Semafor • Oct 17, 2025
Saudi Arabia plans giant Mecca development
The King Salman Gate in Mecca will include prayer areas, residential units, hotels, and shops adjacent to the Grand Mosque.
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Zeteo • Oct 17, 2025
BIG NEWS! Start Your Day With Zeteo... We’re Launching a Morning Newsletter!
Our new US politics morning newsletter is here, authored by Mehdi and newcomer Peter Rothpletz. Make sure you’re signed up to First Draft before Monday morning.
Semafor • Oct 17, 2025
Whooping cough surges in Florida as vaccine rates plummet
Kindergarten vaccination rates fell in 2024 to the lowest in over a decade.
Semafor • Oct 17, 2025
South America set for rightward shift as ‘pink tide’ ebbs
Conservative candidates are topping polls in Brazil, Chile, and Colombia, all of which are due to hold elections soon.
Semafor • Oct 17, 2025
Microsoft to move most of hardware manufacturing outside of China
The US-China AI race has served as a driver for major American tech companies to shift manufacturing elsewhere.
Semafor • Oct 17, 2025
Spain pushes Africa ties as other Western nations pull back
Madrid has widened a seasonal migration program and is aiming to open a raft of new embassies across the continent.
Semafor • Oct 17, 2025
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton indicted
The charges against John Bolton related to his purported sharing of documents with relatives, allegations he denied.
Semafor • Oct 17, 2025
French PM survives two no-confidence votes
‘The immediate danger may have receded, but the core problem is still very much center stage,’ the Associated Press said.
Semafor • Oct 17, 2025
India disputes Trump's claim on Russian oil purchases
The confusing back-and-forth underlined persistent tensions between the US and India.
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Fentanyl Is Killing Americans. The Government Is Targeting the Wrong Country — A CDC Insider Sets the Record Straight
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Trump’s USDA Is Hiding the Data on Food Stamp Cuts
Mother Jones •
ICE’s Tear Gas Sent a 6-Month-Old to the Hospital, the Latest in an Alarming Pattern
Mother Jones •
ICE’s Tear Gas Sent a 6-Month-Old to the Hospital, the Latest in an Alarming Pattern
Mother Jones •
The calculated erasure of Ras Ein Al-Auja
+972 Magazine •
The Regime Change Machine Is Turning on Iran Again
Mint Press News •
These Finnish Homes Are Being Heated by a Surprising Source: Bitcoin Mining
Mother Jones •
On Iran’s protests, Israeli hypocrisy knows no limits
+972 Magazine •
Thecla, the beast fighter: The saint who faced down lions and killer seals is one of many ‘leading ladies’ in early Christian texts
The Conversation •
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