# gulf state (news sources) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover gulf state. Page: Feed: --- ## [Occidental tries to free itself from the messy legacy of Anadarko deal](https://www.ft.com/content/65e41dc2-aeb6-4a2b-976a-cc3f5f990dd5?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-23 · International homepage_ Oil and gas group charts a steadier course seven years after Vicki Hollub’s notorious Berkshire-backed acquisition ## [UK energy companies on alert after ‘Iran-linked hackers’ shut down small power facility](https://www.ft.com/content/bae67bb7-ebf8-44fc-8d55-bbfaada47eb7?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-23 · International homepage_ Security chiefs brief energy bosses with ‘advice, direction and next steps’ after cyber attack ## [Alibaba announces $10.2bn share placement as Chinese companies expand AI investment](https://www.ft.com/content/e4ab027e-ed41-48b7-89ac-8250d3054ae6?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-23 · International homepage_ Equity issuance follows a strong reception for its latest Qwen 3.8-Max model ## [Anthropic’s best AI model struggles to attract users as cheaper tools thrive](https://www.ft.com/content/5ee49718-c258-4f01-aa32-7e5b76ae5245?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-23 · International homepage_ AI lab’s Fable 5 has met with sluggish demand from corporate clients ## [US buyers snap up Europe’s asset managers at fastest rate in decades](https://www.ft.com/content/dd605c6f-8a6e-4664-970b-f4c07ea7a4d2?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-23 · International homepage_ European fund groups struggle as firms race to bulk up and expand globally ## [Are America’s vast Gulf bases worth rebuilding?](https://www.ft.com/content/6f664a31-ca24-4a16-a6e9-5978fdf2512c?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-23 · International homepage_ Iran’s attacks exposed vulnerability of US military footprint spanning the region since the 1990s ## [Why is the far right so obsessed with knights?](https://www.ft.com/content/ef65c99c-b58c-430c-b6be-8036f042cc1e) _2026-08-23 · International homepage_ Medieval military monks have become a regular sight at political rallies and marches ## [India’s reliance on Russian oil hits all-time high](https://www.ft.com/content/be3c0c6c-0a65-4add-b675-7a5876f625be?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-23 · International homepage_ Middle East conflict exposes New Delhi’s energy security vulnerabilities ## [Europe can do better than US-style air conditioning](https://www.ft.com/content/fe9be519-ceae-4279-83b1-220f9505d6a9) _2026-08-23 · International homepage_ The instinct is to bolt a dripping box to every building but there is a smarter, cooler way ## [Russian ‘double-tap’ attack on Ukrainian shopping mall kills at least 16](https://www.ft.com/content/a7837e1c-6865-42bd-9902-3d4c4b7f37ef?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-22 · International homepage_ Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls on allies to pile ‘real pressure’ on Moscow to end the war ## [Collect Open Source Legends (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/rH7elnx0W8Vz) _2026-08-22 · **Sponsored**_ Open-licensed art, limited foil trading packs, and optional on-chain mints. ## [Israel’s Syria strike may have been bid to provoke Turkey conflict, US envoy says](https://www.ft.com/content/d770cdbf-46b1-4928-9ec7-e1155db679d2) _2026-08-22 · International homepage_ Washington’s ambassador to Ankara says attack on air base could have been ‘aggressive . . . pre-election concept’ ahead of October polls ## [Mark Carney says Canada is now ‘at war’ with US over trade](https://www.ft.com/content/e3b5c236-bd5f-45c2-8ddf-5279a7375d3f?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-22 · International homepage_ Prime Minister says Donald Trump miscalculated by escalating his tariffs attack on the country ## [Lula turns to Trump as unlikely ally in Brazil’s clash with Marco Rubio](https://www.ft.com/content/da43f854-8083-4ec1-86da-76b47c84e64a?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-22 · International homepage_ Brazil’s president and US secretary of state exchange barbs ahead of the South American country’s election ## [Trump’s challenge: $40tn debt, 6.7% mortgages and $5 diesel](https://www.ft.com/content/6cb399fa-9fba-4806-98a3-9572fe319622?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-22 · International homepage_ The president’s agenda is under strain as the Iran war pushes up prices and America’s finances worsen ## [Bossing the bond market around never works](https://www.ft.com/content/b9e7a620-1018-4004-a3b0-3c85d494d21d?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-22 · International homepage_ Despite Scott Bessent’s efforts, investors worry something is up ## [Europe’s fatal beauty](https://www.ft.com/content/ff65daca-59bb-48f2-a6d1-e177a6409459?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-22 · International homepage_ A less seductive continent would not attract so many enemies ## [Who counts in Trump’s America?](https://www.ft.com/content/7c9cd212-58c6-44e1-b515-022271e4390d?