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Saudi Arabia has cancelled its two thousand twenty six Future Investment Initiative, the high-profile gathering often called Davos in the Desert, citing ongoing Houthi attacks in the region. Riyadh has pushed the flagship conference to two thousand twenty seven and ordered government staff to work from home, a significant signal about how security concerns are reshaping global economic diplomacy.
Shifting to a story with major implications for both energy and geopolitics, the United States and Russia are reportedly in discussions to collaborate on nuclear-powered data centers, centered on small modular reactor technology. This is happening despite active sanctions between the two countries, and it raises real questions about where the lines are between economic cooperation and strategic risk in the AI infrastructure race.
And on a lighter but culturally significant note, Amazon MGM has set a holiday two thousand twenty seven release for Lizard Music, a film directed by Benny Safdie and starring Dwayne Johnson, adapted from Daniel Pinkwater's beloved novel. It marks a notable creative pairing — an indie-rooted filmmaker and one of Hollywood's biggest commercial stars, meeting somewhere in the middle.
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