Happy Monday! It’s February 10, and we’re tracking top stories to kick off the week: China imposes retaliatory tariffs on $14B worth of U.S. goods, Italian tycoons targeted by fake defense minister in AI scam, Iranian commanders tell Ayatollah to drop fatwa against nuclear weapons, Elon Musk alleges $50B in fraud at Treasury after judge blocks DOGE audit, and much more…

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💥 FEATURED STORY

China imposes retaliatory tariffs on $14B worth of U.S. goods. On Friday, Trump announced a plan to introduce reciprocal tariffs in the coming days to reshape the U.S.’s global trade relationships. Firstpost

Trump Plans to Unveil 25% Steel, Aluminum Tariffs on Monday Bloomberg

🎯 TOP STORIES

Italian tycoons targeted by fake defense minister in suspected AI scam WWD 

Revoke fatwa against nuclear weapons, Iranian commanders tell Ayatollah Telegraph

Elon Musk alleges $50B in fraud at Treasury after judge blocks DOGE audit Fox

Coinbase, Gemini CEOs cheer as CFPB chief defangs agency Block

Inside the new plan to seize Russia’s shadow fleet Politico 

Scores of bodies uncovered in Libyan mass graves linked to human trafficking AFP

TikTok to let U.S. Android users download app via kits on its website Reuters

🚩 RUSSIA & CHINA

China’s Strategy in Trade War: Threaten U.S. Tech Companies WSJ 

Kremlin Gloats as Trump Sanctions International Criminal Court MT

Fraudulent hard drive scandal deepens at Seagate Tom’s

Baltic states unplug from Russia and join EU power grid BBC

💸 CORRUPTION & FINANCIAL CRIME

Billionaire Proposes $1M Reward for Bolivia’s Evo Morales Bloomberg

How American Educators Are Conning Kids Free Press 

Tulip Siddiq’s illegal funds in the UK will be seized Telegraph

🔐 CRYPTO & CYBER

Quantum computing will bring lost Bitcoin 'back in circulation’ Cointelegraph

How Silk Road drug kingpin could reclaim $6.5B worth of Bitcoin after being pardoned by Trump Daily Mail

Armed police arrest three Britons over kidnap of crypto broker in Spain Telegraph

🚚 TRAFFICKING

How Trump’s Aid Freeze Could Drive More Drugs and Migrants to U.S. Streets WSJ

Trump’s claim that Mexican cartels and government are allied is not reality Guardian

The Pacific cocaine corridor: a Brazilian cartel’s pipeline to Australia SWJ

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