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Donald Trump says the United States is in active denuclearization talks with both Russia and China. Trump noted that the two nations each hold more than four thousand warheads, and that China is on track to match that number within five years. Whether this signals genuine diplomacy or opening posture remains to be seen.
Shifting to Southeast Asia, Malaysia is drawing sharp criticism for welcoming Myanmar's military leader Min Aung Hlaing, a figure the International Criminal Court's prosecutor has sought to arrest. The move is being seen as a direct contradiction of Malaysia's stated commitments to international justice, and arrives at a particularly sensitive moment as the United States continues its own pressure campaign against the ICC.
And on the tech side, a developer has released AlphaDocs, an offline alternative to Google Docs that supports collaboration across a local area network. The project, available on GitHub, is aimed at users and organizations who want real-time document editing without routing their data through cloud servers. It's a quiet but pointed response to growing concerns about privacy and connectivity dependence.
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