Standard Chartered has raised its year-end target for ether to US$7 500 from $4 000, citing improvement in industry engagement and uptick in holdings of the cryptocurrency in recent months. The brokerage’s new year-end target represents a premium of near 60% from ether’s more than 3-1/2 year high of $4 700 on Wednesday. The world’s second largest cryptocurrency…
President Trump, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and leaders of numerous NATO countries were set to hold a virtual meeting Wednesday ahead of Friday’s scheduled summit in Alaska between Mr. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Mr. Trump is slated to be in the White House. Zelenskyy will join German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin, the…
A major breakthrough in quantum technology was achieved in October 2024: the first-ever quantum satellite communication link between China and South Africa. The connection spanned a remarkable 12,900km: the longest intercontinental quantum communication link established to date. The longest before this was 7,600km and within the northern hemisphere only. It was achieved with quantum key…
A strong contingent of Nigerian para-powerlifters will depart the country on Monday to compete at the highly anticipated Para-Powerlifting World Cup in Santiago, Chile. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the tournament is slated for Aug. 11 to Aug. 18. Nigeria will be represented by 10 athletes across different weight categories, all poised…
Awaza, Turkmenistan — “Progress towards gender equality and equity remains uneven and far too slow. One in four women in landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) live in extreme poverty, and this is nearly 75 million women,” said Rabab Fatima, Secretary-General of the Third United Nations Conference on Landlocked Developing Countries or LLDC3 ongoing in Awaza, Turkmenistan….
Washington — President Trump plans to announce a pact for peace between two former Soviet republics, Azerbaijan and Armenia, at the White House on Friday. Azerbaijan’s president, Ilham Aliyev, and Armenia’s prime minister, Nikol Pashinyan, will be at the White House for a “Historic Peace Summit” and a “Peace Signing Ceremony,” Mr. Trump wrote Thursday…
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images The crypto market jumped Thursday on excitement that bitcoin and other digital assets could soon be coming to 401(k) retirement plans. President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order that would allow 401(k) accounts to invest in alternative assets, including private equity, real estate and digital…
Tesla is proposing a new stock award of 96 million shares, valued at approximately $29 billion, to incentivize Elon Musk to remain as CEO. This new compensation package comes after a Delaware court voided Musk’s original 2018 pay deal, which was worth over $50 billion. The court ruled that the initial package was flawed and…
Microsoft is set to become the second company in the world to reach a US$4-trillion (R72-trillion) market capitalisation after reporting quarterly earnings that beat Wall Street’s expectations, sending the stock soaring in extended trading on Wednesday. Shares of the technology behemoth jumped as much as 9% to more than $560 in late New York trading,…
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