Saturday 11 - 12:00
Google has expanded its redesigned Finance platform to more than 100 countries, marking the largest global rollout of the product since its relaunch last year and signaling a broader push to integrate artificial intelligence into consumer financial tools. The update brings full local language support to key markets including Australia, Brazil,......
Prominent Brazilian indigenous leader Raoni Metuktire has announced his support for President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ahead of the country’s presidential election scheduled for October, despite expressing concerns over certain government-backed projects. Speaking during a major gathering of indigenous communities in Brasília,......
Thousands of Indigenous activists from across Brazil gathered in Brasília this week to demand faster recognition of their ancestral lands, bringing renewed attention to land rights issues ahead of the upcoming presidential election. The demonstration is part of the annual “Free Land Camp,” an event held......
A surge in Brazilian heavy fuel oil exports to Southeast Asia in March has helped relieve a severe bunker fuel supply crisis at Singapore, the world's largest ship refueling hub, after weeks of war-related disruptions strangled flows through the Strait of Hormuz, according to Reuters and maritime data trackers. Spot premiums for bunker......
BYD, the world's largest electric vehicle manufacturer, reported sales of 300,222 vehicles in March, a 20.5% year-on-year decline according to Reuters calculations, extending its losing streak to seven consecutive months. New energy vehicle production fell 33% compared to the same month a year earlier. The March figures bring BYD's......
The war in Iran has sent shockwaves through an unexpected corner of global commodity markets: sugar. Since the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz in early March, world sugar markets have swung from multi-year lows to five-month highs, as the conflict pressures a key refining corridor and drives up the energy costs underpinning production......
BYD, the world’s largest electric‑vehicle maker, reported a sharper‑than‑expected decline in net profit in the fourth quarter of 2025, as intense price competition and tighter regulations in China have trimmed margins for a third consecutive quarter. The company disclosed the figures on Friday as its board met to approve audited......
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has been released from hospital after receiving treatment for a serious respiratory illness, according to his medical team. The 71-year-old leader is now expected to remain under house arrest for at least three months, in what authorities have described as a humanitarian measure. This decision takes......
Nvidia shares fell about 4% Thursday as investors reacted to competitive, legal and regulatory challenges facing the AI chip leader. Google unveiled TurboQuant this week, an algorithm that cuts AI memory use by up to six times and boosts H100 inference speed by eight times without accuracy loss. Set for presentation at ICLR 2026 in Brazil......
Central banks across the globe have lifted their inflation outlooks less than a month after U.S. and Israeli forces struck Iran on February 28. The conflict's economic fallout spreads as energy prices soar and supply chains disrupt. Governments activate emergency measures to counter the crisis [reuters.com]. France's central bank......
Google unveiled a new set of compression algorithms that sharply reduce the memory footprint of large language models, triggering an immediate selloff in memory and storage chip stocks. The system includes TurboQuant, PolarQuant, and Quantized Johnson Lindenstrauss. These tools focus on the key value cache, a component used during AI inference......
A study from Stanford University finds that greenhouse gas emissions from the United States have caused more than 10 trillion dollars in global economic damage since 1990. The research, published in Nature, introduces a new method that connects emissions from countries, companies, and individuals to measurable economic losses worldwide. The......
Red meat prices in Morocco are expected to ease in the short term following the arrival of more than 40,000 head of cattle imported from Brazil and Uruguay. These shipments, purchased earlier in the year at lower prices, are set to increase supply and bring temporary relief to a market that has experienced significant price increases in recent......
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GITEX Africa: The New Frontiers Of African Innovation
Monday 06 - 13:04
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Les Impériales Week 2026: Under the Theme “Daba or Never”
Tuesday 31 March 2026 - 10:03
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Iran under the lens
Tuesday 13 January 2026 - 08:30
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AFCON 2025: Morocco at the heart of African football
Friday 19 December 2025 - 11:16
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Walaw at the Heart of the Mawazine Festival – Rhythms of the World 2025
Saturday 21 June 2025 - 15:48
