Matthew’s view Saudi Arabia’s recently appointed stock market regulator has had a whirlwind few weeks. Mazen Al-Sudairi is leading an overhaul of the Capital Market Authority’s rules, one of the kingdom’s biggest revamps since it opened its stocks to foreign investors in 2015. That shift, from shunning so-called “hot money” ...
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US signals potential escalation in the Iran warUS signals potential escalation in the Iran war
The US dispatched another aircraft carrier and thousands more troops to the Middle East, signaling a potential escalation in the Iran war. US President Donald Trump said in a recent interview that a resumption of military strikes was “possible,” after last month rejecting an Iranian proposal to reopen the Strait ...
EU faces diesel shortage as major refiners ban exportsEU faces diesel shortage as major refiners ban exports
EU member states readied talks over a feared diesel shortage as surging prices drove major refiners to ban exports, moves that threatened economies worldwide. Friday’s talks come after the Trump administration demanded European countries release their own diesel stockpiles or face a ban on purchases from the US — the ...
Brazil faces uncertain diplomatic future after electionsBrazil faces uncertain diplomatic future after elections
Brazil’s election this weekend will reshape the diplomatic strategy of Latin America’s biggest economy, analysts said. President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is in effect tied with his main challenger, Flávio Bolsonaro, though neither appears likely to win outright in Sunday’s first-round vote, necessitating a runoff. The EU, which spent ...
Russian fear-mongering stokes fears of military escalationRussian fear-mongering stokes fears of military escalation
Officials, led by Ukraine’s president, warned that Russia appeared to be readying military escalation against Kyiv and Europe more broadly. Volodymyr Zelenskyy told the Financial Times that his country intercepted communications suggesting the Kremlin was loosening its rules of war to allow for greater targeting of civilian sites, adding that ...
The US midterm races that will decide control of Congress – mappedThe US midterm races that will decide control of Congress – mapped
These graphics explain what the Democrats would need to do to flip the Senate and House of Representatives A turning point in Donald Trump’s second term will soon arrive. On 3 November, voters across the US will decide whether to keep the president’s Republican allies in control of Congress, or ...
Christa Pike survived her execution attempt. Tennessee must not try again | Austin SaratChrista Pike survived her execution attempt. Tennessee must not try again | Austin Sarat
What happened to Pike was gruesome. No one deserves what she went through, not even those who commit horrible crimes Botched executions are nothing new in US history. In the era when hangings were common, some condemned people were decapitated. Later, when the electric chair was in vogue, every now ...
The ICE documentary as chilling as a horror movie: ‘We’re trying to put the audience in a position of terror’The ICE documentary as chilling as a horror movie: ‘We’re trying to put the audience in a position of terror’
Film-makers Laura Poitras and Rachel Lauren Mueller’s new short is an unvarnished portrait of ICE-occupied Minneapolis Get Out. The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. The Purge. All three films build on an august tradition of using horror as a Trojan horse to comment on the social, political and racial anxieties of their ...
A new Skywalker trilogy for Star Wars? Going back to the same family-saga well is a waste of timeA new Skywalker trilogy for Star Wars? Going back to the same family-saga well is a waste of time
Reports that Jon Watts could make a new trilogy about a clan who have already saved and destroyed the galaxy several times over leaves you wishing for a newer world The Skywalkers: who are they exactly? A family that has moulded the entire Star Wars galaxy in their image, to ...
AI weapons systems are already here. Algorithms must not decide who lives and dies | Kenneth RothAI weapons systems are already here. Algorithms must not decide who lives and dies | Kenneth Roth
Israel’s conduct in Gaza shows the danger of using AI in warfare. Humans must remain at the center of wartime decisions As tech leaders warn about the threats of artificial intelligence, most conjure up images of AI agents running amok, such as hacking systems used to run our critical infrastructure, ...