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  • UAE leaves OPEC in a blow to oil cartel Yuka ROYER
    The United Arab Emirates has announced it will leave OPEC and OPEC+ on May 1, in a significant blow to the oil cartels.  In a statement, the Gulf country said it was doing so to focus on its national interest.  The country had often expressed frustration at production quotas set by the group, and its relationship with Saudi Arabia, OPEC's de facto leader, had become increasingly tense. 
     

UAE leaves OPEC in a blow to oil cartel

28 April 2026 at 21:17
The United Arab Emirates has announced it will leave OPEC and OPEC+ on May 1, in a significant blow to the oil cartels.  In a statement, the Gulf country said it was doing so to focus on its national interest.  The country had often expressed frustration at production quotas set by the group, and its relationship with Saudi Arabia, OPEC's de facto leader, had become increasingly tense. 

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  • Musk vs Altman: two tech mavericks go head to head in OpenAI trial Yuka ROYER
    Two of Silicon Valley's best known tech moguls, Elon Musk and Sam Altman, are going to face off each other in court with the trial getting underway with jury selection on Monday.  The lawsuit is brought by Musk, who accuses Altman of fraud and is seeking more than $130 billion in damages, for 'betraying' the AI startup's founding mission of being non-profit. Plus, labelling rules on honey jars are set to toughen from mid-June in France, taking a new EU indication of origin rule into effect. 
     

Musk vs Altman: two tech mavericks go head to head in OpenAI trial

27 April 2026 at 20:33
Two of Silicon Valley's best known tech moguls, Elon Musk and Sam Altman, are going to face off each other in court with the trial getting underway with jury selection on Monday.  The lawsuit is brought by Musk, who accuses Altman of fraud and is seeking more than $130 billion in damages, for 'betraying' the AI startup's founding mission of being non-profit. Plus, labelling rules on honey jars are set to toughen from mid-June in France, taking a new EU indication of origin rule into effect. 

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  • France freezes some spending to offset €6 billion fallout from Iran war Yuka ROYER
    France says the economic fallout from the Iran war has cost the country at least €6 billion, as the government has rolled out support measures for businesses and households, increased defence spending and faced surging borrowing costs. To offset this while meeting its budget deficit target, French officials say a freeze in some spending is necessary. Plus: Kevin Warsh, Donald Trump's pick for the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, has faced a grilling in the US Senate in a confirmation hearin
     

France freezes some spending to offset €6 billion fallout from Iran war

21 April 2026 at 21:04
France says the economic fallout from the Iran war has cost the country at least €6 billion, as the government has rolled out support measures for businesses and households, increased defence spending and faced surging borrowing costs. To offset this while meeting its budget deficit target, French officials say a freeze in some spending is necessary. Plus: Kevin Warsh, Donald Trump's pick for the next chairman of the Federal Reserve, has faced a grilling in the US Senate in a confirmation hearing. 

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  • Mythos shock - is AI taking cybersecurity risks to new levels? Yuka ROYER
    Governments and regulators are assessing potential implications and urging critical sectors to beef up their defences after a powerful new AI model sent shockwaves around the world. Mythos showed the ability to find previously undetected bugs and to exploit the vulnerabilities by itself, prompting its developer Anthropic to decide not to release it to the general public. Aleksandr Yampolskiy, Co-founder and CEO of SecurityScorecard, explains the inflection point the new AI model brings. 
     

Mythos shock - is AI taking cybersecurity risks to new levels?

20 April 2026 at 21:02
Governments and regulators are assessing potential implications and urging critical sectors to beef up their defences after a powerful new AI model sent shockwaves around the world. Mythos showed the ability to find previously undetected bugs and to exploit the vulnerabilities by itself, prompting its developer Anthropic to decide not to release it to the general public. Aleksandr Yampolskiy, Co-founder and CEO of SecurityScorecard, explains the inflection point the new AI model brings. 

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  • China steps out of the shadows in Iran war Yuka ROYER
    China's President Xi Jinping has broken a six-week silence about the war in Iran, vowing to take a "constructive" role in efforts to end the conflict. Beijing is wary of being drawn into a war it took no part in, and faces a delicate balancing act between its long-term partnership with Iran and its strategic interests in the Middle East and beyond. Yuka Royer speaks with Ja Ian Chong, a political scientist at the National University of Singapore, about what's behind Beijing's calculations. 
     

China steps out of the shadows in Iran war

17 April 2026 at 15:10
China's President Xi Jinping has broken a six-week silence about the war in Iran, vowing to take a "constructive" role in efforts to end the conflict. Beijing is wary of being drawn into a war it took no part in, and faces a delicate balancing act between its long-term partnership with Iran and its strategic interests in the Middle East and beyond. Yuka Royer speaks with Ja Ian Chong, a political scientist at the National University of Singapore, about what's behind Beijing's calculations. 

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