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-22 · International homepage_ Gillian Tett on the president’s bid to reform the 10-year census, and the explosive politics behind who gets included and who gets to decide ## [Qatar cuts state spending at home and abroad as war shrinks economy](https://www.ft.com/content/efe10069-cbe3-4071-a091-26afa74fb4b3?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-22 · International homepage_ Wealthy Gulf nation has been hard hit by US-Iran conflict over Strait of Hormuz ## [Germany becomes Europe’s largest regulated cannabis market](https://www.ft.com/content/6541cb37-1bc7-4f52-a8ef-f503d13be4ce) _2026-08-22 · International homepage_ Critics are calling for legislation to be tightened two years after the drug was partially liberalised ## [How Germany’s doctors, lawyers and dentists got burnt by private markets bets](https://www.ft.com/content/00342102-98ee-47a7-b2cf-7878b9131afd?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-22 · International homepage_ Questions mount over management of mandatory pension schemes for professionals worth €300bn ## [CLI-first decentralized compute (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/h0ltdbbFP3l9) _2026-08-22 · **Sponsored**_ Run and pay spare GPUs from the CLI — transcode, coinpay (DID+escrow), infernet (AI). ## [Bitcoin and gold surge as Bessent’s intervention in bond market hits dollar](https://www.ft.com/content/7e0c8dc0-e957-420a-bba3-d33666d919b8?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-21 · International homepage_ World’s biggest cryptocurrency registers best week in more than three years as investors pile into ‘debasement’ trades ## [Greenwich moon time? The high-stakes race to set lunar clocks](https://www.ft.com/content/d09e9c05-60c8-4c8a-8230-a5476a049b88?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-21 · International homepage_ World powers gather to decide how to deal with potential threat to colonising Earth’s nearest celestial neighbour ## [‘Betrayal’: US ranchers lash out at Trump’s plan to cut tax on beef imports](https://www.ft.com/content/7aabb591-ca73-4d87-96ad-dac9a210e1d0?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-21 · International homepage_ President claims unnamed foreign suppliers will provide 25% discount in run-up to midterm elections ## [Iran’s president calls to end war with US from ‘position of strength’](https://www.ft.com/content/9a094571-604d-4f1e-b5ff-c0b5dc032dc1) _2026-08-21 · International homepage_ Masoud Pezeshkian’s comments reflect debate within regime over how much economic pressure country can endure ## [Natalie Harp, the devoted ‘human printer’ in Trump’s entourage](https://www.ft.com/content/0eb4e7ce-42e3-49af-ae27-645eb7676fad?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-21 · International homepage_ The executive aide’s relationship with the president symbolises a broader sycophancy around him ## [Citadel offloads 80% of portfolio scooped up from Situational Awareness](https://www.ft.com/content/1603577e-89d8-4cfa-884b-b83fbb8dd20e?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-21 · International homepage_ Ken Griffin’s hedge fund has executed more than $4bn worth of block trades in recent weeks ## [US-Canada trade deal goes down to the wire](https://www.ft.com/content/24f9c08e-e23f-434e-b0f4-fc1eb55a7b04?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-21 · International homepage_ Officials talk up prospect of agreement after Trump paused $20bn of new levies on North American trading partner ## [The bond scare and the balance of power](https://www.ft.com/content/5b459fd3-8170-4c43-8db3-3f76d4ab891d) _2026-08-21 · International homepage_ After the dreamworld of the 2010s, the link between power and fiscal capacity is back ## [What is Jane Street?](https://www.ft.com/content/ef1d7530-a514-4b18-9a0f-8843cac02929) _2026-08-21 · International homepage_ The question is more important than the answer ## [Samsung to return record $80bn to shareholders](https://www.ft.com/content/d434a48b-4b6c-4071-bf16-da16a6b95bda?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-21 · International homepage_ South Korean chipmaker has come under pressure to distribute more of its bumper profits from AI boom ## [Every Channel. 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Free trial, no IP lock. ## [Scott Bessent takes on bond vigilantes in $32tn Treasury market](https://www.ft.com/content/f01ff762-3e68-4bac-bb73-6f35a6bf2771?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-21 · International homepage_ Wall Street investors say move to buy more long-term US debt is a ‘band-aid on a bullet hole’ ## [Feminism didn’t kill the male breadwinner model, the economy did](https://www.ft.com/content/4b7b8d3f-5625-4dba-ad90-66192c101956?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-21 · International homepage_ Young non-graduate men face unique setbacks ## [The tycoons taking a swing at golf](https://www.ft.com/content/d286cb7f-c63e-42a6-86db-d0a9ad0f296a?