Morocco judiciary and markets regulator deepen financial oversight cooperation
The Higher Council of the Judiciary and Morocco’s capital markets regulator signed a framework agreement in Rabat aimed at reinforcing coordination in financial oversight, legal training, and market integrity. The partnership seeks to align judicial and regulatory practices in response to the growing complexity of financial activity......
Morocco 2030 exposes three blind spots in private tendering
International investors assessing Morocco’s construction and infrastructure pipeline toward 2030 are focusing less on headline investment volumes and more on how private construction decisions are structured before execution begins. At higher deal flow, the tendering layer becomes a critical factor in capital allocation decisions, shaping......
Atlas next frame festival brings student animation to Casablanca
The Atlas Next Frame Festival will take place in Casablanca from 4 to 6 June 2026 at the Institut Français du Maroc. The event focuses on student animation, visual arts, and emerging forms of image creation. It marks the launch of a new international platform designed to connect young creators with professionals in the global animation......
K33 Research says Bitcoin’s $60,000 drop marked cycle bottom
Bitcoin’s decline to around $60,000 in February likely marked the lowest point of the current market cycle, according to K33 Research, which argues that a collapse comparable to previous crypto winters has become structurally unlikely. In a report released on May 20, K33 head of research Vetle Lunde said the current downturn differs......
Amazon plans $33 billion cloud and AI expansion across Southeast Asia
Amazon said Thursday that its cumulative investment in cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure across Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand is expected to exceed $33 billion by 2039, reinforcing Southeast Asia’s position as a growing global hub for digital infrastructure. The company estimates the projects will......
Cows can recognize human faces and voices, study finds
Cattle are capable of distinguishing familiar humans from strangers using both sight and hearing, according to a study published on May 20 in the journal PLOS One. Researchers found that cows do not merely differentiate known faces from unfamiliar ones. They can also match a caregiver's voice to that person's face, a cognitive ability......
South Africa pledges $2.5 million to Africa CDC Ebola fund amid growing outbreak
South Africa has committed $2.5 million through the African Epidemic Fund to support the response to the Ebola outbreak spreading across the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda. The African Centres for Disease Control and Prevention welcomed the contribution as a demonstration of continental solidarity at a moment when international health......
Fez Sacred Music Festival to host 160 artists from around the world in June 2026
The Fez Sacred Music Festival returns for its 29th edition from June 4 to 7, 2026, bringing together more than 160 artists from four continents for a program devoted to the sacred rituals, chants, and dances of world civilizations. The Moroccan city of Fez, long regarded as a spiritual capital, will serve as the backdrop for performances at......
China confirms Boeing aircraft purchase and urges United States to honor tariff truce commitments
China officially confirmed Wednesday that it will purchase 200 Boeing aircraft and reopen its market to American beef, following last week's summit in Beijing between President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping. The announcements represent a series of trade agreements emerging from the most significant rapprochement between......
Apple says App Store blocked more than $2.2 billion in fraud during 2025
Apple published its annual App Store fraud prevention report on Wednesday, detailing how the company stopped more than $2.2 billion in potentially fraudulent transactions in 2025 through a combination of human review and artificial intelligence tools. The figures bring Apple's cumulative total to more than $11.2 billion in prevented fraud......
Arm Holdings hits all-time high on wave of analyst upgrades and AI infrastructure optimism
Arm Holdings shares surged approximately 15 percent on Wednesday, May 20, reaching an intraday record above $259, driven by a wave of bullish analyst commentary highlighting the chipmaker's expanding role at the center of artificial intelligence infrastructure. The stock closed at around $256.73, up from $223.15 in the previous session. The......
Poland urges Ukraine to choose drone targets more carefully after Estonia interception
Poland's Defense Minister Władysław Kosiniak-Kamysz has called on Ukraine to select its targets "with greater discernment" during strikes on Russian territory, warning that imprecise drone operations risk creating security hazards for NATO member states. The statement follows the interception of a Ukrainian drone by a NATO......
AI spending boom is pushing bond yields structurally higher, economists say
The extraordinary surge in artificial intelligence investment is reshaping more than stock markets. A growing number of economists and financial institutions now argue it is fundamentally altering the long-term trajectory of interest rates and government borrowing costs. Goldman Sachs projects that cumulative AI-related spending will reach......
Oppo places long-term reliability at core of mobile experience
Oppo is repositioning smartphone durability as a central pillar of its user experience strategy, emphasizing long-term reliability over short-term performance gains. As mobile devices become essential tools for communication, work, entertainment, and content creation, the company argues that stability over time now defines real product value. Modern......
Canadian fossils push back origins of animal movement and reproduction
Researchers have uncovered more than 100 fossils from the Ediacaran period in Canada’s Mackenzie Mountains, revealing that animal movement and sexual reproduction emerged millions of years earlier than previously believed. The findings, published in Science Advances, shift the timeline for early complex life by between five and ten million......