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Republicans’ midterm promise is more populism, and more cash
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (471+ words) DALLAS – Republicans arrived at their first midterm convention ready to sell their wins for “working class” Americans, including hundreds of billions of dollars for tax cuts, refunds, and savings accounts.They left it ready to spend another trillion dollars in…...
Houthi rebels capture key Red Sea port in Yemen
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (136+ words) Houthi rebels captured a key port on Thursday from Yemen’s Saudi Arabia-backed government, strengthening the Iranian proxy’s hold on one of the region’s two critical waterways. Houthi rebels captured a key Red Sea port on Thursday from Yemenâs Saudi…...
Experts warn of new terrorism threats from AI, drones
2+ day, 9+ hour ago (144+ words) 25 years after the Sept. 11 attacks, Western societies face resurgent terrorism threats from drones and AI. The global jihadi movement is fractured 25 years after the Sept 11 attacks and lacks the capacity to launch similarly sophisticated operations, analysts said, but societies face…...
The Next 3 Billion | Semafor
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (121+ words) As the next wave of technology-led growth reshapes economies and global influence, The Next 3 Billion asks one of the defining questions of the decade: will the innovations reshaping global power expand opportunity or concentrate it? Three billion people remain offline,…...
Hydrogen investment projected to hit a bureaucratic cap on growth
2+ day, 15+ hour ago (188+ words) Global investment in low-carbon hydrogen will reach a new high this year. Hydrogen investment projected to hit a bureaucratic cap on growth Global investment in low-carbon hydrogen will reach a new high this year, but the nascent industry is close…...
Global coal consumption to reach new record
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (155+ words) China remains by far the world’s coal heavyweight: Its power sector alone consumes one-third of the world’s coal. Rising natural gas prices wrought by the Iran war will boost global coal consumption to a new record of nearly 9 billion metric…...
Ukraine is going into winter with a gas surplus, despite war
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (249+ words) Ukraine is also angling to increase exports to Europe this winter, the CEO of the country’s top private energy company said. Despite attacks by Russia on its natural gas production fields, Ukraine has moved to a gas surplus and is…...
Gulf corporate profits in second quarter show growing divide between economies
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (174+ words) Listed companies in Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi are growing quickly, benefiting from higher oil prices and their ability to keep energy exports flowing. Gulf corporate profits in second quarter show growing divide between economies Corporate profits in the second…...
Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala takes stake in China’s Luckin coffee with $1B deal
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (172+ words) Private equity firm Centurium Capital has contributed to the $1 billion investment alongside Mudabadala’s minority stake into China’s Luckin Coffee. Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala has taken a stake in Chinaâs Luckin Coffee as part of a $1 billion investment…...
AI loses a Dallas debate
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (332+ words) A few minutes before Donald Trump got on stage in Dallas Wednesday night, Joe Allen was warning a hard-right crowd across town about immigration. “You look at the data center, this incubator for algorithmic immigrants,” he said. “They’ve already broken…...