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  • May 28

    Google Engineer Charged with Insider Trading After Winning $1.2 Million on Polymarket Bets

    Michele Spagnuolo, a 36-year-old Italian Google engineer living in Switzerland, allegedly used internal search data to place bets on prediction market Polymarket, netting $1.2 million in illegal profits.

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Brussels promises Ukraine a winter shield

EU leaders pledge winter lifeline to Zelensky in Brussels

European leaders welcomed Volodymyr Zelensky in Brussels and pledged a winter package for Ukraine covering energy, air defence and financing. Ursula von der Leyen said the EU is working on a 22nd sanctions package and would not lift sanctions until Russia stops the war.

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  • US-Russia diesel deal dispute

    Politico reports Trump's waiver also enables sales of Russian diesel that the Graham Act sanctions would have restricted.

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Climate: from mitigation to adaptation

A national UK resilience taskforce and an inconclusive EU summit are expected developments, with no new law or finance target.

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