Amazon rainforest sets stage for toughest climate talks yet as world leaders gather for COP30
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Saudi Arabia’s next play: Capital to capability
Non-oil growth is robust, but risks – project slippage, write-downs and export controls on chips – persist. Conditional confidence prevails as hub ambitions harden. Abdul Wasey, a New Delhi-based journalist, explains how Riyadh’s 2025 FII swapped spectacle for substance.
Geostrategy
Bahrain: Financial pioneer of the Gulf
When the oil-rich countries in the Arabian Gulf were beginning to reap the benefits of crude oil exports in 1970s and 1980s, Bahrain launched and aggressively carried the economic diversification efforts. Resultingly, the contribution of the non-oil sector toward Bahrain’s GDP has been rising over the decades reaching 85 percent in 2024 and 2025, writes Atique Naqvi, a senior journalist based in Toronto.
In the post-digital world, Bahrain’s center of activity, the city of Manama, has stiff yet healthy competition from the GCC financial centers such as Dubai, Riyadh and Doha. However, one must acknowledge that when it comes to reforms and financial services Bahrain has been the pioneer in the region, the author adds.
Backed by its sovereign wealth fund, Saudi chases AI ambitions with homegrown firm pitched to global investors
The company, launched in May, is bankrolled by Saudi's powerful Public Investment Fund, which has played a key role in financing the kingdom's gigaprojects - major developments aimed at boosting and diversifying its oil-reliant economy.
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Digital sovereignty Is the new independence, says UAE cybersecurity official
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Building a secure future: Key takeaways from WEF’s Dubai meetings
The Annual Meeting on Cybersecurity, held jointly with the Global Future Councils, focused on strengthening global cooperation to enhance digital...
Geostrategy
Non-Human Identities: How Agentic AI is creating a new, unseen frontier in enterprise cybersecurity risk
Adept at grasping context, planning and adaptive problem-solving, the agentic AI execute complex, multi-step processes with minimal human intervention or oversight.
Science
AI, robotics, energy systems, sensor networks: Four technologies driving the future of work
The report, Jobs of Tomorrow: Technology and the Future of the World's Largest Workforces, developed by the WEF's Global Future Council on Jobs and Frontier Technology, examines seven job families where technological transformation will likely have the greatest global impact.
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Gartner lists 2026’s defining tech: Faster AI, safer clouds, and smarter security
AI supercomputing platforms integrate CPUs, GPUs, AI ASICs, neuromorphic and alternative computing paradigms, enabling organizations to orchestrate complex workloads while unlocking new levels of performance.
Science
Achille Staiano
Chief Commercial Officer, Explora Journeys
Industry: Luxury Ocean Travel
Picasso portrait of Dora Maar sells for $37 mn
The Spanish master painted it on July 11, 1943 and it was acquired in August 1944 by a private French collector, grandfather of the former anonymous owners.
Arts & Culture
Birth of a solar system observed for first time
The new planetary system is forming around the baby star HOPS-315 -- which resembles our own Sun in its youth -- 1,300 light years from Earth in the Orion Nebula.
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Amazon rainforest sets stage for toughest climate talks yet as world leaders gather for COP30
The United States, the world's largest economy and second-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases, is absent for the first time in...
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Saudi Arabia’s next play: Capital to capability
Non-oil growth is robust, but risks – project slippage, write-downs and export controls on chips – persist. Conditional confidence prevails...
Geostrategy
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Israel confirms remains returned are officer Goldin killed in 2014 Gaza war
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China’s consumer prices rose in Oct, reversing stagnation
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Tunisian opponents go on collective hunger strike to support jailed figure
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At COP30, nations target the jet set with luxury flight tax
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Kazakhstan to join Abraham Accords as Trump pushes Mideast peace
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Bahrain: Financial pioneer of the Gulf
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Backed by its sovereign wealth fund, Saudi chases AI ambitions with homegrown firm pitched to global investors
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Kazakhstan to join Abraham Accords as Trump pushes Mideast peace
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Qatar warns will cut gas supply to Europe over EU’s green rules
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Digital sovereignty Is the new independence, says UAE cybersecurity official
Digital sovereignty, in my view, is no longer a technical concept — it’s a cornerstone of national independence and strategic...
Interview
Picasso portrait of Dora Maar sells for $37 mn
The Spanish master painted it on July 11, 1943 and it was acquired in August 1944 by a private French...
Arts & Culture
Building a secure future: Key takeaways from WEF’s Dubai meetings
The Annual Meeting on Cybersecurity, held jointly with the Global Future Councils, focused on strengthening global cooperation to enhance digital...
Geostrategy
AI, robotics, energy systems, sensor networks: Four technologies driving the future of work
The report, Jobs of Tomorrow: Technology and the Future of the World's Largest Workforces, developed by the WEF's Global Future Council on...
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Gartner lists 2026’s defining tech: Faster AI, safer clouds, and smarter security
AI supercomputing platforms integrate CPUs, GPUs, AI ASICs, neuromorphic and alternative computing paradigms, enabling organizations to orchestrate complex workloads while...
Science
Birth of a solar system observed for first time
The new planetary system is forming around the baby star HOPS-315 -- which resembles our own Sun in its youth...
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Pfizer poised to buy Metsera
The pharma giant improved its offer to $10bn.
- The Danish firm said Saturday that it "does not intend to make an increased offer to acquire Metsera."
- The company "will continue to assess opportunities for business development and acquisitions that... further its strategic objectives," it said.
Geostrategy
Kazakhstan to join Abraham Accords as Trump pushes Mideast peace
Washington, United States - Kazakhstan said Thursday it will join the Abraham Accords between Israel and mainly Muslim nations, in...
- The central Asian republic has had diplomatic ties with Israel for decades, unlike the four Arab states that normalized relations with Israel under Abraham accords
- But with Trump aiming to shore up his fragile Gaza ceasefire deal, Washington is pushing to get as much support as possible behind a wider peace initiative
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UAE company inks $22 mn deal for stake in Latakia container terminal
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - AD Ports Group of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) signed a $22 million agreement Thursday...
- Abu Dhabi-based firm inked the deal with French shipping giant CMA CGM for a 20 percentage stake in the Latakia International Container Terminal, AD Ports Group said in a statement
- The Syrian government signed a 30-year contract in May with the French firm to run the Mediterranean port and modernise it, including developing the infrastructure
Liliana Paraipan
Wellness Director at ZEM Wellness Clinic Altea
Industry: Hospitality Industry
Susie Ellis
Chair & CEO, Global Wellness Summit and Global Wellness Institute
Industry: Wellness
Achille Staiano
Chief Commercial Officer, Explora Journeys
Industry: Luxury Ocean Travel