Month: June 2025

The London Stock Exchange opened in negative territory on Monday, June 23, 2025, as investors took a cautious stance amid ...

European shares set for modest weekly losses after a mixed bag of earnings

European markets open lower amid Middle East tensions; US futures point to cautious start

European markets opened lower on Monday, reflecting investor caution as tensions escalate in the Middle East following recent US and ...

The strategic importance of the Strait of Hormuz and risks of a shutdown

The Strait of Hormuz remains one of the world’s most critical maritime chokepoints, through which roughly a fifth of global ...

JPMorgan Chase to launch deposit token in push for digital banking innovation

JPMorgan Chase, one of the world’s largest banks, has announced plans to launch a deposit token aimed at transforming how ...

Current heatwave likely to kill almost 600 people in England and Wales

The ongoing heatwave sweeping across England and Wales is expected to cause nearly 600 excess deaths, according to the latest ...

Texas governor signs bill to add bitcoin to state reserves

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has signed groundbreaking legislation authorising the state to include Bitcoin as part of its official reserves. ...

Starmer backs US strike on Iran but warns of escalation danger

UK Labour leader Keir Starmer has expressed support for the recent US airstrike on Iranian nuclear sites, describing it as ...

Rubio dodges Iran intelligence question, calls nuclear threat ‘irrelevant’

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio refused on Sunday to confirm whether the United States had concrete intelligence that Iran ...

World on edge as Iran-Israel crisis deepens and global powers respond