Financial insights
Shanghai opens under pressure as technology valuations unsettle investors
Mainland Chinese equities opened lower on Friday...
Singapore opens lower as oil shock weighs on regional confidence
Singapore equities opened lower on Friday as...
Mumbai opens higher as technology and heavyweight earnings lift sentiment
Indian equities opened higher on Friday, supported...
Seoul remains closed as investors absorb historic technology sell-off
South Korea’s stock market did not open...
Hong Kong opens lower as chip concerns halt technology rebound
Hong Kong equities opened lower on Friday...
US vs Iran
US Marines board tanker as strikes expand across southern Iran
US Marines have boarded the tanker M/T Wen Yao in the Gulf of Oman as Washington intensifies enforcement of its...
On this day
On this day in 1918: The end of house Romanov
For more than 300 years, the House of Romanov ruled one of the world’s largest empires, transforming Russia from an...
MSTRpay
MSTRpay signs strategic market access partnership with SOGEMEF, expanding its West African growth platform
NEW YORK, NY — July 15, 2026 — MSTRpay AB ("MSTRpay") today announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding...
Ukraine
Starmer tells Zelenskyy Ukraine will win as final Kyiv visit reinforces British support
Outgoing British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has told President Volodymyr Zelenskyy that he believes Ukraine will win its war against...
Zelenskyy removes defence minister ahead of Starmer’s Kyiv visit
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed Defence Minister Mykhailo Fedorov after only six months in office, removing one of the...
Climate & Energy
California braces for one of its sharkiest summers in years
California is expected to experience one of its busiest great white shark seasons in more than a decade, as unusually...
Bastille Day celebrations tempered by wildfire fears
France marked Bastille Day with its traditional blend of military pageantry and national celebration on Monday, but festivities across the...
LATAM
YPF Luz advances dual IPO plan in Argentina and the US
Argentine power producer YPF Luz has taken a decisive step towards an initial public offering, filing plans for a dual...
Africa
Nigeria opens the door to decentralised electricity generation
Nigeria has introduced new regulations designed to make it significantly easier for businesses, communities and private citizens to generate their...
Caribbean
Iran conflict sends economic shockwaves across Latin America and the Caribbean
The conflict centred on Iran and the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz are expected to have significant economic...
India
Rupee weakens sharply as oil prices drive demand for the U.S. dollar
The Indian rupee opened significantly weaker on Tuesday, falling 48 paise to 96.16 against the U.S. dollar in early trading...
India Inc prepares for nuclear opening
India’s largest companies are preparing for a new era in the country’s energy sector as New Delhi opens nuclear power...
AI
Why Nvidia wants engineers to spend more on AI
For most companies, reducing technology costs remains a priority. Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang sees things differently. Speaking on the...
Blockchain
Bolivia considers USDT as dollar shortage reshapes payments
Bolivia is considering a regulatory framework that would allow the world's largest stablecoin, USDT, to be used for payments, savings...
Inside the scam - serie
Inside the scam (Part 4): The people forced to defraud you
The stranger sending fraudulent investment messages may appear to be a willing criminal. In many cases, however, the person behind...
Inside the scam (Part 3): The business behind the fraud
Online scams are often portrayed as the work of isolated criminals sitting behind anonymous computer screens. The reality is far...
Inside the scam (Part 2): Pig butchering – The world’s fastest-growing investment scam
It often begins with a message that appears to have been sent by mistake. A stranger apologises for contacting the...
How a simple WhatsApp message exposed a million-dollar scam
It began with a single WhatsApp message claiming that the recipient had won US$1 million through the well-known American company...
Articles on 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...
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...
Newshub long read
Are we heading towards a third world war?
The fear is no longer irrational. The United States and Iran are again exchanging military blows. Russia’s war against Ukraine...
Invisible infrastructure series
The invisible infrastructure: The standards that make the world work
Every day, billions of people use products, services and technologies that function seamlessly together without giving much thought to why...
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$1 billion in revenue from cryptocurrency-related activities during 2025, according...
Musk - US$ 1.5 trillion
Elon Musk is worth 259,067,358,000 Big Macs
At an estimated net worth of US$1.5 trillion, Elon Musk's fortune can be difficult to comprehend. Numbers measured in trillions...
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...
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...