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The Scoop UN agencies are putting a premium on diversifying where they source technology and computing power — away from solely American providers.

The Scoop Paramount, looking to firm up its financial picture as it digests Warner Bros.

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Electricity could cost-effectively meet a third of the world’s energy consumption by 2035 based on existing technologies and pre-war energy prices, putting a proposed goal to boost electrification within “striking distance,” the International Energy Agency

Tim’s view For developing countries, more green tech capital doesn’t always translate to a cheaper and cleaner energy system.

Oil prices dipped to near two-week lows, but increasing costs of fuel raised fears of broader economic fallout.

The heads of Anthropic and OpenAI will brief the UN Security Council today, as their calls for a slowdown in development compete with the interests of superpowers more concerned with winning the AI race.

Republican lawmakers are increasingly challenging US President Donald Trump in public, underlining growing frustration in the party ahead of midterm elections.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping arrives in Washington today for talks with US President Donald Trump that are expected to be more pomp than progress.

The EU told Ukraine that it needed to show democratic progress before the bloc could disburse more of a $103 billion loan, piling pressure on President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Washington can’t stop talking about AI doom scenarios and the public backlash to data centers — but around the world, sentiment toward the fast-moving technology is much more nuanced.

Democratic lawmakers fear President Donald Trump may make auto industry-related concessions to Chinese leader Xi Jinping this week — especially after the president floated the possibility of allowing Chinese carmakers to build vehicles in the US.

President Donald Trump may have called on the United Nations to unite against Iran, but don’t expect him to press his case with China.

President Donald Trump is pulling out all the stops for Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s visit to the White House — a trip that’s coming as Trump continues to battle the press corps in Washington.

Massad Boulos, President Donald Trump’s senior Africa adviser and the father of one of Trump’s sons-in-law, on Tuesday pushed back on claims that a US plan for Libya would hand control of the country to a powerful military commander and his family.

The News Republicans are running away from the Iran war and scrambling to curtail high gas prices as they try to keep hold of Congress — and even some who aren’t up for reelection are breaking with the Trump administration in high-profile fashion.

Chinese leader Xi Jinping is expected to press President Donald Trump to halt US arms sales to Taiwan in talks this week, Reuters reported, fueling Taipei’s concerns over a frozen $14 billion deal that Trump has described as “a very good negotiating chip.”

Donald Trump took credit for ending wars and confronting Iran in a defiant speech before world leaders at the UN General Assembly Tuesday, even as the US president faces mounting obstacles to his agenda at home and abroad.

President Donald Trump hailed “productive” talks between US and Iranian officials on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly Tuesday, hours after he threatened to “annihilate” Iran unless it agreed to end the war.

The prime minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo rejected framing the country’s relations with Washington as solely based around minerals, and offered a frank account of the cause of early Ebola cases remaining undetected.

The News An AI crisis communications line between the US and China should be a “starting place” for relations between the superpowers on the technology, OpenAI’s head of national security policy said.

The global economy has so far shrugged off $100 oil.

The News Amazon’s chief sustainability officer said Tuesday the company needed to “do better” on communicating the environmental impact of its vast data center buildout, amid growing opposition to the projects in the US and Europe.

AI agents are here.

Kalshi will let users juice their bets with borrowed money — but only some, showing where the prediction-markets platform thinks its future lies.

David Ellison fought the law and won.

The Global South is “a little bit more optimistic” about AI compared to the West thanks to differing perceptions about how the technology can benefit society, a top Google-Alphabet executive said Tuesday.

Liz’s view “This is the beginning of a bankless world,” proclaimed a 2016 ad for SoFi, which embodied the sneering disdain its generation of fintech startups had for the banks they were out to dethrone.

Two companies in the AI ecosystem have delayed their IPOs, the latest sign that investor appetite for the trade is uneven at best.

The News The head of the Inter-American Development Bank said Tuesday the lender is weighing a return to Venezuela after nearly a decade away, but did not say whether Caracas’ unpaid debts would be forgiven.

The News The Trump administration’s tit-for-tat tariff war threatens to split the global economy into hostile trading blocs, the head of the World Trade Organization warned on Tuesday.

The News A global pullback in aid funding by the US and other wealthy nations has left the world with “more shocks, fewer shock absorbers,” International Rescue Committee President David Miliband said Tuesday at Semafor’s The Next 3 Billion in New York.

The Scoop Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is emerging as a frontrunner for President Donald Trump’s new “AI czar” position, three sources familiar with the matter told Semafor.

Nigeria’s trade minister on Tuesday described the country’s relationship with the US as “actually quite good” despite a 12.5% tariff Washington imposed on Nigerian exports in July as part of a broader action targeting 60 countries.

The disruption from the Strait of Hormuz will yield a “structural shift” in the energy consumption of the billions of people who remain disconnected from the digital economy, Shell Foundation CEO Jonathan Berman said at Semafor’s The Next 3 Billion on Tue…

Director-General of the Africa Centres for Disease Control Jean Kaseya said Tuesday that the continent should begin making vaccines locally, as the Bundibugyo Ebola outbreak continues to have a huge impact on the economies of Uganda, the Democratic Republ…

The News The head of the World Bank’s private-sector arm said investors “absolutely” overprice risk in Africa, inflating borrowing costs across the continent by treating dozens of diverse markets as a single investment story.

The News Nvidia’s head of sustainability pushed back against the groundswell of anti-AI sentiment that’s unfurled over the last few weeks, attributing the backlash partly to a “fear of the unknown.”

The Qatar Investment Authority and JPMorgan’s asset management arm agreed a $20 billion partnership spanning public and private markets, as the Qatari fund keeps dealmaking despite the US-Iran war.

The Maldives is the next coastline for UAE real estate developer Mohamed Alabbar, who signed an agreement with the archipelago’s government for a $12 billion waterfront and marina development near the capital Malé.

The News Nigeria is on track to complete a 90,000 km fiber optic cable network in three years, a government minister said, beating an initial timeline for the project backed by the World Bank and the African Development Bank.

The News The US can still compete with China in markets where Beijing has an established foothold, US International Development Finance Corporation CEO Ben Black said Tuesday, arguing that Washington can take on risky investments abroad while also deliver…

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“Several hundred megawatts” of planned onshore wind farms in the US remain on indefinite hold because of opposition from the Trump administration, Miguel Stilwell d’Andrade, CEO of Portuguese developer EDP, told Semafor.

The world must build more than 6 terawatts of renewable power in the next five years — more than all previous years combined — to deliver on a goal to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030, according to a new report.

Tim’s view Clean energy executives are an increasingly nervous bunch.

Saudi authorities issued a new alert over attacks from Yemen, where fighting intensified, as fears grew of the Middle East conflict expanding.

The News Saudi Arabia’s auto manufacturing startup CEER unveiled its first cars, two luxury electric vehicles that will go on sale early next year as the kingdom doubles down on a bet that the industry can help drive its economic diversification.

Chinese tech firms showcased advances in chipmaking, despite US curbs on access to cutting-edge semiconductor technology.

Venezuelan officials are looking to strike debt, energy, and mining deals at this week’s UN General Assembly, underscoring the country’s ambitions to return to international markets.