Vladimir Putin is testing the West—and its unity — NATO must resist Russia’s efforts to corrode it from within [The Economist]

How one man got off death row in a country with a 99% conviction rate — Hakamada Iwao spent almost 50 years in prison. It took decades for him to receive an astonishing exoneration [1843 Mag]

Space invaders: Russia’s NATO nose-thumbing [The Economist - The Intelligence | Global News podcast]

Preparing your organisation for what’s ahead

Understand a country’s political, policy and economic outlook with the world’s best forward-looking analysis and data. Our Country Analysis service allows you to conduct country market research by looking at global dynamics that impact your organisation, helping you to operate effectively and plan for the future. [The EIU]

How to Coach Yourself Through Complex Problems [Harvard Business Review]

Is it a cold, flu or Covid – and how to avoid the worst [BBC]

Trump Eyes Firing Thousands of Federal Workers Over Shutdown [Bloomberg]

Pope Leo's critique of Trump ends honeymoon with conservative Catholics [Reuters]

Gaza Sumud flotilla live: Israel intercepts ships, detains activists [AL-Jazeera News]

Why We Know So Little About Medicines During Pregnancy [The New Yorker]

Progressive Democrats plot path forward with ‘Persuasion 2025’ event [POLITICO]

Internet Shutdowns In Afghanistan Should Never Happen, Says UN Rapporteur [Afghanistan International]

Welcome to the Xbox $360 era [The Verge]

Democrats are doing more to resist Trump than their voters think [Vox]

YouTubers aren’t relying on ad revenue anymore — here’s how some are diversifying [TechCrunch]

OpenAI is huge in India. Its models are steeped in caste bias. [MIT Technology Review]

Don't believe those videos showing Sam Altman stealing GPUs from Target or rapping about OpenAI — it's Sora 2 [Business Insider]

17 capitales, 31 communautés, 540 entrepreneurs bénévoles : c’est ça le réseau France de la French Tech !

Aujourd’hui à STATION F, la mission French Tech a réuni le réseau des capitales pour un séminaire de rentrée, aux côtés de Julie Huguet et Lucie Finet.

Un temps fort pour partager les ambitions des prochains mois et préparer l’année 2026. [LinkedIn] #LaFrenchTechSF

Los Angeles to pay $20m to family of boy tortured to death by his parents [The Guardian]

Covid Shots Protect Pregnant Women, but Getting Them Now Can Be Hard [The New York Times]

In Black Columnist's Firing, Advocates Fear Decreasing Diversity, Vital Perspectives In News Media [Huffington Post]

A Government Shutdown, Weaponized — The president is boasting about doing things to Democrats that are “bad for them and irreversible by them.” [The Atlantic]

Food insecurity in the US military [FiveThirtyEight]

We asked 1,000 Americans who is to blame for the shutdown. Here’s what they said. [The Washington Post]

'For three weeks, France's Socialists believed they were as big as the ox' [Le Monde]

Hands-on with the Kindle Scribe Colorsoft: It looks like something Apple would have designed [Mashable]

Happiness Is a Hurtling Horse for the Black Cowboys of the South [VICE]

Trump Calls Cartel Members “Terrorists.” They’re Armed with Bullets from a U.S. Army Factory. [The Intercept]

Jane Goodall, how a woman redefined mankind [National Geographic]

Taylor Swift, George Orwell and Dwayne Johnson are in movie theaters. Take your pick [NPR]

Sacramento breast cancer resources [Cap Radio News]

Le consentement israélien au génocide [Le Monde diplomatique]

Trump’s Speech to Generals Was Incitement to Violence Against Americans [Foreign Policy]

The U.S. Military’s Greatest Test — Avoiding a Civil-Military Crisis in the Age of Trump [Foreign Affairs]

Who Works in China’s Local Governments? [The Diplomat]

U.S. to Share Intelligence for Ukraine Strikes Deep Into Russia [The Cipher Brief]

Spotlight | South Korea - Seoul at epicentre of Washington, Beijing and Pyongyang dealings [Intelligence Online FR]

A Thermometer for Measuring Quantumness [Quanta Magazine]

NASA's Webb Unravels Nebula Mystery [NASA]

What’s up, everybody! It’s Monday, October 6th, 2025. Hope you had a great weekend. It’s a very important week, and I’ll do my best to talk about the current affairs etc in my “Coffee with Zack” VLOG in English.

Until Next Time!