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Russia's diesel exports could hit 3.0-3.5 million metric tonnes monthly by year-end, Saudi airport stays shut, Iran linked to UK airbase attack, Musk funds GOP, Meta's AI rivals OpenAI.
In brief
Russia's diesel exports could hit 3.0-3.5 million metric tonnes monthly by year-end, Saudi airport stays shut, Iran linked to UK airbase attack, Musk funds GOP, Meta's AI rivals OpenAI. Russia may export 3.0-3.5 million metric tonnes of diesel monthly by year-end, Saudi Arabia's airport remains closed until Oct 17…
Russia's diesel exports
Russia says its diesel exports may exceed volumes announced by Trump.
“Russia’s diesel fuel exports could reach 3.0-3.5 million metric tonnes per month by the end of the year”
Saudi airport closure
Saudi capital’s airport remains shut until oct 17 as airlines cancel services.
“The authorities have extended the closure of Riyadh’s international airport until oct 17”
Iran linked to UK airbase
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards likely behind fairford airbase incident.
“British Prime Minister Andy Burnham said on oct 12 that a suspected plot targeting the RAF Fairford base in Britain was highly likely coordinated in Iran”
Elon Musk's GOP funding
Elon Musk donated $276 million to republican groups for midterm elections.
“Elon Musk has quietly funnelled more than $276 million (s$353 million) into republican groups and his super political action committee”
Meta's AI models
Meta launched ai models comparable to openai and anthropic.
“Meta on oct 12 unveiled two new 'frontier' artificial intelligence (ai) models called wonder and wonder full”
At a glance
Russia may export 3.0-3.5 million metric tonnes of diesel monthly by year-end, Saudi Arabia's airport remains closed until Oct 17, Iran likely behind UK airbase incident, Elon Musk donated $276 million to Republicans, Meta launched AI models comparable to OpenAI and Anthropic.
