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/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1663, Part 1 (Thread #1810) is still rank 1 on the 2026-09-13T06:01:34.180732 board, one day and one thread number past yesterday's Day 1662 / #1809. The Iran megathread holds 2. New versus September 12: AfD protests, France's ultra fast-fashion law, Zelensky on EU oligarch listings, a Canadian grocery boycott, Anthropic's slowdown call, a Claude misuse report, Putin's troop warning, and Baghdad on the Saudi pipeline.
Top trending stories on Reddit World News: September 13
/r/WorldNews Live Thread: Russian Invasion of Ukraine Day 1663, Part 1 (Thread #1810): Standing megathread. Day count 1663, thread 1810.
/r/WorldNews Discussion Thread: U.S. and Israel launch attack on Iran; Iran retaliates (Thread #22): Standing Iran thread. Display uses U.S. Holds 2.
Tens of thousands protest against far-right AfD party in Germany: About 150,000 people in around 20 cities on Saturday, including Berlin, Hamburg, and Munich, after AfD took almost 44% in Saxony-Anhalt on September 6 versus 17% for the CDU. Organiser Pruef called for a ban.
France has banned advertising for ultra fast fashion and prohibited influencers from promoting it, with fines of up to €100,000 for violations. The new law also requires major platforms to disclose where clothing is made and makes polluting fashion producers pay more toward textile recycling.: Law n°2026-602 of July 8. Advertising and influencer bans start January 1, 2027. A malus of up to 50% of product price applied from September 1, 2026.
'Immoral and self-destructive': Zelensky blasts EU for considering lifting sanctions on Russian oligarchs: Zelensky on September 12 after EU ambassadors failed twice to renew listings covering more than 3,000 names before a September 15 deadline. He named Usmanov and Fridman. Slovakia has pushed delisting; France joined on Usmanov. He cited 500 Shahed drones per day.
Canadian boycott of U.S. products pushes grocers to adapt, explore new supply sources: Grocers relabeling origin. Vince's Market reported about 90% Canadian produce. Loblaw restored maple-leaf signs and tariff "T" tags.
Anthropic CEO calls for the AI industry to slow down: Dario Amodei essay on September 12 asking firms to slow capability gains, with third-party evaluators. BBC and Axios covered the post; Sam Altman and Elon Musk publicly agreed.
Russia Weaponized Claude AI to Spy on Ukraine and Europe: Anthropic's September 2026 threat report describes GTG-20006 automating operations with Claude against Ukrainian and European government, military, and drone-industry targets, with tradecraft consistent with Midnight Blizzard.
Putin threatens Europe with war if European troops are deployed to Ukraine: Putin at BRICS in New Delhi said sending European troops to Ukraine "would mean war with Russia." CBS dated the remarks September 11-12. Macron had said 26 countries pledged support for a postwar force.
Baghdad confirms attack on Saudi pipeline came from Iraq: Follow-up to the East-West pipeline shutdown after drones from Iraq. The row is new at 10 after sitting on Google News yesterday.
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What changed on Reddit World News since yesterday
- New: ranks 3-10 except the two megathreads.
- Holds: Ukraine live thread (Day 1662 to 1663), Iran thread #22.
- Dropped: Zelenskyy on Canada-U.S. tensions, Chretien "People bow to no one," Swedish disinformation warning, Bahrain base, Chinese imagery on Jordan, the earlier Saudi pipeline headline, B.C. judge, South Korea 1,000-won homes.
What today's Reddit World News stories reveal
The subreddit kept its two war megathreads and rebuilt the rest around Europe: AfD in the street, a French fashion statute, EU sanctions math, and Putin at BRICS. Anthropic appears twice (slowdown at 7, Claude misuse at 8), which is a tech-security overlay on a war board. Canada and Iraq are the North America and Gulf leftovers.
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