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

Al-Monitor /

Also: Financial Times UK to deploy jets to defend Saudi Arabia against Houthi attacks, 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. Power outage hits Google Cloud services disrupting UK banks

    Euronews /

    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, The Guardian Revolut hit by service disruption as Google Cloud services suffer technical problems in London – business live · see all

    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

    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: Versandhändler will rund 16 Milliarden Euro in Deutschland investieren (de), Le Figaro IA : Amazon annonce 16 milliards d’euros d’investissements en Allemagne en 2027 (fr) · see all

  5. 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: Jornal de Negócios EUA proíbem a utilização da DeepSeek nas agências governamentais civis (pt)

  6. Oil prices hit five-month high as more Houthi attacks prompt supply and inflation fears

    Alvin R Cabral / The National /

    Also: The Wall Street Journal Oil Prices Up as Traders Weigh Middle East Supply Risks

  7. EU to bolster tracking of Russian shadow fleet and hybrid attacks with new Arctic Strategy

    Chris Powers / The Kyiv Independent /

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Öl: Russland nimmt die Schattenflotte unter die eigene Flagge – das steckt hinter der neuen Strategie (de)

  8. 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

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

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

    Kyiv Post /

    Also: The Kyiv Independent Zelensky, Rubio discuss critical military systems amid US-Ukraine tensions

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

    Alice Gledhill / Bloomberg /

    In other languages: Le Figaro L’écart entre les taux d’emprunt français et allemand dépasse le seuil symbolique de 1,5 point (fr), Cinco Días La prima de riesgo francesa rompe la barrera de los 150 puntos tras las protestas (es)

  11. DOE turns to defense funds to squeeze more from power grid

    Catherine Boudreau / Latitude Media /

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

    Financial Times /

    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

  13. Orlando Bravo on AI’s 'giant sucking sound'

    Liz Hoffman / Semafor /

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

    Liz Hoffman / Semafor /

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

    Steve Goldstein / MarketWatch /

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

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

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

    Prashant Rao / Semafor /

  18. UAE and France deepen defence ties with Rafale F5 fighter-jet deal

    Fareed Rahman and Sunniva Rose / The National /

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

    Al-Monitor /

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

    Julia Kollewe / The Guardian /

  21. Chinese battery giant CATL hit by profit slowdown as EV headwind fears grow

    Themis Qi / South China Morning Post /

  22. Meta is back on offense — and its next move could signal higher AI spending across Big Tech

    Christine Ji / MarketWatch /

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

    Lingling Wei / The Wall Street Journal /

  24. Zelensky Lands in Norway for Peace Talks With Trump’s Envoy

    Kyiv Post /

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. DOJ Calls for Detaining OpenAI Engineer, Citing Saudi Ties

    Madlin Mekelburg and Rachel Metz / Bloomberg /

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

    Akriti Sharma / Bloomberg /

  5. France hit by debt sell-off as protests unnerve investors

    Lauren Almeida / The Guardian /