When you open a new credit card, you necessarily give the credit card company your address. You probably expect that information to remain with your bank. But when you open a new credit card or change your address on file, your address leaves your credit card provider, travels through a web ...
Day: July 22, 2026
US to announce deal allowing Saudi Arabia a nuclear programmeUS to announce deal allowing Saudi Arabia a nuclear programme
The agreement would fulfil a long-held Saudi ambition but could attract concern in Israel and from some US lawmakers. ...
Trump threatens to target Iran’s bridges and power plants if Hormuz attacks persistTrump threatens to target Iran’s bridges and power plants if Hormuz attacks persist
Donald Trump says the US will respond any time Iranian forces shoot at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz. ...
Tankers make sharp U-turns after Houthi shipping threatTankers make sharp U-turns after Houthi shipping threat
All of the ships were travelling to or from Saudi ports before changing course, ship-tracking data shows. ...
Ukrainian drones hit Russian online giant retailer Wildberries for second timeUkrainian drones hit Russian online giant retailer Wildberries for second time
Logistics hubs belonging to Wildberries in the Krasnodar and Stavropol regions were struck overnight. ...
What I learned as Israel’s first Consul General in DubaiWhat I learned as Israel’s first Consul General in Dubai
Liron’s view Six years ago, the signing of the Abraham Accords was dismissed by skeptics as a fragile, fair-weather agreement, bound to shatter at the first sign of Middle Eastern turbulence. Yet, as we mark the latest anniversary of that historic breakthrough — and as I conclude my tenure as ...
Africa’s AI-driven lender to enter Ethiopia, EgyptAfrica’s AI-driven lender to enter Ethiopia, Egypt
The News An AI-driven lending platform backed by one of South Africa’s biggest lenders is expanding into two of Africa’s largest credit-starved markets, its CEO told Semafor, betting its machine-learning algorithms can maintain a default rate that is a fraction of traditional commercial banks. Optasia, which made its stock market ...
Africa’s data center growth needs power sector overhaulAfrica’s data center growth needs power sector overhaul
The News African countries must open up their power markets in order to court the private investors needed to supply the electricity that AI will demand, a data center executive told Semafor, as a new report warned the continent risks seeing little economic benefit from the technology. Africa’s economy is ...
Center-left Democrats seek distance from Medicare for AllCenter-left Democrats seek distance from Medicare for All
The center-left Searchlight Institute is urging Democrats to abandon Medicare for All legislation and instead work toward universal healthcare in other ways that wouldn’t disrupt private insurance. The Health Care Unity plan, shared first with Semafor, endorses a bigger role for government in healthcare — negotiating drug prices and breaking ...
Higher share of adults in US than in other countries see danger in politics, poll findsHigher share of adults in US than in other countries see danger in politics, poll finds
Americans are more likely than those living in any other nation to name politics as a leading risk to their safety. One in 10 US adults identified politics as the “greatest source of risk” to their daily safety, according to new Gallup polling, up from 6% who said so in ...