Month: August 2026

Nigeria’s Dangote Petroleum Refinery has secured a $1 billion underwriting programme ahead of a planned stock market listing that could ...

Nord Stream suspect arrested while advising Hollywood film about alleged sabotage

A Ukrainian diver wanted by Germany over the 2022 Nord Stream pipeline explosions has been arrested in Croatia after reportedly ...

Markets open mixed as bond yields and Gulf tensions dictate Friday trade

Asian markets delivered a divided performance on Friday, while European shares opened almost unchanged, African exchanges moved in different directions ...

On this day in 1911: The theft that made the Mona Lisa immortal

On 21 August 1911, Italian museum worker Vincenzo Peruggia walked out of the Louvre carrying Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa ...

MSTRpay strengthens infrastructure for next stage of global growth

MSTRpay is expanding its payment capabilities, card infrastructure and financial services as the company prepares for broader commercial deployment across ...

Strong El Niño puts Latin America’s food and trade at climate risk

A strengthening El Niño, intensified by the higher temperatures created by climate change, threatens agriculture, fishing, energy production and vital ...

Estonia rejects majority of prisoners proposed under Sweden’s overseas jail plan

Estonia refused 20 of the first 37 prisoners proposed by Sweden after concerns about organised crime and radicalisation, exposing a ...

Unitree soars in market debut as investors bet on humanoid robots, up 620% – video

Unitree shares surged by as much as 620 per cent during their Shanghai debut, reflecting intense investor enthusiasm for the ...

India’s $1.57 billion AI factory accelerates emerging-market compute race

Larsen & Toubro will deploy 10,000 Nvidia B300 processors for US-based Together AI, strengthening India’s ambition to become a global ...

Tanzania’s fintech market reaches 171 players