Saudi Arabia shuts East-West pipeline; American inflation stays sticky, and more
Israel said it killed Mohammed Abdel Salam al-Yazouri, a senior Hamas commander who reportedly helped plan the October 7th attack, during st...
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20 of 72 episodesTreasury yields jump; Brent crude tops $100 a barrel, and more
America’s Treasury department said it would begin to buy back up to $6bn worth of long-dated government debt on Thursday as it attempts to c...
OpenAI claims to solve a maths mystery; America hits more Iranian oil tankers, and more
OpenAI said it used an unreleased artificial intelligence model to crack one of mathematics’ trickiest problems. Hosted on Acast. See acast....
Trump envoys arrive in Ukraine; Germany’s AfD on track for big win, and more
Donald Trump’s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, met Volodymyr Zelensky, Ukraine’s president, in Kyiv on Sunday—the first time they h...
Trump envoys head to Ukraine and Russia; America strikes Iranian oil tankers, and more
Sara Duterte, vice-president of the Philippines, posted bail after being arrested on allegations that she had threatened to arrange the assa...
Nvidia buys Hugging Face; Iran warns against Israeli assault in Lebanon, and more
Nvidia, a chipmaking giant that is now the world’s most valuable firm, will buy Hugging Face for $13bn. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/priva...
Trump says Iran strikes won’t last long; Uber announces job cuts, and more
Donald Trump said America’s renewed bombing of Iran would not last “too long”. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
America hits Iran again; global bond sell-off continues, and more
America said it had launched fresh strikes on Iran. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Amazon accused of manipulating ad prices; Xi and Putin meet, and more
America’s consumer-protection regulator and 22 states sued Amazon, alleging the e-commerce giant “systematically” overcharges advertisers th...
America resumes attacks on Iran; Rescue efforts continue in the Himalayas, and more
America struck two rocket launchers on Iran’s Larak Island, near the Strait of Hormuz, in its first known attack on the country since July....
Trump announces Venezuela oil deal; Warsh says inflation is too high, and more
Nepal’s finance minister told Reuters that the country could need as much as $5bn to rebuild after flash floods devastated the area around a...
Nvidia’s record earnings; catastrophic floods sweep Nepal, and more
Nvidia reported record quarterly sales of $96bn and profits of almost $60bn, up 106% and 126% respectively from a year ago and beating analy...
Canada strikes back at America with tariffs; Iran vows sanctions retaliation, and more
Canada announced retaliatory tariffs on $20bn-worth of American goods, from September 8th, matching levies imposed by America after trade ta...
Skin-cancer vaccine shows promise; America’s government debt passes $40trn, and more
Moderna and Merck, two American pharma companies, reported successful interim results in the trial of a personalised skin-cancer vaccine. Ho...
Governments’ borrowing costs jump; Iran fires missiles at the UAE, and more
Yields on American 30-year Treasuries briefly rose above 5.3%, to their highest level since 2007, because of growing fears about inflation,...
Trump threatens to bomb Oman; Jared Kushner meets Netanyahu, and more
Donald Trump threatened to bomb Oman if it “gets in the way” of America’s talks with Iran about reopening the Strait of Hormuz, according to...
South Korea proposes Korean War talks; Eastern Indonesia hit by earthquake, and more
The Taliban celebrated five years in power in Afghanistan with a parade in the capital, Kabul Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...
America accuses China of evading tariffs; Israel removes settlers from West Bank, and more
The White House accused China of evading American tariffs by rerouting exports through more than 40 countries; Israeli troops launched a mil...
Trump claims “total control” of Hormuz; American inflation slows, and more
Donald Trump insisted that America has “total control” of the Strait of Hormuz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
An earthquake rocks Colombia; Trump demands compensation from Iran, and more
An earthquake rocked western Colombia, killing at least 111 people and trapping many more beneath rubble. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/pri...