Oil Ignores Escalation, Logs Biggest Weekly Drop Since 2025
Despite the ongoing escalation in the Middle East, crude heads for its biggest weekly loss in months. Friday,…
Trump Loses Grip as Oil Surge Signals Deeper Crisis
For the first time in weeks, Donald Trump failed to cool oil markets, as escalating tensions with Iran…
Medicine Shortages Loom in Nigeria Amid US-Iran Conflict
There are growing concerns among stakeholders in Nigeria’s pharmaceutical sector that the escalating conflict between the United States…
Standard Chartered Predicts Oil Prices Will Remain Higher For Longer
On Monday, European Union foreign ministers rejected demands by U.S. President Donald Trump to help secure the Strait…
How the Iran War Could Reshape Global Energy Policy
The U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran and the ongoing conflict in the Middle East have caused the biggest oil…
China Considers US Crude Imports Amid Middle East Crisis
Chinese state-run refiners are considering resuming crude imports from the United States after a nine-month suspension, driven by…
New Gas Crisis Looms over Europe
The European Union’s gas in storage levels are below 30%, benchmark gas prices are the highest in over…
Why The Arctic May be the ‘Most Dangerous Place on Earth’
Even while being hammered by rapid climate change, the Arctic has long managed to keep its balance. “For…
The water wars are coming
It is no coincidence that the world’s first cities were built where water was abundant. From the Nile…
Hong Kong’s US$8 billion wealth fund eyes fintech, aerospace and AI for growth
The Hong Kong Investment Corporation (HKIC) is eyeing investments in fintech, aerospace and artificial intelligence, tapping the city’s…
Geeta Gopinath at Davos: ‘Trumpian World Order’ to Trigger High Volatility and Economic Uncertainty
On this Special Report from Davos, Harvard Professor and former IMF Deputy Managing Director Geeta Gopinath analyzes the…
The Case Against Declaring Artificial General Intelligence
“AGI is here, now.” That’s Sequoia Capital this week, one of Silicon Valley’s most legendary venture firms and…