HEADLINES:
• Upscroll Surges Past One Million Users As Alternative Social Platform Goes Viral
• ADQ Chief Steps Down To Join Lunate As Abu Dhabi Targets Rapid Asset Growth

• Gulf Stocks Slide As Wall Street Weakens On Fed Uncertainty And Tech Turmoil

• Saudi-Backed LIV Golf Moves To Sell Team Stakes At Up To $300 Million Valuation

HEADLINES:

• PwC Returns to Pitch for Saudi Arabia’s $1 Trillion Wealth Fund After Year-Long Ban

• Al Habtoor Group to Shut Down Lebanon Operations and Fire All Employees

• Palestinian Journalist Bisan Owda Says TikTok Permanently Banned Her Account

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HEADLINES:

• Mubadala Joins Property Finder’s $170 Million Fundraise

• Al Habtoor Group Flags $1.7 Billion Lebanon Losses, Prepares Legal Action

• Palestinian-Owned App UpScrolled Surges to the Top of App Store Charts

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HEADLINES:
• Telegram's Durov Slams WhatsApp Security as "Braindead"

• Disney CEO Bob Iger just revealed the location of Disneyland Abu Dhabi

• Saudi Arabia's PIF Lifts Year-Long Ban on PwC Advisory Services

• Saudi Arabia Plans to Expand Premium Residency Program to Ultra-Wealthy

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HEADLINES:

• Palestinian App Climbs the Apple App Store 

• Saudi Arabia Plans to Expand Premium Residency Program 

• Saudi Arabia Delays 2029 Asian Winter Games at NEOM

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HEADLINES:
• DAMAC Secures $12bn in US AI Data Centre Projects 
• ‘There Is No Plan B’: Jared Kushner’s Gaza Master Plan Draws Backlash in Davos
• Altman Courts Middle East for $50bn OpenAI Funding Round

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HEADLINES:

• Qatar’s $580bn Wealth Fund Plans Major Portfolio Split

• Netflix Goes All-Cash in $30bn Battle for Warner Bros.

• NBA Courts Gulf Sovereign Wealth for European League Pus

• HP's Peter Oganesean: How AI and Hybrid Work Are Redefining Productivity in 2025

HEADLINES:
• UAE Joins Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ as Gaza Plan Anchors New Initiative
• First Phase of Stargate UAE to Come Online Within Months

• Saudi Banks Turn Overseas for Funding

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HEADLINES:

• World Economic Forum Day 1: Who said What? 

• MENA Media & Entertainment Market Seen Hitting $76.8bn by 2031 

• Trump Invites Putin to Join Gaza ‘Board of Peace’ as Global Scrutiny Grows 

• Abu Dhabi Plans Dedicated Power Tariff to Support AI Data Centres 

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HEADLINES:
• Qatar to Hold Proceeds of First US-Run Venezuelan Oil Sale
• Hacking Campaign Targeted High-Profile Gmail and WhatsApp Users Across the Middle East

• Sela Emerges as PIF Weighs Fresh IPO Push
• Today on the Show: Clint Khan, Director at Y-Axis Middle East DMCC

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