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The Middle East Is Not Recovering at the Same Speed

September survey data show Saudi Arabia and the UAE expanding while Qatar and Egypt contract. The World Bank, meanwhile, expects Gulf economies to shrink...

Central Asia Is Quietly Building an AI Startup Ecosystem

A record share of this year's Central Eurasian startup applicants build AI products. That single number hints at something bigger. Governments, venture funds and...

Tekever’s $6.4bn Valuation Shows the Drone Race Is Now Industrial

Portuguese-British drone maker Tekever closed the first part of a $580m funding round on 23 September. Its $6.4bn valuation is striking. It also points...

Fiji’s HIV Crisis Is About More Than Sex

Fiji declared HIV a national crisis on 16 September, after new diagnoses jumped 27% in a single year. The instinctive assumption is that this...

The Mortgage Is No Longer Just a Loan. It’s a Life Decision.

A mortgage used to answer one question: can you afford this house? Increasingly, it answers several others too. Whether to have another child. When...

The Return of Geography

For decades, the internet, cheap flights, and global supply chains promised that distance no longer mattered much. This week's headlines tell a different story....

Wildfire Near Los Angeles Getty Center Halted After Rapid Escalation

Brush fire erupts in Brentwood amid extreme heat wave; museum evacuated and evacuation warnings lifted A brush fire that erupted near the Getty Center in...

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