Washington has been involved in many major corporate transactions over the decades, but none have generated a direct financial return for the government anywhere close to the $10 billion attached to TikTok's ownership restructuring. Oracle, UAE's MGX, and Silver Lake completed the acquisition of TikTok's US operations from ByteDance in January, depositing an initial $2.5 billion into the US Treasury. Scheduled installments will continue...
Iran's foreign minister stepped onto the diplomatic stage on Saturday with one of the conflict's most sweeping statements yet, calling on every Arab government in the Middle East to expel American military forces from their territory. The demand came as Iran was simultaneously launching ballistic missiles at the UAE, firing rockets at Israel, and threatening to strike any Gulf energy facility with American ties....
