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Business30 Apr
Hormuz Bottleneck Sends Brent Above $108 as Market Puts 38% Chance on May Normalisation
Business29 Apr
Oil Edges Toward $110 as Hormuz Standoff Defies Easy Resolution
Business27 Apr
Virginia's Pension Fund and the Weapons Supply Chain: Following the Money to Israel's Military Industrial Base
Business27 Apr
US Air Force Conducts Major Middle East Airlift as Trump Links Regional Stability to Market Performance
Business27 Apr
Trump memecoin slides as Mar-a-Lago gala fails to arrest 96% decline
Business27 Apr
Richard Wolff: US-Iran confrontation is imperial overreach, not strength
Business27 Apr
Russia Says It Foiled Ukrainian Drone Attack on Komi Oil Facilities
Business27 Apr
Oil Rises as US-Iran Peace Talks Deadlock
Business27 Apr
Oil Surges 2% as US-Iran Diplomatic Talks Lose Momentum, Renewing Supply Anxiety
Business27 Apr
Goldman Sachs Raises Oil Price Forecast as Middle East Production Drops
Business27 Apr
China's Drug Development Moment: The RFK Jr. Thesis, the Trade Truce, and What the West Misses
Business27 Apr
Beijing Demands Washington Retract Sanctions on Chinese Refiner, Warns of Consequences
Business26 Apr
Yemen Warns Israel of Regional War Escalation as Cross-Border Hostilities Intensify
Business26 Apr
West Bank Settler Incursions Into Al-Aqsa Mosque Intensify as Monitoring Groups Document Escalation Pattern
Business26 Apr
Trump's War Markets: The President Reframes an Invasion as an Economic Asset
Business26 Apr
Trump Issues Iran Infrastructure Warning While Leaving Door Open to Phone Talks
Business26 Apr
Trump's economic pivot: capital gains indexing, energy prices and the Hormuz wildcard
Business26 Apr
Tether's $344M Iran Freeze Tests the Limits of Crypto as Diplomatic Leverage
Business26 Apr
Starmer and Trump Discuss Restoring Shipping in the Strait of Hormuz
Business26 Apr
Maritime Incident Reported Off Somalia as UKMTO Confirms Vessel Seized Near Garakad
Business26 Apr
Memecoin Elite and a Security Breach: What Two April 26 Incidents Reveal About Access Politics
Business26 Apr
Israeli forces kill three in Gaza as land clearing and school cuts compound West Bank pressure
Business26 Apr
IRGC Claims Two Container Ships Under Control Amid Gulf Tensions
Business26 Apr
Iran Signals End of Nuclear Talks as Trump Declares 'Victory' Imminent and Hormuz Talks Collapse
Business26 Apr
Iran's Nuclear Red Lines: How Tehran Shifted From Deal-Seeking to War-Terms Diplomacy
Business26 Apr
Beijing Builds Its Investment Wall as US Sanctions Sharpen the Divide
Business26 Apr
Air Defenses Activated in Western Iran as Regional Tensions Mount
Business25 Apr
Zelensky in Baku: Six Agreements and a Venue for Talks Russia May Not Want
Business25 Apr
Washington Targets Chinese Oil Giants as Tehran Watches and BYD Builds Its Own Lane
Business25 Apr
Washington Targets a Chinese Teapot Refinery — and Wakes Up an Entire Trade Architecture
Business25 Apr
Zambia Copperbelt Revival: Chinese Investment Fuels 34 Percent Production Surge
Business25 Apr
Trump Administration Faces Dual Pressure: Iran War Fallout and Legal Rebukes on Immigration
Business25 Apr
Tanzania Gold Production Hits Record 72 Tonnes as Barrick-Acacia Tax Dispute Reaches Final Resolution
Business25 Apr
Strait of Hormuz Shipping Traffic Remains Restricted as Regional Tensions Persist
Business25 Apr
South Africa Platinum Sector Restructures Around ESG Compliance and Hydrogen Fuel Cell Pivot
Business25 Apr
Okavango Delta Tourism Rebounds: Botswana's Crown Jewel Attracts Record Visitors and Premium Revenue
Business25 Apr
Okavango Delta Tourism Revenue Hits $750M as Eco-Tourism Model Proves Its Worth
Business25 Apr
Palestinians vote in local elections for first time in 20 years, despite Hamas boycott
