Semafor • Aug 29, 2025
NEOM’s progress is a sideshow in Saudi’s transformation
Once the centerpiece of Vision 2030, the gigaproject now distracts attention from the kingdom’s bigger priorities.
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Semafor • Aug 29, 2025
India’s fashion industry makes waves globally
Indian fashion brand Kartik Research became the first Indian label to make it to the official calendar at Paris Men’s Fashion Week in June.
Semafor • Aug 29, 2025
Elite Chinese universities fail to attract applicants
Top-tier institutions failed to attract enough students to fill a number of programs, data showed.
Semafor • Aug 29, 2025
South American cartels face crackdown
Brazil launched raids nationwide, targeting hundreds of individuals and businesses and aiming to freeze $185 million in assets.
Semafor • Aug 29, 2025
Rwanda receives first US deportees under migration deal
The White House has enlisted multiple African and Latin American countries to take in migrants being deported from the US.
Semafor • Aug 29, 2025
Xi, Putin and Modi to meet in China this weekend
The meeting will be followed soon after by a mammoth military parade aimed at highlighting China’s contributions in World War II.
Semafor • Aug 29, 2025
Thai court removes prime minister from office
Paetongtarn Shinawatra was removed from office following a leaked phone call with Cambodia’s former leader in which she criticized her nation’s military.
Semafor • Aug 29, 2025
Warren backs Commerce on easing Syria export controls
A new rule issued Thursday removes restrictions on Syria-bound exports of certain US products.
Semafor • Aug 29, 2025
Shutdown fight descends on DC
Senators in both parties want to see a bipartisan funding deal for less controversial government functions and a stopgap spending bill for the rest.
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Minnesota AG Slams JD Vance’s False Claim That Killer ICE Agent Can’t Be Prosecuted
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Out of Spite, Trump Used Veto Power to Punish Florida Tribe That Opposed “Alligator Alcatraz”
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‘What Are You Hiding?’ Minnesota AG Keith Ellison Says ICE Killing of Renee Good Must Be Investigated
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What Police Weren’t Told About Tasers
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ICE: "Fucking Bitch"
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WATCH: Prem Attends Memorial at Scene of Murder in Minneapolis
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A New Clip of the Minneapolis ICE Killing Was Leaked to a Site Sympathetic to Derek Chauvin
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DEMS MUST OUST SCHUMER NOW!
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Renee Good, Killed by ICE, Was Standing in Solidarity with Her Neighbors
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