPT — bbc.co.uk (+51)

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