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

Al-Monitor /

Also: The Guardian UK to deploy fighter jets to protect Saudi Arabia from 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 Telegraph UK joins France, Italy to defend Saudi Arabia against Houthis after deadly attack, The National Saudi Arabia postpones FII conference in Riyadh after Houthi attacks · see all

In other languages: 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: The Guardian ‘Too big to not fail’: Google outage exposes UK reliance on a handful of cloud providers, 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 (México) Una falla eléctrica en Google Cloud afecta a miles de clientes de bancos como HSBC y Revolut (es), Expansión Una caída de Google Cloud interrumpe servicios de Revolut y otros bancos europeos (es), Rzeczpospolita Wielka awaria chmury Google. Revolut, DPD i banki mają problemy (pl) · see all

  2. Macron secures Gulf diesel supplies as France grapples with fuel costs, unrest

    Jack Dutton / Al-Monitor /

    Also: The New York Times France Protests Show Europe’s Shift Away From Centrist Politics

    In other languages: Expansión Las aseguradoras afrontan pérdidas a medida que los disturbios en Francia se equiparan ‘a las catástrofes naturales’ (es), 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. US Restores Intelligence to Ukraine as Witkoff Carries Peace Proposals to Putin

    Kyiv Post /

    Also: The Guardian US has resumed sharing intelligence with Ukraine about Russian strikes, says Zelenskyy

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Ukraine-Krieg: Neuer Ort, neue Hoffnung? Selenskyj trifft Witkoff in Oslo (de)

  4. A Russian satellite shadows a US one for days in an unprecedented manoeuvre

    MercoPress /

    Also: Bloomberg Russian Satellite Raises Space Warfare Fears

  5. 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)

  6. 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), Het Financieele Dagblad Opsteker voor Berlijn: Amazon komt met nieuwe miljardeninvestering (nl), Le Figaro IA : Amazon annonce 16 milliards d’euros d’investissements en Allemagne en 2027 (fr) · see all

  7. Anthropic May Spend $750 Billion on Computing Costs, WSJ Reports

    David Morris / Bloomberg /

    Also: Financial Times Anthropic and Nscale in talks for second multibillion-dollar deal

    In other languages: 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), Expansión Anthropic y Nscale mantienen conversaciones para cerrar un segundo acuerdo multimillonario (es), Handelsblatt KI: Nscale verhandelt mit Anthropic über 45-Milliarden-Dollar-Deal (de), Dagens Næringsliv Bloomberg: Nscale i dialog med Anthropic om avtale på 45 mrd. dollar (no) · see all

  8. Musk Ordered Starlink Slowdown That Blindsided Ukraine

    Alexander Ward / The Wall Street Journal /

  9. Government expected to approve Jackdaw gas field on Wednesday

    Nicholas Earl / POLITICO Europe /

    Also: BBC UK government to make Jackdaw gas field announcement

  10. Wall Street researchers just used Claude to design a drug. The experiment has spawned a new investment thesis.

    Joseph Adinolfi / MarketWatch /

  11. 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 China's DeepSeek from government in race for AI dominance, Semafor Washington bans DeepSeek from government agencies

    In other languages: Jornal de Negócios EUA proíbem a utilização da DeepSeek nas agências governamentais civis (pt)

  12. Eastern Libya parliament approves maritime deal with Turkey, drawing Greek rejection

    Al-Monitor /

  13. Turkey unveils full text of Mecca defence pact with Saudi Arabia and Pakistan

    Akin Nazli / bne IntelliNews /

  14. 'Dark fleet' under spotlight in latest US move to ease rising energy costs

    Kyle Fitzgerald / The National /

  15. Ukraine war latest: Drone strikes on Yandex data centers disrupt Russian court hearings, media reports

    Tania Myronyshena / The Kyiv Independent /

  16. Trump Tariffs on Canada Spark Latest Lawsuit Over Trade Powers

    Tony Romm / The New York Times /

    Also: BBC Trump sued over Canadian tariffs in latest legal challenge

  17. DoJ’s suspected non-citizens list includes ‘high percentage’ of those born in US, LA officials say

    Sam Levine / The Guardian /

  18. Investment summit: German government strikes AI deal with Nvidia

    Euronews /

  19. Russian occupation official exposed in Kyiv Independent documentary charged with war crimes

    Tania Myronyshena / The Kyiv Independent /

  20. Nato increases Black Sea deployment amid escalating deadly Russian attacks

    The Guardian /

  21. China threatens retaliation if UK follows the EU on tariffs

    Caroline Hug / POLITICO Europe /

  22. GREEN STEEL: Coega Steels launches R500m low-emission rolling mill, creating 600 jobs

    Kyran Blaauw / Daily Maverick /

  23. Putin and Xi want to control the Arctic. This Is Why

    Sky News /

  24. Hungary Blocks Ukraine’s Next EU Step Despite Reset – Report

    Kyiv Post /

Earlier today

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

    Financial Times /

  2. DOJ Calls for Detaining OpenAI Engineer, Citing Saudi Ties

    Madlin Mekelburg and Rachel Metz / Bloomberg /

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

    Financial Times /

  4. Albertans Vote to Stay in Canada in Historic Referendum

    Amanda Coletta / The Wall Street Journal /

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

    Akriti Sharma / Bloomberg /