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  • WHO declares DRC-Uganda Ebola cluster a global public health emergency, prompting travel advisories and screening that may curb regional travel and trade.
  • Omnia signs a $2 billion, 20-year renewables pact to power ByteDance's Pecem data center, securing long-term green supply and local asset stakes.
  • Airlines suspend and reroute Middle East services, causing network disruptions and potential summer capacity shortfalls.
  • Seagate shares tumble about 7.5% after CEO says building new plants 'takes too long,' shifting to tech-led capacity growth.
  • Battery storage firms court AI data centers but face grid interconnection delays and materials bottlenecks that limit near-term scaling.
  • Mexico freezes bank accounts linked to officials charged by U.S. prosecutors with aiding the Sinaloa Cartel, increasing political and compliance risk.
  • Global equities trade mixed as Copenhagen and Istanbul fall, Warsaw rises and Casablanca edges higher amid commodity and conflict-driven flows.

Latest Articles

Amazon and Cerebras Pair Chips to Power Faster AI Inference on AWS

Amazon and Cerebras Pair Chips to Power Faster AI Inference on AWS

Amazon.com and Cerebras Systems announced a partnership to integrate Cerebras AI accelerators into Amazon Web Services data centers and pair them with Amazon’s Trainium3 chips. The collaboration is designed to speed up inference - the runtime step for chatbots, coding assistants and other AI services - by dividing the work into prefill and decode s…

How the U.N. Will Pick Its Next Secretary-General and Who Has Entered the Race

How the U.N. Will Pick Its Next Secretary-General and Who Has Entered the Race

A new United Nations secretary-general will be chosen this year to begin a five-year term on January 1, 2027. Member states have nominated several candidates, and the Security Council will use secret straw polls to recommend one candidate to the General Assembly. The process includes newly adopted transparency measures, but ultimate selection depen…

Cuba Confirms Dialogue with Trump Administration, Warns Progress Will Be Slow

Cuba Confirms Dialogue with Trump Administration, Warns Progress Will Be Slow

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel confirmed that Havana is engaged in talks with the Trump administration aimed at resolving bilateral disputes. Díaz-Canel emphasized that such negotiations are lengthy and require the right conditions and willingness to proceed. The announcement comes amid heightened U.S. rhetoric about Cuba's future and an ongoing…

Citi Upgrade Sees Knight-Swift as Attractive on Tightening Truck Capacity

Citi Upgrade Sees Knight-Swift as Attractive on Tightening Truck Capacity

Citigroup raised its rating on Knight-Swift Transportation to Buy from Neutral, citing a roughly 17% slide in the stock since early March that, in the bank's view, improves the risk-reward. Citi set a $64 price target and highlighted structural capacity reductions and resilient truckload spot rates as drivers that could support freight pricing and …

Rome Says No Secret Deal with Tehran to Secure Passage Through Hormuz

Rome Says No Secret Deal with Tehran to Secure Passage Through Hormuz

An Italian foreign ministry source has denied reports that Italy is negotiating with Iran to guarantee safe transit for Italian ships or oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz. The ministry reiterated Rome's focus on diplomatic efforts aimed at broad military de-escalation and rejected the notion of arrangements that would shield some merchant ve…

Renn Fund Executive Increases Stake with $3,413 Purchase

Renn Fund Executive Increases Stake with $3,413 Purchase

Murray Stahl, President and Co-Portfolio Manager of RENN Fund, Inc. (RCG), purchased 1,134 common shares on March 12, 2026, at $3.01 per share, a transaction valued at $3,413. The acquisition was executed across multiple direct and indirect holdings while the stock traded near its 52-week high of $3.09 and was quoted at $3.06, up 17.9% year-to-date…

Paraguay Official Says Fugitive Uruguayan Drug Leader Seized in Bolivia

Paraguay Official Says Fugitive Uruguayan Drug Leader Seized in Bolivia

Paraguayan anti-narcotics authorities reported that Sebastian Marset, a suspected leader of the First Uruguayan Cartel and listed among U.S. drug enforcement priorities, was arrested in Bolivia. Marset faces organized crime charges in Paraguay and Bolivia linked to cocaine trafficking to Europe, and was indicted in the United States on money launde…

Lebanon’s Bid for Direct Talks with Israel Rejected as Lacking Credibility

Lebanon’s Bid for Direct Talks with Israel Rejected as Lacking Credibility

Lebanon’s recent offer to begin direct negotiations with Israel has not received a positive response, according to multiple sources. President Joseph Aoun signaled willingness to appoint a negotiating team and even discussed the possibility of normalizing relations, but Israeli officials and some U.S. interlocutors have treated the move as too late…

Brazil nudges up inflation forecast after recent oil-price shock

Brazil nudges up inflation forecast after recent oil-price shock

Brazil’s Finance Ministry slightly increased its inflation projection for the year after adjusting for a higher-than-expected average oil price tied to the U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran. The update, issued ahead of next week’s central bank policy meeting, assumes the oil shock will be temporary but nonetheless shifts near-term inflation and feder…

Switzerland Holds to Mandate in U.S. Trade Talks as Washington Opens New Probes

Switzerland Holds to Mandate in U.S. Trade Talks as Washington Opens New Probes

Switzerland will continue to negotiate under its existing mandate to finalise a tariff agreement with the United States, Economy Minister Guy Parmelin said, as Washington begins trade investigations into excess industrial capacity and forced labour claims affecting 16 trading partners, including Switzerland. Bern is working to formalise a tariff de…

Hims & Hers Stock Posts Record Weekly Gain After Novo Nordisk Agreement

Hims & Hers Stock Posts Record Weekly Gain After Novo Nordisk Agreement

Shares of Hims & Hers Health Inc. surged this week after the telehealth company reached an agreement with Novo Nordisk to resume sales of Ozempic and Wegovy through Hims’s platform and end a recent lawsuit. The deal helped push the stock toward its best weekly performance on record, following a sharp recovery after earlier declines tied to the disp…