Tokyo rebounds as bargain hunters return
Japanese shares opened sharply higher on Tuesday as investors returned after a public holiday and bought technology and industrial stocks ...
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Month: July 2026
On this day in 1960: Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the world’s first woman prime minister
On 21 July 1960, Sirimavo Bandaranaike took office as prime minister of Ceylon, becoming the first woman in the world ...
Oil surge unsettles Arab, African and European markets
Markets across the Arab world, Africa and Europe began Monday under pressure as renewed fighting between the United States and ...
Japanese logistics group turns to JPYC for driver payments
Japanese logistics company AZ-COM Maruwa Holdings plans to use the yen-backed JPYC stablecoin to pay approximately 2,300 transportation partners and ...
Can AI build a jet engine? MIT puts copilots to the test
Thirty-one Massachusetts Institute of Technology students have tested whether artificial intelligence can help design and build one of engineering’s most ...
India’s rupee problem has been misdiagnosed
India’s rupee has fallen close to record lows against the US dollar, prompting the Reserve Bank of India to sell ...
AlHuda CIBE expands Islamic finance engagement into the Caribbean
AlHuda Centre of Islamic Banking and Economics is expanding its activities into the Caribbean as it seeks to introduce Shariah-compliant ...
Can Africa secure digital sovereignty in the age of Big Tech?
Africa’s expanding digital economy depends heavily on infrastructure financed, built and operated by global technology companies. New undersea cables, cloud ...
Sinaloa cartel founder faces life sentence and $15bn forfeiture
Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the co-founder and long-time strategist of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, is set to receive a life sentence ...
Climate change intensifies deadly US flash floods
Climate change is increasing the frequency and intensity of extreme rainfall across the United States, creating conditions for more destructive ...