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Britain says it will carry out defensive air missions over Saudi Arabia

Al-Monitor /

Also: The New York Times UK to Send Fighter Jets to Help Defend Saudi Arabia From Houthi Attacks, POLITICO Europe UK to deploy fighter jets to help Saudis against Houthi attacks, Bloomberg Saudi Arabia Postpones FII Summit After Houthi Attacks, Sky News UK to send jets to Saudi Arabia to fly defensive missions | Michael Clarke analysis, The National Saudi Arabia postpones FII investment in Riyadh after Houthi attacks · see all

In other languages: The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) [밤 사이 해외뉴스] 사우디 '사막의 다보스' 결국 연기… 후티 공항 습격에 중동 정세 격랑 (ko), Valor Econômico Reino Unido mobilizará caças para defender Arábia Saudita de ataques dos houthis (pt), Aftenposten Britene varsler kampflystøtte til Saudi-Arabia som forsvar mot houthiene (no)

  1. Google Cloud Outage Takes Down Revolut and Other Banks in UK

    Shona Ghosh and Charlie Wells / Bloomberg /

    Also: BBC Revolut outage hits 'multiple services' as thousands of users report app issues, Sky News BREAKING: Google Cloud outage as dozens of websites and apps hit by service issues

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Cloud-Dienste gestört: Großausfall bei Google führt zu Störungen bei Banken (de), Expansión Una caída de Google Cloud interrumpe servicios de Revolut y otros bancos europeos (es)

  2. France Protests Show Europe’s Shift Away From Centrist Politics

    Steven Erlanger / The New York Times /

    Also: POLITICO Europe French riots lay bare risks and opportunities for 2027 election candidates, The Guardian France hit by debt sell-off as protests unnerve investors

    In other languages: The Korea Economic Daily (Hankyung) 프랑스 시위 격화에 국채시장 흔들…마크롱 리더십 시험대 (ko), Jornal de Negócios Juros da dívida francesa voltam a acelerar. "Spread" face à Alemanha ultrapassa os 150 pontos (pt), Valor Econômico Protestos violentos levam França a decretar toque de recolher parcial (pt)

  3. Iran Strikes More Ship Engine Rooms in Ramp-Up of Hormuz Attacks

    Weilun Soon / Bloomberg /

    In other languages: Dagens industri Iran: Två oljetankfartyg har träffats av minor i Hormuzsundet (sv), Le Figaro Guerre au Moyen-Orient : deux nouveaux pétroliers heurtent des mines dans le détroit d’Ormuz (fr), Rzeczpospolita Cieśnina Ormuz to nie tylko ropa, ale też globlany internet. Iran sugeruje atak (pl)

  4. Amazon Pledges €16 Billion in Germany on Data Centers, Prime

    Mark Bergen / Bloomberg /

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Investitionsgipfel: „Ich will euer Geld“: Bundesregierung buhlt um Investoren – Amazon sagt 16 Milliarden Euro zu (de), Frankfurter Allgemeine Cloud und Satelliten: Amazon will 2027 16 Milliarden Euro in Deutschland investieren (de), Der Spiegel Amazon plant Investitionen von 16 Milliarden Euro in Deutschland (de), Le Figaro IA : Amazon annonce 16 milliards d’euros d’investissements en Allemagne en 2027 (fr) · see all

  5. Albertans Vote to Stay in Canada in Historic Referendum

    Amanda Coletta / The Wall Street Journal /

    Also: MercoPress Alberta overwhelmingly rejects starting the path to an independence referendum from Canada, The Guardian Alberta voters reject plan for referendum to leave Canada, CBC projects

    In other languages: Le Temps Au Canada, l’Alberta refuse son indépendance à hauteur de 76% (fr)

  6. Zelensky Accuses US of Delaying Patriot Missiles as Tensions With Trump Grow

    Kyiv Post /

    Also: Bloomberg Zelenskyy Heads to US Talks as Tensions Mount With Trump

  7. The AI boom doesn’t answer to the Fed

    Liz Hoffman / Semafor /

  8. Anthropic and Nscale in talks for second multibillion-dollar deal

    Financial Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Nscale, Anthropic in Talks for $45 Billion Cloud Computing Deal

