In an aerial view, a Valero refinery is seen on May 5, 2026 in Corpus Christi, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Oil prices were lower on Friday, erasing gains after the U.S. and Iran exchanged fire in the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz, fanning fears that the fragile ceasefire between the two countries was…
Iran accuses the US of violating the truce, alleging it targeted an oil tanker and carried out attacks on coastal areas.
People visit a Lockheed Martin booth displaying a model of a military transport plane during an arms fair, in Hanoi, Vietnam, on Dec. 19, 2024. Khanh Vu | Reuters Global defense stocks jumped early Monday as investors reacted to a dramatic military escalation in the Middle East over the weekend. The sector was a rare…
China and Africa will jointly host nearly 600 cultural and people-to-people exchange activities in 2026 to enhance exchanges and mutual learning between the two civilizations. Chinese foreign ministry spokesperson Mao Ning disclosed this over the weekend, adding that the events will also help to promote mutual understanding and connection between the peoples. Next Stay 40…
Belarusian authorities have released Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Bialiatski and key opposition figure Maria Kolesnikova from prison, Pavel Sapelka, human rights advocate with the Viasna rights group, confirmed to the AP. Their release comes as authoritarian President Alexander Lukashenko seeks to improve relations with Washington. The U.S. earlier on Saturday announced lifting sanctions on…
CME blamed the outage, which halted trading for more than 11 hours, on a cooling failure at a data centre in Chicago. Global futures markets were thrown into chaos for several hours after CME Group, the world’s largest exchange operator, suffered one of its longest outages in years, halting trading across stocks, bonds, commodities and…
Luanda — According to the Angolan Debt and Securities Exchange (BODIVA), the public offering (OPV) of 29.75% of Banco de Fomento Angola (BFA) shares on the stock exchange, which was completed last week and raised 242 million U.S. dollars, was the largest transaction carried out in the country and in Africa this year. BODIVA considers…
Tyler Winklevoss and Cameron Winklevoss (L-R), creators of crypto exchange Gemini Trust Co., on stage at the Bitcoin 2021 Convention, a cryptocurrency conference held at the Mana Convention Center in Wynwood in Miami, Florida, on June 4, 2021. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Gemini Space Station, the crypto company founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, priced its…
AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange, the Peabody Award-winning series by Black Public Media (BPM) and WORLD, is bringing for another gripping season of powerful films, featuring two stories featuring LGBTQ+ protagonists to Season 17. The films Neptune Frost, by Anisia Uzeyman and Saul Williams, and Mama Gloria, by Luchina Fisher, present an Afrofuturistic tale of…
The U.S. Embassy in Qatar warned American citizens on Monday to shelter in place. “Out of an abundance of caution we recommend American citizens shelter in place until further notice,” the embassy said in a notice posted online on Monday. The State Department had earlier warned U.S. citizens around the world to “exercise increased caution,”…
