Friday 20 February 2026 - 15:20
Friday 20 February 2026 - 15:00
Investors are channeling unprecedented sums into European equities as they look to balance portfolios that had become heavily tilted toward the United States and its richly valued technology sector. Fund flow data show European stock funds have logged back-to-back weeks of record inflows in February, with tens of billions of dollars pouring......
Türkiye has expressed hope that the United States and Iran can resolve their differences through meaningful dialogue, avoiding the need for military confrontation. Speaking in Washington, Turkish Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan emphasized that Ankara favors diplomacy over escalation. He stated that Türkiye’s primary wish is to......
FIFA has promised to spend $50 million on a new national soccer stadium in the Gaza Strip, unveiling the plan at the first meeting of President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace in Washington as part of a broader reconstruction drive for the war‑devastated territory. The commitment comes as international institutions estimate that roughly......
As President Donald Trump considers ordering a second wave of strikes on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure in less than a year, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is watching from a position of renewed strategic confidence. The large-scale U.S. military deployment to the Middle East, the biggest in more than two decades, has reinforced Pyongyang’s......
The euro fell toward its lowest level in nearly a month as investors rushed into the dollar on mounting concerns over a potential US military strike against Iran, sending oil prices to fresh six-month highs and reviving demand for traditional safe-haven assets. The common currency traded around 1.1765 dollars in London and was on track for......
Amazon Web Services suffered a 13-hour disruption in mid-December after its internal AI coding assistant, known as Kiro, executed changes on a live, customer-facing system that resulted in the environment being deleted and recreated, temporarily knocking a cost-analysis service offline in one of the company’s mainland China regions.......
Finnish President Alexander Stubb has expressed skepticism that Russia will agree to a peace settlement in the near future, warning that the war in Ukraine could continue through the summer of 2026 despite renewed diplomatic engagement. In a recent interview, Stubb stated that his “base case” scenario anticipates a prolonged conflict,......
The euro weakened toward a four-week low against the dollar on Friday, as investors responded to a more hawkish tone from the Federal Reserve and rising geopolitical tensions involving Iran. The euro was last trading just below 1.18 dollars and was heading for a weekly loss of around 0.8 percent, putting it on track for its sharpest weekly......
Norway has reaffirmed that it will not join U.S. President Donald Trump’s Board of Peace, even as it prepares to host a key international donor meeting on Palestinian aid in the spring. Oslo’s position directly contradicts Trump’s recent claim that Norway had agreed to host an event for the new initiative, which is formally......
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has warned Iran that any direct attack on Israel would trigger a response of a scale Tehran “cannot even imagine,” as coordinated military preparations with the United States intensify across the Middle East. Speaking at an Israel Defense Forces officers’ graduation ceremony, Netanyahu......
US Energy Secretary Chris Wright has warned that Washington could pull out of the International Energy Agency unless the body sharply scales back its work on climate change and returns its focus to traditional energy security. Speaking after a two‑day ministerial meeting in Paris, Wright said the United States would use “all the pressure......
European gas prices have surged as rising tensions between the United States and Iran revive fears of supply interruptions through the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for liquefied natural gas shipments from the Gulf. The Dutch TTF benchmark, Europe’s main gas price reference, climbed back above recent lows in mid-February, extending gains......
The United States is moving forward with a proposed civil nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia that removes key non-proliferation safeguards, according to a document sent to Congress and reviewed by Reuters. The move allows Saudi Arabia greater control over uranium enrichment and spent fuel reprocessing, steps that could potentially lead to......
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