International

The Merge came, saw and conquered. Not that you’d guess from crypto prices. The Ethereum blockchain’s mega-upgrade finally went live on Sept. 15, moving it to a less energy-intensive “...

Fossil-fuel producers are minting money again. Yet Western financiers hoping to share in the spoils of a 1970s-style petrodollar boom will be disappointed. High energy prices, caused by Russia’s ...

The sleepy Tanzanian port of Mtwara mainly dealt in cashew nuts until late last year. Now it bustles with vessels loading up with coal, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ...

China’s crude oil imports from Russia in August surged 28 per cent from a year earlier, data showed on Tuesday, but it handed back its top supplier ranking to Saudi ...

German utilities RWE (RWEG.DE) and Uniper (UN01.DE) are close to striking long-term deals to buy liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Qatar’s North Field Expansion project to help ...

Lebanon said on Monday it will take over Novatek’s 20 per cent share in a consortium licensed to explore two offshore oil and gas blocs after the Russian gas giant ...

European governments outlined new measures on Monday to cope with potential energy shortages this winter and raced to improve energy networks to share power, with Russian gas flows still running ...

Britain’s Financial Conduct Authority said on Friday cryptocurrency exchange FTX may be offering financial services or products in the UK without its authorisation. FTX is one of the world’...

Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE)is targeting a valuation of up to 75 billion euros ($75.1 billion) for luxury sportscar maker Porsche, it said on Sunday, in what will be Germany’s second-largest ...

Shares slipped in Asia on Monday and the dollar firmed as investors braced for a packed week of central bank meetings that are certain to see borrowing costs rise across ...

Oil prices dipped on Monday as fears of a global recession caused concerns that fuel demand growth will slow, though supply worries ahead of the European Union embargo on Russian ...

A hacker released gameplay from Take-Two Interactive Software Inc’s (TTWO.O) Grand Theft Auto VI in one of the biggest leaks in gaming history, Bloomberg News reported on Sunday. ...

Cryptocurrencies fell to fresh lows on Monday on regulatory concerns and as investors globally turned shy on risky assets with interest rate rises looming around the world. Bitcoin, the biggest ...

Banks’ cryptocurrency projects have been upended by US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accounting guidance that would make it too capital-intensive for lenders to hold crypto tokens on behalf of ...

Apple Inc’s (AAPL.O) iPhone 14 models contain a Qualcomm Inc (QCOM.O) chip that can talk to satellites, but have additional custom-designed Apple components used in the phone’s ...

Gulf markets and Egyptian stocks sharply declined on Sunday as global economic growth woes kept oil prices under pressure and pushed investors away from the region. Investors are bracing for ...

The Suez Canal expects its revenues to increase by $700 million annually after transit fees hike by 15 per cent in 2023, CNBC Arabia TV channel quoted the chairman of the authority managing ...

Bitcoin on Sunday dropped 1.54 per cent to $19,804, slipping from the 20,000 mark after losing $310 from its previous close. The world’s biggest and best-known cryptocurrency is down 58.9 per cent from the ...

By Ioannis Tirkides Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission, delivered her annual State of the Union address before the European Parliament, on September 14. This is the occasion ...

The wearable band market has bounced back into growth with shipments rising 2 per cent during the second quarter of 2022, following a contraction of 3.7 per cent during the previous quarter, according ...

US government agencies must double down on digital asset sector enforcement and identify gaps in cryptocurrency regulation, the Biden administration said on Friday, citing their potential for misuse and harm ...

Samsung Electronics (005930.KS) will invest over 7 trillion won ($5.02 billion) by 2030 as part of sweeping environmental initiatives aimed at making the company carbon neutral by 2050, the world’s largest chip and ...

The dollar rallied again on Friday, as U.S. Treasury yields rose ahead of a potentially huge Federal Reserve interest rate hike next week, while China’s yuan weakened past ...

Israel’s annual consumer price index (CPI) of inflation dipped to a 4.6 per cent rate in August, the Central Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday, easing from a 14-year high ...