During a quarter in which US stocks began surging toward record highs, two of the Gulf’s most influential investors took different approaches to the market.
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Diverging Gulf bets: PIF exits US tech stocks as Mubadala reshuffles portfolio
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Nearly 61,900 Palestinians killed in Gaza since October 2023, as Israeli attacks persist – Middle East Monitor
At least 61,827 Palestinians have been killed in Israel’s genocidal war on the Gaza Strip since October 2023, the Gaza-based Health Ministry said on Friday, Anadolu reports.
In its daily update, the ministry said 51 people were killed and 369 injured over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of injuries to 155,275 since the war began.
The ministry also reported the death of a young girl due to starvation and malnutrition, as famine continues to claim…
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residents of Gaza City brace for Israeli invasion – Mondoweiss
The first time that the residents of Gaza City got an evacuation order was in October 2023. The Israeli army had ordered the 1.1 million people living in northern Gaza to move south ahead of the Israeli ground invasion.
Following the return of hundreds of thousands of residents of the north to Gaza City after the temporary ceasefire earlier this year, the Israeli army is now issuing another evacuation order. On August 8, the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office stated the Israeli…
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Israel in talks to resettle Gaza Palestinians in South Sudan, sources say
NAIROBI (Reuters) -South Sudan and Israel are discussing a deal to resettle Palestinians from war-torn Gaza in the troubled African nation, three sources told Reuters – a plan quickly dismissed as unacceptable by Palestinian leaders.
The sources, who have knowledge of the matter but spoke on condition of anonymity, said no agreement had been reached but talks between South Sudan and Israel were ongoing.
The plan, if carried further, would envisage people moving from an enclave shattered by…
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AI Tools May Degrade Doctors’ Skills
In this week’s edition of The Prototype, we look at the risk of depending on AI to “think” for you, mass-producing satellites, a startup helping NASA avoid space junk, and more. To get The Prototype in your inbox, sign up here.
A study published this week in The Lancet examined the impact of an AI tool for colonoscopies on the skills of doctors. The researchers tested doctors’ abilities to find certain abnormalities in patients for three months before using AI, then tested them again…
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ICC Arrest Warrants Ready for Israeli Ministers Over Apartheid Charges, Report
Occupied Palestine (Quds News Network)- The International Criminal Court (ICC) has completed arrest warrant applications for two top Israeli ministers, Middle East Eye (MEE) reported.
National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich face charges of apartheid. If issued, these would mark the first time the crime of apartheid is prosecuted in an international court.
ICC Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan prepared the cases before going on leave in May 2024….
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Palestine calls on Red Cross to act over conditions of prisoners in Israeli jails – Middle East Monitor
Palestine on Friday appealed to the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to step in and protect Palestinian detainees in Israeli prisons, warning that systematic abuse and neglect are endangering lives, Anadolu reports.
Ibrahim Khraishi, Palestine’s permanent observer to the UN in Geneva, in a letter to ICRC President Mirjana Spoljaric Egger, accused Israel of subjecting prisoners to torture, starvation, and prolonged solitary confinement, and singled out the deteriorating…
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Taliban marks fourth anniversary of return to power with internal threats | Taliban News
The Taliban’s leader has warned that Afghans ungrateful for its hardline rule will be severely punished by God in a statement marking the fourth anniversary of the group’s return to power.
The statement from Haibatullah Akhunzada was made in a social media post on Friday to commemorate “Victory Day”, four years on from the chaotic United States and NATO withdrawal from the country after more than 20 years of war as the Taliban retook the capital, Kabul.
The threat was a stark reminder…
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Analysis-Tough US stance casts gloom over plastics pollution deal after Geneva flop
By Olivia Le Poidevin and Emma Farge
GENEVA (Reuters) -The collapse on Friday of a sixth round of U.N. talks aimed at curbing plastic output has dimmed hopes of tackling a key source of pollution and left many advocates of restrictions pessimistic about a global deal during the Trump administration.
A three-year global push to reach a legally-binding treaty to curb plastic pollution choking the oceans and harming human health now appears adrift, participants said.
Many states and campaigners…
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Hurricane Erin threatens Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands with flooding | News
Heavy rains are forecast to start with the storm expected to become a major Category 3 storm over the weekend.
Hurricane Erin has formed in the Atlantic Ocean as it approaches the northeast Caribbean, as forecasters warn of possible flooding and landslides in Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands.
The storm is expected to remain over open waters, although tropical storm watches were issued for Anguilla and Barbuda, St Martin and St Barts, Saba and St Eustatius and St Maarten.
Heavy rains were…
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