Major IPOs
Elon Musk becomes the world’s first trillionaire after historic SpaceX Nasdaq debut
Elon Musk has become the world's first trillionaire following the record-breaking stock market debut of SpaceX on the Nasdaq. The...
Financial insights
Developing nations face rising debt risks as financing structures grow more complex
Developing economies are facing a new generation...
On this day
On this day in 1982: Following the death of his half brother Khalid, Fahd became king of Saudi Arabia
Following the death of his half-brother, King Khalid, in June 1982, Crown Prince Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ascended the...
MSTRpay
MSTRpay initiates strategic market entry into the Republic of Congo
MSTRpay today announced the initiation of its structured expansion process into the Republic of Congo (Congo-Brazzaville), marking another important step...
Middle East
US-Iran talks remain on a knife edge as negotiations enter another turbulent phase
The path towards a potential agreement between the United States and Iran continues to be marked by abrupt policy shifts,...
Africa
Africa prepares for a record-breaking FIFA World Cup campaign
Africa is set to make football history at the FIFA World Cup 2026, with a record ten nations qualifying for...
Ukraine
Ukraine raises military pay and expands foreign recruitment as manpower shortage deepens
Ukraine is introducing sweeping reforms aimed at strengthening its armed forces, with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announcing higher military wages, improved...
France, Germany and UK press Moscow for renewed peace talks
France, Germany and the United Kingdom have intensified diplomatic efforts to revive negotiations aimed at ending the war in Ukraine,...
Phillipines
More than 500,000 affected as Mindanao earthquake deepens humanitarian crisis
More than half a million people have now been affected by the devastating earthquake that struck the southern Philippine island...
AI
Coinbase for Agents brings AI-driven portfolio management closer to reality
Coinbase has unveiled Coinbase for Agents, a new platform designed to enable artificial intelligence agents to manage digital assets and...
Climate & Energy
Trees may capture less carbon than previously believed, new study warns
New scientific research suggests that forests may be storing significantly less carbon than previously estimated, raising fresh questions about one...
India
Rupee rallies sharply as stronger equities and weaker US dollar lift sentiment
The Indian rupee recorded one of its strongest daily gains in recent months, appreciating by 77 paise to close at...
LATAM
Argentine markets rally as sovereign credit upgrade boosts investor confidence
Argentine financial markets rallied after Standard & Poor's upgraded the country's sovereign credit rating to B-, following a similar move...
Caribbean
Jamaica restores power after gas supply disruption triggers outages
The Jamaica Public Service Company (JPS) has confirmed that a series of power outages affected several districts across the island...
Caribbean anti-corruption leaders strengthen regional integrity partnership
Senior anti-corruption officials from across the Caribbean have concluded their annual meeting in Jamaica with renewed commitments to deepen regional...
Blockchain
SpaceX IPO demand triggers market liquidity squeeze as tech and crypto retreat
Investor demand for the highly anticipated SpaceX initial public offering has surged to nearly four times the available allocation, according...
Trump in office
From Debt-Fueled Real Estate to Digital Billions: The Reinvention of Donald Trump’s Fortune
Few business figures in modern history have reinvented their personal balance sheet as dramatically as Donald J. Trump. For decades,...
Trump coin’s rise and collapse exposes risks of political cryptocurrencies
The dramatic rise and subsequent collapse of the $TRUMP cryptocurrency has become one of the most remarkable financial stories of...
Bitcoin down 50%
Why Bitcoin has fallen 50% — and how Musk and Saylor became victims of the downturn
Bitcoin has suffered one of its sharpest corrections in recent years, falling approximately 50% from its peak levels reached last...
Business of the week
From a garage in Colombia to a Latin American fintech giant: The rise of Nubank
Few fintech success stories have reshaped an entire continent quite like Nubank. What began as a small startup challenging traditional...
Invisible infrastructure series
The silent network that powers the internet
Every email sent, every video streamed, every online payment completed and every artificial intelligence query processed depends on an enormous...
Newshub long read
Marilyn Monroe at 100: The woman behind the legend – video
One hundred years ago today, on 1 June 1926, a child named Norma Jeane Mortenson was born in Los Angeles....
Serie - HIdden financial giants
EU leaders gather with western Balkans to reaffirm path towards membership
European Union leaders and representatives from the six Western Balkan nations are gathering in Montenegro for a high-level summit aimed...