Oil holds nine-month high, OPEC to release market report
Oil prices hovered around their highest level in nearly nine months as traders await crucial US inflation data. The market was also closely monitoring the tense situation between Russia and…
No homo = no loans
The World Bank said Tuesday it would stop making new loans to the Ugandan government after concluding that its anti-LGBTQ law contradicts the bank’s values. “No new public financing to…
China’s digital yuan has the West frightened
The digital yuan is challenging the US dollar’s dominance of $7 trillion in daily currency flows and is surging ahead thanks to the blockchain-based mBridge project. The digital prototype, supported…
Namibia to sell minerals to Japan
Namibia on Tuesday signed an agreement with Japan to jointly explore rare earth minerals as part of Japan’s plan to develop supply chains for cobalt and other minerals used to…
Why Germany’s real estate sector is in the dumps
Germany has long enjoyed the fruits of an era of cheap money that fueled a decade-long real estate boom, but the sector is now experiencing a major turnaround in fortunes.…