Welcome to this week’s Fortune Gulf Brief. Regular readers might notice a different author byline today, that’s because Melissa is taking a well-earned break although, knowing journalists, probably with one eye on her phone and what’s happening in the Gulf. Ordinary service resumes next week. Until then, I’m Inzamam Rashid, international journalist and broadcaster based
August 26, 2026 — 7:45pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Police are investigating if the near-fatal shooting of crime figure Fadi Haddara is linked to his crime network’s alleged involvement in a multimillion-dollar tobacco and money laundering operation in Tasmania.
So you’re trying for a baby. Congratulations! By now, you probably know that it’s not always easy to get pregnant. Healthy, heterosexual couples in their 20s to early 30s having regular, unprotected sex have a 25% to 30% chance of getting pregnant in any given month, according to the American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists.
RAI Cinema International Distribution has acquired world rights to Italian director Edoardo De Angelis‘ dark tragicomedy “The Fire Within You” ahead of its Venice competition launch. De Angelis, a native Neapolitan, broke out on the festival circuit at Venice in 2016 with the Naples-set conjoined twins drama “Indivisible” and subsequently opened the festival in 2023 with
Bill Gates has warned that the world needs to do more to prepare for a “turbulent AI era” before workers are “displaced or underemployed.” In a nearly 5,900-word blog post published on Wednesday, the Microsoft cofounder said that AI and robotics will eventually reach beyond the white-collar jobs already under pressure from the technology. “In
Updated August 26, 2026 — 7:03pm,first published 3:16pm Save You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. AAA Police are investigating the death of a 16-year-old girl on Sydney’s northern beaches after a suspected choking act during sex. The teenager died in hospital two days
