"In the Gulf, desalination is built with enough breathing room that losing one plant doesn't immediately show up at the tap," says Rabee Rustum, professor of water and environmental engineering at Heriot-Watt University Dubai.
Guests were promised luxury villas in a crypto resort in Timor-Leste, but an investigation found only an empty plot, raising questions about the project's legitimacy.
The market on the platform, which has since been deleted, allowed users to wager on what day the pilots would be rescued. President Donald Trump confirmed on social media on Sunday that the service member who went missing had been saved.
The geopolitical backdrop in the Middle East remained tense after renewed threats to Iranian infrastructure from President Donald Trump, although reports of a potential deal could limit the demand for the dollar.
