Asia-Pacific governments roll out emergency measures amid energy crisis

Asia-Pacific governments have launched urgent fiscal programs, fuel subsidies and liquidity injections to steady markets rocked by the Middle East war. The conflict pitting the United States and Israel against Iran disrupts energy supplies and undermines economic confidence across the region. A Reuters summary published Friday lists growing......

Airlines raise fares and cut flights as jet fuel prices surge

Airlines worldwide are increasing ticket prices, adding fuel surcharges, and reducing routes as jet fuel costs have nearly doubled since the outbreak of war involving Iran on February 28. Industry analysts describe the situation as the most severe disruption since the COVID-19 pandemic. Jet fuel prices have climbed from about $85 to $90 per......

Hezbollah launches 600 projectiles at Israel in 24 hours, a record doubled

Hezbollah fired over 600 rockets, drones and mortar rounds at Israeli forces and northern Israel in a 24-hour period ending Thursday, roughly double the group's prior peak of around 300 aerial threats during the 2023-2024 conflict. IDF sources confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that this barrage exceeded the daily average of about 100 attacks......

Cuba seeks Vatican help to ease U.S. oil embargo

Cuban officials have reportedly turned to the Vatican for assistance in persuading the U.S. administration to relax its oil embargo, according to the Washington Post. Senior-level discussions involved Vatican representatives, including Pope Leo. Reuters could not independently confirm the report. Requests for comment to the Vatican, the White......

TSX futures fall as Trump extends Hormuz deadline amid market uncertainty

Futures tied to Canada’s main stock index, the S&P/TSX Composite, slipped on Friday as ongoing uncertainty surrounding the Middle East conflict kept investors cautious. Gains in oil and gold prices limited losses in the resource-heavy market. As of 06:26 a.m. ET, June futures on the TSX were down 0.2%. U.S. President Donald Trump......

Tesla gains fade amid delivery worries despite Europe rebound

Tesla shares rose 0.8% Wednesday to close at $385.95 after European registration data showed positive growth for the first time in over a year, only to shed those gains Thursday with a 1.4% drop to $380.66 as analysts cut 2026 delivery forecasts. ACEA data revealed February registrations up 11.8% year-over-year in the EU, UK and EFTA countries,......

Mercosur and Canada edge closer to free-trade deal with April negotiations

Canada and the South American Mercosur bloc are making progress toward a free-trade agreement, with a new round of talks planned in Brasilia next month, according to sources familiar with the negotiations. Officials from Canada, Argentina, and Brazil indicated that the agreement could be finalized in 2026, potentially before September. The......

TotalEnergies drops 2050 carbon neutrality goal over slow global transition

TotalEnergies stated Thursday that the world will miss the 2050 carbon neutrality target set by the Paris Agreement, prompting the French energy giant to reassess its own climate goals. The announcement in its 2026 Sustainability & Climate Progress Report marks an official retreat from a pledge first made in 2020. The company cited a transition......

Musk plans 30% retail allocation for SpaceX IPO

Elon Musk intends to reserve up to 30% of SpaceX's upcoming initial public offering for individual investors, at least triple the typical 5-10% share in standard IPOs. Reuters reported Thursday that this approach breaks from convention, with SpaceX CFO Bret Johnsen pitching the oversized retail allocation to Wall Street alongside selective......

Iran conflict triggers mass tourism cancellations in eastern Mediterranean

The war in Iran sparks widespread tourism cancellations across the eastern Mediterranean, jeopardizing the region's vital summer season just weeks before launch. Cyprus suffers the hardest hit, with short-term rental cancellation rates jumping from 15% pre-conflict to 100% immediately after Iran's March 2 drone strike on the British......

Iran claims one million fighters ready for U.S. ground invasion

Iranian state media reported Thursday that over one million fighters stand organized for ground combat against American forces amid rising speculation of a U.S. offensive on Iran's southern coast and the strategic island of Kharg. Tasnim news agency, affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, warned that any U.S. attempt to seize the Strait......

Rapid7 uncovers Chinese 'dormant cells' in telecom networks

Rapid7 detailed Thursday how a China-linked threat actor, Red Menshen, planted stealthy BPFdoor backdoors in global telecom networks using Linux kernel-level malware. First revealed in 2022, BPFdoor leverages Berkeley Packet Filter technology to passively monitor network packets without opening ports or signaling activity, evading standard......

Nvidia shares drop amid TurboQuant fears and lawsuit pressure

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......

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