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TODAY’S NUMBERS: $108 (Brent crude) · 4.98% (US 10-year Treasury yield) · $4,330 (Gold) Oil is pricing a wider Gulf war, yields are pricing the Fed hike war-driven inflation now demands — and gold, the classic war hedge, is losing...

St Barts is one of many UK institutions whose benefactors were involved in the trafficking of enslaved Africans Inside the Great Hall of St Bartholomew’s North Wing, alongside stately portraits of the apostle from whom London’s oldest hospital takes its name...

Samtec is using two major 2026 industry events to make a clear engineering argument: faster accelerators alone will not determine the performance of next-generation artificial-intelligence infrastructure. The copper and optical links connecting chips, packages, boards, racks and data centers must...

This article originally published by Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative newsroom ProPublica is republished with permission. On May 24, Donald Trump Jr. was celebrating in the Bahamas, as scantily clad dancers in stilettos and sailor caps performed for him and his guests....

Gulf states called off Monday's planned meeting with Iran on reopening the Strait of Hormuz the same day Yemen's Houthis fired dozens of missiles and drones at Saudi Arabia's King Khalid airbase in Khamis Mushait, calling it retaliation for more...

Public offering of Aliko Dangote’s Nigerian oil refinery business could swell his net wealth by two-thirds The fortune of Africa’s richest person could swell by two thirds to nearly $60bn (£44bn) after his refinery in Nigeria listed publicly in the continent’s...

Enslaved African people were seared with hot metal brands bearing the royal crown, according to research by historians who have documented the monarchy’s centuries-long involvement in Britain’s slave trade. The kings and queens most heavily involved were those who ruled after...

Dr. Samaiya Mushtaq’s book “A Beautiful Patience: A Memoir of Marriage, Motherhood, and a Mission to Gaza” pulls readers into the story of her husband, Dr. Mahmoud Sabha , who went to Gaza on multiple medical missions – and takes...

Former Kosovo President Hashim Thaci is set to hear a verdict on Wednesday at a war crimes tribunal in The Hague over allegations linked to his role in the Kosovo conflict of the late 1990s. Thaci, who denies wrongdoing, rose...

Three years of research has uncovered 13,000 people who invested in Britain’s trafficking of enslaved Africans The Register of British Slave Traders is the product of three years of research by a team of historians into all known investors in Britain’s...

U.S. technology stocks came under pressure on Monday as investors reacted to growing warnings from leading AI executives that the rapid development of increasingly powerful models may need to slow because of safety concerns. Nasdaq 100 futures led losses before...

Women seeking to break barriers in trail running took center stage at the second Kaçkar by UTMB in northeastern Türkiye, where athletes from around the world tackled demanding mountain trails across 4K, 20K, 50K and 100K races in a test...

China and the United States are competing to lead the development of increasingly powerful artificial intelligence systems, but both countries are also confronting a growing concern: what happens if advanced AI becomes capable of acting beyond effective human oversight? Recent...

The number of commodity vessels observed to have transited the Strait of Hormuz crumbled to single digits this weekend, and risks to supply from the Middle East soared after Saudi Arabia shut down the key East-West pipeline it uses to...

A year after U.S. tariffs pushed companies to diversify production away from China, some businesses are discovering that replacing the country’s manufacturing ecosystem is more difficult and expensive than expected. The shift reflects the limits of the “China plus one”...

For decades, the United States’ nuclear weapons enterprise has wrestled with an institutional paradox. On one hand is the imperative to make the complex more “responsive” to global tumult and technical surprise, able to field new weapons quickly in reaction...

The recent spike in crude oil prices will likely result in a fresh rate hike by the Fed this week, according to data from CME Group, cited by The National today. As much as 90% of respondents from trading circles...

The space economy has surpassed $600 billion in annual value, with some projecting it will reach a trillion by the 2030s. Jonathan Panter is joined by Joseph Yaffe (Cowboy Space), Brian Weeden (The Aerospace Corporation), and Dan Wald (Booz Allen)...

