Buddhist monks conducting death rituals in Nepal’s Trishuli river valley in September 2026 to honour victims of devastating flash floods. (Usha Titikshu), CC BY Sara Shneiderman, University of British Columbia and Amy Leigh Johnson, Berry College With chances of further sensational hydropower tunnel rescues dimming, the devastating ice-rock avalanche in August at the Nepal-Tibet border […]
Major automakers, suppliers and dealers on Friday urged President Donald Trump to keep Chinese automakers out of the US market, ahead of his meeting with China’s President Xi Jinping next week.
The Bank of Japan just raised interest rates to their highest level since 1995 while its own currency fell anyway, a paradox serious enough to unsettle anyone holding global assets right now.
Guilherme Casarões, Florida International University On the night of 17 Nov. 2025, Brazilian federal agents pulled banker Daniel Vorcaro off the tarmac at Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos airport as he prepared to board a private jet. He was initially detained as a flight risk and arrested a few months later on multiple charges of bank fraud, […]
Mohamed Ibrahim Hafez, Nottingham Trent University The UK, which in 1917 issued the Balfour Declaration supporting the establishment of a national home for the Jewish people in Palestine, is now initiating a historic and consequential shift in its foreign policy.
Amin Saikal, Australian National University; The University of Western Australia; Victoria University President Donald Trump has entangled the United States in a war of choice with Iran that he cannot easily win or quit.
The world’s biggest sovereign wealth fund cutting US Treasury holdings marks a dramatic shift and investors seeking to protect or grow wealth must pay attention.
A one-hour yen spike just exposed how fragile global markets have become, warns the CEO of global financial advisory deVere Group.
Stablecoins are turning into one of the biggest forces in global finance, warns the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations.
Andy Burnham needs to get a grip on gilts before Britain faces another Truss-style market meltdown, warns the CEO of one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisations.
