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Universal Music Group has found a way to work with AI.

Reed’s view When researcher Jacob Coxon resigned from Anthropic this week and claimed there’s a good chance the company’s work will lead to human extinction, the world reacted with fear and outrage about AI — but most of the backlash conflates several iss…

The News Communities and governments should demand AI data center providers report how much energy they are wasting, rather than put blanket bans on the facilities, the CEO of chipmaker Onsemi told Semafor.

Private credit is on a rapid rise in Africa.

The initial public offering of the Dangote Refinery in Nigeria will open on Monday, in what is set to be the largest debut on any African stock exchange.

The Trump administration will lend $100 million to US-owned African telecoms firm Africell as Washington looks to displace Chinese companies as regional competition between the two superpowers heats up.

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US inflation remained stubbornly hot in August, adding to pressure on the Federal Reserve to hike interest rates next week.

The Scoop Activist investor Oasis Capital Management has nominated a slate of directors at Vail Resorts and is preparing to launch a proxy fight, according to people familiar with the matter.

The Gulf’s largest sovereign wealth fund is making a bigger push into alternative assets and private markets, targeting tens of billions of additional dollars into buyouts and hedge funds.

Anthropic said in a report that a UAE-linked influence operation used Claude AI to target the Muslim Brotherhood.

Tareq’s view On Sept. 10, Algiers severed diplomatic relations with the UAE and closed its airspace to Emirati aircraft, surprising few who had watched relations between the two countries deteriorate.

Israel said it blew up two kilometers of tunnels operated by the Lebanese group Hezbollah as part of an offensive that has expanded despite a months-old ceasefire.

Growing fears over AI’s threat to humanity have galvanized calls for regulation, though little consensus exists on how to best control the technology.

The News Nigerian healthcare investors are positioning to take advantage of untapped commercial opportunities in a sector that new research says will generate more than $50 billion in sales by the end of the decade.

A global bond sell-off pushed 10-year Treasury yields close to the significant 5% mark, approaching their highest level in almost two decades as the Iran War and US trade policies combined to stoke inflationary fears.

A Chinese chip firm surged 180% in its stock-market debut, spotlighting the growing list of challengers to Nvidia’s dominance.

Russia’s president landed in India for a BRICS summit that looks set to underline a broader reordering of global alliances.

The News 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.

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The News NCAA President Charlie Baker is feeling “pretty good” about the prospects for Senate passage of bipartisan college sports legislation.

The Scene The Bayeux Tapestry, which went on display in the British Museum this week, is one of the wonders of the medieval world.

The Scene “Every senior executive should have to go play high-stakes poker with their own money,” Scott Kirby says, explaining how a lifetime of gambling has informed how he balances risks and rewards.

Pennsylvania Democrats, including potential 2028 Senate candidates, are ramping up their criticism of Sen.

Disagreements over how far to go on AI safety legislation portend a rocky road ahead for bipartisan Senate talks on a bill that remains the most likely vehicle for action this year.

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 equally dangerous terrorist threats today from advanced technologies.

A joint operation between the US, UK, and Norway foiled a Russian operation to cut undersea cables near the Arctic’s Svalbard archipelago this spring, Reuters reported.

Leading Chinese AI startup Moonshot is reportedly exploring going public in Shanghai and Hong Kong, reflecting both the lab’s need for cash as well as concerns over a congested IPO pipeline in Hong Kong.

Houthi rebels captured a key Red Sea 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.

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The European Central Bank raised interest rates.

The Scoop Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed is going after Republican opponent Mike Rogers’ healthcare record in a new ad, timed to land as Rogers takes the stage at Republicans’ midterm convention, according to details first shared with S…

The Scene Existential AI fears broke containment this week after an Anthropic researcher quit, warning that frontier labs are “gambling with our lives.”

Global investment in low-carbon hydrogen will reach a new high this year, but the nascent industry is close to hitting a bureaucratic cap on its growth, an industry group report warned.

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Rising natural gas prices wrought by the Iran war will boost global coal consumption to a new record of nearly 9 billion metric tons this year, the International Energy Agency reported.

Despite attacks by Russia on its natural gas production fields, Ukraine has moved to a gas surplus and is angling to increase exports to Europe this winter, the CEO of the country’s top private energy company said.

One lesson from the return of crude oil prices back above $100 per barrel is that US President Donald Trump seems to be hastening the end of the oil age.

The News A few minutes before President Donald Trump got on stage in Dallas Wednesday night, Joe Allen was warning a hard-right crowd across town about immigration.

Kuwait is taking a page from Qatar’s playbook: When a vehicle is used to break the law, crush it.

Abu Dhabi sovereign wealth fund Mubadala has taken a stake in China’s Luckin Coffee as part of a $1 billion investment alongside private equity firm Centurium Capital.

The Scoop President Donald Trump’s top cryptocurrency adviser is warning senators that next week could be the last chance Congress gets to accomplish the crypto industry’s top legislative priority — at least, for a while.

Corporate profits in the second quarter revealed a widening divide between Gulf economies six months into the Iran war.

The European Central Bank is widely expected to raise interest rates, with the Iran war still pushing prices up.

US President Donald Trump said the Iran war would end “immediately” after November’s midterm election, contradicting the analysis of experts and even some of his closest advisors.

China’s inflation accelerated for the first time in months, compounding the economic difficulties for millions of people.

Top AI pioneers backed an Anthropic researcher’s warning of potential human extinction.

US President Donald Trump promised to give every American $5,000 if Republicans retain control of Congress in November’s midterm elections, comments that critics said underscored his party’s weakness ahead of the vote.

The origin story of Flagship runs through fertilizer.

The Scoop Congress isn’t back to Washington yet, but some lawmakers were jolted awake by a round of dire AI warnings from a resigning Anthropic researcher who said “people building AI earnestly believe that it could kill us all by the end of the decade.”