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UNGA in five lines

23 September6 min read
Collage of UN related themes

Jamming 130 world leaders into UN HQ and telling them the theme is 'trust' feels like locking 130 alcoholics in a brewery and telling them the theme is sobriety.

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  1. 01

    SAUDI ARABIA

    Grand reopening.

    The critical East-West oil pipeline out to the Red Sea is now partly back up and running, a week after drone strikes sent it offline. The news has helped ease oil prices back under $100, their lowest since 8 September. (Reuters)

  2. 02

    UNITED STATES

    Wearer of many hats.

    Treasury Secretary Bessent is reportedly emerging as the lead candidate to double as President Trump’s new ‘AI Tsar’, after David Sacks returned to Silicon Valley. (AA)

  3. 03

    UNITED STATES

    FBI hack!?

    Ransomware hacker group ShinyHunters is claiming to have breached FBI protocols and stolen vast amounts of data on current and past employees, in response to the FBI’s targeting of ShinyHunters earlier this year. (CNBC)

  4. 04

    EUROPEAN UNION

    (un)sanctioned.

    Europe has agreed to remove Russian billionaires Alisher Usmanov and Mikhail Fridman from the bloc’s sanctions list, which is otherwise now being extended for another three years on the 3,000 remaining targets. (EuroNews)

  5. 05

    CHINA

    New chip in town.

    Alibaba has unveiled its new in-house AI accelerator, billing the Zhenwu V900 as China’s most powerful chip, with 3x the performance of its predecessor. (Bloomberg $)

  6. 06

    AUSTRALIA

    How did those get there?

    Australia’s defence minister is downplaying the missing F-35 fighter jet parts that somehow got diverted to — then lost in — Hong Kong, arguing the components that departed Australia weren’t particularly sensitive. US outlets are taking a different line, flagging that the shipment actually included a special radar-absorbent canopy. (Guardian)

  7. 07

    URUGUAY

    Latin American paradise.

    Silicon Valley-backed venture Praxis says it’s reached a deal to build its first physical “crypto/AI” city for 10,000 tech elites in Uruguay. (NYT $)

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