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...The construction company is one of the leading businesses contracted to build the mega-projects that have been a hallmark of President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi’s regime....
...“Everything is seen on the same level, but what’s important is the curation of things that are an accurate mirror of regional style and soft-power signifiers....
...Naturally, we are told by the likes of Google, Meta, Microsoft et al that using AI to help solve the planet’s warming crisis is a wonderful idea....
...Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad al-Thani, son of one of Qatar’s richest men who had been the only party looking to buy 100 per cent of United, withdrew from the bidding on Saturday....
...“It was the first time I saw the power of that simple concept to get people out,” she says. Bake sales are, of course, nothing new....
...Women’s football World Cup: The US team begins the defence of its title against Vietnam in Auckland at 9pm ET....
...Wherever possible lies should be told about classes of people (Republicans, elites, big business, the media, et al) not specific individuals....
...Another, similar question: What does this mean for Robert Jenrick, Suella Braverman, et al? Handily this has the same answer: it’s not good either!...
...Buonanno et al conclude from a study of their tax returns that purging City Hall of mobsters results in “a significant and sizeable increase of social capital” over the long term....
...‘Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Power in West Africa’ is in the Arsenale until November 26...
...Hermès, L’Oréal, Dior et al sell an idea of French high-end craftsmanship that derives almost whole cloth from the 17th-century court of Versailles....
...Somalia conflict: President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud told the FT he was confident his new military offensive against al-Shabaab would “defeat” the al-Qaeda-linked Islamist group....
...When Tennant and Beaton et al were having their elaborate costume parties, elegance as much as decadence was everything....
...The Big Read The EU wants to make solar power its single biggest source of energy by 2030. That would mean almost tripling its solar power generation capacity over the next seven years....
...(New Yorker) — Erik Brynjolfsson et al paper on using generative AI in customer support (NBER)...
...Saudi Arabia is far from hanging up its jersey Yasir al-Rumayyan has had a busy few seasons....
...The V&A’s exhibition gives plenty of food for thought about all this....
...Last words of thanks to the brilliant team who make it all happen: Gordon Smith edits this newsletter and Mischa Frankl-Duval and Manuela Saragosa produce the Working It podcast 🙏....
...Thereafter it’s a whistle-stop tour through Wilde, Evelyn Waugh, Agatha Christie, Judy Garland et al, interspersed with touches of memoir, such as Baker’s Nanna Betty with her crocheted-doll toilet-roll...
...Britain after Brexit is edited by Gordon Smith. Premium subscribers can sign up here to have it delivered straight to their inbox every Thursday afternoon....
...Woman, Life, Freedom by Marjane Satrapi et al (Seven Stories Press) The much-feted author of the graphic novel Persepolis leads a collection of vivid, “visually stunning” accounts of the current unrest gripping...
...The game is on Friday at 2pm ET. Apologies for the error — Gordon....
...The event stresses the “power of place”....
...say Jonas et al. Yes it can! Look! And look! And look! That’s Tesla on an EV of 28.3 times 2025 ebitda, per Morgan Stanley forecasts, which is more expensive than Nvidia’s 25.3 times ebitda....
...Always compelled to fight for social justice, he realised “the power of the medium” to “do things that words cannot do so effectively”....
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