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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), Aftenposten Houthiene påtar seg ansvar for angrep på Aramco-bygning i Riyadh (no), Handelsblatt Konflikt mit Saudi-Arabien: Huthi greifen Wolkenkratzer im Zentrum von Riad an (de), Rzeczpospolita Atak rakietowy na Rijad. Odłamki pocisków uderzyły w budynek Saudi Aramco (pl) · see all

  1. 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?

  2. 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)

  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. Drone Strike Damages Strategic Mius River Bridge in Rostov

    Kyiv Post /

    Also: bne IntelliNews Russia's cheap RM-48U ballistic missiles threaten Kyiv's Dnipro bridges as Ukraine's air defences run low

  5. Rubio Warned Officials About Nvidia Chief’s Entanglement With Chinese Spy

    Maggie Haberman / The New York Times /

  6. 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 government, The Guardian Israel’s president picks Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot to form government, The Wall Street Journal Netanyahu Rival Gets First Run at Power, but Hurdles Lie in Wait

    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

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

    Al-Monitor /

    Also: The Guardian Cop31: what is at stake at the UN climate summit and what can it achieve?, bne IntelliNews Nine in 10 Turks oblivious their country is set to host world’s flagship climate summit COP, survey finds, Financial Times ‘Terrible backdrop’ looms over UN climate summit in Turkey

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

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

    Ryan Gould / Bloomberg /

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Wall Street corre para fechar meganegócios antes do fim da era Trump (pt)

  9. 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

    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)

  10. How 13 Bills and 11 regulations have frozen reforms in State firms

    Business Daily Africa /

  11. Threadbare: Rags and riches — how SA retail giants profit off sweatshops

    Holly Munks / Daily Maverick /

  12. How Russia exploits Ukraine’s mobilization crisis

    Kyiv Independent /

  13. SoftBank and ABB consider China carve-out to salvage robotics deal

    The Japan Times /

    Also: Bloomberg SoftBank, ABB Consider China Carve-Out to Salvage Robotics Deal

    In other languages: Handelsblatt Robotik: ABB und Softbank erwägen für Robotik Abspaltung des China-Geschäfts (de)

  14. 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

  15. Why the Iran War Has Spurred Both Clean Energy and Fossil Fuels

    Lisa Friedman / The New York Times /

  16. Labour expected to cut EV targets for UK’s car industry despite MPs’ protests

    The Guardian /

  17. 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)

  18. 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 /

    Also: Business Daily Africa Supermarket fridges hacking saga exposes dark side of IoT

  19. Half of NHS trusts in England lack funds earmarked to cover maternity leave

    Tobi Thomas Health / The Guardian /

  20. 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

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

    Ben Aris / bne IntelliNews /

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

    Kenn Abuya / TechCabal /

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

    Gina Kolata / The New York Times /

  24. Beijing’s new “common language” law doesn’t sound so common

    Sophia Charles / The Interpreter (Lowy Institute) /

Earlier today

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

    The Guardian /

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

    The Japan Times /

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

    The Business Times /