America starts voting as battle for Congress enters final stretch
Americans have begun casting ballots in the 2026 midterm elections, opening the final six weeks of a political battle that ...
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Month: September 2026
Asian markets open higher as oil retreats and investors digest rate moves
Asian equity markets opened broadly higher on Friday, with shares in Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong and mainland China advancing ...
On this day in 2014; Scottish voters rejected a referendum that would have made Scotland an independent country.
On 18 September 2014, voters in Scotland made one of the most consequential political decisions in the country’s modern history. ...
The world is draining its water savings account
The world's rivers experienced one of their driest years in more than three decades in 2025, while freshwater stored in ...
Key Democrat blocks Trump’s $2.8 billion bomb sale to Israel
One of Washington’s most prominent pro-Israel Democrats has refused to clear a proposed $2.8 billion US weapons sale to Israel, ...
The Gambia is quietly building a digital financial economy
One of Africa’s smallest economies is undergoing a remarkably rapid financial transformation. Mobile money and fintech usage are expanding across ...
Jamaica opens a new door for fintech innovation
Jamaica is expanding the infrastructure around its fintech economy, creating a new regulatory sandbox that will allow financial companies to ...
The Fed raises rates – and goes directly against Trump
The Federal Reserve has raised US interest rates for the first time in more than three years, choosing the fight ...
Trump warns Europe over plan to bring Canada closer to the EU
Donald Trump has threatened Europe with heavy tariffs and possible restrictions on trade if he concludes that a proposed new ...
Indonesia wants to put real-world assets on the blockchain
Indonesia's blockchain industry is beginning to look beyond cryptocurrency trading towards something potentially much larger: putting real-world financial assets on ...