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President Trump said he will take an indirect role in upcoming Geneva negotiations between the United States and Iran on Tehran's nuclear program, asserting that Iran seeks a deal. The announcement came as U.S. forces increased their presence in the Middle East, with a second aircraft carrier deployed and military planners preparing for a possible …
BHP Group's shares reached an all-time high in Sydney after the miner reported a 22% increase in underlying profit for the six months to December 31, driven largely by a 32% jump in realized copper prices and a favorable sales mix. Iron ore production also set a first-half record, while the company agreed to a $4.3 billion upfront silver payment fr…
Thomas Pritzker, 75, announced he is stepping down as executive chairman of Hyatt Hotels and will not stand for re-election to the company’s board in 2026. In a letter to the board and a public statement, Pritzker acknowledged maintaining contact with convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, calling his conduct 'terrible judgme…
BHP Group has struck a long-term silver streaming arrangement with a unit of Wheaton Precious Metals, under which Wheaton will pay an upfront $4.3 billion at completion to receive a larger share of silver from the Antamina mine in Peru. The deal shifts the silver delivered from BHP's stake in the mine and is framed by BHP as a way to free capital f…
Mexico's S&P/BMV IPC closed lower on Monday, down 0.13%, with declines in Industrials, Consumer Goods & Services and Consumer Staples pressuring the market. Megacable, Grupo Aeroportuario del Pacífico and Kimberly-Clark de México were among the top gainers, while Grupo Financiero Inbursa, Banco del Bajío and Grupo Carso posted the largest declines.…
Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos has announced that the family of 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie - mother of television co-anchor Savannah Guthrie - are not suspects in her disappearance. Authorities say the family, including all siblings and spouses, have cooperated fully. Investigators recovered a glove near the Tucson-area home that produced a DNA sam…
Colombian equities closed lower on Monday, with the COLCAP index finishing down 0.30%. Sector losses in Financials, Investment and Public Services weighed on the market. Select large-cap names posted gains while other notable issues declined. Commodities and currency pairs showed modest movement alongside a firmer US dollar futures reading.
Russia's main equity gauge, the MOEX Russia Index, finished modestly higher as gains in the Power, Manufacturing and Oil & Gas sectors supported the market. Market breadth was positive with 124 advancers versus 109 decliners and 19 unchanged. Volatility eased slightly while key commodities and currency pairs showed mixed moves.
Citi says recent geopolitical pressures have helped lift Brent crude toward $70 a barrel, driven by tighter enforcement of sanctions on Russian and Iranian oil and other supply disruptions. The bank's base case assumes peace agreements involving Russia-Ukraine and Iran by or during the summer, which would reduce Brent to roughly $60-62 a barrel and…
Piles of household waste have accumulated across Havana after fuel shortfalls forced many municipal rubbish trucks out of service. With only 44 of 106 collection vehicles currently able to operate, residents and authorities are confronting mounting sanitation and health concerns amid a broader drop in the island’s oil supply linked to halted shipme…
SpaceX and its recently acquired subsidiary xAI are reported to be participants in a classified Pentagon competition seeking voice-operated autonomous drone swarming capability. The initiative, described as a $100 million prize challenge that began in January and runs six months, aims to translate human voice commands into digital instructions to c…
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy warned that Ukrainian intelligence indicates new Russian strikes targeting energy infrastructure are being prepared, complicating prospects for a negotiated end to the nearly four-year conflict. The warning comes as Ukrainian, Russian and U.S. delegations gather in Geneva for a round of talks that will, for the first t…
A federal judge in Pennsylvania has ordered the National Park Service to restore a slavery exhibit at the President’s House Site in Philadelphia while litigation continues after the city sued the federal government over its removal. The exhibit had been taken down last month following criticisms from the president about perceived 'anti-American ide…
Earnings season continues with a packed calendar for Tuesday. Technology names Cadence Design System and Palo Alto Networks, consumer-health company Kenvue, energy producers including Devon Energy and FirstEnergy, and waste-management firm Republic Services are among the companies scheduled to report. Market participants should note a long list of …
A compact slate of economic releases and central bank commentary will dominate market attention on Tuesday, February 17, 2026. Key data include ADP’s private payrolls tally, the New York Empire State manufacturing index and two scheduled Federal Reserve speeches. Additional releases - including housing sentiment, a composite employment trends gauge…
Robert Duvall, an actor celebrated for both commanding leads and quietly powerful supporting parts, has died at 95, his wife announced on Facebook. Across a career approaching a century of films, Duvall earned an Academy Award for "Tender Mercies" and received six additional Oscar nominations for roles that included a Mafia consigliere, an off-kilt…
Colombia’s Search Unit for Disappeared People (UBPD) announced the identification and handover of the remains of Camilo Torres, a Catholic priest who joined the National Liberation Army (ELN) and was killed in combat in February 1966. Using a combination of public and classified records and DNA comparison with a sample taken from Torres’ father, th…
Newly released global climate datasets for 2025 indicate an acceleration in warming since the mid-2010s, with 2025 ranked among the three warmest years on record. Atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide reached record highs, driving temperature increases. Ocean heat content and sea levels also set new benchmarks, whi…
On Feb. 16, President Donald Trump publicly criticized a clean energy cooperation agreement signed between California Governor Gavin Newsom and Britain's energy minister, hours after the deal was finalized. Trump described the governor in harsh terms and renewed his support for fossil fuel interests, while Newsom's office defended the pact and cont…
Five European countries say analyses have conclusively identified epibatidine, a toxin associated with poison dart frogs, in samples from Alexei Navalny, who died in a remote Russian penal colony on February 16, 2024. The Kremlin has strongly rejected the allegations, while Navalny's widow says the findings finally prove her claim that he was murde…
U.K. equities finished higher on Monday, with the Investing.com United Kingdom 100 ending the session up 0.25%. Strength in Aerospace & Defense, Banking and Mining names pushed the index higher while market breadth remained mixed and key commodities moved in opposite directions: gold fell while crude oil climbed.
U.K. stocks finished modestly higher on Monday, driven by gains in Aerospace & Defense, Banking and Mining names. The main U.K. index rose 0.25% at the close in London. Broad market breadth was mixed, while commodities and currency futures showed modest movement into the close of trading. (See detailed movers, breadth and market indicators below.)
Spanish equities closed higher on Monday, driven by strength in Financial Services & Real Estate, Consumer Services and Building & Construction. The IBEX 35 ended the session up 0.99%, with ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA reaching an all-time high and Amadeus IT falling to a three-year low. Commodity and foreign exchange markets show…
Spanish equities closed higher on Monday, with the IBEX 35 up 0.99% as strength in construction, financial services and consumer-facing groups offset weakness in travel technology and select consumer brands. Market breadth favored advancers and commodities and FX markets showed modest movement at the close.
Imran Khan’s sons, Kasim and Sulaiman, who live in London, say they fear for their father's worsening health while he remains jailed in Pakistan and have applied for visas to visit him. They describe limited communication and say their father reported delays in receiving eye treatment. Pakistani authorities say medical care is being provided and ha…
