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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: 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. 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)

  2. AI Backlash Spreads Across Europe With Data Center Protests

    Jennifer Duggan / Bloomberg /

    Also: France 24 US voters reject AI data centres: could the backlash spread to France?

  3. 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)

  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. 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

  6. 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)

  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), Estadão CSN anuncia acordo para venda do negócio de cimento à chinesa Huaxin por R$ 12,7 bilhões (pt)

  8. Iran suggests blasts are not US attacks as both sides report ships hit

    Al-Monitor /

  9. US Offers $20M Reward for Intel on Iran’s Nuclear Program

    Kyiv Post /

    Also: Al-Monitor US offers $20 mn reward for info on 'Iran's nuclear program': CENTCOM

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

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

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

    Kenn Abuya / TechCabal /

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

    Gina Kolata / The New York Times /

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

    Tom Perkins / The Guardian /

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

    Ryan Gould / Bloomberg /

  15. Why the Cyberpocalypse Might Hit China Harder

    Chang Che / ChinaTalk /

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

    Josh Butler / The Guardian /

  18. Private equity firm seeks to take control of LIV Golf from Saudi wealth fund

    Financial Times /

  19. Drone Strike Damages Strategic Mius River Bridge in Rostov

    Kyiv Post /

  20. Kushner Proposes Multilateral Europe-Russia Security Talks

    Kyiv Post /

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

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

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

    Mint /

  23. 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)

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

    Mint /

Earlier today

  1. As COP31 comes to Turkey, satellites reveal a landfill methane problem

    Al-Monitor /

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

    Al-Monitor /

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

    Yuliia Taradiuk / The Kyiv Independent /

  4. COP31 in Turkey: What to expect at the 2026 UN Climate Summit

    Alice C. Hill / bne IntelliNews /

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

    The Globe and Mail /