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Riyadh financial district targeted, Aramco tower damaged: witnesses

Al-Monitor /

Also: Bloomberg Aramco’s Riyadh Office Suffers Limited Damage After Attack, Financial Times Saudi Aramco office in Riyadh damaged in latest Houthi strikes, The Wall Street Journal Iconic Saudi Tower Hit as Yemen’s Houthis Target Riyadh

In other languages: Dagens industri Vittnen: Oljejättens skrapa träffad i ny attack mot Riyad (sv), Handelsblatt Konflikt mit Saudi-Arabien: Huthi greifen Wolkenkratzer im Zentrum von Riad an (de), Aftenposten Aramco-bygning truffet i angrep mot Riyadh (no), Rzeczpospolita Atak rakietowy na Rijad. Odłamki pocisków uderzyły w budynek Saudi Aramco (pl) · see all

  1. Israeli president picks Gadi Eisenkot, Netanyahu rival, to try to form government

    Al-Monitor /

    Also: Financial Times Israel’s president gives Gadi Eisenkot first chance at forming a government, The Wall Street Journal Netanyahu’s Challenger Tapped to Try to Form Israeli Government

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Presidente de Israel escolhe rival de Netanyahu para tentar formar governo (pt), Handelsblatt Nach der Wahl: Israels Präsident beauftragt Eisenkot mit Regierungsbildung (de), Jornal de Negócios Eisenkot chamado formar governo israelita após votação renhida (pt), Aftenposten Eisenkot får i oppdrag å danne regjering i Israel (no), Dagens industri Oppositionen i Israel får chans att bilda regering (sv), Dagens Næringsliv Eisenkot får i oppdrag å danne regjering i Israel (no) · see all

  2. Anthropic Buys Power for AI Data Centres in $3.4B Deal, FT Says

    Eleanor Thornber / Bloomberg /

    Also: Financial Times Anthropic strikes $3.4bn deal to generate gas-fired power for data centres

  3. German households face world's highest electricity prices, 2.5 times US level

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

  4. Turkey's COP31 message: electrify, recycle, don't mention coal

    Al-Monitor /

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Weltklimakonferenz COP31: Klimagipfel in der Türkei – Worum es geht und woran es hakt (de)

  5. US midterm panic wipes billions off Asia's chip giants

    Mark Buckton / bne IntelliNews /

  6. Why the Cyberpocalypse Might Hit China Harder

    Chang Che / ChinaTalk /

  7. Falling diamond prices squeeze Botswana, Namibia and Angola as De Beers’ average diamond price falls 45%

    bne IntelliNews /

  8. Drone Strike Damages Strategic Mius River Bridge in Rostov

    Kyiv Post /

  9. ‘Very strange, very sad’: Paraguay bank collapse fells a presidency and leaves millions broke

    The Guardian /

    Also: bne IntelliNews Paraguay’s ousted president Pena detained over Ueno bank collapse, Alliana takes office

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Bankenskandal in Paraguay: Nach Amtsenthebung: Anklage gegen Paraguays Ex-Präsidenten (de), Estadão Itaipu aciona Ministério Público do Paraguai para recuperar US$ 182 milhões depositados no Ueno Bank (pt), Expansión (México) Santiago Peña, expresidente de Paraguay, queda en prisión preventiva por crisis de Ueno Bank (es), Dagens industri Paraguays expresident häktad efter bankkris (sv), Diario Financiero Alliana jura como nuevo presidente de Paraguay y fiscalía ordena detención de Peña (es), Valor Econômico Juiz do Paraguai ordena prisão preventiva do ex-presidente Santiago Peña (pt), NRC Paraguay beëdigt nieuwe president temidden van financiële crisis, oud-president onder huisarrest (nl) · see all

  10. Kushner Proposes Multilateral Europe-Russia Security Talks

    Kyiv Post /

  11. Iran war: IOC to buy crude, LPG carriers as Strait of Hormuz disruptions drive freight costs

    Mint /

  12. Argentina’s Milei dreams of data centres on the Patagonian steppe

    Financial Times /

    Also: Al-Monitor Pope Leo heads to Milei's Argentina as tensions loom over austerity, Iran

    In other languages: Der Spiegel Argentinien: Javier Milei will mit Patagonien zum KI-Hotspot werden (de)

  13. India's forex reserves fall $2.69 billion to $717 billion: Why RBI is selling dollars and what it means for the rupee

    Mint /

  14. US Democrats Weigh $15B Ukraine Aid and Grid Backing

    Kyiv Post /

  15. This market signal called the tech selloff. Now it’s sending another warning.

    Michael Kramer / MarketWatch /

  16. Dutchman and Spaniard in two-horse race for ECB presidency

    The Japan Times /

    Also: Bloomberg Dutchman and Spaniard in Two-Horse Race for ECB Presidency

  17. Moscow police detain over 200 people, reportedly forcing some to sign military contracts

    Yevgeniya Doluda / The Kyiv Independent /

  18. Russia to send senior diplomats, military officials to upcoming peace talks in Abu Dhabi

    Olena Goncharova / The Kyiv Independent /

    Also: Kyiv Post Russia Sends High-Level Delegation to Abu Dhabi Talks

  19. DBS, OCBC, UOB’s big sell-off: Was it their Q3 numbers or a broader market de-rating?

    Ben Paul / The Business Times /

  20. Top Links 1279 Land grabbing. AI v. the Quakers on pricing. Rehabilitating the 2010s & did fiscal stimulus in 1930s Japan cut suicides?

    Adam Tooze / Chartbook /

  21. Gabon Seeks $2 Billion to Revive Mabounie Rare Earths Project

    Katarina Höije / Bloomberg /

  22. The end of Russia's last independent newspaper

    Sky News /

  23. Hot fridges, a fake nuclear alert and a $6bn heist: are we in the foothills of a hacking epidemic?

    Dan Milmo and Aisha Down / The Guardian /

  24. Government 'looking seriously' at banning under-16s from Vinted and eBay

    BBC /

Earlier today

  1. Russian attacks kill 2, injure 37 across Ukraine over past day, hit substations connecting nuclear power plants to Kyiv

    Yuliia Taradiuk / The Kyiv Independent /

  2. Binance CFO Kaiser Ng steps down days after hackers steal $6.3-billion

    The Globe and Mail /

  3. AI rout after US midterms hits Asia hard, reviving out-of-favour Chinese and Indian stocks

    The Business Times /

  4. China recruited Singapore-based executive to spy on Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang: US intelligence

    The Business Times /

  5. Italy's foreign minister targeted in cyberattack due to Ukraine stance, minister says

    Jonas Heins / The Kyiv Independent /