Top US defence officials, including Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, are at the centre of a brewing security scandal after sensitive operational details were reportedly shared over Signal, an encrypted messaging platform. The messages, which concerned forthcoming strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, were inadvertently sent to journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, the…
Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) are returning to Dalal Street as net buyers, ending their prolonged selling streak and driving a strong rally in the stock market.Global funds have emerged as net buyers of Indian equities on a weekly basis for the first time since December, as optimism returns to the…
New research from the University of Birmingham shows that the United Kingdom’s discourse on irregular migration is a battleground of numbers, stereotypes, and political manoeuvring. Titled The Narrative Construction of Migrant Irregularity in the United Kingdom: Representation and Narratives in Media, Politics, and Civil Society, the study dissects how media,…
Oil prices have continued to rise on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump on Monday announced that America will impose 25% tariffs on countries buying oil and gas from Venezuela. Trump’s announcement of secondary sanctions targeting countries that import oil and gas from Venezuela is likely to bolster Brent crude oil…
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) has lost nearly 13% over the past two months – a weakness that’s been broadly related to macro challenges like higher tariffs and fears of an economic slowdown ahead. However, a Wall Street analyst argues that at least some of the decline in MSFT stock price is…
Trump tariffs have already hurt US stocks significantly in recent weeks but the Fed’s latest warning of stickier inflation and an economic slowdown ahead signals the worst may not be over just yet.“With increasing uncertainty over the macro, stocks with a history of weathering prior downturns with low crowding risk…
Bitcoin is often compared to gold and promoted as a hedge against financial risks. However, Standard Chartered analyst Geoffrey Kendrick argues that the world’s largest cryptocurrency behaves more like a large-cap tech stock than the yellow metal.“Bitcoin trading is highly correlated to the Nasdaq over short time horizons,” Kendrick told…
Asian stocks were trading mixed on Tuesday, tracking a strong performance on Wall Street overnight. Investors welcomed reports that US President Donald Trump may hold back some of the reciprocal tariffs set to take effect on April 2. Despite the positive cues from the US, markets remained cautious, as Trump’s…
Top US defence officials, including Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, are at the centre of a brewing security scandal after sensitive operational details were reportedly shared over Signal, an encrypted messaging platform. The messages, which concerned forthcoming strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen, were inadvertently sent to journalist Jeffrey Goldberg, the…
One of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land, Hamdan Ballal, was hospitalised and later detained by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank on Monday, as per several media reports.The incident occurred in the village of Susiya, part of the disputed Masafer Yatta region, following a…