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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), 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. Trump says he is unlikely to order Iran attack if talks progress, CNN reports

    Al-Monitor /

    In other languages: Rzeczpospolita Trump nie wyklucza powrotu do wojny z Iranem. „Moglibyśmy ich dobić” (pl), Handelsblatt Iran-Krieg: Trump: Neue Angriffe im Iran bei Gesprächen unwahrscheinlich (de)

  2. Iraq has reached understandings with US to allow oil exports through Hormuz, minister says

    Al-Monitor /

    In other languages: Valor Econômico Iraque chega a entendimento com os EUA para permitir exportações de petróleo via Ormuz, diz ministro (pt)

  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

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

  4. 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

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

  5. Drone Strike Damages Strategic Mius River Bridge in Rostov

    Kyiv Post /

    Also: The Kyiv Independent Ukrainian drones hit key bridge, power stations in Russia's Rostov Oblast, governor says

  6. YouTube’s dominance has Hollywood running scared

    The Economist /

  7. Israel’s president gives Gadi Eisenkot first chance at forming government

    Financial Times /

    Also: The Guardian Israel’s president picks Yashar leader Gadi Eisenkot to form government, Al-Monitor Israel president taps Eisenkot to form new 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

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

    Maggie Haberman / The New York Times /

  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, Bloomberg Ukraine Peace Push Returns to Abu Dhabi

    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. Cop31: what is at stake at the UN climate summit and what can it achieve?

    The Guardian /

    Also: Financial Times ‘Terrible backdrop’ looms over UN climate summit in Turkey, Al-Monitor Turkey's COP31 message: electrify, recycle, don't mention coal

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

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

    Holly Munks / Daily Maverick /

  12. 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)

  13. AI Backlash Spreads Across Europe With Data Center Protests

    Jennifer Duggan / Bloomberg /

  14. Bangladesh garment strike hands India an opening it is ill-placed to seize

    Mark Buckton / bne IntelliNews /

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

    Business Daily Africa /

  16. 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)

  17. How Russia exploits Ukraine’s mobilization crisis

    Kyiv Independent /

  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. 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

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

    Lisa Friedman / The New York Times /

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

    The Guardian /

  22. 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)

  23. Companies House faces scrutiny over ‘pervasive and systemic’ errors

    Financial Times /

  24. Why Is Everyone Connecting Fridges to the Internet?

    Nicola Twilley / The Atlantic /

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 /