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-21 · International homepage_ New management wants the sport to become more commercial, but others worry billionaires have too much say ## [Ukraine seeks Musk’s help to hit Russian missile launchers](https://www.ft.com/content/ff536e6e-dc56-45e3-b5e0-2dfb28148cb6?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-21 · International homepage_ Starlink-equipped drones could strike targets up to 200km inside Russia ## [HSBC spends $68mn on biggest cull of senior bankers since financial crisis](https://www.ft.com/content/d8bc75ee-77c6-4810-967c-0c2cff69bf7a?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-21 · International homepage_ Reduction came as Europe’s largest lenders shed largest number of highly paid bankers since 2020 ## [North Korea enjoys rare ‘dash for flash’](https://www.ft.com/content/182f8161-b1a8-43f7-8918-f78f34e03cab?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-21 · International homepage_ Kim Jong Un’s backing for Russian war on Ukraine fuels construction boom and sales of luxury goods ## [Founder who blamed $300mn fraud on head injury sentenced to prison](https://www.ft.com/content/dfa7c084-f997-4d76-82cb-6d45f543dc3c?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-20 · International homepage_ Judge accepts injury contributed to Christine Hunsicker’s crime as he sentences her to five years ## [What is Bessent doing — and will it work?](https://www.ft.com/content/14b25583-c64d-4a97-9f6d-359908638e28?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-20 · International homepage_ US Treasury secretary has made a high-stakes bet he can beat back soaring borrowing costs ## [Trump announces new drive to isolate and crush Iranian economy](https://www.ft.com/content/785aafd1-705a-47da-b016-032d66e449c0?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-20 · International homepage_ UAE, long a crucial trading hub for Tehran, has also suspended commercial ties ## [Russian missile attack kills at least 13 in Kyiv](https://www.ft.com/content/736418a3-6d0d-4425-91df-9671db4c9b7d?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-20 · International homepage_ Strikes come as Ukraine struggles with a shortage of Patriot interceptor missiles ## [Founder of collapsed Chinese property giant given life sentence](https://www.ft.com/content/895d78fc-ce60-4cb6-a8d5-db3ab01d1ebf?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-20 · International homepage_ Evergrande chair Hui Ka Yan jailed following developer’s default almost five years ago ## [Top US law firms hit by backlash over ‘crazy’ hiring of first-year students](https://www.ft.com/content/d70655c1-63b8-4142-aae8-82db916bc045?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-20 · International homepage_ Wall Street firms are recruiting ever earlier, drawing concern from students and executives ## [The slow sucking sound of AI](https://www.ft.com/content/6181c22c-731a-4044-9720-fc4e0d500403?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-20 · International homepage_ Searching for signs of crowding out ## [Barclays struggles to ‘retrain the dog’ on Wall Street](https://www.ft.com/content/5ca20d4b-1ec1-4e6d-8994-ba906c7cfd33?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-20 · International homepage_ Investment bank’s seventh co-CEO in four years expected to face same restrictions as predecessors ## [Moderna pins hopes on ‘game-changer’ for cancer vaccines](https://www.ft.com/content/cd52173f-5863-4996-93b2-c4adb81ad210?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-20 · International homepage_ Technology behind blockbuster Covid jabs is yielding promising results in oncology treatment ## [The container revolution is running out of room](https://www.ft.com/content/b88c3466-4525-4e16-b3fe-e10e713a2025?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-20 · International homepage_ Containers have transformed ports, cities and trade. Now the revolution is reaching a limit ## [North Korea dismisses Trump overture](https://www.ft.com/content/d15d68d5-291b-44d2-8fdf-3afc95308e9e?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-20 · International homepage_ Kim Jong Un’s sister casts doubt on claim there has been communication between Pyongyang and Washington ## [Moderna share price doubles on melanoma vaccine trial success](https://www.ft.com/content/a98a77e2-5156-4189-b971-974a7e60130f?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-19 · International homepage_ Company’s melanoma cancer vaccine being developed with Merck ## [Europe should wish Marco Rubio a bright future](https://www.ft.com/content/763bf6a1-31de-4c6a-9591-963440f0562b?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-19 · International homepage_ Americans who support reckless wars are sometimes also the likeliest to defend Europe ## [Ukraine anti-corruption team raids home of top Zelenskyy aide](https://www.ft.com/content/5799e5fa-c836-443b-935d-eb9fb58681b6?syn-25a6b1a6=1) _2026-08-19 · International homepage_ Searches come hours after ousted defence minister launches a blistering attack on wartime president