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Spotlight | Ukraine
Kyiv poised to access NATO's Link 16 tactical data-sharing network

NATO is about to grant Kyiv access to the encrypted data on its Link 16 (L16) tactical data-sharing network for its F-16 aircraft. © Ukrainian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu/Anadolu via AFP

Arduous negotiations have been taking place at NATO headquarters in Brussels over Ukraine's request for access for its F16s to the encrypted Link 16 network used by the alliance's surveillance aircraft, which would improve Ukraine's defence against Russian air attacks.

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Government Intelligence

China
Real estate giants brace for clampdown as anti-graft body set to tighten screws

A construction site belonging to China State Construction Engineering Corp (CSCEC), one of the world's largest construction companies. © Reuters

After reining in China's banks, Xi Jinping wants to promote a new model for property development. To avoid the president's wrath, the sector's big players are racing to polish their halos by cutting salaries and bonuses.

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International Dealmaking

France, Saudi Arabia
Saudi's PIF imposes tough terms for partnerships with foreign investment firms

Director of the Saudi sovereign fund, Public Investment Fund (PIF), Yasir al-Rumayyan. © Chris Ratcliffe/Pool/EPA/MaxPPP

Foreign investment companies, and especially French ones, have been flocking to Riyadh in recent months in an attempt to attract Saudi funding for their projects. But some of them are holding off on partnerships because of the terms imposed on them by the kingdom's Public Investment Fund.

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Bulgaria, United States
Russia's Lukoil refinery sale negotiations progress with backing from ex-Bulgarian PM

The Lukoil Neftohim Burgas refinery in Bulgaria. © Artur Widak/NurPhoto/NurPhoto via AFP

At the heart of Bulgaria's attempts to distance itself from Russia, Lukoil's refinery in the country is the focus of intense interest. Sources say the former Bulgarian prime minister is working to acquire the refinery with the backing of a US asset management firm.

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Corporate Intelligence

Bahrain, United States
Former US Treasury criminal investigator advising Bahrain on terrorism fight

Tim Reilly, an illicit financing expert who was embedded with the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force after 9/11, is now working for the Bahraini foreign office alongside a team of lawyers from DLA Piper.

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