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Some US diplomats told to leave Saudi Arabia amid Houthi attacks

Jonathan Yerushalmy / The Guardian /

Also: Sky News Who is behind the powerful Houthi dynasty?, Al-Monitor From mountain fighters to 'regional power': the rise of Yemen's Houthis, Bloomberg US Orders Some Diplomats Out of Saudi Arabia Amid Houthi Attacks, Financial Times US orders some personnel to leave Saudi Arabia after Houthi attacks · see all

In other languages: Le Temps Des montagnes du Yémen à la scène régionale, l'ascension des houthis avec l'appui de l'Iran (fr), Aftenposten Houthiene har angrepet flere mål i Saudi-Arabia (no), Handelsblatt +++ Iran-Krieg +++: Nach Alarm: Ölkonzern Saudi Aramco evakuiert seine Zentrale (de)

  1. Meta Credit Risk Gauge Surges to Record on AI Spending Plans

    Caleb Mutua / Bloomberg /

    Also: Daily Maverick Meta strikes deal to keep Zuckerberg in California after wealth tax concerns, Financial Times FirstFT: Meta rekindles AI spending fears, Semafor Meta plans nonvoting shares, eyeing more stock sales to fund its AI dreams

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Em NY, Nasdaq despenca em meio aos receios sobre gastos de empresas de IA (pt)

  2. Hackers Morph Exposed AI Models Into Tools for Cybercrime

    Jordan Robertson / Bloomberg /

    Also: Financial Times Websites taken offline in race to patch PHP security flaw, MercoPress Global alert over two critical PHP flaws forces government websites offline, Sky News The PHP internet crisis could just be the beginning, Daily Maverick Government websites go dark after AI-discovered flaw sparks security scramble, BBC What is PHP and why did it spark a global cyber-security scramble?, The New York Times PHP Security Flaw Sets Off Global Rush to Patch, Leaving Websites Offline, The Guardian The race to fix huge PHP code flaw at the heart of the internet - The Latest · see all

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Cybersecurity: Sicherheitslücke in Programmiersprache: 70 Prozent aller Websites betroffen (de), Jornal de Negócios Falha de cibersegurança na linguagem PHP obriga a desligar sites em todo o mundo (pt), La Nación Empresas y gobiernos del mundo se apuran a corregir una vulnerabilidad que los expone a millones de intentos de ataque (es), POLITICO Europe Hacker starten „Millionen“ von Angriffen, um eine weltweite PHP-Sicherheitslücke auszunutzen (de), Diario Financiero Los sitios web de todo el mundo corren para corregir una falla de seguridad en PHP (es), NRC Kwetsbaarheden in PHP lijken met een update te zijn opgelost, maar tech-experts denken nieuwe risico’s te zien (nl), Süddeutsche Zeitung Podcast: „Auf den Punkt“: Die PHP-Sicherheitslücke – und was KI damit zu tun hat (de), Svenska Dagbladet Varnar efter säkerhetshålen i PHP (sv), Frankfurter Allgemeine Programmiersprache PHP: Die alte IT wird zur Gefahr (de) · see all

  3. Oil prices approach Iran-war highs as soaring tanker rates trigger a second energy squeeze

    Myra P. Saefong / MarketWatch /

    Also: The Guardian Oil prices jump to five-month high as attacks threaten global supply

  4. Vance: Starlink Use Depends on US Policy Toward Kyiv, Moscow – Not Musk

    Kyiv Post /

    Also: The Wall Street Journal Trump Called Musk and Asked Him to Lift Ukraine Starlink Restrictions

    In other languages: Handelsblatt +++ Ukraine-Krieg +++: Musk hat Starlink-Zugang für Ukraine laut Trump wiederhergestellt (de)

  5. Barclays to Cut 5,000 Jobs in A.I.-Driven Push to Lower Costs

    James Paton / The New York Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Barclays to Cut 5,000 Jobs as AI Starts to Create Efficiency, The Guardian Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs as bank’s bosses hail AI productivity advances, BBC Barclays cutting 5,000 jobs as it increases reliance on AI, Euronews Barclays to cut 5,000 jobs as it turns to AI to improve efficiency · see all

