🧵Last month, Prime Minister Narendra Modi opened the doors to a controversial temple in India where a centuries-old mosque once stood. This week he will inaugurate another Hindu religious site — in the Abu Dhabi desert bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

LATEST: #UAE poised to exit global finance watchdog FATF “gray list” as soon as this week, following a push to clamp down on illicit financial flows, sources say bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets Ben Bartenstein

BREAKING: The #UAE was removed from the FATF's gray list today, less than two years after the Gulf state’s demotion bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Iran designed its retaliation on Israel to cause: 1. Max symbolism: - 300 missiles & drones - 1st ever direct attack - Sirens sounding alarm in Israel 2. Min damage: - Attack well-telegraphed - Reported days in advance - No deaths, no major damages bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Microsoft’s just-announced partnership with Abu Dhabi’s G42 followed behind-the-scenes negotiations between the US government and the Middle Eastern firm, sources say trib.al/lE1Xb2G

My latest (and it's online): How does the GCC invest its wealth? • A bit of diversification away from oil • A bit of soft-power building • A bit of economic diplomacy bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Caught between the US and China, an Abu Dhabi-based AI upstart chooses sides trib.al/50wgwNm

Superb piece by Ben Bartenstein "Saad Hariri has become an initial port of call for many looking to meet Sheikh Tahnoon. Those who pass the ex-premier’s smell test (often over a cup of Argentine mate) may get an introduction to Lasky for final vetting" bloomberg.com/news/newslette…

All the articles from the Gulf special edition of Bloomberg Markets magazine in one place: bloomberg.com/magazine/marke… via (among others) Sam Dagher Ben Bartenstein Farah ElBahrawy Julia Fioretti Ziad Daoud Mirette Magdy ميريت مجدي Matthew Martin Dinesh Nair Pat Regnier

Bloomberg'e bilgi veren kaynaklara göre Türkiye, yasadışı para akışını engellemeye yönelik hamlelerinin ardından FATF'in “gri listesinden” çıkmaya çok yakın. Bakan Şimşek de daha önce bu önde temennisini açıklamıştı. Ben Bartenstein Patrick Sykes beril a. Fırat Kozok haberi 👇

Steven Mnuchin showed what happens when Wall Street money is turned into Washington power, and now he's showing how that power gets turned into even more money. My new portrait of a striver who sees a path to become a globetrotting gorilla. Check it out bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Monaco expected to join dirty money ‘gray list’ next week bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Ben Bartenstein Anthony Cormier Gaspard Sebag

🚨 Se prevé que 🇻🇪 Venezuela, que ya está sancionada por 🇺🇸 EE.UU., entre en la “lista gris” de la GAFI por no haber logrado avances suficientes para detener los flujos financieros ilícitos. Reportan Ben Bartenstein y Andreina Itriago A. 👇 trib.al/Jbz56Qf

Venezuela and Monaco have been added to a global watchdog’s “gray list” for not making enough progress to stem illicit financial flows bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Economics Ben Bartenstein Andreina Itriago A. Gaspard Sebag

Microsoft’s partnership w UAE AI firm G42 could help the US take on China in the Global South — that is, if Washington can get comfortable w it Officials have raised concerns from natsec to cyber to human rights 🎁🔗 w Mark Bergen Dina Bass Ben Bartenstein bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

A partnership between Ray Dalio’s family office and Abu Dhabi royal Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan has been delayed as Bridgewater grapples with the legal terms of its billionaire founder’s exit from the firm bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via Bloomberg Markets By Ben Bartenstein

This just in: Kamala Harris has wiped out Donald Trump's lead across seven swing states, according to the latest Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll. bloomberg.com/news/features/… via Bloomberg Politics

How Japan ignored climate critics and built a global natural gas empire 🇯🇵❤️🚢 Every six hours, somewhere in the world, an LNG shipment controlled by a Japanese company leaves a port. However, these tankers are only the tip of the iceberg A thread 🧵 bloomberg.com/graphics/2024-…