These attacks were unprecedented. We could not have imagined this scenario actually playing out. Most airports and airlines in the region are affected.A drone has hit a residential tower overnight in Dubai. It sparked a fire and residents were forced to evacuate the building. This conflict has come to the doorstep of a territory that many perceive to be one of the world's top safe-haven territories.That perception was by design and helped attract both money and talent. The strikes threaten more than lives a ...

Hollywood is very much a factory town and the widget that we make is entertainment. Across the board, everyone is creative from the directors of the writers to craft serviced. Everyone has a talent.Some people come out here sort of on accident and find a place inside of the circus, and I think that some people are kind of called. Pilot season upfronts awards campaigns, Hollywood moves and cycles. But now the cycles have slowed a lot.It's a reset and no one knows where the new baseline is. If you spoke to th ...

I'm Ben Bartinstein. I'm a senior reporter on the energy and commodities team. I'm about to try one of my sources who's an insider within the network that we've been investigating.We're talking about the highest levels of government in Iran. The source is understandably quite scared. You know, they want every precaution taken to kind of hide their identity.The story really began for me in early November of 2023. I was at this event in Dubai and I bumped into this source of mine who was telling me about this ...

Ali Shamhani is a very very important figure. His father was a low-level bazaar merchant. He came from one of the poorest part of town.He and I are both from the same city, right. >> At the time of the revolution, he was like, you know, 23 years old, but he went up the political ladder very, very quickly. In 1978, what starts as a broad coalition calling for an end to corruption and ties with the US >> becomes a revolution.>> When there is trouble in Iran, that is trouble for the United States. And there is ...

Everyone in the AI world wanted to be here. Particularly if you happened to be the head ofOpen AI, Google,Anthropic, or even France. Because it's here, in India ,where tech giants including Amazon, Google and Microsoft have to invest over $67.5% billion to deepen their AI footprint.And despite some local opposition, that's just for starters. India's tech minister Ashwini Vaishnaw expects more than $200 billion of investments in the AI sector over the next two years. The fact that India has drawn all of thes ...

I mean A-Rod, you've been to games, you've seen the number of American owners. I'm sure to be candid there's been a number of offers over the A-Rod dealflow desk saying, "Hey, buy into this ownership. Buy into that ownership. Come into this Premier League ownership. Come into this Italian football ownership." The Premier League right now, of which JJ Watt is an owner, is majority owned by United States owners. That is mindblowing.We own the game. Americans own the game. It reminds me of, you know, a couple ...

I was born and raised in Iran. I was born into Iran. It was a very strict dictatorship. And one thing that I remember is having VHS tape players were illegal. My dad used to bundle it up with blankets and put it in a closet so it's hidden and then he would bring it out sometimes and we would we would watch movies, Hollywood movies. But the way that things kind of changed post Iran Iraq war was you were either a part of that regime inner circle and if you were outside that you were part of the 70 80% that we ...

I was born and raised in Iran. I was born in Thran. It was a very strict dictatorship. And one thing that I remember is having VHS tape players were illegal. My dad used to bundle it up with blankets and put it in a closet so it's hidden and then he would bring it out sometimes and we would we would watch movies, Hollywood movies. But the way that things kind of changed post Iran Iraq war was you were either a part of that regime inner circle and if you were outside that you were part of the 70 80% that wer ...

Iran 1979. >> A revolution against corruption, repression, and inequality leads to the birth of a new theocracy, the Islamic Republic of Iran. Over the next four decades, in the face of mounting Western sanctions, a new military and political class would emerge.Because of sanctions, the Iranian regime is in dire need of middlemen. These folks have played a crucial role in bypassing sanctions against Iran and Russia. >> Bloomberg reporting revealed how one of these elites operating under the code name H woul ...

Iran 1979, A revolution against corruption, repression, and inequality leads to the birth of a new theocracy, the Islamic Republic of Iran. Over the next four decades, in the face of mounting Western sanctions, a new military and political class would emerge. - Because of sanctions, the Iranian regime is in dire need of middlemen.These folks have played a crucial role in bypassing sanctions against Iran and Russia. - Bloomberg reporting revealed how one of these elites, operating under the code name 'H', wo ...