Africa
Airtel Money targets $10bn London listing in landmark African fintech deal
Airtel Africa is preparing to list its fast-growing Airtel Money business on the London Stock Exchange at a potential valuation...
Climate & Energy
Record heat cripples power systems across central and eastern Europe
Central and eastern Europe is facing an escalating heat emergency after Slovakia recorded an unprecedented 42.2C and critically low river...
On this day
On this day in 1888: The first of the murders committed by Jack the Ripper took place in London’s East End
On 7 August 1888, the body of Martha Tabram was discovered inside George Yard Buildings in Whitechapel, London. The brutal...
Financial insights
Asian markets open cautiously as oil and US jobs data dominate sentiment
Major Asian equity markets opened with mixed...
Global markets diverge as oil surges and investors await US jobs data
Global equity markets ended Thursday, 6 August,...
Ukraine
Nato moves urgently to strengthen Ukraine’s air defences
Nato Secretary General Mark Rutte has begun urgent discussions with allied governments over additional air-defence missiles for Ukraine, after a...
Middle East
Iran and Oman agree coordinates for Strait of Hormuz shipping route
Iran and Oman have agreed on the geographical coordinates of a proposed commercial shipping route through the Strait of Hormuz,...
Newshub long read
The peace deal hiding in plain sight
Russia and Europe could stop confronting each other — and start building together What if the war in Ukraine is...
LATAM
MercadoLibre revenue tops $10bn as investment pressure hits profit
MercadoLibre reported record quarterly revenue of $10.2bn as growth accelerated across its Latin American ecommerce and financial-services businesses. However, the...
India
IndiGo scales back wide-body ambitions as global pressures hit long-haul plans
India’s largest airline, IndiGo, will end its leased Boeing 787 operations in October, temporarily retreating from wide-body flying as geopolitical...
Caribbean
Guyana poised for bigger oil windfall as Exxon recovers $55bn costs
Guyana is expected to receive a larger share of revenue from its rapidly expanding offshore oil industry after the ExxonMobil-led...
MSTRpay
MSTRpay signs strategic market access partnership with PACT Microfinance Bank, strengthening its expansion into Nigeria
NEW YORK, NY — July 23, 2026 — MSTRpay AB ("MSTRpay") today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding...
MSTRpay Launches AI-Powered MSTR Signal System™️ to accelerate global customer growth
Stockholm, Sweden – July 24, 2026 MSTRpay today announced the launch of MSTR Signal System™️, a new AI-powered intelligent engagement...
Blockchain
Gold reaches six-week high as Bitcoin misses market rally
Gold surged to its highest level in six weeks on Wednesday as renewed Chinese demand, a weaker US dollar and...
AI
Red Hat, NVIDIA and IBM back project turning AI policy into code
Red Hat has launched asago, an open-source project designed to transform artificial intelligence governance policies into operational technical controls. Supported...
Elon Musk
Elon Musk’s X Money signals the arrival of the “Everything App” Era
The launch of X Money marks one of the most significant developments in digital finance this year, as Elon Musk...
Inside the scam - Serie
Inside the scam (Part 5): Can anyone stop the scam economy?
Online fraud has evolved into a global industry supported by trafficking networks, stolen identities, artificial intelligence and an international system...
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Financial inclusion
6. The infrastructure of freedom
Why financial inclusion deserves to stand alongside roads, schools and electricity as essential development infrastructure Every generation eventually discovers that...
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World Cup 2026
Spain defeat Argentina to claim 2026 World Cup
Spain have been crowned world champions for the second time after defeating defending champions Argentina 1–0 following extra time in...
Business of the week
How dLocal built a bridge to emerging markets
When global companies such as Amazon, Google, Spotify and Microsoft wanted to expand into emerging markets, they all faced the...
Trump in office
Trump’s crypto ventures generated more than US$1bn in 2025, financial filing reveals
Businesses linked to US President Donald Trump generated more than US$1 billion in revenue from cryptocurrency-related activities during 2025, according...
Serie - HIdden financial giants
Race against time as Japan earthquake toll rises
Rescue teams are searching through collapsed buildings and industrial wreckage after a powerful earthquake struck Japan’s southern island of Kyushu,...