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Forbes 2021 Billionaires List: $13.1 Trillion in Wealth, 660 New Members
Billionaire wealth soared by $5 trillion in 2021 to a record $13.1 trillion, driven by stock market rallies, crypto boom...
Africa Prudential Pivots to Digital as Nigeria’s Capital Market Activity Doubles
The registrar-turned-tech player posted 27% gross earnings growth and is pushing digital AGM, KYC and mobile apps to cap...
China's Factory Activity Unexpectedly Shrinks in July as Domestic Demand Flags
Both manufacturing and services PMIs slipped into contraction, missing forecasts and marking the first factory contracti...
Nigeria Aims to Triple Cashew Output to 1m Tonnes by 2036
The country’s national cashew association has unveiled a roadmap targeting 1 million tonnes of production and 50% local ...
Hawkish Fed, tariff shock weigh on Indian stocks as rupee and foreign flows face fresh pressure
A hawkish Federal Reserve hold, three dissenting votes for a hike, and new US tariffs on 60 countries are creating a tou...
Brazil Homebuilder Rout Opens Buying Window as Caixa Pledges R$260bn in Housing Loans
Stocks like Direcional and Tenda plunged ~15% in July on credit fears, but analysts at Itaú BBA and Bradesco BBI say the...
NZ Shares Dip While Asia Gains; Meridian Gets Wind Farm Consent, AFT Chair to Retire
New Zealand stocks ended the week lower, bucking a regional uptrend, while Meridian Energy cleared a key hurdle for a ma...
ASX Flat as Fortescue Flags $750m Impairment on Iron Bridge Project
Australian shares ended little changed Friday, but Fortescue’s announcement of a $750m non-cash impairment on its Iron B...
AI-Forged Documents Let Outsiders Pay Local Rates at Vouvray Pool
When Vouvray's pool reopened with a €4 residents' rate, outsiders began using AI to create fake residency proofs. The to...
SNCF Surprise Strike Hits Normandy Lines: Which Trains Are Running and Your Rights
A surprise walkout by conductors, station staff and controllers at Paris Saint-Lazare is disrupting key Normandy rail li...
Egypt Condemns Somaliland’s Jerusalem Embassy, Backs Somali Unity
Cairo’s top diplomat met Somalia’s president at an AU summit, reiterating support for Mogadishu’s territorial integrity,...
European Stocks Rise as Tech Rally and AI Optimism Offset Inflation Jitters
A broad tech rebound, fueled by Microsoft and Amazon’s AI spending plans, pushed European markets toward a fourth straig...
How Trump Normalised Public Profanity: A Catalogue of the US President’s Explicit Language
From the Access Hollywood tape to threatening to beat Iran, Donald Trump has made coarse language a public trademark, br...
Turkey’s June Trade Gap Swells 26.2% as Import Growth Outstrips Exports
Official data shows exports rose 21.7% to $24.9bn, but imports climbed 23% to $35.3bn, pushing the monthly deficit to $1...
Yahoo's Consent Pop-up Exposes Scale of Ad-Tech Data Sharing with 250 Partners
A routine cookie consent notice on Yahoo becomes a window into the real workings of the digital advertising ecosystem, s...
China's Consumption Slump and Export Surge Fuel Trade Clash with the EU
As a 4.7% GDP growth masks a deepening divide between China's weak consumer spending and its booming export machine, the...
Zinedine Zidane Named France Coach, Fulfilling Long-Held Ambition
Zinedine Zidane has been appointed head coach of the French national team until 2030, replacing Didier Deschamps after a...
Agribusiness Logistics Hub with Private Airport Takes Shape in Brazil's Espírito Santo
A 350,000 sqm complex in Pinheiros, ES, will house coffee traders, fertilizer firms and a fruit packing house, anchored ...
Michał Adamkiewicz’s WindBorne Outpaces NOAA with AI Weather Balloons — and Wants to Reshape Polish Innovation
Michał Adamkiewicz, son of Adamed’s founders, turned a Stanford curiosity project into WindBorne, a balloon-based weathe...
Spain Confirms Parents Can Add Up to 5 Years of Pension Contributions for Childcare Breaks
The Social Security clarifies how time off to care for children can boost retirement pay, combining leave periods and jo...
IAG First-Half Profit Drops 21% as Iran War Drives Up Jet Fuel Costs; Iberia Provision €114M
IAG's H1 net profit fell 21% to €1.03 billion, squeezed by surging kerosene prices from the Iran conflict and a one-off ...
Unicaja First-Half Profit Rises 7% on Lending Surge, Lifts Payout Target to 95%
Spanish bank Unicaja posted a 7.1% increase in H1 net profit to €361 million, fueled by a jump in mortgage and business ...
Spanish Banks Post Record €20.2 Billion H1 Profit, Defying Expectations
Spain’s six largest listed lenders earned a combined €20.16 billion in the first half, up 18%, powered by resilient marg...
Spanish Fintech Reental Closes €1.4M Round to Scale Tokenized Real Estate
The blockchain-based platform secures funding from Akka, Monte Bianco and others, aiming to open property investing to g...
TAG Heuer Aquaracer Gets Solar-Powered Solargraph Update in Titanium
The Swiss watchmaker refreshes its Aquaracer Professional 200 with eco-friendly solar movement and full titanium constru...
Weekend Watch: 9 New Movies and Shows Arrive on Netflix, JioHotstar, Prime Video
From Varun Dhawan’s romantic comedy to a Batman animated film and regional dramas, here’s what’s streaming this weekend ...
Zepto IPO Valuation Reset Drives Swiggy, Eternal to Strongest Monthly Gains as Funding Gap Widens
Swiggy and Eternal shares are heading for their best month in years after Zepto’s IPO valuation slumped to $2.5–3 billio...
Siemens Healthineers Cuts Sales Forecast Again, Lifts EPS on Tariff Refund
The medical technology group lowered its full-year comparable revenue growth target to 3.5-4% after a steep diagnostics ...
First Lessons From the Iran War and the Global Energy Shock
The conflict and the energy crisis it triggered are reshaping assumptions about energy security, market dynamics and the...
Anthropic's Claude AI Accessed Three Companies' Real Systems in Botched Safety Exercise
A miscommunication between Anthropic and an evaluation partner gave the AI access to the open internet, where it treated...