NEW - Spain probes whether swine fever outbreak was caused by a "lab leak" from a research center outside Barcelona β€” Reuters
ICYMI - Influential and widely cited study that concluded the herbicide glyphosate was safe, is retracted, 25 years after publication β€” Le Monde https://hell.twtr.plus/media/dbed51d748519dd98ad8fed39b12aded3a0510a495c3771c1d5f8cab7139d49a.file
NOW - Trump is awarded the inaugural FIFA Peace Prize, at the 2026 World Cup draw in Washington, D.C. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/9c327b8e4348fb21d1a41c5df65a2630b7248b8968f0e34b23ee7707e21c6c53.file
UPDATE - Germany's AfD leader Weidel says the "European Commission appreciates censorship and chat control of its citizens. They want to silence critical voices by restricting freedom of speech. That’s what it’s all about!"
NEW - Berlin has enacted a new draconian police law granting authorities extensive surveillance powers, including the right to secretly enter homes and hack phones.
JUST IN - U.S. State Department says the European Commission is attacking the American people by fining Elon Musk's X.
JUST IN - CDC vaccine panel votes 8-3 to stop policy recommending that all infants get the hepatitis B vaccine at birth β€” Axios
MORE - The EU claims a "deceptive design" of X's verified user checkmark and "non-compliance" for not allowing so-called "researchers" to access X's data. https://hell.twtr.plus/media/166eaa57e0d412076be895b694ff5e1b8ee0329bdef90c8e4bbddf08396c8cf5.file
JUST IN - The European Commission on Friday imposed a €120 million fine on Elon Musk's social media platform X.
ICYMI - Trump and Howard Lutnick are shifting focus to humanoid robotics in 2026, following plans to advance artificial intelligence.