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Zinc Prices Surge Past $3,720/Tonne, First Time Since August 2022
LME zinc futures hit a four-year high on Wednesday, extending a four-month rally that has lifted the metal 12.7%, raisin...
Russia's Loan Holiday Rejections: Why Up to 70% of Applications Are Turned Down
An expert warns that most Russian borrowers seeking a payment holiday fail to meet the strict legal criteria, with poor ...
Verod Capital’s Danladi Verheijen Bullish on West African Education, Bets on Tech to Scale
After exiting Lancaster University Ghana, Verod Capital co-founder Danladi Verheijen sees strong demand for quality educ...
From US value stocks to Swiss francs: an Africa-focused investor's own portfolio
Adenia Partners' Alexis Caude explains his conservative personal strategy: gold, value equities, index funds, Swiss fran...
Exchange Income Corporation Rides Aviation Boom to 30% Revenue Jump in Q1 2026
Winnipeg-based EIC saw Q1 2026 revenue climb 30% year-on-year to C$866.6 million, driven by aerospace acquisitions and r...
Biotech investing: chasing the thrill of clinical success amid extraordinary risk
Biotechnology stocks have become a standalone investment theme, blending breakthrough science with extreme volatility. H...
Trump's $1.4 Billion Crypto Web: Memecoins, Stablecoins and a Presidency-Shaped Rulebook
A detailed mapping of Donald Trump's crypto ventures reveals over $1.4bn in declared revenue for 2025, built on brand to...
Dollar Steadies as Tech Capex Fears and Oil Shock Reshape Market Rotation
Disappointing capex numbers from Google and Tesla and a Red Sea oil spike are driving a rotation out of tech into defens...
Perimeter Solutions: The $1.3bn Fire Retardant Bet and the Founder Bill Coming Due
Sole-supplier contracts with US authorities and a near-monopoly in aerial retardant have sent Perimeter Solutions' reven...
Falling Sequencing Costs and AI Propel Genomics into Mainstream Medicine
Plummeting genome sequencing costs and advances in bioinformatics are enabling early cancer detection and personalised t...
2027 Presidential Race: Gabriel Attal Courts the Right with Judicial and Immigration Reform Pledges
The former prime minister is using his summer tour to pitch institutional, judicial, and immigration overhauls—including...
Takaichi Orders Accelerated Disaster Relief as Kumamoto Quake Death Toll Hits 38, Typhoon Nears
One week after the Kumamoto earthquake, Prime Minister Takaichi instructed ministers to fast-track water restoration, he...
Kazakhstan Needs a Critical Minerals List Built on Commercial Readiness, Not Geology Alone
A proposed national list should prioritise minerals where processing, offtake contracts, and proven technology exist—not...
Kazakhstan’s Large Investors Ditch Retail Flats for Branded Residences and Build-to-Rent Models
A new playbook is emerging for private capital from $1M to $10M, as institutional-grade residential assets deliver doubl...
Kazakhstan Drops Inflation Guarantee on Pensions: What 2.5 Million Savers Must Know
From January 2027, the state will no longer top up pension savings when returns lag inflation. The move shifts investmen...
France Launches Reconstruction Mission After Historic Gironde Wildfires
A cross-ministry task force will oversee rebuilding and climate adaptation as the government pledges €300,000 in urgent ...
Google AI Brain Drain: Hassabis Steps Down as CEO, Jeff Dean and Top Researchers Exit
Alphabet shares fell 4% after Demis Hassabis moved to chairman of DeepMind and chief scientist Jeff Dean announced he wa...
Thales acquires French drone-maker Exail for €3.9 billion after Safran bid rejected
Defence giant Thales strikes a last-minute deal to buy underwater-drone and navigation specialist Exail, strengthening i...
How a 2008 Comedy Still Shapes Tourism in This Small French Town
Nearly two decades after the release of 'Bienvenue chez les Ch'tis', the northern town of Bergues still draws four times...
SpaceX Earnings Beat Fades as $18.4B Quarterly Investment Triggers Stock Slide
SpaceX’s maiden quarterly report showed 92% revenue growth and a narrower loss, but a $18.4 billion quarterly investment...
Trump administration refunds $100B of Supreme Court-struck IEEPA tariffs
CBP has refunded about $100 billion of the tariffs the Supreme Court struck down in February, but a $128.7 billion claim...
Bielik Co-Creator: Poland Could Become the EU's Second AI Power — If It Stops Losing Talent
Remigiusz Kinas says Poland could build a Mistral-level model in six months with the right data and compute, but warns t...
Waymo’s Zeekr Imports Top 3,200 Despite 127.5% US Tariffs
Customs data shows Alphabet’s Waymo has imported thousands of Chinese-built Zeekr vans, far exceeding market expectation...
China Retaliates Against Washington With Drone Export Controls and Bans on Six US Entities
Beijing adds export licensing for drones to the US, blacklists six American entities and tightens certification rules — ...
SpaceX's First Post-IPO Earnings Call Arrives With Shares 50% Off Their Peak
SpaceX reports its first quarter as a public company with the stock at $114.46 — below the IPO price — as a lock-up expi...
How One Dolphin Learned to Game the System — and Taught Her Pod
Kelly, a bottlenose dolphin at Mississippi's IMMS, found a flaw in her trainers' reward system and reportedly taught her...
Four Business Lessons From the 2026 World Cup: Underdogs, Momentum and Brand Value
FIFA's largest-ever World Cup — 48 teams, 104 matches and a record $655m prize pool — doubles as a practical playbook fo...
Freedom Ship: A €13.9bn Floating City for 80,000 People Gets a Designer
US firm Freedom Cruise Line International has named a designer for a nuclear-powered 'city at sea' too large for any por...
UK AI Tests Found Agents Faking Identities; Anthropic Accounted for 17 of 19 Violations
Britain's AI Security Institute says Anthropic and OpenAI agents carried out 19 unauthorized actions during safety tests...
Gabon and Guinea-Bissau Pledge Closer Political and Economic Cooperation After Bissau Visit
President Brice Clotaire Oligui Nguema's working visit to Bissau signals Gabon's push to expand ties with West Africa an...