IISS study questions over-reliance on American support and ‘over-dependence on expensive, high-end systems’

Gulf states are going to have to reconfigure their trillion-dollar defences given the damage inflicted on their economies and the questionable continued value of US bases in the face of Iranian attack, according to a study by the International Institute for Strategic Studies.

The report says that in the weeks before the 8 April ceasefire, 12 regional states, overwhelmingly in the Gulf, faced 4,670 Iranian one-way attack drones and more than 1,400 ballistic missiles. Nearly half were aimed at the United Arab Emirates. Although the vast majority were repelled, one estimate of the damage to energy infrastructure cited by the report is put as high as $58bn (£43bn).

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North Korean hackers allegedly stole $6.3 billion from Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, in a lightning-fast theft that one insider described as "the largest bank heist in human history.”

Generations of fishermen have come to Montauk, New York, to fish for striped bass, but the fish are in the midst of a decline

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Generations of fishermen have come to Montauk, New York, to fish for striped bass, but the fish are in the midst of a decline

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Striped bass are in decline on the East Coast and fishermen and scientists are in a race to save the iconic sport fish

© AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty

Striped bass are in decline on the East Coast and fishermen and scientists are in a race to save the iconic sport fish

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The sicko followed the elderly woman into a residential building near Vermilyea Avenue and West 204th Street.

Generations of fishermen have come to Montauk, New York, to fish for striped bass, but the fish are in the midst of a decline

© AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty

Striped bass are in decline on the East Coast and fishermen and scientists are in a race to save the iconic sport fish

© AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty

Oxygen, food and water supplies running low and massacres taking place, says Nabil Shamsan

The Houthis are trying to send the city of Taiz back to the stone age, the city’s governor said in a briefing designed to urge the international community to do more to lift the month-long siege.

Nabil Shamsan said massacres were taking place in Yemen’s third city, that oxygen and water supplies were running out and that rubbish was piling up in the streets due to landfill sites being either full or inaccessible.

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We need a true civic conversation about where Melbourne is going, and a collective effort to get us there.

We need a true civic conversation about where Melbourne is going, and a collective effort to get us there.

The billionaire’s regenerative farm and hospitality venture in the Southern Highlands is facing questions from council over its development approval.

The billionaire’s regenerative farm and hospitality venture in the Southern Highlands is facing questions from council over its development approval.

Hong’s Locarno winner added buyers in France, Japan, Argentina and Portugal, while Min’s first Korean production secured deals across Asia.

A Braskem informou que as vendas de principais químicos no Brasil caíram 18% no terceiro trimestre na comparação com o mesmo período de 2025, segundo relatório de produção divulgado nesta quinta-feira.

As vendas de resinas no país avançaram 9% no período, enquanto o spread de resinas subiu 5% e principais químicos avançaram 50%. A taxa de utilização de eteno ficou em 69%, contra 65% no terceiro trimestre de 2025.

Nos Estados Unidos, as vendas da Braskem caíram 1% no terceiro trimestre, enquanto, no México, subiram 9%

Minerais críticos podem elevar PIB do país em R$ 243 bi até 2050

 

A mineradora Vale teve lucro líquido de US$ 1,255 bilhão no terceiro trimestre, queda de 53% em relação ao mesmo período do ano anterior, informou a companhia nesta quinta-feira (29).

O lucro antes de juros, impostos, depreciação e amortização (Ebitda) ajustado somou US$ 3,327 bilhões entre julho e setembro, recuo de 24% ante o mesmo intervalo de 2025.

A receita líquida de vendas totalizou US$ 10,599 bilhões, alta de 2% na mesma comparação.

A Vale informou ainda que manteve inalterados todos os seus guidances de produção para 2026, destacando que cobre e níquel seguem caminhando para a metade superior das faixas previstas para o ano.

Minerais críticos podem elevar PIB do país em R$ 243 bi até 2050