Accra, 19th December; In a landmark moment for the global reparations movement, President John Dramani Mahama of Ghana welcomed a special delegation of leading advocates and experts from across the African diaspora to align on a…
Russia’s central bank signaled on Friday that easing will remain cautious even as it delivered its fifth consecutive rate cut, underscoring the tension between a slowing civilian economy and persistent inflation pressures tied to wartime…
This WeekWe got some major data releases this week, but they all came with a big ol’ asterisk. (And AI spending remained a focus.)The economy lost 105,000 jobs* in October and gained 64,000 in November.*DOGE’s deferred…
BBCNet migration to the UK - the number of people arriving, minus those leaving - has fallen close to pre-Covid levels, according to official figures.How does that sit alongside other key migration measures, including overall…
Now-Again RecordsWITCH was one of Zamrock's most popular acts in the 1970sArtists and music fans from around the world have been rediscovering the 1970s sound of Zambia known as Zamrock in recent years, and now one of the country's…
You can often summarize cybersecurity as “same stuff, different day.” Attacks change, but rarely so dramatically you can’t see familiar methodology underneath. The latest example: Bad actors exploiting WhatsApp’s device linking…
Yesterday’s rally continues. AI concerns are abating, and global interest rates are on the rise.
All the major indexes opened to solid gains, with tech in the lead. The only weak sector is consumer staples. The poster child for AI…
What better way to end this crazy year than with an economic data point that we don’t know how to really interpret? Happy New Year!
Recall that, thanks to the government shutdown, the BLS released September (by recalling workers to…