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Riyadh financial district targeted, Aramco skyscraper damaged

Al-Monitor /

Also: Bloomberg Aramco’s Riyadh Office Suffers Limited Damage After Attack, 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. Leaked Rosstat records put Russia's war dead at 450,000

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

    Also: The Kyiv Independent Hackers claim leaked Russian data reveals up to 450,000 war-related deaths in Ukraine, Kyiv Post Hackers Claim Leaked Rosstat Data Shows 450,000 Russian Deaths

  2. 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, The Guardian Israel’s president picks Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot to form 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

  3. Anthropic Buys Power for AI Data Centers 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

  4. Six countries account for 80% of Africa’s $211bn corporate debt – OECD

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

  5. China burns more coal than the rest of the world combined as its own use stalls

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

  6. US datacenter demand spurs increased fossil fuel pipeline projects as rules are discarded

    Tom Perkins / The Guardian /

  7. China to enter Brazil’s cement market as Huaxin agrees to buy CSN Cimentos

    Zhu Wenqian / South China Morning Post /

    In other languages: Valor Econômico CSN informa à CVM acordo para vender CSN Cimentos à Huaxin, em operação de R$ 12,7 bi (pt)

  8. 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)

  9. Why the Cyberpocalypse Might Hit China Harder

    Chang Che / ChinaTalk /

  10. How Everyday Apps Feed Police Surveillance

    Bloomberg /

  11. 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, Al-Monitor Europeans will join Ukraine talks in Abu Dhabi, French foreign minister says

  12. Drone Strike Damages Strategic Mius River Bridge in Rostov

    Kyiv Post /

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

    The Guardian /

    Also: The New York Times Prosecutors Charge Paraguay’s Former President With Corruption, MercoPress Paraguay’s Senate removes Santiago Peña, who is placed under arrest, and Pedro 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) · see all

  14. Revealed: how a UK firm is spearheading growth in trade of US fracked ethane

    The Guardian /

  15. Democratic Sweep Tests Trump-Linked Trades Across Latin America

    Vinícius Andrade / Bloomberg /

  16. Kushner Proposes Multilateral Europe-Russia Security Talks

    Kyiv Post /

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

    Mint /

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

    Financial Times /

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

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

    Mint /

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

    Kyiv Post /

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

    Michael Kramer / MarketWatch /

  22. 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

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

    Yevgeniya Doluda / The Kyiv Independent /

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

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

Earlier today

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

    Mark Buckton / bne IntelliNews /

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

    Yuliia Taradiuk / The Kyiv Independent /

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

    The Globe and Mail /

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

    The Business Times /

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

    The Business Times /