Ukraine removes Sense Bank chair ahead of planned sale
Ukraine’s government has dismissed the chair of state-owned Sense Bank after the central bank determined that he no longer met ...
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Month: August 2026
Americas close higher as banks, miners and bitcoin rally
Markets across North and South America finished higher on Friday as Wall Street recovered from a bond-driven sell-off and Latin ...
European shares recover but inflation risk lingers
European markets closed higher on Friday as mining, luxury and retail shares attracted buyers and new economic data showed surprising ...
Asian, Arab and African markets close a divided week
Markets across Asia, the Arab world and Africa ended Friday without a common direction as investors balanced stronger corporate activity ...
On this day in 2004: The Scream is stolen The Scream (1893), a painting by Edvard Munch, was stolen from the Munch Museum in Oslo,
Masked gunmen walked into an Oslo museum in broad daylight and escaped with two of Norway’s most important cultural treasures. ...
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 ...