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Exclusive: Inside the US Treasury secretary’s tense relationship with financial media
3+ hour, 36+ min ago (820+ words) Last September, Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait got a call from US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. The secretary had been a regular on Bloomberg’s TV programming and in its reporting for years, first as the founder of a hedge fund,…...
BRICS highlights opposition to tariffs
6+ hour, 3+ min ago (154+ words) Opposition to US tariffs formed a point of consensus among the otherwise divergent interests at the BRICS summit, as Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi touted the bloc’s “coming of age.” BRICS highlights opposition to tariffs Opposition to US tariffs formed…...
Iran and the UAE meet in New Delhi
6+ hour, 3+ min ago (152+ words) Iran and the UAE held their highest-level meeting since the start of the Iran war at the BRICS summit, where the two countries found a rare space for direct diplomacy. Iran and the UAE held their highest-level meeting since the…...
Republicans’ midterm promise is more populism, and more cash
3+ day, 1+ 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…...
NATO allies foil Russian operation to cut undersea cables
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (153+ words) A joint operation between the US, UK, and Norway thwarted a Russian operation to sabotage undersea cables with a “secret weapon” near the Arctic’s Svalbard archipelago. A joint operation between the US, UK, and Norway foiled a Russian operation to…...
Houthi rebels capture key Red Sea port in Yemen
3+ day, 6+ 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
3+ day, 6+ 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…...
Exclusive: El-Sayed hits Rogers on healthcare during Republican convention
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (160+ words) El-Sayed hits Rogers on healthcare during Republican convention Semafor Exclusive / El-Sayed hits Rogers on healthcare during Republican convention Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is going after Republican opponent Mike Rogers’ healthcare record in a new ad, timed to land…...
Ukraine is going into winter with a gas surplus, despite war
3+ day, 13+ 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…...
AI loses a Dallas debate
3+ day, 15+ 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…...