US and Iran exchange fire for the first time in over a month
The US hit two rocket launchers, saying they were about to deploy mines into the Strait of Hormuz.
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Nigeria’s worsening insecurity tests president’s second-term bid
Security challenges in Africa’s most populous country are becoming a defining issue in its election campaign.
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Saudi Arabia's LIV Golf tournament faces bankruptcy
The Saudi Public Investment Fund founded LIV in 2022, attracting several top players with high wages, but said this…
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Chinese manufacturing activity falls for second consecutive month
Beijing’s export-oriented industries have helped buoy the country’s economy for years as domestic consumption has…
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Africa turns to Asia for diesel as Iran war disrupts supplies
Before the start of hostilities, Africa relied on the Gulf for a large share of the fuel it consumes.
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Asian leaders gather amid China's efforts to expand influence
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation members will meet in Kyrgyzstan to discuss energy and security.
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Murphy eyes bipartisan effort on private equity in youth sports
The Connecticut senator thinks private equity’s involvement in youth sports will spark the next populist outrage.
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House comes back to crowded agenda
Government funding is at the top of the to-do list.
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Trump’s White House inner circle is shrinking
As some of the president’s closest aides leave the building and his challenges mount, he’s still predisposed to stick…
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Axel Springer invests in Abu Dhabi-based outlet The Circuit
Axel Springer is latest Western publisher to take a greater editorial interest in the business story in the Middle East.
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US strikes deal for 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil reserves
US President Donald Trump announced Friday that the US had secured majority control over more than 65 billion barrels…
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Nepal disaster highlights climate, geopolitical plight
Countries like Nepal are not large emitters but are disproportionately affected by climate change.
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OpenAI hack shows emergent AI risks
Rogue OpenAI agents’ unprecedented coordination during the Hugging Face attack significantly increases the risk of AI…
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Iceland votes against talks to join EU
Concerns over sovereignty trumped arguments for European integration in the referendum.
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Fed chair Warsh's Jackson Hole speech eases investor fears
US Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s hawkish Jackson Hole speech on Friday eased fears that the central banker…
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Russia warns of ‘massive strikes’ on Ukrainian energy
Russia threatened Ukraine’s infrastructure on Sunday after weeks of Ukrainian attacks on Russian oil facilities, as…
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Saudi firms pull IPO plans
Three companies abandoned listing plans as investors weigh the impact of the Iran war.
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Republicans' economic optimism is 'starting to fade,' economist says
Semafor sat down with The Conference Board Chief Economist Dana Peterson on the sidelines of Kansas City Fed’s annual…
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The Fed ‘has been a little too quiet’ on Treasury, former Fed official says
Semafor sat down with former Kansas City Fed President Tom Hoenig in Jackson Hole, Wyo., on the sidelines of the…
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Piker defiant as Democrats turn on him
Hasan Piker rejects criticism of his views on pro-Israel, Jewish institutions.
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Humans can't fight AI with AI
The idea that AI can counter rogue AI just got a real-world test, and came up short.
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Software and data firms rush to meet customers inside the chatbot
A new Salesforce plugin for Claude shows how software and financial services firms are adapting to the AI era, but…
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Google and Microsoft were in talks for Nscale compute deal that went to Anthropic
Nscale is building one of the world's largest data center campuses in West Virginia, as the battle for compute heats up.
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Warsh's hawkish turn meets its skeptics
The new Federal Reserve chair’s first speech at the Jackson Hole conference featured surprising candor about his views…
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China intensifies hacking campaign
Experts see evidence of growing Chinese hacking threat in newly released court documents.
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Environmental journalists in Africa facing violence, says report
The International Press Institute, a nonprofit that aims to protect media freedom, recorded 26 incidents of attacks and…
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Africa set for solar installations record in 2026
The continent is on track to install 17 gigawatts of solar in 2026, up 45% year-on-year.
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Fuel prices diverge across West Africa over Iran war
Varying fiscal policies have left some countries’ fuel prices double the level of their neighbors’.
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DR Congo and Angola sign new Lobito deal
The Lobito Corridor links mineral-rich DR Congo and Zambia to Angola’s Atlantic ports.
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Economic ‘doom loop’ threatens Johannesburg, report says
The city is “living off a fiscal fiction,” said the Centre for Development and Enterprise think tank.
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Zambia detains main opposition leader following election
The detention risks clouding Lusaka’s credentials as a relatively stable southern African democracy.
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Iceland votes on joining the EU
The vote has taken on deeper significance in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s threats in the Arctic.
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Pentagon can’t blacklist Anthropic, US judge rules
The ruling is a major victory for the AI firm in its legal wranglings with Washington.
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Wheat hit a three-year high, amid trade route disruptions
Kyiv and Moscow have stepped up attacks on a key transit route for a large share of global grain exports.
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Markets eye Warsh's speech for interest rate insight
Traders are overwhelmingly betting that the Fed will raise rates at least once over the next year.
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US eyes 'massive' stake in Venezuela's oil resources
The proposed deal would give Washington part ownership of fields containing 90 billion barrels’ worth of proven crude…
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