Semafor • Sep 2, 2025
Syria exports first crude oil shipment since 2010
While the first shipment of 600,000 barrels is relatively small, the dispatch marks the return of a key driver of its economy.
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Semafor • Sep 2, 2025
EU plans more trade with S. America as US relations sour
European officials this week plan to review the proposals for deals with Mercosur, Latin America’s biggest trade group, and Mexico.
Semafor • Sep 2, 2025
China’s Xi outlines global vision at major summit
Xi won approval at the summit for a new development bank attached to the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
Semafor • Sep 2, 2025
No more ‘Yes, Minister’: How Trump and social media broke the bureaucracy
The president and his aides have signaled that they view much of what is widely viewed as expertise as useless at best, mere left-wing ideology at worst.
Semafor • Sep 2, 2025
Abu Dhabi’s G42 eyes chip options beyond Nvidia
The Abu Dhabi-backed AI firm is still courting customers for what could be the world’s largest data center campus outside the US.
Semafor • Sep 2, 2025
China investment curbs hit roadblock in Congress
The top Democrat on the Senate Commerce Committee, Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington, is blocking the measure from being included in must-pass defense legislation.
Semafor • Sep 2, 2025
Why the government shutdown threat is real this time
Congress returns to Washington on Tuesday after the August break, and both parties are nowhere near a deal to fund the government.
Semafor • Sep 2, 2025
Can investors make The New York Times into the Netflix of news?
Fivespan Partners has taken a stake in the Grey Lady.
Semafor • Sep 1, 2025
How AI will upend the news
Generative AI promises to revolutionize people’s relationship with information — and news organizations need to get ahead of that change.
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Thanks to Trump, Petro-Imperialism Is Back
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Venezuela Advances Reform That Revokes State Control Over Mining Activities
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The Pro-MAGA Press Can’t Agree on How to Cover Trump’s War on Iran
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CVS Threatens Tennessee Over Antitrust Crackdown
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Trump Eradicates Critical Oversight as he Fires More Inspectors General than All Other US Presidents Combined
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While Spending Billions on Iran War, Trump Quietly Moves to Boot Millions More Off Food Aid
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Jeffrey Sachs: WE ARE NOW IN WORLD WAR III & Trump Won’t Survive Iran Fallout
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Are We Sure Iran Didn’t Bomb Themselves?”: NBC Host Echoes a War Narrative Already Debunked by Her Own Network
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Shield of the Americas: Trump’s New Tool for Hemispheric Military Coordination
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