    In other languages: Dagens Næringsliv Bloomberg: Nscale i dialog med Anthropic om avtale på 45 mrd. dollar (no), Valor Econômico Nscale e Anthropic negociam novo contrato de US$ 45 bi para infraestrutura de IA, diz fonte (pt), Jornal de Negócios Anthropic negoceia investimento de 45 mil milhões de dólares em centros de dados da Nscale (pt), Handelsblatt KI: Nscale verhandelt mit Anthropic über 45-Milliarden-Dollar-Deal (de), Børsen Medie: Google-koryfæ ejer 1 pct. af Anthropic – afkast på 130 mia. kr. (da) · see all

  9. What happens to Wall Street if CoreWeave defaults? JPMorgan checked the math.

    Steve Goldstein / MarketWatch /

  10. Two Ukraine peace options for Europe to consider - FT

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

  11. French debt costs spiral as political and fiscal crises grow

    Prashant Rao / Semafor /

  12. UN says 19 mn Afghans facing acute food insecurity by April

    Al-Monitor /

  13. Thames Water creditors secure former Labour minister to drive rescue deal

    Julia Kollewe / The Guardian /

    Also: Bloomberg Thames Water, Creditors Offer Pimco a Compromise on New Debt

  14. China’s Ultimate Political Survivor Just Fell. What That Says About Xi’s Rule.

    Lingling Wei / The Wall Street Journal /

  15. US prosecutors allege Saudi royal links in OpenAI bugging case

    Financial Times /

    Also: BBC Ex-OpenAI worker accused of planting device had Saudi support, says court filing, The Wall Street Journal Former OpenAI Worker Accused of Bugging Discussed Jobs With Saudi Royal, Bloomberg DOJ Calls for Detaining OpenAI Engineer, Citing Saudi Ties

    In other languages: Svenska Dagbladet Open AI-spion kopplas till Saudiarabien (sv), Diario Financiero Justicia de EEUU pide negar la fianza a exingeniero que espiaba en OpenAI por alto riesgo de fuga a Arabia Saudita (es), Valor Econômico Realeza saudita é citada no caso da OpenAI (pt)

  16. How the Hormuz crisis could trigger a global ‘food shock’

    Financial Times /

  17. Lose the election, keep the influence: how Europe's illiberal networks entrench power

    IntelliNews / bne IntelliNews /

  18. A data centre is not a cloud platform: Why the distinction matters

    Guest Author / TechCabal /

  19. US bans use of China’s DeepSeek AI tools by government agencies

    Agence France-Presse / The Guardian /

    Also: Bloomberg US to Bar China’s DeepSeek From Federal Agency Systems, BBC US bans DeepSeek AI from government use as tech tension with China continues, Semafor Washington bans DeepSeek from government agencies

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Governo dos EUA proíbe agências federais de usarem tecnologia de IA da chinesa DeepSeek (pt), Jornal de Negócios EUA proíbem a utilização da DeepSeek nas agências governamentais civis (pt)

  20. Ethiopia-Eritrea crisis: Can Washington prevent a wider war without taking sides?

    Julian Pecquet / The Africa Report /

  21. St Petersburg drone raid revives Moscow's Article 51 threat against the Baltic states

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

  22. ‘For Panama, it is life or death’: how drought is choking the canal that feeds a nation

    Jessica Rawnsley / The Guardian /

  23. Seoul vows ‘resolute punishment’ after North Korea threatens new border measures

    Daily Maverick /

  24. French Bond-Risk Gauge Hits 150 Basis Points After Protests

    Alice Gledhill / Bloomberg /

Earlier today

  1. Anthropic commits 5% of shares to ‘public benefit’ fund

    Financial Times /

  2. Anthropic commits 5% stake to 'public benefit fund' amid growing AI backlash

    The National /

  3. India’s RBI Steps Up Overseas Investment Checks as Rupee Slides

    Akriti Sharma / Bloomberg /

  4. Zelensky Tells US Lawmakers Washington Has Yet to Explain Starlink Limits, Missed Missile Warnings

    Kyiv Post /

  5. Why the Treasury’s financing plans are sparking anxiety on Wall Street

    Joy Wiltermuth / MarketWatch /