Business25 Apr
Nigeria's Agricultural Revolution Gains Momentum as Dangote Fertilizer and Rice Production Drive Food Security Push
Business25 Apr
Nigerian Fintech Battle: OPay vs Flutterwave vs Paystack in a $2.4 Trillion Transaction Market
Business25 Apr
Kenya Records 2.1 Million Safari Visitors and $2.3 Billion in Tourism Revenue as Sector Hits All-Time High
Business25 Apr
Kenya's Safari Tourism Bounces Back: Record 2.3 Million Visitors Signal Post-Pandemic Recovery
Business25 Apr
Kenya Airways' Turnaround Plan: Africa's Pride Returns to Profitability After Years of Losses
Business25 Apr
Ghana's Cocoa Sector Recovers: How the $2,800 Living Income Differential Is Reshaping Farmer Fortunes
Business25 Apr
Ghana's Galamsey Crisis Deepens as Illegal Gold Mining Costs Economy $2 Billion Annually
Business25 Apr
Foreign Direct Investment Into Africa Reaches $53 Billion as Morocco, Egypt, and Nigeria Lead Attraction
Business25 Apr
Ethiopian Airlines Posts Record $600 Million Profit as Africa's Largest Carrier Continues Fleet Expansion
Business25 Apr
East Africa Trade Bloc: The EAC Customs Union Delivers on Its Promise
Business25 Apr
DOJ Drops Powell Probe, Clearing Warsh's Path to the Fed Chairmanship
Business25 Apr
DOJ Drops Powell Probe But Markets See 56% Chance Fed Chair Exits Within Weeks
Business25 Apr
Crypto Sanctions and Dollar Leverage: How a $344M Freeze Complicates Iran's Diplomatic Calculus
Business25 Apr
Dangote Refinery at 60 Percent Capacity: Nigeria's Fuel Import Bill Falls by $18 Billion
Business25 Apr
Dangote Refinery Hits Full 650,000 BPD Capacity, Reshaping Nigeria's Fuel Market and West African Energy Landscape
Business25 Apr
De Beers and Botswana: A New Diamond Deal Reshapes a 50-Year Partnership
Business25 Apr
BUA Group Expands African Cement and Sugar Empire as Abdulsamad Rabiu Fortune Hits $8 Billion
Business25 Apr
African AI Startups Raised $800 Million in 2025 as Continent's Tech Ecosystem Matures
Business25 Apr
Africa Healthtech Revolution: Telemedicine and mHealth Platforms Expand 300 Percent as Investment Surges
Business25 Apr
African E-Commerce at Crossroads: Jumia Turnaround and Wasoko Merger Reshape a $40 Billion Market
Business25 Apr
Accra Real Estate Boom: Foreign Investment and a Growing Middle Class Drive Construction Frenzy
Business25 Apr
AfCFTA Tariff Reductions Drive 22 Percent Surge in Intra-African Trade
Business23 Apr
US Forces Seize Iranian-Linked Tanker Majestic X in Indian Ocean Interdiction
Business23 Apr
U.S. Intercepts Sanctioned Tanker Carrying Iranian Oil in Indian Ocean
Business23 Apr
Spain's Dual Signal on Digital Assets: Crypto Seizure and a Stalled Military Airlift
Business23 Apr
A Monkey and a Minefield: How a Thai Scratching and Iran's New Deployments Exposed the Hormuz Tightrope
Business23 Apr
Iran War Redraws Asian Trade Arithmetic as Solar Demand Surges
Business23 Apr
Iran Banks First Strait of Hormuz Toll Revenue, Marking Economic Sovereignty Claim
Business23 Apr
Iran Claims First Hormuz Toll Revenues as Trump Vows to Keep Strait Sealed
Business23 Apr
Iran Confirms Hard Currency Transit Tolls Flow Direct to Central Bank
Business23 Apr
Hormuz Disruption Tests Global Energy Markets as Diplomatic Off-Ramps Narrow
Business23 Apr
French Minister Signals EU Sanctions on Israel Imminent After Hungary's Political Shift
Business23 Apr
How FTX's Estate Sold Cursor for $200,000 and Missed a $3 Billion Fortune
Business23 Apr
The Dollar Under Pressure: How the Iran Conflict Is Quietly Reshaping Allied Financial Politics
Business23 Apr
BlackRock's $900M Bitcoin Buy and Uzbekistan's State Mining Zone: What the Surge Tells Us
Business22 Apr
US Extends Iran, Russia Oil Sanctions Exemptions — A Diplomatic Necessity or Structural Retreat?