    In other languages: Le Figaro Avec l’adoption de l’IA, la banque britannique Barclays va supprimer environ 5000 emplois (fr), Estadão Barclays prevê demitir 5 mil funcionários e cita ganhos de produtividade com IA (pt), Handelsblatt Künstliche Intelligenz: Nach KI-Investitionen: Großbank Barclays streicht 5.000 Jobs (de), Le Temps La banque Barclays annonce supprimer environ 5000 emplois, qu’elle remplace par l’IA (fr), Dagens industri Barclays säger upp 5.000 anställda – ersätts med AI (sv), Expansión Barclays recortará 5.000 empleos por el uso de la IA y otras tecnologías (es) · see all

  6. Shell and Exxon Put $8 Billion Chemical Unit on Block, FT Says

    Joe Ryan / Bloomberg /

    Also: Financial Times Shell and Exxon’s $8bn UK chemicals unit put up for sale

    In other languages: Diario Financiero Shell y Exxon evalúan la venta de su unidad química británica por US$ 8.000 millones (es)

  7. AI is reshaping high-stakes elections around the world

    Brendan Ruberry / Semafor /

  8. UK to relax post-2008 rules that hold City bosses accountable for wrongdoing

    The Guardian /

    Also: Financial Times UK waters down ‘fit and proper’ rules set up to hold bankers to account

  9. U.A.E. Diplomat Jolts Deadlocked U.N. Leadership Race

    James T. Areddy / The Wall Street Journal /

  10. Sharp drops for AI stocks overwhelm markets worldwide as oil prices jump

    The Guardian /

  11. Ukraine Expands Satellite Cooperation With Finland as Starlink Doubts Linger

    Kyiv Post /

  12. China medtech exports surge, challenging global incumbents

    Jeronimo Gonzalez / Semafor /

  13. Xenophobia’s high price — why ConCourt’s defence of refugees matters for us all

    Professor Balthazar / Daily Maverick /

  14. Why IBM Walked Out of India

    Asianometry /

  15. ECLAC cuts Latin America’s 2026 growth forecast to 2.0%

    bne IntelliNews /

  16. How prepared is the UK for an emergency?

    Sky News /

  17. Qatar locks in US LNG through 2054 as it looks beyond Hormuz

    Samuel Wendel / Al-Monitor /

    Also: Bloomberg Qatar Agrees to Buy US LNG to 2054 as War Upends Supply

  18. EU Sanctions Envoy Pushes for Action Against Rusal’s Irish Alumina Refinery

    OCCRP /

  19. Singapore goes after companies over toxic haze

    Financial Times /

  20. Rosneft admits losses from Ukraine's refinery strikes becoming unsustainable, Bloomberg reports

    Abbey Fenbert / The Kyiv Independent /

  21. China's AI leader DeepSeek raises $15B

    Jeronimo Gonzalez / Semafor /

    Also: Bloomberg DeepSeek Raises $15 Billion in Challenge to Leading US Labs

    In other languages: Valor Econômico DeepSeek conclui captação de US$ 15 bilhões para impulsionar corrida da IA, dizem fontes (pt), Handelsblatt Künstliche Intelligenz: Deepseek sammelt wohl 15 Milliarden Dollar ein (de)

  22. GROUNDUP: High court sets aside multibillion-rand ARV contracts over procurement irregularities

    Tania Broughton for GroundUp / Daily Maverick /

  23. Net Power Surrendered Its Clean Dreams to Data Center Demand

    Emily Pontecorvo / Heatmap /

  24. First known human case of Shamonda virus confirmed in France

    Claudia Chiappa / POLITICO Europe /

    Also: The Guardian Shamonda virus detected in human for first time in France

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Patient gestorben: Frankreich meldet ersten Shamonda-Virus-Fall beim Menschen (de)

Earlier today

  1. SpaceX in Talks to Access 80,000 Cell Sites for New Network

    Kelcee Griffis / Bloomberg /

  2. Elon Musk Says SpaceX and Tesla Are Exploring a Merger

    Ryan Mac and Jack Ewing / The New York Times /

  3. RBI asks banks, payment firms to forensically clear tech environments in case of a data breach

    The Economic Times /