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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

In other languages: Handelsblatt KI: Anthropic steckt 3,4 Milliarden Dollar in Stromgeneratoren (de), Dagens industri Anthropic säkrar rekordavtal för gasproduktion (sv)

  1. Riyadh financial district targeted, Aramco skyscraper damaged

    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

    In other languages: 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)

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

    Mark Buckton / bne IntelliNews /

    Also: The Business Times AI rout after US midterms hits Asia hard, reviving out-of-favour Chinese and Indian stocks, Bloomberg AI Slump Revives Asia’s Forgotten Trades From China to India

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Einzelhandel: Preisschock im Weihnachtsgeschäft – KI-Chips verteuern Elektronik (de)

  3. Leaked Rosstat records put Russia's war dead at 450,000

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

    Also: Kyiv Post Hackers Claim Leaked Rosstat Data Shows 450,000 Russian Deaths

  4. 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

  5. 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, POLITICO Europe Europe will be represented in Abu Dhabi talks on Ukraine, French foreign minister says, Bloomberg Ukraine Peace Push Returns to Abu Dhabi · see all

    In other languages: Aftenposten Frankrikes utenriksminister: Europa skal delta i Ukraina-samtaler i Abu Dhabi (no), Børsen Europa skal deltage i møde mellem Ukraine og Rusland (da), Handelsblatt Verhandlungen in Abu Dhabi: Paris pocht auf Europas Beteiligung an Ukraine-Gesprächen (de)

  6. Voters Put the AI Data Center Boom on Notice

    Bloomberg /

  7. Europe's gas withdrawals hit date records as Gazprom's deliveries to Turkey nearly quadruple

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

  8. The Next Wave: Kenyan banks have forgotten how to lose money

    Kenn Abuya / TechCabal /

  9. Doctors Absorb the Stunning Failure of Two High-Profile Heart Drugs

    Gina Kolata / The New York Times /

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

    Tom Perkins / The Guardian /

  11. 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)

  12. Wall Street Races for Megadeals as Countdown Begins on Trump Era

    Ryan Gould / Bloomberg /

  13. 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)

  14. Why the Cyberpocalypse Might Hit China Harder

    Chang Che / ChinaTalk /

  15. Weakening AI copyright law will spell ‘disaster for creativity’, global music body warns Albanese

    Josh Butler / The Guardian /

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

    The Guardian /

    Also: MercoPress Paraguay’s prosecutors charge Santiago Peña and seek his pre-trial detention over the Ueno Bank collapse

    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

  17. Drone Strike Damages Strategic Mius River Bridge in Rostov

    Kyiv Post /

  18. Kushner Proposes Multilateral Europe-Russia Security Talks

    Kyiv Post /

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

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

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

    Mint /

  21. 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)

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

    Mint /

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

    Kyiv Post /

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

    Michael Kramer / MarketWatch /

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

    The Japan 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 /