Business22 Apr
UK Inflation Rises as Iran War Tightens Global Energy Markets
Business22 Apr
How Ukraine's Pipeline Gambit Broke the EU Aid Deadlock
Business22 Apr
Ukraine Resumes Druzhba Oil Transit, Restoring Central Europe's Critical Artery
Business22 Apr
Trump Says Iran Talks Possible Friday. Tehran Says No.
Business22 Apr
Trump's 'Destroyed' Iran Nukes Claim Collides With Markets Betting on a Deal
Business22 Apr
Saudi Arabia and Turkey Accelerate Cross-Border Rail Link Plans Through Unstable Corridor
Business22 Apr
Japan Opens the Arms Vault: How the Iran Conflict Catalyzed a Historic Defense Policy Reversal
Business22 Apr
IRGC Gunboat Fires on Container Ship off Oman, Bridge Heavily Damaged
Business22 Apr
Iran War Tightens Global Energy Fault Lines as Markets Rally and Inflation Bites
Business22 Apr
Iran Seizes Two Vessels, Fires on Third in Strait of Hormuz Escalation
Business22 Apr
Iran conflict pushes world's largest condom maker toward 30% price hike
Business22 Apr
Asia's Oil Bet: Scramble for Iran and Russian Crude amid Ceasefire Friction
Business21 Apr
Ukraine Reopens Druzhba Pipeline, Reviving Russian Oil Flows to Hungary
Business21 Apr
Trump's Iran Gambit: Blockade, Bargaining Chips, and the Price of Peace
Business21 Apr
Markets React as Trump Invokes Defense Production Act for Energy as BBC Flags Suspicious Pre-Announcement Trading
Business21 Apr
Trump Demands Iran Free Eight Women Facing Execution as Crude Export Revenue Climbs
Business21 Apr
Seoul's Record High and Nepal's Permit Restart: Two Markets Reading the Same Geopolitical Signal
Business21 Apr
Seoul Turns Blockchain Surveillance Into a Tax Enforcement Tool
Business21 Apr
The Pingshan Fire, the Parking Garage, and the Question Nobody in Ottawa Is Asking
Business21 Apr
Netanyahu's Trump Imitation and the Performance of Resolve Against Iran
Business21 Apr
Kevin Warsh Defends Independence at Fed Confirmation Hearing as Warren Flags $100 Million Disclosure
Business21 Apr
Iranian Supertanker Reaches Riau Islands in Latest Sanctions Defiance
Business21 Apr
Iranian Tanker Completes Arabian Sea Transit Despite US Naval Warnings
Business21 Apr
IRGC Commander's Warning to Iran's Southern Neighbors Raises Regional Tensions
Business21 Apr
India's energy gamble: Russian oil and a climate leadership retreat
Business20 Apr
US Treasury Reissues Russian Oil Sanctions Waiver, Testing the Boundaries of Petrodollar Order
Business20 Apr
Ukraine to Restart Russian Oil Pipeline to Eastern Europe by Month-End
Business20 Apr
Ukraine Strikes Tuapse Refinery as Russia Launches Retaliatory Attacks on Military-Industrial Targets
Business20 Apr
Ukraine Pipeline Restart Set to Unlock Hungary's EU Veto on €90bn Loan
Business20 Apr
Trump Administration Opens $160bn Tariff Refund Portal as Gas Price Relief Tied to Iran Conflict Escalation
Business20 Apr
Trump's Iran endgame runs through the gas pump
Business20 Apr
Trump's Gas Price Promises Collide With Iran's Refusal to Negotiate Under Siege
Business20 Apr
Oil Surges 8% as Iran Stalls Diplomacy and Vows Retaliation for Vessel Seizure
Business20 Apr
Middle East Tensions Squeeze Global Energy Markets as Oil Surges and Gulf Shipping Slows
Business20 Apr
Global Oil Reserves Drop 45 Million Barrels in April as Production Disruption Nears 12 Million Barrels Daily
Business20 Apr
France and Germany Propose Shadow EU Membership for Ukraine Without Voting Rights or Budget Access
Business20 Apr
Bitcoin Weathers Iran Storm as Oil Surge Redraws Risk Landscape
Business20 Apr
Bitcoin's Modest Drop Hides What the Oil Shock Really Tells Us
Business20 Apr
Asia Markets Wobble as Geopolitical Risk Returns to Centre Stage
Business19 Apr
US Seizure of Iranian Tankers Tests Fragile Energy Equilibrium as Working Families Absorb Costs