Major powers are increasingly trying to shut out their rivals. Russia invaded Ukraine in part to prevent the latter’s further integration with the West. The United States is restricting China’s access to advanced semiconductors and encouraging allies to do the...

The Middle East needs alternative export routes for liquefied natural gas that bypass the Strait of Hormuz, Oman’s Minister of Energy and Minerals said at Gastech today. LNG exports from the Persian Gulf have collapsed since the start of the...

Register of British Slave Traders reveals how deeply the trafficking of Africans was embedded in the country’s politics, economy, institutions and culture Two obstacles have prevented us from appreciating the significance of the slave trade in British history. The first arose...

Run by a social enterprise, the six shops operate from shipping containers across Johannesburg’s Alexandra township and sell food and household goods by weight in small, affordable amounts Every morning, on her way to the laundry shop she runs in Johannesburg’s...

Thousands of people gathered in western Uganda on Saturday to pay their final respects to King Oyo. Oyo died last month at the age of 34, unmarried and without an official heir. Now a fight is underway over who will...

Brent crude hit $108 per barrel earlier today, following the latest escalation in the Middle East, before retreating to $107.22 per barrel at the time of writing. West Texas Intermediate was trading at $102.66 per barrel. The surge follows the...

BRICS is no longer just a diplomatic club for emerging economies. Its 11 members represent approximately 49.5% of the world’s population, 40% of global GDP, and 26% of global trade. Meanwhile, India’s economy continues to grow at a rapid pace....

This was the week that AI safety hit the big time. A 27-year-old AI researcher named Jacob Coxon quit his job at Anthropic, declaring that OpenAI and Anthropic are racing to create technology that could destroy the human race: Other...

A report that Iran obtained satellite imagery of a U.S. military base in Jordan from Chinese entities before a deadly attack has raised questions about the extent of China’s ties with Tehran and whether Chinese commercial or other entities are...

Islam Times - In a war of resilience, time itself belongs to no one; it is the conduct of the parties that moves its hands. The US and Israel face the clock of elections and the costs of war, while...

In August 2026, the Ethiopian government declared Sam Fabrizi, the Italian ambassador, persona non grata. Rome chose to remain silent. This incident is not merely a diplomatic incident, but a striking example of the new balance of power between Africa...

For most of modern history, the household was a bundle. Under one roof, families pooled rent and meals, raised children, cared for parents, kept each other company and insured one another against bad luck. Nobody itemized it, and national accounts...

Decades after attaining political independence, African countries have teamed up and are fiercely advocating for reparations. Historical records show that Africa endured several years of slavery and economic exploitation. Today, Africa becomes the geographical region for an increasingly growing geopolitical...

By: Ainur Rohmah Photo from tribun-medan.com In Indonesia under President Prabowo Subianto, political power and private wealth are finding a new point of convergence. Few businessmen illustrate that shift more clearly than Andi Syamsuddin Arsyad, known as Haji Isam, a former truck...

Oil prices initially jumped by over 3% in early Asian trade on Monday as fears of a major and extended supply disruption were stoked by continued attacks in the Middle East and the postponement of a crunch meeting between Gulf...

Israel has been building settlements in the occupied West Bank for decades. But Britain’s new ban on the import of settlement goods comes in a response to a major escalation in construction over the past four years, which an International...

Sometimes deciding how to frame these weekend updates can be a challenge. There are usually a number of important issues that need discussing each week, and choosing the ones to highlight and the balance of time to spend on each...

In 2026, a small cottage industry of British commentators started asking whether the UK needs its own version of Germany’s Brandmauer — a cross-party pact to keep Reform UK out of power the way Berlin’s mainstream parties supposedly keep out...

Oil prices hit nearly $110 per barrel on Thursday for the first time since July, with no end in sight for the Middle East conflict. The IRGC announced on Wednesday that it had attacked and heavily damaged eight oil tankers...

China can leverage its membership in the BRICS group and its direct investments in Africa as complementary tools to build growing economic influence that gradually translates into sustainable political, security, and strategic influence. Although Beijing consistently emphasizes that its partnerships...