Semafor • Oct 17, 2025
Kenya to invest $31B in infrastructure over next decade
Funds from the budget, state asset sales, and private sector resources will be pooled to build new roads, rail, and power projects.
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Semafor • Oct 17, 2025
Arabs cheer Trump’s peace deal but remain wary of Israeli spoilers
Trump’s personal diplomacy has paused the horrors in Gaza and returned hostages. Durable peace will require engagement.
Semafor • Oct 17, 2025
Massive Stargate UAE data center takes shape
The data center project in Abu Dhabi will anchor a mammoth UAE-US AI Campus.
Semafor • Oct 17, 2025
Saudi Arabia plans giant Mecca development
The King Salman Gate in Mecca will include prayer areas, residential units, hotels, and shops adjacent to the Grand Mosque.
Zeteo • Oct 17, 2025
BIG NEWS! Start Your Day With Zeteo... We’re Launching a Morning Newsletter!
Our new US politics morning newsletter is here, authored by Mehdi and newcomer Peter Rothpletz. Make sure you’re signed up to First Draft before Monday morning.
Semafor • Oct 17, 2025
Whooping cough surges in Florida as vaccine rates plummet
Kindergarten vaccination rates fell in 2024 to the lowest in over a decade.
Semafor • Oct 17, 2025
South America set for rightward shift as ‘pink tide’ ebbs
Conservative candidates are topping polls in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia, all of which are due to hold elections soon.
Semafor • Oct 17, 2025
Microsoft to move most of hardware manufacturing outside of China
The US-China AI race has served as a driver for major American tech companies to shift manufacturing elsewhere.
Semafor • Oct 17, 2025
Spain pushes Africa ties as other Western nations pull back
Madrid has widened a seasonal migration program and is aiming to open a raft of new embassies across the continent.
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Jury Convicts 8 in Texas Case Tied to Trump’s War Against “Antifa”
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‘Serious Threat to the First Amendment’ as Trump Admin Wins First Antifa Terror Charge
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Tlaib Calls for Release of Detained Columbia Student Leqaa Kordia
truthout •
FCC Chair Threatens to Revoke Broadcast Licenses Over Iran War Coverage
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“Cuba is where the broader aspirations of the US elite as a whole intersect”: Why the US wants to destroy Cuba
Scheer Post •
Kiriakou: The Iran War Was Launched on a Whim — and the White House Ignored Its Own Intelligence
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States Tighten HIV Drug Assistance, Raising Access Concerns
truthout •
By Organizing Acts of Public Grief, We Build the Courage to Keep Fighting
truthout •
New York Residents Are Fighting a Data Center Backed by a Billionaire Trump Ally
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