WS #12830
No material new developments in the last 30 minutes. The dominant themes from the previous synthesis remain unchanged: continued Houthi drone attacks on Saudi oil infrastructure, Nvidia's investment in Safe Superintelligence, and the Fed decision looming. No counter-signals or de-escalation events detected.
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Key developments
- Houthi drones hit Saudi crude lines to Yanbu; Saudi air defenses intercept drones from Iraq
- Semiconductor selloff deepens: NVDA -3.8%, SMH -20% from peak, ASML drops on China DUV report
- US durable goods orders miss: +0.3% vs +2% expected
- Nvidia, Microsoft, SpaceX, IBM launch Open Secure AI Alliance
- Russian strikes hit Ukrainian ports of Odesa, Chornomorsk, Mykolaiv