Gulf Airports Built to Connect the World Are Now in the Crosshairs – WSJ

  1. Gulf Airports Built to Connect the World Are Now in the Crosshairs  WSJ
  2. Gulf Economies, Torn by War in Iran, Desperately Need a Return to Normal  The New York Times
  3. View / How the Middle East and North Africa are navigating a turbulent era  Semafor
  4. Events and oil: the shows must go on  Arabian Gulf Business Insight | AGBI
  5. Gulf airports risk opening before airlines have the passengers and jets to fill them  EnterpriseAM
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Iran’s security chief meets Putin, delivers message from Khamenei – Al Jazeera

  1. Iran’s security chief meets Putin, delivers message from Khamenei  Al Jazeera
  2. Iran's security chief discusses regional, bilateral affairs with Putin  Reuters
  3. Russia says Putin and top Iranian security official discussed Middle East at Moscow meeting  The Times of Israel
  4. Vladimir Putin, Rezaei meet as Turkey probes deadly Iran border fire  The Jerusalem Post
  5. Putin meets Iran's security chief as NYT reports possible breakthrough in US talks  Ynetnews
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Paraguay’s President, Santiago Peña, Quits Amid Ueno Bank Scandal – The New York Times

  1. Paraguay’s President, Santiago Peña, Quits Amid Ueno Bank Scandal  The New York Times
  2. Explainer: What is ueno bank and how did it trigger Paraguay's political crisis?  Reuters
  3. President of Paraguay faces criminal investigation and impeachment after bank collapse  CNN
  4. How a Banking Scandal Is Taking Down Trump’s Ally in Paraguay  Bloomberg.com
  5. Paraguay Congress rejects President Pena’s resignation after bank collapse  Al Jazeera
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The perils of Xi Jinping’s purge – Financial Times

  1. The perils of Xi Jinping’s purge  Financial Times
  2. Xi’s Tightening China Grip Risks Less Innovation: New Economy  Bloomberg.com
  3. Fifth Plenum + Electronics testing ban + Falling share prices  Mercator Institute for China Studies
  4. China’s military purge reduces war risk: experts  Taipei Times
  5. What China’s Half-Empty 5th Plenum Says About Its Next Leaders  The Diplomat – Asia-Pacific Current Affairs Magazine
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UN climate talks start in the year of disasters, energy price shocks and fast rising temperatures – AP News

  1. UN climate talks start in the year of disasters, energy price shocks and fast rising temperatures  AP News
  2. COP31 and Climate Action’s New Centers of Gravity  Council on Foreign Relations
  3. UN climate talks start in a year of disasters, energy price shocks and fast rising temperatures  NBC News
  4. Global Science Panel Hits Roadblocks Ahead of COP31 Climate Summit  Inside Climate News
  5. Cop31 will expose the conflicts and contradictions of the world’s fossil fuel reliance  The Guardian
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Peru airport officials discover 3,000 tarantulas smuggled inside dirty socks

Three suitcases’ worth of the spiders were on their way to Germany, where they could fetch an estimated €1.5m

More than 3,000 tarantulas were seized at an airport in Lima on their way to Germany, Peruvian authorities said.

The spiders were hidden inside dirty socks contained in three suitcases carried by two Germans and a Polish citizen, the National Forestry and Wildlife Service (SERFOR) told Agence France-Presse on Thursday.

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China’s tech megacity cleans up seedy underbelly for Apec summit – Financial Times

  1. China’s tech megacity cleans up seedy underbelly for Apec summit  Financial Times
  2. From traffic curbs to tree planting, Shenzhen’s Apec plans enter final phase  South China Morning Post
  3. Journalists experience drone food delivery in Shenzhen  China Daily
  4. Qianhai Embraces APEC: Emerging as a Hub for Asia-Pacific Cooperation  Japan Wire by Kyodo News
  5. 2026 APEC CEO Summit to Be Held in Shenzhen in November  PR Newswire
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