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The News MILWAUKEE —- US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Thursday declined to commit to imposing recently enacted Russian sanctions, telling Semafor and two other outlets that officials plan to “name names” this month but it’s ultimately President…

Liz’s view Who buys Perella Weinberg?

A top-10 UBS shareholder is urging the bank to leave Switzerland, days after Semafor broke the news that the company was mulling doing just that.

The UAE is pushing governments and private financial institutions to drastically scale up investment in global water infrastructure, a senior government official told Semafor.

, by Sherry Turkle.

The Iran war has been a proving ground for ADNOC’s massive bet on artificial intelligence.

The Iran war has been a proving ground for ADNOC’s massive bet on artificial intelligence.

The Scoop Texas state politics could delay the final investment decision on one of the US’ largest new data center projects.

Wednesday’s emergency landing of a flydubai flight to Tel Aviv brought an unprecedented number of Israelis onto Saudi soil, stirring speculation that the crisis could create an opening for formal ties.

flydubai has suspended flights between Dubai and Tel Aviv after an attempted hijacking of an Israel-bound plane yesterday, leaving hundreds of Israelis stranded in the UAE.

Saudi Arabia expects wider budget deficits for several years as it ramps up spending to support growth in the face of regional conflict.

The UK plans to accelerate efforts to strengthen relations with the EU, just as the bloc is seeking ways to smooth the ground for potential new entrants to join.

Chinese tech giants DeepSeek and Huawei announced a partnership to develop semiconductor software, part of an array of efforts to reduce China’s reliance on US chipmakers and challenge American AI dominance.

Mark Zuckerberg was a driving force behind the pact US President Donald Trump signed with AI industry leaders, cementing the Meta chief executive’s central role in the political debate surrounding the technology.

The US political calendar is shifting from making legislation to the fight for November’s midterms, with a top Democrat telling Semafor the race for control of Congress is “50-50.”

A global bond selloff accelerated as concerns intensified over inflation and mounting piles of government debt worldwide.

Asia’s most populous countries are grappling with a graduate employment crisis, with huge numbers of young people entering job markets that lack roles to absorb them.

As the US hosts G20 trade ministers in Wisconsin, Canada is taking the opportunity to strengthen its ties to other countries.

Democrats are feeling newly optimistic about Texas, even in deep-red seats.

President Donald Trump’s decision to kick off a month of midterm campaign travel with rallies in red states like Oklahoma and Alabama has confounded some Republicans, but those involved in the plans argue there’s a strategy behind them.

The News Senate Republicans are departing Washington to defend their majority — and many are carrying with them real fear that the party didn’t do enough to address constituents’ economic concerns ahead of the impending election.

Cooler-than-expected August inflation data and strong consumer spending lifted markets Wednesday before a frantic final hour of trading erased gains, underlining US economic resilience amid enduring concerns over elevated fuel prices.

The Scoop Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer and GOP campaign chair Tim Scott have something in common: They’re both really excited for President Donald Trump to hit the campaign trail.

OpenAI on Wednesday accused Moonshot of wide-scale distillation to improve its own models, as competition intensifies between Washington and Beijing to build the most advanced tech.

The EU and Canada will consummate their expansive new partnership at a Montreal summit next month, Politico reported, furthering Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s efforts to shore up cooperation between the world’s “middle powers.”

US President Donald Trump held crisis talks over whether to institute a diesel export ban as fuel prices surge nationwide, the Financial Times reported, with one industry figure suggesting a ban was “getting pretty close to movement.”

The Federal Trade Commission will probe AI firms including OpenAI and Anthropic to gauge risks to consumers, in the first major US regulatory action following reports of rogue AI incidents and warnings about the technology’s existential risks.

Israel is probing whether the stabbing of a pilot by his co-pilot on a FlyDubai plane full of Israelis was an attempted terror attack.

The Scoop The idea for what became President Donald Trump’s Tuesday pact with the AI industry came from a conversation between Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and House Speaker Mike Johnson at last week’s state dinner, a source familiar with the matter told Sema…

The News The US Federal Trade Commission is investigating top American AI labs — and a prominent safety watchdog — over the potential dangers of their technology.

Users have already found hidden features in the White House’s new America.gov AI chatbot.

David’s view As they prepared for Republicans to drop another billion dollars of ads on their heads this summer, Democrats passed around fresh advice on gender politics.

Reed’s view While OpenAI’s new tool, dots, stole much of the spotlight at its annual developer day Tuesday, it was the change to its pricing tiers that says more about the company and the AI industry.

The Scoop Mattel CEO Ynon Kreiz is joining David Ellison’s team at the combined Warner Bros.

The Scoop Amputees in developing nations may hold the key to giving humanoid robots hands that actually work.

, by Evan Gershkovich.

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Concerns are rising in Africa about the potential water use by data centers.

Western aid cuts offer African nations a “major opportunity” to regain their independence after years of overreliance on overseas assistance to fund public health services, the head of the Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention told Semafor.

South Africa summoned US ambassador Leo Brent Bozell III again, deepening a diplomatic rift with Washington in the same week that one of the country’s biggest companies lost ground in a US terrorism lawsuit.

Burkina Faso opened a refinery to process the country’s gold reserves domestically, a demonstration of the junta-led government’s resolve to prevent raw mineral exports.

Africa’s richest man Aliko Dangote formally kicked off construction of a $16 billion oil refinery in Kenya on Wednesday, aiming to replicate the success of his plant in Nigeria which has turned the country into a fuel-producing powerhouse amidst a global…

Hajj, the once-in-a-lifetime pilgrimage required by every able Muslim, is among the world’s largest annual gatherings.

A flydubai flight from the UAE to Israel made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, after an altercation between the pilots led to the plane plunging more than 14,000 feet before climbing sharply.

The biggest breakthrough yet in the Saudi-UAE rift came in a bland statement about “brotherly bilateral relations and regional developments.”

The News Singapore’s Temasek will open its first offices in the Gulf early next year, joining a growing list of global investors expanding into the region despite ongoing conflict.

The UK’s prime minister raised the specter of the country rejoining the EU, an issue that remains politically divisive despite growing numbers of voters voicing frustration over the lasting impacts of Brexit.

Danish pharma giant Novo licensed a weight-loss treatment developed by a Chinese firm, highlighting advances in China’s increasingly cutting-edge biotech sector.

The News Airtel Money is betting on digital payments and financial services to drive revenue growth across Africa, the fintech company’s CEO told Semafor ahead of what looks set to be London’s largest initial public offering in recent years.