Business19 Apr
US Warship Fires on Iranian Cargo Vessel in Gulf as Tehran Vows Retaliation
Business19 Apr
Drone Wars Escalate: Ukrainian Strike on Taganrog Factory Exposes Asymmetries in Military-Industrial Reporting
Business19 Apr
Trump's Market Timing Problem: Inside the Trading Pattern Under Scrutiny
Business19 Apr
Trump's Tariffs One Year On: Supply Chains Rebuilt, WTO Rules Quietly Shelved
Business19 Apr
NewsNation's Local-TV Rollout: How Nexstar Plans to Standardise 265 Newsrooms
Business19 Apr
Nexstar Closed the Tegna Deal Hours After State Lawsuits — And That Was the Point
Business19 Apr
Israeli Forces Carry Out West Bank Raids and Gaza Strikes as Regional Tensions Escalate
Business19 Apr
Iran Redirects Two Oil Tankers Through Strait of Hormuz as Naval Standoff With West Intensifies
Business19 Apr
Documented Settler Attack in Turmus Ayya Highlights Accountability Gap for West Bank Violence
Business19 Apr
BRICS Payment Rails: De-Dollarisation Without the Dollar Losing (Yet)
Business19 Apr
Budapest's Pipeline Gambit: How Hungary Weaponised Energy Transit Against EU Ukraine Support
Business19 Apr
Bessent Bets on Cheap Gas as UAE Seeks Dollar Shield
Business18 Apr
US Navy Readies Global Seizure of Iranian Tankers: What Operation Epic Fury Reveals About Dollar Sanctions Architecture
Business18 Apr
US Operation Against Iranian Tankers Tests Limits of Maritime Law and Multipolar Order
Business18 Apr
The Paperwork Is the Policy: How a Supreme Court Loss, a Refund Portal, and a Chinese Export Licence Rewrote US Trade Power in a Single Week
Business18 Apr
From Merger Talks to Market War: How Stripe and Airwallex Are Redrawing Cross-Border Capital Flows
Business18 Apr
The Long Way Round: Why Container Shipping Is Still Paying the Houthi Premium Even as Rates Fall
Business18 Apr
Sama's Kenya Layoffs After Meta Contract Loss: The Labor Economics of AI's Invisible Workforce
Business18 Apr
The Sanctions That Aren't: How Washington Kept Russian Oil Flowing While Iran Was Bombed
Business18 Apr
Too Big to Break Up? Live Nation, Amazon, and the Limits of Cross-Jurisdictional Antitrust
Business18 Apr
Lavrov's Oil Confession Exposes the Geopolitical Engine Behind Iran Tensions
Business18 Apr
Kazakhstan's CITIC Pivot: How Karachaganak Signals the Mechanics of Western Capital Flight
Business18 Apr
Iranian Forces Fire on Indian Tanker in Strait of Hormuz: What the Sanmar Herald Incident Reveals About Maritime Vulnerability and Multipolar Governance Failures
Business18 Apr
Iranian Revolutionary Guard Strikes Commercial Shipping in Strait of Hormuz: Escalation or Calculated Signal?
Business18 Apr
Iran's Strait of Hormuz Gambit: Sovereignty, Sourcing, and the Anatomy of Escalation
Business18 Apr
Iran's Strategic Deterrence: How Tehran's Military Resilience Reshaped Washington's Ceasefire Calculus
Business18 Apr
Iran Forces Indian Tankers to Reverse Course in Strait of Hormuz Escalation
Business18 Apr
Iran Closes Hormuz Again: Oil Shocks, Bitcoin Whiplash, and the Anatomy of Gulf Coercion
Business18 Apr
Iran Closes Strait of Hormuz After IRGC Fires on Tanker, Escalating Gulf Tensions
Business18 Apr
The IMF's Twilight Zone: Corporate Tax Competition, Energy Shocks, and the Fiscal Trilemma Under Iran War Conditions
Business18 Apr
Two Licences Out of Thirty-Six: How Hong Kong's Stablecoin Rollout Re-Crowned the Colonial Note-Issuing Banks
Business18 Apr
The Dollar's Good Week: How a Shooting War, a Treasury Waiver, and a Fed Hold Propped Up Reserve Status
Business18 Apr
Two Rails, One Copperbelt: The Angola Floods, the Tazara Concession, and What the Corridor Contest Actually Books
Business18 Apr
Five Weeks Later: The African Currency Crisis Hasn't Ended — It Has Rearranged Itself
Business18 Apr